"22,23,24,25,26..."

Once my sister started her count me and Amy ran off in the opposite direction from where she was standing.

Before she started the count we designated the area in which would be allowed to hide in using a park map that was nearby.

"We should probably hide in separate places so that if one of us is found the other should still be safe."

She looked slightly reluctant to respond to me maybe because of the way I reacted when the topic of Bridgett blessed core came up, but she seemed to muster up some courage and agreed with my idea.

"With that being said I'll head of to the right here so maybe you should go towards the left or keep going straight."

She gave me a quick nod to which I turned right, while she continued to run straight.

"Zinnias lead the way."

At the mention of my request Zinnias started to fly off ahead of me.

we continued like this for about 5 minutes until our surrounding changed from an open field park to an area surrounded by medium sized tees.

While you could by no means call it a forest the tress were big and thick enough that I in my 4 year old body could hid behind one of their trunks.

They leaves of the trees bunched together to form a canopy that combined with the partially clouded skies provided some shade from the sun.

"This is the place with the relative highest Edirem density in the area, if you're going to try filling your pseudo core I'll help out."

I opened my mouth to allow Zinnias to once again enter my pseudo core, sat down with my legs crossed, with my hands interlocked and resting around my sternum.

'I'll start to pull the Edirem toward's me you just relax and use the breathing technique to allow the Edirem to freely flow into you just like we always do at home.'

I closed my eyes and gave Zinnias conformation through our mental connection, to which they begun to pull on the surrounding Edirem.

This wasn't the first time we have done this since the formation of my pseudo core and just like previous times even though there was much more Edirem available I still didn't feel the same pain I felt the day we formed the pseudo cores.

Instead there was a slight discomfort in both my cores, it felt similar to the feeling of when you have a joint that needs to be popped but you just can't seem to pop it.

I constantly felt the Edirem rushing through me and the heat that came from Zinnias concentrating the atmospheric Edirem toward them combined with the the small rays of sunshine that passed through the shade produced by the bunched up leaves caused me to sweat a little.

We continued like this for a while, until Vee interrupted.

'[Lue I think it might be a good idea to stop for now, if you continue it may cause some problems.]'

'Problems? Like what my pseudo core may shatter.'

'[No, the problem pertains to your goal of remaining a normal child for your parents.]'

When Vee mentioned this I stopped my breathing and sent my thoughts to Zinnias to stop.

'Lue, we're almost there why would you stop now.'

'Vee told me to'

'[If you want to continue I suggest moving further from here, based on your cores current status I believe if you stay here it will be hard to hid the results of your core activating.]'

'Zinnias if you move to a less Edirem dense area would we still be able to make the final push?'

'Yes, your a hair's breath away, even if you just naturally take in Edirem your core would be fully active by the end of the day.'

'Okay, Vee were do you think we should move to.'

'[Based on the map and what Zinnias said we are about one kilometer away from your family, if we move at least three more kilometers East than you should be far enough to go unnoticed.]'

Damn, while we were running here it felt as if I ran at least five kilometers but I guess that was because I'm still not used to this new body.

'Okay guide me towards the area.'

'[Alright, get up and head the opposite way we came from it should take you about twenty-five minutes to get there, mind you it's been about fifteen minutes since the hide and seek game began.]'

'Hmm, Vee if I just wait till I naturally gather the rest of the Edirem to mature my core would it still cause problems?'

'[Yes, so I would advice you head straight to the new location.]'

'Alright lets head straight to the location, it may cause my family a little worry if I'm gone for a while but it shouldn't be to bad if I return unharmed.'

After coming to terms with my decision I got up and started to make my way towards the new location.

'Zinnias are you okay with staying inside my pseudo core the whole way there.'

'Yes there isn't any issue, I don't want to loss the feeling I have right now so I'll stay.'

Feeling that was for the best I picked up my pace slightly to try to get there even a little faster.

Just like Vee said it took me about twenty five minutes to get here, once I arrived I got back into the position I was in before and Zinnias began pulling the atmospheric Edirem again.

It didn't even take a minute of manually drawing in Edirem for me to feel the locked joint sensation I once felt to pop open.

What followed was my body shining a bright orange the same color as Zinnias orange glow before an eruption of Edirem flowed out of me.

When the Edirem flowed out of me it wasn't as pure Edirem but instead it flowed out as the four elements.

The fire scorched the ground around me, Wind rustled the leaves of the tree's around me , A burst of water cause puddles to form once it subsided, and the earth around me shook.

A continuous stream of the four element keep bursting out around me until I became light headed and felt my vision darken.

But right before I fell unconscious I saw a short, dark black hair with a tall cowlick, and brown eye girl staring at me from the trees above.

'[It seems we ended up, in the place were Amy was hiding, I apologize for not taking her location into consideration.]'

That rare apology from Vee was the last thing I heard before passing out.