The Flames of Life

Chapter 2

WHOA!

I look at astonishment at my dragon. It was already half the size of me. It said, "Silver! I'm hungry!" in a voice that sounded beautiful and some kind of sparkle in it. I get out a piece of meat and toss it to her. She eats it as she walks into the backyard again. I toss a piece of meat to Hunter's as it ate it as quickly as mines. "Well, what are you going to name her?" Hunter says suddenly. I think about it and said, "Vixie. Sounds like a stupid name, but..." My dragon eagerly nods as Hunter says, "Well, I named mines Night." Vixie grew up in a matter of weeks. I climb on top of her and I decide to sit on a thick carpet draped on her back instead... The scales were as hard as diamond, and it would scrape my knees as soon as Vixie lifted off. Hunter sat on his and we rode to The Cliffs. I jump off but I soon clench my head as the memories flash in my mind again. The blood, the fires, and my parents... I collapse to the ground panting and shaking with my head buried between my knees as Hunter runs towards me. He tries to comfort me but nothing works. Then I see a boy walking through the woods, and something about him calms me down. He runs towards us and asks Hunter a question, but I don't remember anything else before I black out.

When I wake up, there is a blanket draped over me and the boy we met was looking at me. I could see him closer now- he had an emo haircut, as I like to call it, he was pretty tall, looks like he was 16 or 17, and he had a talent for speed. There was something about him... Something... The thoughts fade as he says, "My name is Blake. I have a Cloud Dragon, and I got lost in the forest with my dragon." His dragon stuck his head inside and he pets it. He says uncertainly, "Are you ok?" I don't realize that I was turning a light shade of pink. I turn away and he laughs. "Do you like me?" he asks. I stutter, "N-n-no..." He says, "Of course you do, you're stuttering, you're blushing, you like me!" I sigh, "Yeah... uh... I guess... maybe a little..." He rolls his eyes while saying, "A little?" He laughs a little and I say, "Ok, I admit it, I like you! Are you happy now?!" I get up and run outside to see Vixie. She said, "Silver, Silver!" in her melodious voice again. I pet her for a few minutes while talking to Hunter. "Silver has a crush on Blake!" Hunter laughs. I slap him and he quiets down. I hear rustling and I whisper, "Hide!" quickly. We dive into the bushes as our dragons soared in the other direction. Savages come to our camp and I make a rustling noise. "'Ey, somethin's in dat bush!" one of them said. They grab me and say, "Well, well, if it isn't one of the Flames." They slash at me wickedly with a long sword and graze me on the shoulder with a bullet. Tears well in my eyes as they walk away laughing. Blake and Hunter jump out as I feel dizzy from the blood loss. I faint.

When I wake up AGAIN, I see Blake sitting next to me, and outside the tent, Hunter was roasting some quail over a fire. Blake says, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." The memories flash in my mind again as I scream. He grabs my arms and says, "It's ok, I know how it feels-" I say quickly and quietly, "No... You don't know how it feels. To have your parents gone when you were just a baby... You don't know how it feels to have your own home burned down... You don't know how it feels to have lost meaning in your life. You don't know the feeling... the feeling that you want to kill yourself."