What's up guys!? I'm known as the duke, but you may call me Theseus and this is my first ever (as far as the site) fanfiction ever. I'm really excited and I'd like to personally thank leafs nation for helping me out with my writing and also for being such a great inspiration. This story will be an AU from the video game and will not be taking the same route that it did. I haven't planned on bringing in any OC's yet but if you'd like I could bring some into the story if you PM me their profiles. Finally, as for the pairing whether this will be a Click, Cluke, Clarah, Clenny, I am proud to inform you that this fic will be none of the above. The pairing is something I came up with on the fly and I am curious to see if I can make it work. As one other major detail in this AU, Clem was 13 during the events of season 1 and a special surprise character from that season will be showing up in this fic, perhaps even 2. (A/N: Clem chose to mercy kill Lee at the end of Season 1)

Clementine's POV

My eyes slowly open as I begin to wake up. I can barely make out faces but I can clearly see people standing over me and it looks like they're arguing. As my ears begin to finally work again I can hear their voices more clearly.

"She said she was bit by a dog, ok?" A man's voice speaks up but is loudly drowned out by a woman's loud yelling.

"I don't buy that bullshit story for one second," the woman says.

I slowly pick myself off the ground and I'm about to speak when the second I open my mouth I hear a loud bang and my eyes widen as I'm sent flying off my feet. I hit the ground with a thud and immediately scream in pain as I clutch my now bleeding shoulder.

"NICK, WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!?" the man in the red sweatshirt comes over to me and immediately applies pressure to my wound.

"Don't yell at me, you're the ones saying I should shoot her!" the man who was holding the gun says as he gives everyone a glare.

"We need to get her inside, or she might not make it. Carlos can patch her up," the big burly black man with glasses says as the woman who I can tell is more than thrilled to have me hear speaks up.

"The hell we do, I say we leave her out here. We have enough mouths to feed."

Before I fade back out of consciousness I feel my body being picked up and carried.

The next time I wake up I feel an ache in my shoulder and I raise myself off of the couch I was laying on. I look down as I notice it's gotten a bit drafty and realize I'm not wearing anything but a bandage wrapped around my shoulder and forearm and a bra. I look around for my shirt only to see a relatively clean looking white t-shirt and red hoodie. I also notice my cap lying on top of the other clothing. Putting on the clothes I was given, I turn as I notice a girl sitting on the stairwell looking at me. She looks about my age and something about her gives her an innocent look about her. Maybe it's the glasses.

"Uh…hey," I finally speak up.

"Hi," she says as she finally walks down the stairs and sits on the couch next to me. She keeps looking at me like I'm some sort of alien and it's kinda creepy.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I ask her finally as the awkwardness of the silence drives me to continue speaking.

"I saw when they brought you in. You were bleeding and my dad fixed you up. He's a doctor," She speaks sheepishly.

"Ok, I'm glad SOMEBODY seems to take some kind of responsibility around here," I say although it came out sounding a bit harsher than it did in my head.

"Yeah, I heard everyone was yelling about you being bitten or something. So…what happened?" she asks me.

"I got bit by a dog because it tried to take the beans I had, then …Luke and Pete, I think that's their names, came and saved me from being eaten by walkers. I passed out and as soon as I got up, that Nick guy shoots me," I say as I simulate holding my arms like I was holding a rifle.

The girl's eyes widen, whether from shock or wonder is anyone's guess.

"Wow, I can't believe Nick would do something like that. That's so mean!" she says as she gives an annoyed look.

"I'm Clementine, by the way." I finally introduce myself.

"I'm Sarah. I'm so not speaking to Nick until he apologizes," she says as she smiles to me.

"Uh, Sarah? I don't think that's necessary. I'm sure it was an accident…probably." I say as I bring myself off the couch.

"Wait a minute…that's my jacket!" Sarah says as she looks at me.

Just as she says that I hear the door open and Pete comes in.

"Well, looks like you're finally up. You're tough as nails, I'll tell you that much," he says as he puts his rifle down and comes over to me.

"Thanks…growing up out here, you kinda have to be," I say as I smile with a bit of a blush on my face.

"I'm sorry my nephew shot you. He's got a chip on his shoulder since his mom…well…you understand," he rubs the back of his head as I raise an eyebrow.

"Nick's mom got attacked by a person we let in the group after they got bit," Sarah whispers to me as my eyes widen a bit. I guess misery loves company. I should probably tell him no hard feelings later… even if he probably doesn't think he did anything wrong.

"Anyway, Sarah what are you doing out of bed this time of night," Pete said.

"Night?" I turn to the window and notice that it's really dark outside. Holy shit, how long was I out?

"Oh I…I was just going to the kitchen to get a drink of water and I noticed Clementine was up so I was making sure she was ok," Sarah said as she gave Pete the best innocent smile she could muster. Ok, either this girl is the world's best actor, or she really is as innocent as she makes out. How does someone like her, make it this long in a world as bad as this? It makes no sense.

"You know your father would blow a fuse if he found you out, past your bedtime," Pete told her.

Ok, NOW it makes sense. She's what, 15… with a bedtime…with dead people walking around eating everyone they find. She's doomed if something happens to her dad.

"R-right, I'm just gonna go back to bed. Goodnight Clementine," she says as she scurries back up stairs and out of sight.

I feel my stomach growling and realize that I'm starving. I hadn't eaten in 2 or 3 days aside from a can of beans….well….almost a whole can of beans. Stupid dog…

"Hungry, eh?" Pete says, snapping me out of my thoughts and I nod giving a sigh, "Well, there's something in the kitchen for you. Luke made it for you while you were out in case you got up. You can go ahead and eat and then its lights out. You can sleep in Sarah's room and go fishing with us tomorrow if you want.

I nod as I make my way to the kitchen to see a bowl of what looks like oatmeal. I take the spoon and pick some up. It's still warm so I'm assuming Luke made this not too long ago meaning.

"Good to see you're still alive," I hear a familiar voice and turn to see Luke coming in.

I nod as I scarf down spoonfuls of oatmeal not really caring about looking the least bit lady like.

"You uhh…must've not eaten in a while, well uh…" he trails off as he sits down across from me.

"So where are your parents, if you don't mind my asking? Sorry it's just that, with everything going on and you being as young as you are, I kinda assume it's what happened to everyone's parents," he looks at me sympathetically.

"I…my parents died. They went to Savannah and left me with Sandra…and they never came back. I went to go find them, but they were already dead." I say as my memories come flashing back to me.

"I'm uh…sorry to hear that, I lost my folks too," he looks away from me and down to the table.

"This man found me and took care of me. His name was Lee, he taught me how to survive…he's the reason I keep my hair short," I feel compelled to tell Luke my story. It's somewhat comforting telling someone else what I've been through.

"Well…what happened to him," Luke asked and my face fell.

"I killed him…He got bitten trying to protect me, and I had to make sure he didn't turn," I quickly realized I was close to crying as I blinked away the tears, hiding my face behind my cap as I lowered my head.

Luke must've realized it was really painful because he changed the subject.

"So what are you gonna do now?" Luke asked as he tried to get rid of the discomfort he was undoubtedly causing me.

"I don't know…Pete said I could go fishing with him tomorrow," I admit.

"Well then I guess you're staying with us then," Luke smiled and I gave him a worried look.

"I'm not sure everyone else is gonna like that idea," I tell him knowing specifically who I mean by everyone else.

"Then they'll just have to deal with it," Luke tells me and any reason I didn't like this guy went out of the window.

Luke leaves and I go back to stuffing my face.

"Oh, you're still here," I hear that voice again.

Speak of the devil, I turn and notice the pregnant lady come in.

"Yeah, I am. Seeing as how I got shot and all," I say as my brows furrow.

"Well, you got your help and we wasted our supplies on you so I think now's a good time for you to leave," She says as she goes over to the sink.

"Actually, I was planning on sticking around for a long LOOONG time. So it looks like you and me are gonna be best friends," I say sarcastically as a smile comes across my face. Oh, I am just loving this. Truth be told I wasn't planning on staying too long but the simple fact that this lady has done nothing but act like a bitch to me, I suppose staying simply to milk the fact that she has no choice now but to deal with it is now my new goal.

She gives me a stern scowl and I squint back at her. I can tell she's contemplating putting her hands on me considering her fist is shaking. Figuring that the large baby bump is anything to go by, she's not gonna touch me. She scoffs and leaves as I mentally start mentally cheering for myself. That was just….awesome. But, I'm starting to get tired so I head out of the kitchen after finishing my food, turning out all the lights and walking upstairs.

"Sarah?" I call as I peek into the room. I walk in and close the door behind me, making my way over to the bed and I notice that she's trying a bit too hard to appear asleep. I notice the book on her nightstand still open and the lamp was still on.

"Sarah I know you aren't asleep, you still have your glasses on," I say and she opens her eyes widely. Busted. She sits up and looks at me with a relieved look on her face. Probably because I'm not her dad.

"What are you reading?" I ask as I look at the book now back in her hands.

"It's a sci-fi book about lycans and vampires and stuff. You probably wouldn't like it. I started reading it a while ago but I never had the next issue. I guess whoever stayed in this cabin liked to read it. They have just about all the books!" She speaks excitedly before clasping her hands over her mouth probably realizing she was a bit loud.

"It's called Flames of The Phoenix…and get this…the main character has a girlfriend," Sarah exclaims as if it's so shocking.

"So?" I say as I shrug my shoulders. Seems pretty normal to me.

"But, the main character is a girl…I mean I never even thought about something like that. A girl liking another girl that way, my dad would freak if I did something like that," Sarah says which actually makes me giggle.

"Your dad would probably freak if you gave someone a hug for too long," I say and we both end up sharing a laugh.

"You know, we should totally be best friends," Sarah says, as she starts bouncing.

"R-right, best friends," I look at her with a cautious expression. I hope she isn't gonna stuff me like a teddy bear while I'm asleep.

She closes her book and turns out the light, putting her glasses on the nightstand.

"Better go to sleep before my dad comes to check on us," she said as she lay down on the bed.

I nod and lie down on the opposite end of the bed as she curls up under the covers.

"Night, Clem," She says as I close my eyes.

"Night Sarah," I reply noticing she's already started using my nickname. I hope tomorrow is a good day. So far things are looking up but, living out here has taught me one thing. Peace never lasts too long.

So there's chapter one guys, what do you think? I think I chose the best place to start and I also through in nods here and there to certain parts of the game and even a bit of original work. I plan on working on this story throughout the week and I'd really appreciate feedback. Every so often I'll put up a chapter where the readers get to choose the outcome of certain events that will change the story. Please note that if you pick certain choices you could potentially take this story to a dark place so please consider the options rationally, or don't if you just wanna know what might happen.

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