It's been almost eight months since they left the farm. Despite Rick killing Shane, Emily and Carl remained the best of friends. This changes when feelings that weren't there before spark up and change their friendship forever. When the group finds a new place to live and suffer great losses along the way, how will these feelings be revealed and how will the two, now teenagers, react? And when the Governor looms over them, old friends appear possibly destroying everything they've created? Other than friendship and danger, how will Emily react when the biggest secret of her life is revealed and changes who she thought she was? Carl and Emily's journey through the apocalypse continues with I'm Not Who I Thought I Was: Book 2 of the I'm Not Series. All TWD characters belong to Robert Kirkman and AMC. Emily, Alexander, and other characters belong to yours truly. Started: August 10, 2019 Ended:

Carl Grimes's life was great. He had both parents, a ton of friends, and a great role model. His dad was a sheriff at the King's County Police Department, while his mom was a stay at home mother. His role model just so happened to be his dad's best friend and partner at the station, Shane Walsh. Carl was content with his life. What more could he want? Emily Walsh was a good girl. She would anything to please her mother, who was never around. Straight A's, teacher's pet, the quiet student who never got in trouble, etc. Though she didn't have friends, she excelled in school. Home life was quite different. Her mother was an EMT for the city of Atlanta and worked long hours, leaving Emily home alone with her studies and Ms. Ella, her nanny. Emily's father was a sore subject that her mother would never speak of. As far as Emily knew, her father didn't know she existed, but that would change... By fate, Carl and Emily meet, but only by a tragedy. Their lives are shaken up and rearranged. Not only does their first impression and encounter suck, but so does their future. As time goes on, they see each other as best friends and are inseparable, but will that change when the dead start walking? All rights go to Robert Kirkman and AMC. The only character I own is Emily and my added characters. I do not own The Walking Dead or any of their characters. #1 shanewalsh: May 10, 2018 #1 carlgrimesfanfiction: February 22, 2019 #2 rickgrimes: October 13, 2019 #1 carl: April 10, 2020 Started: October 1, 2017. Ended: August 10, 2019

Avery is an independent, strong-minded 16 year old girl with the rest of her life ahead of her. Well, hopefully. Avery's survival skills and independence keep her alive, but how long will it last her? As she begins to lose hope, a sheriff, a redneck, and a boy with bright blue eyes knock down her door and flip Avery's life around. Having already lost her family to the walkers and her group to The Governor, Avery struggles to connect with this new found family, scared she'll only lose them too. Avery needs to decide whether to face her fear of not belonging or to shield her heart away from hurting forever. Time isn't on her side as her own sanity forces her to decide at the drop of a fly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Completed June 2022 This story includes mature content Copyright and all rights reserved to me, NotSoFreakingSuper, Alida M 2014. Please don't copy or steal any content. I do not own The Walking Dead, its story, or any of its characters. Any and all scenes of similarity that I have rewritten are originally created by The Walking Dead.

"𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. ♱ {𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜} - 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 © ɴᴇᴠᴇʀᴄʟᴇᴀʀ spanish, portuguese, and french translations available

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ "𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬." - 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘶 ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐱𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴꜱ 4-8

-ˋ.⋆♱ ݁˖ ─ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ ᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ─ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪ [ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ: ꜰᴏᴜʀ] ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ © ᴅᴇᴇʀʟʏᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴅ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ #1 ɪɴ ᴛᴡᴅ - 3/27/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴢᴏᴍʙɪᴇꜱ - 7/30/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 9/11/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴄᴀʀʟɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 2/10/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀʀɪɢɢꜱ - 6/19/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅ - 7/6/22 ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ (ʀᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ-ʙᴇɴᴅ) ♱ "𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭." "𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧?" "𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬." ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ

Bad feelings are one part of what sucks about this world. Good feelings are the other. Because the good stuff is what can get taken from you, the rug that gets pulled out from under you. A warming feeling that, once it's gone, leaves you out in the cold. ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── first person carl x fem!o.c. slowburn ff season 3 - 8 spanish translation: @iluvvfall portuguese translation: @-scarlletqueen started: September 8, 2021 completed: December 8, 2022 ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── #1 in #thewalkingdead - 03/01/2022 #1 in #alexandria - 03/17/2022 #1 in #zombie - 04/02/2022 #1 in #chandlerriggs - 04/07/2022 #1 in #carl - 04/07/2022 + 09/28/23 + 06/28/2023 #1 in #twd - 06/19/2022 + 06/02/2025 #1 in #thewalkingdeadfanfic - 06/24/2022 #1 in #originalcharacter - 06/28/2022 + 08/27/24 #1 in #twdfanfic - 07/12/2022 #1 in #michonne - 08/03/2022 #1 in #walker - 12/21/2022 #1 in #carlgrimesfanfiction - 04/04/2024 #1 in #riggs - 04/18/2024 + 01/14/2026 + 03/23/26 #1 in #grimes - 01/27/2025 #1 in #carlgrimes - 04/17/2025 #1 in #carlgrimesfanfic - 05/14/25 #1 in #zombieapocalypse - 03/23/26 ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── disclaimers: contains mature themes such as language, blood, gore, non-descriptive nudity, depression, etc. I do not own AMC's the walking dead, nor do I claim to. I only own my original character(s) and plot lines aside from the show.

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ (ᴛᴠ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ) x ʟʏᴅɪᴀ (ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄ/ᴀᴜ) ♱ "𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠." "𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" "𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞." ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ

ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ʀɪᴄᴋ ᴅɪᴇᴅ, ᴄᴀʀʟ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ ʀᴇɪɢɴ