Falling Skies

{This is a revised and continued version of this story, which was previously posted on my old profile, MargaritaMouse.}

Living in the days of a national catastrophe was nothing but ordinary for Dante, until both his parents' lives were taken at the young age of six. Now, as a young adult, both nightmares and reality eventually lead Dante back to his hometown, where he finds old secrets shown in a new light.
Will he find the cause of these apocalyptic events?
Or will the population of survivors keep dropping 'til there's nothing left?