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-2 Years Later-
Alex watched the town bustling with excitement from her frosty window.
There were 4 more days till Christmas, and the Mayor almost had a heart attack the other day because of this, so the plans were delayed a little because of the Mayor's illness.
Alex sighed, and leaned back on her window sill.
"Can I go outside....?" she asked half heartedly.
Sally walked into the room, looking stressed as ever.
"Only if you want to come with me and your father to give the Mayor these..." she said, running her fingers over neatly laid papers in a basket on her arm.
"Why do you have to go too?" Alex whined.
"Can't you stay?"
Sally sighed, glancing at Alex sympathetcally.
"I know how you feel, but Jack's making me go....I don't blame him..." she muttered. "I don't want to leave you here by yourself...how about you can play outside near the building while we do things inside?"
"Ok!" Alex yelled, cheering up. She ran past Sally, skidded around the corner and hopped down over the steps of the spiral staircase.
Once she got to the front hallway, she opened the closet and got out her black coat and slipped it on. She ran out the door, Sally close behind.
She caught up with her father near the Town Hall and tugged at his sleeve. "I'm gonna stay out here and play." she exclaimed quietly, as if it were top secret information.
Jack smiled, and she ran off.
She found a black, burnt stick in the snow and threw it at a burnt, dead shrub. She heard a noise come from behind the bush, and parted it to find a sewn-together zombie puppy.
She smiled and scooped it up.
She grabbed another twig, and tossed it far as she could.
The puppy hobbled after it, and brought it back. She cooed and stroked its dirty cloth head. "I'll name you....Gnarly..." she announced to no one in particular.
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