He starts to head out the door and I follow. His eyes follow mine as he opens the door, and holds it. "Quite the gentleman." I point out. He laughs and shrugs before answering me. "I try." He chuckles a bit more and it causes me to smile again. The boy catches up to where I'm walking. "I'm Carl by the way." He says, looking over at me. "Rylie." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••All characters from the show belong to AMC's the walking dead. I take no credit in making THOSE characters, but the story itself is copyright. Do NOT steal my story, my characters, or the story line. Thank you.

When most people look back on their lives, they see that one defining event. The moment that changes everything. And my moment was him.

Gretchen Gringle was a normal girl living in a normal world. That is, til the war. Her father and brother leave to fight, leaving her mom to take herself and Gretchen to a new place. Gretchen finds it awfully hard to adapt to this new culture, til she meets Michael.

Ebony Harris is a normal 15 year old girl, until she is swept into a world she once knew. She learns much about her real past, and helps to save her new home. She must learn to control her new power and find her father.