The Girl With the Orange Eyes

Chapter 1

I winced, the pain was starting. It started how it always starts, rising from the ends of my toes up into my feet. It was a horrible burning pain that made tears spring to my eyes. I fought them back and looked wildly across the room at the clock hanging above the door. There was still fifteen minutes of class left. I knew I could not fight it that long but I tried anyways. 

The pain was now up to my knees and rising quickly. I gritted my teeth and tried to push it down. I couldn't, and it rose up to my waist. I looked to the front of the classroom. The history teacher was giving a long, monotone, and quite boring speech about Columbus. I was probably the only person in our class who was not asleep, but how could I sleep when the burning inferno inside of me kept rising higher and higher? It was up to my chest and I knew I had to get out of here. I couldn't risk it exploding out of me. I quickly rose from my seat, sprinted past the teacher and out the door. He didn't even pause his horrible drone or even bat an eye, as I came hurdling past him.

I paused outside the room for a brief second, then turn right and ran down the hall. The pain had reached my neck and I knew I didn't have much time. I saw the girls bathroom up ahead of me and debated going in there, but no I could not risk someone being in there and seeing me. I sprinted past it and stopped farther down the hall at the girls locker room. I turned the knob and yanked the door open. It was unlocked, the janitor always left it that way just for me. I ran past all the lockers and back into the bathroom section. I jerked to a stop at the first sink and only had time for one gasping breath before it came shooting out of me.

Bright orange flames shot from the end of my fingers down into the bottom of the curved sink. They flew down into the drain and down into the pipes. As it flew out, the pain quickly left and a cool beautiful sensation rose from my feet up. The flames started to disappear and as the last spark came from my fingers I collapsed to the ground, gasping, and covered in sweat. I let the tears I had been fighting back fall freely and sobs wracked my body.