Take A White Rose

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== Preface ==
Hope.
That's all she had left.
All she had to live on.
They had only two things in common.
Neverseen.
Evil.
Those words went together.
Change.
What they needed to do.
Because she cared.
Love.
Terror.
Fear.
Hope.
== Chapter One ==
=== Edaline's POV ===
Edaline was having a typical day. Sophie was at Foxfire, and Grady was with the gnomes feeding the Gorgodon. She herself, was trying to give a very infuriating dinosaur a bath. The day was normal, until the imparter in her pocket rang. She rushed to silence it.
Grady better not have heard that.
Edaline glanced around, wiped her soapy hands on her dress, and answered the hail, hoping with all her heart it wasn’t who she thought it was. Sadly, it was exactly who she expected.
“It’s been a long time Eda.”
=== Sophie’s POV ===
Sophie was very annoyed. First she had fallen asleep in Elvin History, and she had no idea what to do, and then she had been yelled at by Lady Cadence. It wasn’t her fault that she wasn't good at mimicking. A small part in the back of her brain told her that it was her fault, but she shoved that away.
Sophie went up to the leapmaster, and called out Havenfield. As she was about to step into the light, Dex ran up behind her. “Hi Sophie! How’s your day going?”
“Fine, how’s yours?”
Before Dex could answer, his imparter rang. He walked a few feet away, and answered it.
After talking for a few seconds, he tucked the imparter away, and laughed. “Rex, Lex, and Bex stole a few elixirs and gave themselves green skin. I have to help fix that now, see you later!”
Sophie watched Dex leave, then stepped into her own beam of light. As she arrived in Havenfield, she saw Edaline talking to someone on her imparter. The second she saw Sophie, she quickly put it in her pocket. Sophie narrowed her eyes.
Edaline gave her a cheery smile as she came closer and asked her if she wanted mallowmelt. Sophie nodded, and asked, “Who were you talking to?”.
“Just an old friend.” Edaline smiled, but it seemed a little guilty. “Come on, let’s go inside.”
== Chapter Two ==
=== Juline’s POV ===
Juline was washing the dishes, thinking about her sister. Eda had been acting strange recently, ever since she had gotten a call from “an old friend” as Sophie had said. She seemed to be more nervous, and was startled by even the slightest of noises. It had nothing to do with the Black Swan, or the Neverseen. At least she hoped it didn’t. Juline finished washing the dishes, and began to dry them.
Maybe she could help her sister. She was trying to come up with ideas, when the doorbell rang. Juline dried her hands, and went to open it. Her eyes widened.
“Jul, I need to talk to you.”
“Eda, bu- but-”
“Alone.”
Eda stepped past Juline, and shut the door. She walked upstairs to a spare room, with Juline trailing behind.
Eda gave her a long look, before handing her a letter. 
Lady Ruewen…
Juline looked down at it, and gasped.
“You have to keep it a secret Jul.”
“But- even to the Black Swan?” Eda didn’t answer.
“Why are you showing me this?”
“Because I trust you, and I need your help.”
=== Mystery POV ===
He put the imparter down, and smiled. “She said she’ll do it.”
“Will she tell anyone?”
“Of course not, it’s our Edaline. She cares about the world, and our cause. She can go back to her peaceful life after the Neverseen is defeated, and the problems in our world are resolved.”
“Maybe she won’t tell everyone, but she’ll be sure to tell that sister of hers. They’re inseparable.”
“Hmm, you have a point there… we can’t have her tattling our plans to the Black Swan. We have to be top secret, it’s the only way it works.”
“What should we do?”
“Do what we always do. Keep her silent until we’re ready.”
“How? Juline cares about the Black Swan, and she’s a part of its Collective too.”
“We bring her here, and keep her.”
== Chapter Three ==
=== Edaline’s POV ===
Edaline had felt much better after telling her Juline what was going on, but now she was beginning to doubt herself. What if she told the Black Swan? The only thing it would result in was the Neverseen winning. Even worse than that, was if the White Rose found out? Juline would never be spared. Sure, they wouldn’t harm her, but they might keep her in their hideout until the Neverseen was defeated. What if they kidnapped her?
What kind of a person was she to put her sister’s life in danger?
=== Dex’s POV ===
Dex had been toying around with his gadgets, trying to see what he could make. At least, he had been until he heard Auntie Eda’s voice coming from the front door.
“Jul, I need to talk to you.”
“Eda, bu- but-”
“Alone.”
A door slammed upstairs, blocking out the rest of the conversation. Dex was debating on whether or not to go try to eavesdrop on them, when the voices became louder again.
“You have to keep it a secret Jul.”
“But- even to the Black Swan?” 
Silence. 
“Why are you showing me this?”
“Because I trust you, and I need your help.”
Dex leaned against the wall, stunned. He had never heard Auntie Eda speak like that, to anyone. He was going to ask what all that was about, when he heard Rex, Lex, and Bex screaming upstairs. 
“THAT’S MY MALLOWMELT!”
“NO IT’S MINE!”
“GIVE IT BACK!”
Groaning, Dex stormed upstairs to calm them down. 
==== ~Thirty Minutes Later~ ====
The triplets finally were quiet. For once. Mostly because he had given them all the Mallowmelt they had. Grady was not going to be happy.
That reminded him of his mom’s conversation. Dex decided to go talk to her, and find out what was going on. He began to wander through the enormous house. “Mom?” “Mom!” “Where are you?”
Dex was carefully checking all the bedrooms, when something caught his eye. A black cloth. Just like the ones that the Neverseen had used to kidnap Sophie and him. Dex’s blood ran cold.
“DAD MOM’S GONE!”
== Chapter Five ==
=== Enya Zaffiro’s POV ===
Enya watched Edaline as she entered the room. She looked furious, and betrayed, which hurt more than Enya expected. She’d gotten used to seeing Edaline as a calm and patient person.
“Why would you do that to my sister?”
Adan answered. “We had no choice Eda, she was going to tell the Black Swan.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because she’s practically leading it!”
“She knows not to say anything! She’s my sister!”
“She doesn’t know that Eda!”
“She’s my sister, of course she knows that.”
“Would she be willing to betray her own rebellion for you?!”
“Of course!”
Adan blew out a breath. “Eda she wouldn’t. We are going to keep her here until we are sure it’s safe to let her go.”
“But- no!”
“You’re staying too Edaline, we can’t risk having you tell everyone about us.” Adan took a step closer to Edaline and pulled out a rag soaked in a sweet, sticky substance. Edaline stepped back, a look of horror on her face.
“NO, you can’t do this to me!”
“I unfortunately can Edaline.”
Edaline gave Adan a look of seething anger. “And I thought you were better than the rest of them.”
Enya froze in shock as Edaline crumpled to the ground after Adan covered her face with the rag. She looked at Adan. Was this really the person she knew for all these years? When Adan saw Enya’s expression, he rolled his eyes. “Relax, she’ll wake up in a little bit. For now, go put her in one of our rooms, along with her sister.”
Enya hesitated for a moment, before complying. As she finished putting them both in their rooms, she wondered if she’d made a mistake in trusting the White Rose. What if they were wrong?
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