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.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZDj5o0XyS
“Treble, leave me alone,” I say, waving a hand.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IFdPjdr9k
“She lives!” Klef cheers. “Open your eyes for me, babe, let me see those pretty iridescents.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9FeuFsJm5
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.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCK5ZRADiI
“Who else would it be?” he laughs, but he’s nervous. “Something wrong?”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3xzWtF7tS
“I… I can’t see,” I say, worry building in my throat. “Klef, I can’t see you.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVcZKnoWdh
Klef pulls me into a sitting position and cups my cheek. “Sweetheart, what do you mean?”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEglfNESIT
“It’s all just smudges of color,” I say in a panic. “Klef, I can’t see you!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuucfxzvcDx
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?”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGJzaVI0vR
I nod and Klef helps me stand, and leads me to Hibiscus, who is just a smear of purple. “What happened to everyone else?”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOng14WQt4
“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.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg6NHLuTPA
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.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCo4CilYlg
“Where will you be that we won’t?” Bobbi asks.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUH3e4Ps4W
“Finding why my eyes aren’t working right,” I say, as Klef leads me to sit down on Hibiscus.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSljJZKCxnd
“What?!” Bobbi asks, but we’re already flying away.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh159cxsyOz
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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.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXXbgykor9
I swallow. “I was afraid you’d say that,” I whisper, looking down.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMrR9ARxun
“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.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgpPqDr7bP
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.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYifKgZN8z
Klef’s shape turns his head to my parents and bounces. “Never fear, Ride, we have a solution!” he crows.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ATHzamt7r
I blink skeptically. “Magic could just make this whole thing worse,” I inform him.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE0OVn7r0z
“It’s not magic, sweetheart,” Klef says, holding up something in his hand. “Though it certainly acts like it.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGofuS1Zd1
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?!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgBjZ0TNOY
“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!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXaL360OWf
I tackle him in a hug, tears streaming down my face. “I can see you,” I mumble, blubbering. “I can see you again.”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0piP9g4ZM
Looking up, Dad and Mom are standing there, misty-eyed, and I grin. “I can see all of you!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOYndZqdm8
“Does that mean you’re ready to see everyone else?” Dad asks.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAa7hQElb2
I nod eagerly. “Please! Please, let me see them!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KoG6ol9Rr
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!”1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0upRYuJL6
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.1329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ0mq4ZybB
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