Zachary Pierce

Zachary "Zach" Markus Pierce is a werewolf and one of the main characters and the tritagonist in The Hathaway Chronicles. He is the son of Markus Pierce, and the late Aria Pierce. He has been best friends with Scott Aldridge for years and a childhood friend of Lillian Rezza. When he attended Franklin High in his Senior year, he met Celesta Moone, and later started dating. He has a personal vendetta against Seana Kane, as she killed his mother several years ago. When he went to Franklin High, he got enraptured in the return of Seana Kane. With his friends, they ultimately defeat her, and Zach finally gets peace with the death of his mother, by telling Seana she would get her due, and that alone was enough for him to move on. After graduating high school in 2013, against the wish of his father he went to Redmond University with his girlfriend and friends. 
Zachary is a member of the Pierce Family and the Mirren Family. Though unknown to him at this time, he is a descendant of the Petrescu Family. 
== Early History ==
Zachary Pierce was born on December 5, 1994 to Markus Pierce and Aria Mirren in Beaumont, Texas. He was named after his maternal grandfather. He moved to Seaside, California with his parents in 1998, He remained homeschooled when they moved. During the summers growing up, his father's friend Samuel would come visit often, bringing his daughter Lily with him. The two became childhood friends. Later in April of 2005 when Zach was 10 years old, his mother Aria was brutally killed by Seana Kane. His father had a meeting held to take action into the killings of their pack members, Markus had enlisted the help of Scott Aldridge, along with the Rezza's to help with finding who was killing their pack members. During the night, the van Aria and Zach were in broke down, though the Rezza family were nearby and stopped to pick them up. During the meeting, Seana and other vampires attacked, killing the remaining members of Markus's pack. Aria had tried to get Zach and Lily to safety, though Seana found them, brutally killing Aria in front of them. She was about to harm them but Scott intervened, attacking Seana, letting him and Lily escape. Though, due to the amount of grief that raged through him, it caused his werewolf gene to activate for the first time. He thought Lily was Seana, and attempted to kill her, till Scott intervened. Her memory was erased of that night, and the two didn't see each other again till their senior year of high school. Markus and Scott spent years trying to track Seana. After Aria's death, Markus distanced himself from his son emotionally, but drilled into his head that if Seana ever came back, he wouldn't hesitate to kill her. Which is evident throughout the beginning of Darkness Descending. Though not directly stated, Markus "adopted" Scott legally to enroll him in school, as well as give him a new identity to blend in so he could watch over Zach at school. 
==The Hathaway Chronicles ==
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==Personality==
Zachary is known to be kind towards others, but due to his werewolf heritage, he has a very bad temper. He is shy and awkward around Celesta, especially her father, who enjoys intimidating him. He is also very remorseful over his actions seven years ago, when he almost killed Lydia, whom he thought was Seana Kane, he wasn't in the right state of mind, as he started turning several years before he was supposed to. He is also fiercely protective over the ones he cares about. Being a constant source of comedic relief, Zach generally speaks before he thinks, usually in bad situations. He is also known to have a large appetitive, literally eating any food in sight without having to worry about his calorie intake due to his high metabolism. Also, when things start to get awkward, he will normally compliment on something to ease tension, like when Cel and Llly were arguing at the Halloween party. 
==Appearance ==
Zach is well known to be quite tall, standing at at least 6'3", towering over all of his friends. He is described as muscular and bulky, but having the face of a child. He enjoys wearing flannel shirts and tennis shoes with jeans. He is also said to look just like his father, from the dark brown hair and brown eyes, he has an eerie resemblance to his father, but having his mother's caring nature.
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==Abilities ==
As a pure-blooded werewolf, Zachary is shown to be very stronger than average werewolves.
*Super Strength - Werewolves are much stronger than any human. They are not as strong as a vampire whilst in human form but when it is a full moon they are more powerful than vampires. Since Sheldon turned at such a young age, his strength is above normal norms for his species. 
*Super Speed - Werewolves are extremely faster than any human. Werewolves can use this ability in either Human or wolf form. 
*Super Agility - Werewolves possess superhuman agility. They can move, jump, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.
*Super Durability - Werewolves can take far more trauma than Humans can without much discomfort or injury. They can also exert themselves without much tire.
*Healing Factor - Werewolves possess superhuman regenerative abilities, meaning if ever injured, their bodies will heal near-instantaneously. Like vampires, werewolves heal instantly from damage, and have been commented to heal just as fast as them. However, not every werewolf heals as fast. Unlike vampires, when a werewolf’s neck is broken, they stay dead.
*Super Senses - Werewolves have the extremely keen senses of smell, sight, taste, and hearing inherent in all canines. 
* Ability to turn into a wolf on command - werewolves can turn into werewolves whenever they desire, not just on a full moon, since he is a full blooded werewolf. 
== Relationships ==
== Appearances ==
=== Darkness Descending ===
* The Reckoning (First Appearance)
* A Mother's Love
* The Glimpse
*Where We Started
* Trails of Magic
* Remembrance 
* Lose Your Marbles
*Lost In the Years
* Out of the Woods
*Straight For the Kill
*Bitches and Cleats
*She's Like the Wind (Text Message Only; Mentioned)
*Way Down We Go
*Times Like This
*Lights Down Low
*Little Did She Know (Voice Only)
*Outsider At the Door
*When Sparks Fly
*Reminding Me
*To Hell With Reason
*Let's Get Lost 
*Caught in the Fire
*Hold On Tight 
*I've Seen It All 
*Crystal Eyes 
*Somebody Else 
*The Killer 
*In My Veins 
*Stand By Me 
*Bloody Roses 
*Your Lies (Voice Only) 
*Numb 
*Silhouettes 
*At All Costs 
*Paralyzed 
*Beyond the Brink 
*In The Mire
*No More Heartbreaks 
*Just the Start 
==Trivia==
*He is the first werewolf shown in the series shown to get the gene activated, especially at such a young age.
*Like Amberly, he was one of the few main characters to not have any POV's in the first novel. This changes in Silently Falling. 
Category:Main Character
Category:Werewolf
Category:Hathaway Chronicles Character
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