Natalie's POV
"It's going to feel kinda ticklish and sparkly and like a million things are going to be happening at once, but you'll have a Nexus, which keeps the pieces of you together as you travel by light." She clasped the bracelet onto my wrist.
"What about-"
Sophie cut me off saying: "Don't worry. It'll be fine. Just take my hand and we'll leap, okay?" Sophie also took Fitz's hand and emotions flash through her eyes as their fingers intertwined. She beamed.
I grasped her hand, holding her by the fingers. We all looped hands in a circle while Dex held the crystal up to the light. "Ready?" We nodded. I watched myself glitter away.
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So. Much. Light. Millions of soft dandelions and feathers tickled me under and outside my skin, softly brushing its edges against me. I closed my eyes and held onto Sophie's hand - the only reminder of why I was here - to get through the leap. I felt the sparkles shimmer and felt coarse as they rubbed my facial features and took me away.
