The Grey World (Prologue)

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Melissa woke up with a start.

"Oh crap! I have overslept! Why didn't mum woke me up?!" she croaked.

It was the third anniversary since Ivan and she got together. It was supposed to be a big day. She was supposed to wake up an hour ago to prepare for her big date. Well, supposed to.

She rushed into the bathroom and did her morning routine is her best record. In her haste, she did not notice that the house was surprisingly quiet, or rather, the whole world was eerily quiet. Not a single bird chirp, not a single swish of the wind could be heard, no morning traffic sounded and there wasn’t the usual clanking of the dishes from the kitchen where her mother prepared the daily breakfast for the family.

Everything was just too quiet. Too lifeless.

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