Epilogue

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I stand in front of the mirror at alexandria the war had stopped with negan and he became quite a asset to our group he still hasn't been let out of the cell morgan had built but it won't be long before he proves himself to us and baby colt should be here any day now according to maggie and siddiq he had become a new member of our group.

I walk the streets of alexandria with glenn holding my hand when I see negan playing with judith he had started his scheduled outtings and then carl walks over to me and smiles at me he rubs my stomach I let go of glenn's hand he rubs my bump lucy smiles at me and then I feel like I was soaking my pants I look down and then I feel a pain and cramp in my stomach I grab glenn's hand and I whimper "lucy".

She gasps and rubs my arm and she says "oh sissy it's okay carl go get daryl quick the baby is coming daddy it's time" he runs off I see negan walk forward and he gets beside me and he says "breath honey take a deep breath" I feel him smile against my head and I whimper "dad" he rubs my back "i'm right here honey" he picks me up bridal style and lucy follows behind us and they carry me to the infirmary and he places me on the bed and maggie walks in her bump leading the way.

Daryl runs in and he screams "am I to late?" lucy shakes her head "no yer just in time here yer wife and baby needs ye" I hear negan screams "what?" I hear lucy giggle and she says "i'll explain it later dad now we need to give them some room" they walk out and maggie and siddiq check if I was ready to push and I was and siddiq says "alright ember on your next contraction push".

I feel my hand tighten around daryl's he kisses me on the forehead and he holds back my leg and carol holds the other one I lean back and I cry in pain as I push and maggie says "okay that was a good push your can see the top of his head" daryl rubs my back and he says "good job babe" I lean my head onto my pillow and cry and do one more big push and then maggie smiles "oh my god the dixon baby has red hair".

I hear daryl chuckle "of course he does he's gonna be a looker just like his mommy what did ye think it was gonna be blonde?" maggie giggles and carol looks and she gasps "oh my god his hair is red" I feel carol wrap her arm around my leg and I bare down and then I hear his cries invade my ears and it's the most beautiful sound i've ever heard and she gasps "ember look down it's a boy you did it" I cry as they place him on my chest as they wrap him up in a towel.

I smile down at our son and daryl leans down and kisses me firmly on the lips and I return the kiss and he says "hi colt" maggie has tears rolling down her cheeks maggie looks down and I have the feeling I should push again and I say "I have a feeling I need to push again" she gasps and looks at me "yer not done ember there's another one" daryl's eyes widened and he looks down at me "what?".

I cry out in pain again as they take the baby from daryl and I and he grabs my leg again as I bare down again and push three more times and the second baby is out and maggie giggles "it's a girl" daryl kisses me again and he says "we got the best of both worlds" I giggle and carol smiles at me and kisses me again on my forehead and when they bring over colton they place the boy in my arms and then the little girl in daryl's I move over and he kisses me on the cheek and he says "good job red".

I smile at him and I say "looks like baby girl has got yer hair" he snickers with a nodd "god she's gonna be just like me" I giggle and he looks at me and he says "I love ye ember dixon" I smile at him and I reply "I love you daryl dixon" then everyone comes in and glenn walks forward and gasps then negan walks in and he says "oh my god look at that".

I smile as lucas and lucy walk in lucas sit's beside me and he says "so what's they're names?" I look at daryl and he nodds with a smile and I look at rick "Colton Maverick Dixon we can call him colt for short and it's to honor you rick because yer the one who started it all you brought me in regardless if you knew me and that was the decision that started it all it started with you and then from there it just grew".

He smiles at me and carl chuckles "well what about the little girl?" I smile at daryl and he says "go ahead tell em" I smile at everyone and I say "everyone meet Huntleigh Rose" everyone cooes and dad smiles at and nodds "I like that it definetely fits daryl" I shake my head and smile at him he walks over to me and he whispers "i'm sorry" I look up at him and smile and lucas says "it's alright dad".

He has tears in his eyes he kisses me on the forehead and then lucas and then lucy and maggie smiles at me "I like the names they're unique just like you" daryl sighs and he says "lord we're not gonna get any sleep" I snicker and look at him "and it ain't gonna be just me gettin up daryl yer gonna help" he smirks at me and I say "dad would you like to hold him?".

He nodds with a bright smile he cradles 'colt' in his arms and carl smiles at me and he sits beside me after lucas moves "you know when you were born you were so little they thought that you wouldn't survive and I remember just looking at you through the incubator and they had you hooked up to all these wires and when I held your hand for the first time you had such a strong grip and I knew you were gonna be a fighter from then so that's why your mom gave you that nickname phoenix".

I feel tears rolling down my cheeks I hear maggie gasp and I nodd and I say "the name it means 'Rising From The Ashes' she would call me that" he nodds with a smile "you were our baby and when I held you for the first time I was afraid to hold you because I thought I would break you how was I supposed to keep this little thing in my big arms alive? you remind me so much of your mom if she was alive right now she would be so proud of you phoenix and it takes one strong woman to forgive and forget you were my first little girl".

He looks behind and he says to daryl "you'll realize how hard it is to let yer little girl go trust me huntleigh is gonna break yer heart when you watch her go be with someone else but in the eyes of a father no guy is good enough for your little girl and you just hope that what you instilled into her for her to find the right guy and like I said no guy is good for yer little girl until one is".

I smile at him he passes colt to lucas and he takes off his leather jacket and he passes it to lucy and he says "it's yours now I don't need it anymore I want you to be the leader of the saviors and do it right not like I did ever generation is different" I look at lucas he smiles at me and lucy puts the jacket over her shoulders and daryl kisses me on the cheek and when they give me the okay to go home I walk inside the house and place colt in his crib and huntleigh in a pack and play so if she wakes up it wouldn't wake up the other baby.

I sit outside on the porch the baby moniter in my hand I guess maggie was right some women are lost in the fire and some women are built from it so what do you think I am? I am a phoenix the phoenix brings Hope,Courage,Bravery and also Valor and it means 'Rising From The Ashes' I am glad my mom and dad raised me that way all my life I have struggled to show everyone i'm nothing like negan and I have my own label.

I Am Daryl Dixon's Wife.

I Am Enid,Colt and Huntleigh's Moma.

I Am Lucky.

I Am The Phoenix. 

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