Requested by crossbowandwalkers: Can I get one in Lizzie's point of view? Perhaps how the flowers talk to her and how she thinks its normal, and even when she kills her sister she doesn't think anything bc her sister is still whispering to her.
A/N: This was a tough one. I don't think I really did what you wanted exactly, but it is about crazy Lizzie and her POV on the walkers.
Mika had wanted to live there, at that house.
It was nice and safe. Carol and Tyresse would be like their new Mom and Dad. And Judith was their baby sister. And Lizzie was already making friends. Tom, down on the tracks and Griselda. Well, Griselda was a mistake. She should have known Carol wouldn't let her stay.
She kept telling her they were monsters and Lizzie didn't know why she couldn't see it. The person that was still there. The weren't just getting to live, they were getting a chance to be better. They sought her out, because she was special, because she understood them. 'Help us, Lizzie. Help us to let them see. This is the better way.'. That's what Tom on the tracks was saying.
But no. Carol and Tyresse didn't see it. And Mika, she didn't believe her either.
But then she realised, after the burnt walkers arrived, how she could help. She killed them. She shot them along with Carol and Tyresse, but she did it because they were hurt. 'It burns, Lizzie. Please!' And so she did it. To help them.
And then she realised that Carol and Tyresse needed to see it closer. To see someone they knew change. Because they just saw a monster and kept missing the person. They never listened to them, no matter how loudly they spoke. The man at the house when they got there, the one Mika shot, he'd just asked to hold Judith. 'A baby!' he cried. 'My baby.' He just missed his own. And he didn't get a chance to hold her. Because Lizzie would have let him cradle Judith.
She could see the look on their faces when they realised that's all he wanted. He'd probably bite her, so she would change too, but that was okay, he'd want to hold onto her forever. And she would have been able to see the pride on Carol's face when she realised what she'd done. 'You bought them together, Lizzie. You did a good thing'. That's what she'd have said.
But that was all gone.
So when Carol and Tyresse went out, they left Mika playing outside with Judith. Lizzie had been sat inside, doing the puzzle. She wanted to wait until they were gone. She wanted it to be a surprise.
She'd sat down next to Mika. Asked Mika if she wanted to live there forever and she was so excited. It was what she wanted. It was what Lizzie wanted too, so they'd be happy. But she just needed Carol to see. She'd have let herself turn, but if she had, there'd be no one to explain it to them.
"Close your eyes, I got a surprise for you," Lizzie told her. Mika smiled at her as she shut them tight. "No peeking," Lizzie said as she gripped the handle of the knife in her hand.
"Lizzie, are we really gonna live here forever?" Mika asked.
"I promise we will."