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Chapter 6
"Come on Sophie, we need to get you to my dad." "What about Keefe and Biana?" "I'll handle that meanwhile-" Fitz picked her up. "What are you doing?" Sophie yelled. She thrashed her arms but it was no use. Fitz was stronger. "I'm taking you to my dad." "I can walk there by myself." Sophie said with determination. "Maybe, maybe not." Fitz answered.
"What do you mean?" "I mean," Fitz said through little tiny gasps of breath, "that who knows how much strength that usage of power took out of you. You could collapse any second now." Sophie didn't think he was right but she didn't argue. Besides it wasn't every day Fitz carried her.
Sophie noticed her eyelids starting to droop. She did feel kinda tired, but she wasn't going to let Fitz know that. He must've noticed it though. "It's okay Sophie I got you." The last thing Sophie remembered was Keefe running up saying what happened and her being put into another pair of arms.
When she woke up she was in the room that she had spent her first night at in Everglen. Alden was leaning over her. "Hey Sophie how ya feeling?" "Ok, I guess." She sat up, "Is something wrong?" "No, nothings wrong. I just-I think we should test you for more powers," Alden said quietly. "But you said I shouldn't be tested," Sophie said. "I know what I said, I just think this is a better way right now. After what happened yesterday-" "Wait, yesterday? You mean I've been asleep that long?" "Yes, your body was extremely tired from the strain of all your powers kicking in, especially the pyrokinetic one." He suddenly looked very tired. "So I am a pyrokinetic. Great." Could things get any worse? Apparently they could.
Suddenly the door came opened and Grady entered. "I'm here." Sophie looked at Alden quizzically. Alden sighed, "Sophie, Grady is here to see if you're a Mesmer." "What?" Sophie almost screamed. She didn't want to be tested for anything. She just wanted to go home. "Sophie, it's okay. I'm here to help you." Grady said gently, but there was concern in his eyes. Sophie didn't have to read his mind to know what he was thinking. She knew that Grady was worried what a burden it would be if she were a Mesmer. He sat down next to her. "Okay we are going to start with something easy. You're going to tell somebody to walk across the room." "But, I don't know how. I can't-"
"Sophie relax. It's going to be okay. Fitz can you come here?" Grady called. "Wait what? Fitz? What does he have to do with any of this?" Sophie said as she started to panic. "I'm the one you're going to be mesmering," Fitz answered as he came into the room and flashed his movie star smile. Sophie melted inside. She didn't know much about being a Mesmer, but she knew if you wanted somebody to do something you had to make direct eye contact. And the thing was whenever she met Fitz eyes she went all fluttery. This was going to be bad.
"Okay Sophie so what you are going to need to do is look Fitz straight in the eye, concentrate, and then say what you want them to do." Grady said. Sophie took a deep breath. I can do this. She slowly moved her eyes and lined them up with Fitz. Her heart felt like jello. She looked away. If she was ever going to be comfortable around Fitz she was going to have to push any touchy feelings away. She looked at him again. Not going to happen. She decided to push them away just for the time being. Time to do this.
She looked at him once more. Their eyes locked and Sophie felt a surge of energy run through her. She concentrated. She felt something buzz behind her eyes. "Walk across the room." Fitz broke their concentration. His eyes looked blank. Sophie gasped as he walked across the room. Grady looked pale. Alden didn't look surprised. "This is what I expected Sophie. There's no need to test you for more powers. I am quite sure you have all of them." Sophie didn't move. She didn't speak. She just stared blankly across the room trying to blink back tears. Now I really am a Power Freak. "It's okay, Sophie we can figure this out. Right now I want you to go home."
Sophie stood up on shaky legs and glanced at Fitz one last time. He was just beginning to come out of his hypnotic state. She left with Grady's arm around her shoulder. He didn't say anything at all. Sophie couldn't help but wonder if the black swan did this. They said it happened for a reason. But what was the reason? Sophie's face turned into a scowl. She wanted answers, she wanted them now.
"Oh, Sophie your home!" rang Edaline's voice as they entered Havenfield. She went to give Sophie a hug but then stopped, remembering Sophie's empath abilities. She looked at Grady's face and her face turned pale as well. "What happened?" she asked nervously. Sophie didn't say anything and neither did Grady. "Oh well," Edaline said as she went over to the stove "I made you some hot lushberry tea if you'd-" The lushberry tea slipped out of her hand as Edaline tripped over the chair. It was just about to spill all over Sophie's dress, when Sophie's hand shot out and froze it to ice. It crashed on the floor shattering into a million pieces.
"Ugggg! I'm going to bed," Sophie exclaimed. She marched up the stairs and shut her bedroom door. She could hear Grady and Edaline talking downstairs, but she didn't want to listen. She just wanted to drown the world out.