Chandra growled angrily, "Get off me!"
"We gave you plenty of warnings and you remained insolent," he said, "Will you cooperate should we release you?"
"I do what I want!" Chandra tried to wriggle out of the man's grasp.
He sighed, "Then we will have no choice but to sedate you."
"No!" Chandra felt anger unlike any other she had felt before welling up inside her. She squeezed her eyes shut. Every little thing that had angered her in recent weeks had built up until it was like a volcano.
"You've left us with no choice. If you had just cooperated then it wouldn't have been so hard on either of us. You're a kid. I don't want to sedate you but I will do what is necessary."
Chandra growled savagely. The volcano erupted. Flames sprouted along her skin and grew to a raging bonfire. Everything slowed almost to a stop. Every sound faded to the background. Her anger burned and amplified the flames. At first it was exhilarating. She was able to release the power and anger that had been bottled up inside her. Then everything sped up to a normal pace. She heard screams of agony of multiple people stacking on top of each other. The scents of burning flesh and wood filled her nose. Chandra quickly realized that she could not control the flames. They were too big for her to handle. I could start small. Take it down a little bit at a time but by that time they'll all be dead already. They'll be dead even if I don't put it out. This is my fault. If I had talked to Jarvis when he wanted to know, if I had let him help me, none of this would've happened. It wouldn't have been so bad. I wouldn't be so angry. The flames wouldn't be this out of control. Is this really my fault though? I mean they didn't understand to begin with. Chandra sat on the ground in the center of the flames. She was fine. They didn't hurt her but she could tell that it hurt everyone else.
Lily! And Lilac! She stood up and looked around. All she saw was the orange flames that devoured the area around her. Chandra closed her eyes and started to focus on her emotions in an effort to calm them down. As she calmed down the flames died down. She hurried back to what had been the village.
Everything was burned down. Soldiers looked through the rubble looking for survivors.
Chandra froze. Her eyes widened. I did this. They know it was me. She swallowed nervously and slid behind what remained of a building.
"Fire magic was definitely the cause of this, Sir," a soldier said.
"Extremely powerful by the looks of it," the captain nodded.
"We haven't found any survivors so far."
"Keep searching," the captain ordered, "and see if you can't find who was responsible."
Chandra ducked lower to avoid being seen as the soldiers wandered away to look for possible survivors. No one? No one survived? She hurried away from the building. A small whimper reached her ears. Chandra quickly looked around. Is someone alive? She moved towards the sound. As she rounded a corner she saw familiar blond hair. Her eyes widened, "Roxin?"
He turned and looked at her, "Chandra?" His face was filled with shock and fear. He had been crying but quickly wiped the tears away, "Everybody's dead. They're all dead. It's some fire mage's fault."
Chandra swallowed uncomfortably, "Are you okay at least?"
Roxin nodded, "I just got a few burns."
Chandra nodded, "You should probably go out in the open where the soldiers can find you."
Roxin looked at her in confusion, "What about you?"
"I'm finding my sisters," Chandra shrugged, "Go on." She disappeared. She walked up to the remains of her house. The building she had hated being in was in ashes. She found the necklace she had gotten for her sisters but there wasn't anyone alive. This was all me. I destroyed the very thing I wanted to protect. I destroyed everything. She sat on the ground and stared at the pendant in her hand. Her fist clenched over it and tears slowly slid down her cheeks. She heard footsteps behind her.
"Are you alright?" a soldier asked.
Chandra jerked away from him, "Leave me alone!" Flames crawled along her skin as she hid her fear underneath a mask of anger.
"A fire mage," the soldier said in shock.
Chandra whirled around and glared at him, "Thanks for noticing!"
"I'm going to have to arrest you," he said. He was still shocked from his discovery but hid it behind the veil of his duty.
Chandra met his gaze defiantly, "I'd love to see you try."
The soldier sighed, "Please don't make this any more difficult than it has to be. All you have to do is cooperate."
Chandra glared at him, "I don't want to and I do what I want."
"Then it looks like I'm going to have to use force."
Chandra's eyes narrowed. I don't care. It was suffocating anyway. I can't take this anymore! She felt something click inside of her and the world around her blurred. A pale blue mist surrounded her and she was sucked into it. At first it felt odd. She just floated in nothingness. Then she started to fall and her skin began to burn. The flames hadn't hurt her before but they hurt now. Agony caused her back to arch. She shut her eyes and clenched her teeth. Stop! Stop! It hurts! Her eyes opened as she hit hard ground. "Ow," she rolled over onto her stomach and lifted herself to her hands and knees. She looked around. Large city buildings rose up before her. Her eyes widened in awe and surprise.
She could tell that the sun was up but she was in the shadows of extremely tall buildings. The buildings stretched up taller than any building she had seen before. She got to her feet. Everything was still extremely large. It's like they took a city and just went crazy. Everything's so big and over exaggerated. Most of the building probably doesn't even serve a purpose.
"Welcome to Ravnica, little one."
Chandra turned in surprise, "Who-who are you?"
"I'm just someone that's here to help," a young woman walked out of the shadows into Chandra's view. Her long black contrasted starkly with her pale skin. Her eyes were a solid black. Her canines came to exaggerated points that appeared to be exceedingly sharp.
Chandra's eyes widened, "You're not human are you?"
She smiled, revealing the full extent of her teeth, "No, I'm a vampire."
Chandra swallowed, "How can you help?"
"I can help you survive in this harsh multiverse."
"Multiverse?"
"You're a planeswalker now. You have the ability to travel between worlds, called planes. That ability makes you special. Considering your age and landing, I would assume you are new to this whole thing," she held out her hand, "but I can show you some tips and tricks."
Chandra glanced from her hand to her face and back again. Though she was a vampire and intimidating there was something about her that softened those animalistic features, "What happens if I go with you?"
"I'll be your guide. I'll show you the most effective way of surviving in these worlds."
