Why was it not working? He should have seen this coming. For a while now, Junchi had noticed weird things happening to him and around him. During his power classes, shape-shifting became increasingly difficult. He could no longer fully turn himself into petals, and every day, the parts of his body he could turn became smaller. Even a finger would be more progress than he was making in the past few days.
His magic must have been running out from overuse. He had been showing off a lot. Trying to impress people with his healing capabilities and his ability to create a swarm of petals circling around him. A break was what he needed. He had ventured to the park to maybe practice some more, but there were other things to do in the park than panicking about the possibility of you losing your magic. There were swings to swing on and slides to slide down. Even better, there seemed to be a decent amount of kids around to play with.
Still, as he hopped up onto the seat of a swing and positioned himself comfortably, a thought knawed at the back of his mind. The petals were not the only weird thing he noticed. For a few days now, he noticed flowers and grass becoming taller whenever Junchi was near. If he was correct about the seasons, spring was coming. That was probably normal. The only issue was, after a certain distance away, he would turn around and see them starting to limp weakly like the Earth was trying to pull them back in. Even now, the plant life below Junchi became weirdly tall, something he swore they were not like before he got near. Worrying must have been playing tricks on his mind. Right now, he wanted to swing.
