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Chap. 5 Vision of the Phoenix and a lizard with wings, great, my summer can't get any better.
I slowly woke up from my slumber to the soundsnothing. Absolutely nothing. "H-Hello, is anyone there? Can anybody hear me? Where am I?" I shouted in the empty space. "You are in my mind child. And as for my identity, I am Fenice, or as you address me as Phoenix. And who might you be child?" "M-Me, my name is Shyla Rose. Why am I in your mind, how did I get into your mind?" "When you overused my power and collapsed. You slowly entered my mind." "How are you even inside me?" "Well you certainly have many questions; to answer this I shall show you my memory." He said chuckling. "You were born to the Italian god of fire, Volcanus and an African-American woman named Mariah, she passed on while giving birth to you. He prophesized that you were one of many to save your world when the time came, and presented you with me as the protector of your powers. In his prophesy, he foretold that a man by the name of Demone, is here to destroy my power and render you defenseless against him, so that your uncontrolled powers can destroy the world and hence the apocalypse would commence."
"So the story that my grandmother told me was a-a lie?" I yelled angrily. "She only wished to protect you child, for she is your angelic keeper. She put that false fact into your mind so that she can ease you and calm you, not to derail you from the truth." He said calmly. "So, wait, lemme get this straight, I'm a freakin demi-goddess who is supposed to save the world when the bad guy loses his shit and tries to kill you, in which, pardon my French, fucks up my powers and destroys everyone on this planet creating the apocalypse?" I say incredulously. "Why, yes, precisely." He says matter-of-factly. "How can my summer get any fucked up?" I say shaking my head. "Do not fret child, I will be here to protect you, always." He says as his voice fades away. "Wait, where are you going? Come back!" I felt someone shaking me and I slowly open my eyes to see Megan. "Oh my gosh, Shyla are you alright, you gave us a scare." She says worriedly. "No, I'm alright Megan. Really. Ugh, how long was I out for?" I said propping myself up shakily. "You were out for about 2 days. Here have a cookie, I know how much you like them." She said smiling. "Thanks Megan."
"Umm, Shyla, what's that, under the covers?" "Whaa?" I looked at the spot and slowly pulled the covers off to reveal a cute little red bird. Well, it looked more like a dragon, but it had feathers like a bird. It then hopped on my lap and began purring. "Aww, he's so cute! What's his name?" She said eyes shimmering. "Uh… his name is… uh… Ceneri! Yea, his name is Ceneri. It's Italian for ashes." He then hopped on her lap and nuzzled the side of her neck. "So, where's everyone? Are they still here?" I asked. "Yeah, they are, we all took shifts to look after you. Kaldur was first." I blushed at that last part, why do I do that? Sigh, damn my boy-crazed mind, but hey, can't blame me, I'm a girl.
"Alrighty then, well just let me get dressed and I'll meet you after." With that she nodded set Ceneri on my bed and left. I quickly got up and took a shower, brushed my teeth and brushed my hair out of its bun. "By the way, Shyla, Black Canary stopped by and left you some clothes and some shoes. They're in a backpack in the closet!" Megan's voice rang in my head. "Thanks Megan!" I answered happily looking the bag. So I looked at Ceneri on the bed; "How did you get here?" "Child, it is me, Phoenix. I told you before; I will always be here to protect you. This is my 'outside form' it is my natural earth form body, for I cannot show you my true form." His voice rang in my head. "Sweet, I have a pet! Hey Ceneri, what do you think would look best, this shirt, or this blouse?" He looked at me and cocked his head. "Right, the black shirt looks best." "By the way, I am NOT a pet!" he exclaimed. So I threw that on, grabbed Ceneri and made my way out my new room at the Base.
"Hey guys!" I said. I was epically tackled by Robin and Wally when I walked into the room. "Guys, I appreciate the hug, but, my lungs would also appreciate it if you gave them air." I said out of breath. "Sorry." They said in unison letting you go. "It's 'aight guys." I said smiling. "Shyla, how are you feeling?" Kaldur said piping up. "Eh, so-so, but never better." "What's that?" Connor asks pointing at Ceneri. "Oh, that's my pet, Ceneri. Be kinda careful, he's kinda crabby right now." I said. "Oh please, how crabby can he be? What's up little guy?" Wally joked. Ceneri growled and blew fire out of his mouth. "Whoa!" Wally said jumping back. "Wow, and you thought that Artemis was scary, Artemis' got nothing on this dragon!" Robin laughed. Ceneri looked at Wally and let out some steam from his nose. "Duude! Not cool!" Wally said in pouting. Everyone broke out laughing and everyone went back to what they were doing before I came into the room.
"Shyla, may I have a word with you?" Kaldur politely asked. "Yeah, sure." I said following him. "I must apologise to have endangered you on your first mission. And as leader of this team, I am very sorry." He says putting a hand on his chest and one hand on my shoulder. "No, no it's alright Kaldur, I'm tough girl, you think one bad guy is gonna get me down? Please. I'm not out that easily." I said winking at him. "A-Are you certain?" he said with a tint of pink on his cheeks. "Yup, I'm a tough girl; I can take care of myself." I said turning away blushing. Just as I was turning Ceneri flew in and I accidentally trip over him. "And obviously I cannot take care of a lizard with wings." I say sarcastically. "Sorry, Wolf here was chasing him." Connor said apologetically holding Wolf back. "Eh, its fine and I never knew you had a wolf." I said glaring at Ceneri and he just pretended like he didn't do shit, sneaky-scaled bastard. Kaldur helped me up from the ground. I sighed and picked up my 'devil lizard' and we went into the next room.
"Hey Shyla, how are you feeling?" Artemis said when I walked in; she probably just came in a few minutes ago. "I'm much feeling better." I said. "Cool- and oh my god what is THAT?" She said. "I believe that 'that' is an animal." Wally retorted. "Not Wolf you asshole, THAT!" she exclaimed pointing at Ceneri. "Oh, that's Ceneri, he's my 'pet' if you'll believe that." I said jokingly. Ceneri jumps up on Artemis' lap and nuzzles her neck purring. "He's cute." Artemis says petting him. "Psh, no he's not, he's evil!" Wally exclaims. "No, you're just mad cuz he's getting all the girls attention." Robin says grinning. "That and the fact that he almost torched you." Zatanna adds. "Man!" Wally says pouting. Robin and Zatanna high-fived each other. "Well, at least we have another attack 'dog' to use." I said giggling. "And he can be my secret weapon against the Wall-Man himself." Artemis says evilly. "Hey what are you- NO!" Wally said zooming out of the room with Ceneri after him. We all stood there laughing at the epicness that is the Wall-Man. That night we all chilled and got to know each other more, we found out that, being part-time superheroes, we still were regular, crazy and epic teenagers.
Roman: Well, I decided to just have fun with this chapter, but I still showed the seriousness behind Shyla's past. And also more of Shyla's attitude towards things. Ha, I freaking love Ceneri, he's too funny. I also the convo with Kaldur was really cute and it really shows that he cares for her, I'm gonna try to make more of that happen in the next chapter, y'know, step by step. Anyways, I still would love to know what you think of this chapter or of the whole story! So please check back in to read more of Ignite the Flames of Love! Again, more reviews would be highly appreciated!
Much Love ~Roman~ a.k.a your friendly Dungeon Dragon! Rah Rah! :D