The Dreams

::This is in an IC dream of Calleigh's to catch you up on the history of this strange little fire elemental::

Flames danced around, high and fast as the beings became clear to the mind. A woman, a woman of the brightest red hair stood next to a small girl; the girl's hair, burning brightly in flames as she smirked in the glowing red flames as the flickered, turning black...

"No--! Why are you doing--?" The woman screamed out, but she was cut short, the girl drawing her blade across her throat. The woman fell, certainty dead as the girl turned, a figure emerging from the flames... The words were lost...something was said, but the girl was struck down before turning...

Flames danced again, showing the stranger, burning bright blue eyes staring into the soul as they were burned away, screaming in pain as the flames flashed, dispersing, showing a girl...

Body covered in blood, blade dripping as the strange girl stood on the dirty roof top, staring sadly at the bodies that seemed to have collected around her; most burned and scorched beyond recognition.

"Oh, Sparky, you've done it again...What would your mommy and daddy say if they saw you?"

The girl turned, tears streaming from the small fourteen year olds eyes as she stared at the figure in horror. The blindfold over the eyes she had burned not long ago; the woman, no creature that she called her guardian...her friend... loomed, reaching out with a blood stained hand....

The flames flashed, the girl, older, broken and silent sat in a dark ally way, glaring out with her golden eyes. She touched the collar around her throat; the red crystals dancing with an internal light. A spell, something dark and powerful held her in it's grasp...her father's spell as her eyes sparked, remembering coming across his body outside the house before witnessing the massacure of her mother...

So long had she searched but no reason could point to the reason why her guardian had turned after she came back from the strange city named Toxia...Her angel had fallen and fallen hard... A stranger had led her into the shadows and stole away the light of her friend. The girl clutched the necklace, growling a single word as she rose to her feet, staring out of the ally way as she emerged, flames warping the image again..

The girl stared at the sign at her side, frowning darkly as she stepped from the dock into the darkened room. Had this been the place that the fallen angel had returned from? This hell hole? She frowned as she stepped onto the street, glancing about as she began to glance about, first stepping into a building with weapons lining the walls...

"You look lost," A voice called from behind her, gentle and warm as the girl turned, jumping, coming face to face with a green eyed woman. She smiled warmly to the girl, "Are you alright? I can help you, if you like!"

She frowned, stepping back from the stranger as she glanced about, not sure how to handle her warm voice. She turned her gold eyes on the woman, smiling weakly for the first time in a very long time. "I'm...I'm alright...I think..." She eyed the blades, clutching the one at her side tightly. What type of place had she entered? She looked back to the woman, not sure if she would regret this... "I'm...I'm Calleigh." She whispered.

The woman smiled wide, holding out her hand, "I'm Bethany! Welcome to Toxia Calleigh!"

Flames danced as the form of the girl appeared, walking through the streets. She looked over a piece of paper with her name scribbled upon it addressed to a man named Arcann Dyressen... She frowned, slipping it into an envelope and shoving it into the mail slot, hoping it'd get to the stranger. The girl had not fully explored the city, and she was curious. Yes, her fallen angel had come here, without a doubt..it was exactly as she described it in their letters...

"Calleigh?" A voice ripped into her mind, scaring her for a moment before she settled.

"Y-yes?" She called back into her mind, fearful for a moment but she swallowed her fear. "Who is this?"

The voice laughed lightly, "I've recieved your letter about joining us...And from what I can see, no problem." The voice rambled for a few moments, and she responded, and after a moment.. "Well then, Calleigh, welcome to the Coven."

As time went on, the young woman grew, finding her place within the Coven...She had her fights, she had her pains, but she slowly began to close to the group that had taken her in without a care...She proved herself, becoming an Oracle, using her eyes and abilities to feed information into her family...

The flames flashed, the woman, the creature, the being with black wings appeared before...

She took a sharp breath in, nearly screaming as she sat bolt up. She swallowed, looking around questionably.

"Only a dream," The Light Binder whispered as she ran her hand through her long red hair. "Only a dream..."