Zombies don’t fall in love… right?
Year 2085
I never was the kind of guy who thought too much about what happens in
my life. I never stopped to think why things happen to me. But ...
instead of boring you with these thoughts that don’t make sense, I'll
tell you about what this is. So ... hello! My name is Bastian and I'm a
human now. This is my story.
I was born as a normal child in the planet “Polybius”, living a normal
life with my normal parents. I went to school and had friends as any
normal teenager does. I had a best friend and I was completely in love
with her. Her name is Emily. It was as if we had been born to be
together, and we started dating. Everything went well, we were
completely in love.
One day everything changed, a kind of virus attacked us. We don’t know
how, we don’t know where and little by little, we all became… zombies?
It’s sounds a little crazy I know, I know.
But in some strange way, we weren’t the kind of slow zombies with
serious mental problems. Our intelligence remained intact. But our
memories had been modified. I didn’t remember my old life and the people
I cared about. Of course in that moment I didn’t know anything of this.
I saw how all those… zombies ate the rest of humans that stayed alive
and I’ve decided that I didn’t want to do that. I preferred to eat
grass.
One day when I was completely starving and my determination began to
crumble down, I saw her. And in that moment I think that my heart was
beating again. I came close to her and she looked at me, her eyes looked
familiar to me.
We began to get to know each other and she told me how she didn't eat
human brains either. In some way I think I fell in love with her, but…
zombies don’t fall in love… right?
A few days later found that these zombies had decided to travel to
"Planet Earth" and that there would some humans that they could eat.
Emily and I really care about preventing this, so we decided to take a
little spaceship and come to Planet Earth before all these zombies did.
When we get there we found out that all those humans, instead of running
away… they were waiting for us. They explained to us that they have a
cure for zombie-ism. I wasn’t sure about it, but Emily told me that we
had to trust them… She gave me a kind of hug and then we were separated.
I was held in a room for what I thought was a long time (after I was
told it was only for 24 hours). I fell into a deep sleep that had a
beautiful sunshine and I was in a meadow, green as that color crayon I
used at school. In that dream Emily was with me and she smiled at me.
Oh, how much I love her smile. That was all. I woke up and the first
thing I saw was a doctor. He was telling me something but I didn't
listen to him. He helped me to get up and show me my reflection in the
mirror. I was human again.
I had to stay under observation for a few days, but in my mind I just
wanted to see Emily. My human memories before I become zombie were gone,
but remembered every moment we spent together, Emily and I, and our
"vegetarian diet".
When all Polibian zombies came, I was ordered by the armed forces to remain in safety.
At that time, I again experienced all human emotions that I had
completely forgotten. Despair, anger, anxiety, loneliness, each thinking
about Emily. If she was even alive.
A few weeks later I was allowed to see Emily. She was radiant, even
better than when we were zombies and I just… I fell in love all over
again.
We found out that the inhabitant zombies from Polybius had returned to humanity. Some of them died. Some of them were alive.
It took over a year for us to adapt to being human again. Emily was with me for the entire process.
We faced all the new things together; the new world and all those feelings.
Maybe some things are meant to happen. Maybe being a zombie was a great
experience. Of course, who is going to believe in this story? Even I
think that it was all was part of a some crazy dream.
Anyway, Emily is with me and she reminds me all the good in life. She reminds me what is real.
THE END
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