Small World ( A Carl Grimes fanfic)

Chapter 1

~Your P.O.V~

" " - Speech

' ' - Thoughts

I sighed in annoyance and stopped walking, and turned behind me to look at Hailee. She was whistling a tune that I was unfirmiliar with and swinging her arms by her sides. She looked so peaceful, and beautiful. Her hair cascaded across her shoulders and her eyes were focused on the slightly clouded sky.

She abruptly stopped and reached behind her back, where her katana was. A groan brought me out of my thoughts and i snapped my head in the direction of the sound.'Ohh.. that's why she reached for the katana' there was a male lurker coming out of the forest.(We were on a dirt road with forest on either side) It was missing it's lower jaw and had a chunk of flesh missing from its shoulder. They looked mid - to late 20's but it was difficult to be sure because his skin was decomposing.

I placed my hand on my hip and adjusted my small crossbow in my grip as I watched Hailee take her katana and approach the lurker. She brought the blade above her head with both hands, and she brought it down upon the lurker's head, killing it instantly.'She looks really mature, but I know the real her" I thought, smirking slightly. joked

She glanced at me and flashed me a cheeky smile. "whatever", i mumbled, removing my hand from my hip, spinning on my heel, and walked in the direction we were originally going in." Fine then, don't wait for me" she joked, jogging slightly to catch up to me.

We were walking side by side in complete silence. It was comforting.' I wonder if dad's alive' I pondered, reaching into the back pocket of my jeans and pulling out a photo. It was mom, dad, and me in front of our house, all smiling like idiots. I was six at the time. I'm nine now. 'So, it's been three years now' I kept staring at the photo, thinking about dad. We both failed to notice six pairs of eyes, eyeing our forms pass the trees they were behind.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I felt the precense of another person, close by. 'Why do I feel like I'm being watched?' I heard a faint 'crunch' of leaves being stepped on and that only confirmed my theory.'It's not a lurker, they are very clumsy, I would have heard more then just footsteps' I slowely and carefully loaded my crossbow and readied for action. Hailee glanced at me and I saw in her eyes that she knew something wasn't right. I mouthed 'three...two...one...Now!' and spun around and raised my crossbow. My eyes slightly widen for a breif second, seeing two unknown faces and one strangely familiar face.'Have i seen him before the outbreak?' I thought. They were all males. One had brown hair, a sheriff hat on, and a revolver pointed at us.'I guess he was a cop' Another looked korean and was pointing a small pistol at us.

The last one was the familiar one. He had messy,short brown hair, almost ripped clothes, and a larger version of my crossbow aimed at me. I narrowed my eyes at him and the crossbow."Names" I stated." I am Rick" started the cop,"that's Glenn" He pointed to the korean male" and that's Daryl"He finished, pointing at the man with the crossbow. Something then clicked in my brain, while inspecting the weapon. My dad had that kind of crossbow. That exact kind.'That's strange' I remember when I turned seven. For my birthday, my dad got me my crossbow. "Now your just like me" I remembered him say. I fixed my gaze on the ground as I thought. My dad's name was also Daryl, I remember mom calling him that. I put two and two together and my eyes widened slightly in surprise.'No..it can't be him..' I slowely looked back at him and whispered "D-dad, is t-that you?"