1 The Morning Of The Ritual

You open your eyes and look up at the ceiling. Your name is Elizabeth You are 10 years old. You are part of the Blazing flames sect and you have been yearning to finally take part in the flame sects sacred ritual that all kids your age take part in as a coming of age ritual.

The ritual awakens the latent flame in your body that almost everyone in the flame sect had passed down to them. On rare occasions, the children elements might not be flames but this is usually caught during the training process.

where you meditate in a 100°F metal room which slowly rises to temperatures over 3000°F this is called the boiler room and usually if your element is not that of the flame you would either die from the unbearable heat or pass out during the early stages and either be moved to another sect or put to work in the village as a farmer.

You can still remember the scorching metal floor, which burned your feet to the point of numbness and even worse the air which was so hot that every breath felt like your lungs were on fire and slowly turning into dust. But you stayed strong and continued training in those horrendous conditions, and soon enough the heat didn't bother you anymore every breath was like a warm gentle flame was flowing through your body your originally burning blood that made your veins feel as if they would burst turned into a warm gentle sea and soon enough you could handle even the hottest of flames .

You can't help laugh at how weak you were back then. Every time you thought back to those moments you have grown so much in only a few years and now you're ready to activate your own flames. You've seen flames before when your mother was cooking or when your father used them to light the fireplace on those unbearably cold winter nights.

You have always envied the flames and couldn't wait to get yours you have been counting down the days and finally, today is that very day. You jump out of bed eager to start the day you shower brush your teeth wash your face and change into your flame sect uniform since regular clothes can't stand the heat of the training rooms, and rush downstairs where you see your mom softly singing to herself as she sets the table for breakfast.

While your dad is nodding off at the table it was probably another hard day at work. You run over to Him and give him the tightest hug you can and he smiles as he pats your head and says. "Good morning sweety you ready to finally get your flames." you nod as you try but fail to hide the big smile on your face.

Your mom looks up then says, of course, she is hunny shes been begging you to show her your flames every chance she gets. She wraps her arms around you and kisses you on your forehead as she sets your dads plate down in front of him.

Your dad smirks and replies in his usual joking manner, "yeah I mean who wouldn't wanna see my flames how many people in the village have a blue flame to call their own." You can't help but laugh as you think back to your teacher Mr.Green explanation on the order of flames.

"Ok, class pay attention because I'm only telling you shitty ass brats this once, the order of flames is the order your flames go through during the ritual the level of your flame is usually orange like the usual flame that we see every day this is the weakest flame you can activate. The next flame is the crimson flame, this flame is twice as hot as the orange flame and can char any normal human it's slightly rarer than the orange flame but the easiest to cultivate. The next on the list is the blue flame which can burn a normal person down too bone this flame is usually the flame of most genius mages. It is also the requirement to get into blazing academy the number one school in the sect.

Finally, we have the green flame it is the strongest of the bunch and extremely rare but it isn't the last flame you can achieve usually a fire elemental would use either crimson or blue and train that until it advances. But everyone has their own flames after green which legend say can grow to be as hot as the sun but its hard to even breakthrough into this level to even dream of getting your flame to this level you would need to be trained under certain circumstances which are different for everyone but the rewards are extraordinary it is said that some can even bring you back from the dead.

Now that's it for this class get out before I expel every single one of you." You are brought back to reality by your mom who places your normal breakfast bore sausages, oatmeal, and bread. You quickly scarf down your food as you quickly give your mom and dad a kiss goodbye as you put your shoes on and rush out of the door heading in the direction of the blazing volcano.