11-02-2018, 01:19 AM
“AAAAAHHH!”
Fire came screaming out of her throat for the first time, igniting the world around her as she thrashed in the throes of a nightmare. She dreamed of murder, of a dark voice whispering in her head, calling her forth, demanding in a whisper that built and grew in intensity and volume until it was shouting in her head, KILL! She dreamed his death, the golden one with the seal upon his chest, and she screamed as the plague unleashed itself on the world. She screamed, and set the world on fire.
The heat and the smell of burning woke her from her awful nightmare into a whole new one. The ground shook as everything rearranged itself, the world bending to the gods’ will and their new needs. Protecting the people, giving them somewhere safe from the nightmare come true. Come to the safe places, they beckoned.
But Singe was trapped in a circle of flame that burned higher, brighter, hotter with every moment, with every panicked scream that escaped her throat. It closed in on her, scorching the hair on her legs when she shied too close, making her clamp her wings against her sides and scream again, her cry echoing into the darkness of the forest, fire blazing into the sky as she tilted her head back to at least not let the fire spread. It caught in the boughs of a nearby tree, sparks flashing and raining down as the branch caught fire and the flames licked higher, devouring the tree and moving on to the next.
Fire came screaming out of her throat for the first time, igniting the world around her as she thrashed in the throes of a nightmare. She dreamed of murder, of a dark voice whispering in her head, calling her forth, demanding in a whisper that built and grew in intensity and volume until it was shouting in her head, KILL! She dreamed his death, the golden one with the seal upon his chest, and she screamed as the plague unleashed itself on the world. She screamed, and set the world on fire.
The heat and the smell of burning woke her from her awful nightmare into a whole new one. The ground shook as everything rearranged itself, the world bending to the gods’ will and their new needs. Protecting the people, giving them somewhere safe from the nightmare come true. Come to the safe places, they beckoned.
But Singe was trapped in a circle of flame that burned higher, brighter, hotter with every moment, with every panicked scream that escaped her throat. It closed in on her, scorching the hair on her legs when she shied too close, making her clamp her wings against her sides and scream again, her cry echoing into the darkness of the forest, fire blazing into the sky as she tilted her head back to at least not let the fire spread. It caught in the boughs of a nearby tree, sparks flashing and raining down as the branch caught fire and the flames licked higher, devouring the tree and moving on to the next.