[i]Keep calm. Keep calm.[/i] Ashe insisted as the sleepy and irritable Sarah was being led into yet another strange place in the middle of the night. Normally, she'd be asleep by now, but this change of scene kept that away. She hadn't even slept a wink on the ride here. Sarah really didn't want to have any of this. As far as she was concerned this was another crappy foster family.

Sarah closed her eyes partway through her new home as she was led to her room and reopened them quite a few steps down the white halls. Great, now she was sleepwalking. When her orphanage had told her the other day that she was going to be taken by another family she barely slept, when she was picked up and flown partway she couldn't sleep, and then the drive here left her wide awake with nervousness. This happened every time she went to a new foster home.

"Why did we have to get here in the middle of the night?" Sarah decided to voice her complaint. Her sleepy tone made her mumble, so she didn't receive a response.

Before she realized, Sarah was alone in a bedroom. She heard the door close behind her and she turned to face it with a dazed expression on her face. When did she get here? Twenty-eight hours of sleeplessness had really cut her awareness down. Maybe this was their plan? To bring her to her new home all worn out? Perhaps they had heard about how aggressively she fought with her last foster family when the came to pick her up, and decided to wear her out to keep her somewhat docile.

Sarah sat down on the soft blue sheets of the bed and sighed. She really didn't want to be here. This place was different than all the others, and not in a good way. Something about the walls left her feeling even more nervous. She could see that they had a sky blue wallpaper with fluffy clouds and even a sun - which was quite nice - but something about them made her uncomfortable. She decided to chalk it up to the complete change of location.

[i]Relax,[/i] Ashe suggested calmly. [i]Relax and go to sleep.[/i]

Sarah yawned deeply. Perhaps sleep was the best idea. She rested in the bed and glanced around the room once more before closing her eyes and cuddling with the stuffed alligator that she found on her bed. She saw a desk with painting supplies on it and a set of weights for exercise. She also saw a rubber ball that she could play with. She wasn't entirely sure why the painting supplies were there since she didn't really like to paint, maybe it was because she on occasion thought that painting was calming. Before long she drifted off into dreamland.