Hey guys so I wanted you guys to choose which story I should continue. Feedback would definitely be nice so, here you go.

Story 1: An angel in the darkness

Forget about what you're perfect vision of earth because it isn't realistic. This world isn't what I want to live in. It's selfish, cruel, barbaric, and sadistic. There's nothing good about it. The government is a complete joke. They don't know what they're doing at all. This world is toxic and sometimes I really wish I wasn't here to observe it crumbling down around me, turning into ashes like the city of Pompeii.

As I walk the streets that were once New York I though these things to myself on repeat. People ran through the streets, stole things, I'm living in a world of chaos. Old cars with peeling paint stood among the wreckage of building cut in half, still burning. How did New York and basically every other part of the United States become this? War, war that was entirely unneeded and it lasted for fifty years.

The kind of war everyone always feared, nuclear. Take world war two and multiply that by four hundred. As far as I know some parts of the world aren't even there anymore. They were blown apart by bombs. If you were smart, (which not many people here are), you live underground. I heard a scream, not uncommon for NY but it sounded different. Not different as in like well strange or disturbing but almost like it sounded like it was testing me.

I know it sounds strange but it didn't sound afraid and it had an amused sound in it almost. Blame me for it later but I followed the sound. It went down an alley. How predictable right? I already had my hands balled into fists. The shrieking got louder now and I could make out two silhouettes, one of a man and another of a woman.

Story 2: (To be named)

"You can't make me go!" I shouted at mom.

"Annabeth Chase you will go even if I have to drag you there!" She shouted from her room. "Now hurry up you have," She paused, "Thirty minutes to get ready." I trudged upstairs in the most un-ladylike manner possible. I picked up the dress she picked out. I then threw it to the ground because it's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I'm not a fashion expert but I'm almost positive magenta and pea green don't go together. Instead I dug through my closet for a dress. I settled on a knee length, strapless, dress, with simple black flats. I curled my hair quickly, sprayed some perfume, and grabbed a coat.

I guess I never formally introduced myself. I'm Annabeth Chase, the daughter of one of the most powerful business women in the world. Athena Chase is my mother, she is the owner of a multimillion dollar company that sells, well almost everything. However, most of her company is all educational products. You know text books, pencils, office supplies, and more exciting things as well. As of now I'm being forced to attend some high class party, thrown by politicians.

I walked down stairs with mom and we hopped into the limo.