Another Forever

It was burning again. Just like when she had gotten it. She blinked back sudden tears as the pain washed over her again. She lifted her left hand up and looked at the scar on the palm. When she'd sliced it open jumping off the old building she hadn't thought anything of it. Later on, after she'd been lectured by the nun that ran the orphanage, the thing had started to burn. She'd torn off the bandages to reveal a cleanly healed flame shaped scar out lined faintly in red. She shook the thoughts out of her head and looked out of the window at the snow falling to the ground. It had been snowing for so long. What did rain feel like? What is rain? What is the sun? What is warmth? The snow was always coming down and it never stopped, just like in the old Earth book about the world in the wardrobe. Whatever a wardrobe was.

The scar was being incredibly annoying for an inanimate object. She opened the window and stuck the hand out, trying to sooth the burning in the scar. The snow turned to rain almost immediately, the air grew warmer. Spring had come back at last. The world was crying in happiness. The pain was gone, so was the scar. It would come back, of that she was sure. It just needed time. The demon smiled as she thought that slowly closing the window, curling up into a corner covered with a blanket, and submerging herself in the darkness once more.

To be continued...