"Karina. Karina. Karina!"

I couldn't tell who that was. My mind was foggy. What was going on? Why were they sounding so worried? Where was I?

"Karina! Wake up! Are you okay?!"

I finally managed to open my eyes, moaning as I tried to figure out where I was. I was still feeling as stiff as before. I did manage to move my head to look and see who was calling me. It was Ruby.

"Oooooooh! My legs. My arms. I can't move," I groaned.

"You were asleep for quite some time. Are you feeling alright?" asked Ruby.

I thought for a second, trying to remember what happened. It was still very vague to me.

"What's going on?" I asked, my voice croaking slightly.

"You had said you were going to fly home. When we came back we called you for supper, but you didn't come down. We came up to check on you and found you asleep. It's been two hours since I'd last checked on you!" she exclaimed.

I remembered now. It had taken at least a half an hour to get to the mansion, and by the time I'd gotten there, I remembered the sun, or at least the rays that were visible, had suddenly disappeared. It had gotten dark early that evening. I moved my eyes toward the window, and saw the moon was making an appearance. I looked at the clock on the wall, 07:00.

"What time do you think the sun disappeared?" I asked her, concerned.

"I think probably about 04:00."

Three hours I was asleep. And to be honest, I felt no better. I was heavy, sore, and groggy.

"Misery had some lightning difficulties, she had an anaphylactic reaction to a drink Poe gave her, and then she developed a rash from something in the air. But we'd taken care of it. That all happened on the way home. We dealt with that quickly enough though that we were home by five. I'd called you for supper, which we'd brought home from DeGloomer's, but you didn't come down. So I came up here and saw you were sleeping," she explained.

I sighed with relief, knowing that Misery was finally okay.

"Misery's asleep from all the excitement. She had supper, and then as soon as she managed to get down the stairs she collapsed on her bed of nails and just fell right to sleep," she continued.

I slowly and shakily managed to sit up, moving my feet to the floor.

"Hey! She's okay!" cried Iris, bouncing at the entrance of my door before falling into the wall. "I'm good."

I stood up, wobbling suddenly. I felt strange. I hoped it was tiredness. Luckily, Ruby let me eat in my room, since she saw how hard I was struggling. I was able to eat everything, which I was happy about, and as soon as I finished, I headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready for bed. I was exhausted.

"Do you think you'll be okay?" asked Ruby.

"I feel like I might be catching something, to be completely honest with you," I admitted, rubbing my head.

"It's all the stress you're putting your body in. You need to relax. Bad things are always going to happen to Misery. We've dealt with them on our own before. Don't feel like you need to be keeping an eye on her all the time. We can deal with everything ourselves. You need rest now, Karina," ordered Ruby.

She was right. I did need rest. And luckily, now that things were starting to improve, I was able to do just that.

"So you can manage everything yourself?" I questioned, climbing into bed.

"Of course. We took care of Misery's reactions all by ourselves. She still has the rash a little bit, but the itching is gone. Now, you get some sleep," said Ruby, kissing my cheek.

"Thank you. I will," I yawned, and let my eyes close.

I drifted into sleep within minutes, and the last thing I could remember before I fell into slumber was Ruby stroking my hair.