Jealousy

"There is nothing to be scared of anymore," said a woman's voice inside my head. "They are here, and they are here for you. That is—" 

The woman paused, her voice trailing off midsentence as I opened my eyes and looked around. I knew I was dreaming, there was no doubt in my mind, but my mind had to be pretty fucked up to be dreaming in this technicolor.

The world around me was literally burning. Pillars of flames rose from the ground, stretching high into the purplish sky to the point that I couldn't see where they ended. Smaller fires took over the ground, smoldering on either side of the path I had found myself on. 

For a split second, I was scared, not sure if I was dreaming of my own death. I had been completely surrounded by roaring fires…