Into the Light

Chapter III

*peeks head out of  trash can*  Hey guys... So I know it's been a while... My life has been super hectic, I am so sorry for abandoning my story and my readers. 

Here's the next chapter, I promise it gets more interesting from here, so I now present: Chapter 3

Oh, yeah, it's unedited, so... 

A familiar figure approaching the new waywards...

"Granite?!" she shouted as they appeared in Alluveterre.

"Sophi-" Tam started.

"That was Granite!"

"Sophi-"

"What was he doing with the new waywards?!"

"Sophi-"

"I am going to talk to Mr. Forkle about this! He has some explaining to do! I mean seriously, what the-"

"SOPHIE!" Tam yelled.

"What?!" she snapped back.

"You're faded."

She looked at her hands. The color was almost completely gone, leaving her skin a faint ash grey. She must have lost concentration when she saw Granite. Sophie scowled.

"Of course I am." she sighed.

"I'm taking you to see Physic." Linh said, gently taking Sophie's hand and leading her to the infirmary.

Luckily, Physic was there, organizing her office and getting ready to go home. She looked up when the girls came in, adjusting her mask. When she saw Sophie, she sighed wearily.

"You faded. What happened?"

"I lost concentration right before we leapt." Sophie mumbled.

"Okay. I can fix this with the right formula. What made you loose your concentration?"

"I saw Granite with the new waywards. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?" Sophie asked, moving over to sit in one of the beds.

"No. They barely tell me anything." she responded, frowning. "Well, you're going to have to miss dinner. I'm sorry. I don't have limbium free fade fuel, so you'll have to wait while I go get some." she said, turning around and picking up her medical bag.

"That exists?" Sophie asked.

"Yes. I'll have to ask Squall... Her husband... " Physic mumbled, trailing off into her thoughts. "Well, you wait here. I'll be back soon enough."

She pulled out a leaping crystal and vanished.

Sophie turned to Linh.

"You can go ahead to dinner. You don't have to stay here."

"Really? Are you sure?" Linh asked.

Sophie nodded.

"Okay. I'll see you later." Linh said, leaving with one last sympathetic look.

Sophie sighed. She settled in the bed to wait, and ended up drifting off to sleep.

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When she woke up a few hours later, Physic said she could go.

"Don't I need fade fuel?" she asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"I gave it to you while you slept." said Physic, leading Sophie to the door. "Calla saved you some dinner. Now shoo, so I can go home."

Sophie thanked her, then started towards her room to change out of her Exillium robes. Her thoughts drifted to Granite. 

What if this connects to the conversation I heard last night? 

Are they bringing the new waywards here? 

What if-

Lost in her thoughts, she slammed into something. She groaned, standing up and rubbing her back.

"I am so sorry! I wasn't paying attention, I didn't mean to knock you down! "

She looked up, and found herself face to face with a pair of ice blue eyes. Eyes she never thought she would see again. Keefe's eyes.

For a moment they just stared at each other in shock.

"Keefe..."

"Foster? You're alive? I missed you... so much. " he cried pulling her into a bone crushing hug.

"I... missed you too, Keefe." She said, hesitantly hugging him back.

"It's been such a long time! You're so much taller. And cuter."

Sophie blushed. If she was honest with herself, Keefe was a lot cuter now, too.

"Wow, I can't believe -" Keefe was cut off by Tam's door flying open.

"Could you two please be quiet?! I'm trying to sleep! I understand that you're having a touching reunion with your... Boyfriend? He looks like your type. Anyways, I need you to take your loud squealing somewhere else." Tam snapped, before slamming the door.

"Tam!" Sophie yelled, blushing red as a flaredon.

"You have a type?" Keefe asked, turning to her with a smirk.

"Really? That's what you got from that?" Sophie was blushing harder now.

Keefe laughed.

"Come on. I'm sure Dex will die when he sees you." Keefe said, walking towards his room, and beckoning for her to follow.

"Dex? He's here?" She asked, running to catch up with him.

"Yeah. You go to Exillium, right?" he asked.

She nodded, gesturing to her clothes.

"Wait you're the one who led me to the infirmary? Oh, that makes so much sense... You have a crazy number of powers, you really-"

"Keefe. You're getting off topic."

"Oh, yeah, sorry. Anyways, Dex, Biana, Fitz, and I all enrolled in Exillium. I know for a fact that you were there yesterday."

"So then... Dex and Biana are the Technopath and Vanisher?"

"Yep." Keefe said, stopping at a door. "Dex and Fitz are in here. They're sharing a room with me. Biana is either with you or water girl."

The door opened, and a tall strawberry blonde boy stood there. When he saw Keefe, he rolled his periwinkle eyes.

"Keefe, I don't even- Sophie?"

"Dex?"

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