"I hate to interrupt the sappy moment, but we need to talk," a light voice said sarcastically behind us. Tam and I whipped our heads around to see our cloaked ally standing with a hand on their hip.
"W- who are you?" I stuttered nervously, Tam helping me stand up. I could tell from their voice that they were a girl, unless they were able to mimic.
"You'll know soon enough," she said simply. She handed me a neatly folded light blue envelope. "Give this to Dex Dizznee." A small gadget kept it from being opened. "He'll figure out how to open it," she added.
Tam and I gazed at the envelope, fingering the gadget. Then a shadow crossed over us and the girl was gone.
Dex's PoV ~
I woke up screaming bloody murder (a phrase that Sophie taught me to use), clutching the side of my head and pulling on my hair.
There was a panicked knock at my bedroom door, and I quickly stood up and opened it. "Are you okay?" Sophie asked, gripping a light blue envelope with a square gadget on it. Tam was behind her, and Marella came bolting up the stairs to us. "What the what is happening?" she asked. "I heard screaming."
"Sorry. I had a nightmare," I mumbled. Sophie nodded in understanding. "Our ally visited Tam and I a couple minutes ago," Sophie explained, handing the envelope to me. "She said that you'd be able to open it." I raised an eyebrow at her. "She?"
Sophie shrugged. "I mean... they sounded like a girl, unless they can mimic." I studied the gadget on the envelope. "Has a small forcefield around it like your gloves and fingernails, with a bit of encryption... aha!" I clicked two of the buttons on the side, slid a small lever, snapped a trigger stick, and then twisted a circle sphere part and it disintegrated into silver dust.
"That was quick," Marella noted. I gave her a small smile and ripped it open. Inside was a note in morse code.
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Translation:
DEX, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN READ THIS. DO NOT SHARE THIS TO ANYONE ELSE, OR YOU MAY ENDANGER EVERYONE ELSE'S LIFE. WHEN YOU ARE DONE READING THIS, THROW IT INTO A FIRE OR RIP IT INTO TINY SHREDS OR ANY OTHER WAY TO DESTROY IT. YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD DREAMS ABOUT A FOREST AND SEVERAL PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER MET. YOU AREN'T GOING CRAZY. THOSE DREAMS ARE REAL. PROPHETIC. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND NOW, BUT YOU WILL ONE DAY. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
I widened my eyes in surprise and disbelief. "What is it?" Sophie asked, squinting at the text. "It's just a random message. Gibberish," I lied. Luckily, Keefe wasn't with us.
Sophie gave me a skeptical look, but nodded. "Good night then," she said, and they left.
That night, I had no dreams.
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The Burning Light with Shadows (A SOTAM Fan Fiction)
FanfictionA KotLC Fan Fiction: Sophie and Fitz lay waiting in the Healing Center, when Linh comes by and manages to help heal Fitz's echoes. Fitz and Linh start dating around the time that Fitz gets out of the Healing Center, while Sophie waits there alone. B...
