Pyre Unearthed {MOVING TO Ao3}

Chapter One: The Fall

Fire can be twisted in many ways, for good or evil. It is likely the most dangerous to organics of the four main elements. But sometimes, very rarely- it can bring life to a world of possibilities.

DATE: 07/██/2024

LOCATION: IGNITIUM LABORATORIES

As Ignus was putting on his coat, Pele was as well as they had been getting ready for their net day of work. The duo had been searching for the current Earth spirit's whereabouts in an experiment. Ignus was unusually quiet that day, but Pele decided it was best to leave him be as he had been moody all week anyways. While they were inspecting things alike to rocks and plants, Ignus suddenly burst into a fit of rage, having a mental breakdown and screaming. He began running around the room, destroying equipment. Pele stood back in horror, not knowing what happened to have his closest friend in such distraught. Human scientists of which worked at Ignitium and coded the two to do their work, came into the testing chamber to quickly apprehend the bear. They each held onto a part of his body- his legs, arms, and head. Pele, terrified, followed right after them without knowledge of what was going to happen. His eyes opened wide in horror as he realized that they were taking Ignus to the incinerator, of which was only used to discard anything extremely dangerous to the humans of the facility unit. Pele screamed in fear, to no avail. They would likely turn off the incinerator afterwards to pick apart his code once more to see why he was in such agony. Pele watched in terror as they tore Ignus apart, throwing him into the fire of the incinerator piece by piece. He began to tear up, now experiencing new emotions- ones he had never felt before. Hell, he had never felt emotions other than joy or worry before. Unlike Ignus, this was a different set of emotions- it was sadness. He blinked with tears coming down his robotic fur, and began to run off through  the building's front exit, whizzing by any humans or any of the like to escape into the forestry around Ignitium Labs. His feet were thumping, like a melody of drums against the floor as he ran. A symphony of out of tuned instruments as he eventually stopped to catch his breath, tears flowing down his face as he stood still in a small, open flat. He rested his hands on his knees, looking around and wiping his face. He was lost without anything other than his clothing and a pain in the chest. He shook his entire body in fright, knowing that Ignus was no longer there to be by his side and that he was now lost on his own. He vaguely knew what to do to survive, so he had began to collect wood, and found some strong leaves that were on the ground. He made a small teepee hut, which would be enough to cover him from the weather he could tell was going to happen because the clouds were dark as he looked at the sky. He took his coat off, leaving it in the hut. He grabbed some stones, putting them in a circle and went to find small twigs to put inside his hut. He decided that when he awoke the next morning, that he would make a fire. He got inside, and it began to rain. Pele cried himself to sleep that night, using his coat as a budget blanket, in pain as his best friend was now gone.

Forever.