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Ch. 1 Rendezvous
Sera reluctantly stood up, feeling her stiff joints crack. She had been sitting there long enough to catch her breath and calm herself down. There was no need for her to lose control again. Who knew what would explode next time?
She stretched and tried to remember the directions to the rendezvous point her mother, Edana, and Keegan, her grandmother. Her mother and grandmother liked to be called by their names, seeing as they would always be 19. They were more like sisters than anything else.
Sera stepped onto the front porch and looked around. She didn't really expect to see anyone. Seriously, who would be up at three in the morning? But it was better to be safe. Seeing nobody, she started to run. Anyone awake from then on would only see a blur. She was reciting the directions in her head.
From the post office take a left, a right, another right, and another left, go down the second alley, and climb into the third window on the right.
It's a shame it isn't raining, she decided, I would have been able to call down a bolt of lightning to take me where I want to go.
She was excited to try that out on her own. So far she had only been allowed to do it when Keegan was training her. Ever since she was ten, Keegan had been instructing her on how to use her powers. She would get her full powers the day she turned 19, like Edana had. Luckily, that was only a week away. For now she had to strain to use fire in the smallest way. The lightning trick would exhaust her! But once her birthday came so to would come the transformation. She would get the telltale silver eyes and black hair, and best of all, she would get full control.
Keegan had explained what would happen many times to her. At the stroke of midnight, flame would cover her head to foot. Her appearance would change, and suddenly the fire would no longer be hard to reach. She would be indestructible. But first, they had to leave.
When she finally reached the window, she climbed through easily. It wasn't too tall and it was already open because Keegan and Edana were waiting. As soon as she dropped from the windowsill, Edana was pulling her to the door.
"Sera, what took you so long? We have to go, our plane leaves in an hour! It will take us at least fifteen minutes to get there then another half hour to get through security!" She kept babbling on like this while bending down to pick up the suitcases.
Keegan interrupted her, "Sera I was fire-gazing before you came in, and we will be right on time. Are you ready to go?"
Sera nodded and the trio took off out of the window into the night.
They stopped at the entrance to the Yuma International Airport. Sera sighed. She would miss Yuma, one of the sunniest cities in America. Especially since the place they were going to would be so dreary. It was a little town called Forks. Being Children of the Flame, Sera, Edana, and Keegan usually lived in hot, sunny places. That was why they were escaping to Forks. No one would look for them there.
They're on their way to Forks!! They have no idea what they're going to find waiting for them!