>•~Falling Upwards~•<

Chapter Nineteen~ Calls Not Heard

"What would that mean?"
She continues,
Her voice is light;
It holds a breath that won't be released.

"I mean exactly what I said.
If they are not caught in this life,
Then rather in the next,
A world of pain would come to them."

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~C~

My calls out continue to cry. A hand is shoved over my mouth. I know not where we are going. I know not what I, or April, are doing.

A door slams open. The sound screams, but it must have drowned in all of the chaos. For a moment, I am in the air. Then, I hit the ground. Hard. My breath has hidden for now.

Then, the door is closed. My eyes are still closed. However, I feel a glare. It stares at me hard. It holds hatred, but also something else.

Green and red flames might dance around. They are fearless. They are bright. Their calls can overlap the others. Their heat boils all around it, and above.

I open my eyes, and push myself forward. She grabs my arm, but does not pull me back. She knows I am not one to leave. I just have to see.

So, my eyes find their way to peer through a crack. The flames that are perhaps not metaphorical at all, eat alive the crops. I immediately think back to August and I watching that bare sky amongst those plants. I remember when he placed the flower in my hair.

Where is he? I hear the loud neighing of horses. I hear the calls and yelps of men and women. No August. He is gone. He is gone, just like the stars.

Something bitter streams down my face. Now I am yanked back. I feel as though this is all my fault. Which it is. I should have had more control over myself. I had confidence, but I had no control. I tried to be someone I was not ready to be.

Suddenly, I am hugged. I am hugged by another who must need it more than I do. I hug her back, and feel the tears on my skin.

We have lost everything. All is gone. The mere places we have accomplished have disintegrated. The weary life which had sprouted has now been burned.

They said they wanted food. Well then, why did they not take it? They said they wanted valuables. Well then, why did they not take that either?

They enjoy flames more than life. They would rather ruin what is safe and create more flames. This is all under the sun's gaze. They must be laughing. They must be starving. Slowly, they must be dying as well.

Not that they care. They are broken. They have been broken. Broken people enjoy making others suffer. That is how they are twisted. A broken house cannot stand with no base.

They are that broken house. Each one of them. Slowly, they will all collapse on one another. They will take each other down in their weeping laughs.

I know I am, crying. My face must be drenched. My body is as well. The old April might scowl at us for wasting water on tears. However this April is crying too. April is weak, too. We all must be, after living here.

"I — How could they just do that?" She hisses out.

I bite my lip, and sigh. "They did it because I couldn't stop them."

The stench of flames are reaching us. We are mice that are trapped with no escape. However, I just know that today is not the day we will parish. No, because another has already done that for us.

He took the safe way out. Maybe he is to blame. He has escaped, while we will live in a fiery pit forever more. Until we, too, parish just like this land.

"We will figure something out." I don't know who said this, but I just nod.

The smoke stings my lungs. Each breath becomes harder, and harder to take. We both cling onto each other for dear life. This must be the only time this has ever happened. It may be the only time it will ever happen.

It will dance. It will dance, and continue to dance. We are all dancing here. We will dance until we fall.

The world begins to spin on its side. Darkness creeps at the corners of my vision. I know a dark sleep is coming. I cannot resist that. For now, I feel safe.

'I feel safe with April,' I think softly.

Then it all goes black.

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A/N: Is august really dead...? Also, this chapter is supposed to feel hopeless, while the next may not >:D

Anywho have a great rest of your day mY lOvElIeSssSsSsS, MYyYy PrEciOuSsSssSsSssSssSsSssSsSSsSsSsSSsSsSs