Rebel a sophitz story

Chapter 43 (The End)

Sophie's POV

I let out a breath, before squaring my shoulders, prepared to march into the eyesight of the Neverseen guards.

As I step into their eyesight, no one moves.  I start to wave my hands in the air and jump, still nothing.

"Hey!  Over here!"

That caught their attention.

"Hey!  Stop!  You're under arrest!"

"That's why I came," I mumble to myself.

"Look, I think it's the Moonlark," one of the guard laughs.

"I'm here to talk to the Prince," I say.

"Maybe the Black Swan isn't as well informed as we thought," the other guard smirks.

"Then why haven't you defeated us yet?" I ask, innocently.

"Shut up," snarls the first guard.

I mime zipping my mouth shut, as one guard ties my hands behind my back.

"When we give the Moonlark to Olivia, do you think we'll be rewarded?"

"Maybe with a high position!"

"Can we go now?" I ask, annoyed at the guards not moving.

I'm shoved in response, and the three of us start to walk.  We pass the blinding gates, and enter the palace walls.  The two guards lead the way to the throne room, where I am forced to my knees in front of the throne, where Fitz sits with Olivia leaning over his left shoulder.

"What is the meaning of this?" Olivia asks.

"We've found the Moonlark!" one guard boasts.

"Have you now?  Your majesty what should we do?" Olivia questions for show.

"Take off the hood," Fitz says, almost like a robot.

The guard on my left reaches for my hood, and I stomp on his foot and shove my elbow into his gut, "I can do it myself."

The guards must have looked at Olivia for confirmation, because she nods.

I grasp the edges of my hood, and take a deep breath, before pulling down the hood, revealing my blonde hair and very noticeable brown eyes.

I spare a glance at Fitz, looking into his teal eyes, before noticing how his eyes looked glazed instead of their normal sharp color.  The eyes that gave no sign of recognition.

Olivia laughs, "Lock her away!"

"Fitz!" I call, struggling.  "Are you really going to let her do this?  You know it was the Black Swan that rescued you!  I was there!  Come on!  I didn't spend the past few months training, just for it to go down the drain because Olivia showed up!  You asked me on a date, I became your girlfriend!  I know you are in there somewhere, the same person who I decided was worth the risk!  The same person who would never even think about throwing his best friend and sister in jail!  But you have Fitz, this isn't who you are!"

"Please little Moonlark, you have no sway over him."

I snarl at the girl, before trying once again, this time in his mind.

Fitz, it's me, Sophie.  You know who I am, and I know who you are.  I know that you're being controlled, I need you to force Olivia out of your mind, to regain control of your own actions.  Keefe needs you to do this, Biana needs you to do this, your friends, your parents, your kingdom needs you to do this.  And I need you to do this.  Fitz you are my cognate, we are stronger together than apart.