Remembering Family

Epilogue Part One

One year later~ Graduation

My friends and I, that is except for Keefe and Fitz,  waited nervously backstage, ready for the show. Keefe and Fitz had helped their class create a spectacular graduation show, and all of us wanted to top that. Edaline believed we could, pointing out that their class didn't have any chargers or inflictors. Or teleporters. And they didn't have two Shades. But the show was still spectacular. The lights dimmed, cueing me. I light the room up with my electricity, making the bolts appear different colors, as Councillor Karina showed me how to do. Linh used the buckets of water hidden in different parts to create bubbles of water as I light those up, vanishers dancing in shimmering suits and dresses in between the flashing bubbles. The empaths created little balls that could tell the emotions, and as I was lighting up the bubbles of water, I inflicted positive emotions on the balls, making the room filled with bubbles of green, yellow, red, purple and all the colors that made everybody happy and joyful. Then came the technopaths, led by Dex. They released hundreds of mechanical birds, that swooped in and out of the bubbles of water and dropped candy for the audience. The gusters moved the bubbles around, creating little shows of bubbles in  certain areas and using the wind to lift themselves up and around the crowd. I glanced at the Alicorn beside me. Linh was the first to recommend using Silveny, as I was unique in the fact that I could transmit to animals. At first, I thought why not get Verdi to do some tricks, but then Biana pointed out that Verdi wouldn't fit in the gym. While still shooting bolts of different colored lightning at the balls of water, I climbed onto the Alicorn. We were the finale, where I would teleport onto the stage, and then Silveny and I would do what we had rehearsed. I would be projecting memories of my years at Foxfire onto a huge banner as Silveny did tricks and turns, before I would slide off her back and teleport onto the stage. Before that though, Tam and I had to perform our abilities as Shades. We cloaked the whole stage in shadows, making it disappear as everybody rushed around to get ready. This led up to the finale, so when the curtain of shadows was still up, I urged Silveny forward and into the center of the stage. The curtain of shadows dropped, but Silveny and I stayed concealed as Tam showed off. He was next to me, my enhancing powers making his tricks more impressive and easier for him to accomplish. The Telepaths came out and in turn said what the other was thinking, before projecting their memories of the past year onto banners. The mechanical birds had released the large white banner behind everyone, and then Greyfell flew in next to me. I had hidden him in shadows as well, so nobody knew he was there. 

Tam, Greyfell is next to you. I transmitted to my fianceé. As the others kept the crowd entertained, we cloaked the stage in shadows once more and Tam scrambled onto Greyfell.

Fitz knows he's part of the show, right?  Tam shadow-whispered to me. 

Yes. I transmitted. With that, we dropped all the shadows and a gasp rippled through the crowd. 

You ready, cognate?  I transmitted, spotting him in the crowd. 

Of course.  Fitz said. 

"Come on Silveny!" I said, and Silveny galloped towards the end of the stage, flapping her wings and lifting us off the ground gracefully. She glided above the heads of the elves, and I reached down, grabbing Fitz's outstretched hand and pulling him up onto Silveny's back. All eyes were on me, though I couldn't help but watch as Tam and Greyfell did tricks in the air. Silveny flew the two of us up to their level. I connected my mind to Fitz's and together we projected the memories we shared throughout our years at Foxfire. Half of it was Fitz's point of view, while the other half of the banner was showing my point of view. We included everything, when he was grieving for me overlapping with my memories of the day Dex and I were kidnapped, and when my ability of inflicting was triggered. The day Alden's mind broke, and the day I got my mind fixed. As we were projecting this, Silveny was doing loops and barrel rolls. I continued to watch my memories replay in front of me, from the day Kenric died, to the day that Mr. Forkle died. I watched as the more recent memories replayed, watching Keefe's and Fitz's graduation, the many days of rehearsals leading up to this, and the laughs everybody had shared when figuring out the finale. Finally, the memories were over and I glanced at Tam. Fitz grabbed one of my hands and Tam grabbed the other. Fitz and I connected our minds, and transmitted to the whole crowd.