It kept me wondering about a bird made of fire. Ethan talking in his sleep was an even bigger clue to this unexplained mystery. Child of light and darkness were his exact words. I didn't understand it.

Early in the morning, at about five AM, I got up and put my clothes back on. Ethan looked so peaceful when he sleeps. It makes me sad that I haven't slept in awhile. You don't know how long it's been since I last dreamt.

I looked down at him and smiled. Then, I leaned over and gently kissed him on the forehead.

Suddenly, I was blinded by a vision of darkness. Wait. There wasn't just darkness. It looked like…space. The next thing I knew a red glowing light was flying, though it looked more like…a bird…of flames.

I abruptly returned back to reality. Something's terribly wrong with Ethan and I need to find out.

Since it was only Saturday, Erica tagged along with me to go the library. I needed to do some kind of research about this bird of fire.

"Why do we need to go to the library filled with big boring books for nerds?" She whined.

"Because I need to know about this bird of fire," I answered.

"Sarah, you might be overreacting about this."

"I am not! Look, Air. Ethan told me that he saw fire in the form of a bird. I need to know what this bird is doing to my boyfri—Ethan!"

"Calling him your boyfriend now, uh?" She smirked.

"Shut up. Let's go." God, why did I call him my boyfriend? Ethan and I don't know where out relationship is going yet. We are not friends or boyfriend and girlfriend. He and I are barely at that more than friends stage.

She and I walked into the public library. We went to the computer as I began to type in bird of fire on yahoo.

"Erica, I'm scared," I murmured.

"I'm sure it's not bad, Sarah," she tried to convince me.

"Jesse told me that Ethan should've died in the building. There was no way that he could survive that."

"I'll admit that it scared the hell out of me seeing Ethan fully alive after that explosion."

"Exactly. You wanna another thing? Ethan was talking in his sleep."

"What did he say?"

"At first, he didn't even sound like himself. He sounded so creepy and ghostly. He said, 'I am child of light and darkness.' "

"Light and darkness—two complete opposites."

Finally, a few things popped up. I clicked on Wikipedia where it read Phoenix. Once I pressed on it, the screen turned black.

"Sarah, what did you do?" Erica said.

"I just pressed on it," I explained. "I don't know what happened."

"Sarah, what if that bird of flames knows what we're doing and is trying to keep us from finding out what it is?"

"We'll need help from an ancient person. Possibly an earth priestess."

Erica and I headed to Grandma Weir's house. I knocked on the door and she opened it.

"Hello, girls," she smiled.

"Grandma, we need help," I said. "It's very important."

"Come in."

She sat us down in the living room. "What's so important," she asked.

"Grandma, it's scaring me about how Ethan survived that explosion," I explained. "He was saying that a bird of fire saved him."

"Have you heard of something like that," asked Erica.

"I have never heard of something like that." said Grandma.

"Great. Now what?" Erica sighed.

"Don't worry, girls. I'll do some research about this bird of flames. You two go on home."

"Thank you, Grandma."

After that, I went to Ethan's house. I carefully floated into the air as he opened his window and invited me in.

"Hey, Brown Eyes," he said.

"How's the ankle," I asked.

"It's feeling better."

"Good. You know I never want anything to happen to you."

"Sarah, I need to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"I'm getting…stronger everyday. Have you ever…been afraid of what you can do?"

"I'm afraid of my self-control. Like I'm scared that when you hug me, I might bite your neck."

"Just look out the window. I'll show you what I can do now."

I walked over to the window and looked outside. The neighborhood looked fine.

"There's no one out there, right?" Ethan asked.

"No one," I answered.

Out of nowhere, a car began to float up in mid air. What the hell? Another one floated up in the air. Four more cars started floating in the air.

I looked back at Ethan. His entire bedroom scared me to death.

Everything in here was somehow moving or floating in the air. His drawers were opening and closing by themselves, books were revolving around him and his lights were flickering on and off. Even his bed floated up in the air.

"Oh, my God," I gasped.

Everything went back to normal. Ethan stood there smiling at me.

"I never thought that I could do that," he said.

"You're capable of more than you could ever imagine," I said.

"The closest thing I'll ever have to being like you."

"I don't want you to be like me. Do you?"

"No, but you risked everything for me and I don't know how to repay you for it."

"Ethan, you give me everything just by living and breathing."

"Do I?"

"You do. I just want to live a normal life."

"Sarah, I don't wanna be normal. Normal doesn't fit me very well."

"For once I'd like to try it on for size."

All of a sudden, Ethan dropped to his knees. His body just collapsed to the ground.

"Ethan? Ethan?!"

I got up to the floor and looked at his face. He had a blank expression on his face with dead eyes and a sensation of jerking of his body.

"Oh, my god," I gasped. I ran out of the room and yelled, "Ross, Samantha, help!"