Promises of Fire

Prologue

"Daddy can I have ice cream please,"little Amarah asked her father using her puppy dog eyes to get what she wanted.

"Of course princess,anything for you ,"he replied not being able to deny his daughter anything.

"Mummy, can I have hot chocolate instead? " asked Amaran looking at his mother with big blue eyes.

"Of course my little prince. But why dont you take your sister and play outside while I make the hot chocolate?"she replied while chuckling and thinking how different both her children were even though they were twins.

"Okay mommy!"replied Amaran while taking hold of his sisters hand and pulling her to the backyard.

As they got to the backyard and started to play they heard a frightening scream erupt from their mother.

Even though they were only 5 years old they ran into the house just in time to see their fathers body lying on the floor and a dark figure looming over their mother and her screaming for them to run.

They ran and ran till their little feet could not run anymore and the y had to rest.They had run deep into the forest next to where they lived and were starting to get scared. A dark figure started to approach them and little Amaran pushed his sister behind him in a protective manner.As the figure came into view they saw it was only their uncle and ran to him to tell him what had happened to their parents.

That was the last day the brother and sister had seen each other but before departing they both promised that one day they would reunite...