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"You're scared of more than that. I haven't figured it out, but something about you is contradicting itself; like you hate part of your identity," She explains, and she couldn't be more right.
"I don't know," I say.
"Yes, you do. You just don't want to admit it. If you say it, it makes it real." I say nothing, once again. I take a deep breath.
"Fire." She says nothing. We continue to walk in silence, passing several wooden benches and streetlights. 

~~~

"I don't like how everyone treats you. They're wrong. They are narrow-minded, and they don't see that. They see what they want to. They want someone to blame for things that they did. So, they made you the bad guy."
"So if I'm the bad guy, what does that make you?"

~~~

Aiden Westmoreland's parent died in a fire. A fire that he started. After waking from his coma, covered in burns, he is moved from Pittsburgh to the unfamiliar town of Lock Haven to live with his aunt. Labeled as am outcast and a murderer, he tries to live his life and forget what happened several months prior. With no friends and only one acquaintance all he focuses on is himself and coping with the trauma. That is, until she come along. Scarlett Brooks, or Scar, comes along and changes everything. Befriending him and standing up for him, the two grow close. Aiden starts noticing things he didn't before; everyday she comes to school with new bruises. But, he has enough on his plate when his panic attacks and social anxiety come back, he starts smoking again, and nightmares of his reflection plague his thoughts. As he faces the truth about the fire, and about Scar, he realizes that he isn't the only one who needs to be saved. 

TW: Mentions of self harm, self harm, abuse, death of close family members, underage drug use (opioids and cigarettes), underage drinking, mild bullying - See A/N at beginning for more infoAll Rights Reserved

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It starts in London 1557, when two people were in an argument until they had to defeat each other in order to gain power and trust, however one of them ended up getting trapped inside the sword. This makes the sword more powerful and ends up automatically killing them both chasing a huge explosion. Now it moves onto 2010 when 2 boys become friends as kids they grow together while one has a bad life and the other has a good fantasy that the other one always wanted. The boys were named Derik and Adam, Adam was a good kid and had a good life. He was 15 and it was 2019. Derik was 17 and graduated high school. A while after, in 2022 Adam stole Derik's dream job, soon Adam became friends with Derik's biggest crush. Derik remained a failure even though he graduated, no one accepted him and called him a Dork. Even after Adam was the reason Derik's dog got killed. That was when he ghosted Adam and never spoke to him or saw him again. Later in 2026 Adam is an investigator and noticed that a scar on the ground was shaped like a sword. like it was there for years but he didn't think much of it until buildings started being burnt down 7 times. That was when he got concerned to find out who is doing this. Derik soon slowly left the plot for a while but who knows what's going on. A disaster was even caused 2 years later that never ended. Derik was pronounced dead in 2022 and Adam even forgot about him so he never knew. However his happiness was going to come to an end.