*Ember* Step one: Breathe. Step two: Focus my energy on what's around me. Step three: Identify what I'm feeling. Know my emotions. Step four: Own it, do not let it on me. It is my emotion and is mine to control. I sit in the clearing where I have left eyes closed, legs crossed going through the steps that I've been taught. deep breaths fill my lungs. I listen to the world around me. In the state my senses are even more heightened than they normally would be. I hear the Magic Tree shifting and their locations. I hear animals scampering around the grounds. I can even hear the soft flapping of a butterfly's wings and the distance. I feel alone. I'm scared but I remind myself that above all else I'm strong and I am capable. The strongest emotion I feel right now and I hone in on

