EDIT Song: "Believer" by Imagine Dragons. Represents the thingss Sophie has gone through and how her fighting never truly stops. Also, if you watch the video, it elaborates on it a little more, even showing DNA and etc. It does have some flashing lights though, just to warn you. (I like this song).

WARNING: SPOILERS FROM LODESTAR

My life is one big mess. It's a jumble of details, thoughts, and things that make up my whole being.

Being the Black Swan's Project Moonlark means I have many responsibilities to deal with. It also means I'm very powerful, which many see as a threat. Sometimes people think I chose to be like this, to be the Moonlark, but sometimes they don't get it. They don't understand that I only chose to have one of these powers, that I rarely had a say in any of it. Heck, for over ten years, I was raised as a human in the Forbidden Cities, dealing with constant headaches everyday, skipping grades and acing every assignment I got, making people around me suspicious. I thought that was "normal." It wasn't until I met Fitz that I realized the life I was living wasn't normal at all; that I wasn't normal.

You see, the thing about being a Telepath in the Forbidden Cities is that human minds are loud. They're simpler than the elves' complex minds, and don't contain as much information. Therefore, there's no guard against their thoughts, not even a little fence built in their mind. I learned at a young age that I couldn't tell my human parents about my constant headaches after Mr. Forkle triggered my Telepathy. I asked once, and they didn't realize that the headaches happened all the time, and that they just couldn't go away.

But my whole life changed when I looked into a pair of bright teal eyes.

"Is this you?"

Fitz Vacker brought me to the world I hadn't known truly existed. He told me what I was, and that it was okay, that the headaches could stop. It was when he told me he was also a Telepath that I thought I was normal, for once.

Obviously, I was wrong.

I thought that I would "fit in" in the Lost Cities. I thought the only reason I was an outcast in the Forbidden Cities was because I was an elf. I had hope that I would finally find my place.

Now, my name is everywhere. Everyone knows that I'm Sophie Foster, the Girl Who Was Taken, the girl with brown eyes instead of blue. I'm the girl with the tweaked genes modeled after an Alicorn, who has more special abilities than an elf should. I'm the girl who can inflict positive emotions, who can enhance someone else's ability with a touch of my fingertips. I'm the only elf who can teleport, and I have one of the strongest minds in our world.

Normal, huh?

Fitz wasn't the only boy who changed my life, however. In fact, I think Keefe Sencen changed it more somehow, if that's even possible.

The thing about Keefe is that he is so much more than his looks and jokes. Inside, he's a broken boy who cares for many things deeply. He's been abused, used, and yet, he still manages to make me smile in some of the worst situations.

Keefe seems to trust me even more than he does Fitz, his longtime best friend. Most of the things I know about him are things he's never told Fitz because he doesn't feel like he would understand. Fitz knew that his parents didn't treat him well, but he didn't know how bad it would get. Fitz doesn't know that Keefe would cry himself to sleep sometimes, or that he had to tell himself that his family didn't define him, every single day.

I care for both of them so much. Most of my happiest memories that I use for my inflicting are because of those boys, and Dex. Of course, Grady and Edaline are apart of the memories too.

Sometimes, it feels like Grady and Edaline are my real parents. Sometimes, it feels like I've grown up with them rather than my human family. And sometimes, it feels like they're better off without me.

Let me explain. I absolutely love my parents, but they've had to go through with so much since they've taken me in and adopted me. Already, they lost a daughter tragically, then they thought that they lost me too when Dex and I were kidnapped and declared dead. They've gone through so much pain and suffering because of me. Their home was attacked by ogre rebels. They have to live in fear and hide barricaded in their own home. And yet, they still love me.

I guess there's a lot of people in my life who care about me. Grady, Edaline, my friends, and . . . Mr. Forkle.

Before I learned I was an elf, Mr. Forkle was just my old next-door neighbor who smelled bad and acted like the stereotypical old human man. Little did I know that he was actually the one who made my genes, who made me have the abilities that I have today.

It took me a while for me to realize, but now I know that Mr. Forkle cared. He did everything for my safety and risked his life for me. He even ran into a crumbling castle to save my mom, and sacrificed himself to save Oralie . . .

I miss him. I took him for granted at times. I miss our Telepathic conversations, the wisdom he gave us all, and just knowing he would be there for me.

My new goal is to not only defeat the Neverseen, but to avenge Mr. Forkle. I want to find Gethen and unleash the worst I can on him. I want him to feel the pain he deserves. I want to release all the rage I've ever had on him and all of the other members of the Neverseen. For Mr. Forkle, for Kenric, for Calla, everyone that I've lost because of the things they've done.

And I won't be sorry.

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Finally, I wrote Sophie's chapter! I'm not quite sure how I did on this, so please tell me what y'all think about it.

If you read Grady's chapter, you'll find the connection between the ending of this and Grady's fear (towards the end of his chapter). To be more specific, I mean the part about Sophie unleashing her emotions and rage using her abilities.

Enjoy, ~Kirs.