197 Time Energy

"Watch closely," Raiya said as she held a flower in front of me. I had pieces of a broken urn in my hand.

I felt a warm tingle run down my spine as she activated her essence and sent it into the flower. Its red petals turned to pink then to white. They turned from white to earth brown then started crumbling.

I kept an eye on the flower even when Raiya stopped releasing essence. I watched as its remnants floated in the air and changed. I followed the remnants with my senses then directed the broken pieces toward it. I willed some essence into my hand and watched as the pieces turned to dust then flew away with the wind.

My essence, mixed with the remnants of the spell Raiya had used, floated in the air after the spell ended. I sensed it change until it became pure energy. Then it vanished among all other, invisible things.

"It's gone," I told Raiya.

"Again," she barked.