I am forced to live against my will, with people I barely know. Everything that I've ever loved has been taken away from me, leaving me to survive with a group of strangers. All I want is a reason to live, and maybe he will be my reason. Gemma Jenner is the daughter of Dr Edwin Jenner of the CDC, who is attempting to find a cure for the apocalypse. When a group of stragglers approach the CDC for answers, they take them in. However the group discovers that the answers are not what they expected and what they were looking for. When the death of her father forces her to survive with this group, she reluctantly begins to make connections with these people, amongst them Daryl Dixon. Gemma and Daryl are polar opposites and seem to be everything the other hates. But will the current situation of the world draw them together and help them see past their differences? Copyright @ree_louise

"Are you serious? Are you really going to push me away? Push us away?" I yelled at him. Daryl kept his back turned. "I have to!" He yelled. His face only inches from mine. "Why? You don't have to keep running from us!" I could feel my face redden and the tears fall. "Because I don' know how to do this!" He yelled pointing to him then me and back to him. "I'll help you!" I cried. "No! Ya' can't, cause ya' don' feel the same!" He yelled. "But I do," I said softly. He looked at me and I could see his tear filled blue eyes meet mine.

(There is a pre-apocalypse story that's in works but posted called Redneck Family) Cherokee Rose is turning 14 when the zombie apocalypse happens. She watched as every kid in the orphanage was attacked. She grabbed her bag and her teddy. She final had a reason and chance to find her daddy. That the cops took her from at 13. He said if anything happened to find him and that is what she's determined to do.

Kat and her five year old, Hailey, wake up to find that the world has ended. All alone. Thanks to Hailey's father for teaching Kat how to survive, they have been able to survive this long without a group. But how long can you go without anyone to watch your back? Will they find a group and finally get a somewhat decent night of sleep? Finally feel safe again? What will they do when Kat runs into an old friend? Bringing back lots of memories and hidden feelings.

Surviving is what Rowan does best. She's been alone almost since the beginning and it's suited her just fine. Lately things have changed; a group has appeared and she can't help her interest in them, especially one particular redneck with a crossbow. What will happen when they meet? Will the two loners of the apocalypse realize that they're better off together? **As always my descriptions kind of suck but trust me, this story is worth the read!!

"He was Broken, Abused & neglected. He was a SURVIVOR long before the Apocalypse." -Unknown I lived a simple life with my Family at the farm before the apocalypse as well as during; I never wanted for anything, but I knew my Dad never liked me very much, it was how he treated me, as if I didn't belong. I didn't mind though, because at least he was kind to my other siblings. They were my best friends, but I got along better with my Brothers than I did my younger sister. I never thought that anything could get worse, until the zombie apocalypse happened and I realized, just how wrong I was. Life wasn't the best before this, but it sure as hell beat the Zombies. My name is Destiny Jameson, I am 22 years old and this is my story. (This story follows some of the Story line of 'the Walking Dead TVS' but it strays quite a bit). Thank you to @TheDrunkenChipmunk for the amazing Cover :D

Daryl and Athena had been best friends since they were eleven years old. Daryl had been Athena's escape from hell that she called home. Being that kind of friend to someone; the person they run to when their mother has brought someone home and they tried something on you, the person they run to when their mother is drunk and not even questioning who she's about to hit, the person they run to when they're being picked on in school, the person they run to when they need a shoulder to cry on. That kind of friend could never leave. Until one day, he does. Athena's life unravels around her as her best friend and his big brother Merle send her off on a roller coaster of chaos. A roller coaster that takes her to the highest of buildings in New York, to the dirtiest of cells in America, from a plastic chair in the police station to a pew in a church, from school to buses traveling half the country and back. Athena has the weight of the world resting on her shoulders, but will she keep fighting, for her life, for that measly bit of hope she still has, for her best friends, for the one she truly loves or will she call it quits because God won't lighten the load or give her broader shoulders. But then again, who needs God when you have Daryl Dixon. #~#~# mature due to smut and softcore violence. (please dont read if you'd be uncomfortable with that) stick with me through the start it gets better:) there was once a sequel to this but i deleted it bc i hated it.

What happens when the rough tough redneck comes in contact with a fiery, feisty brown haired, green eyed girl kept captive by a strange man known as Dr Jenner ? All Daryl knows is the girl doesn't belong there and he wants to help her get out alive will sparks fly for love or will they fly for a burnt out building ???

"We'll be ok, princess." - Merle Dixon How would you feel if zombies take over your life, take the ones you love, your most precious belongings, everything that matters the most to you? Yeah. The feelings not great. Here I am with the last people I thought I would be with during a 'zombie apocalypse', Merle and Daryl Dixion. Why them? I don't know. I'm still asking myself the same question. But that doesn't matter, what matters is we make it through this mess, right? Right. Me and the Dixion brothers against the world. We'll make it, I know it. Cover by : whenthestarsdie