Rissa's eyes flew open in sudden shock to still see that the familiar flames are surrounding her this time in fancy glasses giving a warm glow.

Her eyes took all the fancy things inside the room the walls perfectly painted in ash colours exactly like that kind of ash gotten after burnt papers.

She held her head tightly,it felt like someone was drilling a hole into the side of her head.

Rolling over away from the too- bright sun coming from the glass window. She rolled on her back as the event began to play in her head. She sat up closing her eyes against the sharp pain threatening to blind her. For some unknown reason she felt more happy than before.

Maybe it the fact that I'm alive she thought to her self but still yet the reasonable part of her brain is still demanding for some answers .

Answers especially from the warrior that look striking familiar. Her delineating came to an end when without a knock the bedroom door opened revealing a woman smiling brightly.

The eyes of the woman could show the uncertainties of life but her smile is saying something else . Rissa made an attempt to roll out of the bed but sized her movement as dizziness swept in, the room spinning in circle and for a flitting second she thought the darkness will swallow her again .

"You have to rest up my dear".

Rissa settled on the bed again resting her back on the headboard. The woman hand felt too cold on her very hot body causing shivers to run through her whole body

"you still have a fever just rest up a little let me call the doctor".

Rissa made an attempt to stop the woman but her throat felt too dry to form proper sentence. The woman again ran out of the room her heels clicking on the marble floor.

Her mind began to play the event that happened; the brutal looking warriors closing in on her then suddenly the flame appearing from no where and surrounding her not a single discomfort of heat from the flame infact it felt like she was in a swimming pool but the screaming from the soldiers could not get past her ears as the gruesome site will remain in her head for a very long time.

Rissa shivered as the vivid image of the soldiers burning and exploding into ashes played behind her eyelids.

Her shivering increased with her eyes burning from the hot tears dropping from her eyes but her mind is at peace and she could not fathom why.

The door opened again and the same woman walked in again more calmly than before with an old man walking behind her

"this is doctor Walsh" the doctor extended his hand for a handshake and rissa complied "I will leave you two to prepare some snacks"

"Yes that will be fine"

Rissa looked from the scrutinizing gaze of the doctor to that of the woman whose name has not been mentioned since. The soft click of the door brought rissa mind back to the doctor who is still holding her hand and look at her intensely..

"How is your head?"

"Fine thank you". Rissa's voice came out dull full of uncertainty and a tiny bit of fear "Do you mind telling me what happened to those soldiers and who saved me?"

" There were no soldiers and as for who saved you, well Mrs Sheila skea almost hit you with her car but you fainted out of shock and she had to bring you here"

Risaa shook her head opening and closing her mouth "but the flames..."

"What flames...?" the doctor quickly asked and for a seconds Rissa doubted her own sanity but quickly shook it off

"You were saying something about flames. Perhaps you were in deep thought when you almost got hit"

"Perhaps so" Rissa replied in clipped tone

"I will have to prescribe some medicine for your dizziness and some painkillers"

"Thank you doctor".

"And should incase you want to talk about anything at all; the doctor brought out his business card handling it to rissa who collected it in daze "you can just contact me. maybe when you visit we can talk about those flames you imagined"

The things I saw were real. Rissa thought to herself as the doctor showed himself out of the room.

The soldiers were real. laughing at her point their sword and looking dangerous- ready to kill then the flames appeared again not just the flame this but the owner of the flame.

Rissa shook her head pitching her cheeks and laughing at her her own thoughts. The owner of the flame can't be an animal. Animal are scared of fire right?.

Rissa's eyes took in the room again the fancy glasses and for a split seconds she thought she saw a pair of eyes.

Rissa laughed at her own insanity somebody's eyes can't be in a glass not when it not an hospital.

Standing up from the bed as gently as possible not to aggravate her dizziness Rissa walked quickly to the door stepping out of the room to be greeted with fresh aroma of home made pastries. She could not help taking a lung full of the aroma

"I can see that you will like a slice of whatever is in the oven". The woman voice startled Rissa and she quickly composed herself smiling at be caught sniffing like a wolf

A wolf

Her body went stiff as she remembered that the owner of the flames is or rather was a wolf then changed to a man

A familiar face of a man.

"You look pales are you alright?"

Rissa turned to look at the woman

a familiar face

A wolf that changed to a familiar face leaving the same familiar feeling within her

"Do you need a glass of water? you look pale"

"No thank you .. the aroma from your pastries is just so nice and addicting".

"Well I could give you some if you want. I don't mind sharing my food"

"There will be no need for that. I think I will be on my way now".

Rissa nodded her head trying to convince herself. Animal cannot change into a human being in space of one minute. Maybe it could happen in other planets but not in planet Earth.

"My driver could drop you at your house and I replaced your groceries

"My groceries..."

"You were holding a bag full of food items some got bad so I had to replace them I'm sorry if that makes your uncomfortable"

Rissa could not take off her eyes from the woman's face.. such sincererity in her words but Rissa could not believe what here ears is hearing. The woman walked out of her sight but she still could not process anything

"Here are your groceries" Rissa gently took the bags from her still in a daze

Nothing is making sense. For all she knew she never went to buy groceries. Her mind began spinning as usual. She  remembered coming back from school and entering her apartment to see the flames.

A smile broke out on her face which turned to a full blown out section of hysterical laugh.

Nothing is making sense

She couldn't even feel her feet stumbling outside but the eyes she felt on my hack were again real