Daryl Had His Stuff Packed, He Kneeled In front of his daughter and Kissed her forehead "I aint leavin' ya, Im leavin' yer Mother, remember this aint yer fault" He Said, Annie Was Confused Until her Father Started Walking out of the door with all of his stuff "Daddy...Don't Go...Please, Daddy" She Whimpered, He Sighed, Walking out, Closing the door behind Him, She Opened the door, Running Behind Him "Daddy, Dont Go!" She Wailed, He Looked away, getting in his truck, "Daddy!" She screamed as Her Mother Dragged her back in my her arm. After That Annie's Life Was Already Going Downhill, Her Mother would bring home random men...most of the time they'd touch Annie, make her feel ashamed and gross, she'd cried herself to sleep for Years, Begging god to just end her life, She had Tried to kill herself So many times and each time something saved her, weiather it was a text from one of her friends, A Song, A Boyfriend Calling her and saying how much they loved her...She alot of times Thought of what would have hapened if her father hadn't left, or if he brought her with him. She Had a picture Of Him and Her and Her Mother At Her First Birthday, They had the same eyes, everyone looked happy, "What Happened?" she asked herself, "Was it my fault?" she asked herself, She just wanted it all to end..All of it, From The Strange Men to the crying herself to sleep, just wanted to fall asleep and never wake up again, that was her dream, Death, sweet death was what seemed Perfect, just Death, Coming, Taking her, Making everything Dark and Peaceful, Just...Death...Simple Death...but she never got that sweet wish...It was so close...but just too far away. One Day She Heard Moans From Down Stairs, she Expected Her Mother and another man but instead it was....Theese Things...Not human things, tearing and eating her mother, moaning and grunting, Part of her smiled At the thought of this horrid Woman finally being gone, She Grabbed Her Crossbow Her Uncle had gotten her on her 3rd Birthday so He could Help teach her to hunt, she barly knew how to use it, she Grabbe The Picture of her And Her father and Mother and Some clothes, She Shot the Things and retrieved the Arrow, She ran outside, She saw terrible things that Only happened in Horror Movies, Limps, Body Parts, People eating people, blood, crashed cars, every where, "All this happened in a night?" she asked herself, She Ran Hoping To outrun them, most of them were side tracked by Car Alarms and The People in the crashed Cars, Some noticed her though, stumbling to her, she ran faster into the woods, the place she knew the best, she marked the tree's with paint awhile ago so she didnt get lost, She Was soon out of breath and Slowed down, Crouching Beside a tree, She was panting, She Heard More People scream, More cars crash, and After awhile, It became silent...No Screamsor car alarms...Just the sound of Teeth ripping into Body's...she knew for sure that her Neighbors, Family, Everything was gone...so why was she still there, she begged for death every day but never got it and now even when Death was so close it still Ran Farther way. She Sat, Proped against a tree..."So...This Is How The World Ends" She Whispered To Herself.
CHAPTER 2
It Had Been Two Months Since Every Thing Started, Annie Was Still In The Woods, Moving Silently During the Day, Sleeping in tree's at night, Moving more in the Mornings, She was dehyrating,Straving, She Had Heat Stroke, And She Was Becoming Delusional, She Hadnt Caught Anything more than a couple of squirrels and She was trying to save them Up. She Was Giving Up, She Sat Against A Tree, Holding Her Knife Againt Her Wrist when she heard whispering, "What 30 year old were you banging in high school"? she heard, "The Girls P.E Teacher" Another Man Said, She Stood Shakily, She Saw A Man With a Shaved Head and A Man With A Sherif's Outfit on, The Man with The Shaved Head saw her, He couldnt tell what she looked like exactly, He motioned The Sheriff over, "Sophia?!" The Sheriff Yelled to her, "N-No...Annie, Annie Marie" She whispered out, Shane Looked at Rick, "Can You Walk?" Shane Asked, She Nodded, She walked over slowly, she was Skin and bone and sun burnt, "How old are you?" Rick Asked? "14...Ill be 15 in June" She Answered, her voice raspy, Shane took his cantine and Gave it to her, She Chugged It Quickly, She Felt The Cool Liquid go down her Dry Throat. "Thank you" She said, Shane Nodded, "We gotta camp...Up at A Farm, couple Miles Up, Are You Alone?" Rick asked, she nodded, "My dad walked out and My mom died" She said, Rick Looked Apologitic, "Im Sorry" he said. she nodded, "We lost a member of ours, Sophia, Thats why were out here, have you seen her?" Rick asked, she shook her head " No..I havent seen anyone alive in a long time" She said, Shane Nodded, As Did Rick, "C'mon, You Look Like your starved" Rick Said, She Nodded "Thank you", "Whats your name again?" Shane Asked "Annie Marie Dixon" She said, Rick Looked at Shane when she said Her Last Name, Shane Looked back at him with His Eyebrow raised but they stayed silent, They Got back to the farm, "Hershel?!" Rick yelled, Hershel walked out "Yes?" He asked "We found her, She's been in the woods alone for 2 months, shes needs food" Rick said, Hershel Nodded "Put Her In The Room With Daryl, There's another bed in there she can rest in for awhile" Hershel said, Daryl Was In Bed, guaze around his head from Andrea's Bullet, Rick and Shane helped her in the bed beside His, He Looked over at the girl, then rolled back over, "She needs an IV So she doesnt dehydrate" Hershel Said, Rick Nodded, Pulling The IV over, Hershel Put it in her arm, she whimpered, she was Terrified Of Needles, Then everything was Calm, Rick and Shane had gone back to Look for Sophia, Maggie had brought 2 sanwiches In for Daryl and Annie, then Silence, Annie Put some of the Potato Chips In Her Sandwhich As Did Daryl, She Hadnt Really Looked at him, But Then She Looked over at him, She'd reconize those Eyes Anywhere "Daryl Dixon?" She asked, he looked over "What?" He asked, her eyes widened, she had wanted to See her father again for years "Its Me....Annie" She said, he looked at her, and raised an eyebrow "who?" He asked, She Looked down and got her bag, taking the picture out, she climbed out of her bed over to His and showed it to him. "Thats You, me and My Mother at my first birthday" She said, He Looked at her again "Im Annie Marie Dixon...You Left me when I was 4 with my Mom" She said, he looked away from her, He remembered all of this, she didnt have to remind him. "Im sorry" He Mumbled, "Ya got the wrong man" He said Lying "ITS YOU IN THE PICTURE, WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME! YOU KNOW ITS ME! YOU KNOW IT, DARYL!" she screamed, He looked at her "WHAT DO YA WANT MEH TO SAY?!" She looked down "why?" she asked "why what?" he asked "Why'd you go...?" She asked, He Looked away a moment "and why did you leave me with...her?" she asked "I Regret it, Okay, It was a mistake, she'd been cheatin' on meh and I left, I shoulda taken ya and I didnt" he said, Her eyes stung with Tears "Every night she'd bring home another man...and he'd...do stuff to me" She Whispered, He looked at her "Im sorry...I shoulda took ya with me..." She Wrapped her arms around him tightly, he slowly hugged her back "Ive wanted to see you again for years" she whispered into his shoulder, Her gently rubbed her back. Death, A Wish She Had Begged for...was now A Fear.
Chapter 3
Annie Sat In Her Tent, She Had A Book In Her hand but she wasnt reading, she had ear buds in but wasnt listening, she was just sitting, She wasn't aloud to hunt, she was too young, She wasn't aloud to Help Look for Sophia, She was Too young, Even though they let Carl Go which was messed up to her but Whatever, She Took Her Knife Out And Stabbed the ground, Daryl had said nothing more about abandoning her, Annie Grabbed Her Crossbow and Knife, And Went Outside, she ran into the woods, She tracked Daryl's footprints, she walked into him, "The hell are ya doin' out 'ere alone?" Daryl Growled "I Was Bored!" She Yelled, He Sighed, "I'm Lookin' Fer Sophia, Im Gon' Take A Horse later, ya can come with meh, Okay?" He said, she Nodded "Good, Now go back to yer Tent" He said, she sighed and Nodded "Fine" she said, she walked back to Camp, She was almost there when A Growl came from behind Her, She turned when a walker tackled her to the ground, it snarled at her, "DAD!" She screamed, It dug its hands into her stomach, she screamed in Pain "DARYL!" she yelled again, The Walker reached its hands into her stomach, blood poured out of her, An Arrow went through The Walker's head, She gargled up blood as she tried to get a deep breath in, Rick And Shane Weren't To Far Away, "SHANE! RICK, GIT OVER 'ERE!" Daryl Yelled, After a Couple Of Minutes They Ran Over, "Git hershel!" Shane Ran To The House, "HERSHEL WE NEED YOU".
Annie Woke Up In Sweat, She ran her hands over her stomach, No blood, no hole, no bites... "Just a dream" she panted, she sat up on her elbows and looked around the room, Daryl was asleep in the other bed, The IV was still hooked to her arm, she sighed and leaned back again, she rubbed her face and took the IV Out, She Slid out of the bed and walked quietly out of the room, She saw Hershel Eating His Lunch and Reading At The Table, She Cleared Her Throat a bit, he Looked at her "Your Awake" He Said A Small Smiled Growing On His Lips, "You Should Be Well Enough to sleep In a tent tonight" He said, she nodded "Where are they?" She asked "Well....You Already Know Daryl, You'll Have to share a Tent With Him For Now" Hershel said, She Nodded Again, She Walked back into The Guest Room And Picked Up Her back, She Looked at the picture from her first birthday again, Everything Looked happy, Nobody would think 3 years later the father would walk out and The Daughter would plan Suicide Every Night or That The Mother was a whore, She Took Out Her Clothes And Quickly Changed out of her dirty clothes, She walked back out with her bag, Maggie was standing with Beth, Annie Walked Past Them, "Annie, If You Want A Shower You Can Take One, Just Dont Take A Long One" Beth Said, Annie Nodded "Thank You" She Said, "Um...Where Is It?" She Asked, Beth pointed to the bathroom, Annie Walked In, She Walked in, closing the door, she walked In and Stripped Down, She Stared At Herself In The Mirror, When She Saw Herself She Didn't See Beauty, She Saw A Fat, Acne Covered, Ugly Blob Of Nothing, She Looked at her feet then back at the mirror, she opened the cabinet, she saw a pack of razors, she looked at the door and locked the door, she took the razor out and broke the blade out, she stared at the blade and put it in her bag, She sighed stepping into the shower, she turned on the water, she let the warm water run through her hair and down her body, she felt the warmth of the water, She sighed turning off the water and stepping out, she quickly dried and got dressed, She went outside, Rick walked up to her "you should be resting, your immune system is still low, you need rest" She nodded and walked back inside, she went back to her room and layed down, she twirled the razor blade between her fingers, she looked over at Daryl who seemed to still be sleeping, She pulled her sleeve us, Sliding the razor across her wrist, she made 6 straight lines, she grabbed a shirt from her bag wrapping her wrist, a whimper escaped her mouth, Daryl who had just been laying there looked over, Blood was running down Annie's wrist, soaking the t-shirt, Daryl's Eyes Widened As He Shot out of bed over to her, he grabbed her wrist, she looked at him "Uhh...I just I..." She Studdered. He Sat in front of her, her eyes flodded with tears, he pulled her into his arms rocking her gently. "Im So Sorry" She Whispered "I Know...I Know" He said, she put her face in his shoulder "Im Sorry, Daddy".
