A.N. still don't own anything sadly :( The story will follow what's happened in the show(farm over run, prison, woodbury).
Without further ado here's the next chapter, enjoy!
Daryl's POV
I watched as Sophia came out from the back of the tree. Carol immediately started to run to her.
"Oh my god, Sophia!" Everyone else in camp turned their heads to see the reunion of the mother and daughter.
"Are you ok Sophia, you weren't bit or scratched were you?"
"No momma, I'm fine. Mr. Daryl found me at a house, he also found these flowers momma. He said their called Cherokee roses."
"There beautiful" She turned towards me and mouthed thank you. I nodded and turned towards my tent, wanting to just relax for a bit.
Carol's POV
I couldn't believe my daughter was safe and back where she was supposed to be. I don't think I'll ever be able to repay him for bringing her back. I ushered Sophia into the RV so we could get her cleaned up and change her clothes.
"Momma?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"Can we burn these clothes? I don't ever want to see them or wear them again."
"Sure sweetie, just throw them to the side and we can burn them later." As I waited for her to come out of the bathroom I took the roses and put them in a glass of water, hoping they wouldn't die too quickly.
"Ok momma I'm done."
"Ok, lets go see what's for dinner."
"Mr. Daryl shot a squirrel today while I was getting the roses."
"Well lets go see what we can go do with that shall we?" Sophia nodded and we made our way out of the RV and to the campfire and all of the group looked at us, smiling and relieved that she was back safe.
"I'm so glad you back Sophia, Carl's been asking about you. How about we get something into your tummy and if it's alright with you mom, we can go visit him after." said Lori. Sophia looked up at me expectantly.
"That sounds just fine to me." That would actually be great, that way I can go talk to Daryl. "Sophia why don't you go and see if Daryl's hungry. His tent is right over there." I pointed in the direction of his tent.
"Ok momma, be right back." I watched as she went over to his tent.
Daryl's POV
I heard footsteps coming over by my tent, so I decided to get up and see what the hell they wanted.
"Mr. Daryl are you awake?"
"Yeah 'phia, whatcha need?"
"Momma said that dinners ready and she sent me to come ask if you were hungry."
"I'll be right there 'Phia."
"Ok Mr. Daryl. Don't take too long."
"Yeah, yeah." I gruffed. Once I heard her footsteps start to lessen, I got my shirt on and my boots, grabbed my crossbow and headed out to see what was for supper. As I neared the campfire, everyone was already around it with their food, and the only place that was left was by Sophia. So I went and grabbed my plate and just stood while I ate.
"Mr. Daryl you can sit by me, I don't mind." The look on the girls face said that she wasn't taking no for an answer, so I sat down by her and finished off my plate.
"So Daryl, where did you find her?" asked Rick.
"She was holed up in a farm-house about an hours walk into the woods. Looked like she had slept in a cabinet. When I found her though, she was upstairs in a bedroom." I explained.
"Well I'm just glad that your both back safe. I know Carl is looking forward to seeing you tonight Sophia." Rick said. I looked down at her and she was blushing something awful from all the attention she was getting.
"How are you feeling 'phia?"
"I'm ok Mr. Daryl. Oh momma can I go get my clothes that I was wearing and throw them in the fire now?" Sophia asked.
"Are you finished with you dinner?"
"Yes momma."
"Then go ahead." So she hurriedly went to the RV to collect the clothes that she was wearing. As she was coming back out she had a big smile on her face, and once she put the clothes in the fire, it got a little bigger. Carol got up and hugged her and started to gather up the dishes.
"Momma I'm gonna go with Mr. Rick to see Carl."
"Ok baby, have fun." When I was finished with my dinner, I got up and gave my dish to Carol.
"Hey Daryl, wait." I waited for her to put down whatever she was working on and to start her way over to me.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I just wanna thank you for bringing back my little girl. You'll never understand what that means to me."
"Nothing Shane or Rick wouldn't have done."
"You've done more for my little girl today than her own father did in her entire life, your every bit as good as them, every bit." She smiled teary eyed and went back to finish the dishes, while I pondered what she exactly meant by that.
Sophia's POV
I followed Mr. Rick inside the house to where Carl was staying until he healed up enough.
"He's right through that door. Were gonna go talk to Hershel while you two catch up, ok?"
"Ok." I smiled and headed for the room, I knocked on the door but heard nothing so I went inside to see what he was doing. As soon as I opened the door his eyes popped open.
"Sophia!"
"Hey Carl, how are you doin?" I asked.
"I'm doing alright, how are you?"
"Fine." I said looking down at my feet.
"You know you can talk to me if you need to right? I'll always be here for you."
"Yeah I know. I guess I feel guilty that you here with a gunshot would because of me. If I had just stayed put none of the would have ever happened!" I didn't realize that I had started to cry until he reached out to wipe some tears away.
"Hey, you have nothing to feel guilty about. I would do it all over again. Your my best friend Sophia, I'd do anything for you." I sat a little closer to him so I could hug him without hurting him.
"Thanks Carl, I feel the same way about you. So what do you do for fun in here?"
"Nothing, Hershel has some playing cards in here, but no one stays around long enough to play with me."
"I'll play with ya."
"Ok, the cards are over there on the dresser." He pointed them out and I went and retrieved them.
"So whatcha wanna play?"
A.N. Please review, I would love to hear any kind of feedback you guys have. Also the buildup will be gradual between our favorite couple.
Next chapter will be the barn scene and the farm being over run.