I wake up to someone poking my cheeks. “Riiiide. C’mon, Ride, I know you’re okay. Ama shielded you with magic so the worst that happened was that you hit your head and passed out from brief pain.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOS6nrqn2s
“Treble, leave me alone,” I say, waving a hand.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcXvluaI34
“She lives!” Klef cheers. “Open your eyes for me, babe, let me see those pretty iridescents.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrpi6SchcZ
With some effort, I open my eyes and blink a few times. All I can see if smudges of color. I see the color of Klef’s freckles, and his skin, and a little bit of his eyes, but nothing beyond that. “Treble?” I ask.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx3aapN2W3
“Who else would it be?” he laughs, but he’s nervous. “Something wrong?”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWiAfVSM0F
“I… I can’t see,” I say, worry building in my throat. “Klef, I can’t see you.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW8mvIIxCb
Klef pulls me into a sitting position and cups my cheek. “Sweetheart, what do you mean?”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRBQ4oL4KM
“It’s all just smudges of color,” I say in a panic. “Klef, I can’t see you!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwXtMWceIj
Klef hugs me as I start to cry, and runs a hand through my hair. “Hey, hey. It’s all right. Hibiscus is going to fly us home, okay? Your mom can sort this out, and if she can’t, then I bet a doctor can, all right?”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXZWkiUfuU
I nod and Klef helps me stand, and leads me to Hibiscus, who is just a smear of purple. “What happened to everyone else?”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gGY0osTmn
“Well, that explosion was pretty strong,” Bobbi says. “You literally blew up the machine that was going to destroy the humans. It… decimated everyone. Ama was barely able to shield us with her magic.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mgXgjXCm9
I nod. “Well, I’m assuming she’s probably out cold, but if I don’t get the chance before you do, thank her for me.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaZXnC99gm
“Where will you be that we won’t?” Bobbi asks.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxheBPRcqd
“Finding why my eyes aren’t working right,” I say, as Klef leads me to sit down on Hibiscus.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEm86MinwZ
“What?!” Bobbi asks, but we’re already flying away.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZfE24nb6n
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“Well, Ms. Rides, it appears that overload of magic altered your physical body some. Your eyes in particular,” the doctor says. “I’m afraid that if I try to rectify the matter with magic, it will only make matters worse.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiXciZRZOS
I swallow. “I was afraid you’d say that,” I whisper, looking down.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39qM8aKipJ
“Never fear, my dear. Be glad you are still alive! I do not know many who could survive that much magic running through their veins,” the doctor says, patting my cheek.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jS3vyO5MX
I nod and he leaves the room, and in come 3 shapes that I have learned to memorize these past few weeks. “Nothing,” I sigh. “He can’t do anything.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTmFp3xsPA
Klef’s shape turns his head to my parents and bounces. “Never fear, Ride, we have a solution!” he crows.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Zoflsdxi
I blink skeptically. “Magic could just make this whole thing worse,” I inform him.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVGwJD4cqD
“It’s not magic, sweetheart,” Klef says, holding up something in his hand. “Though it certainly acts like it.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLY0dnntCM
He walks up to me, the thing in both his hands. He lifts them up to my face, and there are 2 small spots of clear in the smudge. Klef pushes them back onto my face and the bridge of my nose, and everything comes into startling focus. “Woah!” I exclaim. “What did you do?!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwm17G16gY
“Your mom is very good with her hands, Ride,” Klef says. “After she spoke with the first doctor and found out you were legally blind, she worked day and night to get these glasses working! Nobody on Melisma has needed such a thick pair of specs in years, and we had to infuse the glass with magic a little bit so you could see clearly, but--oof!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmPKdwMXnb
I tackle him in a hug, tears streaming down my face. “I can see you,” I mumble, blubbering. “I can see you again.”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0tODT8HKm
Looking up, Dad and Mom are standing there, misty-eyed, and I grin. “I can see all of you!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgEuKOvgSY
“Does that mean you’re ready to see everyone else?” Dad asks.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6po59ydyD
I nod eagerly. “Please! Please, let me see them!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwC0jXjz3G
We walk out of the house, and I run over to Bobbi, Ama, and Hibiscus, who are watching my eye’s every move. I look at Bobbi’s latest choice of hair style, bright purple spikes, and grin. “Oh, you would go punk, Bobbi!”1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLVh6U5rkI
They whoop and hug me, and I hug them back. The world is safe, and though it was turned thoroughly upside-down, things are starting to look up again.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6iLOvTJ81
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