Fire - A story about a man's struggle with his thoughts

A unnatural atmosphere was surrounding Nathan in his trials and tribulations. Right at that moment he was standing in front of the most unforgiving jury, the straightest judge, and the most feared and respected prosecutor. Next to him was only his lawyer, a man of few words and a strong conviction to justice, but he was a timid man and find it hard to speak in front of many people. The court was crowded with people, many of them were total strangers, Nathan recognized them all, however. The long room was filled with feelings, many of the them dangerous, many other were kind, but the bast majority was confused, who wouldn't be confused in such a situation.

The judge asked Nathan the reason of him being there, Nathan responded with the truth and only the truth, he didn't know what was happening, the only thing he knew was that he was there for something important, very important. The judge accented, he then asked the prosecutor to read the charges.

Nathan couldn't believe the charges, thought they were a bit over-exaggerated they were right. He had done all the things he was accused of doing. one of the worst things one can do to himself. He had lost confidence in himself and he had fallen into a self-regret spiral, doing nothing to stop his deterioration and recover some of his lost dignity. He had abandoned himself in the time he was more needed.

He knew what to do now, he knew it still wasn't late enough, so he stood up and spoke for himself as he never spoke before in his life, with words and phrases that could have been part of a Shakespearean play. A long silence then filled the room, everyone in the court was astonished as they have never thought Nathan would have done that the way he did. The silence was broken by the sound of an applause, then another, and soon the all the room was filled with the sound of clapping hands and cheering mouths.

Nathan had defeated his most feared enemy, himself, and now he was ready to defeated any other enemy he encounter in his quest. He opened his eyes, and looked in her eyes.