I do not own the world, I know nothign of the Moon Plague. This story is of my creativity, so no claming it as your own. But the Mare in this story is for my friend, Sierra and Pocket is based on her pet rat. Injoy
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Preface
The scent of the dead rotting body filling my nose as I crept into the hall of the house. When I was then in the kitchen, I found the body. It was a young blood hound that was chained to the pipes of the sink.
"Poor guy." I muttered to myself as I went past his body, then to the food dish that was just out of reach from him. There was still some nice dog kibble in the bowl. I picked up two bits and nibbled on them.
"Sorry old guy, but a rat has to eat too." My voice was small as I stared at the wide open eyes on the hound. I could tell he died a slow death. "You dint even have the Moon Plague did you? No, you didn't." Shaking my white head, I crept out of the home to the outside.
The sun shined on my white body as I looked around; there was no one who miles and I was just a young rat. The earth truly has changed, sadly for the worst. The trees seemed twisted with age and the sky had the scent of death still lingering on it. No bird flew in the sky, not a whisper of life in this part of town.
I remember how the world became like this. I was there; I was one of the testing animals they use to see what this virus would do. Lollicterine, pronounced like Luner-ic-ter-ny. It was a form of germ the humans found on the moon. That's why animals call it the Moon Plague.
This plague killed most of us and all of the humans. Well that's what I think; I have not been around the whole world yet. I bet I would not even get to see the Grand Canyon before I turn ten. And that's only about seven years away.
By the way, I'm Pocket, the rat, also known as R-14 to the white coats. I was not always alone. I had friends, two friends. They were like family to me; Chief, the German shepherd and Cadence, the sweet, wonderful mare.
They are gone now, to the Island of Heaven. That's what this old rabbit talk about all the time. A place where us animals go after our time here is over.
The Moon Plague took from my friends from me, but it is what that's keeping me alive so long. Each animal or human has a different reaction to it, but mostly it leads to death. I was one of the lucky ones to live and be immune to sickness. So my chances of a long life are great.
A lot of the time I regret living, most of the time I think of my friends if they were still here. But I will not give up hope to find others, animals that lived through the Moon Plague, others that will be like family, but never like Chief or Cadence.
I will never give up hope.
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Rate this please. Sorry it is short, but It is just the preface. if you want to know more about the Moon Plague ideas just ask me. I will be happy to tell you.
The nexted part of the story will be coming soon.
[Sorry for all the grammer errors I had, my spelling is never the best thing.]