Haunted

Chapter 5

{Ellie's POV}

Infected are so stupid. They've started to clear out after about an hour, like they forgot about watching us climb into this tree.

"Can we go yet?" I ask quietly.

"Alright, you two first," instructs Kira.

Always the hero.

I roll my eyes but climb down first anyway, knife in hand, just in case. I hear a thud as Ella climbs down from the tree after me. Kira lands silently, as always. We all start walking in a very vague direction.

"So where are we going?" I ask after a minute or so of silence.

"Um. This way," Kira says, gesturing in the vague direction we were heading in. "I was planning on finding a map when we hit civilization and heading towards Maine."

I roll my eyes once again. "Right. Up North, just like every other idiotic survivor, hoping the cold slows the infected down."

"Watch it," Kira says with a joking tone.

"Or what?" I counter, raising an eyebrow, even though she can't see it.

"This." Out of nowhere, I'm attacked with a lot of tickling.

I can't help but laugh until I run out of oxygen. I thrash around, trying to kick my attacker. "Stoppppp!" I laugh-yell.

"That'll teach ya not to question me," Kira says with a grin. "We're losing daylight, c'mon." She helps me up. I stick my tongue out at her. She goes back to the front of our little group and we start walking again.

Everything is quiet for another five minutes or so. "So," I turn to Ella. "Why blue?"

She shrugs. "I like the color."

"Oh," I nod. I was trying to have a conversation, because silence is just boring. "Uh.. What did you do before the apocalypse?" I ask.

"I played a LOT of video games," she answers.

"So you were pretty well informed before the end of the world happened?"

She nods and laughs. "You could say that."

"You and Kira have a lot in common, then. Mom could barely get her away from her laptop to eat," I say with a laugh.

"Hey," Kira warns from ahead. "Don't make me tickle you again."

"Please don't!" I laugh.

"Don't test me," she says with a laugh.

Suddenly, we see some bald, sunburnt guy step into our path. "'Ey, Darlina!" the stranger calls out, looking right at us. "Lookie what I found!"

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I'm guessing you guys know who Darlina is, and who the stranger is.

Oh and don't worry about the whole OCxDaryl thing, I promise it won't be one of THOSE fanfics where Daryl meets some girl and they hate each other then suddenly the 17 year old jumps into bed with 35 year old Daryl.

But yes, our little group has found some friends. I apologize if I aggravate you with my portrayal of the characters from the show. I swear to Reedus I shall try my best.

Stay infected

~Jenna