"Maddie! Get over here now!" Dad screams across the park. I run, faster than ever. My legs pound against the ground, uneven and shaking as it gets closer. My foot catches to a rock, and I fall, my arms catching me, reacting faster than my brain. This is it. I give up the struggle to stand, and the shadow above me gets bigger and bigger. This is the end.
EARLIER
Welcome to my life. Just an average family, in the average American home. My Dad is a Navy general, and my Mom is a marine biologist. My Dad's pretty important, with the current war going on. ( It doesn't have an official name, I call it WWIII) There's talk about a nuke, but I could never believe that.
CURRENT
BOOM! A wave of something I could never explain runs through me. Then, I fell like I'm falling, and I go numb.
...
I wake, something dosen't feel, right.
"Hoot!" I hear, and then I turn around.
"Hello!" I hear. I walk forward a few paces, and a strange creature comes into my vision. It looks like an owl, but not quite. Strange transparent patterns for wings.
"Come here child!" it says. What! Did that thing just talk?! I walk, confused as ever.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"The Cosmic Owl," he replies.
"The what? How long have I been out?"
"25 years," was it's reply.
TO BE CONTINUED!
