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She stares at the fire with bored blank eyes. Her brown eyes reflect the image of the fire and the occasional sound of water dripping in the cave doesn't seem to annoy her. She's calm and at peace.

She slowly feels an odd feeling in the pit of her stomach. Is it guilt? Or something else.

She hears a bush rustle outside and that's when she knows what she's feeling it's fear.

Her eyes flit to the sleeping figures nearby, before she turns around and heads out side.

The beast is here.

And she has a very bad feeling.

She makes her way inside the woods. Deeper and deeper and deeper.

She stands in the middle of a clearing. She turns in circles and looks around.

"Which way should I go? Which way should I go?" she thinks.

She takes a step forward and immediately a circle of fire surrounds the clearing.

Her eyes widen. "The beast is here."

She turns around and finally the beast is in sight.

Her eyes stare at the beast. It resembles the looks of a phoenix, but it is pure black. The only reason the girl can see it at this time of night is because of the fire that surrounds them and the embers that float in the air around the phoenix.

They stand there for a minute or two before their battle begins.

The phoenix like beast charges at her and before she can comprehend what she's doing she throws the ball like object that rests in her pocket towards the beast.

It lets out a cry of distress and the girl begins to cough. The smell is to strong for her. It hurts her nose.

She uses her shirt to cover her nose. To prevent the smoke from affecting her as much. She slowly kneels down and grabs the knife that is hidden in the sole of her shoe.

"Now where are you?" She thinks.

It's the perfect opportunity for her to strike. The beast is distracted and she has her weapon poised and ready for the kill.

"I have to be careful," she looks down at the knife, "a single cut from this knife and the poison imbedded in it will kill me."

The smoke is slowly clearing and she can  make out the shadow of the beast.

"Here I come."

She walks towards the beast. The wings of the beast cover the beast as if it were a blanket.

"No mercy."

She's just a few yards away from the beast.

Once in range the beast strikes at her. It uses its tail to whip the girl. The strike sends her flying into a tree.

"Dammit!"

She's still holding the knife. She's gritting her teeth to prevent her from crying out in pain and her knuckles are turning white from the monster grip that she's using to hold the knife. She slowly gets into a sitting position.

The beast is hovering in the air.

Just before she can try to stand up the beast lunges at her.

She wants to close her eyes and hopes for the best, but she doesn't. Her brown eyes are fixated on the beast.

"This is it. I'm going to die."

She can't believe what happens next.

Right before impact the beast disappears. It just vanished into thin air. The ring of fire disappearing along with the beast.

She's alive.

The beast had shown mercy.

She slowly stands up and she's surprised her back isn't broken. She looks at where the fire once was. There's no trace of it. Not even a little bit of burnt grass. It was as if the fire was never here, as of the beast was never here.