THE ASHES

He looked down at the spinning earth.

How lonely it was

It was the earth we all know. No Pokémon what so ever.

Well not for long

He sighed. Something had to be done. Or bad things will come. Humans can't fend for themselves or at least not what's coming for them.

And it started with a birthday

Blap, Blap, Blap, Blap "talk dirty to me. Dadada da dadadada daaa" the radio sang out as I groped my hand over the snooze button. Though I hit the "volume up" button "TALK DIRTY TO ME"

I finally hit the snooze button and sit up. The tapping of rain was on my roof and in comforted me. I got up, went to my dresser and put a grey shirt and black pants. As I was jumping to get the pants up to my waist, the radio blasted on again because of the snooze button "ENTER GET A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO WIN A TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS!" it shouts and I fall.

After the calamity, I went down the hall to meet my dog and cat. Since they meet at such a young age, my dog and cat get along very well. Their names are Zecrom and Resharam. No seriously, Zecrom and Resharam. My friend miles named them after two black and white dragons from a video game. My dog is totally black and my cat is white so Miles was all like "Resharam and Zecrom. Cats name is Resharam"

And I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Jason Mongala. I'm 24 years old and turning 25 today. I work at the fire department though I do the reporting, not the firefighting. I live at Nanineia town Vancouver Canada. Don't worry if you haven't heard of it before, it's not well known "hey Jessie. Good morning" my girlfriend Amy said and kissed me on the cheek "and happy birthday! I'm making breakfast today"

"Hun you don't have to do that"

"No shut up this is your big day. How's work doing?"

"It's fine. Big fire at a high school"

"Oh no that's horrible! What happened?"

"People don't really know the actual meaning of the fire. Some say it was because of some dragon" Amy stops stirring the pancake batter "dragon?"

"Yeah, though there's no evidence that there was a mythical creature, a few kids said they saw the entire thing"

"Well what if my prediction of a dragon apocalypse does happen? Oo then you owe me twenty bucks"

"I do not owe you twenty bucks until dragons are flying in the sky throwing fire at the ground and humanity is at its knees ok?"

As the day went on, there was more and more proof that a mythical creature was terrorising the school. It wasn't anything that was normal at starting fires like a gas explosion or an electricity problem. Witnesses SWARE that they did see something fly in and destroy the school. Up until I commanded that I was to see the sight of the school fire. Only when I got there did things get interesting.

I got off the jeep and there was a charred black building that was totally collapsed on the front. There were police, firemen, and doctors at the scene doing their jobs. What I wanted was to see the inside of the school so I ran to the collapsed entrance and went inside.

Inside also had people, mostly police, looking throughout the building for any bodies. I wondered around into the different rooms. There was a second floor with a collapsed stair case in the middle. I made a long jump to the other side and I grabbed the bottom stair. After climbing up, I explored the second floor. There were capsized vending machines and a carpet of ash spread across the floor like snow. What really caught my attention was what was left on this carpet of ash.

There was a line of foot prints leading off into another hallway

I carefully followed them. The steps didn't seem to be rushed; they actually seemed to be carefully placed. I followed them into a long hallway and finally to a GINORMOUS room. I found out that the room was actually the gym. And I was looking down on it from the bleachers. Down at the middle of the gym there was someone standing and looking at a huge logo on the wall which I guessed was the school logo. I ran down the bleachers and to the gym. Both bottom entryways collapsed during the fire so that's why I guessed that no one found him. I slowly walked to him and he looked at me. He had that stern face on "um…who are you?" I ask "and why are you here after a fire?"

He looks at me with those brilliant blue eyes "that would be none of your concern human. You humans should be more resistant. More resistant to the elements" he says "let's say fire"

He slowly walks away after saying that and slowly disappearing as we walked. After disappearing, there was a flash.

And the school was in flames once again.

I don't know how it happened, he disappeared and then everything went to hell "WAIT!" I shout as the flames around me roar "WHO ARE YOU? AND WHY ARE YOU…" I start to cough. The smoke here is already scratching at my lungs "u…ch…GET…BACK HERE YOU…*cough*…YOU…" the smoke is still trying to kill me right now. But I don't know why it hasn't yet. A full five minutes exposure to smoke should kill or at least give the victim lung cancer and it's already been six. I start running for the door at the top of the bleachers and make it barely. Still the smoke is clawing at my lungs but not as much as before. As I run through the flaming hallways, the smoke gets easier to breath and the fire gets less and less hot. At this point I'm stunned and I stop running. I'm breathing in toxic air particles and it's as painless as breathing fresh air.

Now I'm basically wandering around the flaming building, taking in the fire. If this weird immunity to toxins in smoke and the heat from fire isn't permanent then I should get out of this place before it wears off. Then I hear someone "h…HELP!"

It came from the opposite direction from the exit I was heading for. Now since I have this weird new thing with fire, I guess I better be the hero. I mean right?

According to other people, I was the only one with this strange ability. The guy who needed saving didn't have the luck that I had. I helped him out of the building and we came out of the school "oh my god dude, thank you! I'm Arin, what's yours?" he asks as we exit the burning building "you seem to have no burns what so ever! What's that about?"

"Don't know. My name is Jason by the way"

"I work at the pizza parlor at Nanineia town"

"Oh yeah your that cashier guy at the pizza place!"

"Yeah I thought I saw you before. Anyway thanks for the rescue" he jogs off leaving me to the news cameras. They ask questions, I answer questions, all that sort of thing happened before Amy crushes me with a hug "oh my god Jessie you could have died! What happened?" she asks and I tell her everything, except the smoke part. I have a feeling that the government will be on my ass if I told them that I was immune to smoke and fire.

Happy birthday to me alright.

I roll over to the side of my bed to see the red numbers shining

11:47

11:47? Have I been awake for that long?

I get up out of bed without waking Amy up and go outside for a walk through the plaza. I put on my shoes and hoodie and step outside. Since it wasn't chilly as I half expected it to be, I left my hoodie at home and went to the plaza.

The plaza is a roundabout for cars and is made of bricks. In the middle is a garden with a gas lamp illuminating the surrounding area and four benches surrounding it. Like normal, the plaza is bustling like normal. It always is.

Then I smelt fire. Yes I smelt fire.

It was coming from the fire department. The lights were on because of people's night shift but that didn't surprise me. It never does any way

It was the phoenix staring back at me was the thing that surprised me.

It was perched atop the fire tower next to the building. It was glaring at me with amber eyes. It didn't seem like a normal phoenix though. It had a long beak; these yellow tuffs of fur at the top of its head and the huge wings were red but had a green and white tip on each feather. It also had what looked like an explosion of golden feathers as its tail feathers. It spread its wings and reared up into the sky

It let out this cry that sounded like what you would expect from a phoenix. That's when everyone starts noticing it. Everyone starts screaming and panicking but I didn't seem afraid. I look around and everyone is at least 20 meters away and staring at me. Then something touched my legs.

The vary first thing that came to my mind was "SHIT SOMEONES GOING TO RAPE ME!" then I look around and no one's there. People are still staring at me.

The thing touched my legs again.

I quickly turn around this time to be faced with what confused me. It was an orange scaly thing with a fire alit on top of it. Whatever it was it was confusing me. I touched it and it twitched and I felt nerves firing off where I touched it. The more that I looked at it the more it looked like a tail that was on fire. I touched it yet again and I felt it. I felt both the tail

And my hands. Like this was mine

Like it was mine

Like it was mine.

My brain didn't know what the fuck to do.

That's when things when to hell.

First was the growing. I grew to be around a quarter more of my original height. An orange thing grew in front of my face and two rips were heard from my back and my shoes were shredded and my feet became powerful claws.

My eyesight went extremely fine and my teeth were another story.

I wasn't Jason

You know what's funny about being some kind of ware dragon?

Heheh…

Nothing.

I remember vary little that night. After rocketing into the air and leaving a shock wave (and creating a disruption in the bricks), everything went black.

I woke up in my bed that morning. Amy woke me up and kissed me on the cheek. She always does that.

Was that all just a dream? I didn't really know what to expect after that night.

Amy said something big happened last night and wanted to check it out. Since I was interested, I came to. She exited the room and I went to get dressed

And do you know what I found?

The fucking flaming tail that I had last night. Seriously it was still there connected to me. The tip didn't seem to be hot. Though that was just me so I tried to set a piece of paper alight with my tail fire.

I found that the flame would only catch things on fire if I willed it to. Since that problems fixed I could probably hide it in my pants. It was only slightly uncomfortable and it was I could only see the bulge if someone really tried. That's why I wore slightly baggy pants.

We found the shockwave of bricks from when I shot into the sky last night.

That means that dream definitely wasn't a dream. I actually did turn into that flaming tailed dragon thing at midnight. I started to sweat, what if the government would find out? Then he would be on my ass as this tail is. After looking at what I did last night, I recommended that we go to the pizza parlor for breakfast. The pizza parlor doesn't only have pizza; it also functions as a normal restaurant. Kind of like dairy queen and ice cream, this place is just known for its really good pizza

After ordering normal bacon, eggs, and toast. I went to the bathroom to wash my hands.

Obviously I wasn't going to wash my hands

I was going to examine my tail a bit more.

I went into one of the wheelchair stalls and let my tail swing loose. It was most definitely more comfortable just letting it swoosh around like that but I couldn't let any of the public see this.

And someone had to enter the bathroom.

Since I was in a stall, the person didn't see me yet

Yet

The person knocked on the door "is someone in here?" I hear the person say. I quickly but calmly say "occupied"

"Oh ok I'll wait" WAIT?! I hate being under pressure. I quickly get my underwear back on and I start on my pants but I was rushing and I fall banging my scull on the toilet seat "FUCK!" I shout at the top of my lungs. The person on the other side comes in to see what happened

if I locked the door…

it was Arin. The guy I saved from the school. He has a face of worry "Jason?! Are you ok?!

He quickly notices my flaming tail. He stops in his tracks "your…your that thing from last night" he slowly says. What have I gotten my self into?