Awakening (a kotlc story)

Part 13: Biana meets a random unconscious person

This is Biana's POV. Idk what song would be good, please suggest one.

I rushed forward to where the Neverseen had dropped the unconscious figure. It was a girl, about my age, with chin-length, curly black hair, sunkissed skin, and a fashionable yellow dress. She had a long scar, starting a bit above her right eyebrow down to her cheekbone. Biana didn't know what it was, but something about her features seemed....off. Different from other elves. Biana shook the girl, trying to wake her, and gasped. Half of her left arm was missing. It just ended in a stump. Sophie sprinted out from behind the boulder. She crouched next to the unconscious girl.

"Biana? Where are you?" she asked. I realized I was still invisible. Oops. It was easy to forget. Once I turned invisible to spy on Fitz (I thought he was doing Black Swan stuff without me), and I forgot to turn back the whole rest of the day. I did my homework, took a shower, and went down to dinner, where Fitz screamed in surprise when I went to mess up his hair. It had been hilarious.

"Here," I said and turned back. Sophie jumped, not having realized I was sitting next to her. "Sorry, I forgot I was invisible." She laughed.

"How do you forget something like that?" I shrugged. Being invisible was tiring, yet it felt natural. Sometimes I turned invisible by accident, without thinking about it.

"Her arm..." I trailed off.

Sophie shrugged. "She's missing an arm. There are people in the human world who are missing some of their limbs. Aren't there any elves like that?" I shook my head. I was shocked that Sophie was so...calm about it.

"Check her memories. See if they are there," I said. Sophie nodded, closing her eyes. I wondered if the girl was working with the Neverseen. Maybe she had betrayed them, or she was just unlucky and had been kidnapped by them for seeing something she wasn't supposed to. I hoped her memories weren't gone. Even if she was working with the Neverseen, losing your memory would be awful. Opening her eyes, Sophie blinked.

"They're all there, but I don't know, there is an odd feel to them. And they seem pretty normal, but it was really easy to break through into her mind. Maybe because she is unconscious? I think that should be easy to fix, right?" Sophie looked at me anxiously. "And she is not unconscious like how.....Keefe was. A few memories came up when I searched for Neverseen, but I didn't look at them. I'm going to ask Mr. Forkle if that's legal first." I sighed in relief. She was probably not a spy and wasn't injured, other than being unconscious. That was good. I hated spies after the whole thing with Alvar. I blinked back the tears that always appeared when I thought of Alvar. I was angry at him, so angry. But...I didn't want him to die. Which seemed pretty likely after Sophie and Keefe's last encounter with him. He was my brother, and I still loved him, even after his betrayal. If I saw him again, I would probably smack him for joining the Neverseen, and I was pretty sure I would never forgive him...but....he was still my brother. My big brother, who was supposed to protect me. I shook my head. Now was not the time to get teary-eyed.

"How did the Neverseen know where I was hiding?" Sophie asked. I shrugged. It bothered me too, the way they had just suddenly left. But now was not the time to wonder about the answer.

"Let's take her to the Healing Center. I'll hail Mr. Forkle." I said. Sophie nodded. We grabbed the girl and propped her up. Sophie took out her pathfinder, and we leaped away.

At the Healing Center, Elwin bustled around the room. He had checked the girl over and said she was fine, the Neverseen had simply given her a typical sleeping draught.

"It's so refreshing for someone to have something wrong that is easy to fix." he had exclaimed. "I just need to give her a simple elixir." Meanwhile, Mr. Forkle interrogated us.