Lion Pride On Fire

The night of the bonfire took place at Hill Park. The sky was semi-cloudy, so you could barely see the moon. It was really dark and mildly cold. The bonfire hadn't been lit yet, and people were showing up in cars, so it illuminated the park. People immediately started finding their friends and grouping up with them. Some kids started playing games like hide-and-go-seek tag. It was only a couple of minutes before the fire started. Everyone was trying to have some fun and socialize. Before the fire, a direct quote from Grayson, "it's so big and beautiful, where is it?"

As soon as everyone got into groups, some minor drama ensued between the students, as expected. That was until they lit the fire; it roared and erupted into a massive inferno. The bonfire completely lit the entire park; you could almost see past the trees into the forest.

The kids playing games and kids on the hill could see how the fire lit the entire sky. The teachers poured some more firestarter onto it as everyone swarmed the flame playing the Lockwood anthem. But that wasn't the only thing, two fire trucks showed up ten minutes after it started, and the teachers had to tell them that this was an authorized school event. After the fire trucks left, many of the students around the fire began to try to roast marshmallows. One of them, Brandon Weimer, who had brought a whole hot dog, attempted to cook it.

The teachers started playing music, and those students who were socializing began dancing on the concrete near the fire. Austin Therriault, the school celebrity, started break dancing, and many others joined in. Even the school mascot began trotting around the giant flame. Thirty or forty students linked hands, circling the inferno.

As the fire died down, students who were off in the distance playing tag lost the light that exposed them and disappeared into the darkness. Students gathered around the wisp again as it died out into ash—some stomping on it and touching it, trying to get one last feeling of it.

After the bonfire was gone, students gathered in each other's cars and drove home. Others who lived nearby walked. Eventually, only a couple of students remained, and the teachers rounded everyone up and sent them home.