The flames in the hearth moved and crackled softly . They almost seemed to move sluggishly . Red and gold emiting their soft glow across the walls and floor .

Advertis.e.m.e.nt( The salamanders always crawled into the hearth?) I wondered . ( Perhaps I wont die? What did that reaper say? . . . I have a fire attribute? Would fire hurt me or no?) I tentatively reached out a claw for the flames . The only thing I felt as the fire coated my claws was a slight, comforting, warmth .

I slowly continued forward as the flames continued to coat me and make me nice and toasty . I couldn't help but feel nice and drousy . I continued into the hot coals as though it was a warm bath . The coals s.h.i.+fted like sand on a beach . Finally I turned and laid in the bed of the flames . To be honest, it was like it laying on the softest bed in the world .

The Girl lifted her head and looked toward the cus.h.i.+on where she put me only to find me gone . She looked left, then right . She finally noticed me comfortably in the flames looking at her . " You are one odd lizard . Why would you run from the fire, then lay in it after i find you? You make no sense . Sigh . . . . whatever . I've hot bigger things to worry about . What do I tell father?" she says quietly .

She starts tapping her chin then abruptly stands up . She grabs the fireplace tongs from the stand close by and grabs me out of the fire with them . But not before I hear a quiet mechanical voice say [Self Ignition Ability gained"]

(What the heck was that!?!) I think as the girl pulls me out of the fireplace . One problem . I'm still on fire . I still feel nice and warm, but i feel myself getting more tired the longer the flames burn . The girl stares at me in the tongs and then dunks me in a bowl of water not far from her bed .

I give a garbled hiss at the sudden cold . ( What the h.e.l.l!!!!!) She lifts me out of the water and says " I can't have you burning the mansion to the ground . " She walks over to a table in the corner of the room . I didnt really notice it before but it looked like it was made of black stone . She quickly flops me onto it .

As I try to right myself and get back to where I can move glowing liquid metal comes out of the cracks on the table . In seconds it surrounds me in a cage . After a minute or so the metal stops glowing and seems to harden . The Girl bends over slightly to pick up the cage which detaches from the stone as though they were never together to begin with . She looks at me within the cage with a saddened look on her face . " Time to introduce you to the family"