"Hello, Rose," The Flame Lord says to the woman standing on the other side of the doorframe.
"C- Cam… The Flame Lord…" Rose says, stunned with disbelief, "We didn't think you'd come back."
"We?" The Flame Lord asks, "So I presume April still lives with you."
"What do you want with April?"
"Oh, I just want to say hi, it's been awhile, hasn't it?"
April and Violet, hearing the commotion coming from downstairs, decide to investigate.
The Flame lord turns to face the stairway. "April, honey, How long has it been?" The Flame Lord asks, his usual, sadistic smile twisting to feign something genuine.
"Oh, I've been fine, Rose and I have been taking care of our… Little gift here," April says, gesturing toward Violet.
"How has Violet been? It's been quite awhile, hasn't it?" The Flame Lord moves downward, to meet Violet at eye level.
Violet walks over to the Flame Lord, before wearing an expression of shock and terror, and she runs and hides behind April.
"What's wrong?" April asks Violet.
"He scares me," Violet responds, pointing to the Flame Lord.
Rose looks over to the Flame Lord, unsure of his intentions. "Why are you here?"
"Can't I just visit my daughter?" The Flame Lord scoffs at Rose. "Come, April. I want to take you somewhere. Somewhere special to me."
"You will do no such thing!" Rose yells, "I don't know who you are, but you are not the same man from years ago!"
"Mother," April says, calmly.
Rose turns around to face April. "Go upstairs. I'll handle this."
"No, no," The Flame Lord interjects, "April will stay down here, and she will see what happens when someone disobeys their new king." The Flame Lord turns around to face Rose again, and slowly walks forward.
Rose points her palms toward the Flame Lord, and a burst of purple, magic power emanates across the room. The Flame Lord walks through it with ease. In response, the Flame Lord flicks his wrist toward Rose, and causes a large explosion under her feet.
"MOM!" April yells, running toward her.
Rose weakly looks up toward April. "I'll be fine, sweetie. Promise me, you won't go…" Rose slowly closes her eyes.
April gets up slowly to face the Flame Lord. "You are not the man I once knew," April says, now walking toward the Flame Lord. "You are not the man who fathered my child, you are not the man who I once loved!" April stands face to face with the Flame Lord.
He looks down to April and says one thing: "Correct." The Flame Lord starts walking toward April, pushing her back toward the wall where Rose lays.
April, back to the wall, begins to glow a faint purple. April flings her hands out in front of her and yells, "stay away from me, you monster!" A large flash of purple energy explodes off of April, and a powerful gust of wind blows out from her, pushing the Flame Lord back to the other end of the room.
The Flame Lord dusts himself off. "Impressive," he says, "and I haven't even unlocked your latent potential." The Flame Lord stretches his hand out toward April, and she becomes encased in a fiery vortex and pulled toward the Flame Lord. He reaches into the inner pockets of his robes and pulls out a needle with a silvery, viscous fluid. Before he can insert it into April, a large bang sounds out and the door to the house gets knocked over. The Flame Lord looks over and wears a face of disgust, before letting loose a small chuckle. "Now, now… I didn't think I'd see you here, old friend."
"Stop this," the person says, "these people don't deserve this, and I should have acted sooner…"
"That sounds like your own fault, doesn't it?" The Flame Lord says, losing concentration on his vortex. April falls to the ground, and quickly runs over to her mother.
"You see that poor girl?" the person remarks, pointing to April, "You see what you've done to her? To one of your own?"
"You don't know the amount I've sacrificed to get here."
"I don't need to know to know that what you're doing now is wrong! And if you won't stop this, I'll be forced to myself."
The Flame Lord laughs to himself. "I'd like to see you try, Narrator."