PROLOGUE:

My eyes fluttered open. My vision was blurry but I could make out a woman kneeling beside me.

"Good morning, baby." The woman said. As my vision became clearer the face and voice became more and more familiar.

"H-huh?" I asked trying to sit up.

"No, no. Honey, don't get up. Your still a bit weak." The voice said smiling at me. That voice...

"Wait...m-mom?" I was shocked, "But I thought you were dead!"

"Well...your father died. I made it out of the super-market, you didn't see me as one of those corpses did you?" She asked.

"N-no. I didn't."

"Exactly. I am so, so sorry we left you alone." She said holding back tears.

"Its okay. Really, it is. It's not your fault...mom, stop crying. Please." I pleaded with her and sat up about an inch before a pain shot up from stomach to my head. I groaned and laid back down on the hard ground. We were still in the observatory telescope building.

"You should get some rest, I food if you want some later. I love you so much." She said.

"I love you too, mom." I said then thought about my aunt. Should I tell her? Or would she get mad? She got off the floor and walked over to the staircase and sat on the bottom step.

"Hey, mom?" I called to my mom.

"Are you okay?" She asked jumping up again.

"I'm fine. Mom, how long have you been here? And how did you find me?"

"First, three years. You never woke up but I didn't lose hope because, you never stopped breathing." She answered. Wait what?! Three years!?

How could this be true?! I looked down at my clothes. They were brand new. Has my mom had to change me every year so that I would fit in whatever I could? Did three very important years of my life go to waste in a coma? And what about the group? I had to find them, they had been my family for a long time and I couldn't desert them. my hair was longer as well, it reached just above my butt. It was dark as usual, and had turned from curly to wavy. My natural tan was still there, that hadn't changed. I looked down my legs...I couldn't believe how tall I had grown. I must've grown to maybe 5'5 or 5'6.

"Second, once I escaped, I figured you would be here. This was your favorite place when you were a kid and its safe. I found you, treated that stomach wound that's, by the way probably still sore." She said giving one of her bright grins.

"Mom...how old am I asked slowly.

"Well...17." She said.

"no way!" I screamed in surprise. I gasped at my voice...it wasn't the same as that short poofy haired kid's voice anymore it was more...like a young adults voice. My mom laughed.

"All part of growing up...at least your eyes didn't change. And anyways, I think you look beautiful." She said then smiled. I sighed.

"See, mom, I appreciate that. But the last time you told me I looked beautiful, it was the day I got my braces." I said. My teeth were a thousand times straighter now.

"Hey, you can really pull those off." She said and we laughed. I turned serious again.

"Mom, we gotta talk." I said. I forced myself to walk over to her in pain. She patted the seat next to her.

"What's up honey?" She asked sweetly. I looked at her sadly remembering the day I had lost my other family...and Carl.

"I was in a group before this...a really good group. Actually, two of them found our house and let them stay. One of them was hurt and the other wanted to find the rest of the group...so we did. And a lot of life or death situations happened between then and now. Mom, they protected me. I thought you and dad were both dead and that I would soon join you. But somehow I stayed alive. They became my family over time and they were really good to me. I had a friend named Carl in that group..." I continued with my story of all of the adventures I had with Carl and the group until I finally finished the part where we were invaded. She was quiet for a long time then looked up.

"So...this Carl. HE your boyfriend?" She asked.

"What!? No! Especially if its been 3 years now. We were just close. Real close friends. He understood me. And I had two other friends in that group, Maggie...and...and Elena." I said. My mom narrowed her eyes.

"Elena who?" She asked for the last name. I'm screwed.

"H-Hanchittle." I stuttered. She cussed under her breath.

"Mom, she missed you. She told me that if she could turn back the clock, she would. She loved you mom. I don't even know if any of them are alive anymore...but I want to find them. And I found out she's my aunt. She has our eyes. I have to look for them." I said looking up into my mom's eyes. I missed Elena so badly. My mom was just an older version of Elena, but besides age difference you could say they were twins.

"I don't know, Carmen." She said crossing her arms a bit.

"Please, mom. Please. If it weren't for her then I wouldn't be alive right now. And anyways, Im not going to let your probblems stop me from finding her, Carl and the rewst of them. If your not going to help me just because of a stupid fight you guys had a thousand years ago, then you can just forget about me." I said crossing my arms and walking away to let her think it through. She groaned.

"Alright, Carmen. You win. But only if you promise to stick with me." She said.

"Deal." I smiled and shook her hand. My stomach did a little happy flip, and I knew that it should be completely healed with that out of the way.

TWO HOURS LATER

"We'll never find them." I complained and walked a little further into the woods.

"Don't be a pessimist. And we should really start heading back its getting dark." She said. As we walked back, I started to think about my condition and if it would come back.

We got back to the building and locked the door to keep walkers from coming in.

"We're gonna have to start thinking about places Rick would go...he's smart I'm sure he thought of something creative and safe." I said.

"I have a thought..." She responded.

"Which is?"

"Would if we went to Disneyland in California? No line-waiting." She said. Okay, was she not thinking?

"Are you crazy!? We would die out there for sure. Could you imagine how many herds there would be? How many kid walkers we would have to kill? I would have nightmares for weeks if I had to do that!" I said a bit too loudly.

"I just thought it would be fun." She said.

"I know, mom. But its suicide." I said.

"Yeah...I know. Just a thought."

"Alright, well we should sleep some. I'm tired." I said then curled up into a ball on the hard ground next to my mom. She rolled over to the other side and fell asleep immediately. I wondered if we found everyone, about how different they would look. I dozed off and drowned myself with good dreams. I found my mom.

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