A/N
Thank you so much for reading this it really means a lot to me:) This is my first ever fan fiction, but constructive criticism would be so awesome and really encourage me to keep writing this story.
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Disclaimer: I do not own fairy Tail or any type of Zombie TV show or movie
NOW, ON TO THE STORY!
Lucy groggily rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as she dragged herself out of her bed. She sat there for a few minutes waiting for her brain to wake up a bit more before she got ready. After a few minutes of just sitting there, she stood up and clambered over to her bathroom to take a shower and freshen up a bit.
She let out a sigh of pleasure as the hot beads of water kissed her skin. She really could never get used to the wonderful feeling of her whole body turning to goo from the warm sensation of the steaming hot water relaxing her entire body right down to the bone.
Turning off the faucet feeling completely energized, she stepping out of the shower, and wrapped herself in her favorite fuzzy pink towel. She proceeded to move out of the bathroom, and back into her bedroom to her dresser. She glanced at her clock and a sudden wave of panic rushed over her.
"Oh no I'm gonna be late again!" she yelped as she tried to slip on her work clothes as fast as humanly possible. She skidded into the kitchen and grabbed an apple as she raced out the door, slamming it behind her.
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"I'm so sorry I'm Late!" Lucy huffed as she raced into the grocery store and grabbed her apron. "This cannot be happening again!" She thought to herself as she imagined what sort of fate her boss would have in store for her this time. She cringed when she remembered what her boss told her yesterday…
"If I see you burst in through those doors late one more time, I'm going to have you stocking shelves for the rest of your life! You hear me Heartfilia? NEXT TIME WON'T BE SO PRETTY."
Lucy felt a shiver once more at the thought as it appeared in her mind. She was taken out of her thoughts when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"KYAA!" She shrieked as she jumped so high she could have easily been mistaken for a crazed monkey. She slowly turned around to meet her doom, when she was not met with the face of her boss, but rather her co-worker and best friend Cana.
"Wow, calm down there princesssss." Cana slurred with a mocking smirk on her face. Lucy could obviously tell that she was drunk. Again.
"Apparently this grocery store doesn't have very high expectations for its workers. Considering most are either drunks, or teens who couldn't find better job. Plus, I am always late for work so this place's standards can't be that high."
"Cana, you're drunk again? I thought that the boss told you that if you came to work drunk again you would be fired." Lucy let out a sigh, completely forgetting all about her being late situation.
"Well I wasn't drunk when I got here." Cana pouted "I drank a few when I was on break. There's a difference Lucyyyy."
Lucy rolled her eyes at this. "Besides, didn't the boss say that if you were late again the you would be 'stocking shelves for the rest of your life'?" Cana said the last part in an over exaggerated voice, attempting to impersonate their boss.
At that moment the lights flickered then all of a sudden simultaneously shut off. Both Lucy and Cana turned to each other with the same puzzled expression on their face. After about 15 minutes of waiting, they heard the familiar static buzzy sound of the intercom turn on.
"Hello, this is Greenie's Greens using the emergency power line to communicate with all of our shoppers and employees. There has been an unexpected power outage in the city, and we encourage all shoppers and employees to head home. The power plant called and said that they aren't completely positive when they are expecting the power to come back on, so they sent the message that all citizens should return to their homes until they can figure out what caused the problem, and get the power up and running again. Thank you for your time."
And with that the announcement was over. Lucy and Cana both looked at each other for a moment before Cana smiled.
"No work today!" She cheered excitedly. Lucy just stood there for a moment. "See ya tomorrow. Maybe! If we even have work tomorrow!" Cana Cackled to Lucy as she ran out the doors of the store.
"Well I suppose I should head home too." Lucy sighed to herself as she returned her apron and headed out the doors to her house.
On her way home she saw more people than usual on the streets. "I assume it's only natural due to the power outage. People are probably just returning to their houses like I am."
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As she continued her walk home she felt like something was a bit off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. "Maybe it's the amount of people on the streets? No. That can't be it…" She took a closer look at her surroundings. More specifically the people.
"What… What's going on." She started to panic at what she thought she saw. Just to make sure she wasn't imagining things, she took a closer look at what she thought she saw.
And she wasn't imagining things.
What she saw was real.
At this point she was running. She didn't care if she stood out in the crowd. She was running and she was running fast. "How can the others not notice this?"
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She had finally made it back to her apartment after bolting down the streets every which way to get back home. She opened the door and slammed it behind her the fastest she had ever in her life. She leaned against it to catch her breath and slid down till she was sitting on the floor panting.
"Is this really just a power shortage? " She asked herself while attempting to slow her rabid heart palpitations.
"It can't be. Can it?" She didn't even believe the words when they came out of her mouth. "Those people…" She tried to catch her breath once more.
"They… They weren't normal. Some of them… most of them looked sick." Her face paled when she thought of the next words she was actually about to tell herself. "They almost looked…"
"Dead."
