Hopefully you like this story! I'm still working on it, but here's the first chapter. It's my first TWD story. Hopefully you like it! Please review and let me know what you think of the story so far.

Chapter 1: New Girl

Carter's P.O.V

The forest was familiar as I ran through it, it's where I spent most of my time these days. I lost track of the days that went by. I do know that I do what I have to; to survive. Nothing has been the same, and nothing will ever be the same. I know that now. I tried groups but they never last. For who knows how long I've been alone. My brothers are out there somewhere I know it. I finally find a trail and then I hit a dead end. But each time I get close. I got close enough to see one of them run off from their makeshift house, but not close enough for him to hear me without attracting the geeks near by. I jump over a fallen tree as I lay and hide. Fidgeting with an arrow to get my compound bow ready to fire at the enemy. Moments after a man jumps over I wait and there it is. A geek with moss all over its body. Making unpleasant sounds I release the arrow and it hits the target. The geek falls and the man with curly hair stops running. I get up and pull out another arrow. I draw it back ready to fire.

"Who are you?" I demand. The man with a tired look puts his hands up. "Why are you following me?" I threaten to let go of the string.

"No don't shoot! Please I have a place you can go." He says reaching for his bag slowly as if asking permission I nod. He pulls out pictures. "It's safe. There's food, electricity, and running water. I had to follow you to make sure you were okay."

"You mean would I ruin the group?" I question, he just nods holding out pictures I lean forward and see poorly developed pictures of a well built community. Then in the background I see him. Blurry but I know it's him. "Where is this? Take me to it." I say.

"First I need you to answer three questions." He says slowly putting his bag back on his back.

"What questions?" I ask.

"How many walkers have you killed?" He asks.

"Geeks? Too many to count." I reply still not putting the bow down.

"How many people have you killed?" He asks slowly. I stop and think back to the painful memories.

"Five." I say, barely a whisper I question whether he heard me or not.

"Why?"

"The first one was my mom, I'd rather not talk about it. Then my girlfriend when she got bit also." I say trying to hold back tears. "The next three were these guys that raped me and left me for the geeks. I found them and killed them." I said as a tear spilled over and ran down my cheek.

"I'm sorry to hear that." He says showing he's sorry all over his face. "Listen my name is Aaron, let me take you back to my people. We can help you."

"I don't need help. I need to find my brother. I'll come with you and get some food then I'm gone." I say making sure he understands I don't want to stay. I keep quiet about who I think I saw in the picture. I slowly release the arrow and let Aaron lead the way. We begin the long walk back to an unknown place to me. The walk wasn't as far as I had thought. Though it was over a days' walk, I thought it would be longer. As the sun sets we find a nearby shelter to hide out in until morning. The night is quiet I don't say much but Aaron keeps the conversation going.

"I never did get your name." Aaron says after talking about what a great cook his boyfriend is.

"Carter." I say barely a whisper I'm surprised he heard me.

"You look very familiar." He says.

"Why?" I questioned.

"I can't put my finger on it. I feel like I've seen you before." He says. I look up and he's so concentrated on me.

"Guess we should sleep in shifts. I'll take the first one." I say grabbing my bow. Aaron nods and lays down on the hard floor. I feel like I should be tired soon but I don't feel tired. Soon enough the sun peers through the dirt smeared windows. I watch as the sunlight brightens the room. The sun touched on Aaron's face and he stirred awake. He jumps up.

"Did you get any sleep?" He asks when he finds me sitting where he left me last night. I shake my head.

"Let's just get going." I say. He gathers his stuff and follows me out the door back into the woods. Aaron leads the way on a road. I stay alert,I've never had good experiences with being out in the open. We slowly approach a large wall of metal. I continue to walk in awe of the place.

"This is your groups?" I question.

"Yeah, we are very secured" Aaron says. The pictures don't look as good as the real thing. It feels like forever since we first saw the place, it gets closer and the gate opens. Aaron walks in and I feel hesitant; I turn around and take one last look.

"Carter, I promise it will be okay." Aaron pokes his head out of the gate. I walk up and slowly walk in to a small group waiting and staring at me. They look normal, like how things used to be, but with the occasional obvious sign they had been out in that hell hole I just came from. I hear the screech of the door behind me and jump to turn around. It's shutting me in, I feel closed in. Although the space is huge, you could fit another hundred people in here comfortably.

"Aaron, who's this?" someone asks. I turn back around and see Aaron standing by a man in a sheriff's outfit. I get a bad feeling and really wish I hadn't came in.

"This is Carter. I found her a couple days ago, we've traveled since yesterday and she's good. I've already asked her the three questions." Aaron answers the Sheriff. "Carter, this is Rick. He kind of like our leader." Aaron says with a big smile. I just stand there. I can't do anything.

"Carter, how long have you been alone, out there?" Rick asks me as he approaches a few steps closer.

"I don't know. A couple winter's alone. Ran into a few people but never actually joined a group." I explained. Rick looks back to Aaron.

"You brought her here? She's been alone longer than we've been here. How do we know we can trust her?" He says out loud. "Glen, Aaron bring her to house we kept Morgan in." He said.

"Wait, what? You're just going to lock me away?" I ask to confirm I'm following him.

"You've been on your own for a couple years. I don't know you. I don't trust you right now. We need to protect our people until we know that you won't be attacking us." Rick explained.

"No, forget it. I'm leaving" I say. I turn and the large door is shut. "Open this door!" I yell.

"Hang on, you don't have to stay but we can't let you leave now, it's going to be dark before you find shelter. Letting you leave now is like killing you." Rick said. I turned around and pulled out my knife.

"Well I'm not going to be locked up either." I say. Rick pulls out his gun and everyone backs up.

"No, Carter you don't wanna do that." He says trying to remain calm. "Just come with us. We'll get you settled in and a shower, some warm food."

"No I refuse to be locked up." I say. Then everything goes black.

I start to turn, the surface below me was softer than the ground. I imagine it's a bed. I move my arms but they only move so far. My eyes shoot open. It looks almost like a hospital but on a much smaller scale. I look down and I'm in a gown, with both my hands cuffed to each railing on each side of the bed.

"Hey!" I yell. "You'd better let me go! I ain't gonna do nothing! I just want to leave!" I keep screaming until a woman walks in with glasses.

"I'm sorry under Rick's order's. Can't let you go if I wanted to I don't have the keys." She says sweetly.

"Then find him so he can let me go! Or I swear when I get out of these I'm gonna be hurting someone." I threaten her. She has fear all over her face. I immediately regretted the threat, but all I wanna do was leave. Why can't they let me do that?

"How about I go find him?" She asks as she closes the curtain.

"Yeah you go do that." I snap back to her and she runs to the door. I hear it open but I don't hear it close.

"Hey, have you seen Rick? This girl woke up and says she wants to leave now."

"What girl?" a distant voice asks.

"Where have you been? Aaron brought her back, she pulled a knife and they knocked her out. Now she's pretty angry." The girl continues talking.

"I'll stay with her. You go ahead and find Rick. I think he's a few houses down." The voice gets louder. It sounds so familiar. I start fiddling with the handcuffs again trying to pull, knowing it won't help. My wrists start to get a dark red, surely they will bruise. But I need to get out. I hate being locked up. I just wanted to leave. Just then the curtain flies open and there he is. I'd never seen him with long hair. The seconds pass forever before I speak.

"Daryl?" I whisper just to confirm.

"Katie?" Daryl questions. He runs to my side and leans over to give me an awkward hug. "What the hell did they do to you?" He asks as he carefully inspects my wrists.

"Please Daryl I just want to get out of here. I can't…" I trail off and he looks me in the eye. He understands why I can't stay like this.

"I'll be right back. I'm gonna get the key." He explains running out before I have a chance to protest him leaving me alone.

"GIVE ME THE DAMN KEY!" I hear Daryl scream out. I hear footsteps coming back and get worried until I see his face. He had a busted lip.

Daryl's P.O.V

I was walking, I'd heard something about a new person. Thought I'd catch up with the guys see who we have now. Mostly I wanted to see Aaron, although I'd never admit it to anyone. I was pulled from my thoughts when Denise ran out of the clinic.

"Hey have you seen Rick? This girl woke up and says she wants to leave now!" She said in a panic.

"What girl?" I asked. Is she talking about the newcomer?

"Where have you been? Aaron brought her back, she pulled a knife and they knocked her out. Now she's pretty angry." Denise explained

"I'll stay with her. You go ahead and find Rick. I think he's a few houses down." I said pointing up ahead. Denise nods and I walk up the stairs and through the open door. I leave it open since they should be right back. I walk around the curtain wall to the smaller size curtain and push it open. There she is. Her hair is shorter than I remember but she's there handcuffed to the stretcher. Her struggling had rubbed her wrists raw. I just stared taking it all in. I thought she had died. I haven't seen her since before the walkers invaded our lives.

"Daryl?" She whispers

"Katie?" I questions. I runs to my side and lean over to give her an awkward hug. "What the hell did they do to you?" I asks as I carefully inspects her reddened wrists.

"Please Daryl I just want to get out of here. I can't…" She trail off and I looks her in the eye. I understands why she can't stay like this.

"I'll be right back. I'm gonna get the key." I explains running out the door. As I exit I see Rick approaching.

"How is she?" He asks

"Where's the key?" I ask ignoring his question. How dare they treat her like that.

"What?" Rick asked

"Give me the keys! I need them now!" I said raising my voice.

"I can't do that Daryl" Rick said. I slipped past his arms and grabbed his gun pointing it to him.

"GIVE ME THE DAMN KEY!" I yell. Rick doesn't care I have the gun he lunges at me and we fall to the ground. He lands a good punch to my jaw and I taste my blood. I manage to roll us over and get in a few punches. While he's stunned I grab the keys from his pocket and run back in. Around the curtain her face full of fear and only I know why.

"Are you o..."

"I'm fine" I answer before she finishes asking. I fumble a little but manage to get her arms free and help her to sit up. She wraps her arms around me and grips tight.

"It's alright sweetheart. I'm here now." I say to her. Rick, Carl, Denise, Carol, and Aaron all ran in and saw us. Rick had his gun out pointing at us. I adjusted Katie so she was behind me.

"No Rick don't shoot." Carol pushed ricks gun down. He looked at us with a question mark on his face. The same as everyone else.

"Daryl what is going on here." Rick said.

"She's my sister." I say. No one says a word. I feel Katie behind me peeking out over my arm.

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