Prologue

Riverdale

The house we were in were over run. William was trying to calm down a screaming Savannah who was holding her 7 year old Dixie.

"We can't stay here. Lina I want you to take Anna, Dixie, Rhett and Sterling and go find your friend. What's his name? Daryl?" he asked as he handed me a bag of guns.

"Will. This place is strong enough to protect us." Savannah yelled from across the living room. He threw a chair from the dining hall.

"NO! Dad said that he didn't have time to fortify the house. This isn't a safe place. "He spat at her and then turned to me as he pushed me toward the others.

"You grew up with that boy. You know more about nature and tracking than them. I'll find you after I find mom." He said and I nodded. I couldn't really argue with him. He knew how to find his own way and I wasn't worried about him. I kissed his cheek.

"You have to find us. " I said and with that I grabbed up my cross bow and the bag of guns. The others took all the bags we had time to pack, which had out personal items in it. Rhett had my bag along with his. As we got out we heard shots fired. Dixie screamed and I caught her as she tried to go help her daddy. I got down in front of her and looked her in the eyes.

"Your daddy is fine. He can take care of himself. I promise that he will find us again." I said and she nodded while crying. Savannah took hold of her daughter and looked at me waiting.

Daryl's P.O.V

Screams rang out in the woods behind the quarry. It was odd to hear these kind of screams when they were coming from the opposite direction. It scared me making me think the worst. I went towards the noise and came upon an interesting scene. 2 girls were screaming standing up, and 2 boys were fighting. Well it was actually one fighting and the other was already being eaten. Suddenly an arrow came out of nowhere and landed right in the head of the zombie. A girl came running into the clearing and checked the 3 alive people before turning and smashing the head of the boy in before she sighed. She turned to get her arrow and stopped, her eyes landing on me.

"Daryl?" she asked and I laughed as I recognized her.

"Carolina. What the hell are you doing here? I thought your dad had a fortified house?" I said and she threw herself at me.

"Aunt Lina?" asked a voice and we sprang apart to look at her. Carolina got down on her level.

"Daddy's going to come back right?" she asked and I smiled at her as I nodded. She started looking a little happier.

"Your daddy's a good tracker sweetheart. He'll find us." Savannah said and I chuckled then I looked around. I realized that more walkers were going to show up because of the screaming.

"We need to move unless you want more visitors." I said and Carolina glared at me before punching me on the arm.

"Look lets get our stuff together. Daryl's right. The screaming only made a disturbance. "Carolina said and looked at me. I nodded at her.

When we walked into the camp we were almost immediately swamped by people and guns. They had them pointed at Carolina and the others. Carolinas response was to pull out her cross bow and glare at them.

"Hey! They are with me! They are my family. Something ya guys should fucking know!" I yelled and most of them dropped their guns. But Shane didn't and Carolina yanked his gun away and took him down in a split second.

"I don't care who you are to Daryl. If you ever point a gun at me or my niece again I will fucking bash your skull in. I'm responsible for them and I won't have you hurting them. "She spat at him and I took hold of her and yanked her off. I allowed her to calm down and glared at them all.

"I just watched my little brother die. Torn apart. While you all are here safe. And you have the fucking nerve to point guns at me like I started this whole mess. "She spat instead of letting me say anything she had beaten me to it.

"Come on. Let's set up your tent. They aren't worth it." I said and she yanked herself out of my hands and turned to her family.

"No one talks to my family. The only ones allowed around us is them." She said pointing at Carl and Sophia. Then she took my hand and walked off, making me follow her. When we finally stopped walking she turned and threw herself on me. I ended up hugging her and her crying. She had never been the type to cry in front of others, and I was one of the lucky people that got to see that side of her.

"What the hell's the matter Lina?" I asked and she looked up from having her head on my chest.

"My brother Will. He told us to leave. I just fucking left him there. He should have come with us. I'm not capable of taking care of people other than myself. Sterling is dead and it's my fault." She said and I sighed.

"He told ya'll to go. It aint your fault. And you said Will was like me. He will find us." I said and she nodded. I pulled her back toward the camp.

"Come on. Let's set up the tents. "I said and she smiled faintly as she started laying her tent out.

"You know you could always share a tent." I said and she laughed before giving me a pointed look. I was nothing like my brother. When I wanted to I could be very sweet and a flirt. This was something that Carolina was used to. But I could see her thinking on this.

"Yea sure why not?" she asked and I looked at her, very shocked that she had just agreed to that. Normally she would just laugh at me and walk off telling me I was an idiot.

"What? Things change Daryl. "She said the smile on her face was contagious and I found myself smiling as I walked off to get my tent and break it down. The tent was supposed to be mine and Merle, but he always slept outside next to his bike.

Carolina's P.O.V

I felt a pair of hands go over my eyes and heard the voice of Merle.

"Hey Merle." I said and turned around. I saw the shock of everyone at camp when I hugged him.

"Hows my little sister?" he asked and I laughed as I pointed over to Dixie.

"Oh my god is that Dixie? Dixie girl come over here." He yelled and Dixie looked up from her spot on the ground next to her momma. She screamed and ran right for him. Will had met Merle a few years ago, and had Dixie with him. She was 4 at the time and she loved Merle.

"How has my little Dixie doing? Where's your daddy girl?" he asked and Dixie stopped smiling and looked at me before turning and running flat out for her Momma who caught her and held her while she cried. He turned to look at me and I looked at him.

"He told us to run. He said he would find us." I said weakly. And he nodded. He knew how much I loved my brother, and that it took a lot to listen to Will in the first place.

"I'm sure he will find us. "He said and put his arm around me. I smiled at him before I looked over to see Daryl motioning to me. I walked off leaving Merle to watch me.

"Anna, I need you to do laundry. Rhett watch your niece and help when you're asked to. "I said and he nodded. Rhett was 13 and Sterling had been 10. I was now 20 while Anna and Will were 23. All of them nodded as I turned to look at Daryl.

"Come on your going hunting with me." He said and I smiled a huge smile before I grabbed my cross bow and took off with him chuckling behind me.

Sorry that its short. Hope everyone likes it. Please stay tuned for the second chapter.