A/N: Here is the next update! I apologize for the wait, I have been feeling a tad bit uninspired, and I was trying to figure out what to do in the next chapter with Tam and Sophie. How to make it make sense and all that. But, after drawing some fanart, your next chapter has been written down! Alas, it is not a continuation of Sophie's thoughts, but rather that of the lovely Biana Vacker, along with Dex and Linh, perhaps Elwin, but I hope you don't mind. I needed to figure out how to deliver her part in such a way that the story line doesn't get ugh. But we all wanted (at least I wanted) to know what was going through BIana's head, so here we go!

Dashing down the hallways of Foxfire to the Healing Center, I had rushed to Sophie as soon as I heard the news. 

Sophie woke up and she's doing well.

Her mind is still weak, but she should be back soon to her normal, drama-causing self. 

At these words, I smiled to myself. 

As much as Sophie wanted to be "normal", life lately has been giving us anything but that.

Even with all the Neverseen drama, Keefe betraying us, and my heart being broken and trampled over and over again seeing all the pain Sophie is being put through, and wishing so dearly to save her from the pain, fashion was never put on hold. 

But if it was going to, the closest it had ever gotten to that point was probably today.

My heart clenched, but I refused to stop.

See, today was the day that I learned I might not ever get Fitz back. Not the Fitz I knew. 

Not unless Sophie could heal him within the next two days. 

His mind wasn't broken or shattered. 

It had crumbled. 

And the gap between molding his brain back into himself or never clumping together again was very short. 

48 hours.

And the clock is ticking, even now. 

A/N: I shall explain this "crumbled" situation for the readers. We are well aware that Fitz is a talented Telepath, stronger than most Telepaths. When Fitz was in the process of breaking down, he recognized it, and did his best to make it "easier" for Sophie to heal him. Fitz forced himself to make little piles of memories and of himself so it would be easier to navigate. In doing so, he effectively made it harder for Sophie to fix him, because in his broken mind, he was unable to group memories the way you are supposed to to allow for proper treatment. Basically, he messed up his brain even more. 

Think about a puzzle falling to the floor, and the pieces are somewhat still fitted together. That's what I imagine breaking/shattering to be. The pieces don't go too far from each other. 

Fitz has managed to scoop up all the pieces, put the in a container, shake it up, put a whole mess of glue in it, and then he shook up it again, and is now waiting for someone to pick up everything and piece it back together. While the pieces are covered in glue and it is extremely difficult to tell what the pieces were because of all this imaginary "glue". Wonderful, right? Back to the story.

Nearing the Healing Center, I slowed. 

I didn't hear the chatter or the joyful conversations I thought I would.

Instead, all that reached my ears were the sounds of sobbing and murmurs of concern and worry.

Slowly, I opened the door to see Sophie and Tam in each other's arms. 

But, Sophie... Stole Tam from me too?

A/N: Well then. Next POV! Dex!

Biana was staring at Sophie and Tam, frozen. 

Linh rushed to her, and they both broke down crying in a corner of the Healing Center, leaning upon each other's shoulders, and a hollowness filled me. 

I had no one to lean upon. 

Well, I could  lean upon the girls, but that would be weird, right?

So I sat there, and the lonely void filled up inside of me, eating away my anxiety about going to the girls, and I crawled over to them.

"Make room for another broken heart?"

Linh sniffled, and I sat between the two of them, pulling my cloak around myself. 

"Dex?"

I felt two pairs of arms wrap around me, but I couldn't find it inside myself to return the hug. 

It was too empty inside. 

Sophie, my best friend, my adopted cousin, the only girl I've ever loved. The strongest person I've ever met. She's in trouble, and this time, I can't help her, even with my silence. 

"Linh, Biana..."

The arms squeezed tighter.

I shrugged my shoulders, gesturing for them to get off.

"The hugs...right now. I'm sorry..."

"It's okay Dex. We'll still be here."

"Thanks Linh."

She put a pillow by my feet, and rested her head on it.

Small words floated up to my ears, but I didn't hear them too well. It hurt too much.

"Sophie...didn't steal them from you..."

"It feels like she did.....Keefe....crush....Fitz is my only brother now, and....gone too."

".....not her fault. Trouble....follows.....drama too. Sophie's the Moonlark.......can't help it."

"I don't want to blame her, but...."

".....understand.....want Tam too...."

"....feel like second option...all of us, right? Sophie even picked Tam, no offense Linh, over me. Over us."

"She did, but with Sophie, everything sort of rights itself out."

"But....needs to heal faster....Fitz can't be fixed.....Two days...Wanderling."

Fitz was dying?

A/N: Next POV! Elwin!

I can't remember the last time the Healing Center has been so filled with people, and yet, so quiet. 

Linh, Biana, and Dex were in a corner, quietly weeping, and having a very private conversation.

Sophie and Tam were wrapped up in each other, but not in a good way. 

Tam's shadows held them together, and we couldn't get them to separate.

Wylie had come in, tried to make Tam's shadows disappear with his light, but it was no use. 

I tried everything to get them to wake up, clanging, tickling, medication, even sedatives. 

They didn't separate, even an inch.

Fitz's life is at stake Elwin, and the only person who can save them in also in danger, from her own mind.

When did you fail them Elwin?

No. 

I haven't failed them. 

Not yet. 

Edaline and Grady stood at Sophie's side, holding each other, so lost, but I had a special job for them.

Striding over to the couple, I told them Plan 248.

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After Sophie's glove was off her hand, Grady grasped it, sucking in a deep breath, as he felt his power multiply. 

"Elwin. The power. It's too much."

"You have to Grady. Mesmerize Tam into letting go of Sophie. He needs to let go. That's the only way Sophie can come back to us in time. You know that we've tried everything else-"

Edaline looked up after I broke off, tears streaking her face. 

She turned to Grady.

"We have to. Tribunal later. Sophie now."

Smoothing her husband's hair, she whispered. 

"Sophie will forgive you if you do this. I don't know if she'll forgive you if you don't do this."

"I don't know if I can forgive myself Eda."

"You have to. Please."

"Okay."

And Tam screamed. 

A/N: Linh's turn. 

Biana leaned her head on top of mine, all of us caught in our own world.

She stopped talking once Elwin and Grady started, listening in. 

I was too, but, for different reasons.

Tam likes Sophie now. 

It was there in his eyes, when he waited for Sophie to wake up, in his questions, all Sophie-themed, and he got so happy whenever I mentioned her name, AHHHHHH!!!! 

It killed him every time Biana hung over Keefe, and even though I loved Biana, it hurt me to see Tam left alone. 

All over again. 

But how will he feel about Grady mesmerizing him?

I know it's to help everyone, but Tam has always been against power. 

And letting people have control over him. 

Will Grady tear Sophie and Tam apart?

Or worse. 

What if it doesn't work, and I lose him forever. 

Sophie and Tam were too weak to last another mental bashing. 

Even I could tell, and it worried me. 

Tam is my foundation. 

Sophie holds all of us to each other. 

If they fall apart too, will our friendship crumble?

I broke down, sobbing, but a scream and wild thrashing shook me from my thoughts.

It was Tam, and his shadows loosened around Sophie, Grady yanking her from their grasp.

Sophie was curled up in a ball, her ungloved hands clutching the sheets. 

Tam's eyes were open, and he was trying to control his shadows, pulling them back to where they came form. 

I tried to go to him, but Biana and Dex were holding me back. 

With a gasp, I broke from their hold, and threw my arms around Tam, who had calmed the shadows down. 

He wrapped him arms around me, hugging me tightly, and I pulled away to look at him more clearly. 

"I remember," he whispered. 

"Everything. You're the only one who can help Keefe and Fitz, Linh."

I stared at him, incredulous. 

"Me? Not Sophie?"

He nodded. 

"You, Linh."

A/N: Hooray! An update! :D