Smells of fresh honeysuckle tickled my nose as I slowly opened my heavy eyes to the blinding light. I took my time blinking and adjusting when I took a deep breath through my parted lips. My head was heavy and my body was sore to the core. Core? Yes, my core. Slowly, I focused and traced back my magic, feeling it with my bones, and there it was. My beloved core is brimming with magic. Small red, blue, and green particles danced around the abundant white particles. White? There's too much of it. What happened to my core? It was never this much and this lively. Ecstatic! I channeled it throughout my body and boom, it all went bursting out of control, dancing in the air, and shaking the ground. "Oops." Not a tad later, despite my sore senses, I could hear heavy footsteps fast appro

