10/2/3470,
Falling,
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It felt like free fall.

Well, I guess thats what it was since my hair was flying up to the sides of my face, my aching neck forgotten as I looked around. Nothing but darkness. Cold, ominous darkness.

I could do nothing but scream. Let all my fear out. And boy, did I scream. I finally slipped out of the darkness and into grey, then white, then deep, colourful, blue. I could see the land beneath me. I floated to the ground, my feet crunching against the gravel. I looked around. Desolate houses, cages and little clumps of roaring red fire littered the expanse, but one thing caught my attention. Voices. But not like anyone other normal voice. This one seemed to slither, seemed to have a life of its own. Seemed to ooze out.

I went into a low crouch and crept forward. Wincing whenever a sharp piece of gravel found its way into my shoe. I didnt have the patience to crawl around everywhere so I darted into a small alleyway. I slumped down against the hard limestone wall. My once blue blouse, now stained a dark shade of coffee and black. How was I meant to survive? How was the girl who helped her mother make muffins supposed to live here? Thrive here.. Me?

But what had Chrissy said? About boys. If I could just find them... Ugh, who was I kidding? They could be miles from here. For all I know, I would have started a journey to find them and be going in the wrong bloody direction. I let a few icy tears out. How had I gotten Six-Six-Six?

I had always returned my library book on time. I hadn't even had a boyfriend! I had never committed any crime or done anything out of place. My school grades were good and so was my social life. I didnt understand how I was destined to be evil. To be honest, the worst crime I'd ever committed, was stealing a spoonful (also known as the full bowl) of my mum's cookie dough, which was for the Winter Faire the day after. Yep, guilty as charged. In case you were wondering, it was delicious!

My mother would be so ashamed. She would look at me with her big round eyes and shake her head in disappointment. The thought alone just made we want to curl up in a ball and die. Still though, I picked myself up off the floor and wiped my tears away with my sleve. I then walked out into the centre square. It was littered with plastic, blood and things I daren't take a closer look at. The smell of Iron hung in the air as I tried to position myself to leap across a huge gaping crack running through the ground.

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10/2/3470,
Abandoned Village,
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I ran and jumped. It wasnt that far. But I still shut my eyes as I had jumped. I landed softly on the ground. My shoes making a slight thump. The clouds turned to a dark grey and the sound of thunder rumbled through the ground. I closed my eyes in fear as I looked up the sky  in fear. Then a bright yellow light field of the dark sky. I dash inside one of the grey buildings, pushing the door open with my fists, I ran behind the counter and opened one of the cupboards and slipped inside. my hair fell in my face as a shock from head to toe with fear.

As a young girl I had loved storms. I would go outside and dance in the rain. But then one day I was out in a garden shed, mother had just called me in but I refused to go, I was dancing with the rain, splashing in the puddles and looking up the dark grey sky. Then all of a sudden I felt a tingling in my body, I didn't know what had happened but I fell to the floor screaming with pain. My whole body flushed with electricity and I could do nothing but sit there and wait for it to stop.

I remember mum came rushing out and scooped me up in her big arms and put me in bed. For the next couple of days I was targeted by scorching fevers and chills. The doctor's later confirmed that I had been struck by lightning and it might have ended up being fatal. Ever since I never went out in the rain again whenever thunder and lightning struck I would hide in fear that the same thing might occur again.

I let my eyes close as I fell asleep to the sound of soft rain. If I was a gifted liar I could have convinced myself that I was in the real world.
But I knew I wasn't. If I could just pretend though...

A nice warm fire, and a book, curled up in a soft, plush armchair. A sliver of moonlight shining on the well-fingered book. Laughter coming from the neighbours houses. Infact, any word in this dialect, desolate, deserted landscape would be like a drop of water to a dehydrated man.

Pure bliss.

Eventually, I woke up to the sound of gentle tapping. I pushed open the cupboard door. A small scream escaped my lips as I tried to shut the door. But I couldn't... And the world was cloaked in darkness again. The void swallowed me again, and I just had to watch helplessly, as even the massacred village was abandoned. I just wanted to give into the darkness, and fall asleep...

DreamCatz and DarkSky1920