I've always wanted to do a zombie AU, so now I am. I haven't written anything since about 2016, mostly due to just school and life getting in the way. I'm excited to start this though! With that being said, I'm not sure how frequent updates will be. My goal is every other weekend, but that can always change. I've had this story idea for a long time, in fact, I recently found notes I wrote about it in an old notebook and was inspired to post this. I am also accepting OCs and the information for that will be at the end of this and on my profile, so feel free to send in a few if you're interested.

The whole room was silent. None of the students sitting at their desks dared to move and neither did the teacher standing at the front holding the remote. The whole school seemed to be quiet, devoid of even the smallest sound. The news was the only sound, the woman's serious tone of voice sent chills down Ashleys back as he sat with his class listening. The girl next to him had covered her mouth in shock, and he could see the other boy beside him about ready to get sick. Suddenly the screen flickers black, and the teacher moved to hit the power button on the remote a few times. The lights flickered as well, causing the students to break out into a chorus of chatter.

"Can you believe that?"

"It's obviously staged!"

"That man...he just attacked that woman…"

Ashley sat still in his seat and looked out the large window to his left. It was raining just as it had been all week. The skies were gray with the occasional flash of lightning or boom of thunder. As the student's around him began to grow louder the teacher attempted to settle them down. Ashley looked over at the girl beside him, Hikaru Hasama, and tapped her on the shoulder. The blue-haired girl looked over with a small jump in her seat. "Are you okay Hikaru? You don't look too good."

She shook her head, "something bads gonna happen. I can feel it."

"Do you really believe that news story?" Hikaru gave a small nod, and Ashley scoffed.

"It's just a hoax. You really think that man attacked that woman?"

"He was trying to bite her." Before Ashley could argue back the teacher had asked everyone to stand up and follow him outside of the classroom. Most of the students did, but some lingered with a frightened expression, while others insisted they wanted to go home. Ashley picked his bag up from the side of his desk and followed towards the end of the crowd. He spotted several other classes doing the same as them, heading towards the front entrance as several teachers lead them, whispering among themselves with worried glances.

Ashley wasn't sure what was going on. He'd been sitting in his second hour of class when one of his classmates insisted that the teacher begin to play the news. It had been reported another story about a man who'd attacked a woman earlier the previous morning. For no reason apparently, and when the authorities took him into custody he was unresponsive and acted mindlessly trying to attack anyone he set his sights on. Ashley had thought of the man as some crazy person who needed to be taken away, but many rumors had begun to fly around since them. Some said that he had some kind of disease that was driving him crazy, while other told that he was a dead man walking. A zombie. The word made him scoff. That was impossible. Ashley didn't believe in those like Hikaru or Masamune Kadoya for a second.

When the exited the school Ashley was met with the steady drizzle of rain. He spotted the yellow of the school buses lined along the road as the teachers ushered he and the others towards them. He overheard one of the teachers talking about taking the students to one of the designated safe areas that had been mentioned in the news. Ashley looked around, something was going on. He could hear just down the street the screeching of tires and the shouts of people. Was it some kind of emergency? He could smell smoke, perhaps there was a fire nearby that was putting everyone in danger. Looking over Ashley spotted a few of his classmates breaking from the group. A friend of his, Ginga Hagane was one of them. Behind him Ashley heard a teacher yelling for a young woman to get back to the group, dreading to look over to see who it was Ashley gave a small peek. Hikaru was the one running from them all. The teacher began to rush everyone onto the busses, but Ashley suddenly felt overwhelmed. He could feel his phone buzzing over and over again in his pocket, the dampness of his sweatshirt clung to him, the adults were pushing and yelling at him to follow the rest. He even heard Hikaru scream as she made her way through the main street. Without thinking he took off to follow her, shouting for Hikaru to get on to the bus with him.

The young man's eyes lit up with the gleam of fire from where two cars had collided with one another. People ran around. Some carrying bags of food or water with them. Others drug their children quickly to get out of the mess of the scene of looting and panic. Ashley trudged through puddles, trying to avoid those who were running the other way. He spotted Hikaru just a bit ahead, pushing through a crowd of people. "Hikaru!" He shouted, "Hikaru get back here it's not safe. You're going to get hurt!" He finally caught up with her as he took hold of her arm.

"Let go of me!" She snapped, yanking away from him.

"What are you doing? Can't you see that there's some kind of disaster happening? Come on, we have to get back to the school!"

"You go back, I have to go home. You know my mom- she's sick and needs my help!" Hikaru explained over the noise. "You go back, but I need to get to her."

"Wait!" He longed to grab her arm, "it's too dangerous, just come on." Hikaru untangled her arm from his.

"Look around, do you think anywhere is any safer? Look at these people, do you still think that news story was a hoax, Ashley?"

He grits his teeth, "It's impossible-" The raven-haired boy's words caught in his throat as his eyes widened at the sight of something behind the girl. He yanked Hikaru back at the sight of a man on top of another. What almost sounded like snarls came from the attacker, and blood seemed to color the water under them. "That thing...he's eating-"

"We have to go," Hikaru spoke, pulling the smaller boy along as she ran down the street. More of the undead beings had begun to attack those around them and Ashley felt as if he were going to be sick at any moment. The pair ran hard, the sound of those things running after them. They came to a fenced alley, and Hikaru immediately began to climb it, leaving a hesitate Ashley to follow. The teen yelped as the undead gripped the chain links of the fence as he hopped off the top next to Hikaru. They still look human he thought in horror as they clawed at the fence with the desire to get them. Hikaru lead them farther towards her neighborhood. It was significantly quieter here with fewer people in the streets and less of the undead roaming around. Cars that were still running had been abandoned. Doors were either wide open or sealed shut. The pair came across a man who'd been attacked. He was lying on the sidewalk, a handgun discarded not far from where he was. He must've been overpowered by them and dropped his gun. Carefully Ashley moved to take it.

"Just in case." He muttered.

"Do you know how to use it?" Ashley shrugged. He'd never held a gun in his life.

Hikaru leads him to her house, he trailed behind her with his eyes glued to the ground. He was having a hard time coping with everything that just happened. He couldn't believe he'd even ran after her in the first place. He didn't even know her that well, and here he was trying to make sure she was safe. He hadn't even had time to think about his own family. Where they okay? Where were they now? At a safe zone? Held up at home? He wondered what would happen after they go to Hikaru's mother. He knew the woman was sick, and they wouldn't be able to leave with her. What would they do? Stay held up in her house and wait for help? Was help coming? So many questions ran through his mind. He thought about how Ginga had broken away from their class as well, was he okay? He looked down at the black form of the gun in his hands, he wanted to drop it that moment.

Hikaru slowed to a stop as they came before her house. The front door was open. The sight caused the girl to gasp and run towards the house in a panic. She ran inside, quickly looking around for the woman. The house was quiet and dark, and Ashley made sure to close and lock the door behind them. "Mom?" Hikaru called out as she heard a small creak of a floorboard. No answer, so she tried again as she stepped into the dim hallway. Ashley spotted blood on the floor next to the static of the televisions.

"Hikaru?" He called softly. "I think-" She screamed, causing him to dash to her side with the gun in hand. The male took a step back, his hands shaking. The woman, Hikaru's mother, was still dressed in the light blue of her robe from that morning. Except now there was the deep red stain of blood present on her right arm. She walked slowly, lifelessly. He could hear Hikaru begin to cry with shaky breaths as he raised the gun again.

"Don't!" She choked out.

"I have to, or she'll kill-"

"Please!" She begged, obviously too hysterical to really think about what she was pleading him to do. She grabbed onto him, so he shoved her away with on arm. He heard her fall back onto the floor behind him and began to sob hysterically. Ashley looked back to the undead form of the woman and despite wanting to look away as he did so he held the gun as steady as he could and pulled the trigger.

Here you guys go, just a short start to the story. I already have a lot planned in terms of my OC and the other canon characters that will be making their appearances as we get through more chapters. Like I said before I would love to write with your guy's OCs, so I'm going to leave the form here at the end and on my profile so you can copy and paste easily. Oh, and a thank you to Silverswirls for helping me a bit with getting started with writing again, as well as allowing me to use her OCs Emily and Lily for future chapters.

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Personality: (The more descriptive you are the better I can write you OC.)

Appearance:

Clothing:

Clothing #2: (Optional)

Likes:

Dislikes:

Weapon: (What they prefer to use to defend themselves, what are they good at, etc.)

Canon character(s) they'd work well with/would want to find: (optional)

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

What is their goal? To find someone they're missing, reunite with friends/family, just survive, etc

What Kinds of things would give them hope?

If they were in a group with other survivors, what role(s) would they fit best in? Leadership, rationing, supply runners, medical, etc.

Injures or health issues:

How well do they cope/endure:

History: (Where were they when everything went wrong, etc.)

Love interest: (Optional. I'm not sure how big romance will play into this yet though.)

That's it for now, but I'll probably have more questions for your OCs as the story goes on. If you have any questions or anything just ask!