There are certain things that can change someone's life forever, A death of a loved one, a companion dying, or a never ending debt incapable of collection. Gaining the knowledge of magic, or lack there of, has clearly opened my eyes that things aren't ever going to be the same. I was trudging along in the summer heat with the nice tan gardening hat, pools of sweat dripping from both sides of my sleek jawline. I needed to go to the pond, it's my favorite place to escape. Too many days have I found myself sitting by this pond only a couple miles out from my home reading books, swimming, or napping. The sounds of the trees creaking with their greenery swaying in subtle breezes are a symphony I grew fond of. Simply stunning beauty can be found in the purest places no one goes to look for. Certainly in my opinion it does.

I was walking along the cleared dirt track edging closer and closer to the end of the small forest that leads towards the pond. I did remember that I brought my water pouch with me since it was hot and humid like I was walking under water with how much the moisture stuck to my skin. After these few days my mind was starting to get not only anxious but fearful that if I don't work something out, I may go rogue with raw magic like Landell was referring to. I shook those thoughts out of my mind, no more negativity, I crossed the two largest tree trunks that signaled the pond was just in front of me and I ran towards the edge of the water. It was time to make something positive happen and I needed to do it ASAP. Setting an example for Osiris would be the proper big brother thing to do and even though we're not related by blood, I still feel responsible for him.

A bird flew above my head singing a beautiful song and I had to cover my eyes while looking up at it since the sun engaging towards it's peak for the day.

"It's time to get to work."

There are simple fundamentals that I have begun understanding while working with my magic, to hone in my focus I ground myself. Sitting on the ground has proved most effective, I don't need to close my eyes or anything but I find that a lack of movement helps me focus. Up to this point all I have been able to do is create a sort of glistening ice mist, as if someone has thrown a handful of flour towards someone. Though a lot prettier since my mist can create rainbows under the correct amount of sunlight and angle. I wanted to be able to make that mist constantly, I knew I could do it. Each day there is a sudden change in confidence of just how large of a pool I am able to access within me. Randomly, I can find myself not bursting into a heat flash and able to feel like I normally did before I realized I had magic. How was that possible? That was my purpose of being by the pond. I needed good thoughts and I needed to feel like normal again.

While sitting on the ground crisscrossed, I took a nice couple deep breaths and started to "play around" with the mana I could feel in my body as best as I could. The best way I can describe this feeling to anyone would be as if you had to manually breathe but you are being pushed on your chest at the same time by a strong individual. It can hurt after a while. Though today was different, the calmness of the area felt good in my head. I took the thoughts of possibly blowing up in a mana explosion away from my mind. I was going to attempt something different. Right as I thought I should try to hone what was inside of me, why don't I try to do it on the outside too? That is the purpose of magic usually, right? Impact the natural things with the unexplainable and bend laws to your own will.

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"The new law. Feel normal. Feel. Normal."

I repeated saying this for a long time until I felt like I was going to ironically explode from anger instead of mana. I was getting tired from all the intrusive thoughts and attempts at being a magic monk and decided to drink some more of my water from my pouch. And while reaching for it, a bunny whisked itself from under a hedge a swooped the pouch right out of my hands and dumped all of the hydration I wanted onto the grass I sulked on. That was my final straw, I yelled

"WHY THE HELL IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME!"

I looked up into the sky, the sun almost blinding me if it weren't for my own childish rage doing it first. Then I saw a rainbow, re-engaging my focus the rainbow was large. It wasn't raining obviously, the sky was as clear as pond beside myself. Then took a portrayal of my immediate surroundings. The grass underneath my knees had frozen over. White and hardened by whatever rage I just expelled. I gazed back up towards the edge of the pond, A hazy fog had arisen, and a rainbow from frost was covering my entire circumference. This was something to behold, I know I didn't mean to do this but this unlocked a new ability that I did not know I had possible. I could physically see the water from the humidity creating a cold icy fog from whatever I just did. On top of all this, I felt good. Landell did mention we had to get the mana out of our system. I did that. But how can I do not without being angry? I thought for a moment, not even caring that I was thirsty anymore. I felt normal for the first time in almost a week. The air around me was most likely cold since I was literally sitting on Ice, but I feel like I was sitting on the grass I was just a moment ago. That's got to be it, The reason why I am hot all the time and suffering and sweating. I need to be cold all the time. It's a silly revelation, Ice melts in the heat. That's obvious. Now I truly felt like a dumbass for not even attempting to use line of reasoning with the training I have done.

The Ice was melting away at my legs and feet almost instantly, the hot summer sun bursting down upon me as hours went by. I was starting to get the idea of how to get the area around me colder. It wasn't visible, though the changes were there. The more I focused with my hands resting at my side and looking out at the water. I was starting to create mist, but not mist from the humidity, it was attaching to my skin. Where the pools of sweat were forming, I was learning that I can affect the water molecules around me and on me. This was finally a good breakthrough. The only problem, is my mana isn't infinite. I had started to get to a point where I could fully covered my hands in a glistening version of ice. This caused my hands to feel, well like hands again. But after only about a minute or so, it would melt and the constant heat would return. This is an issue. I don't like to be too hot in the first place. I am now going to have to learn how to cover myself in ice or mist or something of the sort from now on in order to regulate my body temperature. At least I found my first way of using my magic for a proper reason. Hours and hours of me putting ice on different parts of my body, had put a smile on my face. The best plan of action in my mind is that before we go see Landell again, I have to be able to get my entire body temperature under control. Maybe this ice thing won't be so bad after all. Before I knew it, the birds around me turned into crickets and howls of wolves, I knew It was time to head back. Osiris needed to understand what I had just learned.