The Raven Monologue

Rob woke up to the sound of his sister, Mary. Mary was sobbing and Rob was about to ask her what was wrong when he noticed his mother’s lifeless body. Rob’s mother had skin as black as the night sky, and swellings the size of eggs under her arms and neck.
“We should pack our items and leave right now. I don’t like the idea of staying here, it gives me the creeps,” said Mary.
“I told you we should have left a few days ago. I knew this would happen,” said Rob.
Rob and Mary spent a few moments gathering their belongings before they were ready to leave. As Rob and Mary were exiting their house, they saw a carriage that seemed to be coming their way. When the carriage finally came into view, Rob realized it was filled with dead people that had died of the plague.

As the carriage passed, the man who was steering it asked Rob and Mary if they had any corpses.

Mary and Rob could only reply with the slightest shake of their head, and after that the man continued down the street stopping here and there to ask people if they had any corpses.
“We should head to the country so that we can avoid catching the plague. After we reach the countryside, we should look for a place to say,” said Rob.
“I don’t know if we will be absolutely safe from the plague, but the country does sound more safe than the city,” replied Mary.
After traveling for a while, Rob and Mary came upon a house that seemed to be vacant, which was exactly what they were looking for. When Rob tried to yank the door open, he noticed that it was locked. After exclaiming to his sister that it was locked, Rob started to bang his fist upon the door until he heard an angry man’s voice.
“Back away you foul beasts. I don’t want to die of the plague like you and everyone one else has,” said the Man.
“Please allow us to come in. We don’t have the plague, I promise,” said Mary.
“I refuse to let you in, I don’t want to catch the plague by letting you rotten liars into my home,” shrieked the

Man.
After hours of quarreling with the peculiar man, Rob and Mary decided to leave the house, and travel farther from the city. Rob and Mary had been traveling for quite some time before they decided to set up camp and rest.
“Before we go to sleep, we should split the food we have evenly so that one of us doesn’t get more than the other, sound good?” said Rob.
“That sounds wonderful Rob, but did you pack any food?” replied Mary.
“No, I didn’t Mary. I specifically remember you telling me that you were going to pack the food, and that I was going to pack the clothes,” said Rob.
“Well I must’ve forgot then, because I don’t see any food in the bag. It will be okay though, we can find something to eat tomorrow,” said Mary.
“Sounds good, see you in the morning,” said Rob.
“Goodnight, don’t let the plague bugs bite,” said Mary.
When Mary and Rob woke up, they packed up their camp and started to search for something to eat. After searching for quite some time, Rob spotted what seemed to be a house. Rob walked up to the house and opened the door, only to find bags of apples and a rotten corpse. Before leaving the house to go find Mary, Rob dragged the corpse out of the house and packed a few apples just in case he couldn’t find his way back. While Rob was looking for his sister, he noticed that there were a peculiar amount of dead rats lying around, but at the time he thought nothing of it. After hours of searching for her, Rob found Mary and noticed that she seemed to be sleeping. As Rob approached her, he noticed that she looked very feverish.
“Are you feeling alright,” Rob said.
“I feel a bit warm. Maybe I should try get up and move around,” said Mary.
“No, mother told me that the best thing for a sick person to do is rest,” replied Rob.
“Alright, but did you find any food. I’m awfully hungry,” said Mary.
After rummaging around in his sack for a while, Rob pulled out two fresh apples. Rob handed one of the apples to Mary, and took a big scrumptious bite out of the other.
“Where were you today. I was looking all around for you,” said Rob
“I was searching for some sort of shelter, but I had no luck. I forgot to ask you, where did you find these apples?” replied Mary
“I found an old abandoned house that had a corpse and a load of apples in it. The house looked like it was a good source of shelter,” said Rob.
“We should try to find it tomorrow morning, don’t you think,” Mary said.
“That sounds like a good idea, but I have no idea as to where it is,” said Rob.
“I still think it would be a good idea if we looked for it though. I mean it is a source of shelter and has food, that’s surely all we need, right?” replied Mary.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right, but I really do think we should get some rest,” said Rob
“Alright, goodnight,” replied Mary.
While Rob was waking up, he noticed Mary wasn’t moving. When Rob went over to check on Mary, he turned her over and saw dark, livid spots all over her skin. Rob immediately thought back to his encounter with his dead mother.
“She must have caught the plague,” muttered Rob.
Rob started to shake Mary and shout her name, but no response came. After continuously trying to wake Mary up, Rob finally accepted that his sister had died of the plague. Throughout the entire day, Rob did nothing but bawl his eyes out.
“It’s all my fault,” Rob chortled. “I should have made us go to the docks and leave Europe. We would have surely been safe from the plague if we had left Europe.” Later that night, Rob buried his sister, and said his final words, “I love you with all my heart. I know you will go to Heaven and see mom, make sure you tell her I love her. I know I won’t be far behind.” After burying his sister, Rob went to sleep and never woke up again.