Castles Crumbling ; TWD

004 || Hope

ISA SPEAKS ~ the timeline in this chapter is a little different than the episode but barely, also I tried adding a gif but it wouldn't load🙄
Enjoy :)

I S A B E L L E

My feet pound on the ground as I sprint through the woods. My heart beats against my rib cage as I look around.

The sound of her cries haunt my ears. Where is she? I hear her but I don't see her. All I see is that the walking corpses are getting closer.

I run faster now. The cries turn to sobs.

I turn to look behind me to see if any walking corpses are too close. The closest one is about twenty feet behind me.

I stop in my tracks when the sound of a scream echoes through the trees. I frantically look around.

"Juni?!" I shout. Answer. Please just answer. The only response I get is more screams. I breathe heavily, out of breath, "Juniper?!"

I turn my head and see her. A short blonde girl running while she screams. I immediately take off again, trying to get to her.

She continues screaming. "Juni?!" I call out. She doesn't acknowledge it.

After what feels like forever I catch up. I place my hand on her shoulder and turn her around so she's facing me. "Jun—"

She's a walking corpse. It's too late. Tears sting my eyes as I look at the girl that used to be my sister. She growls and tries to bite me. I hold her back as I sob.

"Juni," I mumble. My hand slips from her shoulder and before I can stop her she bites into the flesh of my wrist.

I jump awake and start to freak out before I notice Sloan sleeping peacefully next to me. I grab my wrist and all I feel is my bracelet. No bite.

I was dreaming. It was a nightmare.

The sound of my frantic breathing causes Sloan to stir in her sleep. I try to calm down as I lay back down on the couch, trying to regulate my breathing.

I've never really had dreams before, just nightmares. Even before the world ended. When I'd sleep I'd see my father, he'd always be yelling at me. Now all my nightmares consist of is either my sister dying or my two friends dying.

The only dream I remember having was when I was little. I dreamed that in the middle of the night, my mom took me to get ice cream while I was wearing a Tinkerbell Halloween costume.

The sound of footsteps brings me out of my thoughts. Quickly, I close my eyes and pretend to be sleeping. The footsteps get closer then they stop.

"Do we wake them up? Do you think they'd want to be woken up?" I hear Glenn ask somebody. If they try to get me to help with some stupid farm chores I swear—

"No, let 'em sleep." T-dog replies. Thank you. I'm not a morning person at all. Even though I'm already awake I still want to lay here a little longer.

One of them mumbles something that I can't make out before I hear them both walk out the door.

"I know you're awake." I can hear the smile on Sloan's face.

"Shh, I'm asleep." I quietly laugh.

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I fiddle with the bracelet around my wrist as I look around the room, bored. Sloan and Damien are outside helping the others set up camp and I just stuck sitting by Carl's bed in case he woke up. Lori asked me to so she could go do something and it's not like I could've said no.