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.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMlWZFSm7B
“Treble, leave me alone,” I say, waving a hand.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ81GX1W4rM
“She lives!” Klef cheers. “Open your eyes for me, babe, let me see those pretty iridescents.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC5xwHzPTp
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.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkT8LuOadB
“Who else would it be?” he laughs, but he’s nervous. “Something wrong?”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlmszlwfTN
“I… I can’t see,” I say, worry building in my throat. “Klef, I can’t see you.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUZnqYfvfa
Klef pulls me into a sitting position and cups my cheek. “Sweetheart, what do you mean?”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtJwDfll9p
“It’s all just smudges of color,” I say in a panic. “Klef, I can’t see you!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXroVZs8eE7
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?”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2Oxdm6Xpt
I nod and Klef helps me stand, and leads me to Hibiscus, who is just a smear of purple. “What happened to everyone else?”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZnauNtWpc
“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.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWPHDrDK8E
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.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLP14oLu4t
“Where will you be that we won’t?” Bobbi asks.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOg0mHp8bM
“Finding why my eyes aren’t working right,” I say, as Klef leads me to sit down on Hibiscus.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PQfUtDToI
“What?!” Bobbi asks, but we’re already flying away.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgHzI15XQN
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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.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrgoV8KApa
I swallow. “I was afraid you’d say that,” I whisper, looking down.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoJQQc5q3Z
“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.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRnAkKlMyt
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.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWAjY1iWwY
Klef’s shape turns his head to my parents and bounces. “Never fear, Ride, we have a solution!” he crows.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev1cWxqxBe
I blink skeptically. “Magic could just make this whole thing worse,” I inform him.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0hs1pzjIw
“It’s not magic, sweetheart,” Klef says, holding up something in his hand. “Though it certainly acts like it.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9gMOMo3Pq
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?!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7YdhyKwNA
“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!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeBPoouwgN
I tackle him in a hug, tears streaming down my face. “I can see you,” I mumble, blubbering. “I can see you again.”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5PoaeY0eS
Looking up, Dad and Mom are standing there, misty-eyed, and I grin. “I can see all of you!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VWOezpzB4
“Does that mean you’re ready to see everyone else?” Dad asks.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy52gMJ8aH7
I nod eagerly. “Please! Please, let me see them!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwyjYNLsXv
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!”1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7AfxbCZOQ
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.1023Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuHsogiQel
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