I was thinking about doing random chapters of Ellie and Joel living in the Community in Jackson, I'm not sure how many chapters I will do but there will be random stories. There will be different events and holidays they may celebrate has a community, but be warned people who are sensitive... there maybe horror in some chapters.

I thought I'd begin where Ellie and Joel arrive at the Jackson Community, then we can venture through the years until the present day game. I finished the game now, it was a different. If anyone would like to discuss the game my dms are open.

-The Last Of Us is owned by Naughty Dog/ Sony Computer Entertainment

-Some of the parts of this fanfiction are in the game, other parts aren't in the game.

-Spoilers may happen.

- Sorry for the late update, I've been busy.

Snowflake Warning

-Ellie grew up in a world of monsters, TLOU isn't about butterflies and rainbows... it's horror.

-If you're playing the game I know, I know the story has thrown heartbreak at us. I'll give us some happy times.

-Sensitive material, Ellie likes girls... get over it!

Thank you for all the Faves, Alerts and Reviews.

- I'll be covering one of my fanfiction I wrote called Farm House in my next chapter, heads up if you want to check it out.

Keep safe and enjoy!

Chapter 11!

Summer - 2035

Ellie had been sitting in Joel's living room since this morning, she was under house arrest for the next few days. She had tried to burn the bite mark away from her arm with acid this morning, but she had been caught by Joel in the process. Joel had been outside hanging out his washing when he heard Ellie crying out in pain, he had rushed into her garage apartment and found her crying on the bathroom floor. He had been panicked with the sight that greeted him, he comforted her before he rushed her to the community medical center.

Joel had to lie to the doctor, he had told him that Ellie had accidentally knocked over some acid and burnt her arm in his basement. Luckily for Ellie the bite mark had been burnt away from her skin by the acid, but the scarring that would be left behind wouldn't be pretty. Ellie had seen the mess of her arm before it had been treated, her skin was red and blistered. The doctor had to wash her acid burn in cold water before he dressed it in a bandage, the doctor had told her that back in the times before the Infection took hold of the world the treatment would have been different. He didn't have antibiotic creams or anti-itch medicines, it would have to heal naturally.

Ellie was going to have to keep her wound clean all by herself, she had been given clean bandages and some pain killers. Joel told the doctor that Ellie was going to be staying with him for the next few days, Ellie had protested at first about it but she was fighting a losing battle. It didn't help much when Maria had turned up with Tommy, it was like three versus one. Maria had persuaded Ellie to stay with Joel, she ended up agreeing with her because Maria could be very persuasive when she wanted to be. So for now Ellie was staying at Joel's house until her arm was better, she couldn't wait to get back home though because Joel had been fussing over her like an overprotective babysitter.

Staring over at the open window in the living room she saw Tommy walking along the sidewalk, he was carrying a dish of food. It was probably Maria's famous chicken stew, Ellie really did love Maria's chicken stew with fluffy dumplings and sliced tiny mushrooms. Her mouth began to water at the thought of food, she could actually do with a snack right now. She heard Tommy knock at the door, it wasn't long until Joel walked through the hallway and answered the door. She could hear them talking from the hallway, they weren't even being quiet about the conversation they were having about her neither.

" How's the patient doing?" Tommy asked.

" She quiet, but she just needs to rest up." Joel replied.

" I can hear you talking about me you know!" Ellie sighed.

" I see her hearing hasn't been affected!" Tommy said.

" You've got that right, Tommy!" Ellie said.

" Now, now kids!" Joel said with a chuckle. " Play nice!"

Joel told Tommy to take a seat while he got him something to drink, Ellie watched Joel walking passed the doorway with a dish in his hands. Tommy joined Ellie in the living room, he sat down on Joel's armchair and told Ellie that Maria had made her some chicken stew. Ellie thanked Tommy and told him to thank Maria too, but their little chat soon turned to Ellie's accident with the acid. She didn't really want to talk about it, but she knew Tommy already knew about the bite mark. She tired to change the subject, but Tommy forced the subject on her and asked her to be honest with him.

" Okay, fine!" Ellie sighed while she pulled her knees to her chest. " You guessed right, okay? It's just Cat is going to be doing a tattoo soon on my arm, I was hoping she would be doing it on my left arm. But she said the right arm is the arm she wanted to do the tattoo on..."

" Is that why you did it?" Tommy asked.

" Yeah, I know it was stupid." Ellie replied.

" It was dangerous, you had Joel really worried about you." Tommy said.

" I know, I've said sorry to him already." Ellie said.

" Ellie, you really need to start talking to us if you're struggling with anything." Tommy said while he cupped his hands together. " I'm mighty fond of you kid, you're like my family and I want you to be happy."

" I am happy, it's just if anyone found out about me being immune to the Infection..." Ellie said.

" I understand what you're saying, but it was reckless." Tommy said.

Ellie told Tommy that she had already had the third degree from Joel about what she had done, she didn't want another scolding from her second favourite person in The Jackson Community. Tommy was flattered that he was Ellie's second favourite person in the community, she told him that Maria was her third favourite and Cat was her forth. They sat and spoke together until Joel returned with a tray of drinks for them, but before Joel even had a chance to sit down there was a knock at the door. Joel left them while he went to answer the door, Ellie took her hot mug of milk from the tray and cupped her hands around her mug.

" Ellie, you've got some visitors!" Joel yelled.

Ellie didn't even have time to answer Joel back before she saw three familiar faces peering into the living room from the hallway, she gave them smile and told them to come on in. Dina, Jesse and Cat entered the living room. Tommy asked them why they weren't in the greenhouses, they told him they were on a break and they just wanted to see if Ellie was okay.

" Lighten up, Tommy." Ellie said, she placed her feet down on the floor. " Ten minutes away from the greenhouses won't kill the tomato plants."

" Alright, I'll pretend I didn't see any of you kids here." Tommy said.

" See, I told you Tommy would be cool about it." Jesse said.

Ellie's friends spoke with her about her accident, she told them that she had been helping Joel tidy the basement and accidentally knocked over some acid. Dina did question Ellie about her old acid burns on her right arm though, she must have remembered Ellie telling her that when she first met her in the greenhouse. Ellie made a joke about things always happen twice sometimes for a reason, she had gotten use to wearing a bandage over the bite mark for the last year. She had forgotten about her little white lie she had told Dina, but hopefully she would get away with it.

" You'll be all fixed up by the time we start patrol training in the Autumn, right?" Jesse asked.

" Yeah, I'll be raring to go." Ellie replied with a smile. " You'd be lost without your patrol buddy."

" You've got that right." Jesse smiled.

" I still think Cat should join our patrol training, it will be fun." Dina said.

" Oh no, my Mother would kill me!" Cat said, she smiled weakly at Dina. " I'm more of an insider, I prefer helping out in the community."

" Chicken more like..." Dina teased.

" Hey, play nice." Jesse said.

" There's nothing wrong with Cat not wanting to join the patrol training." Tommy said before he took a sip of his hot drink. " She's more help inside the community than outside of it, she's doing a good job in the nursery with the young ones."

" I've rather fight off toddlers than the Infected any day of the week." Cat said.

" She's got a point, it's not easy out there." Joel said.

" May be it's because you're getting old." Ellie smiled.

" Oh burn!" Dina said.

" Hey, I could still run rings around you kids." Joel said with a chuckle. " It's called experience, not old age."

" I'm not going to lie, I've seen Joel take on a Bloater with a shotgun." Ellie said before she took a sip of her drink. " There was this guy named Bill who lived in Lincoln and he was helping us get hold of a car battery, we had to take a shortcut through an abandoned school. It was so fucking creepy, there were Runners and Clickers everywhere!"

" Whoa, seriously?!" Jesse asked.

" Totally the truth!" Ellie replied while she nodded her head. " This is the best part though, so we were taking a shortcut through the gym and this Bloater came bursting through these side door from a store room. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in all of my life, it smelt like death and horse shit! It was like throwing spore bombs at us and we were all dodging them, it was so intense!"

" What happened next?" Dina asked.

" Joel blew the ugly fucker away, it was really cool." Ellie replied.

" Is that true, Joel?" Cat asked.

" Every damn word." Joel replied.

" It was so awesome." Ellie smiled.

Joel smiled at Ellie before he got up from the couch, he told Ellie that he was going to warm the stew up for her dinner. That was the cue for her friends to leave, they had to go and finish their greenhouse shift before they were free for the day. They all said goodbye to Ellie and Tommy walked them back to the greenhouse, he told Joel before he left that he would call back round later.

Ellie left the living room and joined Joel in the kitchen, the stew was already warning up in the oven. Joel was already sitting at the little table in the kitchen, he was drinking the rest of his coffee from earlier.

" Would you like me to set the table?" Ellie asked.

" Sure, just be careful." Joel replied, he looked over at Ellie. " We don't want you to over do it, how's your arm feeling?"

" It's tender, but I should be able to manage picking up a few plates." Ellie replied.

Ellie walked over to the cupboard and took two plates from it, she then made her way to cutlery draw. She took two forks from it and walked back to the table, she then set the plates out on the table. She winced when she placed a fork down next to Joel's plate, he told her to sit down and rest her arm. She sat across the table from him and rested her arm on the table top, her gaze lingered on her bandaged arm. Joel cleared his throat which caught Ellie's attention, she looked up at him from her arm and stared at him.

" Do you wanna talk about it?" Joel asked.

" We already spoke about it this morning." Ellie replied.

" I know, but I overheard you talking with Tommy." Joel said, he placed his mug down on the table and leaned in closer to Ellie. " Talk to me, kiddio. This tattoo business, it's really important to you huh?"

" I just want to fit in, that's not much to ask right?" Ellie asked.

" Of course not, I understand what you're saying." Joel replied with a smile. " I just don't want you hurting yourself again, come to me next time if there's a problem."

" I'm not a kid anymore..." Ellie sighed.

" I know, just keep what I said in mind." Joel said.

Ellie smiled at Joel and nodded her head at him, she knew he would help her out if needed. The oven peeped and Joel got to his feet, he told Ellie to take it easy while he was gone. Ellie watched him walking over to the oven, he opened the oven's door and the smell of the stew wafted around the kitchen. She watched him take the dish from the oven, he then carried it over to the table and placed it between their plates.

" It smells good." Ellie said.

" Maria sure knows how to make a good stew." Joel said.

" I'm surprised Tommy isn't fat yet." Ellie smirked.

" I'll tell him you said that." Joel said.

" Please don't..." Ellie smiled.

Joel chuckled and spooned some of the stew onto his plate first, he then went to get some sliced bread from the breakfast counter. He returned to table and placed the bread next to Ellie's plate, she helped herself to some of the bread and ate some of it while Joel began to spoon some stew onto her plate. She couldn't wait to tuck into the stew, this had become one of her favourite meals since she had moved into the community with Joel.

" Come on now, baby girl." Joel said while he spooned some more stew onto her plate. " Eat up, we've got to get you all fixed up for patrol training."

" Okay." Ellie said.

Autumn - 2035

Ellie had been patrol training along side Jesse and Dina since she turned seventeen, she was really enjoying the training lessons with the group she was training with at the community. She had the best shot in the whole of her class, she even mocked Jesse about it which drove him crazy at times. Dina always teased Ellie by saying she was going to steal her top shot of the group crown at some point, she told her that she would be the Queen of the patrols at some point. But today was the first time they would be allowed to venture outside of the community on one of the many group patrols, it was like the passage into being allowed to start going on paired patrols.

Jesse was really excited about his very first group patrol, he had been talking about it since they were informed by Tommy that they were going to be allowed to go outside of the community. Ellie, Jesse and Tommy were in one group. Dina was in a different group than her friends, they all had a seasoned leader in their groups which meant all of the rookies were in safe hands.

Joel was busy today in the community, he had been helping out with some new fixtures on the the community farm and drawing up some plains for a new barn to keep the ever growing flock of sheep in during the Winter months. Ellie had seen Joel before she left her garage apartment this morning, he had told her to be careful out there. Ellie had reassured him that she would be okay because she would be with Tommy, Joel should know better than anyone that she would be in safe hands with his Brother around on patrols.

After that Ellie headed to the stables and checked on her horse Shimmer, her horse was already saddled up. The stable hands made sure each rider had everything they would need before they left the safety of the community, they made sure they had food supplies and a first aid kit in the horse's satchels. Also extra bullets and a drinking canteen, the patrollers had to be prepared at all times.

Ellie got her riffle from one of the stable hands and mounted her horse, she patted Shimmer's neck before she rode her horse forward. She met up with Jesse outside of the stables, he was speaking with Tommy while they waited for Ellie. She stopped her horse next to Jesse and he told her that they had been waiting for her for over ten minutes, she told them she had speaking with Joel before he had left for work this morning.

" Your old man needs to chill, you'll be in safe hands with us." Jesse said.

" You try telling him that, the guy worries too much." Ellie sighed.

" He's just worried about his little girl, it happens I guess." Jesse said.

" But I'm not little girl anymore, I never really was..." Ellie said.

" Well, I'm taller than you." Jesse joked.

" Shut up, Jesse!" Ellie said.

" Alright, settle down you two." Tommy chuckled.

Tommy told Ellie not to worry about Joel, he told her that he would have a word with him later on when they returned back to the community. Ellie was grateful that Tommy had her back, she loved Joel dearly but he could get too overprotective at times and it felt like she was being smothered by him when she was trying to find her own interdependence. It wasn't long until Dina and some of the other trainee patrollers turned up on horse back, they all spoke quietly amongst themselves until Tommy began to speak about the group patrol.

" You've all got your assigned routes to follow and please remember to sign the logbooks when you reach the bases, I've entrusted you all with this trial run group patrol." Tommy said while he signaled to a man to open the gates. " If you run into any trouble you can't handle then head back to the community, just remember to keep safe out there."

The gates of The Jackson Community were opened and the group patrols began to ride through the gateway into the unknown, Dina wished them luck before she rode off with her group. Ellie and Jesse waved Dina off while they waited for Tommy, he was sorting out some last minute duties that needed to be attended to while he was out on patrol. Ellie and Jesse chatted until Tommy joined them, he told them they would be riding out to the west of the community.

" There's a neighbourhood we haven't explored yet, it could be dangerous but I think us three can handle it." Tommy said.

Jesse told Tommy they could handle anything, but Ellie didn't think the same as Jesse. She kept her thoughts to herself as they rode forward together, they passed through the gateway and headed to the west of The Jackson Community. They followed the pathway that lead towards the nearby neighbourhood Tommy wanted them to explore, the weather was warm which made their journey that little bit more pleasant.

They rode through a stream and headed up an embankment, they were surrounded by woodland. Ellie was riding next to Jesse when they came to the edge of the woods, they could now see buildings and an overgrown street. Tommy took the led, he rode his horse ahead of them and they kept going at a steady pace. There was many abandon cars and derelict buildings lined the street, it was sad seeing the world in this state. Ellie had noticed a paddling pool in one of the front yards, it was hard to imagine children playing here before the apocalypse happened.

" How's the tattoo going?" Jesse asked.

" It's going good, it's nearly finished now." Ellie replied while she halted her horse. " Cat is a master tattoo artist, may be you should asked her to do you one."

" I might take you up on that offer, she seems good for you." Jesse said.

" I like her, she's fun to be around." Ellie said.

" Have you told Joel yet?" Jesse asked, he halted his horse ahead of Ellie and dismounted it. " You know about Cat being your girlfriend."

Ellie dismounted her horse and told Jesse that she hadn't said anything to Joel about her relationship with Cat yet, she was nervous about telling Joel about Cat. Joel actually liked Cat, he got along with her and she had been out on a few fishing trips with them. Cat's Mother already knew about their relationship, she didn't mind them being a couple. Ellie led Shimmer forward when she saw Tommy reappear from a house not far away from them, he had opened the garage of the house so their horses would be safe while they explored the area.

Jesse entered the garage first with his horse, the garage was in pretty good condition and there was some tools hanging on the wall. Tommy closed the garage door behind them and they tied their horse's rains to a metal pipe on the wall. Ellie had checked out a tool box she had found inside one of the cupboards, there was some tools in the box that Joel may like for his carpentry work. They left the garage with their riffles in hand, Jesse had closed and bolted the side door to keep the horses safe while they were gone.

" Keep your guard up, we have no idea what or who is around here." Tommy said.

" Got it." Jesse said.

Tommy beckoned Jesse and Ellie to check upstairs while he walked along the hallway, he said he'd check out the rest of the rooms downstairs before he joined them. Ellie took the lead while she carefully walked up the stairs, the steps of the staircase creaked underneath her weight. She aimed her riffle along the landing and stopped Jesse with her hand when she heard a moaning sound coming from the bedroom nearest to them.

" Infected?" Jesse whispered.

Ellie pressed her finger against her lips before she slowly opened the door to the bedroom, she peered into the room and saw an Infected person standing in the corner of the room. Jesse took his hunting knife from his belt and crept into the room, Ellie aimed her riffle at the Infected person just in case Jesse needed her help. Jesse quickly jumped into action, he wrapped arm around the Infected person's neck and cut its throat while he brought it to the ground.

The Infected person soon stopped moving, Ellie aimed her riffle along the landing and continued to explore the upstairs part of the house. She checked the other rooms, she ended up stumbling across a body on the bathroom floor but there wasn't any other Infected people upstairs.

" Hey, check this out." Jesse said.

Ellie looked over her shoulder when she heard Jesse's voice, she walked back along the landing and found Jesse in a child's bedroom. She entered the room and looked at some picture frames on the wall, the name Jeremy was written in one of the picture frames. The wallpaper was faded on the walls, there was a little cot in one corner of the room and a wind chime hanging in front of the window.

" What have you found?" Ellie asked.

" Some building blocks and a few toy cars, also baby doll." Jesse replied, he showed Ellie a Rubik Cube. " Retro, huh?"

" Wow, I've not seen one of these things since I was a kid!" Ellie replied.

" Shall we take some of these toys back for the nursery?" Jesse asked.

" Sure, the kids would love them." Ellie replied while she snatched the Rubik Cube from his hand and waved it in front of his face. " But not this, it belongs to me now."

" You're such a child." Jesse chuckled.

" It takes one to know one." Ellie smiled.

" Oh I know, how old are you now?" Jesse asked, he playfully tried to take the Rubik Cube from her hand. " Seven or Twelve?"

" Shut up, asshole!" Ellie laughed.

Ellie playfully slapped Jesse's arm before she put the Rubik Cube in her backpack, she left Jesse in the child's bedroom while she went to explore another room near the staircase. Most of the rooms had been overturned and looted decades ago, there was mostly furniture left behind. Ellie met Jesse back on the landing, they made their way back downstairs and searched the downstairs area for Tommy.

Ellie found two lifeless Runners in the kitchen and the basement's door was wide open in the hallway, but there was no sign of Tommy. Jesse told Ellie that he would check out the living room, the dining room and the backyard. They agreed that they would meet back in the hallway in a few minutes time, and with that they began their search.

" Tommy, where are you?!" Ellie called.

Ellie kept searching the other rooms, she even shone her clip on torch down the basement's staircase and called out Tommy's name. She couldn't see anything or hear anything down there, she didn't plan on going down there neither without a reason. She headed back through the house and checked the laundry room, there was no sign of Tommy anywhere. She was beginning to get worried now, she called out to Jesse and he soon answered her back.

" Hey Ellie, you need to see something!" Jesse said.

" Where are you?!" Ellie asked.

" I'm in the living room!" Jesse replied.

Ellie kept her guard up and entered the living room area with her riffle in her hands, her stomach flipped when she saw fresh blood spattered across the wooden floorboards. Jesse was looking through a large hole in the side of the house, he told her that he could see a trail of blood leading along the street. Ellie looked through the hole and told Jesse that they needed to search the whole area before it got dark, they couldn't return home without Tommy or Maria would kill them.

" Don't worry, we'll find him." Jesse said.