I opened my eyes. My ribs felt like they were being crushed. I flexed my arms. Wait, arms? Both of my arms were there and working. Everything was dark. It smelled like earth. I was under ground. Was I back in my body? I need to get out of here. I began digging my way out of the shallow hole, my right arm sore. Actually everything was sore. I finally, after a very very long time, got to the surface. It was daytime. I saw the camp. How many days have I been gone? The camp was empty. I thought maybe everyone had moved on but then I heard voices and splashing. I ran over to the creek. Tori and Jason were in the water having some kind of splash war while Candy and Nathan chatted about something off to the side. I watched them for a while. They looked so happy. I smiled and leaned against a tree.

The gravel underneath me collapsed and I was violently sent flying into the water. I swam back up and coughed, climbing back to dry land. I attempted to wring out my shirt while still keeping it on. When I finally looked back up I was staring into the eyes of my sister. She wasn't happy to see me though, she was pointing her weapon at me. "I thought you said she wouldn't come back as a zombie." She yelled behind her.

Jason, who look astonished, just shrugged and said, "She shouldn't have."

I held up my hands, "I'm not a zombie. I have no idea what happened but you can check for a pulse if you want-" and I was on the ground. My back was on the dirt and my head was tilted backwards, exposing my neck. This is a trick that I used to use when checking for a pulse in zombies. You didn't want them to bite you so you tilted their head back and place your knee on their chin and your foot on their hand. One of your hands would hold the other hand while your other leg held the monsters legs. I smiled as Candy felt my neck for a pulse. Sure enough there it was. Ba-bump. Ba-bump. Candy got off of me and helped me up. She then pulled me into a very tight hug that felt like if she were to squeeze any harder, I would break in half.

"How...?" Everyone questioned.

"That's what I'd like to know." I responded. Nathan walked over and hugged me and Candy. He was joined by Tori and eventually Jason. "Do you know how long it's been since I've been gone?" I asked.

They all looked at each other and finally Tori said, "It's been about a year." WHAT?!

"YOU'RE TELLING ME I'VE BEEN DEAD OR WHATEVER FOR A YEAR?" I nearly screamed. Tori nodded along with Candy. "Damn...what ave you guys been doing all of this time?" I asked to everyone in general.

Candy smiled and said happily, "Training mostly. We've stayed here because...your grave is- was here." They stayed here just because of me?

Jason now spoke up, "How is your arm working? I remember sewing it back on to your body but that was just respect guess you could how is it moving and working now'? Let me see the stitches." He walked over to me, took my arm and pulled up my sleeve. Where stitching should have been was a tattoo. I didn't have a tattoo. "Where did this come from?" He asked, baffled.

I just shook my head and said, "I am just as surprised as you are. I've never had a tattoo before." The tattoo was a thick line with lines that made it look like the sun branching off of it. "What even is this?"

Nathan's eyes widened, "How the hell did you get that tattoo?" I shrugged and he kept talking, "That tattoo is supposedly the "Sign of life". It represents a sun which brings life to earth and our universe." Universe? Everything from that dark, cold place, came back to me. This entire past year that I had been gone flooded my memory. I had watched them bury my body. I had watched them this entire time. I had been talking with the universe, or was I talking to myself the whole time? I can't exactly remember what things were explained to me in that time.

My stomach growled. "Um..can I have some bread or something?" I asked nervously. Everyone laugh except for Nathan who was now eyeing my tattoo like it was something suspicious. I didn't doubt that it was.

An unfamiliar man walked into camp. "David!" Jason and Nathan greeted him.

"Hey, I have some news." he said. How old was this guy?

"So do we." Candy said cheerfully. "MY SISTER ISN'T DEAD!" David looked behind Candy at me and just stared for a while.

"That'll make this so much more interesting to tell you then." He clapped his hands together, looked me in the eye and said, "I've found the Wither."