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Chapter 10: Roxas's Zombie Life

Every since the skateboarding accident, Roxas's life had changed in a way he hadn't expected. He thought he had died… and technically he had… but what he didn't expect was to come back as a zombie.

That's right a zombie. He was dead, but still walking around at the same time. Surprisingly it wasn't what he expected it to be at all.

First off he wasn't 'a mindless zombie' as people general thought about zombies. He still retained his thoughts and memories from before his death. His conscious was just the same as it had been before hand, and he found himself pretty thankful that was the case. He couldn't imagine truly being a mindless zombie.

Second off, it turned out he wasn't the only zombie! When he first woke up, he was surprised to find that he wasn't buried underground. Well he had been, but the other zombies had dug his coffin up and opened it up for him to make it easier. Out of all the things he had experienced so far, seeing other zombies was probably the strangest. At least he wasn't alone and had others to talk though, and he learned so much more about zombies in a much shorter period of time.

And surprisingly he ended up knowing some of the zombies! There was a kind old lady who always made the best candy apples for Halloween. She had passed away a few years ago, but here she was as a kind old zombie lady! It came as a total shock to Roxas, but soon he was happy to have a friend that he knew.

Though one setback was that he had trouble speaking and processing a couple of things. He thought it had to relate to what had happened in his accident, but the others said that all new zombies are a bit hazy at the start.

Now that some weeks had passed he had gotten fairly adjusted to being a zombie, though there was still one major thing that he had to deal with. Or at least he had been trying to deal with.

And that was trying to get his friends not to freak out every time they saw him.

Currently it was nighttime and he had actually gotten them to agree to come and see him at the graveyard, which was just next to the old mansion. Though the mansion was rarely used anymore by humans, it had become a place for the zombies to relax and enjoy themselves. Though groups of crazy teens and their cults had come from time to time, it wasn't too hard to scare them off. It was rather entertaining to Roxas when they ended up happening.

Roxas sat on top of his gravestone, sitting quietly as he watched for his friends.

Eventually he saw the shadowed figure of one of them approaching. He got down and made his way over to the front gate. Albeit he did move a bit slower, one of the few downsides of being a zombie, but it was not super sluggish slow. He could get up to slightly speed walking, but nothing faster than that.

"Olette! You're finally here," Roxas said as he got up to the front of the gate.

Olette shriek slightly before covering her mouth. "Oh! I'm sorry Roxas, I completely forgot."

"You… forgot I was a zombie?"

"It's hard okay? One day you are living perfectly fine, the next you are pale and living in a graveyard and stuff!"

"Yeah I guess so, but I'm still here you know. You still get to talk to me," Roxas replied before opening the gate.

"I know, but soon enough you're probably going to start decomposing even more, and then it is going to get really freaky," Olette commented. "Oh, Hayner and Pence are on their way, I just got a head start."

Roxas nodded as he went back to his spot to sit. Olette walked a little bit closer but didn't get too close. She stopped at the edge of the grave. Her eyes kept drifting to it and then to Roxas. It was clear what was worrying her. Roxas was the living dead after all and her best friend. And his death still probably was on her mind a lot.

"Hey, I've told you before I'm fine now. Yeah I may be a zombie now, but I still get to have as much fun as I can," Roxas said, hoping to lighten the mood.

"But… I've been meaning to ask. Don't you eat? I mean you know… umm…"

"Eating flesh or meat? Kind of? We just prefer to eat animals, not humans. You can't believe everything about zombies you've seen in movies or books. I am living proof to tell you that… or I mean living dead proof?"

Olette started to laugh. "At least you are able to make light of it."

"Yeah," Roxas nodded. "Oh hey! You think I should try to scare Hayner and Pence once they come?"

"You can try, they aren't the hardest to scare anyways," Olette said chuckling slightly.

"Okay, I got it. Let's hide before they get here," Roxas said before jumping down from his spot.

Olette went to hide behind one of the graves and Roxas did the same. There were a few other zombies walking around the graveyard at the moment, but they paid no attention to Roxas and stayed over in their own space. So if all went right, the little scare would go fairly easily.

Hayner and Pence were heard talking a few minutes later. Talking about some video game or something else from what Roxas could tell. Roxas crouched down as he saw the two of them entered into the graveyard. They stood there, looking around and started to look very confused.

"He said it was tonight right?" Pence asked.

"Yeah that's what he said. But… where is he I don't even see Olette. Didn't she say she was going to get here first?" Hayner added in.

"Where could they be…?" Pence wondered as he glanced around the graveyard. He caught sight of the other zombies in the far distance, he stared, trying to see if any of them were Roxas. But from the looks of it they weren't. Now he started to pace a little back and forth. "You think he forget?"

"How could he forget? It's not like he is super busy anymore," Hayner mumbled as he walked a bit further. His eyes fell to Roxas's grave which was open. "See?... He's not there. So he has to be somewhere."

As Hayner and Pence walked passed a couple of the graves, Roxas quietly walked around to be behind them. Instinctively he held his breath as he approached… but then he had to remind himself he was dead. He wasn't breathing so holding his breath was pointless. There was no purpose to even doing such a thing other than to create a sense of dramatic tension in his mind.

He got closer and thankfully Hayner and Pence hadn't turned around. Now standing just a little behind them, he let out a grumble groaning sound of sorts and place one hand on Hayner and the other on Pence.

The two boys let shierks, before jumping forward. When they did and tried to get a sense of what had happened, Otlette jump out and smiled. "Hi guys!"

Again another set of sharks were let out before both of them fell to the ground. Roxas and Olette started to laugh loudly at the sight, and once that laughter started, Hayner and Pence started to catch on.

"Roxas! That wasn't cool!" Hanyer yelled. "I thought you were a real zombie."

Roxas tilted his head to the side. "But… I am a real zombie…"

"I mean one that wanted to eat us or something!" Hayner said as he stood back up.

"Didn't Roxas explain that zombies don't eat us though?" Pence asked before he also pushed himself back up to his feet.

Hayner stiffened up, trying to not seem upset or shaken by how startled he had just been. "Y-Yeah? So what. It still made me think it."

"Just admit it, you were scared," Olette said as she walked beside him.

"I wasn't scared!"

Pence on the other hand rubbed the back of his neck. He chuckled sheepishly. "Hey I'll at least admit I was scared. It got me pretty good."

"Whatever," Hanyer replied. He crossed his arms before he really got a good look at Roxas. "Though uh… are you doing okay? You're looking a bit more… you know pale and stuff…"

"Well yeah… I'm dead," Roxas deadpanned. "As disgusting as it sounds, my body is going to start decomposing more."

Olette wrinkled up her nose. "I don't think I am ready to start smelling that."

"The other zombies have a special shampoo for that, so I won't smell bad, but like roses or something," Roxas explained.

"That just sounds weird," Pence commented.

"But we aren't here to talk about my zombie attributes," Roxas said. "Did you bring the stuff?"

Hayner nodded before taking off the backpack that he had been wearing. Inside was a small cooler lunch bag and when he opened it, Roxas caught sight of something familiar. The familiar light blue that was his favorite ice cream. It was sea salt ice cream.

"Alright!" Roxas exclaimed happily as he took the one that Hanyer handed out to him.

"I gotta ask though… can you actually taste it? Like I mean… um do your taste buds still work if you are dead?" Hanyer asked quietly.

Roxas shook his head. "No, but it still feels cold at least. And I remember the taste perfectly, so I can imagine it."

Each of his friends now held their own ice cream and gave a smile. Roxas smiled back, and he couldn't have felt happier. Despite the fact that he was a zombie, he still acting just as he did when he was living. And his friends accepted that and wanted to try to keep things like how they were… well as close as they could get it. There were still a few things with Roxas being dead that made it different, but they did what they could to make the most of it.


Another random wholesome one, but random thoughts of zombies at least. But next up is another fun one for sure! So stay tuned!