It's
been over 200 years since the disease called Aneurohysteria, also known as Ana,
wiped out all the love from our city in Richmond, Virgina. In the beginning
when the world was first introduced to the disease, we had no idea of its
origin or that it would become such a big part of our lives. There is a cure
for it, but you must meet certain health requirements to get it. However, there
are certain people who are immune to Ana. None of the scientists could
understand why. Those who are capable of love are invited to be part of the
royal family. All their drama is recorded and set out for the whole city to see,
but I found all that boring. I never understood why they weren’t forced into
labs to give more blood samples to see what can be determined why they were
different.
My life couldn’t have been more ordinary for an
18-year-old girl. It’s my last year in high school, and I ended up being the least
unpopular person of all. I liked to hide in the bathroom to skip my classes
most of the time which is exactly what I was doing now when the bell to signal
the end of the day went off. I heard numerous voices in the hall as people tried
to push their way out of the small school. "OH.EM.GEE. The new teacher is
like so hot!" I rolled my eyes. As far as Macy was concerned every single
guy is either super-hot or plain ugly. Without love, it made the ability to
have flings without any strings attached super easy. In history, we get taught
of the chaos that happened as soon as our city broke off from the rest of the
world. Women had kids with any man that asked. Most people in that time had no
idea who their parents where. When the royal family took control, they separated
boys and girls and only those who were cured where allowed to mingle. I grabbed
my bag, needing to get out of here before Macy’s group came in. Too late, her
little circle of snobs paraded into the small bathroom of Livingston high
school. When she spotted me, awkwardly standing there trying to get out while
she came in, she stuck her nose in the air and pretended to plug it. "Ugh.
Do you guys smell that dead rat in here? It smells so gross." Her group
snickered and catcalled as I ducked my head and sidestepped her. I made it out
without further incident. She needed to get her nose checked. She put so much
perfume on that she reeked of alcohol for miles. But this is her territory, and
if I say something wrong, I would be in for it later. I made my way out of the
school and to the small alleyways that would take me to the wall that enclosed Richmond.
We were shown pictures of the outside world when the teachers thought we would
be mature enough to handle it. Buildings were blown apart and whole cities
where destroyed. We were told our city was the only one that survived and all because
we had rules and restrictions that must be followed. The royal family was
praised after that because they were the ones that brought order to this city. When
I finally reached the end of my walk, I laid down on the grass, using my
backpack as a pillow. I had no desire to go back home quite yet, and so my routine
on Fridays was always to go as far away as possible and lay with the sun in my
face until the sun went down and the air got cooler. Truth is, as soon as I
turned 18, my mother and father took me to get tested to see if I would be a
good match to get the cure. I was denied and when my family learned this, they
hated me for it. Both my parents were cured and so they were happily married, but sometimes
it seemed like they were incapable of loving me.
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