One very busy day at school, Lily walked into her house and slumped onto the couch. She took out her laptop and started her homework. She was unusually bored, so she decided to catch up on some TV to pass some time. She didn’t know what to watch until she finally found something perfect for her: Romance! She started watching and got bored pretty quickly. So, she just started watching horror movies. Lily sighed. “A zombie apocalypse? So lame” She whispered.
She left the TV open and went upstairs. She collapsed on her bed. She was just about to go to sleep but then she felt a tingle and appeared in a completely different house. She heard a knock on the door “Thud thud thud”. A shiver went down her spine. “Did I travel into the movie?“She thought.
She peered out of the blinds and saw at least 100 drooling zombies outside trying to get inside. If she didn’t escape onto the roof fast she would be doomed. She got up and ran and ran around the whole house trying to find any way upstairs. She heard a loud bang! She froze. Then, she didn’t take a second to think and she jumped out the window into the backyard. Once she got down, she scanned the garage and found a ladder. “Jackpot!” Lily exclaimed.
She ran with the ladder and set it up. She got up onto the rooftop. She scanned the city, it was in ruins. “ Am I the only survivor left?“ Lily pondered. Suddenly, she felt confident, and like she was gonna do whatever it takes to get out of this place fearlessly. She sat down and looked up at the beautiful vibrant sunset.All she wanted was to go back home and relax. “Maybe I should have finished my homework” she thought. Now she stood up.“ I will do whatever it takes to make it back home alive“ She told herself. “Help! Help!“ said a tiny voice “Ruff, Ruff!“ She also heard the cries of a dog too! Lily ran to the site where she heard the voices. She went inside the house.
There, she found a lone boy with his dog. The boy saw the girl and hurried to the corner, followed by the dog. Lily slowly walked towards them “ Hey, it's okay. I mean no harm. I am also a survivor too!“
The boy walked closer “ Really? You're a survivor too?“ “Yes! Trust me.“ Lily replied. “ What is your name?“ she asked.
“ Brandon. The dog is Waffles. I was sucked into the TV and ended up here with my dog. What about you?“ Lily replied “ I also got sucked into the TV! Listen, to escape we need to work together, otherwise we’ll be stuck in here!“
“Well, I think that we should go soon. The sooner that I could get home, the better!” Lily said.
Suddenly, Lily said “w-wait! We need to make a plan or we’ll be bitten by the swarm of zombies outside in a blink of an eye!”
“Why don’t we just climb onto the roof and jump onto the roof? It’s only about a 2 foot jump and Waffles is a powerful jumper!” Brandon said.
“Uh ok! But…how did you know all of that?” Lily said questionably.
“Oh! I forgot to tell you, I bing watched this movie and the tv show at least 20 times this week! Also, I used to watch this a lot before too! Trust me, I know what I am doing!” Brandon said excitedly.
“Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you! At the next house, there is another family of survivors that are very friendly and probably more than happy to let us inside!” Brandon told Lily
“Alright! Let's go there“ Lily said So both of them and the dog ran as fast as they could to the house. They finally reached the house and pounded on the door. The family heard them and quickly opened the door “ Hurry, get inside!“ the mom said.
The mom greeted Lily and Brandon and warned them never to go outside because it is highly dangerous. She told them not to worry about food and water because it is all figured out. Lily and Brandon decided to go explore the house. They found several other survivors in the next room from them. They ran in and the mother shut the door. They sat in silence until Lily spoke up: “So what started this zombie apocalypse?”
The mom looked at Lily sadly and said “My husband was a scientist, he was trying to make a cure for cancer but the experiment failed. He accidentally spilled the prototype on him and was the first zombie. He went outside and bit everyone besides us and a few survivors”.
Lily thought for a moment. Then, she said, “I am so sorry for your loss. We will try to find a cure for your husband and everyone else. I promise!” “By the way, do you know how to find the cure? Or how to get the materials?”.
The mom replied “There is a sacred gemstone somewhere in the highest mountain in the city. It is the hardest to climb in the world and no one has ever attempted or even dared to climb it to cure the apocalypse. And if you do find the gemstone, it is guarded by a dragon. You have to either slay the dragon or befriend it and it will help you. Just so you know, the dragon is very mean and grumpy so, be careful! I recommend slaying the dragon instead; that is much easier!”
Lily thought for a moment. “Why use violence over kindness? That just mean to end the dragon's life for us. It’s selfish!” Lily yelled angrily.
The mom said “well, I’m only trying to help you. But, at the end of the day, it’s your choice because it’s your mission so whatever floats your boat!’. Lily said “Are there going to be any allies to help us?”
The mom replied “I don’t think so but you are welcome to ask some of the people staying here if they would like to come along and help! I think that one of them is a police officer and another is a professional wrestler!”
Lily replied in shock “Well, I guess that we’re almost set! Oh and by the way, do you by any chance have any climbing gear?” The mom replied “Yes, we do! You are welcome to come into the basement to get the stuff you need.” Lily looked towards Brandon and waffles. She approached them and asked“Well… Do you want to come too??“ Brandon smiled, “ Of course I want to come!“ Waffles howled with joy. They sat in the living room and talked about the plan.
“Alright, it's settled. First we will go to the blacksmiths shop to take a sword, then we will go to the mountain and find the jewel. When we find the jewel we will use the sword to slay the dragon and we return back home and cure everyone!“
Lily’s heart was broken when saying that. She really didn't want to kill the dragon. It could have an innocent soul, but everyone agreed that killing the dragon is the best choice. “Wait!“ Lily yelled. “I refuse to go on the mission if we kill the dragon! Nobody deserves to die, not even a fire- breathing dragon!“
The family sighed“ It's too much of a risk to befriend the dragon. You can get roasted in a matter of seconds and die!“ the mom said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Lily looked down in disappointment. “But if I have to kill a dragon I won’t go! I refuse! I don’t care how hard it is! The dragon will thank us at the end for not killing him! Think about it, wouldn’t it be better if we have another ally to take on our next mission. Who knows! What if something else happens? We never know! It would come in handy to have a fire-breathing-dragon to help us! He Could fly!“ Lily roared.
The mom finally caved in“Fine. You don’t need to kill the dragon. Just finish the mission and come back.“
Lily was silent and finally jumped in Joy. She was pumped! Not having to kill the dragon meant the world to her. “You can’t even hurt a fly could you?” Brandon said.
Lily turned to look at Brandon.”No one deserves to die, not even an annoying pest like you” Lily said with a smirk.
Brandon just groaned and walked away with Waffles.
As Lily and Brandon were about to set off for their mission, the mom cried out. “WAIT!! This basket is magical, any food you say will appear.” “Wow thanks umm….” Lily struggled to finish the sentence. “Hahaha! You can just call me Primrose. Primrose Liu.” Mrs. Liu said. “ Wow thanks Mrs. Liu!” Lily said for a second time.
Lily and Brandon were off ( For the 5th time for God’s Sake!). “Ok, first stop, the blacksmith. Sigh, I don’t want to be a robber but this is for the world. Forgive me for this God.” Lily prayed. Then Lily got an idea. She would make Brandon take the sword instead.“Ok Brandon, how about you do this job?” Lily asked. Brandon gave a grin.“Sweet! Brandon the Ninja sneaking through the blacksmith. HI-YA!!!!!!” Brandon kicked the door open and saw a swarm of zombies inside. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” Brandon screamed.
Lily walked past him and smirked”Not so tough as a ninja eh?” Brandon gave no reply just a glare hot enough to melt the bones out of Lily”
Lily got into her fighting stance. “ Luckily, I actually know how to do karate, unlike someone that pretends to know.”
Lily punched and kicked until all the zombies were dead. Brandon just stood here, open mouthed. Lily went in and got the sword. “Come on, the next stop is Dragon’s Mountain.
“Coming!” Brandon groaned.
Lily suddenly paused and remembered something. She turned to look at Brandon.“Brandon, you really think that I wouldn’t have found out by now do you? I know what you're planning to do!”
“What do you mean? I-I never did anything and have no idea what you're talking about. Please! Trust me trust me!!!!!” Brandon frantically pleaded.
“Well, you were going to slay the dragon without me knowing after we weren’t going to slay the dragon aren’t you?? I heard you talking to Mrs. Liu when I was getting the essentials for our mission. WHY? The poor dragon isn’t doing anything wrong! Why are you being so selfish!!! For you to have to go through less of a struggle! I don’t care whatever you do, just don’t follow me! Leave and go back! I don’t need a murder to help me!” Lily shouted.
“No it’s not like that! Please know that I would never survive the way back to the house! I can’t even go 10 minutes through it! You said you wouldn’t hurt even an annoying pest like me right?” Brandon said. “ I swear it was someone else like a clone! Please don’t make me go to the house! Plus I had a bad feeling when we were staying there. I feel like Mrs.Liu is evil and her husband isn’t the one that started the zombie apocalypse!”
“Hold on…. Ohhh, I understand now. You're saying the boy Mrs. Liu is talking to is impersonating you? Do you think he is your evil twin?“Lily asked.
“Hold up, first of all, how do you remember exactly what the boy looked like? Also, this isn’t a Disney movie. I don't have an evil twin!” Brandon exclaimed.
“Sorry! I remembered how he looked because I have a video of it on my phone! Look!!!” Lily exclaimed.
Lily pulled out the phone and showed Brandon the video.
The Videos POV: ^ - ^
“Ok, here's the plan, you are going to pretend to be Brandon and you are going to slay the dragon and take the gem before Lily could get to it and then proceed to kill Brandon and act like him! Then, you are going to take the gem and smash it into pieces so the apocalypse continues!” Mrs. Liu said.
Back to Lily’s and Brandon’s POV: ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
‘Wait I didn’t realize that it wasn’t you the whole time…I’m sorry about that!!! But then, if we want to beat him to the gem we have to be fast and go now! You have to be particularly careful since he is going to try to kill you! I have this potion that could give us both an invisible shield surrounding us and make us invisible!We’ll both be safe.” Lily said.
Brandon added on” However, we still have to be extremely cautious that they don’t feel or hear us. If they do, they’ll blow our cover!”
“I mean….if they can’t see us, they won’t know who the invisible person is! Unless they have the reverse potion so they could see the people and the potion they are using. But, I don’t think that they have that potion . I raided their chest not too long ago and the only thing that I left was a useless potion that makes you not able to hear anymore.”
“Ok, let's get on a roll and go find the gem and beat them to it!’ Brandon whispered very carefully.
Lily and Brandon ran to the mountain. When they got there, they took no time and started to climb up the mountain in a flash. As they got higher up, it became colder. They were shivering because it was the middle of summer and they weren’t dressed for the occasion. Lily was about to pass out when Brandon whispered “Come on, let's take a break! I took a few jackets and snow pants just in case. We could throw them on”
They made a quick little stop on a stable ledge and quickly put it all on and then continued to climb up the mountain. This increased their speed by a lot. They were rushing to get to the top of the mountain until they noticed that zombies started to chase after them. They hurried to get another potion from their backpacks. Once they drank it all they continued to climb up the mountain in a hurry. They knew they had no time to waste.
It was nighttime and they were barely at the halfway point. Brandon was so cold that he was at the point of fainting because of hypothermia. Lily suddenly stopped. “I don’t feel well. I’m really lightheaded and hungry. I need to eat, my stomach has been growling for hours!”
Brandon took a quick glimpse at Lily and said “It’s ok. We should save our limited food supply for when we really need it! I know that we haven't ate in a w-w-while but it’s for the best!”
“ Plus, it isn’t the best to relax and eat while there is a group of zombies chasing us. Remember, like I said, it’s for the best, just hang on for a little while.” Brandon said.
“I guess that you kind of have a good point. It’s just that I am a big foodie and I haven’t went a day without eating” Lily chuckled
“Wait a minute, where the heck is waffles???“ Brandon said in shock.
“ Umm, he is currently fighting off a mountain goat thinking that it’s a new version of a zombie.“ Lily laughed.
“Umm… Interesting. Come on waffles!! Uh oh…..that’s not good…“ Brandon said.
“Why does he look possessed walking up here??“ Lily asked.
“ I don't know but honestly, he looks like a possessed clown.“ Brandon giggled.
Once Waffles got to Lily and Brandon, Brandon scanned Waffles to make sure that he was ok. ‘OMG!!! Waffles has a Zombie bite!” Brandon said with tears rolling down his cheeks slowly.
“ I understand your upset, but it wouldn't help if both of us become zombies. Listen, it pains me to say this but… we have to leave waffles behind. We need the jewel to cure everyone, including waffles. Now stop your crying and focus on reaching the mountain peak!! If you think about it, the faster that we get up here the faster you could have waffles back ok, lets go!“ Lily said urgently
(sob sob) “ A-a-alright“ , said Brandon sadly, tears running down his cheeks faster than a wildfire spreading across the forest.
“Calm down ok? The more stressed out you are the slower pace we go up the mountain. That would decrease our chances of saving everybody. Like waffles!” Lily whispered.
“ Fine.” Brandon said, glancing at waffles, the once loyal companion of Brandon, turned into an enemy.
They continued climbing up the mountain when they reached a steep area. They pulled out their professional climbing gear and kept on climbing. Suddenly, they heard a slight tear from both of their ropes. They looked at each other in fear. “You don’t think that Mrs. Liu gave us faulty gear right?” Lily said in fear.
“I don’t know! Weren’t you supposed to check before we left?!? You are so irresponsible!!” Brandon yelled.
“Well, it’s too late now! Brace yourself, we are going to fall any minute now! Let’s try to climb down a little bit so the fall won’t be as high” Lily said.
They looked at each other in terror as they climbed down and the rope was beginning to deteriorate. The rope suddenly broke and Brandon was about to fall off of the tall, steep, ledge. Lily was on a sturdy platform and took no time to grab onto his hand and said “I hate you right now for being so annoying but not enough for me to watch you die!”
“Really? You couldn’t wait to say this after we got down safely? This is not the right time to tell me this!” Brandon yelled out to Lily.
“Ok whatever sorry! But we don’t have much time to waste so let's hurry up and think of a plan!” Lily said.
“Um Lily, you might want to look down,” Brandon yelled in fear.
“Oh no! There are a lot of Zombies over here waiting for us to fall! How are we going to get down!?!?” Lily said.
“No kidding, Sherlock! I already made that observation when I told you about it? Are you stupid or stupid?” Brandon said.
The ledge slowly crumbled into pieces while Lily and Brandon were talking. They took a hard fall but were safe.
To Be Continued….