A speeding comet of brilliant white fire streaked through the sky, rivalling the sun and sending off vicious waves of heat in response to the urgent situation at hand. Arthur's eyes saw red… and his mind got muddled as fear swept through his body.
Fear of losing all that was dear to him. Fear of going through a nightmare that might as well shatter his very core.
His instincts roared louder than his voice of reason and his flaming body moved on its own. He cared not for his father's warnings and only for the safety of his friends at Barthlorn.
The swarm of colossal scaled beasts was already in sight, the Phoenix Barrier long forgotten.
All Arthur could remember was hearing the first crackle of thunder before everything from his nightmare came reeling back with full force. Arthur could still remember Lyra's broken voice echoing the long list of names of the people he cared about, driving him mad with each syllable that escaped her lips.
