She looks in her mirror. Her boring brown hair and blue eyes are the same as ever. 

"SCARLETT!!! C'MON YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!! FITZ IS WAITING!!" Oh yeah. Fitz, her boyfriend. He's not always fun to be around, because apparently he had a crush who died a painful death. Her name was like Sofia or something. But Fitz is still amazing. She's going on a date with him tonight. Alden's orders. Too bad, cause she likes someone else. Fitz is great though. "SCARLETT!!! DO YOU WANT TO BE KICKED OUT OF THE NEVERSEEN?!?!?" That gets her attention. The Neverseen is her life and soul. It's everything to her. Fitz is a part of the order too, a long with a bunch of other people. And her dad, Fintan, who leads the order. Her mom died when Scarlett was only two months old. She doesn't care. The Neverseen is family enough. "SCARLETT, I'M FILLING OUT THE PAPER WORK TO KICK YOU OUT RIGHT NOW!!!!" Geez. "I'M COMING DAD!!!" She races down the crooked stairs and almost trips over Fitz's foot. But he catches her. "In a hurry?" he asks, grinning. He has beautiful teal eyes and messy brown hair. Like hers. "I blame your foot entirely." He kisses her on the cheek. "Sorry. But in my defence, I did catch you. Even?" "Fine." He grabs her hand and leads her over to the leap master. Her stomach rumbles. "What about breakfast?" she asks. "No time. BYE DAD!" he calls to Alden, another member of the order. "BYE DAD!!" she calls to Fintan. "Foxfire!" says Fitz as the crystals arrange themselves. They step into the light, hand in hand.

"C'mon, we have telepathy-" "Scarlett. First, let's go into that closet. Dad's orders." "Why?" "You know." "Yeah. But IT'S SCHOOL. Tonight we probably have to do it anyway. Wait until then." She runs down the hall before he can reply. She's definitely not going home that night.

"Good morning, Sir Tiergan." she says with an eye roll. He makes her say that every day. "Good morning, Soph- Scarlett. Sorry." "It's fine." She's used to it. Unfortunately.  Fitz enters. He avoids Scarlett's eyes. "Morning, Sir Tiergan." "Good morning Fitz. Now, today you two will do trust exercises. Maybe you two will become cognates, even though it's unlikely because of-" he hesitates. Beacause of Sofia obviously. "I feel sick." she murmurs, and runs out of the room. 

She's hiding in a dark closet. She's been there for hours. She's supposed to be home. Every day- she gets this disgusting drink that boosts her abilities. She doesn't want to think what will happen without it. 

Around ten oclock that night, she hears someone running down the hall. Then they run into her closet. Her heart stops. It's her crush, Keefe. Keefe didn't used to be her crush. It used to be Fitz. She used to hate Keefe and all his worthless friends, Tam, Linh, Marella, Dex. But lately she's developed a soft spot for them. She doesn't know why- "What are you doing in here?" Keefe's voice interrupts her thoughts. "Hiding. What are you doing in here?" "Same as you. Who- or what- are you hiding from?" "My family. They want to set me up with Fitz. Really badly." Keefe raises an eyebrow. "Every girl at school would love to be set up with him. Why not you?" She blushes. "I like someone else." There's silence. Scarlett has a splitting head ache. She groans. "What's wrong?" askes Keefe alarmingly. "My head..." she mumbles. Her hair turns blond. She feels her clothes getting baggy. Keefe gasped. "Sophie-?" She faints. Memories come back. Everything that happens.