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Up in smoke

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Tendrils crept in through the windows, the doors; any place that they could find, and began to wrap themselves around my lungs. Coughing, choking, spluttering, I dragged myself further into the corner, crouching low to evade the carpet of smoke that adorned my house. Through the open window in front, amongst the blades of broken and blackened glass, I solemnly watched all Hell unfold, mere metres away from my prison.

The devil swept through the ravaged landscape, breathing bursts of flame across the sinful Earth, and leaving impenetrable swathes of acrid smoke in his wake. The inferno became a creature, a festering creature born of death and destruction, rampaging and roaring as it snatched away all colour from the once vivid forest and painting it in vile shades of black and red. Dragging flora and fauna alike into its gaping maw, devouring them with fangs of fire, and spitting out their charred remains.

Gone.

In seconds.

Leaving nothing; destroying everything.

Like a blazing sea, a tidal wave of devastation and heat, it rose inexorably higher, its harsh crackling and snapping becoming peals of mocking laughter. It had been distant, but now it moved closer, crawling sluggishly towards civilization - with no trees or tinder to speed its procession. The grim knowledge hung in the air, amongst the sparks and the smog, mingling with the dark mist that covered everything in a fine dusting of ash.

It was only a matter of time before the inevitable reached us all.
Idunno XD I found this really old piece of homework in my documents and decided to upload it :shrug:

This title sucks cause I made it up on the spot just nahw :'D
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THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BEST PIECE OF WRITING I'VE READ ON ALL OF DEVIANTART SO FAR! ;e;