The Walking Dead: The Son, Redone

~Hey guys! Oh boy. After nearly 2 years here is a new and offical chappy of The Son. First a quick Authors Note (A/U from now on ) which I will be doing, almost, every chapter. If I have nothing to say you will just immidiatly see the chapter start with the chapter and its name. I will follow the original story of TWD Season 2 and A New Frontier when I eventually get to that but certain will of course be changed, character interactions, character deaths and other things just like that. Also for people that have read the original The Son and have stuck with me, or recently read it and couldn't get enough of it, I'm very thankful for you guys reading it and sticking with it! I hope I will deliver good content, I sure feel like I have a lot of good ideas for certain parts of the stories but that's something you will see in the coming, days and weeks. Speaking of which! This story will most likely be one chapter a day until the story is finished! When the chapters will be posted will be different each day so just keep an eye out! Well this concludes this A/U…hope you guys enjoy The Son!~

Chapter 1: A Fateful Encounter

Clementine's PoV

My eye lids heavy, I slowly walked through the woods aimlessly. I hissed in pain slightly lowering my head as I looked to the bite wound on my arm. I always feared being bitten by a walker but I never once thought I would be bit by a dog, thank God it wasn't infected…I hope anyway. My legs began to give out as I reached a large boulder in the woods, collapsing besides it I rested my head on the rock trying to catch my breath. Maybe I could close my eyes, just for a second. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, it felt nice to take a breather for a bit but sadly it was short lived. As soon as I closed my eyes I heard the growls of walkers. They were close and if I stayed where I was I'd be dinner. With a lot of trouble I got back on my two feet before walking deeper into the woods. A sole walker's growls sounded like it was closing in on me and as I turned around to look for it I saw a walker right behind me and force itself on me. My instincts kicked in and when I landed on the ground I put my hands on the walker's chest as I began to try and push him off me. Using all the strength I had left I tried to shove him off, but he was to heavy and I was too tired, I felt my arms give out as the walker's snapping jaws came closer and closer to my face, I closed my eyes and held my breath waiting for the inevitable pain. But instead of feeling a lot of pain I heard the sound a machete slice through skin and a splatter of blood came over my face, I opened my eyes and saw 3 people standing around me. One held a machete and kicked the now headless walker off me, the second pointed a crossbow at another approaching walker before firing the bolt straight through its head. The third had a knife in his hand and thrusted it in the head of a walker getting to close for comfort.

"Quick! Grab her and let's go or we'll be boxed in!" the man with the crossbow said as the machete man nodded putting his weapon away before lifting me up. My blurry vision could barely make out a face as I felt wind beginning to blow past my cheeks as the three of them began to run. They kept going for what felt like hours until they finally slowed down, the one with the knife letting out a sigh.

"Seems like we can walk the remainder of the way to the cabin" he said wiping his arm past his forehead.

"I think one of us will have to be carried" the crossbow man said chuckling faintly as he walked besides me looking towards me. Blinking my eyes a few times I could finally see a bit more clearly. The man besides me looked a bit older, nothing to old but the little hair he had left on his head seemed greyish, he also had a beard like…Lee...at least he was wearing green overalls and not a blue shirt. The man carrying me looked like he was in twenties. He seemed a fan of brown since his shirt was an orange brown color, so are his eyes, hair and shoes. The third guy walked seemed more around my age, his hair was a deep dark black while his eyes were a happy blue color, he was wearing a dark blue denim jacket with a white shirt underneath with matching dark blue pants and black shoes. He was looking to me with a kind smile, yet his eyes looked at me a bit worried. A blush appeared on my cheek as I turned my head back to the older looking man.

"Hey there, miss" he said closing his eyes and smiling sweetly at me.

"H-hi…" I softly spoke as the man carrying me looked down at me.

"Good to see you can talk" he said, he too smiling kindly.

"Yeah…thanks for the help" I said softly in response.

"Don't worry about it, wouldn't be very nice to let you get eaten" the younger guy said. As the other two men nodded almost in sync.

"I'm Pete, by the way. The strong man carrying you is Luke and the gentleman who saw you get attacked is Thomas" he said as Thomas rubbed the back of his head chuckling softly.

"I'm Clementine"

"Nice to meet you Clementine" Thomas said as I nodded back in response to him, still feeling the warm, red blush on my cheeks.

Pete his mouth to say something as Luke let out a surprised gasp before dropping me. I landed on the floor with a yelp as Thomas ran up to me.

"LUKE WHAT THE FUCK, MAN?!" he said, nearly yelling at his friend as he helped me sit up straight.

"She is bit man! Fucking hell!" Luke said, putting his hands on the back of his head as he paced around.

"It was a dog!" I quickly called out as all three looked to me with surprise.

"A dog…there's dogs around here?" Thomas asked looking at Pete whom simply shrugged.

"Even if so…where would that dog be. Besides we just saw you with those lurkers, kid" Luke said now biting on his thumb, clearly freaking out.

"It attacked me…I…I had to kill it" I said lowering my hand, thinking back at how I put Sam out of his misery.

"You KILLED a dog? You don't do that sort of stuff!" Luke said.

"What would you have done, son?" Pete asked him putting his hands on his side. Luke seemed to be unable to respond and just sighed.

"You just…don't kill dogs…" he said, a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Either way…I'll look at it." Thomas said as Luke placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Thomas…"

"Oh don't start about safety, if she is bit by a lurker she isn't close to turning…I'll be fine Luke, don't worry" he said eyeing Luke out of the corner of his eyes before focusing on me. I held up my arm for him as he slowly rolled up my sleeve as I hissed in pain feeling it move over my wound. Thomas looked closely at the bite examine it from left to right.

"And…dog or lurker?" Pete asked.

"I'm 99% sure it was a dog…" Thomas responded as he looked to me with a kind smile, this time I couldn't see the worry in his eyes.

"See…I'm not lying I promise. If I was bit…I would have just wanted you guys to get it over with quick" I said as I got a slow nod in response.

"We can bring her with us, let my dad have a look at it and he can confirm that a dog bit here" Thomas said as he rose to his feet offering me his hand as I took it. He pulled me up as Pete nodded, he seemed rather happy.

"Sounds like a good plan kiddo"

"I still have my doubts…but then again I don't know a mosquito bite from a dog bite, from a lurker bite…" Luke said.

"That's…dumb" I said as the three of them looked at me as Thomas let out a laugh.

"I agree completely, Clementine" Thomas said as he turned to Luke sticking out his tongue to Luke whom rolled his eyes.

"You can call me Clem too…" I said softly as Thomas nodded.

"Will do, Clem" he said with a chuckle as the 4 of us began to make our way to their home. Thomas helped me along the way but when a cabin was visible in the horizon, my vision got blurry and my knees felt weak. Before I knew it, I collapsed on the ground completely passed out…