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-Zombietown, The Mouton’s-
Picking out the perfect outfit for the first day of school,Michelle stood in front of her mirror for a long time,deep in her heart,she didn’t know if she was ready or not.Reddish brown top or a navy green hoodie?She had no idea how to impress her new schoolmates with this dull-coloured clothings.If she had had the choice, she’d pick something lighter,but that’s the law,zombies were only allowed to wear specified colours.
Michelle was born as a zombie,her parents were affected by the Seabrook Power incident before giving birth to her.Since the day she had her memories,she had never ever left Zombietown,not even out of the gate for one tiny step.Unsure about would she fit in the new school,most likely would those stereotypes of zombies affect how humans look at them,she groaned,as if it would change human’s mind.
“Sweetie be quick,Patience’s already outside.”
“Okay mom!Just give me 5 more minutes!”
As always,Michelle wore her burgundy t-shirt and black jeans,she was told that her curled dark-green hair stood out in this outfit.She took a glance on her wrist,there’s her Z-band,making sure it’s operating normally.Grabbed her backpack,she then ran down stairs to get her breakfast.Her mom,Mrs Mouton,was standing next to the table with Michelle’s breakfast in a paper bag.
“I can’t believe my baby’s going to a human high school,I’ve always imagined being in one.”Mrs Mouton hugged Michelle as if her daughter had the same feeling.
”I’ve prepared your favourite food,fired brains.”
“Yeah…”Michelle squeezed a smile,”Unless those humans freak out when they see us…thanks for breakfast anyway,love you!”
Taking away the paper bag and heading towards the door immediately,Michelle didn’t give her mother a chance to say anything.Michelle walked outside her house,still,coloured in a boring way.Next to the fences,more like used rubber wheels,Patience was there waiting for her best friend.Unlike Michelle,Patience’s more optimistic for her first day,very obvious from her excitement.
“Hey Michi,ready for school?It’s our first day in Seabrook High School!”
Michelle didn’t say anything.In reality,since she received the invitation to Seabrook High School,she was never prepared for it.She wasn’t positive on humans even those around her did.Instead of answering,Michelle chose to start walking.Patience knew her friend well,from Michi’s actions,she understood what is in her friend’s mind.She put her arm around Michelle’s shoulders as they went down the street.The closer they’re to the barrier,the more zombie teens they saw.Everyone else seemed to be long-waited for seeing the world outside Zombietown.Right before they walked pass the gate,Michelle spoke.
“Don’t you think it’s weird?I mean humans have hated zombies for years but suddenly they're letting us study with them.”
“Well,maybe they’ve changed.It's the new generation right?Come on, let's go see our new campus.”
Maybe mom and Patience’s right,Michelle thought so.She nodded, smiling to Patience,she could switch back to zombie-only school afterwards anyway.Along with other zombies,the two zombie girls,together,put their first step into Seabrook.Though deep in Michelle’s heart, there's still some uncertainties.
-Seabrook,The Nelson's-
A guy in pajamas woke from a nice dream,seeing a girl holding his hand at Prawn,one of the most important events of Seabrook High School.Slightly opening his eyes,he took a look on his mobile,”7:00”it showed.Realising he would be late for first day unless he got up now, he rushed towards the closets,leaving his blanket on the floor.Luckily he’s a man of Seabrook,he could either wear pink or blue.Picking the usual blue set out,all he needed to worry about was his hair.Checked on his phone,”7:11”.He decided to deal with it while on the way to school.Took his bag,he went down stairs for a quick breakfast.
“JUDAH!WHY DIDN’T YOU WAKE ME UP!”
A large pink shrimp turned around and answered him.
“MICAH I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME JUDAH WHILE I’M IN THE COSTUME!I’M SHRIMPY!But anyways,I thought you would wake up on your own so…oh wait you asked me to last night.”
One man and one shrimp looked at each other,eye to eye.Micah showed his disbelieving face with disappointment to Judah,or Shrimpy if you would call him like that.Not wanted to continue this topic,he grabbed the toast on the table into his mouth,made by his sister Shiloh.Shiloh left home earlier than all her brothers,she was a genius in zombie researches,probably somewhere in her lab now.”7:15”,just enough time for him and Judah to walk to school.The man and the shrimp got out of their house,another year in Seabrook high,wouldn’t be too bad right?
Out there,everyone else’s face was kind of scared for some reason,Micah thought they were anxious about first day.On the way back,Micah tried hard to make his hair,but without a mirror,it’s a challenge to him.He wanted to ask Judah to help him do so.Looked at the pink shrimp next to him,he chose to deal with it by himself.Shrimpy was absolutely the star of the school,waves,high-fives,shakes,anyone walked pass by did one of these.While Sheimpy was busying on all his fans,Micah noticed an unfamiliar topic among others chittering chatting.
“…zombie…” “Zombies…” “…zombie.”
Micah felt like he was having hallucinations,those around him were all talking about zombies,zombies,zombies.In Seabrook,though there were some zombies working as janitors in their school,some people would have still screamed about anything of zombies.Something weird,extremely weird was happening,Micah knew.From far away he saw a metal fence dividing the school area by two,he wondered why.A group of green-haired gang gathered on the other side of the fence,green hair…all of a sudden Micah remembered.Seabrook High School was having its first ever zombie students.It was too late to warn Judah about it,the shrimp was already standing in front of the zombies.
“AHHHHHHHHHH!!!ZOMBIES!!!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!”
Both humans and zombies stared at the shrimp,while the shrimp itself ran into the school door.No one spoke for even a word,no one took any action.As Judah's brother,Micah knew he owed the zombies an apology for what Judah had done.He was afraid,too,first time seeing zombies of his age,he wasn't sure if the zombies would understand what he said.Through the people,he got closer and closer to the fence,till he could see the zombies clearly.Cleared his throat,one of the zombies turned around ,followed by the others.
“Um…hi,my name is Micah,and uh I’m so sorry for what Shrimpy,the shrimp,had just said,he’s my brother and sometimes he’s a bit dramatic..”
The female zombie in front of Micah chuckled,she raised her head up,Micah was a lot taller than her,and looked into his eyes.Micah just stood there,hoping for their forgiveness on Judah.
“Aren’t you afraid of me eating your brain like your brother does?”
Micah didn’t see the question coming.He didn’t expect the zombies could talk as well.His eyeballs rolled towards the direction of the floor,thinking how to answer.Being the first human talking to the zombie girl,she was curious about how Micah would answer her question.
“Students,time for you to get into the school,you wouldn’t want to be late on the first day.”
The main group of zombies moved towards the front door,the zombie that asked Micah caught up with them,entering the building.Micah banged on the fence,holding it tightly.
“I’ll answer you later!Enjoy school!”
Micah shouted,his sight was on her hair,curled and dark-green.She looked back at him,smiled at the him,maybe humans are not as bad as she thought.To her,Micah was a very interesting person,somehow he was different from other humans,even different from the zombie men she met before.His words kept appearing in her mind,she blushed as she thought of it.This was her first time having this feeling,something felt…special.
Little did they know,this boy and this zombie would rewrite the history of Seabrook someday.