Daisy's+Future+Earth+Story

//Prologue// In the year 2029, chaos broke loose in every place and part of the world. The people that did survive created camps, where people lived in tents, and food and water were rationed. Illness also spread like a wildfire, and flourished throughout the camps often. It was now a year since the chaos happened, 2030. The cities are still a mess, buildings toppled over, homes wrecked, etc. People still live in these small camps, dropping like flies from sickness, and lack of food and water. Some even took their own lives.

How did the chaos start, you ask? It all started in 2015, when the government decided that the world needed more order. It started out with chipping (inserting a tracker underneath the skin) criminals, and then escalated to any newborn, because newborns were the new generation, and everyone was going to be chipped by the time they died. Soon they began to monitor what people ate, wore, and even their love life, though they tended not to be too hard with that. At least they still believed in love. The government enforced all of this because they wished for an end to all the killing, and wars, and they wanted a world where everyone was equal, or at least that’s what they had told everyone.

A few people did not agree with this, and soon, the rebels were created. They began to protest, small at first, but it grew into terrifying things. The cause was the freedom of having your own choice. They even burned down a few official buildings, and removed their own chips. The chaos all ended with a few giant natural disasters, to top it all of. There were volcanos, earthquakes, tidal waves. It was horrible, ruining the cities that still remained. That brings us back to the year 2029, when the rebels tried to make a government system of their own, something that involved freedom, and the choice to do what you wish with your life. This dream was quickly put to an end when a few intimidating men who were actually in the rebels decided they wanted to rule. They started out their plan for power when they killed the two leaders of the rebels. These men were now called the “jackets” because they wore studded leather jackets. They got anything they wished, even medicine, even though they lived in a safe house, not in a field, or in a tent where sickness spread so quickly. They were quickly on their way to their final goal, still, they had a few places to gain control of but they were so close.

//Chapter One, The Dream// The Jackets were there, next to mother and father. Our house was burning, the smoke slowly engulfing my lungs, and I began to cough. The edge of my vision began to darken when I felt two gentle hands brace my shoulders. Mom. There was shouting, but because I was beginning to lose consciousness fast, I couldn’t focus on what they were saying. My mother looked me in the eye and said, “Your father and I love you very much, don’t ever forget. And if you forget what we look or sound like, remember our love.” I replied a mumbled, “I love you too,” before I heard two loud bangs and screams. Then mother and father were gone. Right before I passed out a few panicked thoughts raced through my head. Nolan is our friend! why would he kill them! He wanted what all the rebels wanted! My parents even put him second in charge he... Then darkness, filled every part of me. //Chapter Two, The Plan//

I shot up out of my sleeping bag, panting. I had the dream again, I thought to myself, panicked. I had to remind myself what year it was. 2030. My parents died in 2017 when I was four. Now I’m seventeen. After repeating that, my mind seemed to relax, reoriented. I got out of the tent, stretching. The air was thick with fog, a slight breeze of cool air hitting my face. It looked to be around 9 AM. If you looked beyond the hills, you could see the once so tall skyline of another ruined city. I snorted, in a cruel sort of way. Who even knew what city it was? All cities looked like that. Over at the main tent, I saw Ren poke his head out, looking my way. He waved to me, motioning for me to join him. I half walked, half jogged to him. Ren smiled and said “Alex, your food and water are waiting inside.” He looked worried, as he always did. He had raised me since my parents died, and was in fact their best friend.

“Yeah, yeah.” I waved him off playfully, and walked in. I ate the small portion of food that was rationed. They’re getting smaller and smaller, I think to myself. After I finished, I looked around, realizing I hadn’t seen her. “Where’s Leah?” I asked, wanting to tell her that I had my dream again, though, knowing Leah, she probably knew. She knows me so well.

“She’s outside,” Ren said, smiling, and said goodbye. Leah was Ren’s daughter, but also my best friend ever since birth. As I approached her, I found that she had two packed bags. A smile spread across her lips, and her piercing green eyes looked out at me, her face framed by her choppy black hair.

“What are you doing?” I realized then that one of those bags was mine. “Hey, that’s my stuff! You know you aren’t supposed to go through it.” I trusted Leah with my life, but I wouldn’t let anyone touch my stuff. It had pictures from my parents, letters, memories.

“Oh chill out, its not like im some random person.” She teased.

I rolled my eyes and then asked “So why are we all packed?”

She groaned. “Alex, you obviously had the dream again, we all heard you twisting and turning, screaming, even!” I felt my cheeks grow hot with blush. “And you said yourself, if you had that dream one more time, you’d set out to find Nolan and the other Jackets, and set this place right!”

Oh yeah. I had said that. “Leah, I didn’t mean for you...” She interrupted me, the similar flare showing up in her eyes, as it always did when she got worked up.

“I don’t care, I’m coming with. I’m not letting anything happen to you.

I sighed, knowing there’d be no way to win this fight. “Fine. Come along at your own risk.” She smiled, and hugged me, her head only reaching my chest. She was a short little thing. Then again, I’m quite tall.

“Now,” she said, pausing before she continued, “we can’t leave now, it’s too light.” I nodded, seeing the dilemma. “That’s why I already thought of a plan!” She sounded so excited. Anyone would be if it meant leaving this camp, even if it meant certain death.

“So, what’s this plan?” I say, smiling.

“Well, we’ll sneak out tonight. I’ve packed supplies, father even took a few extra meals, and gave them to me. We’ll be set for a few days, but not long in the scheme of things.” She was talking so fast, so confident, so smart. “So, how does it sound?” I thought for a moment. It sounded good except...

“Well, we don’t know where Nolan and the guys are, and it’d be better just to get to him, rather then wasting supplies, moseying around.” She bit her lip thinking, as she always did.

“We’ll find him. I’m not sure how, but hey, you’re Alex Miller! They’re looking for you, right? So...” She stopped, gasping. My mind was.

“They’re looking for me?!” I felt my energy begin to grow. “For how long?!” I knew this wasn’t right, she’s getting me out of here, I knew that even despite what I had said, she wouldn’t have let me go through with the plan without there being an actual reason. I was so stupid, I should have known. Leah never would have let me do something so reckless without there being something really wrong. I’m so stupid! Ren would not steal meals for something like this.

“Since ... yesterday. There was a message sent out, that they were looking for you. And if anyone saw, to alert them.” She frowned, afraid of what I might do.

“Okay, then were leaving when night falls, and since they’re looking for me, they should just fall into our path.”

She nodded. “Okay.” As we made the plans, I couldn’t help but smile, I was finally going to get to kill those bastards, and avenge my parents. Leah and I were going to change the world for the better. Darkness finally rolled in and we were off. Return to middle school homepage