Mana exhaustion had made her body numb and it was hard to move, but she did it anyway. She forced her hands to move with every ounce of strength she had left and all the willpower she had.
She reached out to the staff that had fallen somewhere near her. She couldn't see this it took a bit of time but she did find it.
Holding it with her hands she visualized her mana flowing into the staff so that she could cast a spell, except that she had no mana left.
"F-Fire…ball!" she said, and nothing happened.
It was obvious. You can't cast a spell without mana after all. Though it would make for an interesting story if you could.
"Fireball!" she chanted, yet again nothing happened.
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"