A/n: This takes place before Annabeth's PoV ends. I just wanted to explain some stuff before I continued the story. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

PoV :Sophie

"Sophie Foster, please come to Mr Bavin's room!"

 I stood up from my table, whispering to Keefe before I left, "Don't talk to them unless necessary, in which let Fitz talk." I smiled and walked down the halls to our English teacher's classroom. 

It was strange seeing such empty halls. At Foxfire, even if you were in the halls during class, there would be a few others. Here, there was no one. No one but me and, apparently, Mr Bavin.

I knocked on his door before the door opened and I was being yanked inside. In my surprise, I didn't realize it was burning until I'd come to a halt. Before I could even whimper in pain, a gloves hand covered my mouth. 

He held me like that for about 15 seconds - which is a very long time when he's burning you with literal fire - before he dropped me on the ground. I wiped my mouth with my good arm before talking, "What are you doing here, Fintan?" 

 He laughed, "Well, you were looking for us, weren't you? That's surprising, since I think Gethen is looking for you too!"

 I looked up into the horrific face of Fintan Pyran. "Why would Gethen, of all people, be looking for me?"

 " Well, not just you. He also wants your friends. " He chuckled as I finally managed to stand. "Oh, and not your elven ones, though Tam could be useful, " he started murmuring.

 "What do you mean my 'non elven friends? ' " I asked, preparing to inflict.

 "Oh, you know, Annabeth, Percy, Piper, Leo, Hazel, those people. And, I wouldn't be doing what your thinking of doing. " he grinned a maniac smile as he stepped to the side, revealing a cowering Mr Bavin. 

 "If you even think of inflicting," he said before slapping me in the face with his ungloved hand, " I will hurt you, and you'll only hurt him. " he raised his other hand, leading me to assume that the glove kept my inflicting from working. (Man! How do the Neverseen always come up with better technology so fast?) 

 "If you try to contact your friends," Fintan continued, slapping the other side of my face, "I will be forced to burn you the same way I did when you were twelve." 

 My eyes met Mr Bavin's. He looked at me in astonishment and pity as he realized what Fintan was saying. "Sophie. I'm sorry." He whispered .

"It's fine. You didn't do anything!" I replied, looking back at Fintan, " And you can't torture me the same way as before. "

He laughed, "Why not? Who's stopping me?"

" If you torture me my friends will immediately be able to see what happened. " I pointed out, "And if you decide to kidnap me again," I heard Mr. Bavin's breath catch on his throat, " My friends will realize I'm missing and find you. Not to mention you have no leaders anymore. "

Fintan looked at me angerly, "Of course we have a leader!"

" Who? Gethen? " I laughed, "He can't lead! You know that!" I was becoming very anxious, since I could hear Fitz asking me if something was happening.

#Fitz, everything's fine. Why are you asking?#

*Because you haven't come back yet! I needed to make sure you were okay!*

#Okay, that's really sweet and all, but I'm in the middle of an important conversation. #

*Okay, Sophie. I'm just glad you're okay.*

Fintan glared at me for a moment before he smiled, "You transmitted, didn't you?"

I furrowed my brow, " No! I haven't transmitted anything! "

"But your boyfriend was in your head then?"

" First off, we aren't a couple anymore. Secondly, the only thoughts I've had in my head have been my own. "

He shrugged, "Well, if your going to deny it, may as well just use him as leverage." He walked over to the teacher and reached out to grab his shoulder .

"No!" I yelped before pushing myself across the floor and jumping in front of him. I kept my mouth shut as the pain seared into my shoulder. "Back off." I hissed through gritted teeth.

Slowly, Fintan backed away, leaving a hole in my shirt , "Well, class is going to start soon. I look forward to seeing you again, Moonlark." And with that, he pulled out a light leaping wand and stepped into the light, twinkling away.

I fell to the floor, my brain now comprehending the pain I felt. Mr Bavin stared at my shoulder in shock before looking at my face. "Sophie! Are you okay?"

" I'm fine, Mr Bavin. " I muttered.

"You should go to the nurse!"

" No! If I do, they'll ask questions, and I can't have that!"

Mr Bavin sighed, "Well, Miss Foster, I have a lot of questions for you, but I'll ask them later."

" I'm good with that. Doing worry about me. This has happened before, and my friends know what to do. "

He nodded, "I trust you, Sophie. Just, let me know if that ever happens again."

I nodded as I stood, "Welp, I'm off to P.E."

" Thank you for saving me, Sophie. "

"No problem!" I exclaimed as I walked out the door before continuing in a whisper, "It's what I was made for."

I hurried to my locker and grabbed out a jacket, pulling the hood over my face to hide the burns.

# Biana?#

#Sophie? What do you need? #

#Can you get to the locker room as fast as possible after lunch?#

#Sophie, what happened?#

#Fintan happened.#

#ARE YOU OKAY?#

#I'm fine, Biana. Just a few burns on my arm and face, but I'm okay. Please be quick though. See don't want anyone walking in on us.#

#You got it.#

I hurried to the locker room and threw off my jacket, replacing my burned shirt with the P.E. uniform. As I was checking my burns in the mirror, -human mirrors are so weird. Everything's in reverse! - Biana ran in.

"Oh my gosh! Sophie!" She exclaimed .

"Biana, I'm fine!"

" You are NOT fine! Sit down!"

I obeyed and let Biana style my hair to hide my face. "Why' d he do this? " she asked.

"I don't know." I admitted, " All I know is that the Neverseen isn't just after us. "

"Uh...Hi?" I heard a voice  ask behind me. I turned to face Annabeth.

"Oh, uh, hi Annabeth. You have P.E. too?"

"Yeah..."

There was a long silence before she spoke again , " So... Why are you doing your hair so fancy for P.E. at a normal high school? "

I sighed, "I would say we had to do that at our old school, but I'm sick of lying." 

 "Um... What?"

 Slowly I moved my hair away to show the burns Fintan left. I watched her hand cover her mouth as she ran up to me.

"How did this happen?!?" She's exclaimed in shock.

I sighed again before turing to Biana, " Do you think we should tell her? "

Biana thought for a moment, "Well, she already saw Keefe and me  vanish, what more harm could this do? "

I nodded and took a deep breath. "It was caused by a man named Fintan. It's a long story, but I'll tell you if you want to hear it. "

Annabeth nodded, "Usually the girls doing change anyway, since the outfits are 'ugly' so the only ones in here would be us, Hazel , and Piper. " 

I felt myself stiffen, "Uh, can you tell them to wait outside?"

" Sure." Annabeth left for about two minutes before coming back inside. "Alright. Tell me."

I took a deep breath, " Let me take you back to when I was a twelve year old senior in  high school. " 

And I explained everything.

Chapter 8 complete!  for some reason, this chapter was very fun to write! Anyways, I may be posting even more now that schools over for me (maybe twice a day of I can) so this story should get done faster.Hope you all stay safe and have a great day! Bye!