So... This is my very first walking dead ff with my own OC. I hope you all like it! Takes place during season 2. Try to think of season 1, but with my OC. anywhooo, I hope you all like my story!

Disclaimer: I don't own the walking dead or the franchise

6 months later after the events in Savannah

Ellie walked along the path, cold, alone. One hand keeping her bag on her shoulder the other holding her pistol. She was tired, tired of this world. She wanted to end it all, but something was keeping her from doing so. Ellie remembered her fathers words, "You don't just end it 'cause it's hard, you stick it out and you help the folks you care about." Ellie shook her head, trying to remember her fathers voice. She decided to rest for a while, sitting under a tree beside the path. Ellie leaned her head back against the tree, closing her eyes. Her eyes imediately snapped open by the faint sound of voices in the distance.

Ellie grabbed her stuff and hid behind a bush. The voices became less muffled and she could hear footsteps coming closer and closer. The footsteps came to a stop, but she started to hear two male voices. Ellie took a quick peek from behind the bush; she saw two men standing there, and by the way they were dressed they looked like bandits. "Shit," she muttered "I'll just wait for them to pass." She waited and waited... Ellies heart stopped as she felt cool metal against her temple, "You scream, you run, you die" a rough voice said. Ellies mouth opened and closed trying to find the right words to say, "I don't want any trouble." "Kid, just you being here is trouble." The man grabbed her arm and pulled her up, pushing her foreward he ushered her to join the group of men waiting for her on the path.

Ellie took slow steps, dreading everyone of them as they moved her towards the bandits. "Ah, so you found another one I see." One of the bandits stepped foreward and looked at Ellie from bottom to top. "Yeah, Bitch was hidin' behind the bushes" The other one answered, his gun still pointed at her head. The third one grabbed Ellies arms and put them behind her head, she cried out in pain on how rough the man did it. The first bandit walked foreward to her slowly, "Did you really think that we wouldn't find you?" the man gave her an evil smile. "Like I said to your buddy, I don't want any trouble" Ellie said simply. The man holding her snickered, "No, no, no" he said "Thats not how this works." The second bandit chimed in "How this is going to work is we're going to beat you, kill you, and take everything you have." "So let's get on with it, shall we?" The other two men nodded thier heads in agreement while the second bandit cocked his gun.

Ellie closed her eyes and waited, there was nothing more she could do. Ellies ears rang as she heard a gunshot, but she didn't feel pain. She slowly opened her eyes to find a walker laying dead on the ground. "What the fuck, man?!" the first bandit shouted. "Shit, there's more of 'em!" "What about the girl, boss?" "Screw her! Leave her for the chompers!" When they let go of her, Ellie bolted out of there as fast as she could. "Hey!" she heard one of the bandits shout. Moments later she felt a sharp pain in her side, but she just kept running, and she didn't look back.

Ellie had been running which seemed like forever. She had finally stopped after the gunshots had faded. She fell on the ground and panted heavily, she looked down at her side where the pain had been. Ellies eyes widened at the bloody hole in her side, with a huge stain of blood around it. Ellie shook her head and tried to focus, she put a hand on it, applying pressure to the wound. Ellie let out a hiss of pain, but tried to ignore it. She stood up and started to slowly walk ahead, 'I gotta get somewhere safer' she thought to herself.

Ellie stopped suddenly as she started to hear moans and groans. 'Oh no...' she thought to herself. Ellie tried to walk a little faster, but she tripped and fell. As she turned over a walker fell on top of her. She struggled to get the beast off her with all her strength, but it was no use. Suddenly the walkers head came clean off and the body was torn off of her. Her vision was blurry, but she could see the figures of two men standing over her. "Shit there's more of 'em, grab her and let's go!" one of the men shouted. The other man picked her up and carried her off. The two men ran through the woods with her which seemed like an eternity, until they finally came to a stop. Ellie heard both of the men breathing heavily, "I-I think we lost 'em" one of the men said. "Yeah, hey you okay?" the man carrying her asked. "Yeah. thanks" she answered. Both of the men started to walk along the path. The man carrying her shifted her in his arms, "Um,so I'm Luke and this is Pete." "Hi, I'm Ellie" she said nervously. Luke gave her a warm smile, but the smile faded as he looked down at her wound, "Oh shit!" he shouted " are you ok?!" "It hurts" Ellie answered "But I think I'll be ok." Both of the men looked at her before turning to her, "Well, It's nice to meet you Ellie" Luke said warmly "But for now, we'll take you back to our group and patch you up, ok?" Ellie cocked an eyebrow at him, "You guys seem awfully nice to a strange girl you found in the woods."

Pete spoke up, "Well we couldn't let you get chomped by one of those lurkers." Luke looked at her, "Look, I know it's not easy to trust a couple of strangers, but if you come back with us and give us a chance, I promise you won't regret it." Ellie smiled at him, "I really don't really have a choice, do I?"

Luke smiled back at her, "In your condition, no, you don't."