Tomorrow Will Be Better. Chapter One – Awaken.

"First day of the school year. Nervous?"

"Of course not."

"B-but it's high school! How could you not be nervous!"

Sabrina just rolled her eyes. She and her friend Nana were walking to their new school, and discussing how their first day would go... for about the ninetieth time since they had graduated from junior high. Nana was a very anxious person, and so she was very stressed about this day. For Sabrina, however, this was no big deal. School was school, and no matter what school you go to, it's going to suck. High school just meant that it was going to suck more than junior high.

While she was contemplating the sucky qualities of school, Sabrina noticed a bunch of guys hanging out at the intersection the two girls were walking to. The men looked to be in their late twenties... and they were wasted. Isn't it a bit early to be drinking? Sabrina thought. She had always hated alcoholics, even more than she did school. She motioned for Nana to move faster, and they quickly passed the drunken men. Or, they almost did. Right when the girls were about to cross the street, Sabrina felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, sexy, why don't cha hang wi' uz for a while. You an' yer pretty frien'. We show you a gud time," one of the men said in a drunken slur.

"Pass," was Sabrina's response as she shrugged the hand off and continued walking. All of a sudden, the man and one of his friends grabbed her, and began dragging her. The other men did the same to Nana. They girls struggled, but it was no use. They were dragged behind a nearby shop, and thrown down. The men wasted no time in trying to undress them. Nana was screaming. Sabrina still struggling. She tried to grab her cell phone, but one of the men broke it, along with her wrist. One man was unbuttoning her shirt, another one her pants... then everything stopped. It was as if they had suddenly entered a Matrix movie. Everything was moving much too slowly. Sabrina was standing up, then men falling off of her and Nana and onto their knees. Sabrina could feel something inside of her boiling. She felt as though she had a fever. She was rising. She found herself several inches off of the ground, able to look down on everyone. She was also seeing in strange colors. Everything was white and a light shade of blue. Then there was a flash.

And everyone was dead.