Flames flicked at my skin, making it bubble and blacken. Pain wracked my entire being, as I desperately tried to pull out my dragon form. Nothing I did brought out that body, though, leaving me to burn in the midst of the flames.
Screams filled the air, sounding over the crackling of the fire, but the smoke was so thick as I tried to make my way through it, ignoring the pain, all I could see was a flash of gold through the dense clouds.
My lungs were burning from breathing it all in, and I couldn’t stop coughing. I had to get out. I was going to die here. I was going to…
A creak sounded above my head, and I looked up just in time to see the roof give way. The burning mass fell on me, but the pain was cut off as I was dragged into the dark.
I sit up in my bed, my lungs still feeling li
