Hello, I'm Ashleigh (In real life) and I'm new so probably not the best quality. Sorry if it's short too. Reviews would be very helpful and it would make my day for some kind words of criticism or praise and support. Thank you so much and if i get a review in less than three hours I'll write a new one for the heck of it. Thank you so much once again and happy reading. PS: Ideas on new additions to the cabin group? (: Ashleigh out.
Clementine and Ashleigh
PART ONE: No Adults.
16 months later...
Christa, Clem and I are shivering on a log in the middle of the woods one terribly wet night. Clementine and I are on the edge of trying to talk to Christa, but we both know too well it won't work. Christa's been like this for months now. After what happened to Omid and the baby, well, who can blame her? I certainly can't. Clem finally speaks up. "Christa, talk to us?" begs Clementine. And in return, receives a sollum sigh from Christa. Christa gets up and drags her feet to the dying fire in front of us. "This'll never work...Look at this. Its pathetic. The woods too wet to burn...There's more smoke than flame..." Grunts Christa. Clem and I stare at each other, waiting for the other to say something...anything. I finally bring myself to speak. "Is there anything else we could use?" I say. "Something that'll burn maybe." Christa replys with a hint of annoyance. "You both should be doing this, not me. Tending a fire so you can cook and stay warm... It's something you have to do you two. otherwise..." Christa says as she stars poking the fire to hopefully bring some life to the smoking mess. "We can't build a big fire at night, it attracts too much attention. It's too dangerous when we're out here all by ourselves." Clementine claims. "We need to eat, don't we? we can't survive without food." Argues a visibly bothered Christa. A harsh cold breeze blows through to Clementine and I. Clementine shivers "I'm freezing." Clem barley says. "M-M-Me too." I stutter. "You think this is bad. Wait to we get up to talk to me about cold...If we make it. We still have a couple hard months ahead of us. This rain will turn to sleet, then ice, then snow. it won't be easy." States Christa. "It's safe there though, right...?" I ask Christa with hope. "Safer than here because of the cold...Or...So they say. We just need to keep moving up north." Answers Christa. "I miss Lee..." Clementine says out of the blue. I remember Lee. I remember the first day I met parents were out of town and Clementine was sick off school so Sandra the babysitter had to take the day of school too. I went to school that day when I was about Clem's age and thats the day it started. All the walkers started to populate the country. I went home to find Sandra as a walker and Clem in her tree house. we hid in there for two days before Lee found me and my sister. I look at Clementine, remembering Lee and how he protected her. "I'm sure you do." Christa says sadly. Christa grunts and walks into the woods. "I'm going to look for some more wood. you two just keep the fire lit." I watch as Christa disappears into the the sea of trees. Clementine sighs heavily and gets up to reach for her backpack. "What are you doing, Clem?" I ask Clementine. "Getting my lighter to refuel the fire." I learn't some stuff in scouts about fires. I know I need to get down low by the fire and blow into the embers in the bottom for the fire. So that's what I do. Clementine then walks over to the fire and kneels next to me with some old paper and then lights it up to go in the fire."Better. But not flames are too low." Says Clementine. "We're smart kids...we can light a fire, right?" I say to Clementine. "Sure. You got anything to help the fire, Ash?" Asks a hopeless Clementine. "I don't..." I pause. "But I think you do." I continue, remembering the drawing of Kenny, Katjaa and Duck. I didn't want to burn it, but this was survival, we have to give up the best of things to stay alive. "Ash? There must be something else Ashleigh. Keep looking." Says Clementine with a tone of anger. I remember Kenny too. He was nice to me. Katjaa used to look after Clementine and I when Lee and Kenny went hunting or scavenging. Duck was my friend too. He was annoying, but he was happy and brave. I miss Kenny, Katjaa and Duck. I walk over to the other side of the fire to find a log. "Clem, look a log!" I say happily, for once. Clem runs over with enthusiasm and excitement like she used to. "Awesome, well done, Ash!" Whispers Clem. I tear off the coat of bark covering the nice dry wood underneath. "Jackpot."I whisper. Clementine picks up the log to throw it on the fire. "No, Clem." I snap quietly not to attract walkers. I get my bill hook from my backpack. "Watch me." I order my sister. I put the wood on a bigger log on it's face and chop it with the hook to make kindling. "Like that." I say. Suddenly I hear voices out in the distance of the woods. Me and Clem look at each other wondering what to do. Clem puts her fingers on her lips and the points to the direction of the mysterious voices. Clem and I tip-toe over the the source of sound only to find...Christa! She is held captive by three men with a gun to her head. I tip-toe back quickly to get my weapon along with Clementine's. "Ashleigh, what are you doing?!" Asks Clementine obviously afraid. "You'll see." I answer back. I grab my bill-hook and gun from my backpack, Clem's gun and her picture of Lee, and run back. Clem suddenly picks up a rock and throws it at Christa's captives. "Christa, RUN!" Yells Clementine. We both run, I grab our backpacks and ran for it. There are a few gunshots and a scream. One of the men are following us. Clem and I pause not knowing our next move. Clem crawls behind a tree while I hide in a bush. "Come out here girls, I'm not fucking around." Me and Clem sprint forwards. "Shit!" Yells the man. Both me and Clem spot a light ditch. Clem slides under it and runs further in the forest, I do the same. Clem and I go separate ways. I stop to save Clem when a walker gets between her and the bandit. She rips a sharp, defensive stick of the tree behind her just before the man sprints toward Clementine. Luckily, she dodges her opponent and stabs him in the hand. She sprints as I do too. As we run further in the woods each second becomes deadlier than the last. The man screams and curses as he is chasing us. Suddenly, Clementine skids and trips when she is at the edge of a freezing river a few meters downwards. The man has caught up with us and picks up Clementine. Out of anger I grab my bill-hook and slice the man's arm as Clementine almost bites his thumb off. "Let go you little bitches! Argh!" Screams and curses the man. He then lets go of Clem and she then runs under a log to escape the scavenger. Just as Clem climbs in the man grabs her leg. I run over and hack his shoulder with my hook as Clem wriggles away. The man kicks my shin and I fall over with my hook still in my grasp. He grabs my leg and pulls me further toward the water. I grab onto a nearby tree as he pulls me closer and closer to my fate. He eventually drags me off my grasp on the tree and climbs on top of me to wrestle me to the death. As I fight for my life, I wonder where Clementine is. "Clem...CLEM!" I screech to the top of my lungs. The man then throttles me harshly as I gasp for freedom. I feel my end coming toward me. My eyes are blurry and all i then see is black. Until I hear a pained noise come out the man. I can see my bill-hook in the side of his head. He is dead. I hear the ghostly sound of our next . Clem once more sprints to safety but trips on a rock as the walkers surround us left and right. Clem picks up the rock and throws it at the walkers. As she crawls her way backwards she falls into the freezing bank and is washed away. "No! Clementine!" I scream. I then sprint and jump into the freezing river after my sister. If I lose Christa, then Clementine isn't going down with her.
End of part one.