What The Heart Wants/A Violetine Story

Chapter 1

The past few days, and especially the past few hours, have been a blur to Violet. She was captured by the raiders, and she saw Minerva again.

She wasn't sure what happened after, she couldn't remember the words she said to her. She couldn't even remember what happened when her friends came to rescue her, Aasim and Omar, but there was one thing that rang in her mind.

"Some feelings you had for me."

Her own voice, was clear as tonight's sky.

She didn't know how or why, but she managed to carry Minnie out the boat, following Louis and the boys.

"I'll stop you myself, and don't think I won't."

The look of hurt in Clementine's eyes, was the first thing she thought of when she saw the boat blow up. That explosion was what made her snap out of it.

Clementine and AJ... were still on the boat.

"Holy shit." Minerva shook her head, waking up to see the fire. "What the fuck did they do?!"

"No..." Violet whispered, slowly walking towards the river. "No, no, no!" She shook her head, her voice growing louder as she tried to run to the boat, but Louis caught her, stopping her from going there. "Let me go! Let me fucking go!"

She couldn't hear what he was saying. All she did was struggle and try to go into the fire, to find them.

"Look! I see someone!" Aasim said, and watched as two figures approached them.

Violet stopped fighting, and watched as Tenn and AJ swam towards them. Aasim and Omar ran towards them, helping them out of the water.

"Where's Clem?" Aasim asked, helping AJ out.

"She's..." The boy tried to catch his breath, and turned to look for his guardian. "She's... she's hurt. James was behind us, he's... there he is!" He pointed at James, who was swimming towards them, holding a barely conscious Clementine.

Louis's grip loosened, and Violet escaped, running towards the stranger. She watched as he carried Clementine to safety, and Louis ran to take her from him.

Violet felt her heart sink when she noticed something sharp, piercing her side.

She couldn't speak, so Louis did it for her.

"What happened?" He asked, fearful for his friend's life. He held her closer, noticing how she was shivering.

"She- she protected me when the boat blew up." AJ stared at her, worried.

"AJ?" Clementine whispered. She could barely open her eyes, and her hand moved, looking for his. He immediately took it, holding it as tight as he could, without hurting her. "You're okay..." She said in relief.

"Hang in there Clem, we're taking you home." Louis reassured her, but his voice broke.

"Louis... did everyone make it out?" He nodded, giving her a forced smile. "Vi...? She refused to..."

"I'm here, Clem!" Violet said, forgetting all of her anger for a moment. Clementine tried to look at her, but her eyes remained unfocused.

"I'm sorry." She said, before passing out.

"Fuck. We have to do something." Aasim said, wincing at the injury.

"We need to go back. This explosion will bring too many walkers." Omar stated.

"She might not make it that long." Louis argued.

"Minnie?" Tenn, who has been worried about his friend, finally noticed Minerva, who was trying to walk away. "Is that really you?"