faded, carl grimes

chapter 17

michonne was perfectly fine thank god. she was back in the house and doing her normal routine's. you had decided to take a walk so you went downstairs
"bye michonne!" you said happily
"where ya going?" she asked
"gonna walk to the gate and back" you replied and she smiled
"don't go out okay?" she said and you nodded agreeing.

you had a dream about mom last night for the first time in what seemed like forever.
you wanted to know what happened to her. and if you were going to figure it out, you needed to get her body back first so you went to the only person who knew his way around the woods. daryl.
"hey Daryl!" you said smiling at him
"what ya need kid?" he asked as he sat his bow down
"i have a smallll favor" you said still smiling
"I don't do favors kid" he said
"daryl it's not for me. it's for my mom." you said.
"well cmon whatcha waitin for" he said his expression changed from neutral to considerate. him and your mom had a thing before she disappeared, although Glenn stepped up to take care of you Daryl watched out for you from afar.

"you sure this is the place?" daryl said pushing branches out of his way and you looked around
"yeah, the lineup was just over there" you said pointing to your left
"then where is she?" he asked looking for your mothers reanimated body. suddenly the area became familiar again and you quickly found your mothers body.
"over here" you shouted to daryl and he came over, he looked down at her tears forming in his eyes.
"she was beautiful" he whispered, you smiled he rarely showed his emotions but you were thankful he was helping you.
"she really was" you said giving him a hug
"im sorry i couldn't save her" he said hugging you back
"no one knew, it's fine" you said your voice starting to sound weak. daryl bent down and picked her body up
"let's get her back and give her a proper burial" he said and you nodded in agreement

you both walked through the gates and were greeted by rick and michonne
"oh thank god" michonne said sounding relieved
"what?" you said looking strangely
"i said don't go outside of the walls!" she said raising her voice
"i had to go get her" your voice trailed off
rick and michonne both looked at Daryl holding your mothers lifeless body.
"oh I'm so sorry y/n" she said
"don't be" you said trying to smile

you were eventually joined by maggie while daryl dug a grave. rick was inspected her body.
"there's no bite's, no scratches." rick said confused on what caused her to die
"natural causes maybe?" maggie offered, seeming off in an odd way
"no couldn't be, my mom was always so healthy" you said trying to shake the feeling
"found it." Rick said pointing to a gunshot on your moms left rib cage.
"she was shot?" you questioned looking around, maggie was turning around to leave
"your not gonna stay?" you asked her
"i- uh there's- uh plans" she stuttered acting nervous as she continued to walk away

that was strange. you knew maggie hadn't liked you personally but she had a good relationship with your mother when she was alive. why didn't she want to stay and pay her respects? hell even daryl was still here. and she meant more to daryl then she meant to anyone other than you. you weren't sure but you were gonna get to the bottom of this. no matter what, who ever killed your mom was going to pay and you'd do whatever it took to figure it out.

hello your father figure could've been daryl if ******* didn't kill your mom ⁉️⁉️ how do we feel abt that. and why is Maggie being weird tf