You rush ahead, pulling your sister along.
"Saffire, they want you to wait!" Flashfire tells you.
"I know," you mumble. "I know."
You start running to the cemetary, and Flashfire barely stays with you. You can hear Blackfire and the other girls behind you, but you don't slow down.
You finally arrive at the cemetary, and you slow down, allowing Flashfire to catch her breath.
"Brother!" Flashfire whispers. "Why didn't you wait?"
You look for Spitfire's name on the grave markers, but don't see it yet. You wait a bit, thinking of how to answer Flashfire's question.
"What mother and father told you... that was personal."
"What mother and father told me... you mean about you loving Spitfire?"
"Yeah... besides, Spitfire and I were kids, younger than you. How could I have really loved Spitfire? How could I have loved her the same way I love Blackfire?""Probably the same way I loved you even though I had yet to meet you," Flashfire says. She gives you a hug as Blackfire and the others catch up. "Even though I only met you yesterday, I have always loved you, my older brother. You loved Spitfire because she was like you: different. And I loved you the same way because I'm different too!" At that, she creates a starbolt. It isn't the same bright green as a regular Tamaranian's but an aqua color, half-green, half-blue!
"I loved you, Brother, because you were just like me! We're the same!" Flashfire then gives you another hug, and Blackfire joins in, hugging both of you.
"Wait here," you tell the girls. "I'll go find the marker."
You walk through the rows of grave markers, searching for her name. You see several names ending in fire, several starting with fire, but none of them say Spitfire.
"Where is she?" you ask aloud to no one in particular. "Why can't I find her?"
"Because she wasn't given a marker," a voice answers.
You whip around to see a Tamaranian male, about your age. He has a scar on his left cheek that looks like it was caused by a burn. The scar aside, he looks just like that bully who pushed you and Spitfire around, the one who killed her!
"I knew you'd return, Blue Boy," he says. "And I knew you'd be looking for your sickly little girlfriend's grave."
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