Curiosity Sparks as Students Learn to About Fire Elements

Lessons in Fire For Succubus

Succubus' teacher shows them the recipe for controlling fire. His mind lights up as the lesson starts to unfold. Will it be enough to get Succubus on to his destiny or be a step toward him doom?

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Chapter 12 Overthrown by Fire 71

“Fire requires three things, oxygen, fuel and heat,” said Borgin. He closed his hand and extinguished the flame, then opened it again and revealed a small, black rock. “This contains carbon. As you have learned, carbon has a structure that makes it...flammable.”  As he said this last word the stone burst into a blue flame.

He held the bottom of the rock and it continued to burn as they watched. “What you see is not the actual rock burning,” he continued with the classroom entranced by the dancing blue fire. “The heat changes the molecular structure of the carbon. The bonds break and the unbound atoms combine with the oxygen. This glowing gas is what you see as the blue flame.”

He raised his hand. “Add a stream of pure oxygen,” Suddenly, with a roar, a blast of fire blew outward like a torch and the students fell backward raising their arms over their heads. “And the flame explodes,” said Borgin with a smug look on his face. When Succubus glanced at his hand the fire was out and the stone had disappeared.

“Now it is your turn.”

Borgin spilled a bag full of the small black stones onto the floor in front of them. The students scrambled to retrieve one. Grabbing one for himself, Succubus studied the deep black of the carbon nugget.