Sacred Ice Dragon's Roar!

It Begins

Here the adventure begins!

I'm at my friend Gail's slumber party (Although we didn't get any sleep...). We're doing each other's makeup and throwing pillows at each other (Typical girl things). I, myself, am busy listening to music to notice any sounds from outside. It's blaring in my ears, but after listening to the same song multiple times, I get bored, and pull them off. Gail, Claire, Maya, Ellie, and Thalia are straining their heads outside. That's when I hear it. Shuffling sounds, quiet moans and groans. I would've thought this was a bad dream had I not pinched myself.

"Guys... Please tell me my parents are just watching the walking dead..." Gail whispers, eyes wide in fright.

"Hey, calm down! It could just be your brothers pranking us. We have no reason to-" Claire is cut off when a loud noise comes from the door.

It grows louder and louder, a knock on the door becomes a pound, and soon I see it.

A shuffler. It's been decaying for a few days, no, maybe even hours. Its eyes are blank, it's face growing to be a sickly green. From the looks of it, it used to be a woman. Looks to be.

"Not anymore," I think to myself.

Without a moment's hesitation, we run upstairs and load ourselves with knives (And little plastic light sabers). None of us had any idea whatsoever was happening, but we sure wouldn't be defenseless against whatever this was. I could hear Ellie's sobs, and Gail's frantic panting.

"We need to get out of here!" I cry, loud enough that Zachary(Gail's brother) and her parents could hear. I mean, the zombies already KNOW we're here, so there's no point in hiding it. "We need to break through a window. They're all crowding at the doors, so it's the only way!"

"But... Brook.. We can't do this. We're all like 13 years old! Today was my birthday party, and it was... ruined... by these stupid shufflers!" Gail sobs, tears running down her face. Gail, is a hardcore Fairy Tail fan, like me, and is currently wearing the Team Natsu shirt from Hot Topic. She's tall, with chestnut brown hair and brown eyes.

"I can't believe this. I need to go home. I need to see my family!" Claire sobs, face turning bright pink. Claire, along with me and Gail, loved Fairy tail. She introduced it to me, and I in turn introduced it to Gail. She stopped watching, but once Gail and I got into it again, so did she. Claire's blonde, like me, with her hair down to her shoulders. She's tall, kind of goofy, definitely stubborn, but a really fun person to be around.

I envy both of them. Sometimes i get a little ahead of myself, and I seem a little conceited. Its a joking arrogance, but sometimes it really seems like I'm vain. I stand for justice, honestly. If somebody takes the credit for something I did, they better know that I have no intentions of letting it stay that way. I like people to know who did what. Also... I have... leadership "issues", or so I've been told. So, if I want something done a certain way, I feel the need to do so myself. Its easier, to do it that way, because then nobody else can screw it up. Right?

"Hey, Brook, snap out of it! Here we are, in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and you're just staring into blank space? Come on! Pull yourself together!" Thalia yells, seeming to be extremely upset with our... situation.

"I got it! The garage is still shut... so we could all get into the car and drive somewhere far away from here." Maya cries, pulling out her cell phone to let her mom know to meet her somewhere else.

"No. No, Maya. I need to go to my house. If anything, I need to see my parents and drive somewhere with THEM! Really. We need to do this." I yell. "We're in the zombie apocalypse, and you think I'm going to let my family get infected? To lose my brother and parents? And Dakota? No way. I'm going to my house. I can run all the way there. You guys go ahead. I'm not low enough to leave my family. I can't do it. Besides, I need to get something... important. Something that can make sure I'm safe. Claire, Gail, you know what I'm talking about."

Claire and Gail's eyes widen. They know what I'm talking about. I told them the day after I received the email. The magic circle, of course. I have no doubt they'll want to come with me. After they see their families, of course. I won't be a hypocrite. No way.

"Gail, Claire, are you going to come with me...?"

Gail looks hesitant, seemingly torn between going to her dream world and staying with her family. Chances are, our families won't survive as long as we're away. No. Push those thoughts away, Brook. Otherwise you'll go bad.. And we really can't have that now. "I'll go. But I need to say... goodbye.. first..." Gail cries, quietly, and walks over to her parents and brother. "Bye, guys... I promise I'll see you soon. I promise." And pulls them close.

Claire, though, shows no sign of hesitation. All sadness about her family just disappeared. "Oh heck ya! I do want to say goodbye to my family, but... Well, its a dream come true! We'll go to Earthland, and come back when the apocalypse is over! We can bring our families too, right?"

"Claire... Since it has a one day cool down, it will have to be one family at a time. And I hate to say it, but since it's my magic circle, I... I would want my family going first. After us 3. I know it's selfish... but... the magic circle is small. Barely enough to fit the three of us standing up." I say quietly. I know it's selfish, but...

"No. I understand. Lets just go."

10 minutes later, after stocking up food, water, and extra equipment...

"So I guess this is goodbye. For now. Yeah, it's just temporary." Gail says, holding back tears. We all are, actually. We know that this could be the last time we ever see each other, but at least we won't have the guilt of knowing it was our fault. Yeah.

"No, Gail, I hate to be so negative, but... We may not ever come back here alive. The infection spreads quickly. There's no avoiding it," Thalia smiles. "But I promise you, if we are all still standing one day, we can come together and finish our slumber party. Even if we're old and wrinkled."

On that note, we all hug and cry. I think it's safe to say this party is the worst one ever.

I bet you weren't expecting that, huh? It really is a strange storyline, but it made sense in my head... So therefore it makes sense in reality! Okay, maybe not. Please review and give me advice! I'd love to hear it!