Judith Grimes , a love story

Safe Island

As I stroll through the streets of our little town , I can't help but smile when people turn heads and look relieved. Ever since I was about 4 , dads been taking me on little adventures away from Safe Island , to teach me about my past because " what you learn in school just isn't the same as the real thing " , and ever since I was about 4 , very little have approved . My aunt Carol is still annoyed every time we leave , after 12 years . She lost her little girl when this all started , Sophia I think , and she's always been so cautious about children being away from the island ever since we arrived here .
The island wasn't our first home ,  Carl told me that they lived on a farm for a while , that's where they met Maggie, then they went to a prison , that's where I was born , and my mom died. After that they went to Alexandria, Carl says it was pretty similar to Safe Island , except it wasn't a hidden  island , therefore not as safe . Dad tells me often that we're lucky to be here , we weren't the first people here . A woman called Maria ran this place long before we arrived , one of her people found our group when we needed them most , and they took pity on us and welcomed us to the island . From what I can remember, Maria was a kind person , but tough too . I guess nobody isn't tough anymore . Maria fought to survive until the very end , Doc suspects it was cancer that made her so sick , although we could never really know . Before she died , she made sure everyone knew that my dad was in charge , I don't think anyone expected otherwise . Although he's one of the best people I know , he's some control freak , I think he'd already written down his plans for this place before we buried Maria . All jokes aside , he's really improved Safe Island . Before, the hunting team had to scavenge every day for food and supplies , most of the strong people were never around , which was way too risky , their families suffered too . Dad gathered the supplies to start farming here , with Maggie's help , and Daryl set up humane traps to catch rabbits as a source of meat . For years we've pretty much lived off whatever we can grow here , other than an occasional run to the mainland , such as Daryl's hunting trips ( Carol says he gets sick of rabbit , I say he gets sick of people )  we can live here just fine . We've even started making clothes and toiletries. My family still get restless, I can tell , but we all know it's better to stay here , anyway , we leave once a month to look for survivors and supplies , we get to kill a few walkers each . The community has about 70 people now , and we still train everyone over the age of 10 to make sure that if we have to fight we can . Sometimes people worry that Negan will find us again , some are sure he's long gone . We'll never really know , Dad says that Negan lost everything when they fought , and even though nobody seen him die , he escaped weapon less and without his army . Dad says that even if he is alive , he can't touch us . I hope he's right .

Heya guys , thanks so much for reading ! It's been a while , but I've been traveling a bit and studying these past few months , but I appreciate when you guys read this SO MUCH . Even if it's just one person , it brightens my day. I would adore comments , I'd love some feedback, good or bad . If there's anything that you don't like about the storyline or any ideas you have for what I could write next , message away ! Credit will be given to those who ask x . Thanks again for reading , I hope you're all enjoying this fanfic , I'm trying to make it fit in with season 8 as much as I can !!