Haven (on hold)

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"Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends."

-Author-Poet Aberjhani

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~Aurora's Pov~

I haven't let go of the baby at all. I couldn't let her go. I had a bad feeling when anybody else held her other than Carl. It felt like if I were to let her go, she'd disappear. We heard footsteps and we looked over to see dad finally stepping up. He had this look on his face, I didn't know how to explain it..

He walked straight to me and looked at the baby then back at me, He put his hand on my cheek and leaned down to kiss my head then pulled away. He put his hand on the back of my head looking down at the baby in my arms. "Do you wanna hold her..?" I asked softly. He looked at me then back at the baby. I stood up and handed him the baby, he looked at it in awe. "Hey." He said as he lifted the baby slightly.

"Hey.." He repeated softly and smiled as a tear fell. I smiled a bit at him too and he hugged her, placing a kiss on her head. "Why don't we go outside? You could use the air." Hershel said as he stood up. Oliver stood up too and stood next to me, "Yeah.." Dad said softly, not taking his eyes off the baby in his arms.

We started heading outside, my dad still held the baby. She looked at me with a smile then at Carl. "She looks like you." he said looking at Carl. I smiled too and so did Carl looking at me. "Rick?" Oliver asked, gaining his attention. I looked over to see this woman standing at the fence holding something red, it looked like a basket. I furrowed my eyebrows a bit, confused as no walkers attacked her. They were close to her but not one attacked her. She was alone by the looks of it. Dad handed her to Carl and walked towards the fence. I went back inside quickly wanting to grab my machete just in case.

I grabbed it and rushed outside, heading towards the fence where dad was. Carl handed Beth the baby and they followed me down. Once we were close enough, I saw that she was holding a basket with a bunch of baby formula in it. Once again, the walkers were next to her but it was like they didn't see her at all. Carl and I went up to him and she touched her thigh, then brought it back up to the fence. "She's hurt." I said to Carl. He pulled out his gun and I pulled my machete out of its holster. The Walkers smelled the blood and finally started going after her. "Should we help her?!" Carl asked. "Give me the keys." I said looking at him. He handed me the keys and I started unlocking the fence as she fought off the walkers getting close to her. "Aurora.!" Dad called out sternly as he ran to me. The lady passed out and fell on her back. Carl shot the walkers getting close to her.

"She has the formula, we need it." I said and opened it, I killed off a few walkers with my machete. Dad and Carl shot them down with their guns. Carl grabbed the formula and dad kicked her sword away from her. I picked it up and looked at it, smiling. "Whoa.." I whispered, holding it. I heard a growl next to me and I looked over, killing the walker with the woman's sword. "Holy-" I said pulling out of the walker's head. "Whoa." Carl said after watching me kill the walker. It's body fell to the floor. I smiled again looking at it. "This is so cool.." I said amazed by it. "Aurora." Dad said, I looked at him. "Sorry." I said. He looked back down at the woman. "Is she bit?" Hershel asked as he came closer to the fence. "Gunshot." Dad said and undid the holster of her sword. "Give me that." Dad said, I handed him the sword and he put it in it's holster then he picked her up and put her over his shoulder. We went inside with the woman.

"Carl, get a blanket." Dad said as he went down the steps. "Beth, water and a towel." He said. Dad set her down on the blanket Carl laid down, "She's not coming in the cell block." Dad said as Beth came back with a water bottle and a towel. He started pouring some on her chest, waking her up. "Hey, hey- look at me." Dad said as the woman slowly started to wake up and panic a little. "Look at me." He repeated, the woman looked at my dad. "Who are you?" He asked. She looked over and saw her sword on the floor next to my dad. She reached for it and Dad pushed it away with his foot. I grabbed it quickly. "We're not gonna hurt you." My dad said holding her down. "Unless you try something stupid first, alright?" he asked looking at her.

"Rick."

We looked back to see Daryl stepping out of the cell block. "Who the hell is this?" he asked looking at the woman on the floor. "You wanna tell us your name?" Dad asked as she sat up straight, she didn't respond. All she did was look at dad. "You wanna tell us your name." Dad repeated in a whisper. "Y'all come on in here." Daryl said, "Everything alright?" Dad asked as he stood up straight. "You're gonna wanna see this." Daryl said. I walked up to Beth and handed the sword to Oliver, he took my machete too. Beth handed me the baby and I held the baby. "Go ahead, Carl get the bag." Dad said. Beth, Oliver and I headed inside first.

Daryl led us to a cell where we saw Carol. She looked exhausted but she was okay. I smiled holding the baby.

We all thought she was dead.. I'm so glad she was okay. She smiled looking at dad. "Oh god." She said and pushed herself up. "Thank God." Dad said as they hugged, relieved and happy. "How?" Hershel asked as she hugged him. "Solitary." She said with tears in her eyes. "Poor thing fought her way into a cell. Must've passed out. Dehydrated." Daryl said looking at her. She pulsed away and looked at me holding the baby. "Oh!" She smiled looking at me. My smile faded slightly as my mind went back to my mom. I looked down hesitantly at the baby and she looked back at dad who had the same look on his face I did.

He looked down slightly as well with tears in his eyes. I looked up at them feeling my heart drop slightly. "I'm sorry." Carol said with a hand on my dad's cheek. He started crying which only made me want to cry too. I looked at the floor with tears in my eyes and bit my bottom lip trying not to cry, Carl looked down too with tears in his eyes. "Oh," Carol cried a bit as she looked at my dad then back at me. Oliver put his hand on my back and moved it in small circles trying to comfort me. Carol covered her mouth and looked at me holding the baby again. "Oh god." She said and walked to me, putting a hand on the baby's head then another on my arm. 

Word Count:1247 

A/N: Okay pero like.. when i think of Aurora in the future, I really do be thinking of Blodreina's fight scenes or just her in general. 👀