Connor Lee, Period 6, 5/2/2023

 Connor Lee, Period 6, 5/2/2023

Creativity and Fiction

Dear Diary,

I’m not sure if anyone will ever be able to read this, but with everything happening around me, I need to write this down. My name is Jake, and I am twelve years old. In just a few months, the lives of everyone in the world changed. The stories of the undead rising and attacking mankind was unheard of and only something seen in movies and books, but it was a reality now. The city I lived in was overrun with zombies early in the outbreak. An evacuation was ordered that led to my 6 year old sister, Kate and I to be separated from our parents. With communication systems down, I can only hope that they are doing well and that we will be able to meet again. 

Learning to adjust to our surroundings and make do with what we have was not an easy task. To be quite honest, I don’t even know where we are right now. We have been from abandoned city to abandoned city, constantly moving to avoid zombies and to keep looking for more food and water. It has been a challenge living off of mainly canned food and leftover bread, but it’s been enough to survive off of. We also occasionally run into other people. Some of them are quite nice and offer us some food and water. One man we met even gave us a picture book that used to belong to his daughter. Though Kate has now read that book a million times, she still smiles and giggles when the knight goes to save the princess. 

Kate isn’t old enough to understand the situation that we are in. She often asks why we can’t eat more food like we used to or why mommy and daddy don’t come help us. I try my best to explain things in a way that puts her mind at ease. I always tell Kate that there will be an end to all of this, that one day we will be able to reunite with our parents and go back to living life before there were any zombies. I try to tell her this everyday, even though I’m unsure myself if it will ever happen. Regardless, all I can do now is continue to keep moving forward and doing the best I can to keep Kate and I safe. As long as we are together, I can have hope. 

Until we meet again,

Jake