Arsonist

Fate of Fire

Under the scorching sun of the driest summer in HTown's history, a flick of a burning cigarette stub ignited a wildfire that swept through the town suburbs, leaving half of them in ashes. The boy who inadvertently caused the devastation watched in horror as the flames devoured everything in their path. Deep down, he could have stopped it, but the destructive allure was too overwhelming. Among the chaos, his abusive alcoholic stepfather met his demise as the only victim of the tragedy. To the townfolk, the stepfather was a saint, but behind closed doors, he was a tyrant. The boy and his mother, terrorized by the abusive man, found an unexpected freedom amidst the flames that engulfed their home. The town mourned the loss of the supposed good father, unaware of the dark secrets that burned away with him. The traumatic events of that day felt like a cleansing for the boy, a chance at a new beginning. As the once beautiful HTown turned into a wasteland, he saw a glimmer of hope in the destruction around him. The boy, now a teenager, realized that perhaps fire was the answer to the town's descent into chaos. With a sense of eerie determination, he embraced the fate of fire, knowing that only through destruction could true transformation come to HTown. And so, as the town grappled with its losses and sought to rebuild, the boy stood on the outskirts, a silent witness to the power of flames and the secrets they held. In his eyes, there was a spark of something dangerous yet undeniably alluring—a promise of rebirth in the ashes of the past.