Reverse

Hello everybody! I always had a question on my mind, what would've happened if the Neverseen had reached Sophie before Fitz did? What if Mr. Forkle couldn't stop it? What if Sophie ended up joining the wrong side? So I decided to make a fanfic about it! The chapters will be told in multiple POVs. Now let's get started! Enjoy reading!
Chapter 1 (Sophie's POV)
I was sitting in the café, waiting for my best friend Anna to arrive. The smell of coffee beans stung my nose, but I tried to act casual. Plus, it wasn't really the smell that bothered me most. It was the voices, and I don't mean people's normal voices that come out of their mouths. I mean the voices in their heads. I caught snippets of thought here and there, and they all mixed in my head, which made them more incomprehensible. I'd learned to block out most of them, but some were too strong. I don't know how I can hear people's thoughts, all I know is that it happened after an accident when I was five. Just then, Anna walked in. Her red curls rested perfectly on her shoulders, her blue eyes glinting as soon as she spotted me. She looked like a supermodel, and I looked like a mess. My blonde hair was tied in a messy ponytail, and my clothes were disheveled.
"What's up, Soph," she said as she sat opposite me.
"Nothing much. Just trying not to grimace. Seriously, some people's thoughts are soo weird," I replied.
Anna was the only one I had told about my ability, since I could trust her. Also, she wouldn't worry about me and run to doctors, like my parents would. We'd met seven years ago, and had been together ever since. I really loved the girl. She was loyal, funny, and kind. Everything you could wish in a best friend.
"Why did you want me to come here," I asked, since it was unusual for her to request meeting me. Usually, I was the one to do so. There are firsts for everything, I thought, but something still nagged me about it.
"Sophie, there is something very important you need to know," she said quietly, her tone turning serious. I frowned. Now this was so unlike her.
"What is it," I asked calmly, even though panic was starting to make its way into my brain.
"The reason you can hear thoughts is because you are an elf," she said. That was weird. She'd never had any theories about why I could hear thoughts.
"Anna are you okay," I asked, concerned for my friend.
"Listen to me Sophie. You are an elf. So am I," she said again, more firmly this time. Was she playing a prank on me? She didn't do that.
"You have to be joking. You watch way to much television. I am no elf, and neither are you," I replied, trying to convince her.
" Really? Can a normal human do that," she asked as she raised her hand and furrowed her brows in concentration. The glass in front of us began to rise slowly off the table. How could she do that?! I looked over the glass, searching for some type of invisible thread, but there wasn't.
"Anna? How did you just do that? Why didn't you tell me you had an ability before," I asked, truly confused.
I'd always thought I was the only one with a freakish ability, but Anna also has one? How could this be? Were we really elves?
"Suppose what you said was right, why wait until now to tell me," I inquired again.
"I wanted to make sure you were ready. You are now. We need you, Sophie. The elven world needs you," she said, her eyes pleading.
Nothing of what she said made sense, yet how else would I explain the floating glass and my ability to read minds.
"You aren't tiny and you definitely don't have pointy ears. Aren't elves supposed to have those," I questioned, showing her that her idea was ridiculous.
"That is how humans imagine us. We aren't actually this way. True, some of us have pointy ears, but only the Ancients," Anna answered me.
The idea was impossible to believe, but this was Anna we were talking about. She wouldn't lie to me. Would she? Whatever she was saying had to be true. It had to be. For the sake of our friendship. I had no other option but to trust her. She was my best friend after all.
"Fine. I believe you. But why would you need me," I questioned for the millionth time.
"I work with a group that used to lead to Elven world. However, rogue elves battled and banished them, then took control over the whole world. You are special Sophie. You have the power we need to take back what was rightfully ours," Anna informed me, sounding far more serious than ever.
"That is were you are wrong. I can only read mind, that is all. I can't help you conquer a world," I chuckled softly.
"You don't realize how great you are. Just come with me and I can guarantee you you will realize how special you are."
"Where are we going exactly? I can't leave without telling my parents."
"If you tell them you put them in danger. You have to come to the Elven world. If you don't, you risk getting your family killed."
"Killed?! What do you mean killed?!!"
"We aren't the only ones searching for you. The other elves are too. They're evil. If they find you, they could easily harm you and your family. If you want to keep them safe, you must come with me and leave the human world forever."
Forever sounded like a long time, but I would do anything for my family. Yet how could I leave them worrying about me like this.
"Won't they worry if I suddenly vanished," I asked worryingly.
"It is better this way. Tell them anything, and you risk their lives," Anna told me.
What she said actually made sense, but I couldn't bring myself to leaving them. I could already see their grieve-stricken faces when they realize their daughter vanished. They would probably think I got kidnapped. They would worry about me while I was perfectly safe. Then again, I couldn't gamble with their lives either. I nodded my head slowly, and Anna took this as a sign that I agreed. She got up and motioned for me to follow. I did, and she took me to a dark alley. She then produced a crystal from her pocket and pointed it at the light.
"What is that," I asked, too weirded out to let it go unnoticed.
"A pathfinder. We will light leap. Take this," Anna replied casually, like she'd done it a million times. I took the bracelet she held in hand and slipped it on to my arm. She offered me her hand, and I gladly took it. I closed my eyes and waited for something magical to happen. Nothing did. I just felt slightly cool, but other than that, there was nothing. However, when I opened my eyes, the sight in front of me was so mystical I cried out in surprise and pleasure.