Forgotten One

Discovery Arc: Mystic Fog!

Sarah kept up her forced smile all the while she listens intensely to Amy's voice and paying close attention to her words as her friend eagerly explains the start of the Dark Sense Hearing to her.

Amy sat across from her at the breakfast, observing her every move.

As Amy spoke while she ate her meal, Sarah notices how she keeps brushing her hair back behind her ear, something she does only when lying.

Sarah turns slightly, glancing around her at the rest of the hotel's restaurant; she could sense who was the dark bearers, water bearers, fire bearers, earth bearers, air bearers and even light bearers.

Now Sarah was looking at them all in a different light, she could see something off. Each group of dark bearers and allies of dark bearers, seemed to have a member in their group that was not part of the 'alliance'.

'It's a cover-up!?' Sarah thinks as she keeps her face free of expression, something she had learnt to do when pretending something was fine in front of her grandmother and that she was not being bullied or suffering in silence

The young woman reaches for her tall glass and drank deeply, the milk was nice and chilled, it helped with how dry her mouth had become, 'Could it be they invite friends along so it is less suspicious. I mean this could cause a war...'

Finishing up the whole glass, she sat it gently back down into its place above the plate; her breakfast she had not wanted to eat, she ate quickly and every bite was tasteless and every swallow felt like lead going down, it lay heavy on her stomach.

As soon as Amy was finished, she was going to run and hide in her room until she could think of a way to get some answers.

'Amy knows,' Sarah thinks almost sadly, she leans back in her seat, very grateful for the cloak and its hood, only Amy could see her from this angle and all she had to do was bow her head slightly and it hid her face, 'She knows and not saying anything. But why? She's a neutral like me!'

"So Sarah," Came Amy's sweet voice and smiling at her kindly, she sets her knife and fork on her plate, "What are you doing today?" then she gives an apologetic smile, "I'm meeting my friends at one o'clock, we're going to that Park Centre. But last night, only dark bearers and allies are allowed entry... so..."

"That's fine!" Sarah replies quickly, hopefully, not too quick, "I'm going to that rare book shop I mentioned on the train. Also, there's a second-hand book shop I want to go see."

"Okay!" Amy says happily, she starts to stand, grabbing her handbag and placed it into her sub-space bracelet.

'A bracelet sub-space...whoa,' Sarah thinks staring at it, the enchantments that were written on that to make it must be tiny as well as the sprites that were used.

"See you at dinner then!" Amy calls out breaking her out her daze.

Sarah gave her a small wave and another forced smile; she was seriously doubting the reason he was here with her. Amy had told her that her family did not want her to travel alone. Amy could have gone with her parents but chose to go on a later date.

This whole thing as designed around the Dark Sense Hearing- what if each adult needed to bring a person with them. And sixteen was classed as an adult in most places.