Well this has been in the works for a while. Now is the beginning of the second season of The Walking Dead/Underrated Classics series. We'll have new characters and new conflicts in this story. Without further ado this is Season 2.

Chapter 1: Eight Months Later

It was quiet, very quiet. The woods were filled with no sounds whatsoever except for one things. Walkers. They were passing through and came upon a group of rabbits that woke up this morning.

Two people were standing behind them as the watched the walker get closer. One of them a young teenage boy came up behind one and stabbed it in the back of the head while another took down the rabbits with her crossbow.

It was Elizabeth Brisby and Hogarth Hughes again, out with Genevieve the tracker dog.

"This won't last long," Elizabeth said as she scooped up the rabbits and put them into her bag.

"No matter, it'll be fine for the time being," Hogarth said as he wiped as his switchblade and stuck it back into his pocket. "Good job Genevieve," he said petting her ears

It had been eight months since this whole thing has started and it was now summer time, probably late June or late July, they never kept track of the time period. Hogarth was now fourteen and it showed. He had also become one of the primary hunters for the group, along with Danny, Dexter, Tut, Arnold, and Rudy who could really fight now. Annie, Cleo, and Sam would watch over the camp when they went out and keep any walkers from getting in. Tucker was the group's cook, and Elizabeth was the sort of leader and medic. She didn't like to see herself as a leader but she was probably the best choice for the job.

"I know it's been months now, but I can't believe we survived the winter," Elizabeth said.

"Thank Dex for that, if he hadn't built that furnace and we went underground we would've been dead by the beginning of December."

After they defeated the bandits, Dexter got to work and constructed a furnace that worked very well. Danny, Hogarth, and Arnold took time to dig an underground fortress to fit all fourteen people (including Elizabeth's children) into. It was very tedious but is was lucky they survived now they had more time on their hands to get back to work.

Hogarth rubbed his forehead of sweat. The summer was nice compared to the winter but the heat was a killer. Elizabeth noticed Hogarth sweating profusely and handed him a canteen full of water.

"Here drink a little, you need to keep your energy."

Hogarth took a sip and let out a sigh of relief. He handed the canteen back to Elizabeth.

"Hey Elizabeth, I've been thinking."

"What is it," she asked curiously.

"I think that at this point in time we may..."

"Need to leave the original hideout and move on," Elizabeth said interrupting him.

"Yes, but how did you know."

"It isn't a secret Hogarth, I was going to bring it up tonight at the meeting, our rations are running low and we need to go, when your a mother to four children it's a very difficult job," she turned to him and smiled, "If you could back me up tonight when I bring it up, I'd be most grateful."

Hogarth couldn't help but smile looking into those beautiful periwinkle blue eyes, "I will Liz, you don't have to worry."and

"Thank you."

The sound of a stick cracking alerted Genevieve, as she began to bark and took off running.

"She's got something," Hogarth said as he and Elizabeth ran. After a short run they came across their golden opportunity for the day. Genevieve pointed at the target, it was a deer, and fine big one at that.

"Halle-fucking-lujah, there's our dinner for tonight," Hogarth said excitedly.

"Quiet," Elizabeth warned, "we can't let it run away."

Hogarth took out his rifle and aimed it at the deer. Looking very hard down the scope he kept his aim straight and kept his finger steady on the trigger.

"Take a deep breath and then shoot," he said to himself. Then he fired.

He got the deer straight in the eye and it fell to the ground. Genevieve ran over and expected it to make sure it was dead and ran back to Hogarth.

"Well I guess waiting a while comes with great rewards," Elizabeth stated as she helped Hogarth to pick up the deer carcass.

"Thank Genevieve for that, she found our dinner here," Hogarth said as he pat Genevieve on the head.

"Come on let's find Arnold, Danny, and Rudy then get back to camp."

"Hey guys," a familiar voice said. It was Danny back from his hunting spree with Rudy and Tut right behind him, "we heard the shot, looks like we got a big one for dinner tonight."

"Hell yeah," Hogarth said, "now let's get out of here before the walkers show up."

"Too late," Arnold said as he saw two walkers coming up from the left of the woods where they shot the deers.

"We don't have any time for this let's just run," Elizabeth said.

They made it back to the camp in a short amount of time. They've been hunting for so long it really didn't feel any different. Everybody here at the camp had changed and probably for the better.

Hogarth's mother Annie was more skilled in combat than she was at the beginning of the apocalypse and she could use a sniper rifle very well.

Sam and Tucker both took up different forms of jobs with the cooking. Sam being the humanitarian never ate meat from rabbits and deer and instead, along with Elizabeth, ate grown vegetables that they grew on a little garden in the back. Tucker would skin rabbit and deer meat and cook it up for dinner.

Rudy wasn't very skilled at fighting when he first entered the group but that quickly changed. Before they all took underground shelter during the winter, Hogarth and Tut both gave lessons to Rudy on firearms and knives and sure enough when they got out hunting he was able to kill at least 10 walkers the first time.

Cleo wasn't that pessimistic as she was before. Thanks to guidance from Annie and the return of Tut she was able to try and let go of all the past horrors that she has seen, she would watch over Teresa, Martin, Timmy, and Cynthia everytime they went out hunting, as she was good with kids.

Danny was their huge asset to the group. With his ghost powers he could keep them safe and camoflauge against the walkers but he had to remember one thing. If he let his guard down and got bit he would turn into a walker and it wouldn't matter if he was a ghost or not.

Arnold was the weapons expert in the group now. He made sure the weapons were always loaded, they had ammunition in stock, and that they had explosives such as grenades and TNT. They hadn't been able use them yet but the time would com eventually.

Dexter was the scientist in the group. He had invented a couple other useful things that have helped the group in their survival. He would go hunting with the group but when he was alone he would work very hard on new inventions. He had expressed an interest in finding a cure but he couldn't figure it out because it was out of his reach at the moment.

Tut was a speed fighter. Even though he was undead, he was sure that he would die if he was bitten. Nevertheless he made use of what he had. With his trusty Bowie knife he would stab every walker he saw right in the head.

Hogarth was not the same as he was when the apocalypse started. He wasn't the wide eyed, funny, little teenage boy he was before. Now he was hardworking, tough, and mature then he was before. He would joke around with his friends but he felt that he didn't have time to be a kid and had to work hard now to help the group.

They walked through the gates as Cleo helped them get inside. Carrying their dinner over their heads they walked over to Tucker who was getting ready to fire up the grill. He had a huge look of happiness on his face when he saw the giant deer being brought to them.

"Awesome, we got a good chunk of meat to last us for a long night," he took it from them and brought it over to skin it.

"Hey bro," Tut said coming over to Hogarth, "how was the hunting trip?"

"Pretty good, we've got a huge chunk of meat here," Hogarth said patting his friend on the back. "What happened to your pharaoh crown?"

Tut wasn't wearing the same pharaoh crown he had at the beginnng of the apocalypse and was now wearing a bandana in it's place.

"Well after so long of being deluded and thinking I was still king of the world even though my reign has been gone for a long time, I finally had the truth borken through my thick skull that I'm not a king anymore and decided to drop it, but Tucker gave me this cool bandana to wear in it's place."

"Yeah, it looks good," Hogarth complimented him.

"Thanks, hey did you ask Elizabeth about the whole thing during the trip," he whispered to him so that nobody else could hear.

"Shh, let's not talk about it hear let's get to our secret place and talk it out," Hogarth whispered back to him.

"Alright," he said, "sorry."

They had a secret meeting place around the back. For a while now they had been talking about moving on since the summer began, and now with Elizabeth's approval it appeared their plan would go into action. But they still had some issues that had to be dealt with. What the other members of the group would think.

"I think Cleo would want what's best for us and I know she'd like to move on," Tut said.

"Right, Sam and Tucker would too," Danny said in response.

"And my mom," Hogarth said.

"But what about Martin, Teresa, Cynthia, and Timmy," Dexter asked.

"Yeah Dex has a point guys, I know that the girls and Timmy would go along with it, but we all know how stubborn Martin is," Arnold said while pondering an idea, "I don't think he's gonna like the idea of moving on."

"Welwhat Elizabeth tells him to do," Hogarth stated, "he follows immediately so that won't be a problem."

"Yeah, I gotta say Hogarth, I can't believe she went along with it immediately," Danny said.

"Yeah I guess so, she can be a good leader," he said in response.

"Well there could be some changes, you know how Elizabeth said she didn't want to be in a leader position that much," Arnold said looking at Hogarth with a smile. The others looked at him with the same look.

Confused for a moment he then caught on, "No way guys I can't be a leader," he said with disbelief.

"Why not," Tut asked, "look at what you did for us when this started."

"Yeah you got us here, took down Davey and those bandits, saved a bunch of lives, and survived for almost a year, you would be great as a leader."

"I only made it this far because of you guys, if I hadn't met you I would've died out on the road and would be eating people."

"But think about it dude, you saved lives of people and had the hope to get us here, you were brave in times when you needed to be and you didn't back out," Dexter said.

"I don't know I just think I'm not really fit to be a leader," he said as he propped up his head on his hand.

"Well at the very least think about it," Danny said, "who knows you might change your mind."

"Alright, I'll think about it," he said with a grin as he got up, "I got to meet with Elizabeth to watch the perimeter, I'll see you guys at dinner."

"Alright buddy, see ya," Tut said as he and the others got up and went back to their positions.

As he walked back he saw the two Brisby boys playing in a corner while their sisters were playing as well. As soon as they caught sight of him they ran up to him with smiles on their face.

"Hi Mr. Hogarth," Cynthia said to him and gave him a hug.

"Cynthia, I told you before just call me Hogarth," he said as he hugged the five year old.

"What were you guys talking about," Timmy asked him.

"Just stuff," Hogarth said to him, "we're just thinking of what we're gonna do next time we go out and get food for you guys."

"Can I come with you next time Hogarth," Martin asked.

Hogarth shook his head no, "I'm sorry Martin, but no, it's too dangerous out there with the walkers."

"Aw phooey, I ain't scared of nothin, I'll take them on with one hand tied behind my back."

"You know Martin there's something my step-dad used to say to me when we went out hunting."

"What did your father say to you," Teresa asked.

"He always said to me, 'Hogarth a person who says he's fearless is a fool, but a person who's brave always has fear and acts in spite of them,' I took that advice to heart when this started."

Martin looked like he was about to explode in anger and shouted, "You think I'm a fool."

Hogarth simply smiled and said, "I don't know maybe."

"That's it, you're going down," Martin said as he jumped on the back of Hogarth's back. Hogarth simply laughed and tried to get him off. Elizabeth heard the ruckus and came over taking her eldest on off of Hogarth's back.

"Martin Brisby, what have I told you about jumping on people."

"But Mom, he called me a fool," Martin said pointing the blaming finger at Hogarth.

Elizabeth looked at Hogarth with a stern look to which Hogarth just shrugged his arms and said, "I was just saying an old quote my stepdad said."

Elizabeth started to giggle and turned to her son, "Martin he was just being funny, don't take things so seriously." Martin pouted and walked off.

"It must be hard being a parent," Hogarth said.

"You don't know the half of it," Elizabeth said, "just wait until you start having kids, hopefully if you find a girlfriend in this world."

"Yeah, like that's gonna happen," Hogarth said sarcastically.

"Come on Hogarth, I need you to help me with lookout for a while," she said to him.

"Okay," he said as they went up to lookout.

A little later, dinner was ready and they ate heartily. After a long bit of work it was nice to get a reward for eating. It was at this time that everybody would talk about leaving this part of the woods and move on somewhere else.

"So, Hogarth didn't you have something you'd like to say to us," Arnold said giving motioning to Hogarth.

"Yes, Elizabeth and I have talked and we, along with a couple others here," he said motioning to his four friends he had been talking about this with, think that we should leave this part of the woods and go on to somewhere else."

"Are you sure," Sam said, "but what if we get attacked."

"Sam, it's the best option at this point, if we run low on rations then what else can we do," Danny said.

"But we've been here for about a year now so why bother, we can survive," Tucker asked.

"Yeah but for how long Tuck," Tut said, "the longer we stay the more we open ourselves to danger."

"I agree," Rudy said, "the best choice of action will be to leave here and go somewhere else, besides maybe there are other groups, larger groups that we can join."

"That's right," Cleo said, "a large group means more people and with that we get more work done."

"I think it's the best plan of action," Annie said."

"Me too," Cleo said.

Sam and Tucker thought about it for a second but after that decided on a choice.

"I guess it'll work," Sam said.

"I think you guys are right," Tucker said.

"Excellent," Elizabeth said, "now that we've all agreed we need to plan. We certainly can't leave tomorrow."

"Maybe in a couple of days," Dexter said, "we'll packed up what we need, gather some more food and then we'll go."

"Do we have to go Mommy," Cynthia said looking at her mother.

"Yes honey, but it's the best plan, we'll find new people and we'll have a chance to make it."

"I guess so," Martin said downtrodden, "but things seem so fine here."

"For how much longer," Hogarth said, "eventually this place will fall and that will be the end of it. Bottom line, we need eachother because it won't matter how long it takes for this to end, because we won't make it."

"He's right," Teresa said, "maybe we should leave."

"I think we can all agree on it now," Danny said.

Everybody gave nods and simple 'yeah', 'sure', 'uh-huh' answers.

"Wait we still have one member that needs consent," Rudy said as he picked up Genevieve. "You wanna come with us when we leave."

Genevieve responded simply by licking his face playfully and barking. Everybody looking at this started to laugh at the sight.

"I guess it's settled then," Elizabeth said, "we'll leave in a couple days after we gather supplies and more food for the way, we'll be walking for a couple days so we might need what we can get."

"Right," they all said.

A couple hours later, a lot of the members had went to sleep. Hogarth was still up though, getting all of his equipment and gear put away. Elizabeth came up behind him.

"What are you doing," she asked, "you should get some sleep, you don't want to be tired tomorrow."

"I will, just putting all my stuff away then I'll be off to bed."

"Anyways, I want to thank you Hogarth for backing me up at the meeting tonight," Elizabeth said looking at him with a sparkle in her periwinkle blue eyes.

"That's what friends are for right, and besides you're the most trustworthy person."

"About that though, this group needs a leader and I think you'd be the best choice Hogarth. I'm more of a medic and a nurse than a leader and I've seen what you've done. You're a brave, gentle, protective person who walked hundreds of miles just to find the ones he loved."

"I was talking about that with the guys earlier today, I don't know if I'll be the best choice for a leader," Hogarth said, "I made it this far sheerly because I met good people and tried to not be stupid, that's it."

"No," she said sternly, "you made it because you're brave, and you didn't want to give up. You're stronger than you think and we all need you."

"I'll think about it," Hogarth said quietly, "I'm gonna go to sleep."

"Alright I'll see you tomorrow, early though you and I have to go and get food for the trip." Elizabeth said to him, "Goodnight," she said as she walked back to the van where she slept.

Hogarth sat there for a minute, thinking about that. Could he be a leader? He was just a 14 year old, not some big, amazingly awesome leader guy, maybe not in the eyes of his friends. He might have to make this decision later.

Genevieve walked up to him and sat up on his lap. He patted her head and scratched behind her ears.

"What should I do Gen, do you think I should lead these people," Hogarth said to the puppy. She didn't respond and just looked at him, "yeah I'll probably need some time for this." He got up and went to bed.

Well here we go the first chapter to the second season. I must say this is gonna be a great one. There will be new characters and a lot of cool stuff here. I must also say I might inculde some possible lemon in later chapters, but I'm not entirely sure yet, just to let you know. Anyways thanks for the support and see you later. Videogameaddict237