I'll remember us (A Carl Grimes Fan Fiction OC/AU)

Chapter One: The beginning...

Lindsey's POV:

The house became silent as the sky darkened. I look over my room window and close the curtains to block the light from the candle I had lit up. I take a deep breath as I turn around plopping onto my bed and let out a big sigh. When will things ever get better?

I brush my long brown hair out of my face as I pull my Journal out and begin to write," Dear Diary, It feels like years since everything has been normal. Nothing has changed. All of the streets are abandoned with nothing but the Dead Cannibals. Every night I fall asleep in hope that I would wake up one day and say 'It was just a dream'."

I close my journal as my eyes began to water. This world is not what it used to be. I hear a knock on my door before it opens. " Lindsey baby? " Mom calls, " I came up to tell you that Dinner's ready." I don't want to look at her. I can't look at her. I hear the door shut as her footsteps get closer.

She sits beside me and hugs me. Her short curly red hair smelled like strawberries. It always reminds me of her - strawberries." Oh honey. Don't be sad. I know things are crazy but we've come this far haven't we?" She chuckles. "Yea?" I say. "Well just stay strong. You're only fifteen, you got alot more to live for. Now let's hurry down, your father and sister are hungry and we've kept them waiting long enough!" She pats my head and leaves.

I grab out a knife from a drawer just in case anything happens. I rush down the stairs into the kitchen and see my baby sister playing with her food. So small, so innocent and sweet. I sit down at the table and we all hold hands as father begins to pray......

"Dear Lord we would like to thank you for giving us another day of light, and for having us here at this table with food to eat. Thank you for keeping my wife, Lauren, safe and my two daughters, Brenda and Lindsey, alive. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen"

We all begin to eat our food in happiness. This was always the happiest time of day. Eating dinner with my family. Everything seemed to fade away. All the bad stuff, the past, the deaths. Everything! This was my family. The people I owe my life too. Everything seemed to go so well. So I thought.

"Sh-shh" Hushed my father. Mother grabbed Brenda and I blew off the candles on the table. Father grabbed a flashlight and lit it up. "Stay back" he whispered," I have a bad feeling." I saw my father slowly peeking out the window. Everything was quiet for about three minutes. "SHIT! THEY SAW ME! RUN!" He yelled.

All of a sudden we hear growls as the Dead Cannibals began to bang our door and window. With Brenda in her arms, my mom and I run upstairs to my room and lock the door. All we hear is father grunting and gunfires. "Lindsey I want you to listen to me carefully" mother says as I pant in fear. " Sweetie if anything happens I want you to take Brenda and run! Run and never stop running! GOT IT?!" She exclaims.

I nod and she hugs me tightly. We wait a while until the noises stop and we hear nothing. "Mom. It's silent!" I whisper. Mother hands me Brenda as she stands up. "Be careful!" I say. My heart pounded with anxiety as I see her turn the doorknob. What if daddy's dead? I thought to myself. What would I do without him?

My thoughts break when Brenda begins to whimper. I look at mother hoping she'd tell me what to do but she just looks at me. "There, there Brenda shh." I say rocking her in my arm but she just cries harder, this time letting out a big scream. It probably wasn't the best way to handle the situation but I grabbed my hand and covered her mouth to muffle the sound.

We began to hear snarls projecting our way. The Dead Cannibals began to bang on my room door. It seemed to be a few though. I guess father must have killed a lot. "HENRY!!!" Mother shouts. The dead growl louder as they hear her. "Mom stop!" I yell," You're making it worse!" She looks at me in tears," I have to go out there baby." My eyes widened," No! No, no no, no!" I exclaim holding her hand. Tears run down her cheek."I need to know if your father is one of them! I HAVE TO!"