Washer

"Alvar and Brant have Sophie Foster." Gisela said as her and Faye walked down several twists and turns. Faye has never been this way.

"Sophie... Foster?" Faye asked. "She's the super powerful one, right? The one who was in the Forbidden Cities?" Gisela nodded. Faye looked around. "Where are we going?"

Gisela smiled. "If I tell you, you won't remember it. We need you to forget all about Lodestars and Legacies. And no. Before you ask, you won't forget Keefe."

They reached a door and Gisela opened it. Gisela motioned for Faye to sit in the overstuffed, faded green armchair. The blond telepath with piercing blue eyes came in. Gethen. Gisela started whispering to him, saying something about Vackers and Annalise.

"Annalise?" Faye asked. 

"Just someone else who's with the Neverseen." Gethen said. (A/N: I almost put No Reason to Worry. 😂) He sat down in the armchair across from Faye. "You ready?" Faye glared at Gisela as she nodded.

Gethen placed his fingers on her temples as something surged into her mind. I'm going to have to work fast or Sophie might escape. The words came out of nowhere. Gethen must have been transmitting them into her mind.

Five hundred and seventy four seconds passed before Gethen's arms fell down to his sides. Gisela appeared shocked. "Well?"

"Well." Gethen said. "I can't erase anything."

Gisela's face turned white. "I- I have to go, Faye. Gethen, we need to make sure Keefe can still have his memories erased."

Faye stood up from her chair as soon as Gisela and Gethen left. Skill practice was coming up in ten minutes. She left the room and tried finding her way back to the area she was used to. 

Twenty minutes passed before Faye found the breath-holding area. After the incident a couple years ago, Faye was always too scared to try holding her breath for more than a few seconds, but Alvar told her that she might need to sometime. (This is before Flashback. Alvar is just being cautious. He doesn't know what happens in the later books.) 

"Hey, Glimmer." Trix was sitting at one of the stone tables on the side of the room, drinking Lushberry Juice. Faye sat down across from him.

"Is Umber okay?" Faye asked.

Trix nodded. "She should be here soon."

As if on queue (A/N: I think I'm spelling that right... My laptop sometimes is stupid and doesn't do autocorrect... correctly.), Umber came in. Her black hair falling over her face as she pulled down her hood. She sat down next to Trix. "How are you?"

"I'm good." Trix said.

"I... Something happened." Faye said, clamping a hand over her mouth. She shouldn't talk about it to Umber! Her memories were erased!

"What?" Umber asked.

"N-Nothing." Faye lied. "I... I forgot."

Umber didn't seem convinced. Trix realized why she wasn't saying anything and gave her a look that said Tell me later. Faye nodded. "Are... You guys ready?" Umber asked.

Trix and Faye nodded.

Umber and Trix dunked their heads underwater first, having Faye count. Fifty-four seconds. Seventy-seven...  Trix pulled his head up at one hundred seventy-two. Umber stayed where she was. Her long black hair floated around the tub. Two hundred ninety-four seconds and Umber was still under.

"How the heck does she do that?" Trix asked after forty more seconds. "And how did you last longer than her?" Faye shrugged.

Two hundred sixty-five seconds passed before Umber pulled her head up, gasping for air. Faye told her how long she was under the water. "Oh. I should really start practicing more if I can't break ten minutes." Umber said.

Trix rolled his eyes. "Way better than what I can do! I heard Alvar can hold his breath for hours!"

"I doubt that." Faye said.

"They escaped." Umber came up behind Gisela and Faye talking in the halls.

"What?" Gisela asked.

"Sophie and Dex escaped!" She exclaimed. "I don't know how... I think they had help from someone in the Black Swan."

"Great." Gisela mumbled. "Just great. Fintan's in Exile... Sophie Foster escaped..."

"Is there anything we can do to get Fintan out of Exile?" Faye asked. She never liked Fintan, but he helped keep order... Faye changed her mind. No. He doesn't keep order, he needs to be kept in order. But Fintan is powerful, and she knows not to get on his bad side... Or... More on his bad side.

Gisela thought for a moment before shaking her head. "No. It's to heavily guarded. But I can have Alvar find out more about Sophie Foster and Dex Dizznee. I hear Dex is becoming friends with Fitz, Alvar's brother." Gisela looked towards Umber. "Actually, could you find Alvar and ask him?" Gisela closed her eyes and concentrated her memory of Alvar's daily schedule. "He should be eating lunch right now."

Umber nodded and waved goodbye to Faye before she walked away.

"So, Sophie is back at Havenfield?" Faye asked Gisela. Gisela nodded. "And Grady and Edaline finally officially adopted her?" Gisela nodded again.

"You should head to your bedroom. Because Umber's busy, your schedule is clear for the rest of the day." Gisela said. Faye nodded and walked away. A smile rose on Gisela's face.

As soon as Faye got to her room, she changed into something more comfortable. She took her cloak off, but left it by her easel in case she needed to grab it if someone comes in.

She pulled the blanket off her easel and set it down on the bed. On the canvas, there was a painting of a vase with flowers of all colors inside.

There was a knock on her door.

Faye quickly grabbed her cloak and put it on before saying "Come in."

Trix came into the room. His hood was down and his light brown hair was a mess. "Where's Umber?"

"Finding Alvar." Faye replied.

"Oh. Okay." Trix seemed nervous. "Could we talk about what you let slip earlier?"

"Oh. That. Yeah." Faye pulled her hood down. Trix has seen her face before, so she thought it wasn't a big deal. "Well, um... Gisela tried to have Gethen wash my memories of her being my mom and..." Faye clamped a hand over her mouth. "Woops."

"It's fine. Umber told me before she had her memories washed." Trix said.

"Oh... Do not tell Lady Gisela.@ Well, Gethen tried to wash my memories of Gisela being my mom and Legacies and Lodestars... I don't know... But it didn't work." Trix said the last part at the same time as Faye did. Faye nodded.

"How does that even happen?" Trix asked. "He could still get in your mind, right?" Faye nodded. "Only Sophie Foster's mind can't be washed... And that's because nobody can get into it! I'll ask Alvar to ask Alden about it." Faye nodded again. "I should probably get going. I still have chores to do. And I have to practice skill sessions with someone named Annalise."

"Okay. Thank you." Faye said. Trix smiled as he left.

A/N: Thank you for reading this!

I'm trying to change my writing style so there's less dialogue and more detail, but that's hard for me so please just bear with me on this. 

I think this is one of my better chapters so far... 

Alvar's just there saying "You might need to hold your breath sometime." Yeah, so will you...

Before I started writing this fanfic, I didn't feel sad for Umber at all. She was evil... That's it... But (in the fanfic) her brother was killed. She thinks the Council did it, but really it was Gisela. Like, this girl's brother was killed by her friend's mom, and she doesn't even know it was her!

That's why Umber is studying Shadowflux... So when she gets in a fight with the Council/Black Swan, she can fight them. She just doesn't know she's going to turn into a pancake because of evil baby trolls...

And yeah, Umber likes Trix, but Trix thinks of her as just a really good friend... For now...

Sorry that was a really long A/N... I just wanted to clear things up so I don't have to explain it later on in the story as much 😁.