10-13-2025, 06:19 AM
(I know you said stage 3 not before the 10th... hoping its still ok to post)
The chestnut mare was watching, still trying to work out what was going on. Her mind was loud but her voice was quiet, still, unnerving. She watched with wide eyes as other were push through portals that closed, everyone moving willingly, just like she did when it was her turn.
She walked through the portal into a blackened wasteland, ash littered the ground and what tree's were left were still burning from a fire she couldn't see. She had only just crossed into this scorched land when she felt her body sag, as if coming out of a trance. She had control over herself again, that combined with being put through a portal, that couldn't be a good sign.
She span, aiming to rush back through the portal but was too late, lunging forward to land on scorched, ash covered ground. The portal was gone and she was stuck here, where ever here was. Glancing around she frown, so much evidence of a fire, the blackened burning trees, scorch marks on part of the ground and ash that littered the floor, shifting as she moved, all this evidence but no actual fire. The irony didn't escape her that she may have been sent to a fire dimension... and her name was Fyrefox. "I guess this is someone's idea of a joke" she muttered to herself.
She glanced around, scanning each horizon hoping it would tell her where to go, but everything just looked the same, there were no clues and she didn't think playing eenie meenie miney mo would help in this situation. Eventually she just had to guess and pick one direction at random and start walking.
She hadn't been walking long when she started to feel like the temperature was rising as sweat settled on her skin. Glancing around she noticed an odd glow in the distance before her but couldn't make out what it was. Turning to glance behind her she noticed it was coming from that direction also, actually it was coming from all directions and getting closer. With horror her eyes widened as realisation of what it was slammed into her, fire!
It had to be 10 foot tall flames at least, closing in fast from all directions. She span in a circle, looking for some break in it but there wasn't one. All she could do was wait, though not for long and close her eyes as the heat intensified. This was it, she was going to burn to death... again the irony!
She sucked in a breath as she felt the first lick of flames connect to her skin, waiting for the agonising pain that didn't come. That couldn't be right, fire wasn't a painless death. As she felt the heat receding she risked opening her eyes, looking at the retreating glow and the still flaming trees left in it's wake. That was.. odd.
But nothing could have prepared her for what met her eyes as she glanced down at herself! She wanted to throw up, sadly that was impossible with her kind, some cruel twist of fate deemed what went in couldn't come out the same way.
She was bones... the fire had quite literally fried the skin, muscles and.. well everything else, to dust. Her brain struggled to compute what it was seeing as she turned to look around her, everything was gone... wait how was still still alive? How could she still be breathing, heck thinking when nothing was there.
Her mind was screaming at her that all this was wrong. Unable to do much else she once more started to walk, having no idea where she was going or why she had been dumped here by some maniac.
When the heat flared again she kept on walking, watching as the fire flash through the area. No pain, no nothing. She didn't bother to check her body this time... if she was still walking she was still intact bones for lack of a better word. The fires came twice more as she walked until a noise caught her attention. It sounded like.... running water? Confused beyond belief she followed the sound, coming to a wide fast moving river. She wasn't even surprised at this point, just accepted it was there.
She watched as the water crash upon jagged rocks, it was quite... tranquil for some reason, what reason she had no idea. She'd given up guessing, although she did wonder if it was even possible to cross to the other side.
The chestnut mare was watching, still trying to work out what was going on. Her mind was loud but her voice was quiet, still, unnerving. She watched with wide eyes as other were push through portals that closed, everyone moving willingly, just like she did when it was her turn.
She walked through the portal into a blackened wasteland, ash littered the ground and what tree's were left were still burning from a fire she couldn't see. She had only just crossed into this scorched land when she felt her body sag, as if coming out of a trance. She had control over herself again, that combined with being put through a portal, that couldn't be a good sign.
She span, aiming to rush back through the portal but was too late, lunging forward to land on scorched, ash covered ground. The portal was gone and she was stuck here, where ever here was. Glancing around she frown, so much evidence of a fire, the blackened burning trees, scorch marks on part of the ground and ash that littered the floor, shifting as she moved, all this evidence but no actual fire. The irony didn't escape her that she may have been sent to a fire dimension... and her name was Fyrefox. "I guess this is someone's idea of a joke" she muttered to herself.
She glanced around, scanning each horizon hoping it would tell her where to go, but everything just looked the same, there were no clues and she didn't think playing eenie meenie miney mo would help in this situation. Eventually she just had to guess and pick one direction at random and start walking.
She hadn't been walking long when she started to feel like the temperature was rising as sweat settled on her skin. Glancing around she noticed an odd glow in the distance before her but couldn't make out what it was. Turning to glance behind her she noticed it was coming from that direction also, actually it was coming from all directions and getting closer. With horror her eyes widened as realisation of what it was slammed into her, fire!
It had to be 10 foot tall flames at least, closing in fast from all directions. She span in a circle, looking for some break in it but there wasn't one. All she could do was wait, though not for long and close her eyes as the heat intensified. This was it, she was going to burn to death... again the irony!
She sucked in a breath as she felt the first lick of flames connect to her skin, waiting for the agonising pain that didn't come. That couldn't be right, fire wasn't a painless death. As she felt the heat receding she risked opening her eyes, looking at the retreating glow and the still flaming trees left in it's wake. That was.. odd.
But nothing could have prepared her for what met her eyes as she glanced down at herself! She wanted to throw up, sadly that was impossible with her kind, some cruel twist of fate deemed what went in couldn't come out the same way.
She was bones... the fire had quite literally fried the skin, muscles and.. well everything else, to dust. Her brain struggled to compute what it was seeing as she turned to look around her, everything was gone... wait how was still still alive? How could she still be breathing, heck thinking when nothing was there.
Her mind was screaming at her that all this was wrong. Unable to do much else she once more started to walk, having no idea where she was going or why she had been dumped here by some maniac.
When the heat flared again she kept on walking, watching as the fire flash through the area. No pain, no nothing. She didn't bother to check her body this time... if she was still walking she was still intact bones for lack of a better word. The fires came twice more as she walked until a noise caught her attention. It sounded like.... running water? Confused beyond belief she followed the sound, coming to a wide fast moving river. She wasn't even surprised at this point, just accepted it was there.
She watched as the water crash upon jagged rocks, it was quite... tranquil for some reason, what reason she had no idea. She'd given up guessing, although she did wonder if it was even possible to cross to the other side.