Thread:PanakesTree/@comment-47607325-20201208152714

Chapter 1.

"Sophie! Time for dinner!" Edaline called for the 3rd time.

"One sec!" Sophie yelled.

But Sophie wasn't coming down in a second, she was too busy reading the note Keefe had left her. Tears streamed down her face as she finished the letter. She couldn't help it. She was supposed to be strong, but this just proved how bad the Neverseen had gotten them. Keefe's mom had changed him so much he didn't even feel safe.

"Sophie?" Edaline asked in a hushed whisper from where she now stood at the door.

Sophie didn't bother to answer she just was too focused on the way Grady was fidgeting with his hands, and avoiding eye contact. Edaline made her way over to Sophie, and Sophie didn't try to push her away. Instead she strangled Ella and made muffled crying sounds on Edaline's shoulder.

"Oh, sweethart, I am so sorry." Edaline told her, brushing her hand through her hair, after reading the letter.

Grady muttered something about "That boy."

While Sandor was too busy trying to figure out how Keefe got in.

Sophie couldn't stand the concerned expressions on her adopted parents faces, so she ran down the stairs pushing her way outside. She ended up face planting into a startled Dex.

"Look who it is, the pretty blondie. Just who I wanted to see." Ro snapped from where she stood beside Dex and Elwin.

Chapter 2.

"What are you guys doing here?" Sophie finally asked.

"I was about to ask you the same thing blondie." Ro said, looking down at her fingernails as if she was done with this conversation.

"This is my house," Sophie snapped back.

"You know what I meant. Are you going to go on some mission to find where Funkyhair is hiding?"

"Not without me, she isn't." Sandor replied placing his hand on Sophie's shoulder.

"I wasn't going to!" Sophie argued trying to free herself from Sandor's grasp.

"So I take it you've heard from Keefe then." Elwin said pointing to her red eyes, from where he stood beside Dex.

"Can I see the letter?" Dex asked.

"Um. What letter?" Sophie lied, but it wasn't very convincing.

"Come on blondie, we know Lord Hunkyhair left you a letter. And besides you can read our letter if we can read yours." Ro announced, catching Sophie's attention.

"You guys got a letter too?" Sophie wondered.

"Yep! And now you just proved to us that you were lying, so hand over that letter so I can read it aloud to everyone in a spot on Hunkyhair voice." Ro remarked, sticking out her hand waiting for Sophie to hand over the letter.

"Ugh. Fine." Sophie muttered, pulling out the letter and putting it into Ro's hand.

"Alright let's get this party started!" Ro said, before clearing her voice.

"To the Mysterious Miss F! Well that wasn't the best way to start." Ro declared

"Keep going!!!" Everyone seemed to urge.

"Okay. Yeesh. Can't a girl make fun of someone's writing?  Anyway...  Ugh- I'm already regretting starting this letter that way.  See, even Hunkyhair regrets it!" Ro commented, earning her death glares from everyone.

"Alright! Alright! You elves have no sense of humor. 'But I don't have any extra paper, and crossing it out would look worse, so . . . I guess we'll just have to add that to my list of mistakes. And I know you're going to think that everything I'm about to say should also be on that long list of Keefe Fails. But I swear - That's NOT what this is. I'm not trying to fix everything or save everyone this time. I'm just trying to make sure I don't hurt anyone. I can't tell you more than that without putting you in danger, so just . . . Trust me when I say that the powers my mom gave me are super bad. There​​​​​​​ seriously aren't strong enough words to explain how horrible they are. And I CAN't control them - just like I can't stop my mom from forcing me to use them. So . . . This is the only way. I don't want to do it. But I have to. And I'm not going to ask you not to hate me. In fact, it might be better if you do, because I need you to PROMISE that you won't try to find me. My mom will be waiting for you to track me down - and since I know how stubborn you are, I want to make sure you understand who you'd be putting in danger. I'm going to be hiding the same way the Black Swan hid you. That's why you have to stay away. Well, there are lots of reasons. So again, please, just. . . trust me, okay? And since this is the last time I'll ever talk to you, I just. . . I want to say that I'm really going to miss you. You mean a lot to me, Foster. More than you'll ever know. Please be careful. Please be happy. And PLEASE forget all about me. It'll be better for everyone that way. You'll see. Love, Keefe. 'Well then. . . On that note. . . At least he confessed." Ro sighed, trying to be optimistic.

"Confessed what?" Sophie sniffled.

"Seriously blondie?!?! Did you not here the part about how much you mean to him?! At this point the obliviousness is getting really old." Ro grumbled.

"It is getting kind of old though . . ." Dex whispered, but he seemed more mad than sad.

"Can we focus guys? Didn't you have a note from Keefe too?" Sophie begged, wipping a tear away that had fallen down her cheek.

"Oh right." Elwin started, "So I actually didn't bring it with me but . . . it basically said, how much he thanked me for letting him stay with me. And that he is never coming back he wants you to look at his drawings and the writing he did next to it. But he specifically said that only you could look at it, and could never tell anyone what you saw in there. He claims they are personal but he wants you to have them. Also . . . he says feel free to give Ro some flesh eating bacteria if she touches his notebooks."

"Okay, but why me?" Sophie questioned, shifting uncomfortably.

"You tell me." Elwin answered handing over 3 notebooks.

Sophie felt her cheeks flood with warmth as she hesitantlyaccepted the notebooks wondering what secrets lay inside.

😁 Ha ha Cliffhanger!!!!​​​​​​​ (more soon to come I promise!) 