Join the Dance

A retelling of 'The Fire Chronicle' by John Stephens, from Rafe's perspective, with some deviances to the timeline.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳, "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺, 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦." 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦." 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵.

It's Christmas Eve in 1899 when Rafe dreams of his home burning and a beautiful girl offering him safety. This only adds to his worries about the upcoming magical world Separation and the growing presence of a dangerous gang.

Despite the protective watch of Henrietta Burke and the interference of a time traveller who joins the Savages, Rafe's destiny may be closer than he expects.

Also published on Ao3.