Look Into My Eyes, Tell Me I'm Wrong

*Jake's Point of View*
I flicked the news on
But what's the point.
Ivy, the only girl I've ever wanted to spend my life with, is gone.
Suddenly, a lyric ghosts into my head.
After the blood, After the tears have fallen down like rain
I flip my mobile open. It's ringing, actually.
"Andy, I was just abou-"
"Channel seven!" he screams into the phone.
"I'm on channel seven," I look up at the television as my phone clicks dead.
NEW DEVELOPMENT: YOUNG WOMAN AT TOP OF THE U.S BANK TOWER
SUICIDAL SHOUTING
CLAIMS SHE CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT HER 'TIGER' AND IS GOING TO JUMP
"Oh. My. God."
The U.S bank tower is five minutes away. I run out the door and jump into my car.
I drive blind, tears staining my face. I pull up to the scene, and there are over a hundred people milling about, all for the girl in white on the 73rd floor.
"IVY!" I scream. It doesn't reach her. Suddenly, she's bigger. And closer. "IVY" I yell again. Her body twists and pitches in the air. "IVY!" a third time and...
she keeps plunging. "SHE JUMPED SHE JUMPED SHE JUMPED!" I yell at all of the people.
It's like I'm not there anymore. I reach out for some woman's arm. She looks at me and screams. She screams and screams and screams. "Lady calm down!" I yell. My voice reaches my ear. My snarl reaches my ears. I look down. My arms are furred over. My body feels stronger and heavier. I pull a deep breath into my nose, and exhale it in a roar.
"IVY" I yell. Her head snaps as she plummets faster and faster. My vision has improved to where I can see there are no slits in her shirt. Fire suddenly shoots out of her mouth.
"JAKE" she calls back. Her shirt restrains her wings. The fire on her breath expands as she angles her body downward. She plummets even faster, fire suddenly streaking past her body, and then enveloping it. Her body is suddenly on fire as she rips towards the ground. I'm frozen where I am as the fire hits the pavement. Black soot and sparks are everywhere.




And it hits me.
Why did I ever think Ivy was a dragon?
Why did I ever think I could save her?
This is her... always her.
*Ivy's Point of View*
This is
Phoenix rising.

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