A/N I'm baaaaaaaack! Okay, first things first: I am so, so, so sorry for going off the grid like that. My life has been really stressfull lately and I needed a break. Life updates down below, but first... THANKS FOR 50 reviews! It means so much that you all like my story.

Life updates: Another school year, another audition. I have some exciting news! This year, I am going to be competing with a SOLO! In my studio, solos are really hard to get and are generally reserved for the older and more experienced dancers, but this year I was invited to perform a solo choreographed by one of my favorite teachers. It's not final yet, but I'm probably going to be dancing to "Oceans" by Seafret. It's a really good song and it has a nice music video, too.

REVIEWS!:

To Ren (both reviews in one): Thank you! There may or may not be more Sophitz coming soon *evil grin*

To Glittery-Icecream: Ha, I bet Keefe needed that. He said he wasn't jealous, but...

To koko: Thank you! So sorry I'm not a fast updater.

To Coco: Thanks for feeling tortured by the cliffhanger! I've always wanted to have an actually good cliffhanger but all of my other ones have been pretty underwhelming. Sorry for not updating more often.

To koko (again): don't worry, I wasn't discontinuing the story. I'm just a really bad updater. I promise I'll update more in the future.

To pizzalover94: Thank you! I will definitely keep going!

To TEAM SOPHIE: Sorry I haven't been updating! I'm going to try and update way more often.

To Anonymous: Can't tell you what happens now, but there's a lot of drama coming up!

And now, one of the first chapters in a long, looooong time:

Sophie entered Keefe's mind and was immediately tackled by a huge mound of stressful memories. She weaved her way through them to one that was pulsing with urgency. She plunged herself into the scene.

Keefe walked across the room towards Stina and Biana. Both were glaring at him. His hands trembled.

Their emotions did not seem warm and fuzzy.

As he strode to the two girls, Stina let out a sharp scoff.

'What are you doing here?' she asked.

'We need to talk, Stina,' Keefe said somberly. 'Something happened today.'

'Well, duh,' Stina scoffed. 'Glad you're all caught up. Guess that after failing all your classes you get a little bit behind, you know? In there?'

She tapped her head condescendingly.

'I didn't fail all my classes,' Keefe said. His shoulders sunk a little lower. 'Anyways, I know something happened. And we need your help because of it.'

'Listen, I'm not getting into something 'Alicorn Freak' and 'Little Miss Perfect Vacker' over here started,' Stina said sharply, glaring at Biana.

The dark haired girl sunk in Stina's gaze. Jensi just stared on apologetically.

'It's not to much to ask, I swear,' Keefe said anxiously. 'Biana just said something too loud and set the plants off. She could get in trouble for this, you know. So we just need you to help cover this up. Say that she dropped something and it made an incredibly loud noise during your interrogation. Don't forget what happened to Kenton. This may not be as bad as what happened to him, but it's still bad. Help us.'

'What's in it for me?' Stina asked skeptically.

Keefe held back a snicker. The tall girl sounded like a gangster in one of Sophie's old human videos.

'Feeling the satisfaction of having helped another elf?' Keefe answered meekly.

'No, really." Stina rolled her eyes. "What is in it for me?'

Keefe tapped his foot, mussing his already disheveled hair. 'Let's see, let's see... What could we do to make you be kind to another person?'

Stina sighed. 'You don't have anything, do you.'

Keefe smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. 'Nope.'

'Of course you don't have any ideas. All you do is follow Sophie's plans,' Stina scoffed. The blow sunk into his heart and his shoulders slumped even more. 'Anyways, there is something I want. I'm planning on getting my matchmaker's scroll soon.'

'Like anyone would want to be on your list,' Keefe muttered.

'WATCH IT!' Stina said, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. 'Just don't. I just want a favor. You can talk to Linh, right?'

'I guess,' Keefe said uncertainly.

'Well... ' Stina said, starting to look nervous. 'There's someone who I want on my matchmaker's list. He's amazing. He's funny and smart and... he doesn't hate me. He might even love me. I'm not sure yet. I hope he does.'

Stina looked down in a rare moment of vulnerability. 'He's great. And he's talentless. And I want him to be on my scroll. Linh's a matchmaker now. She can make sure that happens.'

Keefe raised an eyebrow. 'Don't you have a lot of family in the matchmaking business? Can't you just ask one of them?'

'Sure, let me just tell them that I want to jeopardize my family's chance of keeping our bloodline noble after my talentless dad decided that he wanted to destroy my family's status by marrying my mom. Yeah, that'll really go over well," Stina snapped sarcastically. She was back to her old self. 'They'll freak. Linh knows about this kind of stuff. Linh won't freak out.'

Keefe shook his head. 'Stina, you know I can't let Linh do that. She's a newbie. Unlike your centuries old cousins, Linh is young. If she makes a mistake like that, the matchmakers will notice. And she will be fired.'

'I know,' Stina said. 'But... this is important. To me and to you. If you don't at least ask Linh, I will tell what actually happened.'

Keefe sighed defeatedly. 'Fine. I'll ask Linh.'

Stina smirked. "Good.'

Keefe started to stalk away, and Biana turned to stand up and follow him.

He walked faster.

'KEEFE! You can't do this!' Biana shouted, running after him.

He started to run, weaving through other people.

'Keefe! KEEFE!'

He reached Sophie.

The memory faded and Keefe's nervous face came back into view.

"We need to talk to Biana," Sophie said.