It was a day just like all the others. I was at my house with my friends.

"think you're ready for the test?" I spun around and stared at my best friend, Noah

"WE HAVE A TEST?" 

He stared back in disbelief "um yeah, we had a week to study" I groan

"Yeah no I'm gonna fail" He chucked

"Don't you laugh at me!" I turn to my other friend who I swear was amused at my plight"Anna? Can I borrow your notes?"

She looks up from her book "...Sure" I snapped back to Noah

"See! that is a friend"

"hey it's not my fault you never study" He smirked

 Noah smirk slowly turned into a frown

"H-hey is it kinda hot in here?" 

"uh it's like 60 degrees" As i was about to roll my eyes, I noticed the abnormal heat emanating from him

"You good?" He just stared at his hands not responding

Then it happened the moment that changed everything.

"Hey? I don't feel so good" Noah combusted into flames and let out a blood-curdling scream. The sudden force from the explosion threw me back.

 By the time I hit the floor half the room was on fire. I stared in disbelief at Noah. his screams of agony pinning me in place. I tore my attention away from him to Anna.

Thankfully she was farther away but just as shocked as me. A mask of horror painted on her face.

The whole room was on fire by this point and I shakily get up.

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"Noah?" He burst forth leaving a charred hole in the wall behind him. I threw up my arms. Noah crashed into me sending us crashing to the floor, I expected to be burned or at least feel the heat but I didn't. I peeked my eyes open and see him staring at me with a thin sheet of something see-through.

Did I do that?

 I push that thought away and I see that he wasn't aiming for me anymore but at Anna. 

I panicked and Noah crashed int a thin translucent film of light surrounded Anna. The same one that saved me.

What happened next was a blur, Noah froze and stared at me while he slowly burned away. I collapsed on the floor staring at where Noah just was.

People streamed in and carried us out and I blacked out.

 I slipped in and out of conciseness. But when I was, I saw a couple of people. I saw Anna the most but Noah's parents were also there. But it looked like they were holding something back. Slowly I realized that Noah never showed up.

Sometime later I kept my conscience and looked around, no one was there. The slowly steady beep confirmed I was still alive. Now and then I heard someone moving.

"I'm still alive right?" God, it hurts to even talk.

"Yeah welcome back, a lot has happened" A familiar face appeared in my view. It was Anna... but she aged a bit.

"What happened?"