Disclaimer: I do not own TWD or any of the characters except mine and my friends OC's.
Name: Noel Waters.
Age: 13.
Hair: Blond, Wavy, waist length, and wears it down.
Eyes: Grey.
Name: Annie Waters.
Age: 18.
Hair: Brown, strait, medium cut, ponytail.
Eyes: Hazel.
Noel's POV.
I ran through the woods with my knife in my hand. "I need to keep running." I told myself. " I can't stop."
I kept running 'til I found an old building. I wasn't sure what it was used for, but it didn't matter. At least I had someplace to stay for the night.
"I need to find her." I told myself. "I won't stop 'til I do."
My camp got attacked by these guys who just came in and killed every one they saw, they made marks on their foreheads with the blood of their victims, I barely made it out. I'm sure Annie did too. She had to.
... ...
The next morning I woke up with the sun shining in my eyes. "Dang that's bright." I mumbled to myself.
I walked opened the door and walked outside. You can tell it's almost summer, It's getting hot.
I started walking 'til I saw a rabbit.
"Yum." I whispered to myself.
I slowly walked towards it, and then I heard a branch snap, I flung my head back and saw a corpse. And the rabbit ran.
"Great." I mumbled under my breath as I walked towards the corpse.
I killed it and kept walking.
... ...
It's already almost nightfall. And I still haven't found a place to stay for the night. I haven't found any food either. I'm almost out. I have like two cans of beans left. And a bottle of water.
... ...
I finally found an old shed and stayed there for the night. There were only a few corpses in it, so it was easy to clean it out.
... ...
It's been six weeks since I've seen another human being, that's six weeks since I lost Annie. I keep telling myself I'm gonna find her. I know I will. Even if it takes months of nonstop walking, I will find her. She will be safe, she will have a camp, she will have food and water and shelter.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard people talking.
"Crap." I whispered to myself as I hid behind a tree.
I saw to men, one was Chinese or Asian or whatever, and he had a gun. And the other was a guy with longish hair, he was wearing a vest with wings on the back and he had a crossbow.
"How much further?" The Asian guy asked.
"Not much." The other guy answered switching his crossbow from one shoulder to the other.
"The baby's gonna be alright. Rick's gonna be alright. Everyone and everything is gonna be fine. We're gonna find formula and she's gonna be fine." The Asian guy said. Wait a baby? In this world? Wow.
Crap, there getting too close, I need to run, but what if they see me? What if they shoot me? Then I'll never find Annie. What if Annie is with them? I don't know what to do.
So I ran, I ran as fast as I could and the crossbow guy saw me and yelled "Stop!" I just kept running 'til he shot an arrow next to my head, and I froze. Crap... Crap crap! There gonna kill me!
"Drop the knife, and put your hands in the air." Crossbow guy said. And I obeyed.
"Do you have a group?" The Asian guy asked.
"No." I answered turning around.
"Your a liar, your just a kid, a kid wouldn't be able to survive on their own." Crossbow guy said. Hey, I may be a kid, but I have been surviving on my own. I'm not weak, I know how to defend myself, and I know how to hunt. So who cares if I'm just a kid.
"I'm by myself. I got split from my group 'bout six or seven weeks ago. And I know how to protect myself, it doesn't matter if I'm a kid." I answered glaring at them.
"What's your name?" The Asian guy asked. Do I wanna answer? Do I give them a fake name? Well, I mean what's the point in fake names?
"N-noel." I answered. And the Asian guy put his gun back in its holster.
"I'm Glenn, this is Daryl." The guy said holding out his hand. Does he really want me, a stranger, to shake his hand. I refused to shake it and he put his hand back down to his side. But Daryl still held his crossbow to my head.
"How old are you?" Glenn asked taking his hat off to wipe the sweat off his forehead.
"Thirteen." I answered.
"That's cool, we have a kid in our group who's thirteen." He said smiling. Really? Another kid?
"Hey, we don't know if we can trust her." Daryl said still pointing his crossbow at my head.
"She's a kid, what could she do?" Glenn said and I immediately started glaring at him.
"Well, i-i didn't mean it like that.." He started talking and I just rolled my eyes at him.
"It's fine, I guess. Do you guys have a camp?" I asked and they just looked at each other.
"Uh, yeah. It's not that far from here." Glenn answered. I didn't actually expect them to answer but, whatever.
"C-can I come with you?" I asked shyly. I wouldn't usually ask a stranger that, but they seem nice, and maybe Annie is with them.
"Um," Glenn started to talk but looked over at Daryl before finishing. Daryl nodded. "Yeah, yeah I guess you can." He finished.
"Thanks." I said quietly.
"But, um we need to finish our run first. Maybe you can come with us." Glenn said looking at Daryl again.
"Nah, you take her, I'll go." Daryl said putting his crossbow back on his shoulder.
"You sure?" Glenn asked.
"Yeah, just take her back. Tell the others I went to look for the formula." Daryl said walking away.
"Um, ok." Glenn said looking at me.
"Well I guess we're heading back to the prison." He said smiling. Prison? They live in a prison? Well, I guess since they have fences and lots of cells to sleep in, it's a good place to live.
"Yeah." I said quietly. And we walked back to his camp.
... ...
Once we got to the prison I stared at the fences with wide eyes. Yup, definitely safe from the dead. Nothin' is gettin' in there without their say so.
"Hey! Open the gate!" Glenn yelled at a girl as she ran up to the gate. She had short brown hair and brown eyes.
"Your back early. And who's this? And where's Daryl?" The girl asked in a worried voice.
"Don't worry, he's fine he just went to finish our run, and this is Noel." He answered walking through the gates and he kissed the girl, ew.
I followed him through.
"Hi, I'm Maggie." She said bending down to look at me.
"H-hi." I said back to her. Glenn was saying something about a baby earlier, I realllly wanna see it.
"I-is there really a baby? I mean, I heard Glenn talking 'bout one, and about getting formula." I said hoping she'd let me see it.
"Um, yeah actually there is, but she doesn't have a name yet. You wanna see her?" She asked and I immediately nodded. And she laughed.
"Alright. Let's go see the baby." She said holding out her hand, and I took it.
Usually I wouldn't just hold hands with a stranger, but she seems nice, and her group took me in.
"So, is Daryl or Glenn the leader of your group?" I asked walking to the big building with her.
"Um, no. The leader is.. kinda um, I don't know how to say this, but he's kinda... Not around right now. He just lost his wife and, I don't want to bother him." She said frowning. That's sad.
"Oh, sorry. Um, how did she... Die?" I asked a bit curious.
"Um, childbirth. She's the baby's mother. But I wouldn't talk about to Rick or his son." She said still frowning.
Once we made it to the main building Maggie opened a big door which led to what looked like a kitchen. It's big.
"Daddy?" Maggie asked walking into the room.
"Um, can you wait here a second?" She asked turning to me and I nodded.
She opened a big door with metal bars on it. And she walked into the room.
Then she and an older man walked into the room I was in.
"Daddy, this is Noel, Glenn and Daryl found her on their run, but Daryl's not back yet, so we don't have the formula." She said looking to her father.
Woah, the man only has one leg. He hopped over to me and said;
"Hi there, Noel is a very pretty name. My name is Hershel." He said holding out his hand for me to shake it. So I did.
"Thank you. It's nice to meet you." I said looking around the room.
"It's nice to meet you too." He said smiling. "Has she met Rick yet?" He asked turning to Maggie.
"Um no, I wasn't gonna tell him just yet. Since he's, I don't know where he is actually." Maggie said to her father.
"Well, he's gotta find out sometime, but not just yet." Hershel said smiling at me. I returned it.
"Can I see the baby?" I asked looking back at Maggie.
"Um, is that alright?" She asked Hershel.
"Of course it is." He said smiling.
"Yay!" I said jumping up and down.
"Alright follow me." Maggie said grabbing my hand and leading me into the other room. It's big and there's cells everywhere. I saw a blond girl on the second floor, she was holding the baby.
"Bethy, this is Noel. Glenn and Daryl found her on their run." Hershel said as the girl turned around to look at me.
"Oh, Hi." She said putting the baby in a box.
"She wanted to see the baby." Hershel said smiling at me.
"Oh, yeah. Come on up here." She said picking the baby up again.
I went up to the second floor and saw her holding the baby. She's so cute!
"Awwwe!" I said looking at the baby. And The girl laughed at me.
"She doesn't have a name yet, but my name's Beth." She said smiling.
"It's nice to meet you." I said still looking at the baby. Too bad her mother died.
"Nice to meet you too. Um, Daddy, did they bring back any formula?" Beth asked looking at Hershel. So her and Maggie are sisters, cool.
"No, not yet. Daryl is still out there." Hershel answered. "But I'm sure he'll be back soon."
"Okay." Beth said putting the baby back into the box. Then she turned to me.
"So, have you meet everyone yet?" Beth asked bending down to look at me.
"Um, I don't know. All I know about is Daryl, Hershel Maggie, Glenn, the baby, and you. Oh and Rick, but I haven't met him yet." I answered looking at her.
"Well, that's almost everyone. You haven't met Carl yet." She said smiling.
"Nope," I said shaking my head. "Haven't met him."
"Daddy? Can I?" She asked looking at her father.
"Go ahead. I think he's in his cell. Probably reading comic books." He said smiling.
"C'mon." Beth said taking my hand.
"Your gonna love it here. It's safe." Beth said as we walked down the stairs.
"I'm already loving it. I mean, c'mon y'all have a baby." I said smiling and she just laughed.
We walked up to a cell and there was a boy lying on the bed reading comics, like Hershel said he'd be doing.
"Um, Carl? This is Noel. Glenn found her on his run with Daryl." She said opening his cell door.
He quickly sat up and closed his book. He had a cowboy hat on, and his hair was longish and messy. His eyes were a deep blue.
"Uhh..." Was all he could say. It made me smile.
"It's alright, she's nice. They found her by herself in the woods." Beth said looking down at me.
"Hi." I said smiling at him. He looked like he was just crying. Is he ok?
"Hi?" He asked standing up. I just laughed.
"It's alright Carl, she's not gonna hurt you." Beth said laughing.
"She's right. Im not gonna hurt you, or anyone else." I said smiling at him.
"Okay..." He said looking down at the floor.
"Um," Beth said laughing. "I'm just gonna go back to the baby." She said walking away.
"Um, do you want me to leave cause, I can go with Beth if you want." I said looking at him. He looked sad.
"No, it-its fine." He said messing with the hem of his jeans.
"Okay, but um, are you alright?" I asked watching him kick the ground lightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He answered. I could tell he was lying.
"You don't look fine." I said walking into his cell.
"It's..." He started talking but just looked at me. Then he sat on his bed. "It's nothing." He said looking down at his lap.
"Okay." I whispered.
"Can I sit down?" I asked motioning to his bed.
"Uh, sure." He said scooting over so I could sit. I walked over to his bed then sat down. The room was mostly empty. Just a bag of clothes and a few comic books.
I tried to think of something to say.
"So, um where's your parents?" I asked looking at the top of his hat. His said was still down. Maybe I shouldn't have asked that.
"My dad's.. somewhere, and my mom..." He said looking at me. He didn't even have to finish his sentence for me to know what he was going to say.
"Oh, sorry." I said looking down at my lap.
"It's fine, but I have a sister, she's out there. Beth's probably with her." He said pointing into the room I came out of.
"Oh, the baby?" I asked.
"Yeah." He answered looking at me.
"I already met her. She's adorable." I said smiling. Hoping I could cheer him up. But it didn't work.
"Yeah." He said looking back down at his lap.
"How old is she?" I asked staring at my clasped hands.
"S-she was born yesterday." He said frowning. Wow yesterday. Oh... Her mom died in childbirth, which means she died yesterday. Carl's mom died yesterday.
"Sorry. Maggie told me about your mom." I said looking up at him.
"It's fine." He said still looking at his lap.
It wasn't "fine", his mom died yesterday. That's why he was crying.
"Well.." I said trying to think of something to say. "Do you wanna give me a tour of the prison?"
"Sure." He said standing up.
"Mkay." I said following him out of his cell.
