Zack Houlton

Zack Houlton is one of the main characters of the comic series "Cinder Isle", and the Beyond comic "Cinder Isle: The Cure". During the events of Cinder Isle, he was transformed into a woman with the name Zoey due to the T1G1 Virus, and he was the first person infected with the virus in their town. He is in a relationship, and now married, with Gaela Scarborough, whom he started dating when he was still Zoey, and Gaela was still Gavin.
== Appearance ==
Zack has short black hair and green eyes. In his fatherhood years, his hair became a bit grayer. He initially had a tall but not too buff physique prior to his infection to the T1-G1 Virus. After he got cured by Alistair, his body became much buffer and taller, as requested by both him and Gaela.
As Zoey, she had long brown hair, same green eyes, and some freckles on her face. During the first months of her infection to the virus, she initially only have 30-D cup breasts, but they grew over the course of the story until it reaches 32-F size. As a result of the infection, Zoey had makeup on her face, but her stubbornness made her refuse to wear makeup during the first months of being infected. After she eventually learned makeup from her mother Elaine, Zoey wore makeup for the remainder of her appearances. Her makeup consists of some eyeshadow, mascara, and red lipstick. Zoey also wore red nail polish.
== History ==
=== Story Appearances ===
Animation Series
* Awakening
Comic Series
* Cinder Isle (debut)
Beyond Comics
* Cinder Isle: The Cure
== Personality ==
While Zach does share common interests with his friends in pop culture and certain activities, he is much less studious and responsible then them. While Gavin is very studious and nerdy, and Shane is more responsible and geekier, Zach is lazier and more rebellious. He has a history of playing hooky or faking being sick so he can stay home and play games and while he is not known to be a bully or tough guy in general Zach is the stronger and more athletic member of the group. Zach is also an object of desire as a few girls have been known to flirt with him, but he tends to brush them off at the first sign of something he doesn't like or even outright ignore their forthcomings out of lack of interest. Despite his selfish side Zach does tend to care for his friends and while he may tease them, he also defends them when they are faced with bullies or other obstacles. While he does tend to do it a more caring and harmless way Zach has been known to take his teasing too far at times much to the annoyance of his friends as they (Shane and Gavin) are the only ones who have been known to really tolerate him and still be his friend despite his unwelcoming behavior. 
Despite his selfish traits Zach got quite the serving of humility when he became Zoey and faced a great deal of ridicule for being patient Zero. After spending over a year as a woman Zoey came to be more open minded and caring having found not only a better perspective on life as a girl but also finding love in the form of her friend Gavin. As Zoey however she was very resilient with accepting her feelings for Gavin worried about what others would think of her as well as concerned because despite being in a woman's body, she never really did stop being a man on the inside. When the Bride ghost showed her images from her desires and dreams that showed her and Gavin in a relationship she finally admitted she did have feelings for him and desires to be more than friends, but she then asks the bride if she regretted falling in love only to lose her fiancé before they got married. This shows that Zoey still held out hope for a cure and the chance she could be Zach again and she worried that if she did pursue a relationship with Gavin either he would eventually get infected, and their relationship may fall apart or if a cure was ever found for the virus and she returned to being Zach he'd lose Gavin because he would be a straight man again. Inevitably Zoey gives into her feminine side after months of thinking things over and finally goes on a date with Gavin starting their official relationship. 
== Relationships ==
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== Abilities ==
As a non-blood Zach has no special abilities by himself but is known to have number of unique traits. He was the first to be exposed to the T1-G1 Virus and serves as its patient zero making him the epicenter of the pandemic that spawned from it as a result.
=== Beyond Universe ===
In the Beyond Comic Cinder Isle: The Cure, Zach still transforms into Zoey but maintains her original genitals. It is unknown why, but Zoey is the only one to be affected by the virus in this manner. When she has a romantic moment with Natalie at Sweet Bread Resort and the two have sex it's revealed that by coming inside of Natalie Zoey somehow serves as the cure for the virus as Natalie quickly transforms back into her original male form of Nathan as a result.
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* Zoey was one of the participants in the SapphireFoxx Waifu Tournament, in which she reached the semi-finals in both websites.
== References ==
Category:Males
Category:Cinder Isle characters
Category:Nonbloods