Title: Remembering Z-Day
Series: Winter Tidings
Author: Jmaria
Rating: PG
Pairing: FfA # 1073 Dawn / Diane (Shaun of the Dead)
A/N: Okay, Di was a drama teacher in the movie (thus the whole 'act like a zombie' scene) and if you saw the extras (plot holes) on the dvd, it showed what really happened to Diane. . . so spoilers.
Remembering Z-Day
Diane stared out at the small group of teens before her. After the whole Z-Day incident three months ago, many schools had to be closed, and more teaching positions were available. A lot of things were different since then. The bell rang, startling her. She straightened her jacket and made her way into the auditorium.
"Good morning class." She smiled brightly at the bored teenagers. "Right then, let's take roll. Andrews, Han -"
The door slammed open, waking up several of the students and startling Diane, whose hand went to the nearest blunt object. A tall brunette girl stood in the doorway.
"Hi, sorry I'm late." The American girl said apologetically, with juggling the theater book in her hands.
"And you would be?" Di was still clutching the three hole puncher.
"Dawn Summers."
"Sit down please."
Di took a deep breath and picked up on roll call. After that was finished, she set the papers down and smiled brightly at them.
"Now, this class consists of us learning the different acting methods. There will be no final in this class. The 'final' will be the play, held in honor of the National six month Z-Day remembrance -"
"Um, Z-Day remembrance?" Dawn called from the back row.
"Yes, the headmaster has decided to memorialize all the tragic victims of Z-Day." Di smiled sadly. "The play is essentially one young woman's personal experience of Z-Day. Vivian, our leading lady, is trying to reconnect with her boyfriend and her best friend. She is - well, she ends up at a pub brandishing her dead boyfriend's leg and living off said leg in a tree for a week." Di coughed when she noticed them all staring at her. "The story was in the paper a few weeks back. It's obviously a dramatization of actual events."
"Wow. Sounds - bad." Dawn murmured to the girl next to her.
"Well, we get the script in a few weeks. Today, we learn how to act like the Z-Day Victims." Di turned to Dawn. "Miss Summers, why don't you go first?"