Shattered

-One-

I slowly open my eyes. The sun is slanting across the room, and the house is quiet. I roll over and groan. My sister will wake up soon, wanting breakfast.

I roll out of bed and my feet hit the floor with a thud. My sister stirs from her bed on the other side of the room. The whirring of gears softly moves though the house as ERAA enters the kitchen. ERAA is our Electric Robotic Assisting Apparatus, in other words our housemaid.

"Hello, Jamie. Good morning. How did you sleep?" Chirps her programmed greeting.

"Okay, I guess" comes my usual reply. We have this conversation every morning.

My sister silently pads out of our room, squinting in the bright morning sunlight.

"Hello, Quinn. Good morning. How did you sleep?" ERAA voices for the second time today. Quinn doesn't reply.

ERAA silently sets two plates of eggs in front of us, along with two glasses of milk. Quinn begins to eat quickly, but I only push the food around my plate. ERAA cocks her head and beeps a few times.

"I have received a message that there is going to be a town meeting today. It will start at precisely noon. Seeing as it is currently 8:37, we will need to leave in two hours and 23 minutes if we are to arrive on time."

"A town meeting? They never call us together, why is today and different?" Quinn wonders aloud.

"Well," ERAA begins, "The message states that we are being called together due to the fact that there has been an infection.

A/N:

Hiiiii! Thank you for reading this, it is my first story, so I am really nervous. I would love some constructive criticism, or just random suggestions. This chapter was a little slow, but it will get better.

Thanks, BYE!! ;P