Pretty Poison (Carl Grimes x Reader)

The Beginning

Veronica's POV

I was sitting in my living room with my mom and dad watching the Tv. Reports of "sick" people had been coming in from everywhere. My dad seemed worried, but then again we all were. My dad pulled me out from school this afternoon telling me that we had to stay at home for a while. But I knew that she was tiptoeing around the truth for my sake.

" V, its bed time." Dad said. I knew what he was doing, he was sending me out of the room so that I wouldn't hear the rest of the news. "Don't do that I'm nine years old I know what is going on out there ". My parents looked at each other and sighed. " Yes but you don't need to hear this right now, get some rest for me please". My mom said with a weak smile. I nodded and walked to my room without another word. What is this virus, and why how did it happen so fast.

----------------------------------------------------------1 week later----------------------------------------------------

 Moms health started to take a turn. A couple of days before the world went crazy, the doctor had told her the cancer had come back and that they would start treatment. But now with the apocalypse on our doorstep we were running out of treatment fast. Mom started looking fragile. Dad would go out and get her treatment every couple of days but Mom continued to get worse. Most of the time I think dad is oblivious to this fact. But that was understandable.

-The next day-

I woke to my dad slamming the door to the mini fridge that held moms treatment. I quickly got up and went to my dad, he was sitting at the table in the center of the room. I walked to my dad and put my hand on his shoulder." what V?" he asked with a stern voice." what happened, why are you mad?" I calmly asked. He got up from the table grabbed my hand and opened the fridge to get door. I gasped , the fridge wasn't cold anymore and moms treatments had burst open. Then my dad spoke with a sadness in his voice" the generator went out sometime last night I guess....". I looked up at dad tears starting to form in my eyes. " we have to get her more treatments w-we can't j-just let her sit there like this w-we have to get m-more I'll come with you we can get more." I cried with tears now pouring out of my eyes and not stopping. "V , I know that you want to help but its not safe out there." My dad looked me in my eyes and held my face. "I will go out today and see what I can do...Ok." I nodded and sniffled. my moms eyes started to flutter open. I quickly wiped my tears and went over to her.

I flashed her a quick smile and she smiled back putting her hand on my cheek. "Baby your eyes are puffy are you alright." she said weakly. I quickly nodded and turned to my dad who was already packed and ready to leave. "Lucille, I'm going on a run I'll be back soon." was all he said and then he left.

Hours started to go by and my dad was still not home. I was in my room reading when I heard a door close. I walked out of my room to see if dad had got the treatments, but he wasn't there. I walked back down the hallway and written on my moms door was

"PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME LIKE THIS"

I grabbed the door handle but it was locked. My mother had locked her self in her room, why? "MOMMA PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR PLEASE!" I yelled banging my fist on the door. No answer. "MOMMA OPEN THE DOOR , DONT DO THIS!" I started crying. After a 5 minutes I heard low moans and groans coming from inside her room." Mom.... a-are you ok, d-do you need  help?" No words just more groans and snarles. "Momma answer me please". I sobbed. I put my back to the door and slid to the floor with my head in my hands and cried. Then I heard the front door open. Dad was home. He came down the hallway looking at me confused. "V what is going on why are you crying?" His gaze drifted from me to moms door." I heard a door and thought it was you, and she locked the door and wouldn't answer me I think she needs help she keeps groaning."

His eyes went wide. He ran up to me and hugged me, I cried more into his chest. He let go of me and moved me behind him. he then kicked the door open. me went over to moms bed and crumbled on the floor. I walked slowly to my mom. There was a plastic bag around her head. She was reaching for me while her teeth were chomping from inside the bag. I then realized that what I was looking at was not my mother. She was dead. The thing in front of me wanted my skin.

Mom was dead.

Dad and I sat on the floor crying in each others arms. "V, we need to go now." Dad finally spoke. I nodded and we both wiped our tear and stood up. "Start packing some clothes for you and food for us, ok I'm going to take care of mom." he said. I nodded and began packing. I finished packing everything and put the bags next to the front door. My dad came out of moms room with a box and two baseball bats. He stopped in front of me setting the box down. I looked at the box. it had the words that read..

"TO NEGAN AND V MY PRECIOUS FAMILY"

I looked up at dad and he nodded. " you can open it" he said. I grabbed the box and set it on the couch. I slowly took the top off the box, inside were two leather jackets and a small piece of paper. I picked up the paper and read it out loud. 

"Please don't be upset now that I am gone, I love you both keep each other safe. Don't cry for me" 

I set the paper down and grabbed the jackets ad handed on to dad. He put his on first then I put on mine. I was swimming in mine, It was a woman's small and I could only fit in children's mediums. Dad looked at me and we both laughed.

"Lets go kiddo". Dad said. I nodded and said "I'm going to grow up and get stronger"

"Alright then missy." He smiled. we gathered our bags and went out to the truck. Dad lit a match and threw it at the house and a big fire started. Dad handed me a bat and some barbwire. He wrapped the top of his bat in wire and I did the same. He started the car and pulled out of the drive way.

We were going to thrive in this new world, we were going to beat this world. 

This was the beginning