Chapter Five

I felt hot, even after I opened the windows before I slept. I rolled on bed that was soaked with sweat. I groaned and scratched my body, why exactly was I feeling like I was in an inferno. I rubbed my forehead without opening my eyes, I felt that it was wet. The heat was terrible, I had not felt that way before, but I was enjoying the sleep too much to open my eyes. I shifted from one position to another, twisted and turned, the heat did not end. Removing the heavy pyjamas I wore, I stretched my legs out. Relishing the tiny breeze that brushed my legs, but soon enough, the heat crawled up my legs too. I kicked and kicked until I began to hear voices.

My eye lids opened, I gasped at what I saw. Fire, I saw fire, with thick smoke. I stood up from my bed, which was not even a bed to begin with. I looked around the thick smoke, I could not see a thing. But the place looked familiar, it looked like my house. I ran forward, I could not see a safe place with out any fire. I began to cry, and shout. But I couldn't even hear my voice come out from my mouth. I started hyperventilating, why couldn't I talk? What was going on? What would become of me? The tears poured like water down my cheeks now.

Squatting in the only spot that did not have any fire, I cried hard, I cried because I thought my parents had forgotten me, they had forgotten to carry out their first daughter from the fire, I was crying because I knew.. it was over. I heard a loud crack sound, I looked up while hiccuping, a log of wood, covered I flames, was about to fall, directly on me. I cried harder because I couldn't escape it, there was no way to dodge the falling log, it was going to fall on me, if I dodged, I would be walking in flames. I could still hear voices, I could not recognize any of them, because I was too focused on not dying. I screamed again,

"Is someone there? Help! Help me! Please.." I shouted, but it came out like murmur.

"Ccrraacck" the wood was giving out.

I screamed when it fell, i almost saw it fall in slow motion. I tried to think about what happened before now, why was our house burning and why was I the only one in it? The wood fell on ground breaking into two, connecting the fire from the opposite direction, consuming the small space I had confined myself to.

I looked, I was not harmed, didn't that log of wood just drop on me? I hopped as the fire licked the floor, crawling towards my tiny space in the speed of light. I blew on it, hoping that somehow, just somehow, my breathe would stop the fire from spreading.

But no such luck, the fire consumed the space, licking at my feet in the process. I blinked, the fire did not hurt, it didn't hurt me, the log of wood passed through me, it didn't touch me. I was still in doubt, I bent down, and touched the dancing flames. It didn't hurt, it didn't even tickle my skin... I did not feel a thing. I did not understand anything going on, it didn't make sense to me, but I ran, I ran on the fire that destroyed my house, that was when I noticed that i didn't even perceive the smell of burning things. I saw our sofa consumed by the beautiful flames that happily danced across it, but I didn't perceive any smell of burning cloth, or wood. I frowned but continued running, maybe it was my luck that I could run on fire, and I didn't want to jinx it, whatever it was.

I ran to the front door, I saw people out front, my mom was being restrained by many people, she was struggling to go in the house. I saw Tami and Tia crying seriously. I smiled, they had to know that I was okay, they should not cry anymore, I was relieved to see them. I ran to hug them, but I stopped when I saw myself rolling on the floor and crying. I stopped short, what exactly was going on here? What in the world was going on? Why is there another me crying on the floor? My brows crinkled in confusion. Did I have a twin and did not know until now? I matched towards my mom to demand answers, stopping right in front of her, I prepare a long mental speech for her, I wanted to tell her that I was fine and she should not cry so much, and also ask her why I had a twin. I opened my mouth to talk and people started to shout at the fire men for being late.

I turned to face the dilapidated building, that was once my house but was now debris and burnt materials. The fire had stopped and people were going in to find something..

"Ma, according to our findings, the fire was no accident, do you know anyone who might have done this?" A fire fighter asked my mom.

She was still crying, the man looked physically pained, he didn't want to ask this type of questions, he didn't want to be a bearer of bad news. I curled my fist in anger, who had this cruel thing to our household?

"I found her!" Someone screamed, and all broke loose, everyone ran forward, I tried to move, but I could not, people passed through me as they ran. I stopped, what was this.. why were people passing through me? Who was the person they had found? they said it was a "her"... Did I know this her? My brain ran through the list of "hers" that I knew.. every "her" I knew was outside, even my strange twin... Except.. only Terra was not accounted for.

My heart stopped beating.