After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Y/N Malfoy was always the girl who had no place. Alongside her older brother, Draco, born a year before she was, when she finally gets to Hogwarts and escapes her abusive parents she does have a place. A home. But she also has a hidden place. A sanctuary, with her best friends, a true home for her. Hermione Granger has perfect grades. Top of every class, she never dreamed she'd NEED a hidden place. But when Umbridge comes and Dumbledore's Army starts up, she has a hidden place, the Room of Requirement, with her best friends, a true home for her. Both of them have their hidden places. But despite both of their wills (or maybe because of it), they might become each other's hidden place, each other's purpose. Yet, when Voldemort becomes involved, it comes down to one last place. TW: SEX, DRUGS, SMOKING, VAPE, DRINKING, EVERY POSSIBLE KIND OF ABUSE, SELF HARM, SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, A CRAPLOAD OF SWEARING, ONE CHARACTER BEING LITERALLY UNIVERSALLY NICKNAMED "SLUT", AND THE N-WORD BUT I WOULD NEVER SAY IT SO ITS TYPED AS N*****