#Root Chakra Soap

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₊˚⊹ᰔ ˚⟡˖ ࣪ the thoughts on your mind & the purpose they are soft-serving 🍦🍦♡ [paper slip reading + intuitive channeling] ₊˚⊹ᰔ ˚⟡˖ ࣪

𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶

˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ · group one ˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ ·

confirmations ! 422, 44, crescent moons, letters D, N, M, life path 6, an album with a question mark on the cover or a song with a question mark in the title, king arthur (drawing a sword from a stone, camelot, excalibur), night hangouts, lanterns, green beetles, fruit flies, fireflies, leaves on the floor, cleaning supplies, air signs

hey there group one !! glad to see you here ! let’s talk about some of the thoughts you’ve been having recently. some of these are going to be relatively mundane on the outside but spirit is directing you towards them for a reason. these will probably be thoughts that keep reappearing for no apparent reason but i’m not getting that they weigh on you or anything unpleasant. it all seems very gentle and chill.

₊˚⊹ᰔ the thoughts

something about upgrading or cleaning a physical space. you may be wondering how to make a certain space that you reside in more clean & beautiful. how to put your essence to it, and how to make it more livable and soothing. i sense this is a need for groundedness. part of earth energy (root-chakra) is having a pleasant physical environment that you look forward to spending time in / unwinding in. i’m guessing you want to figure out how to do that for yourself! first of all, sit down and actively write notes on it that intuitively come to mind. i mean literally just sit on your bed, open your notes app or pull out some sticky notes, a paper sheet, anything ! and just Think about what things you would like to add in your room. let the creative ideas flow to you, but choose to open up to them. if you’d like, you can say something to yourself like “higher-self, please guide me to some ideas to better my living space!”. let them come to you, your thoughts will find something wonderful if you just ask them to look for it. write em’ all down!

something specific you can do is rearrange some furniture. or remove some larger items that you don’t Need in your room / area that you are focusing on. make more space! sitting on the floor could be really important for you to ground yourself. i’m specifically getting that if you have a small table or some sort of chair / couch / chaise lounge you should relocate it within the same room, just a different part of it. it will do wonders. some feng shui coming into work here LOL maybe you would benefit from an interior design-fengshui magazine right now !? if you’re reading this in the summer or a season in your life where you are taking a break and just wanting to relax, now is the perfect time !!!! this will be very beneficial. and even crucial i just heard to your well-being. these seemingly small moves. did you buy or receive a house appliance back in october / a while ago that you haven’t put to use ?? don’t let it collect dust. use it !!! it’s going to help you with a significant issue / mini-trouble you’ve been having. like a vacuum, coffee machine, or blender. also.. have random spoons or utensils / items from the kitchen been going missing in your home ? then reappearing in a strange spot ? if you pray to angels, that is them. any spirit guides really.

watch that comfort movie you’ve been wanting to watch. listen to that new album your favs dropped. collect things you find outside that seem strange to collect — have fun! indulge in some candies! answer some emails or texts that you’ve been procrastinating. if you’ve been having some questions come up in your mind, try answering them yourself. try this: write your question on a sheet of paper, pretend you are a friend or therapist, and write down an answer to the question with whatever comes to mind. you may see some very interesting insights show up. and you can try it with any question no matter how mundane such as “what color soap should i buy?” LOL. pleasant aromas are a really big theme for you ??? aromatherapy is definitely a FRIEND right now !! candles, bed & linen sprays, hair mists, essential oils. make a small investment into those if you’ve been feeling a bit on edge, anxious, or nervous.

₊˚⊹ᰔ the purpose

so if you were to follow your thoughts through with curiosity and take any actions, the purpose that would be fulfilled is: motivations to get more in touch with yourself, specifically your body and the enjoyment part of life. getting to know your essence better. doubting your instincts and intuition a lot less. noticing the small things and appreciating them. flushing out stagnant energy. releasing bodily tension (feet, legs, lower back) bonus points if you are have prominent capricorn placements / capricorn in the 1st or 6th house. overall, pay attention or look into your 6th and 1st houses right now ! that may guide you to some answers you’ve been seeking. this is a time where you can release any control, grudges, or pressure you’ve been experiencing. i just got a visual of the 10 of wands tarot card in my head so look out for her in other readings right now!

thank you so much for reading! i send you a lot of light. ♡

𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶

˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ · group two ˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ ·

confirmations ! november, september, autumn, seeing lots of animals, tiny heart tattoos & doodles, large trees, daylight outings, summer solstice (june 20th), marker or paint stains, cool toned flowers (purples, blues)

hello group two! thank you for joining me here! today we are covering some thoughts that have been popping up in your head that spirit chose to talk about today. some may seem insignificant but we will dive into what purpose they are serving in your life afterwards. as always, take what resonates and allow the rest to belong with another soul ! thank you !

₊˚⊹ᰔ the thoughts

have you been questioning what you really want out of life? out of yourself? your deepest desires? it’s worth it to sit with that question intentionally and meditate on it. just sit down and reflect. think about it with no preoccupations. let them simmer and see what comes to you. i think you’re genuinely curious about what intrigues you, satisfies you, and helps you feel truly pleasured in life. a small tip i have for you is to make a list and any time you notice something making you laugh, smile brightly, excite you, or truly capture your attention, add it! it can be your “happy list”. another way to tap into your desires is to pay attention to what you admire in other people. i thought of a heart-clenching feeling like when you repress a desire because you think you’re never meant to have a certain something. you do not have to pretend you don’t want something to protect yourself from not receiving it. note that thing which lights you up, because there is absolutely a reason for it. i bet we’ll talk about that in the “purpose of your thoughts” section in a bit. but trust me please, and trust your heart. if you see something you really like in the internet that seems unattainable, remind yourself you can have it too. it’s never impossible. i’m thinking of material things mostly so know that you can decide what value and purpose an item holds in your life. but please know, it is normal and necessary for you to like things. love them. fawn over them. admire them. want them. desire is crucial to living a human life. i hope you can lessen the burden of shame you have towards “wanting more”. if you currently do not have access to as many resources as others or certain things, gratitude is a great soother for this time. look at what you DO have in the mean time. you have things that other people want as well, this is always true.

anyhow have you been practicing something? a script, a song, a dance? some sort of fun study? it’s shining a loooot of bright energy into your life and helping you become more vital. some of you may be facing an initial tiring feeling from this thing but it’s literally just going to be the first three times you do it aka the get-go. by the fourth time you’ll enjoy the hell out of it. sometimes your body just needs to readjust to a new situation and then once it does, your mind & spirit become comforted too! i just heard “smile more”. do you beat yourself up for your resting face or because you wish you smiled more? umm. honey.. i don’t know who or what made you feel bad about your natural expressions in the first place. know that people can sense your truth without you having to be super explicit and loud with your emotions. you’re doing just fine. please let that rest. i’m handing you a pink permission slip with bold black letters that says YOU ARE FREE TO GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK! i feel drawn to saying i love you so much. so i think you needed that. if you can, please hug someone close to you tightly one of these days. otherwise, i’m here. i’m telepathically sending a tight ass hug your way. with your consent. i’m flustered now i’m sorry KCBWLNDSK spirit takes me in such unique routes sometimes. but yes, let your quirks be quirks. they are a part of your true soul’s blueprint. the realest, most open you is veryyy quirky. that is a huge plus.

** i made this for you and anyone else who reads it . this is so funny2me. #theplacesintuitiontakesmeimlaughing

i just saw +++ do you need to replace some batteries or something?? do that.. yes.. hmm.. also go outside more often to just take a deep breath while feeling the sunlight or the fresh air. it doesn’t have to be a full 10 minutes or anything! this helps with circulation and with anxiety or pent up energy. i did want to mention that you may want to check out group one as well because i just had a feeling you could find something useful in there !!!

i just heard be a bit careful with what kind of content you’re consuming right now. you could be very vulnerable to media such as movies, people’s profiles, or just prone to distractions. try not to fall into a media trap right now! but it’s okay if you do. let your gut guide you. listening to soft, ambient, floaty music may be very veryyyy soothing right now ! you may be wanting to upgrade your playlists. just for that i’m gonna channel some songs for you in a bit dear :-) 🎵my all by mariah carey, express by christina aguilera, star by colde, backburner by niki, tokyo by RM.

₊˚⊹ᰔ the purpose

growing more accustomed to your “new life” is what i heard. maybe you’ve started visiting or living in a new environment and your mind is offering you lots of opportunities and insight on how to make this an easier transition and experience. if somebody gives you a notepad, it’s a lucky charm. if you’ve been seeing groups of animals that is a good omen. overall, your current thoughts are there to get you situated into a place. to know that enjoyment is neverrrr ever out of reach. you have the power to create it and make it bloom. if you have a birthday coming up, do not mope around. pleaaaasee go out that day even if it’s alone, date yourself. or do at least one thing for yourself. play a comfort movie. sit and sing your favorite songs. eat a really nice meal. something, anything that lights you up, DO IT !!!! if you aren’t the moper, do not let others mope around you on your special day or any day really. if you are generally upbeat and someone that you are in contact with just drains your energy in the snap of a finger, do not entertain this persons shenanigans or moping. i keep hearing moping. this is sucky energy of someone who has everythingggg at their disposal to enjoy life but for some reason they don’t do sh1t to change that. it’s really really bugging me. you do not need this person in your atmosphere. annoying as he11. sorry. much love to this person and YOU especially though. please surround yourself with bright, vital energies. the colors yellow and green are lucky colors for you okay?? your thoughts are really trying to get you to 1. up your energy levels 2. enjoy more & make the most out of things 3. just feel more chill and comfortable wherever you are.

that’s what i have for you group two, thank you so so much for reading and i sincerely hope these messages found you well. sending you lots of light 💡 !!

𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶

˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ · group three ˚‧⁺ ･ ˖ ·

confirmations ! “zone”, #12, money, muse, the letter R, crown chakra, the color purple, lock symbols 🔒🗝️🔑, strawberries, agate crystals, twilight

hello hello my group three. let’s address those recent amusing thoughts of yours that spirit is guiding me towards, big or small. it seems insights are forthcoming and these will be the ones worth your attention and care! i hope they find you well, thank you!

i see you are trying to enter a place ?? but feel blocked from it / lacking the access. it may seem like a golden opportunity is hiding from you behind closed doors. your guides / higher self’s piece of insight is to rest for now. do not force yourself into this situation, and let it go for now. i don’t mean lose hope or lose the goal, just step back for now ! you’ve done enough, it’s time for a slow retreat. have you been eating hot foods, tea, broth, root veggies, or any other grounding foods? or if you’ve been thinking about what to eat, those are some good options! the song that’s playing right now is saying “i just want to be happier.” and again, i’m thinking that you want to “earn” your way into a person’s life or into a situation and your message is that you do not need to earn anything. wanting something or someone is different than feeling like if you are granted permission or recognition from this thing you are confirmed to be “good” or “worthy” in some aspect. you are already deemed a respectable person. i think you’ve been having a lot of thoughts about putting in the hours, efforts, and time, and it not feeling satisfying enough. rather than external validation, you may just need a slight perspective adjustment or an extra addition to your routine that helps you ground your wishes and efforts. it can be something like a daily affirmation that your efforts today were enough even if you did just one thing. celebrate your actions, it is not easy whatsoever to be acting, moving, and giving all the time. it’s also not sustainable. any feelings of being stuck right now are due to this perception that you must keep pushing, pulling, forcing, or trying over and over. that’s not to say you are making “nothingness” happen or “attracting” it because you’re working too hard. no, not at all. you’re doing just fine—you’re just not crediting yourself for that. and that’s all you need love! it could be a good idea to write down all the tasks you completed in a day by the end of the day or weekly. like 1. did the dishes 2. washed clothes 3. responded to a text 4. **insert your actions. just recognize your work. slow down to observe your efforts. a loooottt of prize and progress can come from that seemingly insignificant moment of inaction. things will start to run then. gears turning. if you’ve been considering partaking in something of significance in the summer or in the fall, your mind is requesting rest before you enter and truly look into that prospect. clean up your mind and let yourself take a break in the mean time, and enter any new endeavors with that rested, clean, refreshed mind. you’ll be able to discern between what you feel pressured to do vs. what you are actually willing to do.

₊˚⊹ᰔ the purpose

a reminder that the only thing you Need is yourself. you need yourself. your mind seeks you for a reason, listen to it, open up your heart for your mind is a tender place. overall, your thoughts are helping you and assisting you in making more room for things in your life. that is, the quality of “receiving”. and it’s saying: but first! rest! reflection! stepping back! friends could be significant right now. make sure you’re paying a little more attention to your own concerns right now rather than other people’s. your business wants your attention! if you are interested in chakra work, your crown chakra and third eye chakra could require your attention right now. just simple awareness of them. overall, the purpose that your thoughts are serving is opening you up to receive more gifts! to open up your vessel to receive. to remember what is important to you. and to know that you are always doing more than enough, especially if you are a very restless person who wants more out of life. you’d be surprised how much you really do.. but you can’t always see it because of your restlessness!! you are lots better than your mind will sometimes allow you to think.

a song i channeled for you is “blue & grey” by bts (“i just wanna be happier” lyric). it is a mellow, emotionally vulnerable song that is quite .. tender.

thank you so much for joining me today, group three! i’m wishing you a lot of love, luck, and calm in your endeavors. the mighty storm is weathered by a mighty mind. take care.

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5 Common Mistakes in Chakra Healing You Need to Avoid

Chakra healing is a powerful practice that can transform your life from the inside out. Let’s explore five common mistakes that many individuals make when it comes to chakra healing. Here’s How you can begin to enhance your Chakra Healing journey. I’m a big advocate for Consistency. Why? It not only helps me spiritually grow but it gets me results!

One area I’ve been consistent beyond spiritual practice has been my journey with the chakra Healing system. I’ve learned a lot over the years about how to properly understand energy work through Chakra Healing. 

However, just like any new ager out there, there are a lot of mistakes I’ve learned over the years. After 13-14 years on this healing path, I’ve personally refined my chakra strategy so I always get incredible results. 

I wanted to share some common mistakes that many people are making when it comes to energy work and the chakras that they might not be realizing. 

#5 is def my soap box I will admit LOL 

But In general – these are mistakes I’ve personally gone through and eventually realized there are stronger tools out there to help you heal easier. Likewise, in some cases even faster!

2 hour + somatic breathwork?  Not remotely Necessary when you’re dealing with the chakras. 

Here’s my tips and tricks on Chakra Healing to help you avoid these common Mistakes I see continuously in the spiritual community. 

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SUMMARY OF THE FIVE COMMON CHAKRA HEALING MISTAKES

1 – You’re Using Surface-Level Tools to Solve an Internal Problem

Ever caught yourself getting lost in a sea of crystals, essential oils, and sage, hoping they’ll magically fix your energy imbalances? While these tools are fantastic for boosting your vibes, they’re like the sparkly cherry on top. One common mistake in chakra healing is relying solely on surface-level tools like crystals and oils without going deeper into the root cause of energetic imbalances. While these tools can help aid in the process, (I call these amplifiers because they amplify the energy of that chakra) true healing occurs when we address the core issues within each chakra.

2 – Thinking That you ONLY need Yoga Asanas and Color Therapy

If you’ve been hanging your hopes on wearing specific colors, Eating certain foods or striking yoga poses to heal your chakras, hey, you’re not alone! Another misconception is the overemphasis on yoga asanas and color therapy as the primary methods for chakra healing. While these practices can complement healing, they should not overshadow the importance of addressing Your Beliefs behind your Mindset, Your Internal Programming, Emotional Health and internal energetic frequency for lasting transformation. It’s about balance, yo 😉

3 – Confusing Chakra Healing and Reiki as the same thing. Spoiler Alert: It’s not

 Reiki Healing and Chakra healing are completely different methods. It’s like comparing apples and oranges – both juicy and delicious, but with their unique flavors. While Reiki casts a broad energetic net for overall alignment, chakra healing zooms in like a laser beam on your individual energy centers. For Example, Reiki focuses more on healing the energetic field with symbols, chakra healing delves deep into individual energetic centers, providing a more targeted approach to addressing specific issues within the energy system. Chakra Healing also works specifically with your unique programming and Patterns that are looping in your nervous system.

4 – Listening to Sound Frequencies and Meditations to Heal – Yet Avoiding the inner work

Here’s the thing, sound frequencies and meditations can enhance your chakra healing journey, but they should not be the sole focus. It’s important to enhance these practices with adding internal work on Your Energetic Patterns. For Example, working on your Internal State of Consciousness surrounding your emotions, mindset, and habits to facilitate sustainable healing results.

5 – Only Focusing on Releasing and Clearing Work – Nothing Else.

Let’s chat about the shadow-side of healing – a vital but often overemphasized piece of the puzzle. While diving into your shadows is important, The real healing is when you empower your chakras. A key aspect of effective chakra healing is empowering the chakras through repatterning. This is the deep work we do inside The Ultimate Chakra Academy Simply releasing negative energies or even Shadow patterns is not enough; true healing occurs when we replace old patterns with new, empowering beliefs and behaviors.

Why are people not able to properly heal?

When we only do releasing work, we’re not actually shifting and changing the pattern. And what happens instead is it reverts. The entire pattern starts to revert and come back! Have you ever had that happen? This causes the entire script to change. (and maybe you lost money from that, all the same, right?)

Avoiding the Real Internal Work to Truly Heal

The hugest thing I want to emphasize here is you notice, all these mistakes aren’t actually working on your emotions or your patterns. They’re kind of, bypassing those emotions. Naturally, they’re energy tools, they help, but they’re not working with the emotion. If the tool does not work with the negative pattern or the emotion itself, Then it’s just like an amplifier. Instead, When we work with a Chakra, we’re opening up the Energy pattern that makes up your beliefs, emotions, actions, and even working on the habits that keep the pattern going.

We’re not looking at the actual programming itself. We’re not looking at the actual pattern or the framework of the pattern. We’re instead bypassing that and using different tools to try to access it. Chakra healing makes up a pattern. If you want to raise your vibe, heal, or manifest? Change the Energy Pattern, Change the Results.

In conclusion,

By avoiding these common mistakes and approaching chakra healing with an Empowering mindset, you can unlock the transformative power of this unique practice. Remember, true healing begins from within, and each step you take towards nurturing your chakras brings you closer to manifesting your best life. ✌️

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5 Common Mistakes in Chakra Healing You Need to Avoid

Chakra healing is a powerful practice that can transform your life from the inside out. Let’s explore five common mistakes that many individuals make when it comes to chakra healing. Here’s How you can begin to enhance your Chakra Healing journey. I’m a big advocate for Consistency. Why? It not only helps me spiritually grow […]

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Chakra Healing: Balance Your Energy for a Harmonious Life

In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining a sense of inner peace can be challenging. Many people turn to chakra healing to restore balance and harmony in their lives. Rooted in ancient traditions, chakra healing focuses on the body's seven energy centers, ensuring a free flow of energy to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

At Crystal Bar Soap, we believe in small moments of self-care that cleanse away negativity and reawaken your spirit. By incorporating chakra healing into your daily routine—whether through meditation, crystals, or bath rituals—you can experience a deep sense of rejuvenation.

What Are Chakras?

Chakras are energy centers in the body that influence our well-being. There are seven main chakras, each associated with different aspects of life:

Root Chakra (Muladhara) – Located at the base of the spine, this chakra governs stability, security, and grounding.

Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) – Found below the navel, it relates to creativity, passion, and sensuality.

Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) – Located in the stomach area, this chakra is the center of confidence and personal power.

Heart Chakra (Anahata) – Situated in the chest, it represents love, compassion, and emotional balance.

Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) – Found in the throat, it governs communication and self-expression.

Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) – Positioned between the eyebrows, it is linked to intuition and inner wisdom.

Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) – Located at the top of the head, it connects to higher consciousness and spiritual enlightenment.

How Chakra Healing Works

Chakra healing involves clearing blockages and recharging these energy centers. When a chakra is blocked, it can lead to physical or emotional distress. Healing methods include:

1. Crystal-Infused Bath Rituals

At Crystal Bar Soap, we create crystal-infused bath products that enhance chakra healing. Crystals carry unique vibrational energies that align with specific chakras. For example:

Amethyst for the Third Eye Chakra (intuition)

Rose Quartz for the Heart Chakra (love and compassion)

Citrine for the Solar Plexus Chakra (confidence and abundance)

Taking a bath with crystal-infused soap or bath salts helps remove negative energy and restore harmony.

2. Meditation and Affirmations

Meditation is a powerful tool for balancing chakras. Focus on each chakra during meditation and visualize energy flowing freely. Pair this with affirmations like:

"I am grounded and secure" (Root Chakra)

"I express my truth with confidence" (Throat Chakra)

3. Aromatherapy and Essential Oils

Essential oils like lavender, sandalwood, and eucalyptus can enhance chakra healing. Use them in baths, diffusers, or massage oils to promote relaxation and alignment.

4. Yoga and Movement

Each chakra is linked to specific yoga poses. For example, child’s pose helps open the Root Chakra, while cobra pose energizes the Heart Chakra.

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Why do we descend into the underground? On purification.

🥀What are the undergrounds? They are the space of the unconscious, repressed contents, lies – both family and collective. 🥀Why go there at all? For balance, for truth, for the joy of being a free, happy sun during the day. It’s worth addressing, because these contents will surface sooner or later – in dreams, illnesses, or uncontrolled emotions. 🥀How to do it? Courageously, with full trust in the process. In trust in your inner Witches and Wizards. All the knowledge you need is already within you. 🌺1. Purification – the everyday. For purification, we don’t need circles, sage, or even soap. We just need the awareness that energy exists and influences us. The strength of our mind is enough. When you return from work, ground yourself, connect with your body, and say: I purify my aura. Focus on the sensations coming from your body and the space around you. A minute is enough. Alright, maybe five minutes to start. 😁 Stones can be helpful, like clear quartz. This stone literally "sucks" out what we don’t need. It’s a very interesting experience that you can feel. Sage or other herbs with purifying properties might also be helpful. Focus on the smoke, connect with it, watch how reality unfolds, and see what no longer serves you depart with it. 🌺2. Purification as a process. a) Use the New Moon’s energy. Intention: I purify my roots. You don’t need to be knowledgeable about astrology or know the sign the Moon is in. What’s important is to have a peaceful space to work through certain matters and allow yourself to feel all possible emotions. When repressed, heavy contents reach your awareness, you may feel physical discomfort or weakness. It usually affects the throat chakra and sacral chakra (the intestines and genital area). Building circles and working with elements might be helpful. But remember – your comfort is the most important. A warm tea, a blanket, a notebook, and the awareness that you’re meeting your best friend (which is yourself ☺️) are enough. Trust yourself. Be in your truth. b) Use your menstruation. Woman, menstruating person – use your incredible gift, your menstrual blood. Every month we purify our bodies, experiences, and our lineage. Give yourself one day during menstruation to consciously (from the mind’s perspective) decide to purify and let go of what no longer serves you. ☀️If you’re just beginning your journey with energy, give yourself time. This isn’t knowledge taught in schools, and you’ve never done this before. Calm, patience, and tenderness are the key.

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Enhance Your Style with Chakra Stone Apple Watch Straps

Understanding Chakra Stones

Chakra stones have been revered for centuries in various cultures, particularly in Eastern traditions, where they are believed to hold energy that can influence well-being. Each chakra corresponds to specific aspects of life and emotions. For instance, the root chakra is linked to stability and grounding, while the heart chakra embodies love and compassion. Wearing a Chakra Stone Apple Watch Strap allows individuals to not only accessorize their devices but also stay connected to their spiritual essence.

By integrating chakra stones into daily life, users can promote balance and harmony within themselves. The vibrant colors of these stones can serve as visual reminders to align and energize specific chakras throughout the day.

The Beauty of Imperial Stone Jasper

Imperial Stone Jasper is a remarkable gem known for its unique patterns and earthy tones. Each piece is distinct, boasting swirls of rich colors that reflect nature's artistry. The Imperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap not only adds a touch of elegance to your wrist but also resonates with qualities of protection and grounding.

Jasper, in general, is often regarded as a stone of endurance and stability. Wearing this stone can enhance one's physical and emotional resilience. For those leading busy lives, an Imperial Stone Jasper strap is more than just a fashion accessory; it’s a statement of strength and an invitation to embrace life's challenges.

Choosing the Right Strap for Your Needs

When selecting between theChakra Stone Apple Watch Strap and the Imperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap, consider your personal style and what resonates with you on a deeper level. If you’re drawn to vibrant colors and the notion of energy alignment, the chakra stone option may be the ideal choice. It can beautifully complement various outfits, from casual wear to more sophisticated attire.

On the other hand, if you prefer a more earthy aesthetic that provides a sense of grounding, the Imperial Stone Jasper strap is perfect for you. Its neutral tones make it versatile enough to match almost any wardrobe while exuding a calming presence.

The Connection Between Style and Spirituality

Fashion and spirituality often intertwine, especially with accessories like watch straps. TheChakra Stone Apple Watch Strap symbolizes not only style but also self-awareness and personal growth. Each stone’s color corresponds to a specific chakra, allowing wearers to choose which energies they want to promote in their lives.

For example, someone seeking to enhance their communication skills might choose a strap featuring blue stones, associated with the throat chakra. This personal touch transforms an ordinary accessory into a powerful tool for self-expression and mindfulness.

Similarly, theImperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap resonates with a more grounded approach to spirituality. By wearing this strap, individuals can remind themselves of their connection to the earth and the importance of stability in their lives. It serves as a subtle yet impactful reminder to stay centered amid life’s chaos.

Caring for Your Stone Straps

To maintain the beauty and integrity of your Chakra Stone Apple Watch Strap or Imperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap, proper care is essential. Regular cleaning helps to keep the stones vibrant and free from dust and oils. A gentle wash with mild soap and water will suffice. Ensure to dry the stones thoroughly before wearing them again to prevent moisture damage.

It’s also wise to store your straps away from direct sunlight and harsh environments. This precaution helps to protect the stones from fading and ensures they maintain their luster over time. By treating your accessories with care, you can prolong their life and continue enjoying their beauty and benefits.

Incorporating Spiritual Practices into Daily Life

Beyond wearing aChakra Stone Apple Watch Strap or an Imperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap, consider integrating spiritual practices into your routine. Start your day with meditation, focusing on the energy of the chakra stones or the grounding qualities of jasper. This practice can enhance your mindfulness and create a more harmonious mindset throughout the day.

You might also choose to set intentions for your day, aligning them with the energies of the stones you wear. For instance, if you have chosen a strap with vibrant chakra stones, you could set an intention related to creativity and self-expression. Such rituals amplify the benefits of wearing these beautiful accessories.

The Ideal Gift for Loved Ones

Both theChakra Stone Apple Watch Strap and the Imperial Stone Jasper Stretch Apple Watch Strap make thoughtful gifts for friends and family. They embody not just style, but a deep-rooted connection to personal growth and wellness. Gifting one of these straps can serve as a meaningful gesture, encouraging loved ones to explore their own spirituality and embrace their unique styles.

These straps are suitable for various occasions, from birthdays to holidays. Each time your loved ones wear their straps, they’ll be reminded of your thoughtful gift and the importance of nurturing both their outer appearance and inner selves.

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GENDER: Feminine

ELEMENT: Earth

PLANET: Saturn and Venus

DEITIES: Aphrodite, Gaia, Athena

USING PATCHOULI IN MAGICK:

Patchouli is well known for its magical attributes and has long been used for medicinal and spiritual purposes. Patchouli and its exotic scent is often used in ritual workings and in incense and potpourri blends.

A member of the mint family, the most commonly used portions of the plant are the dried leaves and the essential oils. Some rootworkers use the stems as well. When grown, the patchouli bush will reach about three feet tall. It is covered in pretty purplish-white flowers. Patchouli oil is very strong, and has a deep, musky scent. It is associated with the element of earth and magic users consider it a female plant.

Associated with love, wealth and passion, although it’s also a powerful money attractor, patchouli can be used in a variety of magical workings. Patchouli smells like the soil and earth and is associated with the root chakra. The root chakra represents money which makes patchouli perfect for money and prosperity rituals and spells. Patchouli is also used in fertility spells and rituals. It is commonly added to love sachets and baths. It is also used to attract people and to promote lust. Patchouli is most commonly used in money spells. Legend states that Saturn, the god of hard-work, rewards, and limitations, governs patchouli. To honor him, money spells should be performed on Saturday, the day of Saturn. Patchouli is a well known aphrodisiac and is often incorporated into lust and love spells. Adorn your body with patchouli oil to attract a lover. If you don't wish to wear the oil on your skin, then use the root instead. Place some patchouli root in a red mojo bag, and carry it in your pocket, purse or place it under your bed.

Bathing with patchouli soap is another powerful way to draw the one you desire to you.

It is believed the pleasant odor of patchouli summons the spirit of love so to bring back a lost love, wash your floors with patchouli floor wash.

Light a patchouli incense stick and walk through your home, spreading the powerful fragrance from room to room. Patchouli incense is a soothing presence in any room in which it is burned. As you move through your house, imagine your lover walking through the door. Repeat the following words:

Magic herbs burn in fire, Bring to me my heart's desire.

Add patchouli to your bath for fertility rituals. It is often added to bathwater during a ritual bath. To perform a fertility bath, place a pink female image candle, a green male image candle and a patchouli 7 day scented candle near the tub. Fill your tub with water and patchouli to the water. Add three drops of lemon oil, three drops of orange oil and three drops of lime oil. Light the candles and stand naked in the tub.

Use a bucket to scoop up some of the water and pour it over your head. Once you are fully covered with the patchouli water, soak in the tub while concentrating on your desire. As you enter a state of deep meditation, envision holding your newborn baby in your arms. Let the flame of the candle mesmerize you and send you into a state of deep relaxation. Stay in the tub for fifteen minutes, or until the water gets cool. After your bath, do not dry yourself with a towel. Allow yourself to air dry. Once you are dry, massage patchouli lotion onto your skin to moisturize your body.

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Witchy Podcasts

WitchWave- with Pam Grossman, who is a writer, curator, and teacher of magic and its history. She is the author of What Is A Witch and her writings have been featured in Sabat, Huffington Post, MSN, and Abraxas Journal. Her art shows have been featured in The New York Times and Art in America. She also launched a WitchEmoji sticker pack for iMessage. She currently lives in Brooklyn. Each episode is an interview with someone who is a leading visionary in art, culture, or the occult and they discuss witchcraft. Recommended episodes: Judika Illes (author of 5,000 Spells and other essential witchcraft books), Jessyka Winston (of Haus of Hoodoo), and Gabriela Herstik (author of Craft: How to Be a Modern Witch).

Hippie Witch- with Joanna Devoe, who is a writer, an artist, and a front-woman of the band Obedient Waves. She’s a very peppy, high-energy host with episodes that talk about Harry Potter philosophy in witchcraft, Stephen King book club, and discusses modern-day topics in a fun, newsie way. Recommended episodes: Rethinking Toxic Terms + Black Panther Magick, The Life of a Psycho-Spiritual Witch, and Spiritual Rewiliding.

Serpent Cast- a weekly podcast about sex and spirituality by VICE/Broadly astrologer Annabel Gat and GQ/Allure sex writer Sophie Saint Thomas. Featuring expert interviews, magical product reviews, esoteric books, and musings on aliens, herbs, feminism, queerness, and the occult. Recommended episodes: The Fitness Witch, Ammo O’Day, Bri Luna, Hoodwitch, Chelsea Selby, Witch Baby Soap, and Khi Armand: Shaman, Root Doctor, and Houngan.

Living Open- is a podcast for mystics and seekers hosted by Tarot reader, Reiki practitioner, and yoga teacher Eryn Johnson. Explore these topics along with crystals, meditation, travel, entrepreneurship, activism, and more. Recommended episodes: Folk Tarot Reader and Witch Tess Giberson on Magic as Your Birthright, Crystal Resonance Therapists Christel Alberez and Nerissa Alberts on Intuitive Crystal Healing, 11-Minute Chakra Opening Meditation, and Yoga Teacher Kassandra Reignhardet on Lunar Yoga and Yin Yoga as Shadow Work.

Self Service- with Jerico Mandybur, who is an LA-based writer and editor of Girlboss Radio. This is your cosmic comfort zone, an “inner-beauty school” where self-care is celebrated, where getting real with emotions is a treat, and an interest in thoughtful, funny conversations, weird wellness and astrology is unabashed. Episodes have astrology reports with Jessica Lanyadoo. Recommended episodes: How to Be a Spiritual Activist, Crystals 101 and What to Do with Crushes in Astrology, What About Women of Color in Wellness?, A Sober-Curious Guide to Sobriety with Ruby Warrington.

The Fat Feminist Witch- Paige, the self-acclaimed fat, feminist witch. It’s a podcast with ranting, raving, and wand-waving! Paige examines witchcraft and paganism from a modern perspective featuring topics such as author interviews, magical ethics, social justice, law, and witchcraft from around the world. Recommended episodes: Chakras Plain & Simple, #WitchNBitch-Witch, Ya Basic!, Glamour Magic with Deborah Castellano.

Your Own Magic- hosted by Allie Michelle & Raquelle Mantra. This podcast connects you with inspiring artists, wellness experts, humanitarians, spiritual leaders, entrepreneurs, and other influential visionaries who are living magic and making an impact. Recommended episodes: Energy Muse: the Crystal Episode, Koi Fresco, Enlightenment, Soulmates, and Astral Projection, Jill Wintersteen: Astrology, Dreamcatchers, and Strengthening Intuition, Shaman Durek: The Spirit Hacker, Sahara Rose: Doshas, Dharma, Kriya, and Karma.

WitchCraftsy- with Amy Lynn. This podcast is a place for any Dreamweaver looking for healing, inspiration, and conversation about all things occult and taboo. Topics include healing heartbreak, spirit guides, astral planes, sex magick, death, community, and breaking patriarchy. Recommended episodes: Craft of Conjure: How do you Hoo Doo? With Loretta “Loo” Ledesma, Spiritual Factors of Illness & Health with Herbalist Raven Rose, Queer Hip-Hop with Kitty Crimes, Witchy Spiritual Lessons- Where the People Are.

Sovereign Society- hosted by Sabrina Riccio, a medicine priestess, soulistic alchemist, and speaker from Joshua Tree ,California. This is a detailed, extensive podcast on topics such as kundalini yoga, astrology, psychedelics, shamanic breathwork, Reiki, sound medicine, chakra system, spiritual leadership, business design, metaphysics, self-love, and conscious health living. Recommended episodes: Upleveling to Your Authentic Radness with Luke Storey, Connecting With Loved Ones on the Other Side and Radiating Your Holiness with Arielle Ford, Spiritual Bypassing + Upleveling with Kundalini Yoga with Krisa Reierson, Aligning and Activating Your Sacred Business with Brianna Rose.

Priestess Podcast- with Julie Parker, founder of The Beautiful You Coaching Academy where she trains people to become life coaches, and is the Editor-in-Chief of COACH magazine. She is a published author and speaker. She is a priestess that focuses on Celtic, Balkan, Iberian, and Greek lineage. This podcast has interviews and intimate conversations about the divine feminine, goddess culture, women’s spirituality, and spiritual business. Recommended Episodes: Mariah McCarthy on the Divine Feminine & Being Non-Binary, Gala Darling on the Modern Witch, Jessica Reid on Clairvoyancy and Channeling, Sarah Magdalena Love on Queer Magic, and Hibiscus Moon on Crystal Power.

Almost 30- with Krista Williams, creator of The Hundred Blog and has been featured in Women’s Health, Self Magazine, and Refinery 29; and Lindsey Simsick, actress, singer, model, and SoulCycle instructor. This podcast focuses on wellness, entrepreneurship, spirituality & self-development. Recommended podcasts: How to Expand Your Consciousness + Align Your Chakras with Reiki Healer Milana Snow, Modern Mystic + Sexuality Goddess Alexandra Roxo, Relationship Coach + Teacher John Wineland Parts 1 & 2, and Jill Willard on Becoming Intuitive.

Highest Self with Sahara Rose- she is the best-selling author of the Idiot’s Guide to Ayurveda, which is critically acclaimed by Deepak Chopra. She discusses how to tune into your life, find your purpose (or Dharma) and how to be the best person you can be. She goes into detail on Ayurveda and other similar practices that can transform your life. Recommended podcasts: How to Balance Your Chakras Through Dance, Activating Your Shamanic Roots with Shaman Durek, Who is Your Highest Self?, and How to Spiritually Grow Through Ease.

That’s So Retrograde- Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari have been coined “the Ab Fab of the new age.” Merging pop culture, wellness, and spirituality together in one podcast, these women deliver conscious conversations with realness and humor, all while providing tips and expert insight to guide listeners to their most enlightened path. Recommended episodes: Magical Sabbatical with Sage Goddess, Fairy Godguru with Guru Jagat, The Genius Life with Max Lugavere, and Full Circle Moment with Andrea Bendawald.

Balanced Blonde- with Jordan Younger, an entrepreneurial and wellness blogger. She discusses everything from branding and writing to friendships and things that set your soul on fire. Recommended episodes: Jasmine Hemsley-Ayurveda Meets the West, Nicole Cogan-Girl Talk with NOBREAD: Numerology, Trevor Hall- The Spiritual Power of Writing Music, Psychic Medium Mayhem! With MaryAnn DiMarco, and Biet Simkin-WHO ARE YOU?

Elevator- with hosts Britt and Tara of Elevate the Globe, the spiritual lifestyle movement. Their mission: elevating the vibration of the planet, one person at a time. They discuss ancient and modern spiritual principles, practices, and tools to elevate the vibration of your own energy. Many episodes are interviews with guests who talk about their favorite way to elevate themselves and what their journeys are like. Recommended episodes: Elevate Your Intuition with Jill Willard, Helping Others Get Stronger + Heal by Taryn Toomey, Bringing Mysticism + Yogic Practice into the Arts with Jamie Wollrab, Britt + Tara on All Things Kundalini, Everyday Rituals to Tune into the Real You with Energy Muse, and RISE UP: Everything You Need to Know About Your Chakras + Allowing Yourself to Live a High-Vibrational Life.

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According to African-American folklore, High John the Conqueror was the son of an African king in the Congo, sold into American slavery. John was known as a clever trickster for the games he played on his master and for his enduring spirit, which was never dampened by his life in captivity.

Folklore tells us that John, also known as John de Conquer, fell in love with the Devil’s daughter Lilith. For John to win the daughter’s hand in marriage, the Devil challenged him to plow 60 acres in half a day, and sow the acres in the second half of the day. Lilith gave John a magical axe and plow to complete the task but also admitted - the Devil meant to kill John even if he did complete the task. Wiley and clever, John stole the Devil’s horse, and he and Lilith both escaped.

In the stories, John and Lilith returned to Africa, both agreeing to never again use their powers so the Devil would not be able to find them. But John left his powers in America in the root of a southern plant, Ipomoea jalapa or Ipomoea purga, a powerful plant species introduced to the slaves by the American Indians. John the Conqueror Root is now a staple of African-American folk magic.

One only has to possess the root of the plant John the Conqueror, and John de Conquer’s powers of luck, love and success can be yours. Now the most famous root in the world, High John the Conqueror Root symbolizes enduring courage, success and laughter. Used externally in the practice (internally it is a powerful laxative), the root can be carried as a talisman or can be incorporated into other charms and spells.

Calling on the Powers of High John the Conqueror

Hoodoo practices note, one only needs to call out the name of High John the Conqueror to enjoy the benefits of his blessings. During your meditations and spell work, hold a root or a related prayer card to help you focus on High John the Conqueror, his unbeatable spirit, his luck, success and escape from slavery into a life of joy. Ask him to aid your efforts and bless your life with his power.

The dried root can also be carried with you as a talisman. Carry High John root in a green bag to draw luck, money and power. Carry the root in a red bag with the lock of hair of the one you admire to draw his or her love. The talisman is also said to stop depression, draw courage and to protect one from spells and hexes.

High John the Conquerer Root is often steeped into an anointing oil, which can be used to bless candles, crystals and sachets. Anoint a green candle with this oil for success, luck and money, a pink candle for love and devotion; a purple candle for removing obstacles and added protection. Perfumes from the oil can be worn behind the ears to draw luck and love, or on the chakras to gain strength and confidence. The root can also be transformed into a tincture and used as a spray, excellent for use in court cases, on legal paperwork and important projects.

High John the Conqueror root is affiliated with the element of fire, and can be used to “burn away” curses and obstacles and start new with a refreshed, confident spirit. The root can be used in floor washes to help empower your life at the office or overcome struggles at home. High John soaps and bath salts can be used in showers and baths before meetings, after a long day or getting ready for a hot date. During your time in the shower or tub, meditate on your goal or challenge you wish to overcome. Release negative energy and pray to John de Conquer, thanking him for the blessings he bestows upon you.

Burn High John the Conqueror incense when you are stuck on a project or solving problems. Let the aroma waft over your body to strengthen your spirit and highlight solutions. Incense can also add John's strength to spells affiliated with luck, love, overcoming and achieving. When mixed with other herbs and ingredients, High John the Conqueror Root can aid in finding employment, or provide protection and peace.

John de Conquer was an African prince unbroken by slavery. He outwitted the Devil to escape to his homeland with his love, but he left his powers accessible to us. His root is a powerful ingredient in Hoodoo, Voodoo and Wiccan work to encourage happiness and enduring strength. His legacy is one of luck, love, success and achievement and through his root, his blessings are available to us all.

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Foggy Memory

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In the early morning, Jump City would very occasionally be enveloped by a swell of fog clouds, moving in from the sea towards the shore. Being situated on a small island offshore, Titans Tower was the first to feel the velvety dampness of the mist. This also included anyone exposed to the moistening air — in this case, the resident cloaked empath. Raven floated gently above the roof of the tower, unmoving from her signature lotus position, reciting her mantra near-silently. Her hood rested on her shoulders; the sun made the pale skin and chakra gemstone on her forehead, glisten. There was a comforting warmth in the morning air that persisted even when she was surrounded by a soft blanket of clouds.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos." Her gentle voice spoke. Those oh-so famous words, dissipating into the muffling softness of the mist that slowly enveloped her being. She was often awake at this time of the morning, greeting the sun as it broke the horizon at dawn each day. The same could not be said however, for the green young man slowly approaching her from behind. Despite his outlandish appearance, he remained unseen. The thickness of the fog would have prevented Raven from seeing him even if her eyes were open. Nothing however, could escape her perceptive empathic abilities, they could have sensed his unease from a dimension away. Beast Boy stood atop the roof, struggling to peer through the fluffy semi-transparency of the mist at the empath floating before him. He knew she was there, though. His keen sense of smell could identify her scent in a split-second. He stepped forward as quietly as possible so as not to disturb her concentration.

"I know you're there, Beast Boy…," Raven spoke with slight volume. Garfield stood in place for a second, her figure now much more visible through the sea of clouds. Raven's eyelids remained closed. "This fog can't hide your emotions from me." She stated, perfectly aware of her surroundings while unable to see. She could tell she was surrounded by mist, simply by how the thickness of the air gently muffled her mantra, a testament to how often she really was up here.

"I know." Beast Boy replied in a sombre manner. Confusion sparked in Raven at his response. "Then why were you trying to be so quiet?" she questioned.

"I didn't want to disturb your meditation. I know how important it is to you." He truthfully stated. Raven was slightly taken aback at his polite gesture then presumed the most logical explanation.

"I guess the fog doesn't muffle my voice as much as I thought it did." Raven joked, still facing out toward the sea, presuming he must've overheard her chanting.

"No." He gently responded, much to Raven's confusion again. Her brows furrowed from his responses.

"Hmm, I guess I'll have to ask Star for some nice smelling soap to help cover my scent then." She quipped once more, assuming he had used his nose instead.

"I didn't need to use any of my senses to know you were up here meditating, Raven. I know you." Garfield explained. Raven's eyebrows slowly raised, and her eyelids began to open. She unfolded her legs and her feet touched the top of the roof once more. She couldn't deny how humbled she felt at how familiar the changeling was with her everyday habits. His emotions told her he was telling the truth. He did know her, really damn well in fact. She turned to face him, struggling to see him through the fog. They both stood in place, knowing the other was looking right back at them despite how little they could see of each other.

"Hmm. Let's see – up before noon, depressed feelings pouring off of him, and he hasn't made a cheesy joke in the last 5 minutes. Something's wrong." The empath thought, keeping her gaze locked on the blurred, green man before her.

"Can I talk to you about something?" The Changeling asked quietly.

"Uhh… sure."

The Demoness replied, trying to fight off a blush from him expressing his wholesome familiarity with her. Garfield approached Raven, gently stepping past her through the mist before sitting with his legs dangling over the side of the roof, looking out into a vast sea of white. Raven mimicked his actions.

"What is it you want to talk about?" she asked sincerely, knowing how vulnerable his emotions were right now.

"I've… been having trouble sleeping," he explained, looking down at his feet with a solemn look on his face. His mouth was a flat, tight line. Not a smile nor a frown, his lips were static, the monotony only being pierced by his one exposed fang. Raven was caught in a metaphysical juxtaposition; she was simultaneously being smothered by soft, welcoming fog clouds and harsh feelings of depression, radiating from the usually chipper changeling seated next to her. While she usually seemed to give the impression that she enjoyed seeing him in pain, the truth was she hated seeing him like this. He put so much effort into making others feel happy and experience joy…even if it was sometimes at his expense. It was so upsetting to see someone who put others' feelings ahead of his own seem so down. Even now, despite feeling such strong, negative emotions, he was still thoughtful enough not to disturb her meditation. This gesture had most certainly not gone unnoticed by the empath.

"Oh. Do you know what might be the cause?" Raven asked curiously, genuinely concerned for her friend's wellbeing.

"Well… I keep having this nightmare…" he explained with a hint of reluctancy. "…and I can't seem to stop thinking about it no matter how hard I try." Garfield raised his head, looking out, musing on how much their foggy surroundings mirrored the turmoil in his head.

Raven looked on, taking in every word. "Well, what happens in this nightmare? Whatever it is, it must be pretty bad if it's affecting you of all people this much." Raven commented, recalling his joyous attitude towards life and the people around him.

Garfield cracked a small smile coupled with a slight, reddening blush to his otherwise green complexion. He wouldn't dare deny; she knew him pretty damn well, too. Quite possibly more than anyone else, in fact.

"Well basically… I keep finding myself in the middle of this grassland, but there's no animals in sight. It's so weird though, 'cause I dream about animals almost all the time! There are trees in the distance, and the grass is long and a kinda yellow colour…" The green hero explained, clearly trying to avoid the main focus of the dream. Raven remained patient with him, however. She was no stranger to having difficulty expressing her emotions, so she sympathised with her teammate's current struggle. "… and then… out of nowhere… this mirror just appears!" He exclaimed, whilst gesturing with his hands as though what he was talking about was actually in front of them.

"A mirror?" The empath queried. Perhaps this was related to his and Cyborg's unintentional visit to Nevermore a few years ago. She hoped not as she could not deny the slight guilt she felt if this was the case. Perhaps there was some hidden trauma deep within Garfield's psyche since that day that she just hadn't sensed. Raven felt creeping dread, struggling to convince herself otherwise and beginning to doubt the quality of her empathic abilities.

"It looked nothing like your mirror, just in case you were worried about that." Garfield clarified.

"Umm… ok." Raven responded in an aloof manner, hiding her true feelings of relief behind an indifferent expression. The fact he had also considered this as well, showed her how much he cared for her feelings. Raven blushed, inwardly. "Did you see anything in the mirror?" she asked, suspecting that something he saw must be the root of his current depressed feelings. Beast Boy fell silent for a moment with a look of pain painted on his face. He looked down at the rocky outcrops being lashed by the waves below, jutting into the soft blanket of grey-white cloud above, now completely surrounding Titans Tower.

"When I looked into the mirror… I saw…" he paused. Raven now drowning in his feelings of deeply-rooted sadness and conflict. This was coupled with her own feelings of apprehension, now desperate to know what he had seen in his slumber, for both of their sakes. She placed her hand on top of his.

"Gar…it's ok. You can tell me." She reassured him with the gentlest of tones. This sweet gesture almost brought a tear to his eye as he looked deep into the empath's amethyst irises. Garfield knew she was telling the truth. She always told him the truth.

"I know." He responded, confidently. "When I looked into the mirror… I saw… this kid…" He explained, now looking down again, glum.

"Kid?" Raven echoed in an inquisitive manner.

"Yeah. A little blond boy." Gar stated bluntly.

"Did you know them?" Raven asked, despite already having a pretty good idea as to what his answer would be.

"You could say that…" he alluded, with an unhappy smirk gracing his features. Raven said nothing. She had an unbreaking gaze on his emerald green eyes, she already knew what was coming.

"It was me. Ya know, before…" he trailed off, knowing Raven had already guessed, just from looking into her beautiful eyes. The empath moved her hand so that their fingers interlocked. She tightened her grip ever so slightly to ensure him she was here for him. "I know this is gonna sound weird but… I actually don't remember what I used to look like. But I knew it was me." Garfield admitted. Raven was speechless. She knew he wasn't always green, but she had never given his previous appearance as much thought as she had now. He had been this way for so long that his old, 'normal' appearance was now becoming a distant memory to him, to the point where he could no longer remember what he looked like before. She gripped his hand tighter, with sadness in her eyes.

"I couldn't help but think… how things could have been if…" he trailed off once more, fighting back tears.

"Gar…" Raven could barely form words. It was eating away at her, seeing someone so close to her in such distress. The blanket of clouds surrounding them provided no comfort.

"I lost it!" Gar exclaimed abruptly. "I didn't want to think about it! I didn't want to see it! I punched the mirror and it smashed to pieces." His face scrunched up as all his emotions began to seep out all at once. "And then everything went black. I know there's more but… I just can't remember it… it's all a blur." Beast Boy's voice began to break up and his eyes stained red as tears began to stream down his cheeks. Raven let him get it all out. Beast Boy was always so chilled-out and laid-back, and she knew he needed this chance to vent.

"Garfield… I… I'm so sorry." She comforted. No animal instincts were required to tell him how genuine she was. Suddenly, an idea popped into the demoness' head. "There is… a way I could help you remember…" Raven trailed off. "It might help you deal with what you're going through. It just depends on one thing… Do you trust me?" she asked, looking hopeful and expectant at her green contemporary. Garfield turned towards her and reached out his arm, placing it gently on her shoulder.

"Raven, I trust you with my life." Garfield stated truthfully. They both looked into each other's' eyes, Raven's cheeks blared crimson and Gar's lips showed a much-missed smile. She struggled to find words and attempted to disguise her infatuation with his statement, by falsely clearing her throat.

"I could enter your mind and see what else is hidden in your dream." Raven explained.

"Dude, are you sure you wanna see that? For all we know there isn't anything else going on up there and you could get stuck in my brain!" Beast Boy stressed, pointing both hands towards his cranium in a panicked manner.

"Garfield I know what I'm doing. I don't need to see anything else. And if you let me in, I promise not to look any deeper." She clarified, now placing her hand on his back.

"I know you do, and… I know you wouldn't. It's just… what if there's a ton of nasty stuff waiting in my mind for you? I'm not sure I could risk putting you through that. I'd never forgive myself if something horrible happened to you!" The changeling stressed.

Raven, touched by his concern for her wellbeing. "Well, I'll never forgive myself if I do nothing and have to watch you deal with this all alone!" Raven retaliated. "Besides, you're not the only who has to feel all of your sad emotions..." she reminded him.

Garfield's brow furrowed as he looked down at the roof below them, slightly peeved with himself for forgetting how much his emotions could negatively affect her too. He settled on a decision, then looked up at her with confidence.

"Ok… do it. And hey, if it worked with Robin, then why not me?" He said. "And Raven…" She looked into his eyes as he spoke. "Thank you." While Raven was touched by his sentiment, the gratitude was premature.

"Don't thank me yet, Gar." She proclaimed, placing her hands on her temples and gently closing her eyelids. Beast Boy relaxed his body and mind, gently closing his eyes.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" Raven spoke quietly, her eyes glowing white and her soul self floating up into the shrouding sea of clouds, before diving down into Garfield's psyche. When Raven opened her eyes, it looked almost no different to the view she was seeing a few moments ago, just without a green changeling in view. There were many clouds surrounding her, except these were dark grey in colour. "This is definitely the right place!" she proclaimed to herself. She had managed to manifest herself into Garfield's place in his own dream. As the clouds parted, she found herself in the middle of a grassland, with many trees in the distance and long yellow grass at her feet. There was no mirror though, but instead the shattered fragments that once formed a mirror, lay strewn in the grass with an empty frame standing tall between the shards. In the reflection of one of the fragments, she saw lightning strike behind her, followed by a crash of thunder. Suddenly, different sounds assaulted her ear drums from every direction. Somewhere she could hear an animal squealing angrily. She recognised the call from Beast Boy's habit of transforming into them: a monkey. The sound of violently running water began booming all around her with unbearable volume, interjected with haunting screams. Raven placed her hands over her ears in a futile attempt to nullify this shrieking pain collapsing to her knees in the process, clenching her teeth and forcing her eyes shut. When the mortifying noises finally stopped, there was an eerie silence. When the empath opened her eyes, she was looking directly at the ground in front of her. She saw there was only one shard of the mirror left, and it bore an all too familiar face: the orange and black mask of Slade. Stumbling back slightly, Raven slowly removed her hands from her ears knowing he was once again more than just a nightmare in the physical world since the defeat of Trigon. Gone were the horrifying booming and shrieking sounds from before, now there was the exact opposite: near-silent whispers.

"She doesn't want to see you, anymore. She doesn't want to see you, anymore. She doesn't want to see you anymore." The menace in his voice was a painful memory for any member of the Titans. While she hadn't been present for this, she instantly knew who the masked man was referring to. Raven had seen all she'd needed to see, not to mention, hear. Her soul self took off into the horizon, appearing to become one with the dark clouds above, before soaring through them and leaving the expanses of Garfield's mind. Emerging from the changeling's psyche, a dark bird made of pure magical energy broke through the sea of foggy clouds surrounding the two teammates. Her soul self re-entered her body and her eyes began to dim from their shining white, returning to their normal amethyst state. Garfield opened his eyes, looking like he had never been happier to see Raven in his life, and that was saying a lot! Raven looked over at his tear-ridden face. They exchanged a look of understanding for only a second, before she pulled him in for a much-needed hug. Garfield was so overwhelmed with emotion, it took him several long seconds before he could even reciprocate.

"So uhh… I hope you didn't see anything too embarrassing in there, haha." Beast Boy chuckled through the tears, muffled by his face being nestled into Raven's shoulder.

"Garfield…I'm so sorry." The empath consoled. "I'm sorry for all the horrible things that have happened to you: The accident that gave you your powers, Terra, even me at times… You are such a kind and gentle soul, and you didn't deserve any of it." Raven explained, calming and mollifying the teary changeling.

"Raven…" Garfield didn't know what to say. What she had said had struck a chord with him. He knew that what she'd said had come from the heart. "Thank you… so much." Tears of sadness had slowly turned to tears of joy and love. A void deep within his heart felt as if was being filled again. Much to his dismay, she removed her arms from him, giving him some room to breathe and catch his breath after crying.

"A lot of it still seems… well, foggy to me though, heheh." Garfield explained with a distinct lack of confidence and a breathy laugh coinciding with his corny joke. "Like, I'm still not exactly sure what I looked like back then…maybe it wasn't even me and I was wrong? I dunno…" he trailed off. Raven didn't speak, but had a laser focus on his expression. "Oh well… I'm Beast Boy now, so I guess it doesn't really matter that much, right?"he asked rhetorically, but Raven interjected.

"No." She stated sternly. Garfield looked confused by both her statement and the tone in which she spoke it in. "That was you." Garfield was still in the dark. "I didn't see it, because that's not how I see you. That kid you saw was you, but you weren't sure because that's not how you see yourself. You see yourself as Beast Boy, but that's not who you are." The green teenager looked on with wide eyes. "No matter what happens, no matter how much you change… you are and always will be Garfield Logan. Nothing anything or anyone ever does will change who you are." Raven spoke with dead-seriousness in her voice.

Garfield could barely even comprehend what had just occurred. He was at an utter loss for words. "Raven, I… I don't know what to say…" he said in a quiet tone.

"You don't need to say anything." She cut him off. Raven stood up and began to walk away after dropping such a verbal and emotional bomb on her teammate.

"Raven… wait!" Garfield called, urgency in his voice but a calm demeanour. She froze in place after hearing her name uttered in such a way. She had made it halfway across the roof before Garfield caught up to her. He reached out his arm, and gently gripped her hand in his, prompting her to turn around. When she rotated on her heel, she saw a beautiful pair of emerald irises looking deep into her heart and soul, but only for a second. The next thing she knew, his lips were upon hers. She didn't fight him, and she didn't want to. In fact, she couldn't help but let her eyelids drop, euphoric at the sensation of his touch. It just felt… right. The kiss was simple. No tongue, no moans, chaste and heartfelt to its core. The tears still adhering to his cheeks began to mark hers too. Gar's eyes were closed, and he felt like the luckiest man in the world right now, because in his mind, he was. He knew there was no one else like her, and he was so lucky to even know her and now here he was, kissing the empathic demoness like the invaluable treasure she truly was to him. When their lips finally parted, no words were spoken. The silence spoke for itself. When they opened their eyes, there wasn't a cloud in sight.

[talesfromatypewriter]

Hear My Battle Cry Watch Me Fall

chapter one: new roots

She ducks, the katana whistling past her head. Sakura weaves through a flurry of blows, pink hair a blur as she twists and flips, balance impeccable. The blade flies past her shoulder, the skin of the re-animated corpse grey and flaking. She kicks back, sending the katana flying out of his hand. Grabbing the samurai by the forearm, she twists him over her shoulder and sends him crashing through half of the surrounding forest. The thick, century old oaks snap like twigs in the breeze, tearing the woodland to shreds. 

The samurai slumps over, battered armour splattered in blood. He’s down, but not for long Inner chides. As if on cue, the corpse jumps to its feet, broken bones sliding back into place with a sickening crunch.  Sakura visibly grimaces, the noise not sitting well with her. He lunges. Not to be left on the defense, Sakura sprints to meet it, channeling chakra into her gloved fists. The wind stings her cheeks, and sweat runs in rivulets down her back. From only a few metres away she can see the emptiness in his long-dead eyes, hating the detached look plastered on his face. I wonder if he’s in control, Inner muses. Or if he’s just another one of Madara’s puppets. She pushes the thoughts away, and grits her teeth. At the last second she slides under his legs, ignoring the stench of rotting flesh. 

The rusted blade goes sailing over the place where her head should have been. 

Landing a solid kick to his back, she watches as his body folds in on itself, spine broken in two. The re-animated nin flies across the battlefield, impaled by a jagged spike of someone's forgotten earth-jutsu. The corpse shudders, dark cracks spider webbing across the body. Falling limp, he twitches one last time and crumbles into strips  of paper, disappearing with the wind. He deserved better, she thinks. The dead should be laid to rest, Inner agrees, sombre and quiet for once. Sakura falters, throat dry and constricting. He was alive once, and they used him like he was nothing.  He died a shell, forgotten and alone. There is a pause as Inner struggles to find the words.  Mourn later, she settles on.  Survive. 

And so she will. 

Sakura turns her attention back to the War, grounding herself in the smell of coppery blood and the corpses of her fallen friends and allies. She will mourn for them- let herself mourn for them when the day is done. But for now, she will do what she can. Fight for them. Scream her battlecry for them. She will live another day for them. For everyone. With the heel of her foot, she sends one of the reanimated corpses ten feet down into the earth. Running through a few quick hand signs, Sakura encases the body in a coffin of granite. The ground beneath her shifts and bulges, swallowing the dead kunoichi whole.

Praying for her forgiveness, she heals her bloodied knuckles and dives back into the fray. 

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At the end of the day, she lines up with the rest of the medics and clears the bodies from the fields. It’s the ugliest part of war. 

“Akira, Koyo, with me. Haru, grab the stretchers and help Saya with her earth-jutsu, will you?” she stifles the wavering in her voice and clears her throat, scanning the group of medic-nin with a practised  eye. Akira is slathered elbow deep in blood and gore, her white uniform covered in stains. There is a hollowness in her eyes that wasn’t there before, and her scrawny frame trembles in the wind. . What were they fucking thinking, bringing someone so young into this… this- mess! It’s sick. The elders are fucking sick. And every part of Sakura agrees. Akira is young, turning thirteen in only a few months. When Sakura was twelve she was chasing feral cats down alleyways and cleaning trash from the river. Akira’s a genin, but picked up medical training a little too well for the village to pass her up. War spares no-one, that much is clear. 

Medical teams from Kumo, Suna and Kiri spread over the battlefield in a wave, checking for pulses and missing limbs. Corpses of friends and past foes are laid into caskets and sealed into scrolls, sent back to their respective villages and families. The black scrolls with Leaf insignia have begun to pile up in Tsunade's office, stored carefully away in a chakra sealed environment. The others, those who are unrecognisable, are  burned. Surely enough, the smell of charred remains fills the air, unsettling and unwelcomed. She picks through the wastelands with Akira, watching as the girl collects the abandoned hitai-ates  and stores them in her pouch. Her hands tremble as she pulls the headband lose from a decapitated head, growing greener by the second. Akira throws her head to the side and retches, tears running down her cheeks. 

“Akira-chan!”

Sakura jumps into action, rubbing circles on the young girls back as her heaving slowly comes to a stop. She is shuddering and shaking so violently that Sakura pulls her tight to her chest and utters soft words of forgiveness. She can smell death on every inch of her--from the blood under her nails to the stench of bleach in her hair and ash on her clothes. War spares no-one, Inner echoes. And fuck, didn’t she know it. Akira shouldn’t be here. She should be back home in the leaf, chasing Tora around the village and getting into stupid genin trouble. They should have let her be a kid. 

Akira’s crying eventually comes to a stop, and she’s a dishevelled mess. Her eyes are red, her arms to thin, her heart too soft and hopeful for war. It’s like looking in a mirror. 

Yes. 

This is the ugliest part of war. 

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She stops breathing when Ino stumbles into the medical tent, chest ripped wide open. Sakura has seen it all, but the sight of Ino lying unconscious on an operating table  is the one that stops her heart in her chest. The medic-nin around her swarm into action, slapping on rubber gloves and surgical masks. Their hands glow green as they try to weave her chest back together, desperately trying to fix the gaping cavity where her lungs should be. Blood soaks the plastic sheets, so dark and so red that it Sakura just stops and stares. What the fuck are you doing? Help her! Ino is dying! Inner is screaming at her to  move,move,move but she can’t. It’s like she’s lost touch with every limb in her body, merely a passenger along for the ride. There’s so much blood. 

“Sakura-sama!” Akira. It’s Akira. She can feel her lips moving, forming words, but nothing seems to come out. Her cheek is stinging. Slapped. Someone slapped her. Akira slapped her. Her bony limbs beat down on Sakura, begging for her to do something. She is hysterical, screeching and yelling, the other patients stirring to life. 

“Please, please, please Sakura-sama! You can fix her- I know you can! I...I don’t want Ino-sama to die, please!” 

Akira pulls at her hands, dragging her over to the surgical table. The nurses avoid her gaze, ducking out of the tent or moving on to tend to other patients. What are they doing? She doesn’t know. 

“W-what are you doing?” Sakura says, rushing to Ino’s side. Patches of newly grown tissue form a spider web of muscle and flesh, but the gaping wound is still open and bleeding. Furiously, she channels chakra into her hands and focuses, the skin knitting itself back together. She fixes the broken ribs and grows her new viens, but the bleeding just isn’t stopping. Her lungs are torn to shreds and she is just barely alive, but Ino is a fighter. She’ll make it. She has to make it. Sakura pushes harder, green chakra exploding in a flurry of light. She pours everything she has into the awful wound, ignoring the blood pooling at her feet and the quickly cooling body. 

“Sakura-san! Sakura-san! She is dead!” The head medic wrenches her away, anger scrawled across every inch of her face. Numbness floods her. “There are hundreds of patients flooding this tent- you can save them! But Ino-san is gone,” she spits the last word out as a curse, and in that moment Sakura wants to break every bone in her body. But what good would that do her? She slumps to the floor, chakra reserves almost emptied. Ino is dead. Gone. The puddle of blood she is lying in is proof enough. 

She lets herself fall. 

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She misses Ino’s funeral by the time she comes too. 

From what Naruto tells her though, it was a good send-off. She smiles weakly and tells him that she’s glad, or whatever that means, and rolls back into bed. Akira visits often, always smelling strongly of bleach and soap. She holds her hand and tells jokes that never seem to make her laugh, but she appreciates the effort. In the end, Sakura can only look at her for so long before seeing Ino’s smile staring back at her. Tsunade drops in every now and again, her position as Hokage keeping her on her feet at all times. They grieve together, Sakura the loss of her best friend and Tsunade the loss of a daughter. Maybe even two, she doesn't know yet. They get drunk and they cry, but Tsunade protects every citizen of the Leaf, and Sakura is only one in a sea of many. She leaves too. Kakashi comes once and only once. He brings a twin pack of Naruto's cup-ramen and they eat them together, the entirety of the ordeal silent and understanding. 

He of all people is the most familiar with war. 

She doesn’t see him for a while after that.

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The battlefield becomes everything that she is, knows and ever will be. She fights without conscious, every move, blow or justu only existing for one purpose. Everything Sakura is exists only for one purpose. To break. She fights without mercy, no longer praying for their forgiveness, but for their pain. She revels in it. Wonders if her fists hurt them as much as they’ve hurt her. Wonders how long this satisfaction will last. 

One of the nin lands a solid blow to her stomach, and she coughs up the remains of last night's dinner. She got distracted. Sakura flies over the corpses head, grips his skull in her hands and pulls, tendons snapping as blood speckles the porcelain of her skin. She drops the head, large blue eyes growing dead and cold before flaking away into nothing. Breathing heavily, she clutches at her broken ribs and hisses, green chakra flooding her system. She hates it. She hates it all. The conflict, the fighting, Ino for leaving her and Madara for dragging her into this mess. His eyes are cold and cruel. He is a man ready to rip the world to shreds,  and a man ready to fix it with broken pieces. 

She closes her eyes, tired and aching all over. She pushes apart a khaki tent flap and slumps into bed, covered in a fine layer of dust and sweat.  She lets the darkness swallow her whole, falling asleep to the soundtrack of war. She channels chakra to her ears, a cooling sensation circulating through her eardrums. The screaming and yelling grows quieter in an instant, white noise washing over her in a wave. For a moment- everything is quiet. Unusually quiet. Inner? She asks. No response. She asks again, this time more desperate and prodding. Nothing. Sakura sighs, relaxing into the warmth of the doona. 

Inner has been silent ever since Ino died.

She has never felt more alone. 

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Sakura Hadou is born on the 28th of March, a spring baby, just as they had hoped. With a final push she enters the world with a piercing cry, face scrunched up and unnaturally red. The nurses present her in a soft hospital blanket, bundled and swaddled up like a gift. Though she is in a way, he muses, admiring her unusual  tuft of soft pink hair. Gingerly, he places the newborn child in the arms of her mother, who cooes at her arrival. 

“She’s perfectly healthy,” the nurse states, a teasing smile on her lips. 

Mizuki laughs softly, exhausted to her very core. Her blue hair is sweat-soaked and flat, plastered to the back of her neck. Her usually bright periwinkle eyes are dull and tired, her grey makeup smudged like bruises under her eyes. She’s a mess in the very sense of the word- but she’s never looked so radiant.  The hospital is mostly silent (save for their daughters ungodly screaming), the cityscape outside gleaming with hundreds of stars. Mizuki cradles their child with an unmistakable tenderness, a side of her that he only sees with one other person. He smiles at this, adjusting his thickly framed glasses.

“She’s got quite the lungs on her,” she says, gazing down at their daughter with watery eyes. 

“Just like her onee-chan,” he agrees, and they both laugh at this. 

Welcome home Sakura. 

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Sakura Haruno is dead.

But Sakura Hadou is not. 

There is warmth on her skin and a heart in her chest, red and pulsing with life. She is here and she is not. Belonging to one world, and belonging to another, but not quite fitting in between. As she delves in the  space between the dead and the living, watery images of her life pass her by in streams of silver and blue, rippling on the rivers of time. She sees the day she was born- her parents Mebuki and Kizashi cradling a newborn with pink hair and wide blue eyes. Blue? No, that can’t possibly be right. Her eyes are green, spring green (Ino had pointed it out herself). Everyone knows her eyes are green. Blue the memory warbles, shifting and changing. Mebukis blonde hair darkens to a deep shade of navy, her pale eyes quickly following suit. The scene around her crumbles like wet paper, falling through her waiting fingers like paste. 

No no no...what? Stop!

The scene rebuilds itself, a grainy image projecting itself onto the murky waters. Konoha's old  hospital is replaced by a soft green bed and sparkling new equipment, too detailed and complex and new for her to understand. The woman in the bed is beautiful- sculpted like a fine boned doll.. Her swollen stomach moves with her every breath, her hands gripping tightly at the metal railings. The man next to her clutches his hand in hers, wincing when the contraction hits and the bones in his fingers creak. With a trembling cry, the baby is free, spilling into the world with a victorious scream. The man and woman are delighted, cooing over the newborn with a sudden fondness that Sakura hasn’t seen in a while. 

“Welcome home Sakura”

The babys eyes open ever so slowly, blue and bright like her mothers. The breath in her lungs comes to a halt. Those are her eyes. Her eyes in that child. 

The scene changes again as Sakura flows downstream, snapshots of years and stolen moments flying over her head in blurry pictures and muffled sounds. The colours build up around her, like building blocks locking into place everything just makes sense. But yet it doesn’t. Not in the slightest. An energetic six-year old leaps down the stairs, duck-printed socks sliding over the polished wood. She is a flurry of energy- and by god is this girl a stomper. Even from the Afterworld the image still ripples with the pounding of her feet, shockwaves running across the usually still water. 

The blue haired girl comes to a stop outside the living room, eyes alight with a dozen questions. 

“Imouto!” 

A placid, pink haired child flips through tv channels from her spot on the couch, her yellow shirt plastered with a series of images to blurry to make out.  Her blue eyes are calm and collected, like that of an adult instead of a four-year old child. It paints a peculiar picture. 

“Shhh… onee-chan, come watch. It’s just about to start.”

It’s all just about to start…. 

this is only the beginning….

The water ripples again, tugging her downwards and away from the bubbling laughter of the two girls. She scrambles for something, anything to hold onto- but it's useless. The images simply flow through her fingers, unaffected by her touch. She plunges into the next moment, scene, time period-- whatever this is, and watches. 

The setting around her wobbles into focus, revealing two long figures on a deserted rooftop. The sky is open and blue, white clouds rolling across the sky in wisps of cotton and forgotten promises. It’s the baby from the hospital, she realises. All grown up a decade and a half-later, she sidles up beside a smudged figure and turns to him, face unclear in the churning waters. She sees blobs of colours, the faintest of smells, and barely tangible noises. The memory is there, but it’s not whole. They talk for what seems like hours, the minutes trudging by at an impossibly slow pace. 

“You’re not happy to see me.”

“No, I’m not.”

“You-”

The water swallows her, pulling her away before the girl can finish talking. Eventually the waters stop, coming to a standstill in the silence of it all. Suspended in the gap between time and space, she floats, quiet and still. She is dead- or at least, Sakura Haruno is dead. So then who does that make her? A Haruno or a Hadou? Light filters in from above, casting shadows over the waters of time. For a moment she hears it all- sees it all. She is dead and alive, part of both but not belonging to one or the other. The light engulfs her, running from her beating heart to the tips of her fingers. It spreads in a fiery tingle, down her limbs and sparking in her veins. The power floods through her, coiling and spiralling into oblivion. She is alive with power. 

She couldn’t save Ino.

She couldn’t help Sasuke. 

She couldn’t stop Madara. 

She failed. But this time, things are going to be different. 

Her name is Sakura Hadou.

And it’s time to be a hero.

A03: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19660030/chapters/46569472