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Preface
You know those moment when you can do something that no-one else can, but wish you couldn't.
that as cool as it was to do this thing you would rather just be normal, so you didn't have to deal with
whatever it was and just keep living on as you had before you could do this thing?
Maybe you couldn't relate, maybe I was crazy.
As I stared into that ring of fire I suddenly wished that the knowledge that had now been revealed to
me, stayed the thing of dreams.
As they say ignorance is bliss.
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As I stood at the edge of the ice skating rink waiting for Kate, I was suddenly battered by an icy cold
shiver that had nothing to do with the closed in insulated walls or the frozen floor surrounded by
hockey nets to protect the onlookers from flying pucks. This gust seemed to linger on my neck for
unnecessary amounts of time but I was trying not to notice.

I was waiting for ruby because she had decided to go play stick-your-tongue-down-my-throat in the
corner. Good friend she was. I may have even joined her if it wasn't for my boyfriend of 7 months,
Kai. I hadn't even mentioned ice skating to him as I thought well HELL, ruby is a perfect friend to
look after me on my own surrounded by boys [note the sarcasm] who were at least older than my
measly 16 years of age by 2 or 3 years trying to find Sydney's 'hottest catch'. Sounded like a
reality show.

Every so often one would wink my way or wolf whistle and I would blush on the inside and glare on
the outside. I was much happier here on the outside of the edge of the skating rink. Boys had been
known to pick girls up, particularly smaller ones like myself, and hold on to them whilst they skated
around. NOT a fun experience.
I, myself, was a measly 5 foot 2 with light brown curly hair and brown eyes that were always
changing colour, known to even be a forest green. And you might be thinking, 5 foot 3, that's no too
small, but I wasn't just short. I only weighed 43kgs making myself nearly defences to the types of
boys kate had left me at the mercy of. I was a short girl with a short name of only four letters, Hope.
Just than my phone buzzed. The text on the screen read:

Hope
Nice boys are taking me back to your place in a while. Feel free to leave. its ok they're hot. Don't w8
up.
K.

Well there went my chances of hiding behind her from the sights of Sydney that weren't on the
tourist list of top 10 things to see. I didn't even know Sydney that well, the only reason being there
was that dad just opened up a new link with Japan over his green power company that he was
proudly CEO of, and we had bought a house on the edge of the city. My mum felt sympathetic that
my entire holidays would be in Sydney rather than with my friends she said I could invite two.

I had chosen Kate and Kai. Kai had spent a lot of time with his Sydney relatives while we were here
being another reason I didn't ask him to come, tonight he was at his grandmas. And people think
awwwww cutee grandma with a loving smile but if you tried to take her purse on the street, she
would make your face look like it had been hit with a sink numerous times.

So I was thinking Gee, I might go visit Kai at his grandmas like last week. As I was walking to the
side door, the one closest to me that led outside, and a young skating boy grabbed my hand over the
rail and decided to try and pull me in the rink.
"Come on babe, one quick ride," was all it took for me to fling my bag into his face and near bolt out
the door.
I thought all my problems were over , except maybe no close ranged taxis, when I saw a couple
making out, leaning on the side of the building.

It wasn't the kissing that bothered me exactly, I had done it all myself, but just with the compassion
that they were.

"get a room" I yelled over intent on maybe getting a glare but what stopped me was that not only
was the girl insanely beautiful but the boy was all to recognisable.

Same dark hair, same dark eyes same shirt that had faded in the wash but he still loved to wear.

Kai.

He could only stare at me, open mouthed.

"Hope?" he asked as though he didn't know it was me. Maybe he didn't as the expression on my face
was one I didn't really use with him.
"No baby it's Sarah, same from yesterday," the bitch said to him as if she were used to boys
forgetting her name. I shouldn't act surprised as the dress she was wearing could have come from a
brothel. "Yesterday you were meant to be visiting your uncle," was all I could say calmly as the anger
built up higher inside of me.
"I think you have the wrong boy, this one was with me all day yesterday in a number of 'positions',"
the sluty bitch said as if it made her cool.

Suddenly I could hold it in no longer and the cold feeling at the back of my neck grew more intense.

"Listen you SLUT! The boy you seem to be interested in WAS MY BOYFRIEND! WAS as in he's all
yours now. Enjoy your sloppy seconds BITCH!" I screamed at the top of my voice.

The Sarah bitch slut just left than muttering something under her breath along the lines of 'fucking
ass hole'.
I intended to leave too but an hand pulled me back.

"Listen Hope, I came to see you and she just came onto me. I didn't even see her yesterday. She was
playing with you. I didn't even know her name. Hope, look at me." Kai nearly growled the last words
as he grabbed my chin and painfully yanked my face towards his. I was too small and couldn't do a
thing about it, trying not to look into his face.

His muscles and strength had always been a good factor in our relationship. I had been small and Kai
had always protected me. But now I was at a major disadvantage when he, knowing that I was still
refusing to look, pushed me up against the outside wall of the rink building. By this time, all the rage
that could accumulate in my tiny little body was forced at him and the cold feeling at the back of my
neck was growing unbearable.
"Get off me!" I screamed and at the same time he was thrown backwards. I turned around in a full
circle but no-one was there. I was still angry at Kai, rage practically seething through my skin when
all of a sudden, around Kai grew a ring of blazing flames that seemed to have appeared from no-
where.
I stepped backwards hitting my back on the wall again, only seconds ago wishing that Kai would just
decintagrate whee he stood so i could leave.

What was going on?! i could only stare at kai's horror struck expressions and hear the sirens of the
advancing fire trucks.
I ran as quick as I could away from the entire rink building, heading for the nearest main street. I
hailed a taxi Brooklyn style and decided to just head towards home knowing that it was only nine
thirty, my parents wouldn't be home and I could deal with the consiquenses of my actions later.

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At first, the cab ride was directed at taking me back to my house, not too long only 25 minutes. The
problem was that I was freaking the whole time. By halfway I had told the taxi driver just to drop me
off at the nearest 24 hour McDonalds. I ended up at one on Pitt Street, one of the many, and just sat
straight down after ordering a fifty cent cone with what was left of the change in my purse. There
weren’t many people inside and it smelt like burnt fries but it was better than going home or being
in that enclosed car again.

I started assessing the situation like what people did in English so I started with a list of problems-

1. I can’t go home without facing Kai soon

2. Kate has no idea where I am
3. Its unfortunately cold for summer and I have no jumper because I left it in the locker at the
ice rink.(a tank top and shorts was not the best idea)
4. I made something light on fire without knowing how (the biggest problem)

It was a pretty complicated list so I decided to solve problem two. I flipped out my phone and started
texting Kate.

K,

Will be home extra late,

meeting up with my parents,

Hope =]

The smiley face was to make sure she was relaxed.

I started wondering about problem four. Could I really light things on fire, was I a freak, an accident
waiting to happen? As much as I hated Kai there was no way I wanted him to be trapped by a
flaming circle. As soon as I started thinking about the nights previous events I just flipped out from
stress. I dropped the rest of my half eaten ice-cream in the bin and started running as fast as I could
down the street. To passers by I must have looked like a crazy woman, because I was. No-one makes
things light on fire. Maybe id imagined the whole thing and should be put away for the rest of my
life.
But that Sarah slut was too real. I could remember the way they had been embraced, the way she
had stalked off after I had screamed at her.

Thinking about her had my blood boiling, my heart racing and all my pent up anger racing around my
body in bursts, and to my extreme horror, bursts of flames in the outside world. People were
running and screaming in all directions trying to get away from the newly appeared flames. But i was
so angry and i just couldn’t stop. Any tree that was on either side of the road was lit on fire as if a
bomb had dropped on it. I tried to be calm but couldn’t and the anarchy continued as I kept running.
So I decided to stand still. And everything stopped, stopped burning, stopped smoking, stopped
screaming. It was like the past minute had all just been a flash of a picture.

I was so confused and so was everybody else .I grabbed the nearest taxi deciding that anything was
better than walking around here. The taxi driver was so confused. He had witnessed it all and was
just staring at the charred piles with a bewildered expression. He finally snapped back out of his
hypnotic state.

“w-w-where to miss” he asked stuttering

I couldn’t decide where was safe anymore. I tried to just imagine the word safe and all that I could
see was my old house in Victoria, but that was too far away. A hotel was probably the best idea and i
did have my credit card so that where i was going to go.

“The nearest hotel with at least four stars please” i asked being polite.

In the end I arrived at the Quay Grand Suites Sydney. They looked nice and i walked straight up to
the front desk.

“Hi there, id likes to book a suite” I asked trying to play innocent

‘I’m sorry, but you have to be at least 18 to book a room on your own.” She smiled politely but her
eyes sai something along the lines of get lost and let me deal with important people.
On the way in i had taken the liberty of taking out about five hundred dollars from my Amex account
to pay the taxi and to have some left over cash. All i had to do was slip her a quick hundred and the
next question came immediately.

“Would you like a room with a view?”

“Yes please, and a spa bath” I would take anything if my parents were paying. She quickly swiped my
credit card and than handed me a room key.

“You are on the second top floor, last room on the left. Enjoy your stay!” she said with a little too
much enthusiasm. I was sure this was going to be a long night.