Forgotten One

Discovery Arc: Drained!

"whoa." Was the first words out of Joanna's mouth when she went over to greet her friend, "Sarah, what the hell? Ya look kinda... well, dead."

"I can assure you I'm alive." Sarah mumbles out softly, glad she did not have to raise her voice thanks to Joanna's super hearing; she sat at her desk, doubled over with her chin resting on top, one arm was hanging down alongside her body, almost touching the floor, her other arm was laying on across the desk, with her hand flopping off the edge.

Pushing back in the chair slightly, she sits up and brings both arms in front of her, then using them as a pillow- she turns to look at her friend.

Dull eyes without their normal shine peer out, she stares at the werewolf, her expression was void of any emotion.

"So..." Joanna starts feeling uncomfortable with that lifeless stare, "Want to talk about it."

"I told you about my sub-spaces I making," Sarah said her voice was just as lacklustre as her eyes, "I tired because of that."

"You're in the money if you master that!" Joanna says out loud, almost in a cheer. The second 'pips' sounded and the teacher walked through the door, calling for everyone to get to their seats.

Sarah gazes over to the teacher, he starts name-calling.

'Sorry Joanna,' Sarah thinks with a tired smile, "I can't tell you that I'm learning how to you the Soul Key!'

The Souls Keys were created to act as wands for chosen members of the Dark King's court. They not only focused and sharpened their existing power but also held them control over sprites that they did not bear- wands were rarely used in this day and age, only history nerds and Elders used them now. 

Over the past month, Sarah and her grandmother had been working overtime and had taken the 'transfer' skull a bit of a back seat in favour of learning this.

It was the reason for her lifeless mood and reactions. Because she made for herself, a new room next to her main Soul Room.

And it took up a lot of power, draining her of her light- which her grandmother was happy about.

Sarah was actually pleased that no one had hurt her since becoming friends with Joanna. When one older boy came over and pushed her into a wall, the fierce werewolf went charging at him.

Thanks to that, she really would concentrate on her learning and not worry about using her light on her wounds- it went to using the Light Key now.

'Now that I think about it," Sarah thinks slowly taking out her textbook for the first class, "It's not normal for people to use their power until it's almost gone." she mumbles under her breath.

Sarah always works her power until she ran dry, over and over. Her Pillar of Light was now as big as herself, her smelting was top notch and her Mirror Guard was amazing.

After a good night's rest, she was still exhausted but since she rarely used her light at school, he gives her some time to recover until the next night- this was going to change soon. Going into the next term of school meant the Mock War class was going to start.

There was another added to the list now. One skill with the Key Soul took hours worth of power.

'My light is like a muscle,' Sarah reminds herself while closing her sore eyes, 'It will get stronger with use. And strong enough to use it all night... but right now I feel like I'm carrying weights around...'

Sarah had the Key Soul with her, it was actually inside the Soul Room; she did not think it was possible to do this, even her grandmother had been surprised at this.

'I want to take it out,' Sarah thinks as she began only half-listening to the lesson, 'It feels like it's draining me rotten.'

Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder, turning she sees her teacher staring at her with a frown.

"Miss Hikari, gather your things. I would like to see you outside please." The teacher asks and then moves towards the front of the room.

Confused she stands and grabs her stuff together, throwing them inside her bag- walking towards where the teacher was waiting, she gazes over to Joanna in questions.

The blonde gave her a grin and a thumbs-up just as she swung her bag over her shoulder and leaves the room with the teacher, which only confused her more.

"Miss Hikari," The teacher began as he closes the door, "Do you know why you're out here?" Sarah shook her head, "You are one of my best students, so when I see you half asleep at your desk, it's something to take note of. Miss Hancocks has just informed me you are not well again."

"Joanna did?" Sarah says dully, causing her teacher to have a worried frown.

"Yes. Please make your way to the nurse's office and get a note to sign," The teacher orders lightly, handing a hall pass over to her, "I want you to go home and rest. Miss Hancocks and Miss Agua have already said they would take notes for you. And for Miss Hancocks to willingly offer something like this, that I know something is wrong."

"I understand, thank you." Sarah answers politely and nods her head. The teacher turns to the door and opening it he walked through. She could hear him shouting, letting them know that he had returned.

Sarah stares for a moment and with a sigh, opens a 'window' in front of her that only she could see- she removes her bag from her shoulder and tosses it into the room that held all her belongers now.

All the side of the 'window' there was a bow that held all the names of the items inside as well as some detail about them. It seemed that it was connected to her and base on her own knowledge- the more she knew of an object, the more detail would appear in the description box.

Sarah turns and starts making her way down the hallway, towards the nurse's office.

Sarah kept the window open, it had followed her as she turned, always staying in her field of vision no matter which way she turned her head- she could move it out of the way if desired.

The teen allows her sense to wander over his soul room and the window makes moving, displaying the main room. There were new plain doors coming off some of the walls where he was building still.

The new room was overly big, it was in the form of her favourite library she went to as a child. To create a room one needed a good image and control. Soon she would be able to place things inside, for now, she only could place small items in her main soul room, the new was still plain and held nothing inside.

Suddenly Sunny floats pass her window making her pause for a moment and then carry on with a smile on her lips.

The blob no longer returns to the Phantom Zone, the world from where it was summoned. Sarah had been so surprised to discover this, the little blob had just done this on its own.

Glancing past the window Sarah notices she was outside the nurse's office. Sighing lightly, she brought her senses back and closes the window down, then reaching for the handle she felt the need for sleep suddenly.