Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead its plot or characters I do however own my OCs and any changes I make.

Summary: This is a rewrite of my story Blood Soaked Arrows to the Heart with two added characters and changes. I suck at summaries sometimes and this is one of those times. This is a Daryl/OC. You can read the old version if you'd like. There is a sequel up but I'll have to change it once I'm done with this.

I've decided to rewrite this series just to make it better and I'm adding a character. I'm gunna say this now I've only watched like half of season 4 but this story like the last version of it will only be seasons 1 – 3. The fourth, and fifth if I get around to watching it, will be their own story.

Since I had no idea what to rename this I'm just gunna stick with the old name. Once I have a few chapters of this up I'm going to add "rewrite up" on the old stories description. Reviews are very much appreciated.

Oh and since I'm pretty much just editing the old doc files on my computer it shouldn't take forever for me to update. I'm going to update every Saturday and Sunday if possible.

Daryl Dixon was out hunting for food for the rest of the group. A string of squirrels and a few rabbits were tied to his waist. He was tracking a deer through the woods. The deer had stopped in the middle of a tiny clearing. Daryl smirked and raised his crossbow. He took aim but before he could shoot the deer looked up towards the east. Daryl frowned and was about to take the shot when the deer ran off. He cursed under his breath and was about to get up from his kneeling position when he heard twigs snapping and leaves crunching as something was making its way quickly towards the clearing. Daryl watched as a young boy with short black hair ran into view, behind him a very hungry walker. The boy didn't look any older than thirteen. He turned to look behind him at the walker and tripped. Daryl winced as the kid hit the ground hard. The boy turned himself over and started to shuffle backwards.

Suddenly a crossbow bolt pierced its skull and it fell over in front of the boy. The boy stared at it before getting up quickly and looking around for the source. Daryl walked out and over to him. The boy was panting too heavily to say anything. Daryl yanked the bolt from the Walkers head and started to walk away. The boy swallowed and caught his breath.

"W-Wait!" he called. Daryl stopped and looked back at him.

"What?" he snapped. The boy swallowed again.

"You… you wouldn't just leave a kid by himself would you?" The boy asked. "I'll die out here!" Daryl sighed.

"Come on then, kid." he said as he started to walk away. When he didn't hear the kid behind him he turned to see the kid biting his lip. "What now?"

"My.. Uh my sister is …" The boy pointed back the way he'd come from. "She's waiting."

"Then run on back to 'er." Daryl said before he started to walk away again. "Make up yer mind." he muttered to himself.

"By myself?" The boy squeaked. Daryl walked back over to him.

"What's yer name kid?"

"Tyler. Tyler Knight."

"How old are ya?"

"Twelve, sir."

"Don' call me sir." Daryl said as he walked past him. "Name's Daryl. Let's go get yer sister." he said with a sigh.

"Thank you." Tyler said. "You won't regret this. My sister knows how to shoot a bow and arrow and our older brother taught us how to hunt and our dad taught me how to fish… though I don't suppose you have a fishing rod? We can probably find one somewhere. We were going to head into the city to see if we could find anything. I told my sister I'd scout ahead. I can be very sneaky. I once got past three walkers without them knowing… though that wasn't in the woods, that was when everything started…"

"Kid?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

"Got it."

Tyler led Daryl to a large tree and stopped.

"So where is she?" Daryl asked with a frown. Tyler looked up and smiled.

"Who's he?" Daryl looked up to see a woman with long black hair, braided to one side, sitting up on a branch. She had two backpacks on, one on her front the other on her back, and another under her arm while her other arm held onto the tree.

"Don't worry," Tyler said. "He's cool. He saved be from a bunch of Zoms." Daryl raised an eyebrow and looked at Tyler.

"A bunch, huh?" he said. Typer flashed him a smile.

"He's got a camp." Tyler said. "Come on down, would ya?"

"Catch." The woman said before she dropped the third back pack she was holding.

"Whoa!" Tyler caught it but stumbled back a bit. He put it on as the woman climbed down. "This is Daryl." Tyler said. "Daryl this is my sister-"

"Kira." She said as she hopped down the last three feet and turned around. Daryl nodded once in greeting. The backpack on her front moved and Daryl realized it wasn't a backpack as Kira put down the little girl who peeked up at Daryl from inside her hoodie. She looked to be around three or four.

"That's Lilly." Tyler said as the little girl hugged Kira's legs. "Found her alone in a house a few weeks ago."

"So where's this camp?" Kira asked. Daryl sighed and motioned to follow him. "We have some medical supplies we picked up on the way here if anyone in your camp is injured." Kira said. Daryl didn't reply but nodded. Kira picked Lilly up, putting her on her hip, and the two followed Daryl.

The four returned to camp and while Kira and Tyler stopped to look around Daryl kept walking calling for a 'Merle'.

"Wonder who's in charge." Tyler muttered.

"That would be me." The two turned to see a man walking up to them. "Shane Walsh. Who are you?"

"Daryl brought us back." Tyler said quickly.

"I'm Kira, this is my brother Tyler." Kira said. "And this is Lilly." Lilly peeked out at him. Some of her blond hair poked out from her hood. Daryl walked back over.

"There was a walker after the kid, scared off my deer." Daryl said. Shane turned back to the three.

"We have some supplies." Tyler said motioning to their backpacks.

"It'd be nice not to have to sleep in trees for once." Kira said. "We know how to hunt, fish, cook."

"Please let us stay." Tyler said.

"You're not bit anywhere are you?" Shane asked. The two shook their heads.

"Nope." Tyler said.

"You have any food?" he asked. The two nodded. "Alright, children get fed first, then women then what's left over goes to everyone else." The two nodded again.

"We also have medical supplies." Kira said.

"Great. Just put those in the RV." Shane said pointing. "Just ask Dale where to put 'em. He's the man on top."

"Got it." Tyler said.

"I'll go put them away, you watch Lilly." Kira said as she put the little girl down. Lilly frowned wanting to be picked up again but Tyler ruffled her hair which made her smile. Merle made his way over and when he noticed the newcomers made a long whistle.

"Mighty fine catch there, baby brotha'!" Merle said putting an arm around Daryl's shoulders. "Gunna share?" Merle smirked at Kira who frowned and leaned away. Daryl frowned and shook him off.

"Shut up, Merle." Daryl muttered.

"Wanna bump uglies?" Merle asked as he moved to get closer to Kira.

"Touch me and you're gunna end up on the ground." she said backing up a bit.

"Tha' a promise?" He chuckled and reached over anyway. She grabbed his arm and flipped him over her back. He hit the ground hard and cursed. "Bitch!" he growled. Tyler quickly covered Lilly's ears with a frown.

"Warned you." she said with a shrug as she looked down at him. He got up and went to grab her again.

"Hey!" Shane shouted. Kira grabbed Merle's arm again and twisted it away before quickly sweeping her leg to knock him off his feet. He hit the ground again and groaned.

"Did I mention my sister knows self defense?" Tyler asked with a smirk as he looked down at Merle. Merle glared at him.

"Why don' ya teach it ta him?" Daryl asked nodding towards Tyler. "He would'a been able to take care'a that walker."

"You call 'em walkers?" Tyler asked.

"Well it's a lot harder to fight someone who wants to eat you." Kira said. "My daddy taught me CQC: Close Quarters Combat."

"You're just full of surprises." Merle muttered as he stood, he glared at her and her brother before walking away. "Come on, we gotta skin these!" he shouted to Daryl. Daryl huffed and followed his brother.

"Watch out for Dixon's especially Merle." Shane said.

"I think Daryl's cool." Tyler said with a shrug.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to everyone." Shane said.

"You mean we can stay?" Tyler asked with a big smile.

"Of course. We wouldn't just leave someone to fend for themselves in this world. Especially kids." Shane said with a friendly smile at Kira. Kira smiled back slightly.

"Thank you." she said.

"No problem." he said before he led the three over to some people.

The three met pretty much everyone. After about a half hour a group consisting of, Glenn, T-Dog, Andrea, Jacqui, Morales, and Merle were getting ready to head into the city for a supplies run. Tyler walked down the little pathway all the tents were on and finally found Daryl and Merle's.

"Daryl you in there?" he asked standing outside the tent. He put his hand on the tent. "Dar-"

"What?" Tyler jumped and spun around to face Daryl who was giving him a weird look.

"C-Can I borrow your knife?" he asked. Daryl frowned.

"Wha' for?"

"I'm gunna make a bow and arrows for Kira… can't be that hard." he said with a shrug. Daryl sighed and took out his knife holding the handle side to him.

"Don' cut yourself, we don' have any disinfectant." Daryl said. Tyler nodded and took the knife.

"Thanks."

"Whatever." Daryle said going into his tent. Tyler went over to a tree and twisted and cut some thin, yet strong, branches off. He made a pile and walked over to the RV.

"Hey Dale?" He called up to the man. Dale looked over the side.

"Yeah?"

"Could I sit up there and make some arrows?" he asked.

"Don't see why not, I'd enjoy the company." Dale said with a smile. Tyler smiled and climbed up. He laid all the sticks down and started working on the first one.

Kira had left Lilly with Carl and Sophie who were being watched by Lori.

"Hey Daryl?" Kira asked from outside his tent.

"What?" Daryl growled.

"Jeez, I was just gunna ask if you've seen Tyler." she said. She heard Daryl sigh and a moment later he came out. He rolled his eyes and looked at her.

"Did ya check the top of the RV?" he asked. Kira shook her head and turned to see Dale and Tyler talking on top of the RV. "Yer welcome." Daryl said going back into his tent.

"Thanks.." Kira muttered before walking away.

Lori didn't notice Lilly walk away from her and the other kids and over to the Dixon tent. She peeked in and saw Merle loading his gun and Daryl laying on his side of the tent. Merle noticed her peeking in and frowned.

"Git outta here, kid." he said. Lilly blinked. "Go on, git!" Merle snapped. Lilly flinched slightly.

"Leave the kid alone, Merle." Daryl said.

"Nosy brat."

"Rawr!" The two brothers blinked and looked at the girl who was attempting to glare. It only took a moment before Merle burst out laughing.

"What the fuck was that?" Merle managed to get out.

" 'ey, language." Daryl said. "It's a kid."

"I don' fuckin care." Merle said. "Kid's gunna hear it anyway. Go find yer mama, girl." Lilly, who had been pouting about her fail attempt at seeming threatening, started to frown and looked down at her feet. Daryl's face softened slightly.

"Kira ain't her ma." he said to Merle. Merle noticed the little girl starting to cry and sighed.

"How the hell was I supposed ta know that." he muttered. "Don' cry, kid." Lilly sniffled and wiped her eyes with her sleeves.

"Lilly," Daryl said and she looked at him. "Go find Kira or Tyler." Lilly sniffled again and nodded.

After a while the group that was going for a supply run left and Tyler finished Kira's arrows.

"Hey, um, would you mind if I kept this stuff in the RV for now?" Tyler asked Dale.

"Not at all, go right ahead." Dale said.

"Thanks Dale." Tyler grabbed all the arrows he'd made and got down before going into the RV. He put all the makeshift arrows on the table before going back outside. He wanted to get a think piece of wood for the bow. He walked along the outer woods and finally found a branch that looked thick enough. Only thing was it was a little high. He tried hacking at it with Daryl's knife but it could just barely reach. He sighed but let out a gasp as someone took the knife from him. He looked up to see Daryl behind him. Daryl reached up and cut the branch before handing it to him. "Thanks."

"Need my knife back; goin huntin'." Daryl said before he started to walk away with it.

"Can I come with you?" Tyler asked.

"No." Daryl said not even turning around.

"I bet Kira would wanna go." Tyler called after him.

"Good for her."

…

Later, Dale was working on the RV with Jim while Amy was pacing and Kira was sitting nearby with Lilly on her lap.

"Boy, that hose isn't long for this world, is it?" Dale asked.

"No sir." Jim said.

"Where the hell are we gunna find a replacement?" Dale asked with a sigh.

"Maybe they'll have found one in the city." Kira said with a shrug.

"It's late. They should've been back by now." Amy said.

"Worrying won't make it better." Dale said. Shane was teaching Carl to tied knots, while Lori stared at them.

"Attaboy."

"Yeah."

"And three, two, one… pull it." Shane said.

"Ah! Aw." They both laughed.

"Start it over. Make your "p" the other way… around your finger."

"Oops."

"Good, just tie it like around your finger. Attaboy." Suddenly the radio squawked.

"Hello, base camp!" T-Dog said. "Can anybody out there hear me? Base camp, this is T-Dog. Anybody hear me?" Dale climbed up and took the radio.

"Hello? Hello? Reception's bad on this end. Repeat. Repeat." Dale said.

"Shane, is that you?" T-Dog asked.

"Is that them?" Lori asked.

"We're in some deep shit. We're trapped in the department store."

"He said they're trapped?" Shane asked.

"There are geeks all over the place. Hundreds of 'em. We're surrounded."

"T-Dog, repeat that last. Repeat." Dale said. The radio stopped.

"He said the department store." Lori said.

"I heard it too." Dale said.

"Shane?" Lori asked.

"No way." He said. "We do not go after them. We do not risk the rest of the group. Y'all know that."

"So we're just gunna leave her there?" Amy asked.

"Look, Amy, I know that this is not easy…" Shane said.

"She volunteered to go to help the rest of us." Amy said.

"I know, and she knew the risks, right? See, if she's trapped, she's gone. So we just have to deal with that. There's nothing we can do."

"She's my sister, you son of a bitch." Amy hissed before storming off. Lori looked at Shane and then followed Amy. Thunder rumbled in the distance.

"Amy…"

"Come on. It's all right, buddy." Shane said to Carl.

"You shouldn't just give up so easily." Kira said walking up to Shane with Lilly on her hip. "They'll figure something out."

"You have so much faith in them yet you only just met them." Shane said.

"You all survived this long; they have to be smart." Kira said. "What if you sent a smaller group after them?"

"We don't risk the rest of the group." Shane said.

"You keep thinkin' like that soon you'll have no one left." Kira said quietly. Shane just looked at her for a moment before leading Carl away.

…

Kira left Lilly with the other kids again and had gotten back on top of the RV. She was looking up at the sky when she heard a car alarm. With a raised eyebrow she looked in the direction of the noise and saw something red speeding along the road heading towards camp. She stood up and looked to Dale.

"Tell me you see that too." She said. He looked over and his eyebrows went up.

So I'm rewriting this. Two new characters Lilly and Tyler. Kira is 26 (I think in the other one I made her like 19 and I don't know why.) Tyler is 13 and Lilly is 4. This is going to be similar to the old version but it will be different in some aspects since there's new characters. I hope you guys enjoy this! ^_^