Survivor (Book #1 of the Survival Series)

Twenty-One

I had drifted off to sleep without noticing. I had a dream which seemed so real. I sat up quickly and hit my head on the all to familiar bunk. I gasped in pain and heard Luke sit up. He hopped down and grabbed a flashlight.

"Babe," He said sitting on the edge of the bed, "What's wrong? What woke you?"

"A dream." I choked out, "An all to real dream." Tears were streaming down my face, if the dream were true we would've lost everything.

"What was it?" He asked, "The dream I mean." I wanted to smile at him but I couldn't.

"There was a war..." I said quietly, "Everything was gone...we all split up...Hershel's dead...the prison's useless..." I shuttered at the horrific dream.

"They tried to take you from me...they tried to take away anything that would help me...you wouldn't let them...we were forced to start over...a whole new group...it was awful..then..they showed up..."

"Who showed up?" Luke asked, he seemed quite interested.

"My family..." I whispered back, "But they weren't my family anymore..."

"What were they then?" He asked rubbing circles on my back, it was soothing.

"They...they were...evil." I choked out.

"Juli? Luke?" A voice came from the darkness near the doorway. Luke shined the light over and it showed half of Daryl's face.

"Daryl? What are you doing up?" Luke asked.

"I could ask the same of you two." Daryl replied coolly. He looked to me, "How are you feeling Princess?"

"I've been better." I whispered

"You've been crying." Another voice rang through and Rick appeared. "What happened?"

I took a breath, "Just a bad dream." I told them, "More like a nightmare to be honest."

"What about?" They asked

"I'll tell you after i tell you what happened," i paused, "After i tell you about Brian's plans."

They stared in shock and horror after i explained everything that happened with Brody, what he told me and just anything i could tell them. Then my dream.

"A war?" Rick asked obviously unsure of what to say. I nodded. "He wants to fight?"

"He wants the prison to protect his people or something like that." I said feeling a little better.

"If we fight then-" Rick started,

"The prison will be in ruins." I finished. "In my dream, the fences were down, Walkers were everywhere...'

"How do you know that your dream is right?" Daryl asked, "I'm just curious."

"It's happened before." I said quietly, "Dreams that I had, they came true. They were exact, spot on... But no one ever believed me, except...Fay."

"Fay? You're friends with Fay?" Daryl asked.

"Best Friends." I corrected

"She believed you?" Rick asked

"I told her what would happen a few days before and it did happen, exactly how i said it would." I explained. Today's really my day for explaining things.

"Juli, what day is this war supposed to happen?" Rick asked slowly.

I looked down at my lap and back up and him and gulped.

"Today."