The inferno surrounded him. His legs, they flickered. The colors, they flickered. The inferno, it raged. The others of the forest, they raged. They bellowed, it hissed. They clashed, it battled for control. He battled against the inferno that wanted to consume everything he was, his mind, his body, his spirit.

He soared, his heart soared, his body soared. His heart thudded, hooves thudded, he thrummed. His heart burst, his call burst. The sky burst. Wind swept him up, his emotions swept him up, his instincts swept him up.

The blood dripped, the world drooped, and he dropped. The inferno raged around him, raged atop his head and in his heart.

The light swallowed him up and burnt the ground in its rage.

The inferno still loomed overhead, whispering and then silent.