Rating: T

The Apocalypse

Levy never, in a million years, would have thought she'd survive the zombie apocalypse this long. She was tiny and weak and a coward, after all. Her only redeemable feature was her brain… which all the zombies wanted. Surely she would have been bitten or eaten a year ago, when the outbreak first started.

Yet here she was. Alive and healthy… and with the most surprising companion keeping her safe.

"Keep up, shrimp, or they'll get ya." Her companion's voice was gruff and filled with annoyance as he walked on ahead of her. He turned back to see what was taking her so long to catch up, as she was usually good about staying close to him. He found her lost in thought – again – with a brainless and legless zombie crawling up behind her. He scoffed and quickly pulled her girl out of the way and into his arms, startling her.

"Gajeel, what the…" she protested at the sudden movement, only to go silent as she realized he'd just kept her from being bitten.

"You idiot." He growled in reprimand at her, giving her a sharp glare. "Do ya want ta get bit? Cause yer gonna at this rate." He told her, swinging his leg around her to knock the crawler a good distance away. This one didn't have a lower half of his body, so he was very slow moving. Not worth the effort of killing. Still, the mindless beast somehow managed to bite down on Gajeel's ankle. He just scoffed. "Yeah, nice try pal. Yer a bit late to my party."

He wasn't worried about the bite in the slightest… because he was already a zombie.

Gajeel had been one of the first to get bitten in Magnolia. He was on the outskirts of town when the first horde arrived. Overwhelmed by their numbers, he somehow managed to keep from getting eaten completely and escaped with a single bite. Knowing what would happen to him, he had his friend tie him to a tree before he turned. If he was going to become some horrible flesh-eating monster, at least he could keep himself from hurting more people. So he stayed tied to that tree until well after he had turned.

At first, he was a hungry monster just like the others. He snarled at any human that passed, and tried to escape his bindings to no avail. But then something odd happened. Three days after he turned, he regained his sanity, and the cravings went away. He remained tied to that tree, watching the world fall apart around him as the mindless ones gave in to their cravings for flesh. He didn't rot, he didn't age, he didn't hunger or thirst. He just existed, tied to that tree, until this tiny girl with blue hair stumbled upon him and became instantly curious about why he was so sane.

Long story short, they had been traveling together since then. Levy had deduced that if a zombie didn't eat human flesh, they would retain their consciousness and sanity. The virus seemed to make a zombie want to feed immediately because certain proteins in human flesh seemed to trigger ridiculous growth of the virus. Without this fuel, and after a few days, the body built up antibodies to the virus. It was still there, but it no longer controlled their minds. Fully, anyways.

Gajeel still got random hunger pangs he would have to fight off. Usually, this happened when he smelled human blood. It happened more often when it was her blood. He would usually tell her when the pangs came, which gave them enough time to find a safe place and restrict his movement somehow. The virus would flare up and he'd be driven mad with hunger for a short time, usually no longer than an hour. And then he would be fine. And then they would keep traveling.

"Do you think we'll find him alive?" Levy asked a short while later, going back to thinking as she walked. This time Gajeel kept an arm around her shoulders to make sure she stayed close.

"Lil? Yeah. He's one tough bastard. I got no doubt he's still alive." Gajeel told her as they walked through the mostly-deserted streets. A few crawlers still lingered around, but the walkers had all moved on to another city to find more humans to feed on. Gajeel would be considered a runner. His movements were still sharp and his reflexes were still good, unlike all the mindless walkers. He moved and acted like he was still a normal human, while they could barely walk and move due to rot and decay. "We'll definitely find him."


It's been forever since I did an update here. Sorry guys! Thanks for being so patient!

This one was random for me, and this was as far as I got. I got kinda inspired by a webtoon I'm reading called Zombie Boyfriend, haha. Hence this story. I don't think I can make this one much longer, to be honest, but I thought it was interesting and deserved to be shown to you guys! Hope you like it!

As for future updates, well... yeah... hang in there guys! I'm trying!

Also, I notice a lot of comments asking for a full Black Knight series. Guess what! It's already posted and in progress! Just head to my profile and check it out!

Anyways, thanks so much for reading!

-Nerdy12