trigger warnings: argument between ali & shane, as well as show typical violence and gore and grief.
A/N: if you are interested, there is an extended version of these chapters over on marvelbarnespov page - featuring more about alison and her sister, Lucy! go check that out as well!!
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The next day the Swan siblings, along with Harper, decided to head over to have breakfast with Rick's group, seeing as they may not have much more time with them.
Breakfast was rather quiet, no one really having anything to say but at least the food was good. While everyone was eating Glenn stood himself up and headed towards the middle of the group before clearing his throat to speak. "Um, guys" Glenn began as everyone turned their attention to him, noticing he was clearly somewhat on edge. Some of them however, those of which didn't treat Glenn with the respect he deserved turned back to their food.
"So...erm..." Glenn tried to speak but there was a long silence "The barn is full of Walkers"
Everyone's face dropped as the words entered their ears, same as the Swans, none of them knew. After a moment of shock and silence, Rick turned to the Swans with a look of anger before walking down towards the barn alongside a few others. Lucy, with her throwing knives at hand, was one of the first to arrive down at the barn.
Before anyone else got the chance she peered in, Glenn was right. She walked over to her siblings, "He was right, there's quite a lot of them in there" She spoke looking over at Rick's group, Shane of course being the one to see for himself.
Ali walked as close to the barn as she felt comfortable before chewing her lip slightly, contemplating what to do next "Surely, we need to get rid of them?" She commented.
Shane pulled away from the barn and turned to Rick "You cannot tell me you're okay with this" He spoke with an angered tone before turning to Ali "And you cannot tell me that none of you knew about this"
RIck responded to Shane, matching the same level of anger "No, I'm not, but we're guests here. This isn't our land"
"Oh, god! This is our lives, man!" Shane became more aggravated.
"Lower your voices guys" William, Alison's older brother, spoke looking between him and the barn, knowing it could likely rile them up.
"We can't just sweep this under the rug" Andrea spoke, with her usual somewhat bitchy tone.
The group proceeded to argue about what was to be done. Dale made the case that Hershel simply viewed the walkers as sick people, while Shane grew increasingly hostile and argued to bust the barn open and shoot them all. However, the noise that the argument was causing only meant that the walkers on the other side of the barn began to get more agitated and began to cause some commotion.
Alison froze, in a sense. She turned to her sister and arched her brow, it was obvious that daggers were being stared at both of them, even though this was just as shocking to them as it was to everyone else.
Everyone began to disperse and go about their days in an attempt to forget what they had just found out but Shane stayed put, somewhat posing as a sentry outside of the barn and Alison eventually worked up the courage to go and speak to him about what was happening.
"You have some real nerve, showing up like you had no idea. You can stop playin' dumb now because we all know exactly what is going on." Shane almost spat at Alison, who was dumbfounded at his hostility.
"Shane..." Ali began "Those things, the walkers, they terrify me. Do you really think I would want them anywhere near me?" She reasoned. "I promise, my family and I knew nothing about this" She added, stepping forward to try and calm him down.
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midnight rain | daryl dixon
Fanfiction"she was sunshine, i was midnight rain . . ." the end of the world was just the beginning for some. a story in which two people who were once worlds apart become closer than they could have ever imagined.
