Hii everyone!! I decided that I didn't really like the first page and I felt as if I could write it a lot better so I did and here it is!!
Warning: abuse, language and lots of valance as well as gore if you are younger then 14 please don't read
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Even before this shit went down my life still wasn't something to be proud of
I woke up to the sound of sirens from ambulances woke me up. I groaned from annoyance and looked at my alarm clock, 7:12...I was supposed to wake up 18 minutes later. whatever, I got up and stretched my ears then filled with the sound of two familiar voices arguing those voices were my parents. ignoring it I walked out of my room and headed downstairs towards the kitchen I was making sure to avoid my parents and their meaningless bickering. Once I was in the kitchen I noticed that the muffin I had bought yesterday was gone, someone must have eaten it...oh well I guess a muffin isn't the best choice of food for breakfast I decided to just make eggs instead.
While I was cooking I decided to tune in to what my parents were arguing about. "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS KIDS!!!!" my mother yelled and immediately I knew where this was going, they do this a lot these stupid arguments that end up blowing up and then they threaten to get a divorce but they never do. "hun I'll be back at 8!" my step-dad yelled back my real dad is in jail...I don't really like talking about him though. While I was deep in thought I burnt my hand on the pan how? I actually don't know I guess I just wasn't paying attention. I ran the burn under cold water till it was no longer in pain and I finished making my food, I put it on a plate and sat down on the couch...yeah couch. My family did have a kitchen table at one point but every time we used it either my dad mom or sister would fight I just kinda sat there rule number one right? anyway, everyone stopped using it and it got dusty and had random papers scattered across it so my parents just got rid of it so my mom could make room for more plants. "Hello?!" my mom yelled she also did this a lot. "morning Mom," I said and she rolled her eyes. "honestly why dont you ever spend time with me anymore? all you do is stay up in that room and do nothing" Mai continued to complain but the reason I don't like being around her or really anyone in my family is because well we just dont get along.
I finished eating and placed my plate in the sink I then saw the cops as well as an ambulance at the house across the street, I watched as a body was being strapped to a bed. "Rayne!" I heard someone yell, it was my sister. "yeah?" I asked and she roughly pushed me out of the kitchen. "pay attention retard" she slurred I didn't say anything and just walked back up to my room to change. I like to dress normally and overall look as normal as I can, I do this because I don't like attention.
Rayne...that wasn't my real name it was my middle name for some reason my parents have only ever called me and my sister by our middle names rarely ever our firsts. They call us by our middle names so much that even my teacher and best friend call me that, that doesnt really matter though. I grabbed my backpack and went back downstairs my dad was getting ready to leave. "Rayne, give me a hand would ya?" he asked and pointed to his revolver, he loved this thing he always had it with. I walked over to the counter it rested on then hesitated holding a gun always made me feel nervous I don't know why it weirdly made me feel guilty, I guess it was because I know what they could do and I dont think I would ever be able to take somethings life. "Rayne?" my dad said knocking me out of my thoughts. "huh? oh sorry" I handed him the gun. "by the way, your gonna need to walk home today I'm gonna be out on a hunting trip," he said and I nodded, my sister then walked down the stairs and we both left and got into my mom's car on our way to school my sister and mom began to fight like usual, till we finally got to our school. I got out and imminently felt someone hug me.
"hi Mai," I said and she smile at me. "Hi Rayne!" she said and we started walking into schools. Mai was my best friend she was the only person who actually bothered to talk to me and care about me anyway the only reason we became friends was because were both above the grade we are supposed to be in basically we passed a grade plus we went to school together before. "oh, I've been meaning to talk to you about what's been going on recently" Mai said and I looked at her confused. "what do you mean?" I asked. "you're telling me you haven't noticed the amount of cop cars firetrucks and ambulances going around?" she asked. "oh yeah that, what about it?" I asked and she looked at me as if I was crazy. "are you being serious? don't you find it weird?" she asked and I shrugged. "well I mean this morning across the street there was a body being strapped down to an ambulance bed," I said and we both stopped at our lockers. "see dont you find that weird??? my mom was watching the news this morning and there was a police report," she said we then grabbed our stuff from our lockers. "continue," I said as we closed our lockers and walked to our math class. "it was about how this guy at a bar passed out and when he woke up he started attacking people but there was one thing he was doing the most and that was biting people" she continued. "biting people? that guy had to be crazy I mean no normal person would ever do that" We walked into our math class and sat down. "still it's kinda weird dont you think?" she said and I shrugged. "I mean yes but no he was probably just crazy and had a little too much to drink I wouldn't think much of it, it's an interesting story though" I replied. "soooo what are you doing this weekend," she asked and I thought for a moment. "uhh actually I dont know, But I do know that you asked me just so you had a reason to talk about what you're doing," I said and she laughed. "ya got me, I'm going on a trip to meet some distant family I'm gonna be staying on a farm!" she said excitedly. "really? sounds fun" I said then the teacher walked in.
"alright so, most of you failed," the teacher said talking about the math test we had yesterday I felt fear engulf my body. I hated getting tests back, my parents were incredibly strict and if I so much get a B my mom wouldn't be very happy. As I was thinking the teacher started passing the tests back, I sat there patiently waiting till she sat it on my desk and when she did I turned it over and I felt disappointment wash over me. 83% maybe my parents won't mind I mean... it's still an A. "what do you know we got the same score!" Mai said and held up her paper like always we were equal that's what I liked the most about our friendship we were the same well not really but you get it.
"Finally it's over," Mai said. I was about to say something when I was interrupted by the sound of crying, it was a girl in the grade above me and Mai. Mai being the nosy person she was moved closer to the group and just continued walking to my locker, it's not that I didn't care it's just if I were her I wouldn't want all that attention.
after a bit, Mai walked up to me. "okay so I may or may not have asked a few questions and whatnot but guess what? That girl's grandpa had randomly gotten really sick recently and today he died" she explained. "oh...is she okay?" I asked and Mai nodded. we then got our stuff and walked out of the school. "are you walking home today?" Mai asked. "yeah I'm probably gonna stop into town for a bit too I wanna go to the bakery" I replied. "really? but didn't you go yesterday?" she asked. "yeah I did but someone ate the muffin I bought" I explained and she nodded. "I'll see you Monday then, bye Rayne," she said the hugged me. "yeah, be safe on that trip" I replied and she nodded then got into her mom's car and I continued walking.
After one very boring walk I made it to town and the most noticeable thing was how busy the urgent care was normally I dont see many people there but now there were ambulances dropping off people and so on, sure all of this was weird but I decided to ignore it, it was probably gonna just blow over like nothing ever happened.
After a bit more walking I finally made it to the bakery and walked in then walked up to the counter. "two muffins please" I asked. "alright I'll go get that for you" the worker said and walked away to go get the muffins. "everyone out was closing" a woman said. "w-what?" another worker said. "out everyone out" the women said everyone ground in annoyance and left the women the turned the sign from open to closed. that was weird they always close at 7 it's only 5 oh well I guess.
I walked back home and then opened the front door with my key, no one else was home yet well... my sister was but I didn't want to bother her. I walked in then set my math test on the counter for my mom and went up to my room for a nap.
I woke up to my mom yelling, I walked down the stairs and she was looking at my test with a furious look on her face.
"Rayne, care to explain?" my mom asked holding up a test I got a 83% on. "My math test?" I answered and she laid a strong slap across my cheek. "Don't get smart with me!" she said as I felt stinging in my right cheek. "Now, try again. Care. To. Explain?" she asked. "An 83 is still an A" I tried to explain but once again I was met with another strong slap
Don't cry don't cry don't cry
"You grounded," she said then pointed to the stairs, something warm running down my temple. Opening the door to the bathroom only to be disappointed as my eyebrow had a cut and was now bleeding.
"Did you give yourself that cut? Just got some attention" my sister scuffed as I grabbed a washcloth and held it under warm water. "Hello?" she said but once again I gave no reply. "Your pathetic honesty" added then walked to her room. "I know" I mumbled as I put a bandage on the cut.
I was walking to my room when I heard a door open and close followed by something being set down. I made my way downstairs to see my dad who had just gotten back from a hunting trip the thing he sat down on was his rifle and revolver funny thing about that revolver whenever my dad went on a hunting trip he always brough it although it wasn't very special . "Can you BELIEVE this, she practically failed!" my mom yelled holding up my 'failed' test. "Hi Rayne," my father said and got up walking past my mom and over to me. "What happened to your face?" he said referring to my now bruised cheek and cut eyebrow. "I fell," I said already knowing better than to tell the truth. "How bout the test huh? You know I can't let that slide also your mom said you were bad-mouthing her and your sister, you know that's not okay" he said and I just nodded knowing nothing he said was true. "No leaving the house at all and if I even see you look at the tv or play any video games so help me," he said this time more stern.
I didnt hate my family but sometimes it's hard to keep myself from letting out all the stuff I have been forced to keep in.
"ok," I said. "What's the use? She's just gonna have her face shoved in a book" my sister said kicking me in the leg I looked up to see if my father had noticed but he was already gone. "You can't even defend yourself, honestly could you be any more useless" she added but I just once again stayed quiet.
Rule number one: always stay quite
I had 3 rules in place if I broke them, god knows how many marks would be on me if I didn't keep my mouth shut.
No.1: always stay quiet (what's the point of talking when no one is listening to you)
No.2: never cry. ("You so weak all you do is cry")
No.3: take it. ("You deserve this. You deserve to bleed")
I live with these 3 rules also on my mind if I break one...well...I don't know, I guess I never have, but I know I don't want to know what'll happen if I will.
"There were a lot of people out this season," my father said. "Really? I thought that not many people go out over there" my mom asked. "Yeah I did too, and the weirdest thing about it was that they weren't even wearing hunting gear they were dressed in normal clothes, and get this there weren't even any buck" he complained.
People dressed in normal clothes on a hunting trip? Something about that doesn't feel right, as I thought something outside caught my eye. I walked over to the window to see people, groups of them walking all sluggish almost tripping over their own feet, some of them...were covered with
Others had very severe injuries, like missing arm, you could s-
I felt something rise in my throat looking at one of the people, a little girl with a large intestine spilling out of her I covered my mouth with my hand and ran upstairs getting the attention of my family.
The image crossed my mind once again this time I wasn't able to keep in what I was trying to avoid I ran into the bathroom bumping into the door frame and released my hand from my mouth my stomach unable to take anymore. "Rayne? Are you alright?" my dad asked rubbing my back. "She's just doing it for attention, stop being so dramatic" my sister scoffed but the only thing I could focus on was the...I don't even know what it was. "Rayne what's wrong?" my father asked.
"Outside...look, outside," I said in between huffs and coughs, my father then got up
It was too long before I heard the front door open, then slam shut. I stood up and slowly walked down, to see my father's eyes wide his hands gripping his hair while my mom began to cry she then grabbed her phone
We all sat there is silence
"Holly shit, We have to go, there has to be somewhere safe" my dad added. "Jade! Get down here!" my dad yelled and my sister walked over tears streaming down her face as she shook in fear, and if I'm being honest as much as I hate to admit it we all were even me...
"Me and your mother are going to gather food and weapons, you two go pack clothes, not a lot just enough to travel as well as other things you might need," dad said and I nodded and ran upstairs to my room.
2 outfits should be fine including the one I'm wearing
Fit 1 (currently wearing): red hoodie with a white t-shirt under and blue jeans (dw the fits get better)
Fit 2. A yellow striped shit and white t-shirt with leggings (most of these are based on Clementine)
Fit 3. A purple T-shirt with blue jeans
I then went into the bathroom to get basic hygiene products (toothbrush, deodorant, etc) "Get boots too!!" my dad said and I went into my room and dug through my closet trying to find the one pair of boots I had.
They were an old pair of docs that used to be my sister's but they dont fit her anymore. I then looked at my desk to see a photo of my best friends and tears streamed down my cheeks,
The one person who cared, the one person I trusted please for the love be okay.
"RAYNE GET DOWN HERE!!!" my dad yelled and I took the photo and put it in my pocket.
When I walked downstairs I saw everyone with bags in their hands my dad set him down and I walked by Jade my father then kneeled and held up two pocket knives I put my hand out but hesitated while my sister just turned away and shook her head. "Please guys, I need to know that you'll be able to protect yourself if need be," he said and I nodded taking the black and silver knife and flicking it open, nothing too special. "Fine," my sister said then took it. "Alright I and your mama have guns but we won't be able to protect you all the time," he said I agreed but my sister wasn't having it. "No! You have to protect us YOU HAVE TO" she said and my father slapped her and she screamed and cried the....um....things?... Walkers ya
Started walking towards our house probably from hearing Jade cry
"Shit Jade stop screaming!" my dad said and covered her mouth only to revile the sound of walkers banging on the door. "Dammit Jade," my dad said. "We have to go through the back," he said and let go of my sister tears still streaming down her face we grabbed all of our stuff and my dad held tightly onto his rifle