The horrible smell of fire. The fire that destroyed everything I knew to be true. The orange and red flames dancing over the remains of my home. Then there was the snow. An extreme cold that filled my body from head to toe. It was a cruel joke the world was playing. Standing there I was freezing cold, while my parents had been taken by the fire. All I can do is watch.
"Nyx? Nyx snap out of it," my brother Arlo said while he shook me slightly. "It's not good to stay here. The fire will spread."
"I'm not leaving," I replied simply as I refused to move.
"But Nyx."
"Mom and dad are there somewhere. I have to get to them."
"Nyx. As much as I hate to say it they're gone...and if we don't go now we'll be gone too. We can come back after the fire."
"You better swear on it."
"I swear on it. Now go!"
Arlo took off running into the green of the forest. I took one last look at the burning remains and placed it into memory. I'd never know if I would ever come back. Then I painfully tore myself away and ran into the unknown.
I thought life was at rock bottom then. Never did I know that when you hit rock bottom you can still dig down deeper and deeper, until you're buried alive.
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Winter Wolf
RomanceA war has begun. Death is unavoidable. People are dying just trying to survive. How much faith can you really have in Nyx Archer? She's only a teen girl. She's only one little, insignificant person in this cruel world. One day everything she knows t...
