Only Survivor

Chapter 1

Waking up scared out of your mind isn't really a good way to start your morning, but after awhile you get used to it. I've been having night terrors ever since my family died in a ball of flame and shrapnel. I have no living relatives and I'm a 14 year old girl living by herself. Well not completely by myself. I have my friend, not pet, wolf named Silvermist, Sil for sort.

Wiping off the sweat on my forehead with my blanket I took in a deep breath and started to close my eyes until I remembered what day it was, Tuesday. Looking at the alarm clock and read it, 4:34, I slowly got up and out of bed being careful to not disturb Silvermist who was on the end of my bed, sleeping soundly.

I stretched and grabbed some clothes off the top of my dresser, because being the lazy person I am I never put my clothes in the drawers. I'm lucky enough to remember to do my laundry let alone fold it. As I walked into my bathroom I glanced over at Silvermist who was still sleeping soundly. Walking fully into my bathroom I took a quick shower and got dressed. As I was brushing out my wet hair I looked at myself in the mirror. 

I had brown straight hair going down half of my back with teal  highlights scattered in my side swept bangs. My blue-gray eyes looked bright next to my pale skin. I looked down to my right shoulder and lifted up my t-shirts sleeve that hid the flame looking burn that reminded me of exactly how my Mom, Dad, and brother died.

My grandparents weren't with us at that the moment of the explosion, although after it I had to live with them. But that didn't last very long because they died 3 years into me staying with them. The day of their death was exactly 4 days ago and today will hopefully be my first day back at school. The reason for the hopefully is because everyone will most likely force me to stay home another day, but I don't want to stay home any longer.

To be truthful I don't like being alone all day, even though Silvermist is here, she's rarely home. Sil likes to wonder around the small town we live in, and I have a collar on her so people know that she's not a stray. Her collar is black with neon blue weavings in it. (In this world no one worry's about a wolf roaming around.)

I decided to prepare myself for the scolding I'll get about me going to school along with an even bigger scolding from Katherine and Noah, my two best friends. When I think about them two I always try to think of ways to get them alone together without any video games or electronics around. The reason behind this is because they both told me that they think they like each other, and no one has made the first move yet so I thought I might step in and help a little, not that any of my attempts have worked in any way shape or form.

I put the brush down and slowly walked out of my bathroom deciding to let my hair air dry. Silvermist was no longer on my bed, so she must have already gone into the kitchen waiting patiently for me to feed her breakfast. I glanced at the clock and saw that it was 5:15, I still had a good long while till I had to leave for school.

Walking into the living room I grabbed one of the books that I was reading from the shelf of my own personal library and continued my walk and went into the kitchen and my prediction about Sil was correct.

She was sitting down by her bowl, gray-black-white tail silently sweeping the floor beside her. I set my book down on the kitchen counter and went to the  bottom cabinets. Crouching down I opened the cabinet and pulled out the dog food. Turning to fill the bowl I saw Silvermist wagging her tail enthusiastically. With a smile I fed her breakfast and got me a bowl of my favorite cereal. CAPTIAN CRUNCH!

As I leaned against the counter becoming a cereal killer I thought about how much homework I would have, and how long it would take me to get caught up. Knowing me probably not that long. I'm not super smart, but I still get straight A's. Plus I have only missed 2 days of school out of the whole school year so far, Friday and Monday.