Fated

Chapter Two: Fire

I wake to a smell that seems vaguely familiar. . .

"AZALEA!" my eyes open, and it's as bright as daylight.

The smell was everything burning.

"AZE! WE'VE GOT TO GO!" I find Fey's face in the smokey air. She grabs my arm ruffly, and pulls me to my feet. "What's going on?" Fey's eyes are panicked. "Something happened, and the house caught fire!" That sentence sobers me up. "Where is Ella, Tansy, and Mom?" I grab my backpack, and follow Fey out the door. "Ella went to get them." I nod, and Fey leaves the room. I go to follow, but something catches my eye. Ella's camera. I grab it, and make my way downstairs, and out the front door. The night air is cool, and I turn to see the house.

It was covered in flames. Fey comes running back, "I called 911 from a neighbor," she says breathlessly. I nod and gravely watch for Ella and the rest to come out. I heard sirens in the distance, but before that I heard a scream. It was a blood curdling scream. "Tansy! Ella!" I yell and run for the front door. Fey grabs my arm to stop me. "Let me go, I'll find them." I nod, and watch Fey run back in. They fire truck arrived, and the men started to work. "Miss are you the owner of this property?" One of them asked me. I shake my head, and whisper, "That's my mom." he nods, and then asks, "Are there other's inside?" I nod, not taking my eyes off the house. It now looked more like a torch than my childhood home. "Who?" the fireman asked. "My mother, Sister, Cousin, and my best friend went in to get them." He nods and goes over to a group of men.

They put on some gear, and go into the house. Right after they went in, the windows broke from the heat. "Ms. Quince, come this way." I look to see a paramedic. "Wh-" She smiles and hands me a tissue. 'I'm crying?' The paramedic looked me over, and gave me a cup of water. There was another loud boom, and I look back to the house. The fire men were coming out, and right behind them the front door caved in. Even thought they were spraying their hoses and working so hard, the fire did not die or calm. . .

"We got someone!" One of them shouted. I ran over, and it was Ella. "Where's my sister? Where's Fey? Mom?" I feel someone patting my back. I turn around to look at another fireman. "My sister's still in there, my best friend's still in there, my mother's still in there! Everyone I care about is in there!" I start to run towards the house, but one of the firemen catch me. "Let me go! Let me go!"

Then I see that the other firemen were carrying somethings that were human shaped. The paramedic rushes over to them, and takes their vital sings. I start to run over, but someone catches me by my waist. "Mom!" I call out, "Tansy!"

"Fey!" I try to break free, but the Fireman has a strong hold. "Calm down miss." I turn and shoot him a glare. "I need to get over to my family! I have to make sure their alright!!!" But the man slowly shakes his head. "The only one who made it was the girl with the paramedic." I slowly look back at them, and see the firemen putting them in body bags. I screamed until my voice was horse.

Mom was gone. Fey was gone.

Little Tansy, who just started kindergarten, was gone.

Nothing left but ashes.