1 Chapter 1: Life goes on!

PRESENT DAY:

The clock was ticking , Mom was preparing breakfast and my school lunch. Dad was sitting on the chair reading today's newspaper. My Younger sister Diana was packing her bag for the school. And there I was , sleeping in the bed. My name is Hope. But I don't have 'HOPE' at all. Soon later , Mom came up to my room and yelled , " Wake Up HOPE!!!! Its getting late and the school bus will arrive any moment now". I was not in a mood to go to the school , but I can't help it since my parents are not going to listen to me either ways and it is no use of making up excuses since I've used them all in the past. I brushed my teeth and took bath then went downstairs to eat up my breakfast soon since it was time for the school bus to arrive.

I was almost late for the school bus , but made it just in time. There was my best friend sitting there and waiting for me to climb up the bus. I went and sat beside him and he started to tell me some random story about some superhero or he was just blabbering about Avengers and all. But I never believed in all those stuff. We reached school and for the point that we both sat together in class too. His name was Jake. He was my first friend in this class. It was the day our test results would be given. I scored the highest and along side me was Jake too. We are living a peaceful life after that thing happened , THAT WAR.

PREVIOUSLY FEW YEARS AGO :

Me and Jake went over to the secret hideout we had made out of an abandoned house. We play there and study too. This was our daily routine. Ugh! Life is so boring you know. It was 6:30 PM in the evening , on our way to return back home we saw a old man with a small baby in his hand. I know everything is boring but I never say no to helping. So we decided to ask him if he needed anything. We approached him and I asked , "May we help you Sir ?". The old man looked towards me and said , " Run away kid. This place isn't safe anymore. Get back to your home". I didn't expect him to be rude. So I said to Jake lets leave him alone. As we turned towards our bicycles , he asked us our names , and we told our names to him. He said , "I feel it! Something negative. This town will be crushed. There will be WAR!". I felt this guy is just blabbering something and I don't believe in war and all this war is so boring. I said to him , " Sir , where do you live? At least enter the town and check for some food." He was sitting under a street light at the entrance of the town. Our hideout was a bit far since we didn't want our parents to know about it. He said , "NO! This town is full of crazy bastards. Nobody cares for the poor. They just care for them selves." Then I remembered that we had shortage of food lately. The town leader , Elder Alex and his wife Elder Rose had decided that our town will no longer take in any new people , even if they are poor. Our town was called the Wolfden. Yeah actually it makes sense. Late night you hear the wolves howling and there are many of them. Elder Alex first tamed a wolf as a pet and to protect this town he tamed more of them. So hence these wolves do not harm any villagers. Elder Alex's wolf's name was Milo. It was very old yet very ferocious. He was the leader of the pack of wolves. So we asked the old man his name and he mentioned his name was Arthur. He somewhat trusted us. Not much but we convinced him to come to our home for one night stay. And he agreed. Mine and Jake's house are nearby , like neighbors. My dad and Jake's dad work in the Police Department of the town or also known as sheriff.