Death by a wild fire

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●California Sacramento DC●

●may be strong language●
●2042 February 30●

The forest was gigantic, I kinda wondered to myself why I was even here in the first place, I was a city girl. Well, I guess that's because, maybe, I wanted to explore something different, something less familiar with me. I guess that option had been to go explore the forest, I've only been in a forest once and that was when I was very young, I barely remember that day but we went camping. Oh the memories I had there, I cried a lot that day because I was terrified of the bugs, still am. Dad had to carry me constantly so that I wouldn't cry about the different things crawling everywhere. That was such day, but the only memory I have that wasn't me crying about bugs, was the fishing part, I didn't touch the fish though but I watched Delaware gut it and Ignore Florida as he swam in the water trying to catch a fish with his bare hands.

I laughed to myself, Florida was such a dumbass back then, not a complete asshole, I remember that day, right after new years eve. At the start of a new year back in what, 2029? Colorado found out Florida was using him as a sex toy, that reaction from Colorado, it scared everyone. Florida ended up in the hospital for short, he got an infection from several bites. Shivers were sent down my spine thinking about that day, even Texas was scared by that horrible reaction. Colorado ended up running off for a few years after that.

Suddenly, I was snapped out of my thoughts when something had made a sound, then the thing, started running.My heart had started to race when I saw that and started running in the opposite direction. I felt so panicked and I didn't even know why, the panicked feeling was weird bur I listened to my gut and ran until I my lungs felt like they were on fire. When I had stopped, I panted hard, it sounded like as I breathed out it scratched my throat, god it hurt. My legs felt like they were going to collapse on me and my entire body burned from how hot I felt.

Oh god, my entire body feels so weird, I've never ran that hard in my entire life, it was a very numb feeling. My body practically screamed at me to sit and rest so I did, to get the feeling off of my body, I hated that stupid feeling so much. My body burned so much, I was so hot but suddenly, I think I know why. There was a loud crackling and the sound of a tree falling, it got hotter and hotter, wait, was there a forest fire? Entirely, I felt so exhausted already, I had been resting for a bit, I haven't even ran as hard as I did before. Soon, I started softly crying, I knew I was going to end up dead like the others before me, I just had no motivation to run but my body screamed at me to get away from the surging heat.

It ached, I tried to get up but my legs ached, they were on the verge of cramping and causing me even more pain. "Help!" I yelled out, I knew nobody would come but I said it as a fear response. The raging fire got closer to me, but, it surrounded me, I was in a circle, I was so freaked out and exhausted from the heat. "Cali, don't die on me, I'm trying to keep you alive for as long as I can, don't fall asleep on me." A voice half yelled at me, but I couldn't help it, I felt so drowsy to not stay awake. "Please.." I huffed and coughed, trying to suck in air. "Please don't call me that." I nearly choked out. "California, don't, don't die on me, you can't." That voice again, it was so odd but they sounded so caring.

Once again, I started crying, I couldn't hold on forever. The smoke I inhaled, it burned every time I took a breath in and hurt just as much when I let it out. I felt my life slowly slipping out from grip, it was so, I barely felt each tear that streamed down my face racing to the ground. As time passed, ever so slowly, I realized that I wasn't ready to let go yet, my family, friends, and everything else. Even more tears raced down my cheek as I thought about everything I ever wanted to do in life, I never accomplished one of my life goals, meeting somebody that I truly loved.

It hurt so much to think about these things that I would lose with my life, it ruined me from the inside so quickly. More quickly than I could realize, I was sobbing like crazy, it was so hot, my breathing went without a pattern. Smoke had eventually taken over my lungs and I slowly died a painful death from it, and the overwhelming heat.

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Something startled me awake, wait, didn't I die? What the hell. I was sent into a state of panic, what the fuck is happening right now, oh god. As it did when I died, my breathing went without rhythm. I frantically looked around, I was in my bedroom, that was so weird, it was so weird, what the fuck. A nock came from the door. "Fucking whore, are you up yet you bitch." Of course, it was Alabama, I wanted to beat his ass so much. "ALABAMA FUCK OFF!" I screamed at him, god could he EVER, leave me alone. I fell back into my covers and sunk under the blanket and waited until he went away to sleep. Finally, he's gone, now I can get some peace.

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