"Maybe we are nothing, if we have nothing to live for. Maybe we really...just have to live for ourselves." (All characters except Joslyn, her family, and Manny's group are subjected to Robert Kirkman for "The Walking Dead". Any quotes, sayings, or references to this fanfic should be credited to me, or my ig @thewalkingscream. This fanfiction contains mature content such as language, violence, SC. 13+ is the advised reading age.)

Faith, or so she goes by now, has been wandering the zombie-infested world by herself. She's survived, she's never had to protect anyone. Just how she likes it. She has turned down every offer to come into a group. She's never even wanted to. But when Rick's group meets her on a supply run, she gets taken back to camp, and she meets the mysterious Daryl Dixon. His brother is the high school bully of every nerds nightmares, and when he notices her and his brother are attracted to each other, he orders her to stay away from her. But she can't. And neither can he.

'"Carl, this is Ella. Ella, this is Carl.' she said as I got to my feet. Carl held out his hand to shake mine, and we did. One ray of light shined through a crack in the top of the car, and I saw a smile coming from him, and his smile the cutest I've ever seen." Ella Alexander is a thirteen year old, stuck in the zombie apocalypse. Ella survives through a cannibalistic place, called Terminus, for two years, until she is sent to starve in a train car. In that same train car, many people come in, sent to be tortured as well, including Carl Grimes, the only boy around her age she as seen in more than two years. Will romance spark in between them? How will they survive the apocalypse? ****This book may include spoilers from Season 4+ of AMC's television show, The Walking Dead.****

Ashley and Carl are now 17 and have more responsibilities then ever. Will they be able to help protect the group, or just watch it all come crumbling down.