"I woke up to uncle Merle shaking me. It was really early in the morning considering that the sun was just rising. "Anna we need to pack and leave. Get up and pack what you need then grab some cans of food and find your bow and quiver. Once you've done all that meet us in your dad's truck." He spoke quickly and left my room. I didn't even have a chance to ask him what was going on. I looked out my window and I saw.. zombies? I started to panic, thinking that this had to be a dream. I saw the backpack that uncle Merle left for me so I packed what I needed along with some small sentimental items before going downstairs to put some cans of food and bottles of water in my pack. It was pretty heavy now but I could manage as long as nothing else was put in it. I found my bow and quiver along with some extra arrows and a hunting knife. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw a gun. I grabbed it and hid it in my pack, knowing that dad or uncle Merle would probably kill me if they knew I had it so I'd have to keep it a secret.
"I ran outside to dad's truck and got in the back seat. The moment I closed the door we took off to go to the nearest gas station then to find somewhere safe. I wondered why we weren't staying in our house since it seems pretty safe but when I looked back what I saw scared me. Our house was now surrounded by those.. things! There had to be at least a hundred and as we drove away they started to follow which caused me to start panicking even more than I already was. "We're goin' to Atlanta since apparently it's safe. We've heard good things about it and we should be there in a few days or so." Dad said as he stared out the window. But knowing uncle Merle's sense of direction when driving, it could take a bit longer. We quickly arrived to the nearest gas station to find that most of the gas was still here so uncle Merle got as many cans of gas as possible. I got out of the truck to stretch my legs quickly since we'll probably be on the road for a while before I get to walk around again. I looked at uncle Merle's motorbike on the flatbed. I've always wanted to drive it and maybe I'll be able to since there isn't a law saying that I can't anymore! The thought got me all excited as I continued to stare at it in awe.
"Get back in the truck. I don't want those things seein' you" Dad came over and hugged me, kissing my head. He laughed as he noticed me looking at the motorbike. I hugged him tightly then froze as I saw one of those things coming up behind him. I quickly pulled out my knife and stabbed it in the forehead causing it to fall to the ground. Uncle Merle came running over to make sure we were okay and I was shaking like a leaf. That thing was going to bite dad's neck and the image of it opening its mouth to bite down on his neck just kept playing over and over in my mind. "Let's get goin'!" He said, noticing that I was panicking. I felt like I couldn't move so dad lifted me into the truck, putting the knife in my back pack for me. He got in the truck and we started driving towards the city. Dad started telling uncle Merle that the city might be too dangerous since it might be overrun but uncle Merle disagreed so now I'm stuck in a truck with two people practically yelling at the top of their lungs! "Do you ever stop fighting? This is the start of an apocalypse and the smart thing to do is to compromise or just come to a decision because if you keep butting heads we're just going to wind up dead!" I thought out loud and they seemed taken aback by my sudden outburst which thankfully, caused them to shut up.