The Madness Of A Monster's Loss

-a-

Summary: Fire had never been quite right after archer's death. It had hit her badly. She was just that slight bit mad now that she turned to the ways her cruel father had used. She would have vengeance, no matter what it took.

-a-

Chapter 3: The Evil Boy

-a-

Disclaimer: I do not own the book, Fire, by Kristin Cashore

-A-

She had been riding carefully on the river mare for a couple of days now. Though Fire had no sense of time in her current half delusional state she could still tell when it was the end of the day when it got dark and the start of a new day when it became light.

The river mare was taking the journey at a good pace, making sure not to jostle Fire as she held on while manoeuvring around the trees in the forest.

When the river mare was thirsty she would find some water for them both, when she was hungry she found edible plants for them and when it got dark the mare would lower herself to the ground and let Fire off so that they could sleep till morning when they would start the routine over again.

Fire didn't feel hungry or thirsty, or tired or cold, she only felt empty. The only reason she didn't perish and waste away was because the amazing river mare somehow managed to know what she needed and successfully knew what to do to look after her.

Most of the time fire was between worlds. She was partly aware of reality, travelling through the woods, to get home with the help of the horse –which she doesn't know is one of the mysterious river mares who are known for not trusting people and are hard to tame – that she had somehow managed to tame; it was very protective of her.

But a lot of the time she was mostly in her own mind, trapped and unwilling to escape her memories of Archer and her fantasies of him being alive.

She preferred it there.

As she rode on the mare she would grip on to it's mane and let it take them home while her mind was elsewhere and she was only torn from this when the horse stopped them to drink, eat or sleep.

Even as she slept against the horse she only dreamed of better and happier times.

It was as if she was always asleep.

Fire did not want to escape from this and was happy enough until one day they came upon a boy.

The river mare stopped at the sight of the boy. It could tell that this was no normal boy.

The cruel child smiled it's untrustworthy evil smirk and held out an arm to the horse which shied away.

Fire noticed the intruder and snapped back to reality quickly.

She stared at the boy in hatred as she recognised him as the one who had killed Archer, the powerful and unusual child with different colour eyes who had kidnapped her and ruined her life. It felt as if he had taken away her soul; her reason to live was gone but she couldn't be a coward and take the easy way out by killing herself.

She glared at him and staying mounted on the horse she asked him how he had found her and why he was here.

The child told her that the dress looked good on her, as he had known it would. He smiled at her but it quickly turned in to a frown and he answered her questions at the bored impassive look on her face.

He explained that it was easy for anyone to find her if they were near enough since she was broadcasting ever emotion and every thought out of her mind. It was maddening and she should get control herself already. He was here to make her join him. She may have destroyed all his loyal servants but together they would be unstoppable. She should stop this madness and join him, they could easily rule over this land. At this rate she would get herself killed, and over what, this Archer person who was already dead.

But she wasn't listening to his ramblings. She had had enough of this impudent horrid child who did not even care that he had killed her love, her best friend, her Archer.

Fire had hoped that the boy would die along with the others, his followers who had now perished along with her lovely Archer.

But he hadn't. Here he was again, making her life a misery, a complete annoyance to her.

The magnificent horse creature she rode on could feel what she felt, her angry emotions flowed through the beast and with its own power it flung the boy away and down a hole in the hills.

To where? She had a vague idea, but while so numb she didn't bother to wonder. The boy was gone and she was the slight bit happy once again.

She and the horse stayed together even after it threw the horrible boy away.

It was looking after her like it would its own young.

Fire and the mare continued their journey as if nothing had happened. Easily swinging back in to their day-by-day routine.

If fire had been paying the slightest bit of attention to her surroundings then she would have noticed that by now they were nearing the edge of the great forest and were riding alongside the mountains.

But the horse was going South, back to it's home, the river, in the opposite direction of her home in the North.

-A-

Well, that was my third chapter of my Fire fan-fiction 'The Madness Of A Monster's Loss'.

Sorry I have updated later than I said I would but I have been really busy with my summer job and I completely forgot.

I hope yah liked it and will continue to read my story. Thanks for all the alerts and the reviews by the way. ^^

I am glad to get rid of evil Leck in this chapter. Now I can move on and get to the main plot without him being in the way. ^^

I can't wait to unveil the changes I have made to the main character, Fire and show how that will affectively change the story and will lead in to my story's plot.

To clear things up, Fire is going to be more like her father, Cansrel, in my story, due to the death of her beloved friend, Archer. :"]

I will post the next chapter up in about a week.

I hope you are looking forward to it.

Thanks for reading and please review.

…Anie