Takes me forever to update, yadayada. (Roses and Blood - Chapter 12 is coming out February 5th? Idk) But *gaspp* we finally have some Auslly. *WinkWink* Toodle-oo.
Ally POV
2 periods later, I sat in the empty Science room, watching Austin mix together random chemicals. "You know that by mixing those you could cause a fire hazard.."
Hearing Austin's familiar scoff, I peered up at him. "Exactly." he answered hollowly. "W-what!?" I spluttered. I began to get worked up, the heat coursing through me. Taking deep breaths, it slowed dramatically.
"If I light you on fire, you will absorb the heat." he told me. I swallowed the lump forming in my throat. "Or I might burn to ashes.." I replied squeakily. Austin sighed lowly, shaking his head. "Ally, I tried to burn your shoulder. You claimed that it was freezing. Sure, I used a low level of my heat, but it would make the regular person's skin red. Like they burned it on a stove or something." he explained.
"But I-" he cut me off with another explanation. "I also lit one of my royal embers. You eased your finger through it like it was nothing," he paused. "You're.. really confusing." He looked down at his chemical mix, which smelled awful. "And every time I try to figure out a reasonable solution, you go off and do something that overpowers the last thing."
Before I tried to tell him about my condition, I halted. "Royal embers?" I questioned, frowning. He frowned as well, looking into the empty space in front of him.
A few moments of silence.
"Yeah.." he whispered, his voice gruff. His tone gave me chills, bumps forming on my skin. From the feeling, I heated up with embarrassment. He glanced over at me, his hazel eyes sharp. "Not..like it's my business." I squealed. "I-if you don't want to tell me.." Trailing off from my babbling, I noticed he was still giving me that sharp, striking look with his eyes.
He ripped his gaze away, looking back down at the chemical creation. He completely changed the subject. "I don't think these chemicals will be enough." I peered down at the mix, which was calmly bubbling. "Wait here." he commanded.
He walked swiftly to the corner of the room. He dug through the teacher's desk, pulling out a small, orange rectangle. I only saw the shape of it; he pulled it out so fast. He moved back to the table, grabbing my wrist.
Pulling me to the center of the room, he hardly had to make an effort to do so. I wasn't fighting it, really. "The door's locked and the blinds are down, right?" he questioned urgently. I nodded, checking it from where I was standing. "Stand.. still.." He demanded. My knees bent and pushed together, my palms clenching the ruffles of my skirt, I held my head straight.
My breathing was rapid, my nervousness out in the open. He paced back about five feet, pulling out the orange rectangle from his jacket pocket.
A lighter.
I gasped, my eyes wide. Remaining still, I burst out multiple excuses of why I didn't want to do it anymore. He ignored them all. "Austin, I'm not.." He held his wrist back, flicking his finger. A dangerous and burning flame escaped from it. He gave me a pointed look, asking me if I was ready.
I clenched my eyes shut, saying goodbye to my family in my head. I nodded cautiously, gulping. Waiting for a few eerily silent seconds, I popped open one of my eyes in confusion. Seeing Austin stand still, I opened my other eye. He abruptly threw the lighter overhand with such speed, I didn't even know how it remained lighted.
Before I knew it…
I was Engulfed in Embers.
Austin POV
I had to close my eyelids shut just to throw the damn lighter. The wide eyed look she gave me as the lighter hurdled towards her.. I'll never get it out of my head.
As she caught fire, all I heard was one of her yelps. No screams of pain, no immediate death, no freezing. She just stood, the fire spinning around her like harmless wind.
The lighter remained on the floor next to her foot, vacant of any flame. As the lighter had touched her skin, it just dropped.
The embers flaming around her looked to be swallowing her up, but I could still see her face as they spun around her body.
Her ivory skin was glowing against the flames, her face showing no signs of emotion. Her eyelids were lightly closed, like feathers.
It must've been a warm temperature, because she wasn't screaming from the cold or the heat. A comfortable warm. Like the fire felt like a blanket against her skin.
I watched in awe at her calm figure. It was nothing like I had ever felt or seen.
The flames immediately vanished into her skin, making her stumble. From my adrenaline, I caught up with time to catch her.
My heart was still beating fast from just watching her. Her body lay limp against my chest, but I felt her breathing.
"Ally?" I questioned, my voice rough. Now that she could handle flames that even I would feel the pain from, she intimidated me in a strange way.
"What was that?" she muttered against my skin. Her breathing was light and rapid, like she couldn't breathe in air before breathing it out.
I slid one of my hands down her arm, feeling her temperature. She had the same warmth as the average person did.
"I don't know.." I whispered, sliding my hand back up her arm. "See if you can light a flame." I inquired, stepping back.
I held her wrists lightly so she could regain her balance. She remained still, holding her hands at her sides. Little clouds of smoke arose from her fingertips, nothing more.
She held her right hand up, turning it, gazing at the smoke. I stared upon it as well, watching it waft away, spinning in small circles as it went.
It abruptly stopped flowing from her fingertips, flowing to the ceiling. I was thankful for the missing smoke detectors in the room. Even though it was a grave safety hazard..
She sighed. "No fire. Yet." she added stubbornly. I crossed my arms over my chest, watching her hands. She waved her hand around lightly.
I took a deep breath, watching her. "You're so different than the rest.." I mumbled absent-mindedly, still staring.
"Hm?" she hummed, looking up at me. "The rest?" she asked, tilting her head.
Shit.
"Uh.. people like us. You know, that can light themselves on fire." I lied, not looking at her. She nodded as if she understood, still looking at her hand. I released a shaky breath, anxious over what to say.
I couldn't tell her about my 'royalty'. Ugh, I loathe the word. Royalty(there's the horrible word again) ran in my blood for numerous generations. We weren't a certain breed of a human being.. but we were far from normal. You see, our gift dates back to the point where dragons lived among humans. They breathed fire through their lungs, not feeling the burning pain. Sighed small winds of smoke through their snouts. Great in size, it was no wonder why people thought they were dangerous. Only when angered, they would kill. We're all like dragons.
No, I'm not saying that we are dragons. But we do share the same common traits. When we heat up, we must unleash the heat in some way. Through any emotion. Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Embarrassment, Love…
Back to the point, I know that you have a question nagging at you in the back of your head..
Who's we?
The Ember Empire, of course. Which, of course, I rule. Because it's the modern world, we at the EE(It's what we call the empire for short), don't have a main 'camp' or 'land.' The EE is spread worldwide. Most of which are here in Miami. They just don't know it.
Unless you come in contact with us, then your inner flames won't spark. Ally.. I don't know about her. She had to have come from a branch of one of our Blazes. What Blazes represent, nobody truthfully knows. We've come to the conclusion that a Blaze is a clan. And a 'clan' would represent a family.
We're all different families. With different backgrounds. Different lifestyles. Plenty of things were different about all of us. Yet, we were all strung together with one thing.
Fire.
CockadoodledoothecowgoesMoo. Short chapter? YAYYY. Lolno. I'm angry at myself for staying up late just to finish this, but, it's finally done! Buii!
Credits:
[1]: I DO NOT OWN AUSTIN AND ALLY!
[2] Yeah… I have no idea where that fire backstory came from. Well, some of it needed to make sense.
Hugs and Auslly;
Valerie x