Nothing was the same anymore, nothing...
The world we once knew was gone, everyone seemed to disappear, either turning into one of the undead or opting out, the work was chaos and all we could do was survive, and continuing to watch the word burn.
My name is Mary-Ellen DuPont I was born and raised in Georgia, I was born a only child, to Parker and Joyce DuPont, I grew up in a small enough town where everybody knew everybody, typical southern town.
I suppose I couldn't complain, my daddy along with my childhood friend Daryl taught me everything I knew from, hunting and fishing to tracking. Daryl and I spent countless hours down at the creek catching craw dads and bullfrogs.
Simpler times maybe... Their was nothing simple about life now, but let's not focus on those times right now, let's focus on how it all started.
It was a typical hot summer day, a little girl about the age of 5 was sitting In a simple white dress with a light blue ribbon around her waist, her hair was in tight curls, and she was laying down next to her best friend Daryl who was pretty much her friend from birth, since he was only a few months older then her.
The clouds reflected off of her ice blue as both children layer there looking up at the clouds.
"What about that one Daryl?!" I said excitedly as I say up pointing to a cloud that looked like a elephant, that was our objective today, to find a elephant in the clouds.
"I don't see it." The little boy said now sitting up with his head bent backwards to see if he could spot where I was pointing.
"It's there underneath the poofy one!"
"They're all poofy!"
"Yeah but that one that's extra poofy!"
Daryl then looked at me like I had two heads.
"What cloud isn't poofy?"
"Well maybe you can't see it, but I can!"
"Whatever, you say Melon, come on let's see if we can get any craw dads to cook"
"Alright!" I said getting up in a hurry.
This was a usual day for us, we spent most of our time together, and sometimes with our other friends, if we wanted to play a glad of hide n seek or tag.
About 10 minutes after walking through the woods we came to the creek, behind both of our houses just well enough within earshot if one of our parents called for us to come home.
"Look at them! We have atleast six!" I said as Daryl pulled the basket out of the water.
"Looks we got eight!" He said smiling. "Looks like we can have a pretty good snack!"
Their was then a voice in the distance calling for me.
"Oh no, I have to go." I said standing up and looking at Daryl.
"Alright want me to save yours til later?"
No that's okay! You can have mine, I'll try to come back as soon as I can!" I said running off towards my house, I could hear my mothers voice getting closer as I ran throughout the woods, until I finally got to my backyard, my mother was on the back steps halfway out the door.
"Yes momma?!" I said running up to her.
"Mary-Ellen, just lol at your dress! How many times do I have to tell you to stop playing in the dirt, now hurry up and get a clean one on, your aunt Margaret is coming to visit."
"Yes momma..." I said a little sad because aunt Margaret wasn't my favorite person, and I felt bad for leaving Daryl so early int the day.