Jonathan was awake in his dorm room at his school, and continuing to research the Seven Words and Claimh Solais. He had seen Sarah with the rod on the day they first met. He then starred out his dorm's window as he thought about Sarah.

Meanwhile at Skytree Academy, Sarah was having another one of her morning lessons with Emma Hanwood. Sarah was working on her metamorphasis magic once again. She had gotten better at the spell, and had mastered taking the forms of various animals. Sarah wanted to master metamorphisis magic in order to receive an award that Chariot once earned: a title known as Moonlit Mage. Chariot earned it by using special transformation magic. As Sarah talked about Chariot, Emma thought about Woodra's instructions about the Seven Words and an incoming disaster that was soon to pass. As soon as the sun came up, Sarah shouted out atop the New Moon Tower: "I will be the Moonlit Mage!"

Later that day in the cafeteria, One student was throwing out newspapers avertising an event known as the Sinnah Festival. It happened every year at Skytree on Halloween. Famous mages whould be coming to Skytree for the festival, and the students were going to demonstrate their abilities to the staff and celebrities. Sarah was super excited for the festival, and being able to meet various famous mages. After lunch, everyone gathered in the auditorium to prepare for the festival. In order to prepare, all of the students would be put into teams of three.[since that was the limit for student dorms] After the brief presentaion, Everyone had to do a lottery in order to figure out what tasks each team would be assigned to. Some of tasks included fireworks, decorations, and cleaning duty. Alma's team had been assigned for the main highlight of the festival: Summoning magic. She was also assigned to be the manager of the whole team. Sarah was afraid of the lottery because she usually had bad luck with lotteries. When Sarah had to go, she attempted to be cautious with her choice, only to be threatened by one of the professors. She then closed her eyes and picked a random task. The task she was assigned was sacrifices for an ancient ghost at the school. The ghost was that of a powerful dragon known as Nagara The Sorrowful. Nagara was a powerful dragon who had lost her friends, and continued to be in the land of the living even after she passed away. She awoke at midnight at the end of the festival to eat the sacrifices, and once done hibernate until next year. Sarah was disgusted and angry that her attempt to be crowned Moonlit Mage was wrecked by her team's duty. Artemis did some research on Nagara and had found that their school's headmaster had that duty because he wanted Nagara's spirit to move on and rest in peace and serenity. Even after hearing about their headmaster's faithful reasoning, Sarah was still displeased with her role. Both Lilly and Artemis were content with their roles, but Sarah got so furious that she yelled at her friends: "You two are just the worst!" and left with a door slam.

Sarah was furiously huffing down the halls when she overheard Alma and some other students. The team was assigned to pick out a mirror. In Mystrallia, powerful mirrors sentience which was quite uncommon. They had rounded up all the mirrors in the school, but they could not decide which one to use. Alma picked out the one that had the most power, yet liked to joke around. "If you polish it with fairy dust, you can keep it under control," Alma instructed to the team. Once the team and Alma left, Sarah then standed in front of the mirror. She felt insecure due to the fact that she was inexperienced and young. The mirror then transformed Sarah into Alma, leaving her dumbfounded. One of the professors then came in, and wanted to go over a schedule Alma made. Sarah then left the room malingering, leaving the teacher baffled. Unaware to Sarah, she had actually been transformed thanks to Woodra, who wanted her to learn the third word of Arturus.

Sarah was super confused, because she did not want to be Alma. She then ran into Alma's roomates who were having trouble with the summoning spell. Sarah started to panick, until she decided to get her revenge on the duo for making fun of her. She made them believe that they were cursed, and put on embarrassing face paint that would act as the "curse removal spell." After she got her revenge she briefly got a laugh out of the goons. She then got into Alma's room with her disguise. She felt uncomfortable because she felt like should not be in someone else's room. She is then called on by a group of students. They needed Alma to perform a life magic spell on a statue, in order to change its pose. Sarah was nervous because she had never performed any of Alma's powerful spells. As she was attempting to cast the spell, The real Alma appears and performs the spell. Sarah is then returned to her normal form. Everyone was surpried by Sarah, but not in a good way. Sarah was glad to be back to normal, and was about to explain what happened, when Alma speaks for her: "No need, I already know that mirror did this." Sarah was surprised by this, because she thought Alma had not seen her. Alma had a talk with Artemis and Lilly about their sacrificing duties. Alma was infuriated by Sarah's attitude toward things not going as she planned. "You always sulk and lose interest in things when they don't go they way you want them to," Alma said angrily to Sarah, "and you're too busy playing pretend to learn to about the tradition and history of real magic!" Alma then asked Sarah: "What gives you the right to study here?!" Sarah then replied agitated: "I have what it takes! I'm serious about becoming like Chariot!" Alma then told her to prove it, which Sarah impulsively agrees. Sarah then told Alma that she would show her how strong her passion for magic was. Sarah then huffed to Alma and said to everyone: "I, Sarah Hasley, will be chosen as the moonlit mage at the Sinnah Festival!" She then huffed off leaving everyone annoyed by her antics.

That night Sarah was lying down on top of the New Moon Tower looking up at the stars. She had bought along the Shining Rod as well, and held it up. "Alma's amazing," Sarah said sadly. Sarah was then thinking about Alma's diary. She had only read the newest page, but could not Alma's words out of her head. Alma had wrote about a mystery that had recently started. Mages had started to mysteriously disappear, and no one knew why. Sarah then got angry because of Alma's abilities. "Compared to Alma, I'm just so...so-" She was then interrupted by Emma who had come to check on her. "Is it true you told everyone that you wanted to be the Moonlit mage" She asked. Sarah then said depressed, "I hate to admit it, but they're all right about me, compared to Alma, I'm just some dumb little kid." She then asked: "What would Chariot do?" Emma explained that Sarah was flawed, but that she just needed to better herself. She then told Sarah that Chariot most likely felt down on her self as well. She saw the big dipper, and said that was beautiful, and explained that ahead lied the great star: Polaria. "If Chariot were here, I think this is what she would say," Emma said before offering Sarah advice, "You should try not to compare yourself to anyone else, because everyone has something special that only they can do." She then told Sarah to take good care of the rod. Before Sarah could ask Emma an important question, She then left. Sarah asked herself, "Something special only I can do?" The rod then lit up and made a beam of light exactly like the one that revealled the entrance to the Blue Moon Abyss. Sarah followed the beam, which led to the fountain of Polaria. Sarah returned to fountain and asked the fountain: "I need to know the something only I can do is." The fountain showed another vision of Bella, this time of her performing to a friend of hers. She was using the same metamorphisis magic that used. After the vision, Sarah was thinking about the vision. "Did Chariot not want to be the Moonlit Mage after all?" Sarah then said the spell, which made the rod glow yet again. Sarah then understood what she needed to do.

Sarah then returned to her room, and explained to Artemis and Lilly that they were going to have the ceremony end a little differently. Sarah explained what she had learned in the visoin, but did not directly mention the fountain or the visions. Sarah's plan was that she wanted to get Nagara to cry from laughter instead. However, Artemis and Lilly disagreed on her plan, and wanted to stick to tradition. Sarah was disappointed in them, because she wanted to show everyone how amazing and wonderful magic could be. Before they went to bed, Artemis explained that they knew that she had the best intentions, but couldn't always go along with her on a whim. Sarah told herself that she would do whatever it took to improve the ceremony with or without help.

Sarah then went to visit Emma the next morning. Sarah explained to Emma what happened last night with her talk to Artemis and Lilly. "I understand," Emma said. When Sarah mentioned the special metamorphisis magic, Emma turned to her poster which had the words written in magic runes. "Arae Aryrha: the third word of Arturus," she whispered to herself. She agreed with Sarah's plan and told her to keep working on her magic, while she would do research on Nagara. Sarah then asked if she could visit when-ever necessary, and Emma said yes. Emma then started to think about Nagara's curse. As Sarah was walking down the halls taking about her plan, she was pulled over by Alma's roommates. They were mad about the prank she pulled on them, but decided to "forgive" Sarah due to her duty as a sacrifice. They called Lilly a freak, and Sarah an idiot, but did not make fun of Artemis due to her reputation. As everyone continued to prepare for the festival, Sarah continued to practice her magic. A little over three weeks had passed, and Artemis was getting worried. Artemis wondered why Sarah was the stubborn and determined person she always was, but admired her for it. A group of books then fell down, revealing plans for Halloween. Artemis knew that before she knew about the festival, she wanted to introduce her friends to a tradition in the Mortal Realm. Most mages in Mystrallia don't go to the Mortal Realm too often, hence their lack of knowledge of other traditions. Artemis and Lilly then left to find Sarah who was still struggling with metamorphysis magic.

They then agreed to help Sarah with her plan for the ceremony. On the night of the festival, Sarah continued to practice until it was time for Nagara to reawaken. Sarah had managed to master the basic transformation spell, and put on a great show for everyone. As the festival was going on, Emma was looking for information on Nagara's curse. During Sarah's performance, Emma had at lost last found Nagara's vestige. It was located in the same archive as the one Jonathan found. According to an ancient spirit in the object, Nagara had eaten the Seed of Grief. It germinates the host's body prolonging it in sadness indefinitely. Emma then had her familiar inform Sarah of Nagara's curse. "That curse must be weeded out, find the source of her sadness, use Chariot's magic on it!" As Emma was instructing them, the team was falling straight into Nagara's belly. In her belly was the seed. Sarah then used the spell, which transformed the rod into a grappling hook. With the power of the rod, Sarah removed the seed and freed Nagara. Emma was pleased with her feat along with Gole. Gole was pleased that Nagara was free, and did not need to worry about the sacrifice duty ever again. Alma was amazed by the performance she had made, but still held a grudge.

Meanwhile in an unknown location, the mages behind the kidnappings were discussing about how their kidnappings might be drawing too much suspicion.

voice 1: I fear that everyone knows about us!

voice 2: No need to worry, our portals will now have a special protection spell on them, and no one can even access our lair anyway!

voice 1: Excellent, we must tell go tell the others!