Fire.

I really like fire.

Burning, flickering fire.

If you look closely, you can see eternity in its depths.

It's red, red as my hair

Fire is nice.

It always makes me feel safe to look at it.

You can feel the warmth, like a mother's love.

Fire is eternal, you know.

Nothing else anywhere will last as long as fire.

The entire world was birthed in flames, and it will die in those same flames.

I can control fire itself with little effort.

I think it's because the fire knows I love it.

Fire...Elemental, beautiful, pure fire...I love it.

Fire is the one thing that will outlast even me.

Gotta go now, cute little candle.

But I'll be back.

That's a promise.

With a smile, the girl with the red hair stood up and walked back to her friends.

As they walked away, one of them asked her, "Hey, Lina, why were you looking at the candle like that?"

"Sore wa himitsu desu."

"Don't you start with that too."

A/N – Yes, Slayers. I have seen a total of three episodes of that anime, but Lina struck me as a pyromaniac. Very first Slayers fic, what do you think of it? Probably got a lot of stuff wrong, but stillI like it. And nothing's wrong with being a pyromaniac, and I'll burn whoever says otherwise! Phhbbbtt!