A/N: Happy new years guys, first chapter of 2016. Let's hope it's good. What will Lilly do when she gets to Chattanooga? Read on to find out.

Lilly's POV

That's that place off this list. Chattanooga is gonna take another hour or two. Well, hopefully this place isn't as bad as that guy, Luke, said Brookhaven was. Getting out of the state might do me good, start afresh, what else can a girl do these days. I haven't been sleeping so much, maybe because I don't want to have a dream like I did earlier.

Time feels different now, sometimes it feels like each day goes extremely slowly, but sometimes it goes so fast, you don't even remember what the hell happened. I mean, it should be like the real world, but now that not much is happening, days have been going so slowly for me. Before, when I was with the group, everyday went by so fast, it's like the apocalypse has just started, not 3 months ago. It was eventful, not like now where the most action I've seen in recent days has been the RV and leaving the group. I wonder what Lee is doing now. Probably looking after Clementine as usual.

What did the dream even mean, it was weird, I could never even imagine those words coming out of Clementine's mouth. But it felt so real, like Katjaa was right there, about to send her walker son to attack me. My dad, blaming me for his death. The only thing is I don't even blame myself over it, I blame Kenny, I always have done. I blamed Kenny for everything since I met him.

He took control of a group he just met, even though before he came along, I was the one that was making the decisions. The moment I heard Kenny speak, I could tell he was going to be an annoying little bastard who always got in the way of people. If it wasn't for him, my dad probably wouldn't have had a heart attack in the drug store, if it wasn't for him, my dad might not have had the heart attack in the fridge, and it was definitely his fault that my dad died, my dad was just starting to breathe and Kenny dropped that fucking salt lick on my dad's face. Kenny seems to be the reason my dad had so much trouble, which meant he was trouble for me.

I know no one else really like my dad, I mean, sometimes I found it hard to like him, but that doesn't mean you have to sink to his level, you just deal with it.

As I'm driving, I come across a bridge, it's blocked, no way I can get my car over it and there is a river flowing underneath. Now what do I do?

I decide to reverse and try and find another way around. Along the way, I see a body on the ground with some bags. Maybe I could take some of that. I drive up to it and park the car. I look around to see if anyone, or anything, is there. Thankfully their wasn't.

I get out of the car slowly, holding my knife out in front of me, just in case. I walk over to the dead body and I was shocked by what it was. A little girl.

She had blue jeans, a plain red top and a leather jacket. How does this happen? No one else is around. Does she not have any parents? I could see where she was bitten, her hand. She hasn't been shot so she should come back any minute, so this must have happened very recently. I take my knife and place it at the back of her head. I shoved it as fast as I could to destroy the brain. Fuck. This has been a very depressing week.

I quickly take the things that belonged to her, making sure to check her pockets and everything. This was very recent so I don't want to accidentally run into the walkers that did this. I take everything and put it into the back of the car and I climb into the front.

I drive away without looking back at the little girl. Too sad to look at.

I drive along the road, driving around the cars that are blocking my path. Because of the new route I'm taking, it''s going to take slightly longer than before, maybe just 2 hours.

As I'm driving, I come across a gate. A lot around this area huh. All of a sudden the gate opens, inviting me to come in. Do I want to go in there? How do I know they didn't block the bridge just to make sure people go in their direction so they can steal their things?

I have to act quickly so I decide to drive on through the gate. I look at my surroundings and see quite a few people, alive people. They don't seem to look bad, but by now I should know that appearances aren't everything. Everyone is looking at me, and it's kind of intimidating.

A guy walks onto the road, motioning for me to stop the car and exit. I put my knife in my pocket, almost hurting me, but not quite. I hold onto it whilst in my pocket. I open the car door and exit, closing the door.

"Who are you?" The man asked me. Rude, not even a hello.

"My name is Lilly." I said looking at him with wide eyes. "I don't mean to trouble you folks, but I'm only trying to get somewhere."

"Where are you trying to go?" He asked me. This guy isn't really civil, is he?

"Chattanooga," I told him. "I'm only going there to see how things are, to find a map and go somewhere else."

"Chattanooga?" A woman from behind him asked. "That's a bad place."

"Quiet," the man half yelled at the woman. They are both wearing wedding rings. Married?

"What's wrong with Chattanooga?" I asked him.

"That's our enemy," he responded. "Last month, they kidnapped 5 of our men, stripped them of their clothes, ripped off strips of there skin and put them on display that same night."

I just looked at the man, blankly. How does one even respond to that? That sounds so disgusting. I looked around me again and saw children, with their parents, or what I assume are their parents. That must be terrifying, seeing people you know, stripped of their skin, I can't even imagine.

"That's awful." I said to them. The man nodded.

"My name's Paige," The man said to me. "This is my wife, Clara." He said, pointing towards the woman standing next to him. I waved at her. "You'll get to know everyone else, if you stay."

"Well, maybe," I started. "I'll stay here for 3 days, if I don't like it here, I'll continue west, instead of north." Paige nodded.

"I'll have Emma show you where you'll sleep." He said, pointing towards a red headed woman wearing a pair of jeans and a zipped up red jacket. She nodded in my direction.

Emma walked up to me. "Hi, Lilly I believe your name is?" She asked, confirming my name. I nodded. "Well, just follow me, I'll show you where you'll sleep" She started to walk towards a building and I followed her.

She unlocked the door with a key and opened it. She took me up a few flights of stairs and showed me a room with a blue painted door with the number 36 placed upon it.

She gave me a key. "If you do decide to leave in three days, then you have to give it back to us because this is the only key for this door." She informed me.

"Okay," I said to her, taking my key from her hand. She walked away, walking down the steps. I turned towards my door and places the key inside the lock. I turned the key slowly and opened it at the same speed. I walked in.

I looked around the room. It was simple, a bed a table and a dresser, though I don't know why I would need it, I mean, its not exactly like I'm going to be eating or needing to lie any of my belongings on it. The only belongings I have I left in my car, maybe I should get it.

I leave my room, locking the door and walk downstairs to the exit. As I leave I go to my car, which is now being entered by what looks like a teenage boy.

"Hey," I shout at him. He looked at me and started to exit the car. When he got out I went to him. "What are you doing with my car?"

"I was just going to park it," he stated. "It's getting in the way, so it would be wise to move it." It made sense.

"Just notify me first," I informed him. "I left some of my things in there."

"Like what?" he asked.

"Some food, water, gas, stuff like that." I told him. "So can I get it?"

"You'll have to put it in the kitchen food supply," he said to me. "Now that you have food, it belongs with the rest of the food. Don't worry about it though, its shared amongst the group."

"Okay, well then you take it," I said. "My name's Lilly."

"I know, I saw your entrance," the guy said, cockily. "I'm Cole."

"Nice to meet you, Cole," I said to him sarcastically. Cole got in the car and drove it away, somewhere.

Well, this will be interesting, didn't really expect to find a place so quickly to stay, but I don't know if this place will be safe enough for me to stay. They opened the gate for me a bit too quickly.

Well, hopefully with enough time, they get better at their jobs.

I hear a gun shot. It's coming from inside the building. What the fuck?

A/N: What has happened? Will these new people prove to Lilly that they are of no threat to her? Will Lilly prove that she is of no threat to the group? We'll have to find out in the next chapter.