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Chapter 7
Sophie opened up her eyes to see that she had fallen asleep and it was now morning. She climbed out of bed begrudgingly and got dressed. She didn't want to go downstairs and face Edaline and Grady, but did she have a choice? Sophie slipped her shoes on, but felt something crunch at the bottom. She threw her shoe off. A note. How in the world did they know I was going to put this pair of shoes on? She grabbed the note and opened it. "We know you're confused. Evil will strike. You have to stop it. It's someone no one suspects. You can do this." Sophie stared at the note. "What the heck! Why can't you just tell me who it is?" She screamed. She flopped onto her bed.
If this was true, if there really was an evil that she had to stop, she shouldn't be waiting around. She had to stop it. The question was, who was she supposed to stop? Sophie walked over to her desk and pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil. She needed to make a list of possible suspects, but she only knew one thing. No one would suspect them. Her pencil hesitated as she racked her brain as to who to write down. She needed a second opinion. Off to see Dex.
An hour later Sophie was in Dex's room. "So whatcha up to?" asked Dex a little awkwardly. "I need your help," Sophie hesitated, "It's invoves the black swan though, so I understand if you don't want to help." Sophie held her breath. Dex looked taken aback. It was awhile before he answered. "What do I have to do?" Sophie let a smile crawl across her lips. She handed him the note. Dex grew a little pale. "Sophie," he sighed, "I will help you. Just promise me you wont get hurt." His voice faltered at the end. Sophie looked away and blushed.
"Let's get started. Do you have any ideas yet?" Sophie asked. "Uhhh, no, You?" "Well,umm lets see. There's always Stina." Sophie smirked, "She's defintley evil." Dex laughed. "You got that right. But I just don't think Stina's capable of that much evil to have the black swan send you secret notes about her." "You're right, come on there has to be someone." "How about councilor Bronte? You're always saying how he's like out to get you or something." Sophie thought. "Yeah, he does hate me, but he would never betray his loyalty to the council." "Hmmmm," was all Dex said. Then all the sudden Dex straightened up and looked a bit sick. Sophie noticed his expression. "What? What is it? Who are you thinking of?"
When Dex spoke it was barley a whisper. "Sophie, what if it's Keefe's dad?" Sophie's eyes widened as she thought of the possibility of it. "You can't be serious- I mean he wouldn't-well I mean-oh gosh. This could get complicated. I guess it could be him. The way he looks right through me sometimes is so evil and creepy. And how he thinks he's like the best person on the planet. We can't jump to conclusions though." Sophie got up. "I've been here for a while, I should probably get going. If you think of any more suspects though, call me on my imparter." Sophie was just about out of the door. "And oh, don't tell anyone about this."
The rest of the day passed quickly and before Sophie knew it, it was morning again and she was going to school. She walked to her locker to drop off her books, when she saw Keefe coming towards her. She shoved her books in her locker and slammed the door. She couldn't talk to Keefe, not now. Not after she suspected his dad as the "new evil". Keefe was steadily advancing toward her. Sophie's legs carried her away from him as fast as they could go. She turned the corner and bumped into somebody. Her books went flying everywhere. "Oh no, this would happen to me," Sophie muttered under her breath. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she heard someone say. Sophie bent down to pick up her books, and so did the person she bumped into. She went to grab the last book, but as the same time the other somebody did too. Their hands touched.
Sophie looked up and her heart skipped a beat. It was none other than Fitz Vacker. "Oh my," she gasped slightly. This was just the worst luck ever. It was also no time for romance. She pulled her eyes away from his dreamy ones and ran down the hall. Fitz yelled after her but she ignored him. He turned away concerned and confused. Did he do something wrong? Was she mad he touched her hand? What was she running from? He turned the corner and saw Keefe running up towards him. Keefe peered around Fitz's shoulder. "Did you see Sophie? I think she's running away from-well me.," Keefe remarked nervously. Fitz looked shocked. "Running away from you? What did you do?" Keefe looked exasperated. "I don't know, I was coming towards her locker just to say hey, ya know? Then she took one nervous glance towards me, shoved her books into her locker, and ran off."
"I'll go see what's wrong with her after my next class," Fitz said. He noticed Keefe's worried expression. "Hey don't worry about it. I'm sure it was nothing." He turned and walked away leaving Keefe alone. Something wasn't right. Keefe could feel it.
After Sophie's class ended she went to her locker, trying to avoid everyone she knew. She got to her locker finally and sighed a sigh of relief. So far no Keefe. Good. Sophie got her books and closed her locker door. Then she let out a tiny scream. Several heads turned her way. Fitz had been behind her door. She must have been so focused she didn't see him. "Fitz, you can't scare me like that," Sophie said with annoyance in her voice. "I know, I know. But I needed to ask you something." Sophie's heart hammered hard against her chest. "Um, ok. What is it?" she asked biting her lip.
"Who were you running away from?" "Oh," her heart dropped. "Well I-," Sophie looked around nervously, "I don't know. It was no one, really. Hey I'll see ya later okay? I need to get to my next class," she said turning around. "Your next class is with me Sophie, " Fitz said blandly. Sophie blushed. "Oh yeah, sorry. I guess I'm just a little out of it today." Fitz walked in front of her and grabbed her arms. He looked deep into her eyes. "You can tell me. Trust me." Sophie felt herself about to tell him. His dreamy eyes were captivating. She broke their concentration. "I'm sorry Fitz. I can't." She was on the verge of tears. To her surprise he pulled her close to him.
Sophie suddenly felt light-hearted. Everything turned white. She was falling. The last thing she remembered was Fitz holding her and there being some sort of wind storm.
Sophie woke up to bright lights and a sort of ringing noise in her ears. Voices swirled around inside her head. "Sophie are you okay?" "Sophie can you hear me?" Too many sounds. She just wanted to drown them out. Somehow she did, and she was back asleep again. Peaceful… no worries… nothing…