Fire...screams...weapons discharging...
A nightmare made real.
The plains were burning. Her home was burning. Everything she knew was burning
She was being carried, her face buried in reddish golden hair. Her mother was trying to get them to safety. The Pirates had begun attacking, all for some Afloraltite, when it was clear that they had no intention of leaving anyone alive. This wasn't a raid.
It was a massacre.
Her mother kept running, getting out of the plains and now using the forests nearby as cover. More screams, the sounds of the dying, people being gunned down, some burned alive. How could anyone be so cruel and evil? Nothing made sense at all in the little girl's mind. This all…didn't make sense.
"John!"
Her mother's voice echoed as she called our her father's name. Her father…he was a hero. He had fought the Pirates in the war, he could save them. He was probably at it right now, teaching those Pirates why they should leave people alone. Gunshots could be heard. She knew that particular high pitch sound. Her father's pulse rifle. He was going to save them, he had to save them.
And then the thud. A massive purple form had slammed down in landing before them. A growl as enormous wings opened up, veins visible within the yellow membrane. Glowing red-yellow eyes peered out at them, and after a moment, gleaming white fangs were flashed into a horrifying grin.
And that laugh.
"Going somewhere?"
She was set down on her own feet as her mother moved her around to stand behind her. "Stay behind mama, it's going to be okay, sweetie."
The creature only chuckled as flames begin to lick out from between it's teeth. Now on fours, it stalked toward them, cracking it's mouth open and allowing the flames to spill out. "Yes..it's all going to be over soon. Just a moment of flame, and utter agony."
And the flames roared. The screams filled the air, while that horrific laugh only continued. And as a three year old girl stared in horror, watching her mother burn alive, she felt her heart tear, her mind broken…and her throat went raw.
"MAMA!"