A child's voice asks, 'What are you, shining one?' Huh? Am I dreaming? Everything's black. 'What's dreaming?' I shout,

"Who are you?" 'Come into my territory, I eat you.' I wheeze awake and wave my knife around at the spider, but it leaps away and looks back. It leaps into the bathroom and screeches. I breathe heavy, did it just talk? Did I imagine it? I slowly look down at my leg. Cobwebs cover it tight.

I go limp, like a cast? Did it, help me? Wait, two bite marks? Am I dinner? I stand up without any pain. I feel warm. I walk upstairs and peek outside. It's still pitch black. Wait- creatures run about through the darkest cloudy night.

I walk downstairs fast and to the mirror. The spider hisses to my side. My eyes glow yellow. The spider swipes at me and I

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march out the bathroom, "Sorry." I look at my hand, put my fingers together and snap. A flame comes out my thumb, the

spider screeches and circles me.

'What- Is that?' I hold the flame towards him. "It's fire! Back off!" 'Fire? Fire blinding.' I shout, "How are you talking?!" 'Don't know, Parents never told me.' I back away towards the stairs, "A baby? You're so big!" 'Am small, will get bigger.' I turn and speed walk up the stairs. He follows and I hop out the window. The spider stares back.

The ominous cold winds blow against me as I walk towards the station. I start shivering at nature's wrath. I snap and out comes a small flame, but it gets blown out. I fall into the high snow and wheeze. The air's too thin. Can't breathe. I make a small candle flame. I breathe near it and still feels like sandpaper going in. The flame goes out and I doze off.

In and out of sleep, a warmth of a paw and black fur.