Hey bros and bras! My name...is VioletDemon! As you noticed, I deleted the old version of my Highschool of the Dead story and posted this one. You may be asking 'Why would you do something like that?!' To answer your question, it was because I didn't feel that the story was going at a nice pace. I think that this version will better than the original. So without further ado, I will present to you the first episode of As the World Dies: An OC Story.

The night before everything came to an end, I dreamed about my dead family.

I sat at the end of the table in the middle of an empty field, a Ferris wheel seen in the distance. My mother, my father, my older brother William, and my younger sister, Taylor all sat on both sides of the table. In front of me was a large, strawberry frosting with strawberries (duh what else?) on top, vanilla cake. The very sight of it made my mouth water.

"Don't eat too much Jazz," Daddy reminded. "You'll get fat."

"Don't worry, I'll exercise!" I responded, giving a reassuring smile.

They all laughed and Taylor slid a small black box across the table. "Happy birthday Sis…"

I smiled and opened the container. I gasped as tears appeared in the corner of my eyes. It was a golden locket, a picture of me, Taylor, and William in it.

I wiped the tears away and rushed over to Taylor as I gave her a squeeze. "Thank you so much! I love you!"

She flashed her beautiful smile, showing her pearly whites, and stared at me with big, hopeful hazel eyes. "Can we go on the Ferris wheel now?"

I grinned and nodded, grabbing her hand. "Yeah sure! I don't see why not?"

"Hey wait for me!" William shouted as we sprinted off.

Our hands intertwined, my siblings and I rushed to the gigantic Ferris wheel. I couldn't help but wish that this moment would never ever end.

I opened my eyes. I used my hand to keep the sun from blinding me as I pushed myself up from my queen sized bed. I blankly stared at whatever was in front of me, threw the purple blanket off of me and jumped, my toes feeling the cool white carpet. I looked around the room.

The walls were painted a shade of violet, red flames scattered on top of the ceiling. Posters of my favorite bands occupied the rest of the walls: Evanescence, Black Veil Brides, Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Escape the Fate, and Skillet. I walked over to the dresser; a large mirror was attached to it as I stared at my reflection.

I first looked at my eyes. They were the darkest shade of violet, a birth defect that happened six months after I was born. I had acquired my mother's medium brown skin and slim and curvy body. I had shoulder length sandy brown hair, which was naturally curly, the only trait that I got from my dad. Being the person that I was, I decided to dye some of it red, but only the ends though.

There was rapid knocking at my door. "Jasmine! Are you awake?"

I rolled my eyes and shouted back to my older brother. "Yes William!"

"Well hurry up and get dressed!" he shouted. "The bus comes in about twenty minutes!"

By the sound of his footsteps, I assumed that he walked away. I shrugged and grabbed my prescribed nerd glasses, pushing it up to the bridge of my nose. I then went through my drawers in search of a nice outfit. 'What to wear, what to wear…'

Five minutes later, I came rushing out of my bedroom and entered the small apartment kitchen. I decided on a light long sleeved violet shirt, black short shorts, and black and white Converse. My black and purple messenger bag was slung over my right shoulder as I put my English book inside. I took a seat at the wooden table in the center of the kitchen and looked up.

William stood in front of the stove, making breakfast. He was a handsome older brother, what with his mocha brown eyes, his close shave black hair, and his athletic 6'7 build. He grabbed a plate and put it in front of me. I looked down; scrambled eggs, a stack of blueberry pancakes, and two pieces of bacon. I smiled and stabbed the pancake with my fork.

William smiled and took a seat next to me. I felt uncomfortable and scooted over a little bit, enough to be a few inches away from him. He noticed this, but decided not to act upon it. "So Jasmine had a good night sleep?"

I nodded and continued eating. It was an awkward silence until William decided to make conversation again. "…It's that time again…"

I paused, my fork halfway to my mouth. Everything around me seemed to fade away, leaving my surroundings black. I could still hear William's voice though. "Tell Olivia that you and I are going to the graveyard after school alright? No track practice today…"

I nodded and pushed my seat back, standing up. "I'm not hungry anymore…"

I walked to the door and William tried to stop me. "Jasmine, I'm sorry, but it's been over a year. You knew that this day would come eventually…"

I opened the door and slammed it behind me, not responding to my brother's tone. 'My morning was horrible enough. Thanks big bro for making it even worse…'

"I want to breathe once more

With no more pain to endure

Living in the darkness I'll never get higher

Just like a drowning, powerless Diver

I know that when I find a way to breathe

Happiness will finally replace the despair in my cold heart and then

I'll never drown again"

I let my electric guitar play that last chord and stared off into space. It was around lunch time, but once again I wasn't hungry, so I came to next place that keeps my mind off of things.

The music room.

The one true place that kept me from balling my eyes out every time something horrible happened to me.

I put the instrument on my side and drank from my pink lemonade Powerade. I then looked at my watch. 'Lunch is almost about to be over. Shit...I don't want to go to sixth period.'

"Hey you there!"

'What the hell?' I thought, almost choking on my drink. I set my drink down, motioned over to the open window and looked down.

*Down Below*

"You there! You're on private school grounds! Do you have any business here?"

The stranger ignored the school guard, Officer Charles, and stumbled forward. The officer grew suspicious and took a closer look at the man. The man had grayish blue skin and pupil less yellow eyes. The most disturbing thing about him was the fact that flesh was loosely hanging from his cheek.

Charles reached for his baton. The guy then fell and the officer rushed forward. "Sir are you alright? Should I take you to a hospital? Sir?"

The man placed a hand on Charles's shoulder and pulled himself up. Then, the sickish man opened his mouth and bit into his neck. Charles screamed in pain as the monster continued to tear a chunk of his flesh and meat. The officer soon went limp as the twisted cannibalistic man kept on feeding.

*Back Up*

I stood there, my entire body frozen. 'What the hell? Did that really just happen?'

I was brought out of my thoughts as the intercom came on. Principal Stabler's shaky voice echoed through the microphone. "Attention all students and facility members; this is an emergency evacuation! I repeat this is an emergency evacuation! Everyone please remain calm and evacuate the building! All students must follow their teachers in an orderly fashion and reach for the exits. I repeat all students-"

He stopped. Then, he came back on, but with more fear in his voice. "What? How did you get in here? No wait! Don't come any closer! Stop! Help me! Help! HELP! AAAAHHHHH!"

Everything went quiet and not a single being in the school moved. My mind went into haywire as I just heard Principal Stabler's death. Then, I heard people's feet shuffling and their panicky screams echoing through the hallways. I rushed forward and picked up the electric guitar. 'Fucking shit! I have to find Olivia!'

AAAAANNNNDDD SCENE! That's the end of Episode 1 for As the World Dies: An OC Story. I hoped you guys enjoyed this more than the original and will review/favorite/follow if you liked this. Also, for the record, the song that Jasmine was singing was the eighth opening of Naruto Shippuden, called 'Diver.' So until next time, I will SEE YOU...in the next chapter. Ja ne~