Kingdom Keepers: Next Generation (Unfinished/Unedited) *Republished

Chapter 13- A Confession and a Threat

Sofia's POV

I woke up and sat up. It took me a minute to figure out what happened. I left my room quickly and I opened the door to my brother's. He sat bolt upright and almost got me with the fire he produced. I dodged it and quickly got some water out of Lucas' bedside cup and put out the fireball before it lit the house on fire.

"Calm down, hotshot, it's just me." I said to Lucas as I sat down. He looked relieved and then confused and disorientated.

"What happened?" Lucas asked.

Just then, the door opened and my mom and dad were in the doorframe. We were in trouble now.

"You want to tell us how you became DHIs or how Lucas has powers?" my dad asked.

I looked at Lucas, who seemed to understand my question immediately. I took a deep breath.

"About Lucas having powers..." I said slowly, "I, um,"

My mom nudged my dad. They understood what I was trying to tell them. My mom came into the room and stood in front of me.

"Show me." She said.

I gulped, but I looked towards Lucas' water cup. I thought about the water connecting through me and it lifting up. It did as I asked. My dad looked slightly scared but he seemed to accept it.

"Are you going to send us away?" I asked.

My parents looked startled but my mom answered my question with relief.

"No, baby, of course not."

I was relieved and so was Lucas. They saw it in our faces.

"I'm so sorry we didn't tell you. But, this was exactly why. They are now after you, Lucas. And they will find out about you too, Sofia. Maleficent is back and she wants you." My mom said.

"Amanda." My dad said. "Brad is going to see the camera's tapes. We need to explain it to him before he thinks we let them do this." He looked directly at me, "How did you crossover?"

I told him all of it. He looked stunned when I had finished. He seemed almost mad at us or himself.

"You programmed yourself? In just a few hours? Alex must be smarter than Philby to get you up and running that fast. It took us months!" my dad said.

"Philby programmed us in a few hours!" my mom said.

"That was just you and Jess. Alex did all five of them." My dad said.

"I'll call Brad. So, do we tell him about them?" asked my mom.

"In person, tomorrow, after they get out of school. Get some sleep, you two."

With that, they left the room. I looked over at my brother who was staring at the ceiling.

"Now, what?" I asked him. He sat up and looked at me.

"We have to protect everyone, and not get caught." He said.

I nodded.

The next day, I went along with school as normal. Then, it was lunch. This was the first time we would see one of our friends since Lucas revealed his powers. I can't say I wasn't nervous. We've known each other since we were born and now they know that one of their best friends has abilities that we've never told them about.

I got there first. Alex was sitting at our table, his head down. He was on his laptop, as usual, probably doing next month's homework. I sat down next to him.