A Short Story

   It was a warm Summer day, a cool breeze silently pushing the tight ruffles of my baby-blue wedding gown. I lay down in the soft, green grass and stared at the pictures in the clouds floating across the sky. Suddenly, an asteroid came hurtling down from space, its flames like a bright red tail. I could hear screams coming from the small cabin, only a couple hundred yards away, telling me to move. I jumped to my feet and began to race towards my friends and family calling to me. But it was too late; the impact that the asteroid made with the ground seemed to shake the entire earth. A door opened, and I saw two eyes peek out from the inside. I then collapsed in fear. 

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   I awoke the next morning in a lush, white bed wearing a pair of royal blue silk pajamas, my friends and family standing all around me. They had such fearful and sad looks on their faces, you'd think they were at a funeral. I did not recognize the room I was in, but it was full of renaissance-like furniture that made me shiver, despite the warm sunlight being filtered in through the rather large, dusty windows. My mother breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of my opened eyes and knelt by my bed, clutching my small, delicate hand tightly.

     "Dear, we thought you had died..", she began. "I suppose we'll have to reschedule your wedding day.", she chuckled, and a warm smile spread across her pale yet perfect face. Tears rolled down her rosy cheeks and she gave me a light kiss on my own cheek before disappearing into the dark hallway. My aunt Clarisse touched her gloved hand to her heart, then left with everyone else. Only my fiance remained, so he smiled at me, blew me a kiss, and left. I was all alone.

   I showered, changed into a bright red sundress, and headed outside. But as I eased into a small wooden chair under an umbrella, I saw a group of about ten people limp out from behind the cabin, moaning in distress. They looked like my family, but their skin was a pale-green color and they were dripping blood all over. I looked toward the asteroid and saw many more people just like them. Except that they weren't people- they were ZOMBIES. Zombies that were out to get the last one left- me, because my family had already been bitten and I had nowhere to hide.

   Suddenly, as if it were a light bulb, the sun went out and all was dark. I could only see the distant glowing light of other stars in the universe. I had one last thought, a thought of love for my family, when I felt a pinch in my neck- then everything really went black.