The adults told Carl and I to go to bed in the RV, so we did. Carl wasn't too happy about being told what to do, but I was too worn out from todays activities. We go into the RV and get a sleeping bag. I decide I don't need one and just lay next to Carl on the floor. I curl my fluffy tail around me and hear Carl's near silent breathing next to me. He had already fallen asleep. It doesn't really surprise me though, today has been quite an interesting day….

The next morning….

I wake up when Carl does. Stretching my legs out and yawning, I realize my dreams weren't riddled with nightmares for once. There's a bowl full of water on the ground next to me, so I drink from it, knowing I will change back into my human form this morning because I know the walker blood has washed out of my system. On the table in the RV is my pair of clothes, all washed and clean. I mentally smile and need to remember to thank whoever washed these later. I take the clothes and head into the bathroom. I change into my human form, and am standing naked and cold in the bathroom. I hastily put on my clothes and put my white hair up into a high ponytail. In the mirror, I see my startling blue eyes staring back at me. My hand finds the sheath that I keep my large knife in on my belt. I'm glad none of the adults confiscated it.

I walk out of the bathroom and find Carl, awake now. We see Rick and the other adults handing eachother melee type weapons outside the window. Walking out the door, I hear parts of their conversation and check out what's going on. Carl follows behind me.

Glenn looks ecstatic with the axe looking thing in his hands. Daryl goes on talking about how we will go by the creek, where he believes Sophia might be.

"We'll stay in eachothers' sights," Rick tells us. Everyone nods, but then looks back at me coming out of the RV.

"So," I started, "I realize I have a few things to fill you in on," I say to the lot of them. Andrea nods, and the others wait for me to continue, "When I'm a wolf, I'm immune to the disease like most animals, so if somehow the walker blood gets into my system, I just have to wait a couple hours until the blood gets out of my body."

They seem to understand, and go back to other conversation. We all hear Dale and Andrea bickering and listen in.

"I want my gun," Andrea demands.

Dale tries to do everything to not have her have the gun. A new name is brought up, Amy. I dont know who she is.

"Who's Amy?" I whisper to Carl.

"Andrea's sister," he replies, "she died a while back."

"Oh."

We wait for their argument to be over before we leave. Carl and I convinced Rick to take us with him, but of course we had to keep in his sight, which I really didn't mind. Carl and I are forced in the middle of the group when we go in the forest so Shane (who holds up the back of the group) can still see us. Rick and Daryl are up front, trying to track her footsteps.

"I can help you track her," I offer. No one replies to me. I roll my eyes and keep walking. Carl attempts to talk to Shane, but he's shrugged off as well.

"I know how it feels," I whisper and point a thumb at Shane. A smile appears on his face. The crickets are as loud as ever where we are, and i just want to shut them up.

"It seems like Shane's mad at me," he whispers to me.

Not mad at you, but Lori, I want to say. It's too easy to pick up on their relationship, and I've only been here for a day or so. I'm surprised Carl hasn't picked up on it.

"I don't think he's mad at you," I say back to him. I couldn't tell him his dad's best friend liked his mom and vice versa.

Up ahead of us, there's a small campsite with a tent occupying an area. We go to check it out. Carl, Lori and I stay behind a few feet while Carol goes up with Shane.

"Sophia?" she asks to the tent, hoping she's in there, "Sophia it's mommy."

No reply. Daryl quietly and slowly opens the zipper to the inside of the tent. He goes in, but comes back out a few moments later, gaging.

"It ain't her," he says. Carol looks depressed more than ever.

"What was in there?" I ask.

"Someone who, opted out," Daryl says. He means they killed themselves. Wow, I don't think i could ever bring myself to do that.

The sound of church bells ringing is present, and I almost think I imagine it til I see everyone looking around to find the source of which the noise is coming from. we run towards the direction we thought it was in, and find a small church just outside the forest line. We all burst into a run, and I run the fastest but slow down so the adults are first. We enter the doors and see three heads facing the front. the heads turn around and growl at us, and I instinctively grab my knife. Rick goes up and brings down an axe on one of their heads, so I follow in his lead and do the same to another. Daryl gets the last one. Carol walks in and desperately looks for Sophia. we hear the bells again, and go to look outside.

"There's no steeple here, Rick!" Shane says. We turn around the corner of the Church and find speakers blaring out the bell ringing.

"It's on a damn timer!" Daryl swears. Glenn cuts the wire to make the ringing stop. We stand there for a bit.

"I'm going to go back in there," Carol says. A few of us go in too. Carl, Rick and I go in and stand in the back. I hear Carol pray, and I feel Carl take my hand.

I hope I'm wrong about Sophia. I hope Sophia is okay.

Carol turns around and sees Lori. Lori offers her to sit down and she does. She sits down and cries. Lori provides a shoulder to cry on for Carol and I feel some respect towards her.

When we go back outside again we decide to split up and look for Sophia. Shane and Rick were staying behind while the others went to look for her somewhere else.

"We want to stay behind too," Carl says firmly, "We're her friends."

Shane and Rick both look at eachother at the same time, as if thinking the same thing. Lori takes charge from here, "Just be careful, okay?"

"Yeah," he says. I feel like I just go wherever Carl goes, because we're the same age. Not that it bothers me, I just think that the adults are more worried about him than me. It doesn't surprise me, because both of his parents are in the group. I wish my parents were still alive. I envy the relationship Carl and his parents have.

The others leave, with Rick, Shane, Carl, and I left.

"Can you give me a minute?" Rick asks Shane quietly. Shane nods and Rick walks back into the church.

Nevermind, its us three left now. we walk up to the church steps and sit down, waiting for Rick to come back out. When he does, Shane asks, "Did you get what you needed?"

Rick doesn't look at Shane and keeps walking, "I guess I'll find out."

I follow Rick, and Shane and Carl do too. Heading into the forest, I feel like somethings near us. soon we hear swishing of leaves and Rick stops us. He points to the left of us and we spot a deer. it's just walking around, completely unaware of us watching it. the deer comes out into a clearing, and we can see it better. It shakes it's head around and Rick smiles. I did too, for that matter. Carl moves closer to it, and I close behind him.

The deer looks so peaceful, as if ignorant of the world around it. It's head perks up then, and looks at us. the ear twitches cutely.

All of the sudden, I hear a loud gunshot, and feel Carl's weight push into me and I fall backwards with him on top of me. I look at his chest and see a blood stain blooming on his shirt.

"CARL!" I scream.