KATE
The sound of the door slamming against the wall, was the first indication that someone had entered her room before the bedsheets were rudely yanked from her person. "Get up Kate or you'll be late for school." said the bold intruder. Hazel eyes clashed with ice blue, "Oh come on! Can't I skip today?" she begged while dragging her dark brown hair from her light blue eyes. Stephanie Briggs, her adoptive mother gave her a hard stare. She gave a loud groan as she got out of bed to get ready, while Stephanie left the room.
Kate Morris is a "New Gen". A human whose very genes had mutated on a cellular level after a number of asteroids hit the planet, killing millions. As if that wasn't enough it damaged the ozone layer, causing the radiation (no one could tell for certain if it was from the asteroids or the damaged ozone) mutating anything and everything that survived. This happened fourteen years ago, Kate was two at the time of that event and by some miracle she had survived. Unfortunately her parents weren't so lucky. She was found in the blazing ruins of her town, badly hurt and burning up with fever almost one week after.
In the following months while the traumatized toddler healed and the nations rebuild, the world begun to realize the disaster did not just end the lives of many innocents but forever alter those that remained. They began finding people with unexplainable powers, plants that were once edible were now toxic or they discovered species of plants that were never seen before. But the most drastic mutations were the animals. In fear, the affected countries were forcibly quarantined and to this day no one is allowed to leave these areas. But even so life goes on, they adapted as their forefathers had in order to live.
Dressed, Kate ran to the kitchen, grabbed the lunch Stephanie had packed, kissed her on the cheek and ran back out and through the front door. Grabbing her bicycle she heads to school, greeting her neighbors as she went.
Hi everyone, this is my first chapter in my first book here on WP, I would appreciate any feedback you can give me. Sorry I took so long to upload this, writing is a whole lot harder than I thought. I have new respect for writers everywhere. But I have to ask is the story flowing well?
