Burning.

Fire.

Darkness- That's all you can see. Another bombing of a town, another lookout for you. In your head you had two options. One: Go check this out, and see if you can do anything about it, or Two: Go to the palace and report for summoning.

Go check the town bombing out.

While you're looking down at a specific house, you wings flapping. Those aren't yours.. Your wings are quiet. You look up, but it's too late. You collide with the entity. What was it? WHO was it? Was it one of Suliman's henchmen? Or was it another Witch or Wizard? You wouldn't be able to tell at the moment, due to spinning around uncontrollably towards the ground.

Suddenly, you feel arms grab you- or are they talons? You couldn't tell. You feel them grab you, and you see your vision stop spinning, though.. you're now swaying a bit, and going up. You look up out of curiosity, and to see if you need to defend yourself.

You see big, black wings, along with a black, feathery body.

"Can you fly?" A soft, smooth, stoic voice asks you.

"Yeah." You answer. "Who are you?"

"I am Howl," He says. "But we must save formalities for later."

Howl drops you, and you start falling before you spread your wings out, and start flying back up to Howl, gaining your bearings once more.

"Follow me," Howl says, his bright blue eyes looking into yours, and he flies off.

You quickly follow, and you both fly up into the brightness of the sky, Suliman's henchmen following you hot on your trail. You look back up, and fly faster, so that you're right behind Howl. You make it to the top, and you look back down to see nothing but black.

You look back at Howl, and now, you're in what looks like a hearth of a castle? A very messy home.

You walk up the stone steps, and you see a fire crackling at the high, open fireplace.

"Calcifer, move the castle 60 miles to the east. And while you're at it, make some hot water for my bath."

"Sure, like moving the castle isn't hard enough." The fire spoke.

...The fire.. Spoke.