ILLUSIONS a GONE fanfiction
Chapter one: This is the FAYZ
Paige Madison looked out of her bedroom window. Well, it wasn't her bedroom- it was Sinder's. A nice girl from school she had been hanging out with recently. She had even been kind enough to let Paige and her little 5 year old sister Sadie stay in her home, while nobody else would even consider it.
Anyways, she was staying there because she hadn't wanted to go into an empty house filled with a thousand memories of her loving, caring family. She wouldn't even let Sadie go back. She wouldn't do that to her. Couldn't. Paige couldn't see her baby sister's face in anymore shock and horror. She couldn't even cry anymore about the fact that her parents were gone, for god-knows-how-long. She just couldn't worry Sadie anymore.
One day, everyone over the age of 14 just disappeared, and there had been this giant barrier around all of Perdido Beach and Coates Academy. The internet, television, and phones were out of service everywhere in this big bubble they called the FAYZ. Which stood for Fallout Alley Youth Zone. There was no way to call for help.
At first, Paige and a lot of other kids had thought it would be an okay thing, but soon after the feeling, they felt lonely, worried, and scared. What would happen if the adults didn't come back soon enough? What happens when they run out of supplies? Especially food. What would they do then? People would soon start to starve and stink. Little kids wouldn't take showers or baths regularly anymore. They wouldn't know how to take care of themselves, or survive.
That's why Paige was glad Caine Sorren from Coates Academy- a school for rich "troubled" kids (mostly bullies in that case)- had taken over yesterday. Perdido Beach would need order, and control still. Not many people would step forward to take that roll as a leader. But Caine did. But she wasn't too thrilled with the whole "bullies" from the Coates school helping him with the order. They would just be all nasty and might not even care what Caine said. They would hurt the kids. Not that Paige would really care about stupid little brats getting beaten half to death, but she actually did care about herself and Sadie. Considering Sadie was the only one that she loved that was still here. She would protect her, and fight for her. Paige would do just about anything for her.
Anyways, another thing that she didn't like that was beyond the phrase "bully" was Drake Merwin. Rumor was that he was a nasty sadistic kid who absolutely loved to hurt people. Some girls (like Sinder) thought his looks were attractive, but Paige hadn't met him yet, so she couldn't judge. Thankfully she hasn't met him yet though, because she didn't really like to get to know new people. That was one thing she absolutely hated. She wouldn't get close to people anymore. She had always been burned from it, what with them always leaving her. She wouldn't lose anymore people she loved.
Paige glanced at Sadie's little face. She looked like an angel when she was sleeping. She had been begging and demanding to know where her mother was. But not even Paige knew. No one did..
Drake Merwin. She thought. Maybe he isn't that bad. Maybe he's just a little mean because he's scared. Or is always mean even before the FAYZ because he's guilty.. Maybe like me.. She gently shook her head as she sat down on her own air mattress. She couldn't think of guilt anymore. It would only increase the feeling.
She looked at the clock. 10:00 P.M. Sinder would be getting back soon. Paige had sent her to her house to get clothes and extra food and toys and tooth brushes. Like she said before; she wasn't going back to that house. Not until her family gets back.
She lied down and closed her eyes after taking one last check on Sadie. She was right next to her in a child size air mattress. Wearing the outfit she had worn for two days; a black t-shirt with shiny pink flowers, and mini size skinny jeans, and her pink converse next to her mattress. She looked like a "mini me" of Paige. But with lighter hair. Sadie had blonde/brown hair. Paige had black hair with magenta highlights under the black. She was wearing a black button down shirt that she had rolled up the sleeves to her elbows, and dark blue skinny jeans, and her yellow, pink, white, and black chunkie sneakers beside her own mattress.
Soon after she closed her eyes, she fell into a terrible sleep filled with dark and pain-filled images..