Cookie APOCALYPSE

Day: 7

I've been thinking a bit. We've been trapped in the restaurant for a day. Rye had to shoot Sparkling. I couldn't heal him. It seems like my magic is gone. The gun shot drew a bunch of the dead here. I saw Dark Cacao speaking to his son earlier. They hugged. I hope they made up. It'd be nice if they did. I've also been thinking of someone close to me. White Lily. I can't help but think where is she now? I'm sure she's alive.. No matter the state. If magic has faded, perhaps she is herself again. It haunts me imagining she may be alive out there alone. I do not want that to be her fate. I mentioned it to Dark Cacao before. We had both agreed to go to his kingdom first, but we've since learned what has happened to it. I do not think Dark Cacao will give up on his kingdom without seeing for himself. But I.. do not wish to wait any longer. I don't know where she may be, but I have some ideas. If she believed me to be alive, she may have waited for me. I have to look, at least. I want to find my friend. I could bring her back. It could be like it was before. I've already lost Hollyberry and Golden Cheese. White Lily is the only one I'm not sure of. I can't just pretend she's dead when she could be out there.

Someone nudged my shoulder. It was Dark Choco. Dark Cacao's son. I looked at him, and he handed me something to eat. He said something about how they were sharing rations, and how I hadn't gotten any. I took it and nodded, telling him thank you. I set it aside. Looking at it made me miss Hollyberry. I smiled thinking about all the times she'd take me out to eat. She was a good friend.. 

I'm going to find White Lily.

I'm not going to let my other friends die. I waited until everyone seemed occupied. I took the rations I had been given, and I left. I went through the storage to the emergency exit. Without power I didn't think the alarm would go off. I was right. I made it through the door easily. I started to walk. I wasn't sure how I would get there. But I was going to. The dead were all at the front, I had to be careful.

I managed to get by them, I was lucky. Someone dropped something inside. It distracted the zombies again. I ran by, trying to keep low. It wasn't that hard. I left some things behind. My hat, my staff. I had to. If anything, maybe it'd let them know I was okay. If I was.

Blueberry Yogurt Academy. That was my destination. It's where I went to school with White Lily. If she was to look for me, it'd be there. I know it.

The woods were cold. It was overgrown, empty, isolated. It didn't feel welcoming. This was the only path I knew. I looked up at the stars peeking through the branches. We used to love the stars. I picked up my pace. I didn't wish for her to wait long. I knew she'd be there. I felt it.

I knew I was getting closer. I started to see the eyes. The eyes. I kept walking, they were watching. The gates. I saw the gates. I made it. I pushed the gates open. No one had been here for a long time. It was empty except for memories. I looked around the garden. It was quiet. I was here. It was safe in here. I calmed down. I took my time looking around at this place I learned in. The place I was with White Lily. The place we watched the stars. The place we learned magic. I followed the path through the garden, until I got to the doors. I pushed them open and stepped inside. The door echoed in the empty hall. The tall windows shined the moonlight across the floor. It seemed empty. I walked inside, slowly. It seemed dead, yet she had to be here.

"White Lily?"

My voice echoed through the building. I tripped over something while walking through a dark spot. I groaned and looked back, it was a body. I gasped and stood up. Why was there a body here? It wasn't White Lily's.. It looked like a zombie's corpse, but it had been killed.. So.. Somebody was here. White Lily was here. I stood up, wiping the dust off my robes. I dared not call out again, in case. Yet I searched the large school. 

It was empty, desolate. For a moment I thought I heard her voice. It was just the birds outside. My mind was playing tricks on me. But she had to be here somewhere. I searched classrooms, the halls. I went back to the garden to double check. She must be on another floor. I went back inside and went up the steps.

I kept searching. My footsteps echoed. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared, but I was driven by a determination to find her. I wasn't planning to leave without her. I wanted to bring her back to the others. Her, me, and Dark Cacao. It could be like old times.. Yes, Golden Cheese and Hollyberry were gone. I missed them dearly. But I didn't have to lose the others. Yes. She'd come back with me. I smiled to myself thinking about it. I wasn't sure how Dark Cacao would react. I'm sure he'd be shocked seeing White Lily. It had been awhile, after all. But I'm sure he'd accept her. He was that kind of person. He forgave his son after all. He'd forgive an old friend.

Where was she? I had been looking around for awhile. Maybe I missed a few rooms? I doubt it, I know this place inside and out. I started to lose hope-

Until I heard something. A clash of sort. It was in one of the classrooms. I went to look. She was in there, she had to be. I found the room the sound came from. I opened the door,

"White Lily-?"

My voice died in my throat. She was there. It was White Lily. My best friend. The one I cared for. The one I'd even say I loved. She was there. I imagined her smiling at me, but that wasn't reality. The cheer I imagined came out as a growl instead. I couldn't move, this couldn't be her. I grabbed onto the side of the door frame and fell to my knees. White Lily was stuck, tangled in some vines that stretched through the window. I sat there. It didn't feel real. It felt empty. I couldn't process what was going on around me. White Lily, she was dead. It wasn't like last time. Even when she turned to Dark Enchantress, I knew she was alive. I knew she was there somewhere. It wasn't like this. She was gone, she was dead.

I held my head in my hands. I didn't realize I was crying, but I could faintly hear it. It was hard to breathe, it hurt to breathe. It burned. I sobbed her name, looking up through the blur of tears. She was tangled, stuck. She wanted free. She was still here. She was right there. I moved towards her, crawling. I reached out for the vines. She was here. Her face. I could see her smiling in the back of my mind. It was still her. This was still White Lily. I tugged at the vines. I heard voices. I heard a voice. I couldn't focus. I wanted to help her. I wanted her free. The voice became more insistent until it shouted. I broke focus and looked back. Dark Cacao was at the doorway. He.. He followed me. He must've known. My friend.. Yes. I was being careless. I left my friend. I looked back at White Lily. She was free. She pounced.

(A/N: Sorry gang I'm not the best at writing..)

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