<span style="font-style: italic">The twisted metal gates loomed in front of me but I knew that they could not hold me back. As I grew steadily nearer the gates began to melt and reshape themselves until they formed a tidal wave. I turned to run but the water outpaced me and I felt myself caught up in the undertow. I tried to swim but my very soul was being drowned out, I watched as the landscape shimmers and becomes crisp and dark. It is night and I can see a strange light flickering in the forest. I hear chanting and draw nearer to the sound. I am just about to peek through a bush when I feel, again a cold rush of water under my feet. I look down to see not water, but blood flowing freely along the ground. I scream and jolt awake.</span>I gasped and tried to bring my heart rate back to normal. When I was finally calm I slipped out of my bed and ducked out into the night. My small fire was starting to go out so I fetched some chunks of wood and placed them purposefully in the small pit. I reached my hands close to the fire, then into it. I stood and stepped into the flickering light. I felt my hair turn into a blaze and my eyes turn red and I knew for sure if someone could see me they would think I was the devil. I stood there and manipulated the fire until I felt the world and the flowing power of the elements.