Aria had been dozing under the tree, drifting in and out of light sleep, when the commotion around her woke her up completely. She say the streaks of light in the sky growing bigger and bigger, moving at incredible speed. As they grew, she could see one that appeared to be heading right for her. 'I need to move now or that thing is going to hit me.' She barely registered the thought before she started to move, and her disorientation was such that it was seconds before she realized that she had not, in fact, moved at all. She barely had time to open her mouth to scream before the light was upon her.<br/><br/>She awoke, how much later she didn't know. At first she thought it must have been hours, because it seemed that night had fallen. She blinked once, twice, waiting for her eyes to adjust to the dark, expecting to see lights from buildings and vehicles. Surely someone would be coming to investigate that...whatever it was that had happened. Nothing changed in her vision, and she was beginning to panic. 'Something must have happened to my eyes!,' she thought frantically rubbing them and blinking, trying to restore her vision. After a moment she realized that she could see, at least she could see something. Looking around she saw what looked like people lying around her though all she could see were shapes of varying brightness, while most of her surroundings remained bathed in darkness.<br/><br/>"What's going on..."