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Chapter 39 - Ch. 39 Seed Bearer

Ever since I collapsed struggling to learn my healing after being made an outcast for being unable to make it and the green statue of a bird moved and healed me then I passed out and woke up on the tree. I sat there alone. It had been hours sitting up in the branches of the tree. I certainly can't get down on my own can I? Why was I brought here? Is it a test?

Curiously I began looking over my limbs that have grown and I tried to use my light but I was shocked... It's no longer pure... But it's greenish? It looks close to the trees light. What happened? As I try to focus on the light I find it's fundamentally different then before. I'm different then before. I begin to focus on the light and find as I release my light it's almost solid. It still appears to heal but its almost capable of taking physical form as it is like a extremely thick gas in the air. Focusing on it and trying to get it to be as thick as possible to see what it can do I managed to make a little model version of the tree in my palm. Amused by the idea of being held by a tree I am holding I hugged the little model close half expecting it to break apart the moment I put any pressure on it but not really caring just cause of how much I always wanted to hug the tree. To my surprise it didn't break as it has become a actual solid thing. In my shock I dropped it. However suddenly it rose up again and returned right before me right when I thought it was gonna fall from the tree. Looking at it curious I found out I no longer have any control over it. It's like an entirely new object separate from me. Curiously I reached for it when suddenly it shifted as the world became a little fuzzy behind it and the tree seemed to regress suddenly becoming a small seed. That seed quickly began to absorb all the light that the tree put off becoming a radiant sun of emerald before it slowly faded after the light began to entire fade from the now perfectly emerald seed I looked at it closely when it suddenly fell. I freaked out as it's to far to catch and immediately stretched out with my arm trying my hardest to catch it before it fell. However I'm too late and as I just miss the seed my light suddenly reaches out to grab it and brings it to my hand. Did... Did I do that? How?

I can't get distracted so before I let myself focus on my new abilities I focus in on the seed in my hand and then try to solidify a chain of light and a pedant to perfectly hold onto the oddly heart shaped seed. As the necklace properly solidifies and I make sure it won't break suddenly I placed it around my neck and carefully place the seed into the locket before ensuring its properly secured shut. Feeling secure in the little treasure I let myself wonder onto the strange ability to manifest my light. Clearly I can make objects with it but earlier it was like an extension of my body then vanished so can I get down with it? Is that what I'm meant to do? I have a lotta crazy thoughts about how the statues are all birds and maybe I'm supposed to just jump and "learn to fly" but I quickly get over those idiotic and mildly suicidal thoughts as I remember I still don't have wings. However I might be able to make them. I'm to heavy to actually fly but maybe if I can properly slow my fall. I can't become like the birds but maybe a leaf? I move towards the trunk of the tree and decide to test it from the trunk to the branch I am on rather then just jumping off entirely carefully I jump focusing on my light to try to build a leaf with my body and limbs as the stem and immediately plummet face first into the branch. Ok... at least I didn't actually jump right?

Quickly I begin giving it more tries over and over but no matter how hard I try I cannot quite do it. I need an extra push spending so much time even hours later I cannot figure it out quite right. Weirdly I am not hungry. Or thirsty. Or tired. It's night time already. Not that the light lessons here it's always the same level of brightness. I can however tell the time of day by the activity of the city I spot nearby. I guess I am not tired cause I passed out earlier? I mean whatever.

Steadying my heart and firming my resolve I inch towards the edge of the branch I have been placed on clearly the baby steps I have been taking just won't work so I got to just take a leap. I mean it's not like I won't have any time and maybe the tree will catch me. Looking down with a rapidly beating heart I firm my resolve and slow my breath calming my heart before I just pushed with my rear legs and flew. Looking around at the beautiful cavern in which I was born I can't help the tears that come to my eyes at the beauty of it all as I come to my senses I realize I'm wasting time and quickly begin to try to produce a leaf. Over and over I try to slow my descent but it just won't quite work as I get closer and closer to my inevitable demise I half expected the tree to catch me by now so with panic and desperation I try again and suddenly it feels like it all slowed down... Looking down quickly I see I succeeded. I actually slowed my fall. Still falling but it's progress. As I gently fell towards the ground I release the leaf and tumble down hard getting slightly injured but weirdly my body heals on its own. When I look at the wound in amazement I notice by pure white fur is slowly turning green. The wound seems to be first but now that I pay enough attention it is all slowly turning a little green. I freak out a little thinking I'm turning into a tree... But then remember how much the tree cares for us and just let it go if I am turning into a tree at least I won't be alone. I may even get to talk to the tree.

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In the bloody chaotic environment that I couldn't place into words I got a suddenly pain in my heart and I know it's the seed again telling me what it wants through desires and feelings. In the feeling of desperation I nearly panicked and suddenly my heart firms and I take a step off the sidelines releasing every bit of the light I can and everything froze. As I walked forward towards the center of the battle field I place a seed at the very center. As it enters the soil the faint green light I released immediately vanishes as a whirlpool suddenly forces around the seed and all the blood and corpses suddenly get pulled into it and as three kingdoms watch it suddenly stops and a sprout is visible upon the ground. The elementals immediately jumping by my side and seemingly guarding the sprout. All the 3 kingdoms stared for awhile but the chaos and heated rage burning in there eyes seems to have vanished and they all just walked back down there own tunnels after giving one last look at the sprout. As they all leave I feel a familiar pulse of emerald light push over me like a wave in a sea as it spread out I saw the old stone roots that once gave light suddenly come back and as it spread I can see down the caverns many fruit started to sprout. Sucking in a sharp breath... I look up to the sea of mist and firm my heart. I will guard the new tree with this life it gave.