Hello Everyone!! This is ashlee and my FIRST fan fiction together!! If you like this story you can check out either one of our stories. Shannon- xosakuraharunofanxo0 and ashlee- uchihasakura285! Well please enjoy! We're going to becoming out with more chapters shortly so SIT TIGHT!!

Chapter 1: plague

" I'm sorry Ashlee! I just can't come over! My Aunt Kathy's funeral is at 3 and my dad is ill." Shannon said to the receiver.

" I know! But I think something bad is about to happen! I can feel it!" Ashlee replied angrily. She heard her friend sigh.

" I'm sorry Ash, but I think we were just struck by some bad luck, nothing big. I gotta go, see you tomorrow at school!" Ashlee heard a light click as silence remained.

' great…'

Then next day seemed to raise ashlee's suspicion . Ten kids in her class have been absent. TEN! That's DEFINITLEY out of the ordinary. Not to mention for the ENTIRE WEEK!! Thinking this makes her feel queasy.

' well it can't get any worse I guess…' Ashlee thought.

Well as you probably all thought… it was worse… a LOT worse. The next day at school, instead of only ten missing for an entire week, today there is only FIFTEEN of THIRTY kids that showed up!

' something's not right.' she turned toward Shannon who had a worried expression on her face.

' Finally, she gets my point!" Ashlee thought. Suddenly, a voice came over the intercom, interrupting her thoughts.

" Teachers and students, please excuse this interruption, we are being forced to let you out early by the Board of Education. Please exit the building in an orderly and timely fashion. Thank you and have a great weekend." There was a click and soon students began packing their belongings.

After school, Shannon and Ashlee decided to go to the library to talk about the "situation".

At the Library:

" Do you see what I mean?!?" Ashlee said in a loud whisper.

" See what?" Shannon said as she picked a book and sat down opposite her fuming friend.

" Do you see that people are becoming ill and DYING!?!" Shannon looked up from her book with a serious expression plastered on her face.

" You think I don't notice? But what are we supposed to do ?!? I mean we both have a C for science and a D+ for health! And he was being GENEROUS!! Do you really think we'll be able to detect a disease? Much less a cure!" Shannon said in an angry whisper. Ashlee starred at her long and hard. " Well?"

Ashlee turned away and sighed " I don't know anymore. All I know is that people are dying as if they were in the middle of a war!" Shannon sighed.

" I know but there's nothing we can do" As she returned to reading her book.

" … What do you think Naruto would of done?" Ashlee asked with a grin creeping its way on her face. Shannon peered over her book, only revealing her hazel eyes.

Is it REALLY the time to think about Anime?"

" I don't know! I'm running out of things to talk about" Shannon sighed yet again. Ashlee can be so NAÏVE!!

" It was your idea to come here in the first place! You come to the library to read, not talk about nonsense!"

" Naruto is NOT nonsense!!"

" I never said he was! You know very well I like him as much as you!" Ashlee scoffed.

" I like Gaara, Kiba, And Sasuke the best!"

" I like.. Sasuke…that's really it" Ashlee gasped.

" B-but what about the picture of Gaara I gave you?!? I thought you would stay loyal to Panda- kun!" Shannon sighed.

" I'm done talking about this" She closed the book that said ' medical strategies and basics 101' " Lets go". Ashlee looked at the book.

" I never knew you wanted to be a doctor." Shannon laughed.

" Yea well it's good to know and besides you know how I love helping others!" Ashlee shrugged. Suddenly a blood curdling scream filled the air.

" SHE'S DEAD! SHE'S DEAD! SOMEONE HELP HER! SHE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE HELP! HELPP!!" Both the girls ran outside and found a number of people huddling around , starring at the ground.

" Shannon! You the future brain sergeant, you help!" Ashlee said pushing Shannon and her through the crowd of people.

Once they made it through the crowd, they saw a child lying on his/her stomach. Shannon quickly bent down and slowly turned the child over. She screamed as she looked away in horror, gagging from the horrid smell of death. The child was a girl. She had long curly red hair with the bluest eyes she had ever lay eyes on. She had numerous red blotches on her face and her tongue was swelling out of her mouth.

"s-s-she's already d-dead." Shannon said sadly, as she stood. Silence and tension filled hung in the air, but was soon interrupted by a loud BANG! And a bright light. Everyone but Shannon and Ashlee remained still.

' w-what the hell is going on!?"
Shannon thought.

'I don't know, but what ever it is, it's big!' said another voice in her head.

'w-who are you? And what are you doing in my head?!' the voice laughed

' I'm a living headache!' Another loud crash and a huge gust of wind interrupted Shannon's thoughts. A dark cloud was looming over their heads. The wind picked up and made it look as if it were a dark vortex. A large flash and a booming bang as the storm became worse.

' shit! We gotta get outta here!' Ashlee thought as she looked at Shannon' b-but I can't move!'

Suddenly… darkness…

Well there's the first chapter! I did this one on my own… But the main plot was made up by me and Ashlee… Well I wrote this and she has no idea cause she is in south Carolina. Well read and review!!