I recently wrote a short story for the prompt “Start or end your story with someone arriving somewhere for the first or last time”. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember the first time I walked into that classroom. It was bright, welcoming, almost calling to me. The posters on the wall beckoned me to examine them- those childish drawings of friendly animals, the bubbly lettering a symbol of happiness, of comfort. I met my best friends in that classroom, when we were sitting around a multicolored rug. I remember the teacher- Ms. Miller- reading a ridiculous book. Something about dinosaurs in classrooms. It was all so perfect, so sweet, so innocent.
That\u2019s all I can think about as I step back in the classroom- almost a millenia later. I shouldn\u2019t be here. None of this is right. But the sun\u2019s implosion was unexpected, especially as it shouldn\u2019t have happened. All science predicted a collapse, anticipating the formation of a white dwarf. So, when the implosion happened\u2026it caught everyone off guard. Not everyone survived. It happened so suddenly; a massive shockwave rippled through the streets. Buildings were hit especially hard. Not to mention, everything started working differently. People aged differently, the seasons merged into one, and most schools shut down. The world returned to an almost Pre-Neolithic era; no more complex societies, humans were on their own. In short, the sun\u2019s implosion was an apocalypse of sorts.
And now I\u2019m back. In the place where my first memories began. The classroom was found to have dangerous sources of radiation, set to be destroyed, but\u2026I couldn\u2019t just never see it again. The desks are pushed up against the wall, the very same mat I remember dragged to the center of the room. It\u2019s\u2026painful, in a way, to see this place of life, of vibrancy reduced to a room of ash and rubble. And soon, it\u2019ll be gone. Gone, just like the park I used to play in and the house I called mine. Everything\u2019s gone. Everything will be gone. Forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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