Hello! Welcome back! Here's a quick, lil' author's note (not lil' at all). In the far future, not any time soon, there will be a chapter containing flashbacks of how Daniella and Nathan met. Also, in those flashbacks, how the two fell in love will be shown and such. Also, in more future events, Dani will prove she can survive on her own plus Nathan will prove himself worthy of Dani and show he can be trusted (PokemonFreak90 is credited for this idea, though, I already had this planned out :D).

Warnings: Errors, OOCness, and Cursing.

Sorry that this is being posted several days later than the schedule I planned (Sundays or Mondays). My mind has been more on working on my books than my fanfictions and I will be taking a break from making fanfictions in the near, maybe far-ish, future. All current fanfictions, that aren't on hold, will be finished. However, those on hold will not be continued for, at least, a couple of months after the current ones are done (that is when the break is starting, but when it is actually occurring won't be known until further in the future, whenever the current fanfics are done). This was longer than I hoped the note to be.

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As the four of them each straightened up to stand somewhat evenly on the grass at the edge of a small, narrow, and shallow sinkhole filled with water, Daniella looked around at their surroundings. A smile immediately spread across her face as she, once again, started to admire the works of Mother Nature. Everywhere to their right was blocked off by green weeds with a few white lily flowers here and there. She strode over to where one of the flowers were and picked it, holding its stem between her fingers softly.

"Ahhh, some fresh air," Tess commented, breaking the silence as she took deep breaths of the unpolluted air. "That's the one thing I love about the outside." She moved past Joel, stepping into the water within the sinkhole, and moving through a broken fence. Joel looked towards his daughter, whom was still staring at the flower, and then looked towards Nathan. The two made eye contact, saying no words to one another. After a few seconds, Joel broke the eye contact, following after Tess; she hadn't gone too far, waiting right beside a vehicle with no wheels, no windows, and loads of weeds.

Nathan tilted his head in confusion before he realized what just happened. Joel wasn't going to attempt to stop him from speaking to Daniella. Nathan didn't think too much about it because he was sure it would only be just that one time as another thanks for saving Daniella. Nathan approached Daniella, she wasn't but a mere foot from him, and he gently took the flower out of her hand. "Let's put this somewhere safe." He smiled at her and placed the flower into her hair towards the right side of her head.

Daniella blushed and continued to smile. "Thank you, but I'm sure it'll fall out eventually."

"If it does, we'll find you another flower. One just as beautiful," Nathan stated. He'd do anything to please her just like any man would do the same for their lover. Daniella's smile didn't falter and she turned around, heading to where her father and friend stood. Nathan quietly followed.

More words were left unspoken as the four began walking around the vehicle, heading to the large red bricked building with broken windows that stood behind it. Just like on everything else, there were weeds on the building and some trees were growing out of it. As they approached the building and walked by many tipped over rusted trash bins, Tess walked faster and moved a weed covered pallet slightly, making an opening for them to go through. She went inside first, as she often did, and behind her went Daniella, Nathan, and lastly Joel.

"Cover the entrance," Tess called out as she walked down the steps of the stoned platform they were on within the warehouse and headed towards the ledge that lead to the floor above. She easily climbed up on her own since it wasn't too high up. Daniella and Nathan followed her without saying a word.

"I got it," Joel answered as he moved the pallet back where it had been originally. He, then, followed after the three, climbing up the same ledge after going down the same short stairs.

In front of all of them was a gap that separated them from a broken window that lead back outside, but towards where they needed to go. Tess crouched down at the ledge and stared towards. "Damn it. Plank fell down." She looked at Joel. "Be a dear, would you?" Joel made no remarks as he moved over to the platform in the left corner and dropped down to the ground below where the plank was. Tess's eyes followed him as he walked towards the plank.

"Hey, Tess. I'm curious about something," Nathan commented, staring at the back of her head.

Tess turned her head to look at him. "Alright. What is it you're curious about?"

Nathan smirked and approached her, getting down to her level and speaking quieter. "Why is it that you always ask Joel to do something?"

Tess looked away from him. "That isn't any of your business to know." She watched as Joel picked up the plank down below.

Nathan sighed. "I was just curious, Tess. Sorry if I struck a nerve." He removed himself from his crouching position and took several steps back. Tess, too, removed herself from a crouching position and she jogged over to where Joel had dropped down, waiting for him to approach the wall so that she could grab the plank from him and place it back where it had once been before it had fallen.

Daniella strode closer to Nathan, placing her left hand on his right shoulder. "Curiosity killed the cat, huh?"

"Pfft, curiosity killed the everything, sweet cheeks," Nathan replied, looking at her. He noted mentally that the white lily was still in her hair.

"Hmm." Daniella thought about it momentarily. "You know what, I think you are right about that. That should've been the saying instead, yeah?"

"Yeah," Nathan agreed. He looked away from her, looking towards where Tess stood. Daniella did exactly that as well. The two lovers watched as Tess grabbed the plank.

"It's a bit heavy," Joel warned Tess as he turned around and headed towards the hole in the wall that lead back to where the short steps were and to where he would get back up to where the others were.

"I think I can handle it," Tess responded. The plank in her grasp, she pulled it up and carried it over to where she had been crouching at. She placed the plank down perfectly and walked across, balancing as she did. "Find a way back up," she stated loudly to Joel. She waited on the other side of the gap.

"Already on it," Joel answered, heading through the hole he had spotted. He went back up the ledge just as Daniella began walking along the plank, reaching the other side safely. When Nathan made no move to go next, Joel went across the plank himself. Once he was across, Nathan followed suit.

Daniella, Joel, and Nathan followed Tess through the broken window. They all descended down the stairs and, one by one, they dropped to the glass below. Daniella moved to be by Nathan as Tess immediately jogged lightly towards the alley once everyone was off the broken metal staircase.

"Let's make sure there aren't any soldiers around," Joel commented as he slowly followed behind Tess.

"Yeah," Nathan agreed as he walked behind Joel with Daniella to his right. "Otherwise, we won't be going any further."

"Don't worry too much about it," Daniella stated with a small grin. "I doubt there are any soldiers in this area."

Tess jumped over the short wall in the alley. "It's clear," she called out softly to them since they weren't far behind her and she paused her walking at the corner of the alley. The three took turns hopping over the short wall and they all turned around the left corner, Tess leading the way still. She crouched down and went under the broken-down platform that was in the way, followed by the other three whom, once again, took turns ducking under the platform. Tess walked towards the door at their right and grabbed the handle, turning it and pushing the door open. Joel, Daniella, and Nathan followed her inside. "Shut it," Tess said as she walked to the next room. Nathan closed it since he was the last one to enter the building.

"How much longer do you think it'll take before we finally find Robert?" Daniella asked Nathan as she made no move to follow Tess just yet, facing Nathan's direction. "I'm kinda getting impatient."

Nathan laughed as he looked at her, watching her pout because of his laughter. "Don't worry, Dani. We're near where he's suppose to be."

"What if he moved locations?" Joel asked, crossing his arms as he stared at Nathan.

Nathan looked at him. "He didn't. No one can move locations that quickly. It'll take him a few days because of all the men he has," he answered.

"Then, we better stop wasting more time," Joel stated, turning and heading to the next room where Tess was located.

Daniella let out a long sigh and Nathan looked at her. She frowned. "He's right." She crossed her arms. "We've been wasting time by stopping to chat for a bit. We should hurry up."

Nathan nodded. "Yeah, he is right, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to chat every once in a while." He held his hand out. "Shall we head onwards?" Daniella's frown vanished, being replaced by a small grin and she placed her hand in Nathan's, the two of them heading into the next room to be with Joel and Tess...

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Some dialogue from the game will not be shown in this fanfiction as I don't find it necessary (though, I did exactly that, I think, in my Until Dawn fanfic). The schedule is gonna be off for a while so please be patient with me, okay? :( Don't wanna rush my creativity and end up fucking up everything. If it takes me more than a week to update, I'm sorry. Also, sorry that it took me over a week this time around to update. DX

Oh, by the way, there will be quite a few moments where Daniella and Nathan will not talk. Just like there are moments in the game where Joel and Tess do not talk (which was quite a bit; same with Ellie and those moments will remain somewhat, some new dialogue may be added at some points to keep in originality). There will be plenty of moments, however, with Daniella and Nathan talking, whether it is just to each other, to Joel, to Tess, to any enemies or allies when they arrive, and/or to Ellie when she arrives.

See ya next time, whenever that is! Luv ya!