Alex Simpson

Emilia's Moonstone

The sun grazing the crown of the trees struck panic in young Emilia Townsend. What once could be considered a peaceful time, watching the stars, observing the bright moon, the dark night brought agony to the humans still alive. She and her stray friend, a German Shepherd who remained nameless, hid behind a smashed brick wall, ruined by The Disaster, as she called it; the day the world came to an end.