A/N This is just a little idea I had floating around in my head and decided to see how it would be received.
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She had never been anything special. She had friends, a normal life, a normal job, a normal appearance. She was normal. She did not die as a hero or a tragic victim. She had been relatively normal, the only exception being her odd hobbies, which had not even then had not been too outlandish, considering the things that some people did. She had a love for plants and a bleeding heart for animals. She liked to learn things that others had little interest in. But she was so normal. Her personality, her appearance, her life, even her name. Sarah Tomb was the definition of normality. But what happened after she died was far from normal.
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Sarah had just finished closing down the store she worked at, ready to head home for the night. It was a cold night, just below freezing, but the woman was well used to the winter weather. The sky was clear, giving a nice view of the moon as she walked to her car. Really, Sarah thought the color was slightly obnoxious, it was yellow for heaven's sake, but it was a car she got when her mother bought a new one.
Sarah made the quick trip to the bank to drop off the deposit money for the store and then set off for home. It was a long drive, but not unbearably so, only a solid forty minutes from the bank. She navigated the highway safely, taking her exit. Sarah hummed to her music, in relatively good spirits despite the late hour. Closing alone tended to make her stay later.
She had just reached the s-curves beside a small creek when everything changed. The turns, while not overly sharp, were still enough of an angle that required slowing down, something Sarah did. What she had not accounted for was the road to be slick with ice. During the day the snow had melted slightly, wetting the pavement. As night fell it froze once more. It was a danger she had not seen.
One moment she was listening to her music and the next, Sarah's world spun. She felt a jarring thud as her car slammed into the guard rail before it gave way. The woman did not even have time to process what had happened before her world went black.
It was a late hour with few cars on the road. When someone did eventually pass by and stopped to call the cops, it made no difference. Paramedics soon showed up on the scene. Sarah was removed from her car, but it was too late. She was proclaimed dead on the scene. The crash into the creek had killed her instantly.
