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Alone: A Short Story
WB, Class of 2025
They must’ve known their near future as
Alone I sit on a stormy morning in an empty
carton once filled with many boisterous eggs. I’m well. The hour had finally struck, and the
the last of the dozen. The rest of my brothers and human trudged into the kitchen with earth
sisters are gone, sucked into the endless void that shattering footsteps. The rumble got
is a human’s stomach. I had to sit there and louder and stronger as the human
watch, my mouth gaping, as a human groped and approached, and I silently pleaded for the
plucked my siblings and mercilessly smashed human to pass by. I had no such luck,
them against the counter until their shells, once though. The door flew open, and the
pure and whole, were nothing more than a pile of human browsed the contents of the
rubble. He then dropped their insides into a fiery refrigerator. Finally, his gaze fell on the
inferno doused in burning hot butter and stirred other eggs and me. I was not as lucky as
until the content of the pan was nothing more before and was chosen along with a few
than an expansive pool of yellow goop. other eggs to soon become breakfast. Just
After a while, the human scooped up the as I had witnessed before, my shell was
now hardened yellow mess, his nightmarish smile crushed on the corner of the kitchen
clear for me to see. He dumped the steaming pile counter, and what was left of me was
of what once was my family onto a plate and poured into the pan.
stabbed a colossal fork into it. Then, he lifted the I was finally ready to accept my fate
fork and pushed it into his mouth. I knew my when I hardened and was scooped onto a
siblings were gone when I heard an echoing gulp. large plate. The human seasoned me with
In horror, I tried to process what just happened, salt and pepper and took out the same
my mind numb. A million thoughts raced to my fork that ended my siblings lives previously.
head. The most apparent one was the realization The fork cut into me and brought me up to
that I would spend the rest of my life alone. I sat the humans lips during what I thought was
there in denial, knowing I would be lonely for the the last moment of my life. It was my turn to
rest of my life. It was never this quiet. I tried to be eaten, and I was chewed and swallowed.
continue with my day, although I thought about The end result of being eaten, though,
the times we would banter with each other and surprised me more than anything I had
pondered: How long am I going to be alone? seen. I saw a vibrant, gleaming white light
A week had passed, but it felt like months. I and what I thought was the laughter of my
was bored out of my mind without the other eggs. siblings. After my descent came to a halt
The next batch of forlorn victims had arrived in and my vision cleared up, I was met by my
the frigid cavern measureless to eggs. I finally had siblings and other foods who were eaten
some company, but I knew it wouldn’t last for very before me. They were a bit roughed up but
long. Their presence reminded me of simpler were still the same eggs I had lived with
times with my siblings. It made me wonder about before. I was shocked since I never
the fate of my brothers and sisters. I shuddered expected to be reunited with my family. I
at the thought of the horrible demise that my was filled with bliss and told them about
siblings were cursed with, and I felt my stomach how scared I was. They laughed, and we
drop as I realized what was soon to come. discussed what had happened since we
The night passed, and I could sense the were separated, finally ending my time
5 agitation brewing among the other eggs. being alone.
