Day 5, Year XX19, March 12th
Its been five days since the world as we know it ended. Technology failed, more or less. I mean, batteries and stuff still worked, but power plants, hydroelectric dams, windmills, and solar panels just stopped working. Even now I'm surprised my little handheld crank charger(turn a handle to charge whatever it is plugged into) works still. My music has kept me from breaking down, so I'm thankful for this.
Day 17, Year XX19, Match 29th
I'm heading west. My family is there, I hope. So many people just seem to be missing, and some of them that aren't are different now. Parts of them are changing slowly. So far no one under 18 has started changing, so that's good.
Also, it's my birthday. I celebrated by eating a Twinkie and trying not to cry. I shouldn't have yelled at my mother for forgetting I hate Twinkies.
Day 30, Year XX19, June 11th
Magic. I can't believe it. I've never been so scared in my life as I was seeing that man set that rabid dog on fire. With his hand. I just ran and scavenged new pants later. I'll find a river or something.
Day 42, Year XX19, June 23rd
I should have stayed in a city. They're everywhere. Not safe.
Day 43, Year XX19, June 24th
Seeing the things in the light was better than I feared. Glowing eyes at night had me freaked out. Squirrels with knives instead of tails and paws are still freaky. Don't think they are aggressive though.
Day 64, Year XX19, July 15th
Changes seem to be spreading on people still. Every time I see an Altered(some guy in the last town came up with that. People with magic are called Witches. No burning stakes though, thank God) they seem like a mix of some sort of animal and human. It's never been an even amount though. All of them are more human than animal.
Day 71, Year XX19, July 22nd
I helped a woman give birth! The guy with the firehand doesn't seem so scary compared to holding the screaming little goo covered bundle. I felt like I was holding the thinnest and loudest piece of glass!
Not everyone is happy though. The lady gave birth to twins, and the second baby was a PERFECT mix of human and animal. He even had tiny little teeth! She and her husband aren't changed at all either.
Day 120, Year XX19, September 2nd
I stayed with the lady and her twins for a long time. It felt nice to be with a family again. Feel like I belonged. The Altered boy is growing a lost faster than his human brother. He knows some words and can recognize people. I was made their godfather, but that's too much for me right now. Still, I've told them where I am heading out to so they can get a message sent if anything happens. I'm not sure how that will work though.
Day 137, Year XX19, September 19th
I woke up feeling way too hot. A centipede or something bit me in my sleep and I.. I fixed it up just wishing the pain would stop. Some testing later and it turns out I at least have some magic. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. More and more cities I find are forcing Witches and Altered out of them, blaming them for the world ending and monsters showing up.
Day 142, Year XX19, September 24th
A mossviper bit my leg today. Or at least it tried to. I don't get cold anymore but I can get too hot, so I've been traveling at night. Its more dangerous because of predators but I'm careful. Or I thought I was.
Anyway, it struck me because I didn't notice it, but it's fangs didn't even break the skin. I know because I only felt the impact and felt the venom running down my shin. I grabbed it and the plant-covered snake when limp in my hand. Not dead though.
It seems affectionate now, which is creepy.
My leg is changing now too. A tough, pebbly texture.
I'm changing now, and much faster than anyone else has ever said they did. I'm also not the right age to be changing, but after the twins I guess I shouldn't have hoped I still had a few more years before I had to worry....
