Escence
“Enlightenment?” I question, pausing briefly before continuing to follow him.
Together they climb the incline, finally coming to stand on the flat top, high above the barren wastelands. I settle next to my father, but my eyes do not cast out across the plain, instead they look down. Jump, I hear him say. My fire laced face turns to look at him with a shocked expression. I'm unsure if he is serious, but the tone of his voice suggests he is.
“What..? No. I can't,” my head shakes while backing up, “what if they don't come?” My flames spark and flicker around me with angst. The undead thing turns his head to look at me as he speaks again, I believe in you Escence... My uncertainty fades just slightly when he speaks now. When did I stop believing in myself, I think.
I see him inch closer to the edge, leaning towards the open air. “W-what are you doing?” The words stumble from my mouth as I watch anxiously.
You can do anything if you believe in yourself... He leans even farther before gathering his legs beneath him and leaping into the dry air.
“Noooo!!” All in one moment I am running for the edge and shouting. Without thought, I too leap from the edge. Like a meteor, a ball of fire streaking across the sky, I am falling. My flames whip around me, but this time not haphazardly. They expand from my sides, reaching for my father. My lithe form gains speed quickly, and just before impact my fire wings have created a protective shield around us. It is enough of a barrier that the ground gives, and we lay there, entangled in the burning inferno.
I half expected my father to burn, turning to ash within the heat of my flames. He remains unscathed, his face turning to me with his usual smirk. I can't help but return the impish grin.
He begins to rise up from the ground and I follow suit. My flames open, like that of tangible wings, folding to my sides. They blend with the flickering fire of my chestnut frame, but I can still feel them there. My face turns, twisting from one side to the next, inspecting the new me. A smile tugs at my lips, a newly lit spark in my eye.
Believe in yourself and anything is possible…
Fire Mimicry- Foxfire, Phoenix-Type Immortality, Fire Wings