Luna

-follow the moon-

- Carl's pov -

        I walked beside my father as
he slowed to a stop. The Georgia sun
       was beating down on us as
sweat dropped down our faces. My
   bones ached at every movement
I made, and hunger began to claw at
   my stomach. I looked up into his
blue orbs, the ones so much like mine.
    I was so proud of him. He was so
strong, and I wanted to learn how to
    have so much responsibility yet
still be so kind and wise. My father
     was many things. But one thing
I found he was more often then not
       was confusing. But in my
confusion I realized that it always made
        sense over time. and this time
was no different. For his confusion
        proved to be pure wisdom
once again. 
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The dead clawed through the forest,
      trying to sink their rotting
teeth into the dry flesh of my father and
      I. "Carl, I need you to run! You
Need to run fast and far!" I began to
      shake. "What about you? I can't!"
"Just follow the moon Carl! Follow the moon and you will find me!"
I stood frozen for a few seconds before
        running into the woods, alone.
My fathers words to me haunted me as
        I ran deeper into the forest.
"Just follow the moon Carl! Follow the moon and you will find me!"
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Two days. It has been two days. Two
         days of me aimlessly walking
around the depths of the Georgia
         forest. I began to come to a
clearing, and a small cabin appeared.
          seeming to be empty,
I entered the abandoned cabin,
           cringing when the frame
of the wooden door began to creek.
            As I crept down the hall,
knife ready, my eyes meet the green
            ones of another. I drew my
knife and pressed it against the neck of
             the stranger. She was a
girl, looking about my age. She had
             dirty blonde hair and
the most emerald eyes I had ever seen.
             They bore right into
mine, searching them carefully. She
             finally spoke. "So are
you going to kill me?" She asked.
I slowly lowered my knife before turning into the hallway. "My name
is Luna, by the way. Thanks for
asking." I paused, slightly phased.
"Like the moon?" I turned to meet
her eyes. "Yea....exactly like the moon."
"Follow the moon Carl."
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