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[i]Okay, finally, we're getting somewhere,[/i] Lin thought as she walked side-by-side with the younger girl.  The firepit's pillar of smoke was just visible through the trees.  She could almost make out the flames, but it was mid-morning by now, so it was bright and hard to see. "Ivy, we're here!" she said, looking next to her.  Her roving peepers only found empty space.  "WHAT?  She was right next to me! How does she DO that?" Lin exclaimed aloud, exasperated as she spun in a circle.  

Thankfully, a set of still smoking footprints led a ways off to her left and back.  Lin had no trouble following them, jogging to keep up.  She was going to find that girl and bring her back to the firepit if it gave her third-degree burns.  Oddly enough, the prospect of Ivy burning her didn't bother her that much. Lin always was the type of person who had to stick her hand in the soup kettle before she would believe it was hot.  Then again, the memory of just putting a hand on the girl's back as she smoldered didn't seem so bad in retrospect.  She could totally do this.  She'd show Kyle. 

Ivy was heard before she was spotted.  Increasing her speed, Lin followed the sound of thumping footsteps.  Sighing, she thought as she observed the younger girl from about fifteen meters away chasing a butterfly. [i]See Kyle?  She's harmless.  You just need to find the right way to reach her. [/i]  Even as she said that, when Ivy ran too close to a rhubarb plant, its big paddle leaves had wisps of smoke curling up from them.  It was then that Lin realized her mistake.  They were currently surrounded almost entirely by flammable vegetation...with an easily distracted fire girl. She could almost see Kyle's smug expression. Then a possible future flashed before her eyes. 

[i]Ivy, a whirling tornado of fiery destruction spinning out from under the forest canopy, gleefully unaware.  Lin crawling out on all fours, severely burned. Kyle standing over her with an angry expression, water puddling at his feet. "Water..." Dream Lin croaked, but none was forthcoming.  Instead, Kyle merely looked at her with pity...and walked away. It was Lin's worst nightmare all over again, being left alone.[/i]

She snapped out of her reverie, remembering she needed to keep a constant watch on Ivy.