Have A Little Hope (Dixon's Daughter)

Chapter 2

----{Hope's POV}----》
I'm surrounded in darkness. I can hear a man talking, Asking what's wrong with me. I could hear someone yelling and a woman shushing him.
"Hey, little girl, are you dead?" I hear a man ask. I gently shake my head and say, "Nothin' can kill me but me." 

"You sound awful confident for someone who almost died from heat stroke and dehydration." A man says, his voice is gentle but stern in a way. I open my eyes and blink a couple times.

"Hey there! You opened your eyes!" A man says. "And the first thing I saw was a stranger standing really really close to me." He backs up a bit. "Thank you," I say, then I go to stand up. "Hang on," The man from the field says as he pushes me back down, "We need to ask you some questions, ok?" "And you need to rest for a bit," an older man says. I nod.
"Ok, First off what's your name?" The man from the field says. "Well you tell me yours first, so I'm not tellin' my name to a stranger. My Daddy doesn't like me talkin to strangers" He smiles a bit and says, "Smart girl, My names Rick. Rick Grimes" I nod and say, "Hope. Hope Dixon." They all look at each other like I just told them I have 50 heads.

Rick clears his throat and looks at me, "How many walkers have you killed?" I look down and say, "lots." He nods and asks, "How many people have you killed?" I shake my head and say "none, yall are the first I've seen!" I said. He nods again. I rub my eyes and look at everyone. "Ok, Sweetheart, I'll take ya to get a bath ok? You can get all that gunk off ya" a woman with short brown hair say. I nod and she pulls the blankets off me, picking me up and holding me. I hold onto her and she smiles. "We'll get some food in you afterwards, ok?" I nod and we leave to go for a bath.

《-----\Daryl's POV/-----》
I walked into the house, still tired after my search for Sophia lead to a dead end...again. To see Maggie carrying a small child. I look at the little girl closer and she looks at me, I'm met with her blue eyes and freeze. She's carried into the restroom and the door shuts. "Daryl." I hear Rick say, I turn to him. "I found her outside in the field, she collapsed from dehydration and was suffering from a heat stroke."
I look down. It can't possibly be her, there's no way she lived. "Daryl, she says her last name is Dixon. Does she have any connection with you or your brother?" He asks. I look at him, "I didn't get a very good look at 'er." I stated. He sighs.
"I'm goin' out." I said as I sighed, he stops me. "Wait until she comes out, we need to know the truth." I nod.

"Hold that towel tight, ok? Just until your clothes are washed." I hear Maggie say. I take a breath and look towards the door. Maggie comes out holding her hand. I look at the girl and walk over in front of her. She looks at me and smiles, "...Daddy?" I smile and nod hugging her, "Hey there, Sunshine." She hugs me back and says, "I thought you left...." I look at her, "I did, Merle and me went to find some stuff to wait it out but when we came back, ya weren't there." She nods, "we ran outta food so I had to go." I sigh sadly and pick her up, "Imma take 'er to my tent, I kept some of 'er clothes." I stated, Maggie nodded and I walked out holding my little girl close to me.

  I was laying in bed, looking at the ceiling, finally getting rest for a bit when I heard the dreaded sound of my baby crying. I sighed, standing up and walking into her room. Then Picking her up and rocking her, "what's the matter Sweetheart?" I can tell she needs a diaper change so I laid her down and change her. Then I laid her back in bed and walk out, closing the door behind me. I went towards my room only to hear her cry again. Turning around, I walked back into the room and took her in my arms. She stopped crying so I smiled and sat down in the chair next to the cradle, holding her closely. We both fell asleep there.

I sat Hope down on my sleeping bag and started going through my bag to find her jeans and some type of shirt. "Daddy? It's hot out, could I maybe wear somethin not super warm?" Hope asked, I smiled and nodded taking out one of my flannels. I took out a knife and took off the sleeves, putting it on her. It was obviously too big so I took the sleeves and tied them around her waist, keeping it on her. She smiled a big smile and said, "I'm wearing your shirt! Thank you!" I ruffled her hair and my fingers got caught, I sighed and took out her old hair brush. "I know ya don't like it, but we gotta brush that rat's nest." She nods sadly and I sat down next to her, starting to brush her hair.

[==={Carol}===]
I start walking towards Daryl's tent to tell him about dinner when I hear a little girl crying. I look around, hoping to see Sophia but she wasn't there, I sigh and get back to what I was doing. "It's alright Hope, I know it hurts but ya gotta brush it so nothin grabs ya." Daryl's talking to someone? I walk over to the tent and say, "Daryl, everything alright?" "Yeah, everythin's fine, I'm just trying to brush 'er hair." He responded. "Who's?" I ask. "Oh, my daughter's. Rick found 'er and now I'm fixin' her up." I walk into the tent and say, "that hair may be an issue, maybe we should cut it? Or at least put it up." He nods, "might have to." She looks at me and waves, I wave back.

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End of chapter 2
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