My heart pounds in my chest as I finally slowdown to the point of which I am simply walking. I look around and notice that I am at a cliff, one that gives the perfect view of the city before me. I look out and see the bright lights and even hear some random drifts of the music. Cars can be heard honking at each other, and the night seems to be as lively as any night in the town.

On the other hand the smoke fills my senses, I can smell the burning wood and out of the corners of my eyes I can see the remaining flames still dancing over the pile of ashes that used to be the house Silver resided in.

Silver.

I burned him. I only wanted emphasis, I didn't mean to hurt him, I have never wanted to hurt him, but he is just so…so…naïve. What kind of question was that? What made me cry? I am me, I don't cry, I am stronger than that.

I take a seat on the small overhang and breathe in the deep night air. I need to relax, but I can't, it's like every nerve within my being is itching to do something, to be somewhere, to help someone, but that isn't me. Ugh, what the hell!

"I know how you can help millions."

The voice is hissed, low, as though it is a snake speaking in my mind. Oddly, warm arms wrap around me and pull me closer, almost as though it is a mother holding her child to her bosom, and oddly enough I like it.

"You are an extraordinary young girl, you should show the world and powerful and extraordinary you truly are."

The voice whispers again and I shiver. "Who are you?" I ask softly, I am so scared, and I keep shivering, yet at the same time I am so calm, and so relaxed. He is warm and inviting, and I love the warm feeling inside my body.

"I am everything that you are, all of your deepest secrets and fears, yet I am your desires, let me in and I will show you the way. You will never be alone as long as I am here with you."

The voice coos, and I can't help but close my eyes and let the darkness consume me. If engulfs me, it merges with me, it is me. And then, there are flames.

Suddenly, my eyes snap open and I look around the clear area, my breathing unnaturally heavy. I look around me and see the flames on every side of my body, as though it is trying to slowly creep in and burn me, just like my visions, just like I did to Silver. Fire is dangerous, I am dangerous, I need help, and the voice is willing to help.

What would Marine do, would she be willing to help me? Would she even care? Yes, she would, she is my best friend.

"Who needs friends? Friends are just an excuse to get on your good side, they don't really care about me, us. Let them go, show them who is boss. Remember how that Silver boy blamed us for the fire, we didn't do it, we were innoccccccent."

The voice hisses the last word like a snake and I gasp. This voice isn't real, and even if it is I can't trust it. What does it really want me to do?

"I want you to show the world what you are made of. Who are you?"

I try and shake my head, but I feel as though this invisible entity has latched itself onto me. It's like a parasite trying to stick onto me and drain me from the inside. I hate every moment of it, I am so used to being free.

Maybe I just need some distance. Once again I cast my gaze out over the land before me, and I frown, the city is still beating with life, not even taking notice to what has transpired here tonight. isn't that funny, the planet that Silver and I fought our entire life to ensure its safety has turned their backs on us, and now treats us as though we are nothing. They simply don't care about us enough; they have so many other things, other people to talk to, and their own lives to live.

I need to leave. I've decided that now. This may have been the place that I grew up in and fought for all my life, but this is not my home. I have no family here, no friends here, no life here, here I am just another face in the crowd, but I am even less.

There I was a princess, I was a guardian, I had a job to do and a life to live. There, I had friends, hell I was even part of a ship crew. There I had a life, and I was the good guy, my flames never hurt anyone, they protected the island I lived from all the opposing forces. But now, now I am left here with nothing. I need to leave, I need to go home.

"No, no, stay, we need you, there is so much that you could do here. Let's help them become the best town that they could be. All you need to do is trust me. Trust me. I can make so much out of you; all this raw power that you have, all it needs to do is be controlled."

I wince. I hate being controlled, and I know how to control my flames, I've been doing so for years now.

"That's why you burned the house down, and Silver, right."

The voice teases, and can't help but scream into my hands in exasperation. I DID NOT CAUSE THAT FIRE! I WAS UNFAIRLY ACCUSED! THIS IS NOT FAIR!

"The more you try and refuse the guiltier you sound. I mean let's face it, you were asleep having a nightmare, you could have easily done it then. Or maybe, you're just jealous that Silver has moved on from you, he has a new female in his life, and she is prettier than you."

The voice is still teasing, and I can't help it anymore. I get down on my hands and knees and I scream, I scream so loud that the birds of the night that were peacefully sleeping on the branches of the tree woke alarmed and squawked loudly. The sound of my screaming intertwines with that of the birds, causing a horrendous sound, loud enough to cause some damage to one's ears if they were listening well enough. But no one is listening, no one ever does.

"I will give you anything you want…"

The voice coos, and I frown. Should I listen to it or shouldn't I? I have always been independent, and I have always only relied on me, do I need a new person now?

"Tell me what to do…" I reply.

Author's Notes:

So this chapter was a tad harder to write because Blaze is a strong willed girl, and now I have to break her down and show what she is when she is weak and vulnerable, which is rare for her. The thing is, I see Blaze as someone who needs people around her, because when she doesn't have people around her things go wrong.

So, tell me what you think, and sorry for the long wait.