Talk:The Elementalists/@comment-33990547-20181229111314/@comment-3452092-20181229163655

If it is one of the friends, then it is different than Nathan, because Nathan was never part of their friend group, therefore the betrayal would be different (if it was in fact a betrayal and not a situation where that person is trying to help or needs help). He was friendly around the MC and Tyler. He was actively antagonistic around Abbie and presumably Sebastian (although Sebastian did such a good job of avoiding them, I'm not sure he ever talked to them post the time frame of the The Freshman, Book 2, so it's possible that it was all on Sebastian's side as he didn't like who they were as he changed who he was). Kaitlyn was in contact with Kassidy of course, but I'm not sure she was really in contact with Nathan at all. Not sure Zig, Zack, Becca, or Chris were ever in contact with him much either.

There is a fourth option (pretty unlikely, but still there). Someone could have seen the bracelets, known what they meant and that Atlas was in that realm, and made their own, wearing it while in the realm to set up layers of distrust in case Atlas got out of there and told the MC. It is fairly unlikely as Pixelberry doesn't seem to go to this level of set up ever, but it is a possibility.