"Ty!"

Ty jolted awake at the sound of her name. No! Not now! Please not now! She threw the covers over her head, trying to go back to sleep. Lux needed her! She couldn't just leave him! She squeezed her eyes shut. The light in her room flicked on, the beams shining through her thin blanket. Her mother stomped in impatiently.

"Ty! YOU GET OUT OF BED RIGHT NOW!" the woman yelled, throwing the covers off.

"Just a few more minutes..." Ty mumbled, clenching the covers in her fists and attempting to pull it back over herself.

"Ty, I won't tell you again."

"Please, Mom! Let me sleep a few more minutes. It's important!"

"What do you mean 'important'? You get up right this moment!" her mom huffed.

Ty sighed in frustration, but it was no use fighting. She reluctantly dragged herself out of bed to get ready for school, hoping Lux would be able to hold out until she came back.

Ty wandered through class almost in a daze. She was tempted to sleep in class, figuring the fight in the Dreamland dimension was probably more important than what her English teacher had to say. She felt her eyes begin to flutter shut as a wave of fatigue washed over her.

"TY JOHNSON!" her teacher yelled. "Do you want to go to the principal's office?!"

Ty shook her head quickly. "No, ma'am. I'm sorry ma'am."

Her teacher gave her a distasteful look before continuing the lesson. Ty sighed to herself. She couldn't wait for the day to be over. Ty forced her eyes open and snapped the rubber band she kept on her wrist, trying to concentrate on the lesson.

As soon as the last bell rang, Ty practically sprinted out of the room. She sat on the bus impatiently, waiting for the trip to be over. When she finally arrived at her house, she stumbled out and ran inside. She mumbled a half hearted "hello" to her mother and then went to her room. Ty flopped on her bed and shut her eyes and waited.

And waited...

And waited...

And waited...

She sat up in frustration. The one time she was allowed to sleep was the one time she couldn't sleep. Where did all her exhaustion go? How was this possible? She tried counting sheep, doing homework, watching boring videos, but nothing seemed to be working. Was she being forcefully kept out of the dream world?