Heir to the Fire

// Chapter 1 //

   Fire was surrounding me. Rising, nearly reaching the sun. It wasn't hurting me. Well, in a physical way. However, you can't expect someone who is burning her whole school
down to be in a mentally good condition. All was red and dying. My friends and my teachers were screaming, most of them dead, begging for me to stop. Tears were running down my
cheek, reaching my chin and falling into the fire. My whole body was shaking from the fear, the anger and the sorrow of what I just done. I tried to stop but it just made it worse. Fire started to burn brighter and stronger, in a way I had never seen before . It was like my body taking orders from not my brain but some psycho super villain. I wanted to stop but something inside me was telling me not to. Then I realized I was enjoying all this. To see everything die, all this chaos and pain. Being the most powerful and to control everything. I was just like them. The other fire-benders before me. There is no escape from who I really am, what my instincts are forcing me to do. I am the heir to the fire, the devil itself.

   I woke up with sweat that could fill a dam. I was relieved that it wasn't real. But I knew that the last part of the dream was true, that I was a now-normal-but-can-change-into-a-serial killer-with-superpowers type of a girl. What a wonderful way to start your day.

   Sunlight was entering my room. I could see the busy streets from the window. All the cars and all the busy people. Sometimes I envy normal people. They got normal jobs, normal families and especially normal dreams. I am not saying that I don't like to be able to control fire. I know that I am gifted. I know that being a fire-bender is a great thing if you consider there's only one in a century. I was the chosen one for the 21 th century. However, the fact that my firely-super-gift was given by the devil, it creates a huge confusion. I don't know if the reason I was created was to save people or to destroy them. All the other heirs to the fire before me were mostly horrible villains. Only a few of them used their powers for greater good. I want to be a good person but I am not sure what am I going to turn out to be.

   I walked away from the window, trying to clear my head. I went in front of the mirror and realized I was looking like a disaster. The clock was showing 7:20. I was picked up by the school bus at 7:45. That meant I was supposed to not-look like a disaster and have my breakfast in 25 minutes. I grabbed my hair brush. I had brown, long and a little wavy hair. After I combed my hair, I looked at the mirror for solid 3 minutes, doing nothing. I had yellowish-hazel eyes which are surrounded by long eyelashes. My freckles were on my cheeks and nose, creating a contrast with my light skin. I was a bit longer for my age. And because of all the fighting trainings with weapons and stuff, my body was fit and I had a little white mark just under my jaw. I am 14 but people say I look older than my actual age. After that wasted 3 minutes, I changed into my school uniform which is black leggings and a black sweatshirt.

    It was 7:35 so I hurried to the kitchen. My mother and father were sitting at the table, talking. I quickly sat down and started to eat my eggs (which I hate and actually the devil itself). My mom and dad harmonically said "Good morning Lilith!". With my mouth full of egg and cheese I mumbled "Go-od mo-ning". Mom said "Today, there is a assembly in the conference hall". "For what?" I asked. "For the remembrance of the school's constituent". "Oh! I remembered". Actually I didn't. I kissed my mom and dad on the cheek and hurried to the bus. On the way school, I put on my headphones and tried to think about my upcoming birthday next week. But all I could think of was my dream.

   When we arrived at school I rushed to my locker, again thinking about the dream and the fear of becoming a bad person. I was so occupied with my thoughts that I barely realized my friends were standing near me. As a group, we were six girls. June, Flora, Eva, Adela and Cordelia. I looked up and said "Hi". June responded "Are you OK?". Without waiting for a response Flora added "We have been waiting here and watching you wander about fire and devil." in a concerned tone. I just shrugged and packed my books for the first period. The girls continued talking. I looked at the clock. "The classes are about to start". Eva said "Yeah" in a bored tone. Me and Eva were in the same class. On the way to the class we talked about her crush, a boy named Andrew. She really likes him and there are rumors that he is going to ask Eva out. For me, I am waiting for the right person. In our age, boys and girls only date for popularity or just to date -if you know what I mean. Then they will break up and cry and all that drama for a love that wasn't even real? Surely doesn't suit me. And by the time pass they will forget each other and for them, it will only be a lover. What I want is a real love. To be remembered by my beloved. I want to be important for him and I want to be different from most of the girls."I will not be another flower picked up for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find and impossible to forget."(Erin van Vuren)