p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 18pt;"span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: #555555; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I wish I knew what happened to me in class yesterday. When I was called up to spar Nicky, everything went black. I felt so cold... So alone... So scared... Everything was pure, thick black darkness. I've never felt so cold in my life. I hated it. It was being in Antarctica.. Or Hell. Or a nightmare. The last thing I saw before passing out was Nicky scowling face. It almost seemed like she was in as much pain as I was. Then she collapsed next to me... Next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed surrounded by Team ARIL and my Team./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 18pt;"span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: #555555; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Sage, do you feel okay? Is there anything you need? Food? Water? Ice chips?" Remembering the extreme cold I experienced, I glare at Harmony still frantically worrying about me. "Agh, gosh, Harm," I reassure, "I'm fine, honestly. Where's Nicky?" They all bite their lips and exchange glances. Kale answers, "Yeah, she disappeared out of the hospital... We were going to search for her after you got better..." I leap out of bed in eagerness. Or, at least, I would've, if not for the searing pain on my back. I sit up slowly and groan. "Hey, hey, take it easy," Allen, the big buff sensitive one says. Ivy, a girl nearby dressed in a leafy gowny-thing says, "Your aura is off. There's... Darkness inside it. I can feel it." Thanks for that, weirdo. I needed an 'aura' evaluation, yeah. I shake my head. "What the hell does that mean?!" Allen puts a hand to my shoulder to caution me. Ivy replies, "It means, either a Grimm fatally wounded you or you came into contact with something... someONE that is already pure darkness. Or at least becoming it. Perhaps your teammate Nicky had something to do with this?" "Frick off! She may be cold at times but she's not pure darkness!" Defending her came natural. That's.. Strange, but good. I've become fond of my skeleton-like friend. If she's hurt, something that touched her is going to get very dead. I sit up more, in pain but recovering. "Eesh... We gotta get out there and find Nicky.. She may be injured. Eerugh!" I grasp my side and fall back onto the bed. "Relax," Allen says, "You're not going anywhere. You're hurt. We'll look for Nicky, and Harmony will stay here to keep an eye on you okay?" I nod weakly and gasp at more pain invading my body. Nicky, wherever you are, stay strong./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 18pt;"span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: #555555; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Sage, do you feel okay? Is there anything you need? Food? Water? Ice chips?" Remembering the extreme cold I experienced, I glare at Harmony still frantically worrying about me. "Agh, gosh, Harm," I reassure, "I'm fine, honestly. Where's Nicky?" They all bite their lips and exchange glances. Kale answers, "Yeah, she disappeared out of the hospital... We were going to search for her after you got better..." I leap out of bed in eagerness. Or, at least, I would've, if not for the searing pain on my back. I sit up slowly and groan. "Hey, hey, take it easy," Allen, the big buff sensitive one says. Ivy, a girl nearby dressed in a leafy gowny-thing says, "Your aura is off. There's... Darkness inside it. I can feel it." Thanks for that, weirdo. I needed an 'aura' evaluation, yeah. I shake my head. "What the hell does that mean?!" Allen puts a hand to my shoulder to caution me. Ivy replies, "It means, either a Grimm fatally wounded you or you came into contact with something... someONE that is already pure darkness. Or at least becoming it. Perhaps your teammate Nicky had something to do with this?" "Frick off! She may be cold at times but she's not pure darkness!" Defending her came natural. That's.. Strange, but good. I've become fond of my skeleton-like friend. If she's hurt, something that touched her is going to get very dead. I sit up more, in pain but recovering. "Eesh... We gotta get out there and find Nicky.. She may be injured. Eerugh!" I grasp my side and fall back onto the bed. "Relax," Allen says, "You're not going anywhere. You're hurt. We'll look for Nicky, and Harmony will stay here to keep an eye on you okay?" I nod weakly and gasp at more pain invading my body. Nicky, wherever you are, stay strong./span/p