Hope Is a Waking Dream

Set between seasons 2 and 3. Melissa Sheppard is alone in the ZA, but she was alone before the dead owned the earth. She prefers it that way. Boy, is she pissed when she gets back to her cabin one night to find it's been taken by strangers.
  1. Chapter One
    Meet the gang
  2. Chapter Two
    Melissa doesn't like people
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Chapter 5
  5. Chapter 5
  6. Chapter 6
  7. Chapter 7
  8. Chapter 8
  9. Chapter 9
  10. Chapter 10
  11. Chapter11
  12. Chapter 12
  13. Chapter 13
  14. Chapter 14
    A bike ride in the woods
  15. Chapter 15
  16. Chapter 16
    A trip to the housing development and trouble
  17. Chapter 17
    Out on their own, Melissa makes a discovery and Daryl makes a realization
  18. Chapter 18
    Daryl struggles with his conscience. Smut warning.
  19. Chapter 19
    Flashbacks and confesstions
  20. Chapter 20
  21. Chapter 21
  22. Chapter 22
  23. Chapter 23
  24. Chapter 24
    Merle finds what he's looking for.