A/N: Well my first chapter of my first story was written a little while ago, but I decided to do this and post it first... 3

This is for punkangel208394's contest! Honestly, I don't know if this counts or not, but it's all I could think of and I liked how it came out...

All characters here belong to Mondo Media, not me so please don't sue ^^

Frozen inside without your touch,

Without your love, darling

Only you are the life

Among the dead

-Bring Me to Life; Evanescence


The blood moon hung high in the sky that Halloween night, illuminating the dead crops and wilted flower beds in a bloody glow. Laying across the ground were three different bodies, their stomachs nothing but bloody potholes. Blood and limbs littered the ground around them; however, the three bodies began rising. Their eyes are completely blank, and their movements are stiff, but their body easily reassembled themselves.

The green bear, his fur stained with the blood of his friends, stood in front of a young red porcupine. She, too, was stained with her friends' blood, but it was not as noticeable as with her partner.

Flippy, as that was the bear's name, turned to his companion, tears filling his eyes. "There's no hoe, Flaky; we're surrounded. Even if I let evil out, it will not be enough. There's just too many of them!"

Flaky let out a sob as Flippy took her in his arms and held her tightly. The town's curse, having been lifted, would not save them from their death. Flaky clung to Flippy, knowing that, at least, he cared. He pulled her tightly to him and they both fell to their knees, holding each other in their arms, knowing they were the only ones left and there was no way out.

"Flippy, I don't want to die, not now," she stated quietly, a sob escaping her again. She opened her eyes and looked into Flippy's pacman eyes and let the tears freely stream down her face. She didn't attempt to wipe them away; there was no time to wipe her eyes as their zombified friends were closing in on them fom every way.

Flippy nuzzled his lover's cheek gently and replied, "I don't want to either, Flaky... but as long as you know I love you more than life itself, I'm willing to die tonight."

"Flippy, please don't say that... I-I'd rather be alive and in love than dead and feeling nothing...!" Flaky let out a choked sob and hid her blood-smeared face against his shoulder. Flippy said nothing in reply, just held her tightly to him as their zombified friends approached closer... and closer... and closer...

Flippy closed his eyes and felt the first tears slide down his face. He listened to Flaky's muffled sobs. He wished there was something he could do, but... they were surrounded. They couldn't go forward nor backward. All they could do was sit and wait.

Flippy felt the first burst of horrible pain in his left shoulder, knowing it was one of his friends doing it, but not wanting to believe it. He heard Flaky let out a pained and terrified shriek just as he himself cried out.

The zombified tree friends were upon them now, and there was no escape. Evil Flippy would do no good either, because the zombies would just awake and reassemble themselves. It was over for the two, and they knew it, because they were still alive, they could die. However...

The dead could not die again.


... Kind of dark... Hope it counts, though ^^ I'm not sure what kind of romance this counts as... haha.

Winter out!