Hidden-A Sokeefe Story

Prologue

I quickly wrote the letter. I had to be gone before anyone noticed or before Ro tattled. I tried to tell myself this was the best thing to do.

I looked over my letter. It wasn't enough but it would have to do. Sophie could not find me here. She would demand an explanation, I couldn't do it. I set the letter down and read the words one last time:

To the mysterious Miss F!

Ugh- I'm already regretting starting this letter that way. But I don't have any extra paper, and crossing it out would look worse, So... I guess we'll just have to add it 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 track me down. 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 hide 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

I sighed and looked around one more time. This would be the last time I saw the Lost Cities again. I would never be coming back. I held the cobalt blue leaping crystal up to the light. I closed my eyes and leapt.

I appeared in some sort of small forest. I think humans call them 'parks'. The air was horrible, humans never did anything to stop their world from burning. 

I saw a few humans walk past and give me weird looks. I looked down at my clothes and then back up to the humans clothes. I must have looked weird to them with my cape and Elvin clothes. I heard them say some weird things about me and I felt like falling into a hole.

My time in the forbidden cities was not off to a great start so far.