Some may say that your sixteenth birthday is something to look forward to. I'm my world, it's something we dread.
Years ago, humanlike figured stormed the Earth, destroying everything in sight. They took all of the adults sixteen and over. This was when I was twelve. All the kids in the world had been devastated. It took a year to rebuild most things and to pull it together. But they kept coming. Every year on December 30th, they'd gather up all of the sixteen year olds and take them away. We have lost many people. Although we have suffered great losses, we have formed a successful community. During the attacks, Asia, Africa, and the Arctics have disappeared. Most of our population lives on what used to be called the U.S. My name is Skylar Gray and I am fifteen years old. They are coming for me soon. I turn 16 on December 29th.
