Everyone from the first group waited at the starting point, watching the whole forest burn before them.
"Man, it has been ages! We were sitting here doing nothing!" Henry complained.
"It has been one year," Ray checked his phone. He glanced back at the fire, and its soaring orange flames reflected into his light blue eyes as they lit up, widening slightly. "We must wait. The fire is the enemy." He exhaled slowly.
"Don't you think it was a mistake to burn it all down?!" Rania asked. "After all, we don't know how big the forest is."
"It's a bit too late to say that, little girl." Barbara raised an eyebrow. "And then, I trust Ray's decisions, and so should you. He's pretty smart, you know?"
Jewel anxiously stared at the immortal fire. "Even the trees which were burned down won't stop bur
