Serena delved deep, seeing Richard's heart, tendrils of darkness weaving itself around it. How does one heal a broken heart? She didn't know but she trickled her magic into it, envisioning and flowing the feeling of love, happiness, joy. Any positive emotion she could think of she poured into it, drawing on her own experiences and feelings, the tendrils slowly fading to dull grey before unwinding itself and fading away. Serena was tired, her energy now beginning to fall as she felt herself drifting out of Richard and almost slamming back into her body, what she had been had been merely her consciousness and a shell delving into Richard. She blinked, time beginning to move again as Richard fell, legs completely buckling underneath him, Serena swaying dangerously on her feet, Xavier's stro

