Hey guys! I got really excited, so I posted the new chapter kinda early. I hope you like it!
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I put cool because it's not really important. I was wondering the other day, whether, (since we all have usernames), if any of you guys actually live near me or I know you. (I am not asking for your address. I was just wondering). Have you guys ever thought about that?
Chapter 2: She's Different
Sophie would arrive today.
What was Sophie like? What kind of elf just shows up? She's not a baby, right? Alden said she was twelve.
Edaline couldn't stop thinking.
Her and Grady were sitting in a restaurant in Atlantis, eating a lunch of mashed carnissa root and umber leaves. The restaurant, which was very full, was called the Balefire Diner. There was small glass cases everywhere, with the tiny blue flames of balefire inside.
Edaline glanced away from the flame. She already had burning flames sealed in the back of her mind forever. She didn't need anymore.
Grady had convinced her to eat here. She'd wanted to eat at home. No one seemed to be interested in them, though. She hoped this wasn't a mistake.
After lunch, they rushed back home. Edaline ran upstairs to change, calling done to Grady to make himself at least a little presentable.
As she switched from her midnight blue dress to a wispy pale blue one, she heard a roar of pain outside. She sighed, knowing Grady was probably already covered in neon feathers.
She quickly brushed her hair as voices were heard outside, and the roaring stopped. She swept down the stairs just as Grady, Alden, and a girl, (who she assumed was Sophie), shuffled in the front door.
Grady excused himself to go shower, and they stood there in uncomfortable silence as Sophie stared at her, and Alden looked like he wanted to leave.
Alden had told her that Sophie was different than other elves, but this was beyond what Edaline had in mind.
She definitely was an elf, there was no doubt.
Her blonde hair was a little past her shoulders, accenting her brown eyes. She wore a yellow and brown striped shirt, with pants, which seemed strange, but Edaline wasn't the one to judge.
She finally broke the silence with a shaky "welcome to our home."
"Thank you for having me."
Alden turned to leave, but she reminded him that there was mallowmelt on the table and he quickly sat down.
They ate in silence, but this time, it was more comfortable. Grady came down and helped himself cheerfully to four slices of mallowmelt as Edaline offered Sophie something to drink.
Sophie agreed, and Edaline conjured it with ease. Sophie jumped back, and Grady laughed.
"I bet you've never seen a Conjurer before," he said.
Edaline looked at him in confusion. What kind of elf had never seen a conjurer before?
Alden gave her a list of medicines she had to get from Slurps and Burps, her brother-in-law, Kesler's, store. They used to go a lot, and then...
No. She refused to think about Jolie right now.
Either way, this was going to be a strange trip.
They led Sophie up to her new room. She seemed genuinely amazed. Edaline hoped Sophie was satisfied. It used to be their guest room, so it was kind of dusty.
Sophie was very excited.
They had dinner, which was very cheesy, and Sophie went up to her room.
Edaline crept up the stairs into her own room, not wanting to disturb Sophie.
She heard sniffling from Sophie's room and decided she had better leave.
She went down to Jolie's room, and found Grady on the frilly pink bed.
"What's with Sophie?" Edaline asked quietly.
Grady sighed. "She's not like us. She was raised my humans, and they just found her a couple days ago. She had to leave her entire family. She's also a extremely powerful Telepath."
Edaline held back a gasp. "Well,"
"We're certainly going to have an interesting year."