So Alone

Hello... whoever you are. My name is Date Fruit. And this is my new journal. In this I will tell you of how I became so incredibly alone in this horrible place. I think I will start from the beginning. The beginning being the day I first woke to find everypony I've ever known, and then some, had vanished without a trace...

Entry 1

Day 1

I woke up in my bed expecting a normal day ahead of me. I was well rested and ready for the first day of my new job as an intern at the Manehatten city hall. I freshened myself up and ate my breakfast. It looked as if I would have a good day. But when I trotted outside to walk to work, a strange silence was lurking it's way into the back of my mind. Not only that, but the sky was dark. No stars shown from above and the sun wasn't up yet.

The sun would normally be peeking over the horizon by now. But instead, the moon glared back down at me. But that was no normal moon. It was smaller and... red. A deep, blood red. And behind it, showing like a flame under firewood, was the sun. The ridges of the moon were overcome by it's fiery outline.

I walked next door and knocked on the door to check on the neighbors, but nopony answered. I then turned around and began on my way to the town hall. As I walked, a creepy sensation washed up my spine. I began to run, as if I was trying to escape it. It rattled me to no end, almost making me want to break out into a full on sprint. But it was cold outside. And the workplace was nearly six miles away from the house.

I was scared. My heart was beating a like a drum and cold air was forcing it's way into my lungs. I shivered and looked behind me. Across the street, at the local playground, a swing set was moving back and forth in the wind. Each swing was accompanied by the eerie screeching of rusty metal on rusty metal. The chains rattled in the cold wind, sending a sudden chill up my spine.

A gust of freezing wind caused a few locks of hair to fall in front of my eyes. I moved to push them out of the way, only for something to brush against my hoof. I jerked it back and screamed as loudly as I could... only for me to notice that the thing that had brushed against me was a small red wagon being pushed by the wind. Just a toy. I chuckled lightly at the thought only for the overbearing reality of things to come crashing down on me.

And for the first time in my life... I felt completely and utterly alone.

Alone.