You decided to start to explore the town, or at least find shelter to sleep. You hopped up and looked around. You walked on a cracked sidewalk- problem the best condition thing in the town. You looked around. There was a broken bookshop. You turned towards the building. It was brown(at least under all the dust and dirt), and had a broken sign on the round infront of it that read "Fireside Books." It must have fell. The windows where also broken.

"Let's check this out." You said. You walked in. Books laid all over the floor. They looked like it's been years since they had been touched. You picked up one from the ground.

"Jeremy Fisher" Read the title. It seemed to be A toad or frog was on the cover. You set it down, and continued looking. You picked up another book. "How green was my valley" was the name of this one. You set it down, and head out of the book store. A small puddle of water was in the distance. You ran up to it, scooped some up and drank it. Refreshing.

You continued looking through the town, then one place caught your eye. A big house. "It.. looks so.. familiar.." you muttered. You slowly walked inside. The door was wide open. It was a two story house, and the second floor had a huge hole. You scanned the first floor. "So.. familiar.." you repeated. You stepped over broken glass from the shattered windows and made your way upstairs.

You carefully went up every stair, making sure they wouldn't break. Once you reached it up the stairs, you saw a big blue couch. You walked up to it, and infront of it was a fireplace with a shelf on top of it. You picked up a picture frame the shelf.

Two adults.. And two children, one younger and one older then you. The adult male wore a military uniform. Then, right below the male, was you..

You thought for a moment, then realized it all.

This was your old house.

You smiled, feeling emotional.. they where gone...

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