I'm back babies! I know I left you all off on a cliffy... But now I have my patter in crime! She has helped me come up with tons of new ideas... THX GIRRRLLLL
pain.
all I feel is the pain.
pain in my arms and chest and head.
i open my eyes to see only a deep red.
it continues on forever.
i realize that this red blanket that surrounds me is pain liquified.
it lights my every nerve in a fire.
and then I see it.
There is a house. I begin to swim toward it. The thick liquid resists, but I swim harder and harder.
That is when I hear the screams.
i don't know why but I swim towards them. I feel protective over these people somehow. I don't know why I do this. I should be running from whatever is causing their suffering but I have to save them. I don't know them, but I need to help.
Suddenly I realize that I am no longer swimming, but running on gravel. It crunches beneath my feet. I soon come upon a burning house. But the fire... Is green. I quickly open the door. I hear a little girl scream "Mom! Daddy!" And soon realize... That it is me... I scream... I'm screaming for my parents... But.. That is impossible! I never knew them! How can this be real? The pain feels real... The terror feels real ... But it isn't, right? It can't be really happening!
I enter my parents room. I see my mother, bleeding, lying on the ground... And my father... His eyes have turned black where it should be white... And his pupils are a sick green... Like the fire that dances around him. His mouth is covered in the blood from my mother's corpse..
"daddy?"
he snarles
"daddy why is mommy... What did you do to mom?"
he lunges at me.. and I cower. I feel his teeth rip into my arm and leg. Then he pins me flat to the ground...while his head twists oddly to the side. This is not my father. It can't possibly be my dad. He dips his head and rips his jaw into my chest. I see him pull away, holding my heart in his teeth.
my vision blurs, and I am back in that void... But this time I find a door... It leads to a beautiful meadow. But as I walk the flowers and grass turn dead and black.
"You..." I hear whisper from infront of me. It seems to be a small cat. She is an old cat. "Human.. You are death... Humans are plague... You shall die..." And she attacks me. Her claws cut me as I cry... The tears flow freely...
"You are the reason all of my kind are dead! Fionna! You are despicable!" I Athens realize that this old cat... Is cake...
"Cake?"
"Don't you dare speak my name demon!" She continues to slash at me.
"cake... What is happening? Why... I'm your friend cake! Why are you so angry?"
"DIE! DIE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!" She just keeps saying that as blood fills me world.
"NO! Cake no please! Please cake!" Thus can't be real! It could never happen! What ever made cake hate me so much?
"No!" I sit straight up in the unfamiliar bed I'm sitting in... And then I see him... Flame prince is sitting next to me. His hands hold tongs and my forehead has a wet cloth on it. I suddenly realize the burning harsh pain in my chest.
"good you are awake." he says nonchalantly. "You should sit back. You were hurt really bad."
"what? Where-"
"you're at my house."
"Wait! So you just attack me in pure fury and then take me home to fix me up?"
"well I couldn't just leave you there on the ground."
"but you- why did you-"
"here. Drink this."
he holds out a cup of water and I flinch away from his hand being so close. I quickly grab it out of his hand and begin to sip.
"how did you go from total rage to doctor in a matter of- WAIT how long have I been here?"
"few hours."
"Cake is probably worrying like crazy!"
"eh."
"No not 'eh'" I scowl. "You attack me in the middle of a forest and just expect to take me home with my reaction being 'thank you so much for nursing me to health I am forever in your debt'?"
"No. I just was making a Gesture."
"wow I am so touched. Especially since you ATTACKED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
"Why can you not just accept my help and leave when you are better?"
"because you are the one who made me need to get better!"
"well i'm sorry okay!"
"well I don't forgive you!"
"fine"
"and now I'm leaving!"
"fine!"
I get out of the bed and walk to the door. Soon I collapse onto the ground though, clutching my chest.
"see."
"shut up" I snap.
he walks over to me and piks me up gently, then carries me back into the bed.
"how long do I need to stay here?"
"judging by that I would say a day or two."
"But I have class! And the report!"
"do you want to drastically alter your respiratory system?"
"I don't even know what that means!"
"do you want lung failure!"
I am silent. my eyes widen. "Will- will that really happen to me?"
"maybe."
"so if I walk out that door... I could die."
"possibly."
"what are my chances?"
"I would say 35% chance of being hurt severely 60% chance of dying, and 5% chance of being totally fine."
"oh..." I look down at my bandaged chest.
"Wait! Did you put this...?" I blush in fury.
"we'll your skin was charred. You were bleeding a lot. It was the only logical thing to do." He chuckles a bit.
"Hmf!" I cross my arms and turn away.
"You know what I think?" He says after a long, tension filled silence. "I think you don't like feeling weak."
I glare at him.
"that is a lot like me. You see I was humiliated after you beat me. I felt I had something to prove. So I went after you... And my emotions got out of hand... I didn't realize what I was doing until a few slashes after you were unconscious."
I looked down to see that there were a few more slashes on my body. One on my thy and one on my face.
"but I'm very sorry."
"I'm sorry too."
"what?"
"I was taunting you. If I hadn't done that you wouldn't have gotten so mad."
"mhm..." He looks away from me for a bit. "hey... What was that all about?"
I give him a questioning glance.
"the screaming?"
"oh... I had a nightmare." I shiver in remembrance of it. " my parents were there... Even though I never knew them."
"hope you are better now."
I stay silent... Thinking.
"I'm going to get you something to eat."
he comes back with a bowl of cereal.
"hey... If you are made of fire... How do you have water here?"
"my human body requires me to drink it... My body seems to filter it so the oxygen can be used to help fuel my skin... Or something... My flames are more on the surface now so it doesn't hurt going down."
"huh... So are we in the flame kingdom right now?"
"no. Just a cave."
"weird... And how are you not burning everything?"
"it is all enchanted."
"how did you enchant it?" i ask, taking a bite of my cereal.
" Part of my pack of fabrics. They wanted me to be able to participate without burning the school down. My clothes are enchanted too. I can't really set things On fire... Unless I want to burn something."
"So it is supposed to give you more control and help keep people safe?"
"It didn't keep you safe."
I sigh. "Hey I'm going to sleep now." I lay back and he blows out the candle. Now... He inhales it. I wonder a out this before drifting off to sleep.
"goodnight fionna." Is the last thing I hear.