Ashes

"Josh!" I yelled. He wasn't screaming or flailing, almost no movement at all.

"Uh, wait here," I told Josh, mentally slapping myself in the face. I raced back down the hall, slamming the doors open.

"Help!" I yelled. The music stopped, and so did the talking. "Josh! He's dying!" With that, my father and my mother both dropped their plates of various snacks and rushed toward me, Anna in tow. A bunch of other random people followed us, rushing down the corridor to the green flames.

"Get the door open!" My dad commanded, and I propped the door open that led outside to the cool night air.

"Any extra cloth?" My dad said as Anna ripped a purple curtain from the window. My dad and mom both grabbed one end and threw it over Josh, within seconds, they had eliminated the oxygen that fueled the flame and it died out. When they lifted the certain, nothing was left but a charred corpse.

"Allen," My dad said. "Do you know who did this?"

"No!" I quickly replied. "I came down here because Anna said he wanted to see me, and... and..." I started to choked up. Josh was one of my only friends. And now, he sat on the center table charred.

"Look around the room for clues, or maybe a forced entry." We all fanned out, checking the walls and windows and under tables. I looked through a window, no signs of life beyond it. I checked under the table, and then searched the walls. There was a neatly written letter on a ripped piece of paper, attached to the wall by a tack. I ripped it off the wall, and held it up to the light.

You thought you had destroyed us
But you only made our flame burn brighter
Your camp will be destroyed
House by house
Person by person
Roman by Roman

"What's that?" My mom plucked the note from my hand, and read it with my father. They exchanged looks after reading it, and mom sighed.

"My life will never be easy." My father nodded to her remark.

"Reyna, do you know what this means? Green fire? "You thought you destroyed us?" "Roman by Roman?" My mom held up her hand.

"I know what it means." She sighed again, grabbing Anna's hand.

"We need to go. We need to get to my mothers house. It'll be safe for you two until we figure this out." My dad said, forcing me forward and leading us outside.

"Why Grandma's house?" I asked, catching up with my father. "Isn't she dead?"

"Yes, she is," He grimaced. "But it's still safe."

Notes

I burst out laughing when I did the flame thing with the note. Thanks off reading! Bye!