Okay, Kristal-Dynamite from the future here...

I wanted to re-do a few things, especially my author's notes, so here I am!

This is my first fanfic that I have posted and it's an OlderClem/Luke pairing :) I do not ship them as they are in the game but I do ship them as a brotp ;) I was just curious about if Clem was around in her 20's, how the connections between the characters will differ, so this is why I wrote!

Please feel free to leave a review because I would love to hear about what you think of this story! Thank you and happy reading!

Chapter 1- Clem

Each day was survival. Clem didn't know how much longer she could make it. She was alone and has been alone for the past 3 months. Wandering the forests. Fortunately the amount of walkers decreased rapidly as now nearly everybody owned some sort of gun, so if they got bitten, they would most likely commit suicide in the least painful way to end the chances of them turning. But still, Clem lost everybody.

When she was younger she lost her parents, then she met Lee; found a group; lost all of them too… Found another group when she was at the age of 21; lost them as well. One of them was a guy named Luke. He was 26 at the time Clem knew him. He was her saviour and she was his. They became partners, but at the moment everybody started dying off like flies, Luke went missing. Clem presumed he was dead now. But it had been 3 months since they lost each other, and if she was alive, Luke had to be too.

This is why Clem never settled. He had to be out there somewhere. She wondered if Luke was searching for her too… Maybe he was, but it has been a long 3 months. Clem had also turned 22 during the time. Would he still have hope that she was out here too?

Clem let out a big yawn as she woke up. She lifted herself up off the hard earth and stretched her body out. Her muscles ached and it was early morning but Clem no longer felt tired.

"Luke?" She quietly called out into the trees. No reply. It had become a habit now. Calling Luke's name into the distance every time Clem woke up. Each time she would get no reply except from the day she woke up calling Luke's name and instead, a walker groaned and came chasing after her.

Everything now was silence. No one would talk to her. No one will come chasing after her. (Except the occasional walker) Clem was alone now. Surrounded by the silence and isolation. But she had to keep moving on because maybe, maybe one day, she will find him. She will find Luke.

Clem picked up her blood covered axe, her gun and spare magazine, which contained new and untouched bullets. She looked around and realised that she was meters away from the edge of the cliff as she could see mountains in the far distance. It looked cold up in the mountains, which meant it should be free of walkers. This would be Clem's next destination, to reach the mountain. There was bound to be a cabin up there, as she could see an old and abandoned ski lift just hanging on the side of the snowy mountain.

She carefully walked to the edge of the cliff where Clem then searched for any movement in the trees below the mountain. But then she saw something. Squinting as much as her eyes could take, she saw a figure, moving. It was hard to tell but it was not moving like any walker. It wasn't slow and stumbling on its steps. Clem did her best to try and make out who the person could be and what he or she could be doing. It had more of a man figure so Clem assumed it wasn't a woman. Suddenly, the thought of the person being Luke crossed Clem's mind.

"It can't be" she thought, taking a small shuffle closer to the edge of the cliff.

Immediately Clem decided that she would go down there. She didn't seem to care about who the person was, but she needed help. She turned on her heel and headed down the hill in the direction of East to make her way closer to the mountain. Where she will then find a way to get to the mysterious man. Or if she was lucky… Luke.

Although the journey would take a few days, Clem was determined to find out if this man was Luke. Even if he wasn't, maybe he knew Luke… Hopefully he would still be in the same area by the time she gets there. Hope was Clem's only ally now. Hope was Clem's only friend.

After 3 full days of walking and running, living on a small supply of food and sleep, Clem realised that she still had more travelling to do. She was getting nearer to the location but wasn't quite there yet. She found herself getting more and more exhausted but at the same time, the feeling of desperation. Clem wasn't even sure if the man she saw 3 days ago was even Luke. She had been alone many times before, but now, the effects of loneliness were drawing in. She was desperate for somebody's company. She needed somebody. That somebody was Luke. Clem loved him with all her heart but never got to properly show it… Well now she had to. She had to find him.

Clem decided to take a well deserved break, a rest even. She knew she had to keep moving but her body kept on refusing. She slowly walked towards the edge of the cliff like she did a few days back, and looked out into the distance. The sun was setting as she did so. 1 more day she thought. The good thing was that Clem couldn't she where she started journeying from. This was good as it meant she had travelled a reasonable enough distance in the past 3 days…

She smiled to herself. But then realised. The man (or Luke) wasn't there anymore. How could she be so stupid? Of course he wouldn't be! He would of moved on by now! This meant that if Clem ran for another day, she would just arrive at the same place the 'Luke' was first at.

She sighed as she sat down on a nearby rock.

"He's probably long gone" Clem said looking into the sky. The thought of never being able to find Luke again hurt Clem. It had hurt her inside out. She wondered if she should just give up. No. Not just the pursuit, everything. She had a gun. She was capable of using it too. Ending her life full of bad memories could be refreshing, but what about the good memories? What if she did find Luke? If she ended everything here, she could never feel the taste of kissing Luke's soft lips or hear him sing her to sleep at night. Although none of that happened just yet, those days were over. What both of them thought could be the future, was over…

It felt like hours Clem had been crying. Releasing all the pain made her feel refreshed however, as she stood up and went back to watching the sky. It was turning a light purple sort of colour with a hint of orange. Her and Luke's favourite colours mixed together.

Although hope seemed to be fading away, Clem felt something pushing her, like a nudge on the shoulder. It was telling her to keep going. Weirdly enough, she did feel like moving on. She felt like running. Running as if there was no tomorrow. Running free and feeling wings grow out of her back. She was surrounded by fresh green grass and white daisies. In the distance she could see people. They were people she recognized. People she loved and people she knew well. They were all in one big group like one happy family. Smiling and waving and calling out to her.

Clem knew they were all dead, but they looked so happy and so peaceful. She could see Lee, Pete, Nick, Sarah, Kenny, Katjaa, Duck, Ben, Carlos, everybody! Even her parents! She couldn't feel sad or shed a tear because they looked so happy. She could only smile with them.

Clem then realised that somebody was missing. She searched the group using just her eyes but couldn't make it out. She looked across to Nick who gently waved at her. She smiled back at him. He then mouthed out something to her…

"Go" he said using a small hand gesture at the same time. Then the vision disappeared.

Clem stood still, not realising she was staring into the distance in a complete daze. She thought hard for a moment. All the people in her vision were dead. But somebody was not in her vision at all. That somebody was alive. Besides from herself, the only person who she knew and loved who was not with the group in her vision was Luke.

Luke was still alive.

Nick and everybody else wants Clem to go.

They want Clem to go and find Luke while she was still alive.

They want Clem to go and find Luke while he was still alive.