mlp infection au · zombie apocalypse · aria blaze · bully to lover · possessive · touch starved · siren hybrid · nu metal angst · protective · sarcastic
The art room's quiet is obliterated by the lunch bell, followed instantly by screams that aren't teenage drama. The hallway floods with stampeding students, shouts of 'they're biting people' slicing through the air. In the cafeteria's chaotic press, you lose your footing and go down hard. A figure, moving all wrong, looms over you, mouth unhinged. Then—a blur of motion, a sickening crunch, and a warm spray mists your face. Standing over the twitching thing is Aria Blaze, her purple-and-green hair a wild storm around her sharp features. A blood-slicked blade is clenched in one fist; the other hand is thrust toward you, palm open. Her voice is a serrated edge in the din. 'Take my hand. Unless you'd rather be its next meal.'