Chapter one

"CLARKE HURRY UP!" I heard my dad yell from downstairs. We got a call yesterday saying our area needs to be evacuated by noon. It's literally 15 minutes till noon and I'm trying to fit as much clothes and sketch books into my bag as possible. Okay...well the drawings aren't exactly a 'necessity' but I'm not leaving without them!

"CLARKE!" I practically jump out of my skin at the sound of my dad voice.

"I'm coming!" I yell back. I quickly grab my things while I pray to god that I have everything I need. I take one last look at my room with a sigh. I'll miss my room and all the memories from the times my friends came over and all the stupid things we've done to having my first love in here and the nights we spent together. I shake my head of the thoughts and run down stairs before my dad kills me. I just barely put my foot in the car and my dad is already driving away. He's as scared as my mom is. I see it written in there faces so unsure of what's going happen. Even though they're constantly been telling me everything will be okay. I start to notice all the cars pulled in around us, I move my head to the center of the car to see what's going on. Tall men in all black lineup in the middle of the highway blocking everyone from passing. They're taking people out of their cars and stuffing them into big military vans. My stomach churns the wrong way. I have a bad feeling about this. They're coming closer, only a few cars ahead of us. My dad turns his head quickly. I notice the way his eyes shine in the sun. He wants to cry. He glances at my mom and she simply nods her head.

"Grab your backpack Clarke" I look at him blankly. I don't dare to move a muscle.

"Do as I say Clarke!" His voice drops low almost deadly "Put it on. Here." he hands me the only weapon I know we have. His Colt Panther as well as his watch. I frown at him even though I know what this means. I shake my head violently. no no no this isn't happening. NO!

"No!" I half shout.

"Do it Clarke!" He gives me that look. That look that gets me every time. I sigh as I take the gun and watch from him. I look out the window and notice the men are a lot closer now.

"Run Clarke….go into the woods...run! Don't stop for anything and don't look back." He says frantically. I look at my mom and see her tear streaked cheeks. My heart is racing so fast it feels as if it's going to run out of my chest faster than I can breath.

"Go! Clarke!" I slowly step out of the car so unsure of what I'm doing and scared out of my mind.

"RUN CLAR-"


"Clarke! Clarke what are you doing? CLARKE!" My head snaps out of it's thoughts at the sound of Ravens voice. I let out an involuntary sigh as I shift back a blanket to look out the window and see a massive herd of walkers coming our way.

"Ah shit." I whisper under my breath as I jump down the boxes to the floor of this grocery store.

"What the hell were you doing just sitting up there?!" She hissed at me as she quickly put her backpack on.

"I was just.. nothing. It was nothing." I put my backpack on and loaded my gun.

"We gotta get moving" Raven simply nods her head at me as Lincoln comes running behind us. We move towards the back of the store. There's a few stray walkers wandering the area. They turn towards us the second we step outside.

"No guns." I whisper. I pull out the knife that was in my boot and move to the closest walker. Raven and Lincoln follow in suit. I grab it's ragged clothing and shove my knife deep into the side of it's head. I push it to the ground as I move to the next one. I can see in my peripherals Lincoln and Raven have done the same. I turn around to see that we have caught the attention of more walkers.

Son of a bitch you can't take two steps without these things following like mosquitoes.

"It'll be quick he said." I glance towards Ravens direction "It'll be easy he said. Nothing's gonna happen he said. It's just a quick run. Don't worry! He fucking said." Raven scoffed as she began shooting walkers in the head.

" You know what else he fucking said?!"

"That'll he be here with the van by now." Lincoln says as he takes his knife out of a walker.

"Yes!" She pretty much yells "So where the fuck is Bellamy?!" She shoots down three walkers in a matter of seconds.

Not gonna lie I like angry Raven, she's so fun to watch. She's all small and tiny yet filled with anger. I pull out my dad's Colt Panther ready to shoot when I hear the screech of tires coming from behind us. That would be Bellamy. Of course. He has to wake up the whole country.

"Guys lets go." I put my gun back and make my way towards the back gate of the parking lot.

Bellamy pulls up on the side " Need a lift?" he laughs at himself as we jump into the car and he speeds off.

"You were supposed to be waiting for us Bellamy not us waiting for you" You can hear the annoyance in Raven's voice.

"We're all here aren't we? I was just on time if you ask me." He says with a hint of a smirk on his face. They banter back and forth while me and Lincoln sit quietly. Lincoln's not one to talk much. Not like when we first meet him, he wouldn't talk at all. He's loosened up in a sense. I wouldn't blame him for not talking though. With the way Bellamy and Raven are. I watch as we pass the trees and the open plains. There's so many times I wish I could just stop time, pull out a pen and paper and just sit and draw for hours on end. I don't even remember the last time I drew. All the stuff I once had Those many months ago are long gone. Thinking about drawing reminds me of my father. It's been almost a year since the last time I saw him. I don't even think he's alive anymore. Hell. I'm surprised I'm alive in all honesty. I have him to thank for that, He knew what he was doing. Took me a while to figure it out. I sigh as I look down at my lap where my hand rests and see his watch he gave me. Out of everything I lost I made sure to never lose the only thing I have left of him.

"You alright there Clarke?" I look up at Bellamy to see his slightly worried eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Raven says that he stares at me all the time. Which is kinda weird but ever since then I have noticed. When were at camp he tends to glance at me a lot, Smiles a lot, or is extra nice to me. She teases me that he likes me. All. The. Dam. Time. She may be right but i really don't have any interest in him. I don't think I could be with anyone at a time like this. You lose people left and right now a days. What's the point of falling for someone if they're just gonna slip from your fingertips.


"Home sweet camp!" Bellamy yells as we pull into the brush.

"wait" I say. I look more closely at our camp that's a few feet away. Oh you've gotta be kidding me. I quickly get off the van and run to our camp. Pots are scattered all over the ground as well as one of our tents are missing. Most of our stuff is gone. I take a deep breath and run my hands through my hair.

"Get what we can from what's left." I say out loud to everyone. " We're gonna have to keep moving and go somewhere else. They could still be in the area waiting for us to come back."

"I agree, judging by these trail marks they went this way." Lincoln points to the west of us "They would be easy to track down but i wouldn't go following them. There's a better chance they'll see us before we see them." Lincoln's a great tracker and hunter. I don't know much about his past but he's definitely one with nature that's for sure. We pack the last tent as well as the few pots and blankets that were left.

"What are we gonna do about clothes? They took most of our extra clothing." Raven says. she's always had this thing about needed enough clothes.

"We'll find more when we need to. Think of it this way less stuff to carry" Bellamy states.

We pack the last of our stuff into what we can carry and walk back to the van.

"I can drive if you want Bellamy." Lincoln offers.

"No thanks man i got it."

We all get in ready to go. Just to realize that we're out of gas. Today's been just great.

"Looks like we're walking then." I say. Reluctantly we all get out of the van.

I can feel Bellamy's stare. It's burning a hole through my head. I slightly walk faster in an effort to get as far away as I can. Raven comes up to me and links her arm around mine.

"You should give him a chance ya know."

"Excuse me?"

"Bellamy. I think you guys could be cute together." Oh god no.

"I'm good thanks." I say as I glance behind us. He's honestly not even cute. "Why don't you ask him out?" I say to raven with a slight smirk. she pulls away from me slightly with wide eyes. I can't help at the chuckle that leaves my throat.

"That's not funny. He's so annoying. Let alone stupid. There's no way I would ever be interested in him." She shakes her head and acts like she's about to throw up. I roll my eyes at her while a small smile plays on my lips.

I notice the big enough clearing up ahead. That would make a good camp. It's already getting dark anyways.

"This should be good enough for the night" Bellamy says "Besides i'm ready to sleep."

we all nodded our heads in agreement and set up a little makeshift camp for the night.

Lincoln sits with his back against a tree "I'll take first watch." He says.

I lay down on my blanket and look at the stars that are beginning to show as it gets darker. I wonder what I would be doing right now if the world was back to normal. Well I guess back to the way it was. The more days that pass, This feels normal. Everything that once was or who we were back then seems almost foreign now. This. This has become normal.