-3 Weeks Later-
Gracie's POV
I loop my arm in Carl's as he pushes Judith in the stroller before I lay my head on his shoulder and we continue to walk down the street
He pecks the top of my head without missing a beat
"Carl? Gracie?" Gabriel's voice booms from behind us causing us to stop in our tracks
Carl filled me in on all the nasty things he said about us to Deanna
"What?" Carl snaps as he turns around to face him causing me to release his arm
"You heard what I told Deanna about your group." Gabriel says
"What do you want?" Carl asks
"It was about me, not you or your group. I know that now. I wanna help. You tried to teach me back at my church. But I'm ready to learn now." Gabriel says
"I think you need to tell everybody." Carl says
"Yeah, I think you're right." Gabriel says before Carl and I turn back around
"Come by around three. We'll start with the machete." Carl says before we walk away from him
"If its a boy we're naming it Carl junior, right?" Carl says in an attempt to lighten the mood
"Haha, no." I say with a small laugh as our house comes into view
*10 Minutes Later*
I bounce a crying Judith in my arms as our neighbors are being slaughtered right outside of our house
"I saw from upstairs. They're coming from all over." Carl says as he appears at the platform of the stairs with his rifle
"You two have to stay here and keep Judith safe." Carol says before she jogs out of the house as Judith finally calms down and she slowly drifts to sleep in my arms
I walk over to the pack'n play and lay the sleeping Judith down inside of it before grabbing my rifle and returning to Carl's side before we sit down on the floor back to back each facing a door
*10 Minutes Later*
I peak out the window where I see Ron running away from one of those people
"Carl, it's Ron!" I shout before we both hurry out of the front door
Carl shoots the guy that's after Ron in the leg as I stay on the porch holding my rifle close to my chest
"Please, man. Please don't kill me, man. Please. Help me, please. My leg." The guy says as Carl inches closer to him before he grabs Carl causing me to drop my rifle
I pull my knife out as I run over to them before sinking it into his skull
"Come inside." Carl says to Ron as I pull my knife out of the guys skull
"We can keep you safe." I add breathlessly as I wipe my bloody knife on my— well Carl's shirt that I'm wearing
"No." Ron says before he storms off away from us. He's clearly still upset that Rick killed his father after he killed Reg
"Ron." Carl calls after him
"Come on." I say to Carl as I jog back into the house
*20 Minutes Later*
All of those people are either dead or they ran away. They did kill a lot of our people though
The timer for the casserole goes off causing Carl to walk over and take it out of the oven as I turn the timer off
*3 Hours Later*
I stand next to Maggie as Michonne explains what happened and where Glenn is
"Open the gate!" A familiar voice yells from outside the walls
"Open the gate!" The voice repeats as I look around to see who it is
"Open the gate now!" The voice repeats as I realize it's Rick
I quickly run over to the gate with Michonne and Maggie at my side as we all slide the gate open and our eyes lock on Rick running from a herd
He pushes a walker out of his path causing him to fall over
I tighten my grip on my knife before charging out of the gates
I stab a walker in the head before it sinks it's teeth into Rick's arm
"Come on!" I shout over the growling as I hold my hand out to Rick who happily takes my hand as I help him off of the ground and we run inside Alexandria as the others pull the gate closed behind us
"Are you safe? Are you all safe?" Rick asks breathlessly as he stumbles to the ground
"Not all of us. But Carl and Judith are okay." I reply
*20 Minutes Later*
"You can hear it!" Rick shouts to all the people of Alexandria that are standing by the wall listening to the walkers and worrying themselves to death
"Some of you saw it! They got back here, half of them. Still enough to surround us twenty deep. Look, I know you're scared. You haven't seen anything like this. You haven't been through anything like this. But we're safe for now." Rick says
"The panel the truck hit seems intact. We reinforced it just in case. Either way, the wall's gonna hold together. Can you? The others, they're gonna be back." He adds
"They're gonna be back." Rosita says backing Rick up
"Daryl, Abraham, Sasha, they have vehicles. They're gonna lead 'me away. Just like the others. And Glenn and Nicholas are gonna walk back through the front gate after." Rick says as he points to Maggie as Carl grips my pinky with his before he gives me a reassuring smile
"They know what they're doing, and we know what we need to do. We keep noise to a minimum. Pull our blinds at night. Even better, keep the lights out. We'll try to make this place as quiet as a graveyard, see if they move on." Rick says
"This place is a graveyard." Francine says
"The quarry broke open and those walkers were heading this way. All of them. The plan that Rick put into place stopped that from happening. He got half of them away. I was out there recruiting with Daryl. I wanted to try to get into a cannery and scavenge, and Daryl wanted to keep looking for people. We did what I wanted... and we wound up in a trap set by those people. And I lost my pack. They must've followed our tracks. Those people who attacked us... they found their way back here because of me." Aaron says causing Deanna to walk away from the group of people
"There'll be more to talk about." Rick says
"Deanna?" Tobin shouts after her but she ignores him
"Deanna?" He repeats but again he's ignored
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The Sun of Tomorrow
FanficGrace Evelyn Greene- 13 years old. Youngest Greene. Sister to Maggie, Beth, and Shawn. Daughter of Annette and Hershel Greene. She goes by Gracie. She has brown eyes and brown hair. And she hasn't spoken a word since her mom and brother died. Before...
