Forgotten One

Discovery Arc: Agreement...

Sarah sat pouting epically, this killer move still failed to prevent her friend from rolling up with laughter. Sighing loudly, she turns her head away from the scene and frowns deeply along with her pout, it was still no good, Joanna was having a laughing fit that no one was able to stop!

"That's enough or I'll have Calixtus summoned and stick you with his sword!" Sarah threatens loudly, knowing that her monster would do this too and so did Joanna.

During their war class her Elf Warrior, as she named Calixtus, trod on Joanna's paw- it was clear to Sarah that this had been no accident; while Calixtus's face always was free from expression, she saw the movements.

Joanna, at last, got the message and slows down until she was just giggling.

"So you thought she was asking you out," Joanna says through her snickers, "And! you agreed to it before she finished telling ya what she really wanted."

"Yes," Sarah replies folding her arms over her chest, leaning back into her new blue beanbag, "I think we've established this."

"Yeah, it doesn't sound like something ya would agree to." Joanna says with a sigh and huge grin, she was sitting on the floor crossed legs and holding her ankles, "Who is their right mind would want to go outside this protected area? And ya being the granddaughter of a former Priestess of the Dark King of the dark bearers. Crazy!"

"Not many outside know about me," Sarah points out with a light sigh, she glances around her neat and tidy room, free from her stuff- it was so strange to actually being able to see the carpet, "Just a handful of people. I don't think that the king even knows his former servant had a child or even got married. I am more in danger here where people know me and her."

"...why is she even going outside?" Joanna asks with a frown appearing, her laugher completely faded.

"It's only for the summer," Sarah says quickly, she glances around her room once more, unable to believe it- she had green walls..., "And it's for meeting the darker bearers's king. The dark bearers are coming near here, they have a large city under them on the seaside."

"Again, why does she want to go outside?" Joanna says once more, frowning deeper, "Amy is a water bearer, right? Are water bearers allies with dark bearers?"

"Yeah, that's right." Sarah answers with a smile, "Dark, water and earth are allies. Light, fire and air are allies." she snorts loudly, "You should know this, it's the basic." Joanna rolls her eyes at her words, "Also, Amy's family are big supporters of the Dark King and they want him to rule as the light bearers do. He's basically let them go what they want since the Forgotten War. But they don't have any direction because of it. Or at least, that's what Grandma says."

Sarah blinks, Joanna suddenly looks sad.

"What's wrong?" Sarah questions her friend.

"So... ya really going?" Joanna utters out grumpily, her shoulders dropping, "Meaning we don't get to hang out? Our first summer as friends..."

"...I'm sorry... I already agreed," Sarah says with a sigh and found she really was sorry, she had wanted to do so much over the summer break, practice transfer in her room, go to the woodlands Joanna wanted to show her, "I've not been outside since my parents died..."

"Wait! Light bearers and dark bearer don't get on." Joanna points out suddenly, eyeing her up, "What are ya going to do about that? They'll sense ya a mile off."

"I've been thinking about that actually!" Sarah says with a sudden grin, she leans forward, causing Joanna to lean closer to, "and I need your help."

"Huh? What's that?" Joanna questions with a humourless smile, "...should I be worried?"

"I want your help to catch as many shadows as we can." Sarah explains, she smiles giggles when she sees Joanna's eyebrow lift so high that they hid under her fringe, "I'm going to 'smelt' them together into a cloak, enough shadows to hide my light."

"Sarah, do ya know how many shadows that's gonna be?" Joanna asks her in shock, "Ya light shine pretty bright, even I can sense it and I'm no bearer. I could take all summer just to collect them!"

"What about your contacts?" Sarah asks, leaning back into her beanbag, it was an afterthought but she notices Joanna shift slightly where she sat on the floor, looking unsure about this, although, she was clearly thinking about it.

"My contacts?" Joanna said with a sigh, the 'contacts' were actually those from her parttime jobs, she might not seem like it but Joanna was a hard worker and had a lot of people own her favours more than twice or willing to give a good price, "Ya will probably get either too strong for us to handle or not strong enough for the prices we pay," she explains with another sigh, "What do ya think? Still want to go for it?"

"Well, if I don't I'll never be able to go with Amy, she's counting on me," Sarah told her firmly, knowing that whatever happens Joanna would respect her choices.

"Sure whatever," Joanna mumbles out, looking up at the ceiling shaking her head; Sarah cheers, smiling brightly she jumps off her beanbag and leaps at her friend, giving her a big hug.