It has been a year since I fell and hit my head and remembered my past life.

In this past year I have worked hard to understand the complexities of the language and understanding the kind of world I am in.

I have held off on actually practicing magic due to dangers an unfocused mind cause. So, I have studied and learned the basics of magic theory in preparation for this day.

I have become 10 years old and by all accounts should be able to bear the burden of practicing magic. After all, the most common reason people don’t start practicing earlier is that it is too hard to understand magic theory and what they don’t know what they are supposed to do to practice magic.

I have talked to my parents about practicing magic and they were skeptical. Especially since my farther must travel often for his work. Overseeing a fiefdom ensures that he has to travel to different parts of his domain to solve issues and talk to people in person. In order to gain their blessing, I had to prove to my parents that I was knowledgeable in magic theory and knew the basics.

It was actually a good bonding experience between my father and me. My father seems to have a hard time connecting with me. Its not just that I have an adult’s mind in a child’s body, looking back through Aurum’s memories I can see that my farther has always seemed unsure of himself around me. I’m not sure why that is.

Anyway, I digress I am currently sitting cross legged in the middle of the yard behind our house, my father is likewise sitting behind me with his hands on my back while my mother watches on from a distance. My father is here to ensure that should I have any problems with my first channeling he will be able to protect and aid me.

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“Father I am ready to begin” I say. “I’ll be right here the whole time, any problems and I will jump right in, so just do your best” he responds. “O.K.” I say slightly exacerbated.

I close my eyes and begin to center myself. I work to calm my mind and silence any erring thoughts. I work to expand my consciousness and feel for the mana that is present within myself.

As I let myself breath, I consciously notice each breath I take, then I feel each heartbeat that sends blood coursing through my body.

As I simply experience each moment, I slowly become aware of an extra dimension to everything. It’s like when you look at a pyramid and on the far side instead of a flat surface like the other sides of the pyramid it is connected to another pyramid, and what you thought was a pyramid is actually an octahedron. That what it felt like when I felt mana within myself.

And for a while I exist in the moment, basking in the awe of mana. There are no thoughts just the appreciation for something wonderful. Slowly I break from by stupor and work to actively channel the mana around my body.

Starting from my brain stem I follow my nervous system and siphon excess energy from my body to from a dantian in my navel.

This will form the basis for my mana core. People can draw mana from their body without a dantian, but they are drawing from all over their body and it is a much smaller pool of energy. Developing a dantian allows for a specific place to draw from.

I am unaware of the passage of time as it is extremely slow going to build the dantian. Eventually I have the requisite amount and can slowly finalize the structure. This will be an artificially structure within my body, I have essentially created a new organ for myself.

I open my eyes and stand up and turn to my father. “Good job Aurum.” He says as he too stands “couldn’t have done better myself.”

My mom comes over with bated eyes. “How did it go” she asks. “I completed my dantian” I say. She instantly envelops me in a hug. “That wonderful” she exclaims. “Let’s head back to the house to celebrate” said my mother as she leads my father and I.

When I get to the house I am greeted with a wonderful feast of food. As we eat my father tells stories of when he first formed his dantian and his first steps as a mage.

My mother and I share a look as his voice echoes into the night