Cold. Early morning cold. A few days had passed and we finally arrived to our destination.

It was dead. No soul in sight. The quietness was deafening. How has the world come to this?

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Maggie: "Where is everybody?"

y/n: "...dead."

Maggie: "Daddy always told me that if it's too quite, something bad is bound to happen."

y/n: "You're right. But we can't just turn back now. We've traveled too far."

Maggie: "Should i practise some arrows first?"

y/n: "Nope *walks away* you're good."

Maggie chuckles to herself and follows you as you enter the city.

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Time passes by and you're both startled by a noise.

Gun shots. Both you and Maggie look at each other and run towards the noise. You stay aware of your surroundings. But still no zombie was in sight. Why aren't they here?

Maggie was ahead of you and stopped at another block. You slow your pace and confusingly look at her.

y/n: "Maggie! What is it?"

Maggie looks at you with a terrified look on her face.

You head towards Maggie and turn to look at what she's speechless at.

You both look at each other in terror as Maggie stands in shock, praying to god with her eyes closed.

The creatures slowly turn around and acknowledge us. I start to panic and grab Maggies' arm.

She wouldn't budge. She was a statue. Tears formed into her eyes as i glanced into them.

y/n: "MAGGIE! We need to go...NOW!"

She finally budged as the zombies began to drag themselves towards us. Their faces were terrifying.

We both ran like we've never done before. Both of our lives depended on it.

Maggie: "y/n. ... I'm sorry."

y/n: "Save your breath. We need a place to go. Somewhere ... off of the ground." your stamina was beginning to weaken from running so fast.

Gun shots were fired again as you turned your head past your shoulder.

Maggie: "There it goes again y/n!!" she stops took look behind. The creatures were gone. They wasn't ... after us anymore?

Maggie: "y/n. This is our chance. Someone may be in trouble."

y/n: "Do you really think a bow is going to kill all of those zombies? ... AND ... I don't even have a weapon!" you say with your arms out and leaning forward at Maggie.

Maggie: "But ... daddy always said that if someone's in trouble, we must help. Y/n come on. They have guns. Maybe if we reached to them we could help."

y/n: "I'm not risking it Maggie. It's suicide."

Maggie: "y/n..."

y/n: "What would your dad say, huh?"

She looks to the floor and nods her head at you.

You both continue to run on your feet. Looking for an entrance into a building.

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Voice: "HEY!"

Maggie and yourself both stop and scan the area. No one in sight.

Voice: "HEY!! BEHIND YOU!!"

You both turn around and see a woman running for her life. Running for her life with a herd behind her. A herd of zombies.

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Woman: "HEY! THIS WAY!" she points towards the next block.

Maggie runs towards the next block, following the woman's instructions.

y/n: "Maggie, are you sure? It's your call."

Maggie: "Yes! Now come on!" she pulls your arm as you both head towards the new destination.

The zombies were slow, lucky for us.

Once you and Maggie arrived, the woman appeared too.

Woman: "Oh my god! I can't believe you guys actually waited for me! Y'all are some nice people! Anyways, y'all like my new sub i got?"

Maggie: "Well, ma names Maggie and this is y/n"

y/n you nod your head at the woman as a greeting.

Maggie: "What's yours?"

Woman: "My names Juanita Sanchez! But you guys can call me Princess! That ... is okay with you right?"

y/n: "Perfect. Now, can we go? They're not too far behind now." pointing at the herd.

Princess: "Oh right! Yeah! I have a place we can go!"

You look at Maggie for reassurance but she just nods at Princess to lead the way. It was Maggies' call. I guess we'll have to follow.

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You start to jog and follow the other two. She seems ... nice. But, i won't be fooled.

Maggie: "Hey, Princess! Can we slow down a little?"

Princess: "Oh sure! The walkers are slow anyways. They'll loose us and hunt for something else. Besides, they're only attracted to noise and bright things."

y/n: "Walkers?"

Princess: "Yeaaaah! Walkers! I figured that the word 'zombies' was a bit too much of a mouthful. Soooo ... walkers it is!" She says smiling of joy.

Maggie: "How do you know so much about them?"

Princess: "Welp, i've been here ... for a while now. I haven't seen a human in a while. Shit gets lonely over here too."

y/n: "When was the last time you saw a human?"

Princess: "Eh, not too long ago! There was a couple here that walked into the herd and got eaten alive. I was up on that building watching the show!" she points to an old building with a store at the bottom.

Maggie: "Wait! So, we could go in that building?!"

Princess: "Yeah! Glad you reminded me! I would've walked straight past that without a thought HAHA!"

We all hurry to the building.

We entered through the doors, the glass was shattered.

Maggie: "Zombies must've got in."

y/n: "Walkers maggs." you chuckle.

Maggie: "Whatever!" she laughs back.

Princess: "Ooh one over there!" she points.

She goes to shoot but you push her gun down so that it's aiming towards the floor.

Princess looks at you confused.

y/n: "Walkers are attracted to noise remember?" you nudge Maggie and look at her bow.

She straightens up her form and aims.

y/n: "Remember maggs, focus. Focus only on that target." you whisper.

And she hit it. Right in the head. I was proud of her. It's lifeless body drops to the floor as you smile at Maggie.

y/n: "Good job." you say and pay her shoulder.

You walk towards at what looks like a weapon. Knives were scattered all across the floor. A bit of practice and i'll be good to go.

Princess: "Come on guys. Head for the stairs."

Maggie: "On it. Let's go."

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