Chapter Three
"The Monsters in My Head"
A fire, I had to wake her up quickly before it reached us. "Wake up sweet Azure. We must go now, things are not safe here for us anymore." Damn that Astro, I swear by my dead heart that I will destroy that man! Even if it is the last thing I do, I will murder his simply wretched way of thinking. Astro Allister Demertis the fourth of his kind in the way of devils. He's not even a Vampire, he's just a demon that loves to play games with certain people. I unfortunately happen to be on his bucket list of people to destroy. Azure and I finally begin to run from room to room trying to find an exit. If we cannot make it out of here, we will burn to death. I would not mind dying with her, but I am sure that she does not want to die yet. This is what I hope at least.
I begin to see what it is that she likes in me, "Aubrey, I…Can't…Keep Up…" I hear her huffing behind me as I run as fast as I can, I then hear her scream as she comes face first into a burning inferno. I can smell singed flesh and it sickens me to know I let her get hurt. I run through the fire, burning myself in the process and pick her up gently, starting to run again I find a window unscathed by the fire. "Cover your face Azure, I am going to jump." Crashing sounds and burning timber falling is all I hear behind us. I say my last goodbyes to my beautiful mansion as I run into the forest towards what I used to call home.
I began to find myself breathing again, and heavy breathing does not suit me. I then began to remember what it was like for me to be a fledgling like Azure. I was weak and not wanting to do anything by myself, and I also only listened to one person. I wonder if she would take us in for a while. "Azure, how are you doing?" I asked her as I continued to run through the forest. "I'm in pain, how do you think?" I winced as I was also feeling the scars forming across my left arm. I knew everything was not okay when my vision started to fade, I found the closest hollowed in tree and place ourselves in it. "Azure, I need to rest, lay with me please"