Mercurial Day

(Mercurial Definition)
Mercurial Day is a collaboration between Orchid and Supercats.
Prologue
Brightness. But too bright. Warmth. But too warm. Soothing sounds, but just for soothing moments before the awaiting death. It’s peaceful; dying in fire. Almost too peaceful. 
She was a just a puppy. She didn’t understand what was going on. It all happened too fast; the oven starting to boil, the pots and pans clashing to the floor with a loud bang, Mel starting to cough, then run. Bubbles rose from the stove and there were loud popping sounds, waking up Mel’s parents which had been taking a nap. It was both heartless, and intelligent for Mel to run out of the house without trying to wake her parents or take her and her sister with Mel. But I understand the chaos and fright of the situation, so now that I tell this story in my own words, I don‘t mind too much anymore.
It was almost midnight when she and her sister woke up. First it was her sister, then she woke up. It’s strange, twins always seem to have the same instincts at the same exact time. Anyways, on with the story. It was a blur the rest of the night, but there was one part that she remembered oh so vividly.
She and her sister woke up to see about 3-quarters of the house engulfed in flames. It was a dark night so her eyes hurt to see the bright red and orange fire that contrasted from the deep blue sky. Fire matches a stars’ light though. That’s all she could ask for, really. But not so much when fire is so deadly, especially this one.
They were young. They had only just begin to earn their sight. So when burnt but pale hands came towards them, all they could wish for was that they were being rescued. And they were. But later on, they would wish that they hadn’t been. 
She remembered rough skin clashing against her fur, and her sister hugging her close. All she hoped was that she and her sister would be okay. 
After the man had picked her and her sister up, he ran towards a big black vehicle that said ‘POLICE’. He dropped them on a big black leather seat and smiled at us, then ran towards the back. 
Chapter 1
"Find it, Rowan! Find it!" Rowan could hear her human's voice calling to her as she searched for the right scent. Her littermates sniffed with her. Well almost all of them, anyway, she thought to herself. She thought back to the fire, to trying to escape, to why we were there. Of course she was glad that she wasn’t dead in a fire, and she loved it here, but it just wasn’t what she was expecting. She wanted to be someone’s dog. She wanted to be Mel’s dog. She wanted to be loved with her sister and friends. All she wanted was for Astra to be happy.
"Focus Rowan!" her human shouted. She went back sniffing. Surely she had smelled them all by now. Why couldn't she find the right scent? Suddenly, she heard one of her teammates bark "I found it!" Everyone paused for a minute while they watched him sniff it again to confirm the scent, and he nodded a bit towards his human. His human rushed over to see if he had gotten the right scent, and indeed it was. The human patted him on the back once to congratulate them. Rowan sighed. This was the seventh time in a row that someone had gotten to it before her. why couldn't she do this? She walked away from the training room and sat down outside in the warm grass, letting sunshine rays burn on her dark brown coat. 
Category:Literature
Category:Original Stories
Category:Original Stories (Unfinished)