this video showed me how to correctly use Input Horizontal and Input Vertical and make my character move like a top down game which I wanted.
Inventory
this video showed me how to take something into your inventory and how to take it out again.
Grab Mechanic
this video showed me how to do a basic grab mechanic, however i tweaked this code quite a bit in hopes of the mechanic that causes the player to drop the pearl when a enemy hits, work.