Kotlc Stellarlune

Chapter 4

It was a nice Saturday morning. Metaphysically,  I could practically hear the flowers blooming, the wind whistling. I almost let my self enjoy just lying in bed. 

That was until reality hit.

Ro came in screaming banging some of her metal swords together, " WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP."

I sat up and rubbed the grogginess out of my eyes, "Did you ever do this to Ke-"

"Shhhhhh, we don't speak his name." She said it like it was a hint that its a subject she doesn't want to talk  about.

I nodded and continued, "Ro, why exactly are you waking me up at not even 5 in the morning?"

She went from a sad to a hyped esteem as she got excited, "Well Blondie, we have training today."

"But-" I started

Ro cut me off, "Nope, I mean it was your idea to start this war and you aren't the strongest one in the bunch, plus your powers require well-" She started to say something then shook her head and said, "they require a lot of other factors that shouldn't be contributed."

"Like what?" I stated.

"Like the fact you need to run to teleport, that you don't exactly inflict that easily, you can hardly control your enhancing-"

"Okay, we get it. Sophie Foster can't do anything, and no one likes her, and they all think horrible things about it, the end." I said, getting up.

"Dang, you-know-who was right." Ro said.

"You-know-who?" I questioned.

"How would you like 'the empath we don't speak about', 'the elf currently in the human world', the-"

"You-know-who works." I said, understanding that even just saying Keefe hurt.

I mean he is so much more than just Keefe, he's the boy who helped me find my way to Elwin.

The boy who could make me smile in a time I never thought it would be possible.

The reason I gave everyone in the Black Swan fun nicknames.

The boy who can always find a way to make me feel better.

And so much more.

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Fun fact, the reality of the training sucks. 

After I literally ran for my life (Ro said that if she beats me while I was running, then I'd have to do an extra hour in running), I decided to work with Mr.Forkle and Tigerian. 

With Tigerian, I got better at having a strong connection, and was even able to telepathically send visions, pictures, and even these weird shadow creatures to the person I was transmitting to. 

That's when I had my class with Mr. Forkle.

"Okay Miss. Foster, lift me." He said calmly.

"L-lift you?" I asked.

"Yes, after all you should be able to use your telekinesis well, especially after your time in Exillium."

 "Right." I said.

After thirty minutes, I was only able to lift him not even a foot off the ground. 

"Okay Miss Foster, now we will work on your teleporting."

"Okay." I started to run.

"No Miss Foster, from standing and at the most, a step."

"Oh." Was that even possible? How was I even supposed to do that?

The most I got after two hours was teleporting from a hard jog. 

With inflicting, I was practically hopeless. 

After that, I decided to head back to Havenfield to hopefully sleep for a while when I heard voices. It sounded like Linh, Marella, Maruca, and Stina. 

They seemed to be in the middle of a discussion, but for some reason I felt the urge to just listen to what they were saying. I crept to where I could hear them, and be certain they couldn't see me. 

Their conversation started off with talking about how Tam hasn't been hanging out with Linh recently, especially after all we did to get him back. 

I couldn't help but agree with that, after all Tam has been spending all his time with Glimmer.

I could tell Linh was getting stressed by it when she yelled at the storm practically rising up inside of her. I could tell she didnt trust Glimmer.

Personally, she has helped a lot and I definitely think she's on our side. 

I then heard them mention that Glimmer was the one who helped them escape Loamnore.  

Then Linh say "Sophie told me she'd look into it-"

Right, because Foster the Wonder Girl never misses anything," Stina then countered, rolling her eyes. "You can all save the yay-Sophie speeches, by the way. I know you're all on Team Moonlark, so--"

I held my breath. Of course they think this about me. It still hurt that they were saying it verbally, aloud.

What hurt more was when Stina continued, "I'm on Team Let's-Be-Real, okay? Sure, Foster's done some fancy stuff- and she has lots of abilities and whatever. But she fails just as much as she wins. Probably more, actually. I mean, how many times has she almost died now? And how many times have all of us almost died because of her plans? Plus, she's also not always the hero. You saved Atlantis that time"--she poked Linh in the arm--"not Sophie."

I felt the guilt rising up in me. I couldn't, I didn't want to hear this. 

I didn't want to even be here, I just wanted to be with Silveny to clear my head.

Thats when I saw myself, on Silveny. 

"What-?"

I looked around, I was in a beautiful forest on Silveny's back with Greyfell, Winn and Luna prancing happily at my visit.

FRIEND GLITTERBUTT FRIEND SOPHIE!! SOPHIE!! Silveny transmitted.

I smiled. I did it. I teleported while standing. 

I then thought of Havenfield, my beautiful room, Verdi, the beautiful Iggy. 

I felt my emotional conection shift, and I imagined I was there. 

Then before I could open my eyes I was in my bedroom, with Sandor staring at me, thinking I probably jumped off a cliff. 

Before he could pester me on not bringing a bodyguard, I jumped up and down.

"I might be able to win the war!!" I squealed. 

I might have a chance to prove myself. 

To everyone counting on me.

To my friends.

To Keefe.

To the world. 

And, that was how I found myself in the training room, preparing for this war that I was going to end.