A lone witch sat alone sobbing in the dark, it has been like this since the infection spread. Every day and every night, the sadness and loneliness never stopped. She didn't know why, but it's not like she cared anymore anyway. A bright light made its way into her little dark room, this began to annoy her. 'Who dared to intrude? She tried to make out who the survivor was only to find the source of the light to be from not a "who" but a "what". In the distance was a place with beams of light shining into the sky in all directions, it seemed familiar to her somehow. She headed towards it for some unknown reason other than an odd but comforting feeling.
Once there she looked around at the stuffed animals scattered all over the ground. A boy walked towards the pile, he didn't notice her lurking in the shadows. She thought to herself how foolish this boy seemed until something caught her eye. A bright giraffe stuffed animal that seemed to shine in the light was picked up by the boy, it seemed so familiar to her, a faint memory of another boy came into mind, he had a bright smile and shining eyes, the feeling that was building up inside her was a mixer of a different kind of sadness and a new feeling she hadn't had for a long while. The memory continued with the boy throwing his hands up into the air and cheering, he then came closer with a giraffe stuffed animal in his hands held out to her then the memory faded and she was forced back into reality. She looked back to the boy again who was now walking away, she silently followed him through the carnival admiring from afar.
After a hour or so of walking he headed into one of the many circus tents looking for supplies when he accidentally tripped over a ball causing him to fall forwards and send his flashlight flying ahead of him. he looked up to see it roll and face a pair of pale almost dead like feet, figuring it a zombie he panicked quickly grabbing the flashlight and taking out his pistol. He shined the light onto their face about to shoot when he noticed that they didn't look quite like the other zombies. 'was it another special infected?' he wondered. Neither of them moved for a while until the boy spoke up.
"He-" he tried to speak but his voice came out a bit crooked, he cleared his throat and tried again. "Hello?"
The what seemed to be a young woman just stared at him wondering why he hasn't tried to kill her yet. Not knowing how to respond she awkwardly looked around the room her face lighting up at the sight of the giraffe sitting on a table near her. The boy followed her gaze over to it then back to her then to it. He slowly backed up only looking back to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything, he slowly reached over to grab it after putting his pistol away taking quick glances to look at the both of them.
"You want this?" he asked.
She just looked back and forth between the boy and giraffe unsure of what to do. He slowly approached her and held out the giraffe to her, she remand frozen looking back and forth still between the two until she reached out and grabbed it and pulled it closely to her chest hugging it. He smiled and patted her head.
"You know...you're kind of cute in your own way"
She looked at him surprised then for the first time in what seemed like an eternity she smiled, for once the sadness was gone.