Before One Wakes

Molly was your average sixteen year old girl: curious, confident, and a tad bit irresponsible. She had loving parents, who pushed her to strive for her utmost best in everything she did, but also understood the concept of relaxation and having downtime. She even had an eighteen year old brother who, despite often taking pleasing in irritating Molly, was a kind and patient young man at heart, a refreshing contrast to the vivacious and thin-skinned teen. Molly had dreams of becoming a zoologist and opening her own Humane Society after college; with satisfactory grades and her mind already made up on her future career, Molly's life was set. That is, until her world came crashing down around her, weeks before Summer Vacation. Completely blind-sided by the sudden spread of disease, she and her family were thrown into the beginnings of a Zombie Apocalypse, in which it was every man for himself. Dreams shattered, Molly quickly realized that in order for her to keep her family alive, she had to readjust her expectations to fit those of her daunting, new reality.

Now, two years later, Molly has become the shadow of her old self: aloof, calculating, and apathetic. Living with her damaged, immediate family in an abandoned apartment building, Molly has cut off all emotional ties with them, firm in her belief that by displaying any human feelings at all on her behalf will only lower their chances of survival. The self-appointed leader of the four, Molly fights her father on every decision he makes for the family, convinced that he is too influenced by his emotions to think rationally. As the infected body count in the city steadily rises, Molly becomes more and more worried for her family's safety. Can she convince her father to leave their hometown before it's too late? Will she ever be able to relate to her family or any other human being again on an emotional level? Join Molly Fisher on a journey of sacrifice, love, and self-realization to find out.