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.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPIfhncR24
“Treble, leave me alone,” I say, waving a hand.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9NXcxQsBj
“She lives!” Klef cheers. “Open your eyes for me, babe, let me see those pretty iridescents.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPUEvTl4Cn
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.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcpx28RRas
“Who else would it be?” he laughs, but he’s nervous. “Something wrong?”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMZeuiBNHQ
“I… I can’t see,” I say, worry building in my throat. “Klef, I can’t see you.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBTkHW87eU
Klef pulls me into a sitting position and cups my cheek. “Sweetheart, what do you mean?”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhII9Wk93W
“It’s all just smudges of color,” I say in a panic. “Klef, I can’t see you!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY992LlfbC
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?”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyignC8p55
I nod and Klef helps me stand, and leads me to Hibiscus, who is just a smear of purple. “What happened to everyone else?”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHIzT1ddqM
“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.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1nGUk4Yuh
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.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWxPViKbL7
“Where will you be that we won’t?” Bobbi asks.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJidpTz8qRN
“Finding why my eyes aren’t working right,” I say, as Klef leads me to sit down on Hibiscus.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2AJgdobDL
“What?!” Bobbi asks, but we’re already flying away.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVb047XAik
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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.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbJa1hq7Nv
I swallow. “I was afraid you’d say that,” I whisper, looking down.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEACk5lW3w
“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.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNrDx2KNrB
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.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKueCkHOdaQ
Klef’s shape turns his head to my parents and bounces. “Never fear, Ride, we have a solution!” he crows.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEFC4g8hqB
I blink skeptically. “Magic could just make this whole thing worse,” I inform him.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHIDP3TToA
“It’s not magic, sweetheart,” Klef says, holding up something in his hand. “Though it certainly acts like it.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf4icPsK4n
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?!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHslFKdUfjT
“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!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjJlcsGfGa
I tackle him in a hug, tears streaming down my face. “I can see you,” I mumble, blubbering. “I can see you again.”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3EDLalzxR
Looking up, Dad and Mom are standing there, misty-eyed, and I grin. “I can see all of you!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGW6t7l6EE
“Does that mean you’re ready to see everyone else?” Dad asks.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07RE92UY6g
I nod eagerly. “Please! Please, let me see them!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XlqlGZ9BF
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!”1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmtWk2KQWu
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.1338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRwmbvf1hW
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