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Dear Diary,

I feel the sun on my face, I see trees all around me, scent of wild flowers on a breeze. It's so beautiful.

In this moment I'm not stranded in space.

It's been 97 years since a nuclear apocalypse killed everyone on Earth, leaving the planet simmering in radiation. Fortunately, there were survivors. 12 nations had operational space stations at the time of the bombs. There is now only the Ark, one station forged from the many.

We're told the Earth needs another hundred years to become survivable again, four more space locked generations and man can go home. Back to the ground.

The ground. That's the dream. This is reality.

Reality sucks.

I put down my pencil and the small make shift book I use as a diary, which in reality is really just one of my father's old medical journals that he never finished filling out.

Writing is all I can really do for entertainment now a days. They moved me to solitary confident after I attacked a guard, but then again there's really no such thing as solitary. I hear voices everywhere, filling the dead silence that often surrounds me.

I look up as the lights in my cell flash on and the door bursts open. Two men, correction, two guards march in leaving the door wide open behind them.

"Prisoner 319 face the wall" one of them instructs.

I'm startled by the sound of his voice. It's been so long since I've seen another person. He is younger then I would have expected from a guard, but his unsure stance and lanky frame betray his status as a more recent recruit.

I stand up uneasily confused by what's going on, but remaining obedient to the guard's orders. I can't help but feel a pang of fear strike me as a thought pops into my head. They're here to kill me.

"What is this?" I ask trying to keep my voice from shaking.

"Hold out your right arm" the man instructs ignoring my question.

I turn to see him holding up an odd metal wristband that looks similar to a pair of restraints. I notice he pulled it out from a black case lined up with several more and once again the same thought flies through my head. They're going to kill me.

"No, this must be a mistake. It's not my time, I don't turn 18 for another month" I ramble nervously taking a few steps back.

"Hold out your arm" he repeats. He opens up the metal bracelet while his partner pulls out his weapon. They're going to kill me.

On the Ark every crime no matter how Small is punishable by death. Unless, your under 18. Juvenile offenders get put here, lockup. We call it the sky box.

According to our law once you turn 18 you are given one final chance to plead your case, but executions were much more common lately. People were being killed almost immediately after their retrial for crimes that might have been pardoned only a few years ago. And now they were skipping the trial all together. They're just going to kill us.

"Check my file, you'll see this is a mistake" I plead backing away as he steps closer and closer.

"Give me your bracelet" he orders grabbing my wrist. I immediately yank my arm from his grasp backing away from him.

"No, it was my mother's!" I argue.

"Take it off!" He grabs my arm and I use all my strength to push him away. I succeed and he collides with the other unsuspecting guard causing him to fall to the ground. I use this distraction as a chance to escape racing out the cell door slamming it shut behind me.

And that's when I see it. I'm not the only one being taken away. Every door is opened and every prisoner is being pushed around by guards with their weapons raised. Some fight back, while others do as they're told seemingly giving up, accepting their fate. They're going to kill us all.

"Prisoner 319!" I turn to see the guards emerging from my cell, both their weapons raised. I know it's pointless, but I still turn to the other direction trying to escape only to find I am surrounded.

"Elena"

"Dad?" I stare at my father in disbelief, it's been years since I last saw him. He pulls me into a hug and I wrap my arms around him tight. "What is this? What are they doing to us?"

I watch over his shoulder as they usher a young boy out of his cell. "They're killing us all, aren't they? Reducing population to make more time for the rest of you."

"Elena" he says reassuringly pulling away to face me, "You are not being executed, your being sent to the ground. All 100 of you."

"What?" I question in disbelif. "but it's not safe. No, we're supposed to be reviewed at 18."

"The rules have changed. This gives you a chance to live. Your instincts may tell you to take care of everyone else first, you're just like your mother, but be careful. I can't lose you too. I love you so much." he places a hand to my face and with that I hear a gun go off. I fall against my father and darkness begins to fill my vision.

I'm going to the ground.

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I open my eyes and gasp for air by instinct.

"Welcome back." I hear a familiar voice say. I turn to see Jeremy Gilbert, my childhood best friend. Despite the fact we have the same last name we are not related, that's impossible. But still, when we were kids we used to pretend we were. Our parents were close friends and Jeremy was the closest thing I've ever had to a brother.

"Jeremy? What are you doing here?" I was unaware that he had been arrested. He was always such a good kid.

"Probably being sent to my doom like the rest of us." he says with a smile. I can't help but smile back. I make a move to get up and look down to find myself strapped into a seat. I begin to look around and find a bunch of other teens strapped into black chairs similar to mine, the red hue of the lights illuminating their faces. Suddenly the whole ship shakes and I grip onto the arm rest.

The lights flicker and when they come back to life they are a bright white. A screen comes to life and Alaric Saltzman's face is displayed on the screen.

"Prisoners of the ark hear me now. You have all been given a second chance, and as your chancellor it is my hope that you see this as not just a chance for you, but a chance for all of us. Indeed, a chance for man kind itself. We have no idea what's waiting for you down there. If the odds of survival were better we would have sent others, frankly we are sending you because your crimes have made you expendable. "

People begin to yell insults at the screen, others yell hateful comments towards one of the passengers on the ship. I turn to see Stefan Saltzman, son of the chancellor, who sits on the other side of Jeremy. I knew who he was, everyone did, but I had never really met him. From what I heard he was a very responsible kid, I can't imagine what he could have done to get put here, and by his own father none the less.

As people continuously fling insults at him he remains looking down at his feet shaking his head. I feel sincerely bad for him, he probably hates his dad as much as the rest of us.

The chancellor continues to speak, but his words are blocked out by the angry shouts and conversations taking place. I strain to hear him say "those crimes will be forgiven. Your records wiped clean."

Is it really possible that we will survive on the ground? That our records will be wiped clean? The only thing I'm sure of is that there is a strong chance that the second we land on Earth we'll all die.

Eventually the shouting dies down and everybody resorts to whispering. Perhaps they realized that what is being said could mean the difference between our life and death.

"Your drop site has been chosen carefully. Before the last war Mount Weather was a military base built in a mountain. It was to be stocked with enough Nonperishables to sustain 300 people for up to two years. No one ever made it there. Mount Weather is your only way of life. You must get there immediately"

I listen intensely to what he is saying but as quickly as the obstreperous stopped it started again, only this time people where clapping and chanting rather then yelling.

"Go Tyler!" Someone cheers and the rest follow in suit.

I turn to see Tyler Lockwood floating through the air with a smug smile on his face and his arms crossed over his chest as if posing for a picture.

"Check it out Stef, your dad floated me after all" he teases causing a few kids to laugh.

Stefan ignores his comment, "you should strap in before the parachutes deploy, you could get hurt" he says simply

Tyler gets a kick out of this and a few others laugh as well. I notice two other boys taking off their seat belts and decide to chime in.

"Hey, he's right, if you want to live you should stay put" I order them, both boys ignoring my comment as they continue unstrapping themselves. I roll my eyes and try to turn my attention back to the screen.

"Hey Gilbert, how's it been in solitary the past year?" Tyler asks. Both Jeremy and I turn but I immediately know he's talking to me. I roll my eyes.

Tyler Lockwood was an idiot, putting it mildly. He was arrested for wasting a month of oxygen on an illegal space walk. It wasn't the first reckless thing he had done, just the first he was caught for. His father was a member of the council and got him out of everything, well, almost everything.

"To high and mighty to talk to an old friend?" He pesters.

I roll my eyes, "We're not friends"

"You're hurting my feelings" his says mockingly.

"Leave her alone Tyler" Jeremy breaks in.

"Who's gonna make me, because I know it won't be you little Gilbert" Tyler fires back.

Before Jeremy can respond someone else breaks in. "You should sit down Tyler" Stefan says, his voice stern.

Before Tyler can respond the ship begins shaking violently. I turn to the two boys who had just gotten they're seat belts off and shout, "Stay in your seats!"

Its too late. The boys along with Tyler are thrust into the walls of the ship which continues shaking violently. Sparks begin to fly as everyone starts screaming in panic. Smoke fills the chamber where we are seated and the lights flicker on and off spuriously.

"What's going on?" Jeremy wonders out loud. He's practically shouting to be heard over the hum of the ship's engine and the roaring air.

"The parachutes deployed, we've entered Earth's atmosphere" Stefan explains, evidently much calmer then the rest of us.

"Tyler, are you all right" I ask turning to see where he landed.

He's conscious but remains silent, fear written all over his face. His confidence and joking tone has been erased and I would point this out if I weren't just as freaked out as he was.

Finally, there's a loud thud and the ship remains still. I hear the sound of the machines powering down and exhale a sigh of relief. We made it. We're on Earth.

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