Chapter 6
When Bill awoke it was barely day lightly out, but there was enough light to see. And the first thing he saw and smelt was smoke. He sat up and looked around. For a mile wide perfect circle all that was there was smoke, ash, and fire. He was the only being for a mile. He hovered around, searching for any sign of what could have done this. Was... it him? Did he cause so much destruction? "I wish you were a demon" rang through his head. He stared at his hands as if they might burst into flame at any second.
Mystine woke up that morning incredibly sore and in pain. She whined and whimpered a bit but stopped when she smelled smoke. Her nose twitched wildly. She changed her bandages and covered them up and went outside seeing smoke rising from the forest. She ran towards it ignoring the pain. When she got there she couldn't believe her eyes. This was impossible. What could have done this to the forest? She could tell that a couple woodland creatures like birds, squirrels, rabbits, and deer were killed in this wild fire. She saw it went on for at least a mile. She just stared at it.
Bill turned when he heard something approach. There was Mystine, looking... Horrified. "M- Mystie?" He squeaked, shrinking back. If he had done this to the trees, could he do it to her? He floated away from her. She turned away from it and ran home, slightly stumbling. She grabbed some stuff and ran into town to find out if anyone knew what happened. Bill decided that whatever part of him did this was keeping it to itself and followed. From a distance. When Mystine walked into town, the couple from earlier were talking at a small table, they were very emotional. The girl was crying her eyes out. "W- We just talked to him and- and now-" she wailed. Mystine noticed them and approached. "Are you alright? Do you what happened with the fire?" she asked them.
She looked up, and burst into tears at the sight of Mystine. "I- I'm so sorry!" She bawled, jumping up and giving Mystine a hug. "We just heard about your friend today." Mystine was confused and she winced slightly from her wounds. "Um, what do you mean?" She looked horrified. "You seriously don't know?!" The boy exclaimed. They both took a step back. "O- One of the lumberjacks. H- He found... The guy you were with yesterday." He stuttered. "He... Was killed." Bill was shocked. He had expected this, but hearing it out loud was still terrifying. He had died. He was a ghost. Mystine stared at them. "He..." She trailed off. 'That's why he never came...' Tears started running down her face. "I had no idea." They now both embraced her. "I'm so sorry." The girl whispered softly.
Bill choked down a sob. He couldn't take any more of this, he wanted to leave. She smiled slightly and embraced their hug. "Thanks..." She replied. She wanted to get away from the subject and asked, "There was a fire in the woods, do you know anything about it?" "They say it just started randomly, but stayed in a perfect circle." She answered. The boy nudged her. "Don't forget about the blue." He added. "The fire was an unholy blue." "Blue?" She asked, surprised and confused. "That's strange..." Bill turned away. She was trying to hide her pain of losing Bill as much as possible. Werewolves weren't weak...she sighed and saw a strange shadow but then it was gone.
Bill felt the heat inside his chest grow. It felt so foreign. Mystine headed back to her cave. Bill felt a strange pulling feeling. It was like someone was dragging him away from the inside. Slowly everything seemed to shift from normal to... Insanity. Lights darkened, trees and houses faded away, the sky turned red. He was in Otherworld. It was hot, fiery, dark, and smelled of death. "Hello?" He called, hoping it was a dream. When no one answered, he looked around, calling out all the while. Something crept up behind him. It had gleaming red eyes and sharp fangs and it looked like it was about to attack him.
(What you just experienced my friends is Bill's first Anger fit. Also Otherworld is also known as the Otherside and Oblivion.)