❝ 𝖥𝖱𝖮𝖬 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖠𝖲𝖧𝖤𝖲

𝖶𝖤 𝖶𝖨𝖫𝖫 𝖱𝖨𝖲𝖤. ❞

𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒.
(𝖡𝖮𝖮𝖪 𝖮𝖭𝖤)

BLOOD IS
OWED.

    THE END OF THE WORLD wasn't a future anyone could have predicted. Mankind had become too technologically advanced, processed too far past the unsuspecting possibility of an extinction event. Yet, it was humanity's own hubris that became their downfall.
    
   Unbeknownst to all, the disease which would go on to cause the apocalypse, the end they believed themselves too superior to succumb to, had been artificially engineered by the geniuses of the world. A weapon of mass destruction only one could reign victorious over—one society, one government, one nation. Of course, a weapon in the hands of one was too good an opportunity for the nations of the world to not fight over. And with fighting came cracks. Cracks which would seep into the lives of those they swore to defend. Weeding out the good, and the bad—as the virus didn't discriminate—seeping its way into every crevice of their lives, until nothing, and nobody, was left.

    People realized too late the flesh-eating monsters risen from the dead were their friends and loved ones, come anew by a mysterious virus. Armed with a mask of pure unrelenting hunger they sunk their teeth into the flesh of those they once loved as ferociously as their corpses killed them. Adding even more bodies to the unstoppable army of the dead.

In only ten weeks, the war between man and monster halted. No one side claiming victorious. The dead, geeks, walkers? Still driven by the same unquenchable thirst for human flesh. Forever cursed to roam the earth in search of their next meal; never satisfied, never tired. No sign of ever meeting the peaceful end death once brought. And those poor suckers still alive? The survivors? Life as they knew it completely destroyed. All branches of government. All parts of the military. Everything they'd ever known? Gone.

    And in its place a new world took form. Fueled by an age-old instinct to survive at any cost. Even if that very cost was the only thing separating the monsters from the people;

    A human soul.

𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 had always been branded a lucky girl. From the earliest time she could remember, things had always miraculously worked out in her favor. Some called it a miracle. Others named her privileged. Life just had a way of working out in the teenager's favor. Well, that was until the accident—as her father always said, the higher you climb, the faster you fall, and Lucy Grimes fell. She hadn't stopped falling since the day her father had been declared dead. Since the day the dead rose up, and decided to call themselves the new top of the food-chain.

   Having breezed through the initial start of the outbreak, she found safe harbor among a rag-tag group of survivors on the outskirts of Atlanta. Along with her mother, uncle, and little brother, of course. Like most, she was terrified of what came next. Of what would become of the world now that it seemed so lost. Would humanity still persevere? Would kindness? Love? She believed it capable of such, even if those around her hadn't.

Call it naive hope if you wanted to, but she saw the world for what it was; a place of universal kindness, or universal darkness. Depending on what corner you chose to look upon. With the help of those left alive, she believed more than anything in uniting with those left. Finding common ground with your enemies, and showing continued love and compassion for your allies. They could all make it through this nightmare if they stuck together till the world returned to normal.

    Truth be told, Lucy was more unprepared for the end of the world than she let on. Most were and suffered from it. Yet the teenager's constant devotion to those she loved caused her more heartache than she ever knew what to do with. Love had killed her mother, betrayed her father, and turned her little brother into a killer. The world wouldn't go back to before and in this new ugly world. There was no room for kindness Even if Lucy couldn't see that unfortunate truth just yet.

    Survival was all that mattered now. When the world fell, only the strongest meanest bastards survived. And they did so by only looking out for themselves.

   For 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧, life had a way of completely fucking him over. From the earliest time he could remember, death had been an old friend. Gripping its clammy claws into the lives, and deaths, of those he loved dearest in the world. He'd gotten used to claiming everything he owed with bloody fists and clenched jaws. But he was an anomaly through and through, and he would fight, tooth and nail, for himself, and for his family.

    Until his dying breath.

Yet when the going got tough, survival wasn't always easy. Sometimes the easiest thing you could do is lie down and die. Especially when there was nothing left to fight for.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆

☆☆彡
LIANA LIBERATO — LUCY GRIMES
☆☆彡

❝ 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝗆𝗒 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍'𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝗇'．
𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝗈 . . . ❞

☆☆彡
ALFRED ENOCH — SIDNEY HARMON
☆☆彡

❝ 𝖨 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖫𝖾𝗐𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾'𝗌
𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇'𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁
𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌.❞

{READING MODE}

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{SOCIALS}

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{Disclaimer & Copyright}

I don't own any of the rights to The Walking Dead, its franchise, characters, or storylines. All rights go to the respective owners. I only own my characters and the story arcs I've created for them.

⚠️ Trigger warning applied here for the whole story. I am only putting a trigger warning in the chapters I think it to be necessary. However, be warned this story is dark and violent at times, and you may get triggered anyway. Read accordingly.

Please don't copy my book. If I see you doing it I will say something and report you if it continues. I don't mind similar ideas being used but don't copy my exact characters and plot lines. Please, I work hard on these.

*Some of the gifs I use I did not make; therefore the credit to them goes to their original creator.

{AUTHOR SPEAKS}

Thank you for reading my fic, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This is my first Walking Dead Fanfiction but I've loved the series for so long that I thought I'd give it a chance. Lucy Grimes and Sidney Harmon are two of my favorite characters I've ever made.

Originally written: 05/29/2024

Rewritten: 07/11/2025

*Beautiful cover is by togeez