*reader's POV*
After sometime driving we come to a prison with fences all around it. Pretty genius if you ask me. Declan's eyes are wide when he sees our new home.
"Is this a castle?" He asks in amazement.
I chuckle and Rick grins slightly.
"It's our castle." Rick replied. A girl a little older than me with blonde hair opens the gate and our two cars drove in, her closing it before walkers can get in. We all got out of the cars, as she walked up to us.
"Who are you guys?" She asked curiously. Trent was staring at her slightly.
"I'm Trent." He answered quickly, a little too quickly. She laughed lightly and shook her head.
"I'm Beth." She said and they shake hands.
"I'm (Y/N)." I smile.
"Nice to meet you. And who's this little guy?" She asked smiling. Declan only hid behind my back. I sigh.
"This is Declan, he doesn't talk much." I explain. She nods in understanding. Rick insist that we gather everyone and meet properly. So everyone gathers in one room. They do have quite a big group. We sit in a circle and take turns introducing ourselves like in preschool. An elderly man starts.
"I'm Hershel." He smiled smally.
"I'm Glen." The Asian man, Glen states.
"I'm Maggie." The girl that had found us said. Her and Glen were clearly a thing.
"I'm Tyrese." A muscular man introduces.
"I'm Sasha."
"I'm Daryl."
"I'm Bob."
"I'm Michone. " the honorable woman says.
"I'm Lizzie." A young girl smiles.
"I'm Micah." A girl Declan's age grins.
"I'm Carol." A sweet looking woman smiles. Then the circle comes to a boy my age, a cute boy at that, with bright blue eyes, and he was holding a baby.
"Hi. I'm Carl and this is Judith." He grins a toothy grin, that made me smile.
Trent cleared his throat, "I'm Trent." He introduced himself to the group.
"I'm (Y/N), thanks for letting us join you guys. " I say with gratitude. It was now Declan's turn and everyone stared at him waiting for him to say something, causing him to coward behind me even more, "This is Declan, he isn't much of a talker." I explain.
"Carl show (Y/N) and Declan to their cell, Beth show Trent to his." Rick orders. Apparently they already had cells set up. I stood up, picking Declan up with me and followed Carl, as he handed Judith off to Carol. I walked side by side with the boy.
"So how do you like it so far?" Carl wondered.
"Well...I've only been here for like a half an hour." I said dumbfounded. Carl looks at me awkwardly, "But I like it. It's seems safe." I smile. He smiles over at me.
"Well here we are." He says and stops in front of a door way. No my room wasn't right next to his. It was across the hall from his. There was two cots, one for me and one for Declan. Declan yawn and crawled down from me. He toddled over to his cot and laid down. I roll my eyes and turn towards Carl.
"Thank you." I say and look back down at the ground.
"Do you wanna go read a few books?" Carl offered abruptly. I jumped slightly and nod. We walked to his room and sat on his bed "reading" comic books. He turned towards me with a curious look on his face.
"What?" I smile.
"Life before this, what was it like for you?"
"Different." I answer not really wanting to talk about it.
