Conflagration - Part 0
The earth shook. Then an eerie stillness. The crickets stopped chirping. The toads fell silent. It was almost peaceful. Another rumble, stronger than before. Family pictures fell from the walls and awoke the sleeping villagers. Broken glass and the stench of sulphur wasn't pleasant to wake up to but the villagers had dealt with a few quakes before and weren't worried about the pictures and smelly air. An immense crash and screams of terror quickly followed and the villagers realized this was no mere quake. A sliding of the mountain side buried the temple and the northern half of the village. Cries of pain and fear filled the air. A preist ran into the stone paved street...