Glass Shadow

Chapter 3; The End

The days passed and the girl started noticing things changing everyday ever since she got to that town. The girl stopped feeling hunger, no need for eating, it's been days since she ate the last time.. She still fed the dog with what she had. The buildings started to change too, some places didn't have windows and doors, not even roof, just bare buildings, but that was rare. She started noticing the shadow more often, but she didn't feel fear anymore, or discomfort, nothing really. She would see the shadow and just stare at it for a while, everyday, that time was starting to feel longer and longer for her. She started to see the world... different... the grass is more green than it used to be, the weather was always the same, cloudy, and there is no day or night... just the sun through the clouds, a light grey sky. It's like the time has stopped, the girl didn't have much stuff to do anymore, everything got boring fast, she decided to find a van somewhere, she could have like a house there, and explore the world a bit, since she doesn't need money anymore, besides, she never been to places like beaches and mountains, her family didn't have much money when they were alive. She dreamed of going to such places, maybe that would make her feel better. She found a van, it was infact already all set up for a van life, weird, maybe she just had luck. She got the dog food ready, she decided to not bring much human food since she stopped eating. After getting clothes ready and all the blankets and other stuff, such as weapons, she got the dog and went to see the world and live her dream with her dog Rocky.

After a bit, she lost the count of time, there was no need for it, it was always day, if the time really stopped, the other side of the earth is just night, "that's cool" though the girl. All the possibilities made her happy, she got few gallons if gas for the van and then she continued driving, she hoped for this to make her a bit happier, at least a bit. She kept driving and driving, she didn't even have a plan where to go, she just kept driving and driving, it was really interesting to explore everything like this.

She explored the world a lot, had fun exploring, every 'day' was completely different for her, new stuff to see and learn. She never expected what she will find, she stopped at almost every smaller shop that has old and weird things, she though it's interesting to explore those. She found an interesting envelope, she took it and opened it, she couldn't read what it was written since it wasn't on english language, but she kept it anyways, she also found a necklace that had a small glass filled with some blue liquid in it, so she kept it too, it looked interesting.

She didn't think of the necklace for a while, time has been passing by, nothing ever happened. she traveled around the world, there was nobody, not even zombies, the girl still missed all her family and friends though. She tried to not think of it much. Trying to ignore the fact everyone is dead, she tried keeping herself busy, playing with Rocky, exploring, reading, anything at all, she tried to dye her hair, pierce her ears, try new things, anything at all.

The girl grew up, she is 27 years old now, her dog passed away of old age, he was 13, the girl made a small grave for the dog right there where it passed away, she kept the dogs collar with her as a memory.

It's been only few weeks since the dog passed away, and the girl was slowly going insane from loneliness, nobody to talk to, just her and that shadow... The girl would talk to it, even though in complete quietness, she would still hear it, "it's just my imagination, it's not real, it's not real!" The girl told her self from time to time, "i should wake up soon, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up..." She kept repeating. Everything seemed different from what it used to be, and the wound she got from a zombie, it expanded, small green dots around it. That wasn't good, she knew that, but at this moment dying was the only thing saving her from going insane, although she is not brave enough to kill herself, she never was. She grew up, but she was still a little scared kid...

She got into her van and started driving back to her old house, the house she grew up at, the road trip to there was boring, nothing new to see, the girl just kept driving and driving... A lot of thoughts went through her head while driving. What she wanted to know the most is why is this happening... As she though she did not look at the road, knowing that it's empty, there was no reason to look at it. She did took a look at the road, and saw a black figure, she knew she can't hurt it, it's not real, but her reflexes were faster than mind. She drove off the road, it was not a fun experience rolling over in a van.

The girl woke up injured, but not dead, she got up, her arm was all swollen and bloody, the blood looked different though, she didn't know what was different, but it was. She got up and took the first aid kit from the torn van and bandaged her hand, it did hurt, but not that much for her to cry. She sucks it up and gets up, she needed to find any close by car, she did not feel safe around here. She climbed back up the hill where the road is and followed the road, she didn't know where exectly is she going without a map but she found a city soon, there wasn't much in the town, just few houses and a school. She got into the school and looked around for a restroom to clean herself up a bit. She found the restroom that looked kinda odd, she got in anyways and started cleaning the blood off herself. She looked up to the mirror and saw the shadow from up close. She quicky started feeling a unsettling feeling, she backed up slowly, the shadow kept looking at her the whole time. She left the restroom and walked quickly to the entrance, she needed to get out of there, the whole school was off. Then she suddenly stopped..

"Hello there.." said someone

The girl was terrified, she slowly turned around, there was nobody

"Whos there!?" The asked asked with fear in her voice

"Look at the glass my child"

She looked at the window that looked untouched, there wasn't even a bit of dust, there was something in it though, but she couldn't see anything from far away. She got closer to it and gently touched the window. Suddenly someone pushed her out of the window, she feel down on some rocks breaking her spine and opening her left side of head.

"Goodnight Lilith.." the girl heard a gentle voice before closing her eyes and dying.

The blue liquid from her necklace ran down her neck getting into her wounds and infecting her. A week later, the girl Lilith woke up as a zombie ready to kill just like every other zombie does..