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This actually isn't going to be that long. I'm planning at least one chapter for each current character in the group, and maybe more than one for characters central to the storyline. Just thought you guys would want to know!

Maggie

She's going to kill him.

She's going to skin him alive and leave him for the walkers while she drags Beth somewhere he can never find her.

She's got a gun in her hand, and she watches him through a haze of red. It's similar to the one that she saw in the brief moments that she thought Beth was dead. It had coated her vision then, and she had a gun in her hand, ready to storm the hospital. Glenn had stopped her, had shown her that Beth was still breathing. Still alive. She would have taken her from Daryl, but she had been too weak with relief at the time. She's not now.

He's got his hands places no man should be touching.

He's destroyed her sister's innocence.

She's going to kill him.

She had found them purely by accident. It was her turn for watch duty, her and Glenn. He took the north side, and she took the south. She was just standing there when she heard the moan.

She knew instantly what was happening. Admittedly, for a moment she thought that it might be Rick and Michonne, and she wanted a small glimpse in order to prove her theory. She has never regretted an assumption so much in all her life. Not even when she thought Hershel might be cheating on Beth's momma.

Daryl's got her pressed up against a tree, one hand down her pants and the other around her neck. He's kissing her hard, and it looks like he's about to strangle her or something.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY SISTER, YOU DAMN REDNECK!"

So what if it's more of a shout then a question.

Before she can even blink, Daryl pulls himself away from Beth and shoves her behind him. He's on the defense instantly, before he realizes that it's just her.

"Oh, shit."

"Oh shit is right Bethy," she shouts, ignoring the others as they all run to see what the screaming is about, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

The two of them are glancing uncertainly at the others. Rick is the only one who doesn't look shocked or angry.

"You knew about this, didn't you?" She asks him.

"I know everything that happens in my camp."

"And why didn't you tell me?!" She demands.

"It wasn't your business."

"Anything that concerns Beth is my business, she's mine to look after!"

"That's funny," Beth says, "I wasn't your concern until you knew for sure I survived the attack on the prison. Even though Daryl told you I was alive. You didn't believe him."

"Baby," she replies hurriedly, "I made a mistake. Like you're making now. I get it honey, you want to rebel. But shacking up with some uneducated idiot old enough to be your father ain't the way to do it."

"You know, I used to look up to you. God, I was such a fool."

Hearing her little sister say that to her in that small clearing with all of their friends and family present is the biggest slap to the face anyone has ever given her.

"Maggie, I love you, okay? You're my sister and that is not going to change. But you gave up on me. Daryl never did. He fought for me with every breath he took. He always will. It's one of the reasons I love him so much-"

"You're a child! You don't know a damn thing about love!" Her words are angry.

"I know a lot more than you think."

"Look, Maggie-"

"Don't you dare say a word, Dixon. You ruined her, you realize that. My daddy trusted you. If he were here, he'd put a bullet in your child-fucking ass. How can you look me in the eye after you touched my sister?"

"She's not a child anymore Green." His voice is cold, and she knows that she's crossed a line. "In this world, age don't mean a damn thing. And even if it did, she's eighteen and free to do whatever the hell she wants. And that is exactly what she will do no matter how hard you try to stop her. I learned my lesson, and stopped trying."

It's almost becoming hard for her to breath. Beth has grown up in the time she was away, and she doesn't even recognize her little sister anymore. The girl looks like Beth and talks like Beth, and it is Beth but it isn't.

This new version of Beth is a strong, independent woman who clearly needs no one to take care of her. She wants the old Beth back, the one who would tell her everything and make Maggie feel like she had something important to protect and fight for. But that Beth is gone, more than likely gone forever. It's a hard piece of food to swallow.

She doesn't want to admit it, but she loved that Beth used to be needy. It made her feel like she was doing something important, protecting Beth because she needed her to.

Beth doesn't need or want her protection anymore. It stings.

What stings a little more is that she forgot Beth's birthday. She forgot the seventeenth one too. What kind of a sister is she?

"I oughta put a bullet in your brain, Dixon." The words are spoken out of anger, with no true intent behind them, but in the next instant Beth is standing in front of Daryl and has picked up his crossbow from where it was laying at the couple's feet. She's pointing it at her.

"I swear to god Maggie, if you do, I will shoot you myself."

The group can only stare at her in shock.