Princess Of The End {TWD x Child}

Brave + Brave = A+ In Dumbassness

Freya's POV

I open my eyes and rub the sleep from them. I close my eyes again and stay there, I frown when I feel someone boop my nose. 
"Kid, I've learned, remove your hand. She bites" I hear Theo say, I open my eyes and come face to face with a smiling Carl. 

"Hi" He says, I smile.
"Hi" I say, making him smile more as he looks at Theo and sticks his tongue out at him before leaving. I sit up and look at Theo tiredly. I smile and get out of bed and run to Theo to hug him. 
"You scared the nightmares away. Thank you, Theo" I mumble, he pats my head. 
"I told you I would, didn't I? Come on, we need someone to get the grumpy bear out of his tent so he can eat with the group" Theo says, pushing me out of the room, I wave at Patricia and Beth as we get out the front door, Beth smiles and waves at me also. 

"Go get the Dixon and I'm gonna try to figure out what's wrong with Glenn" Theo says, I nod and run down the stairs, I continue running but slow to a walk when I get closer. 
"Dixon! Breakfast is almost ready!" I say, after a few seconds I see Daryl stick his head out of his tent and glare at me. 
"I'm just the messenger, Carol knows she can't stop you but she wants to keep an eye on your stitches" I say, he grunts but gets out of his tent. 

"Godamn people" He mumbles, walking next to me, I shrug. 
"They aren't that bad once you actually try to understand them" I say.
"How's your stitches?" I ask.
"Fine" He says, I nod and the rest of the walk is in silence.

Carol smiles at me and mouths 'Thank you' when she sees Daryl walking next to me. I nod at her as Daryl sits in a chair, I hand him a plate and Carol hands me another one.

Looking at a certain korean, who looks more scared than a chicken at a chopping block, I frown at him. 
After awhile Glenn steps up nervously. 
"Uhm guys…. " He says. 

What he says next makes my heart pause and change my way of thinking about the Greene's.

"There's walkers in the barn"

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"You can't be serious, Rick" Shane says, Rick sighs and starts talking to him. 

I stare at the barn.

"He sees them as sick people. His friends, family, and neighbors are in there" Dale's voice brings my stare away from the barn and towards him. 
"You knew?" I think Rick asks, I stare at my feet. 

Hershel is waiting for a cure. The hope I've seen in his eyes is way more than any person I've seen since this whole shit show started. It makes sense. He isn't crazy, he's just a hopeful old man. There is no cure, what Jenner showed us told us that. I rub my arm with the burn scar on it, memories of the CDC going around my head. 

I turn around and run back to Daryl's tent, my backpack should still be there, ignoring the stares from Theo, Carl and Dale. 

When I get to Daryl's tent I see my backpack was moved and put on the side of the tent instead of the tree, breathing heavily I open it and grab the picture of Ellie before making my way to Hershel's house. I stop at the bottom of the stairs and look at my leg that has pain now, it's fine. 

I walk up the stairs and enter the house. I see Hershel on the couch in the living room, I walk to him and sit next to him on the couch. 
"Maggie just told me your group is surrounding the barn" Hershel says, I sigh. 
"It's good to have hope" I say, getting straight to the point, he moves his pocket watch around in his hand. 

"I used to have so much hope a couple months after this started. But, things happen. I don't want you to give up hope, but I also don't want you to let it blind you, you have a family to protect. I know I can't change how you see……. Them. But, they ain't alive, there is no coming back from that even if there was a cure. Here" I say, handing him the picture of Ellie.