The scar left by memories.

Part 9: sophia..

It is the next day and I am sat at the front porch with a book and crayons, that's until Shane came rushing over to us all "ah here we go" Shane starts "what's all this?" Daryl questions "with me man?" Shane asks. He is handing out guns to everyone I'm sure we ain't aloud them, "time to grow up" Shane carries on.

"Thought we shouldn't carry" t-dog asks which he is totally correct Shane is going mad, "we can we have to" , I just look at him and back at Daryl as Shane is scaring me. He comes up to me handing a gun infront of my face kneeling to my level "Ava you can shoot right?" I just stare at him "I um"- I was cut of by Daryl snatching the gun away from my face "no man she ain't carrying the hell  you think your playing at" he snaps.

"What is this?" Lori questions as she just walked out, I stand and hide near Daryl as I'm very confused. "Now look Hershel he's just gotta understand" Shane kept talking "well he's gonna have to" shane protested.

Before we could even debate any more from a distance we could see Rick and Hershel with what it looks like walkers on a stick. "Oh shit!" T-dog yells. "What is that?" Shane said while everyone runs towards "Shane!" Lori yells while following. I start to follow but I'm slower than everyone as I'm still recovering, I make it next to Daryl.

"What the hell are you doing!" Shane yells "Shane just back off" Rick says firmly, "why do your people have guns?" Hershel asks. I just stand there behind Daryl as being the youngest and most shyest ain't a good mix. "You see what there holding onto?!" Shane is getting angrier.

"I see who I'm holding onto" Hershel replies "no man you don't", "Shane just let us do this and then we can talk" Rick butts in "what you want to talk about Rick?" Shane starts pacing up and down waving his hands about, about like what Daryl does. "These things they ain't sick. There not people. There dead." "Ain't gonna feel nothing for them cause all they do, they kill!" "There what killed Amy! They killed Otis! And there gonna kill all of us!" Shane ranted.

I just stand there wishing that it could all stop, that shane could just stop. "Shane shut up!" I yell at him and he just looks at me in shock like I've never called him anything but dad- he lost that right. "Hey Hershel man let me ask you something" he aims his gum and the walkers chest and starts shooting it "can a living breathing person, could they walk away from this?" "No!" Rick yells as Shane shoots the walkers "that's three rounds in the chest!" Shane then yells.

Shane had killed all the walkers that was in Rick and Hershel's hands, he then runs towards the barn "enough living next to a barn full of things that are trying to kill us"  "if you wanna survive you gotta fight for it!". "Shane that's enough your scaring Ava!" Daryl yells, but at that moment Shane opens the barn and Daryl has no choice but to start shooting them.

They had shot all the walkers or so they thought, as they thought they was finished more snarling came from the barn everyone raised their guns but when they watched who walked out the barn everyone's faces dropped.

Sophia.

I stared at Sophia and dropped to my knees in denial to what I've just seen Sophia is dead... I feel tears fall down my small cheeks completely in shock. "Sophia? Sophia!" Carol cries and tries to run towards her but Daryl stops her, "don't watch" Daryl says in sadness.

Carols sobs fill the air, everyone starts to leave and Carol storms off and Daryl comes towards me and picks me up following everyone to the house. "Otis put those people in the barn" Hershel exclaimed "maybe he found her and put her in there before she was killed" Shane gets closer and Daryl holds me tighter as Shane is going crazy "you expect me to believe that? What do I look like?" Shane protested.

Daryl walked off with me to a tree away from them as they was getting on our nerves.

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It has been 2 hours since we found Sophia we had a funeral for her and now I'm just layed down with my head in Daryl knee learning sign language with him, we are doing quite well. "Daryl that is not how you sign 'thankyou'" I giggle he tilts his head "it's close enough vi" we both laugh, that's until lori came over "Daryl" she says "hm" he replies "listen Beth's in some kind of catatonic shock and we need Hershel" Lori explained "yeah so what? Daryl looks confused, I sit up and Daryl puts his hand around my shoulders "so I need you to run into town real quick and bring him and Rick back" Lori orders him. Daryl just sat there looking at the book not taking no notice to her "Daryl?".

"Your bitch went window shopping you want him? Fetch him yourself!" Daryl replied, I just try and hold my laughter in and Daryl sees it "what's the matter with you? Why would you be so selfish?" Daryl just looks at her then he quickly stands up leaving me sat leaning against the tree.

"Selfish? Listen here oliv oyl. I was out looking for that little girl every single day! I took a bullet and arrow in the process so don't you tell me about getting my hands dirty! I've a little girl myself to look after and protect so if you want those two idiots go fetch them yourself! I'm done looking for people" Daryl soon finished his rant and sat back down next to me.

Lori storms off in anger and me and Daryl are left alone and I turn to him "Daryl?" He looks at me "hm" he responds "can you promise not to leave me?" Daryl looks at me with a rested face, I know promises are asking a lot these days but they help me feel safe. "Of course I promise I won't leave you" I smile as Daryl says that knowing I have someone to look up to.

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