The air stilled for a moment before the heat wave hit her and slammed her to the ground, causing her to tumble. Rolling over, she dug her nails deep into the ground with all her might and managed to reach a stop. Staggering to her feet, hair rising from the intense heat, her eyes try to settle on the mirage of a person walking towards her.
“I have found you”
The voice shot straight to her brain, piercing into her like a cold knife. She shook herself, trying to keep her will strong, trying to erase all the intensity around her. I must get away. I must run. I must…
As much as she wanted to turn and run, her legs were rooted to the spot. The figure slowly became clearer as it neared her. What could she do, there was nowhere to run to, even if she could break the spell over her, and she could not defend herself.
A step away from her, the silhouette filled itself out. Almost double her height, the man got onto his haunches and looked straight into her eyes. Darkness, nothing but a dark void, the rest of his features lost to her, except his sickly smile like he had won a war.
His arm slowly extended to her and a slender finger probed at her side. Again and again, this man prodded her side, and all she could do was close her eyes.
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The Fire Inside
FantasíaVera, abandoned at birth, has been raised in the safe and secure clouds above an unknown world to her, stories she has only heard of in the history classes in her Users' School (A school for those gifted with the ability to channel the elements). Ho...
