So I actually have not really described what the characters are and who they look like. I picture real life people as the people in this. These are my picks for who I think my character would suit, so don't judge me.
Annabelle Williams: Emma Watson (Obviously she's older in this, but I just completely love her. And also with long hair, not her pixie cut)
Aria Williams: Chloe Moretz (with brown hair)
Scarlett Williams: Abigail Breslin when she was younger. (Link: post/490825323/abigail-breslin-as-patty-branson-law-and-order)
Joey: Joey Graceffa (I just had too)
Jack: Liam Hemsworth (I really don't like him, no offence to anyone who loves him)
Lily: Lily Collins
Elsa (ghost): Isabelle Allen (in Les Mis)
I think that's about it for my OC's. Again, these are my choices. You don't have to imagine the characters like these, but I do. Ok, so on with the story. This chapter will mostly explain how Anna got her powers in the first place through a series of flashbacks. Also the kids. But I also wanted to get back to the main storyline as well, so this is more or less a filler chapter because two of the episodes are for the governor so I'm doing this. If you want to skip that cool but I want to explain this and then get back to the storyline. Let's get started.
Aria paces around a cell that was far away from others. Her sister was on the bed drawing in her book, while leaving enough space for Elsa to sit next to her. Aria still couldn't see the little girl that had died years ago, but now that she had full confirmation that her sister could see the dead, she could definitely feel the presence on the bed.
"Aria why are you so worried?" Scarlett asks, glancing up from her notebook. Aria stares at her for a second.
"We just found out that we have powers, mom has fire powers, and I have ice powers. Does that not confuse you at all?" Scarlett shrugs and goes back to her drawing.
"I've seen a lot," she says. "Aunt Lily, Grandma, Billy-"
"Billy?!" Aria yells, leaning against the wall. Scarlett nods.
"He said he loves you and that he's always by your side, but he wants you to move on and find a new life. There's more to life then wallowing around and waiting for the person who is gone." Aria was slightly shocked, but she still raised an eyebrow at her six year olds sisters words.
"He told you all of that?" She nods.
"Uh huh! He really misses you, but you have to let go in order for him to move on. His words, not mine." Aria nods, her heart racing. Does that mean he was with her right now?
She shakes her head and gets off the wall, taking a deep breath, putting her hands against her temples. "Ok…I have powers….ice powers…I can freeze things with my hands and make it snow…my mom can make fire…wait." She turns to her sister. "I can make ice, mom fire, but what about you? Can you do anything besides…um…seeing people?" Scarlett nods.
She stomps her foot on the ground and a giant piece of stone comes barreling out of the ground, blocking the doorway. Aria jumps back, her hands flying to her mouth.
She could control the earth. Rocks and stone.
"Ice, Fire, Earth," Aria whispers. She throws her arms up. "What is this? 'That Last Airbender?' Who's the wind bender?" She chuckles bitterly and looks down at her hands. "I can't believe this," she says, her hands reaching out to the door, but found the stone still in her way. "Scarlett, can you…?"
"Yeah," she says, stomping her foot again. The stone goes back into the ground and Aria shakes her head. This was impossible. She had to be dreaming. There was no way. But why did the ice feel so real underneath her fingers?
"Scarlett, how long have you know you've had these powers?"
"For a year, ever since this started." Aria nods slowly, leaning against one of the big windows, taking another shaky breath.
"I can't fucken believe this," she whispers. She thinks back to the past, thinking of anytime that these powers may have happened, but the only time she could remember was just n hour ago. This was just…terrifying, yet actually really amazing.
She could control ICE.
Her mother FIRE.
Wait, her mother fire.
Why hadn't she told her and her sister? What was so bad about it? It sounded really cool!
Now that she thought about it, her mother's hands were always warmer than others. Her hugs always a bit more comforting and heat supplied. She had thought her mother was always sick half the time because she was always burning up, but now she realized the truth.
And she wanted to know why her mother didn't tell her.
"Aria, Elsa wants to show you something!" Aria sighs and goes to her sister.
"Scarlett, I can't see Elsa. Only you can." Scarlett shakes her head.
"Not what she says! Stay there and don't move!" she says, Aria sighs and stands in the middle of the cell, waiting for something to happen. She didn't know how she thought her sister could see this little girl, but she would do anything to make her happy while her mother was gone.
But then suddenly she felt a presence in front of her, and her hands were grabbed. She gasps and starts to back away, but the hands had a form grip on her. They were cold, just like hers. She glances down at the hands that had no body.
"Blink," she heard in her head. Almost as if on impulse, she blinked quickly, and nearly screaned when she saw the suddenly young girl in front of her, her blue eyes sparkling and a giant grin on her face. This was Elsa.
She looked exactly like the Snow Queen.
She was REAL?
Aria breathes in and out, hoping this wasn't some weird dream. This girl had existed, and she was Scarlett's friend. And she was holding her hand. She was a dead girl who now roamed the earth, and she was holding her hands. And she had the same powers.
She had the same powers.
"There's no need to be afraid, Aria," the girl speaks in a voice so angelic that Aria could have sworn she could see angel wings behind her. "You have a great gift. There is so much beauty in this. Your power is going to come of hand in the future, sooner rather than later. It will save people you love, hurt people you hate, and protect you more than any other knife or gun you have. Don't be afraid to let it go. If you don't everything bad will happen. You need to let it go." Aria nods.
This girl was actually very smart.
Then again she had been roaming the earth for the past 207 years. She had probably picked up on all the words and wisdom.
"Will I be able to see you now?" she asks. The girl nods.
"Only when you want to. I am Scarlett's companion. I will be with her for a long time. Let it go, Aria." And the hands disappeared. Elsa was no longer in her vision. She looks around and only see her sister, who was staring at her curiously.
"What did she say?" she asks. Aria raises an eyebrow.
"You didn't hear any of that?" she asks, shocked. Scarlett shakes her head.
"I can see her, but I couldn't hear any of what she was saying, but it's ok." She hops off the bed. "I'm going to go back and play with Willie until Mama comes back. We can ask her to tell us about her powers later." She leaves the cell, Aria watched her leave, but not before seeing a tuft of white blonde hait trailing behind her.
Jesus, this was insane.
She was going crazy.
She sighs and walks over to the window again, leaning against it. The sun was slowly going down, and her mother would be home soon. She still couldn't believe that this was happening to her. This was just berserk.
Looking down at her hand, she remembers Elsa's advice. Let it go.
She raises her hand up, and tiny snow particles fly around her, and then a snowflake forms above her hand, floating alone her palm. She smiles, laughing a little. This was truly amazing. Maybe that's why she wasn't affected by the weather.
Anna walks into her cell later that night, having dropped off the meds to Hershel, who had been in the sick zone the whole entire day. She was shocked at first, but understood his good intentions. He really was the moral of the group.
He was such a fatherly figure, and her daughters loved him very much. She only wished her father was just as nice as him, but her life was screwed up. She didn't have a perfect life like some people had, but she was content with it. If she didn't have a perfect life, she probably wouldn't have Aria, or Daryl.
Or her powers.
God almighty, her powers.
She definitely wouldn't have her powers if she had a perfect life.
She shook her head. Not the time to think about that.
She lands down on her bed and sighs. Finally back in the prison. God this felt good. She had actually found a home at the prison and come to love the group as her family. Sure, she would love to actually have a house and settle down a little, but this was a close second when it comes to that.
Grabbing her book, she looks through the countless journal entries she had put it during high school and her senior year. All the words and memories were in this one book. And it was officialy out of pages. She needed a new book.
She had never really wanted to be a writer, but when she wrote in her notebook or on her laptop, she felt alive. She felt like she could do something other than screw up. That was a side job that she used to do. Used to write all these sorts of reviews and short stories. She missed that.
One of the many things she missed.
"You ok, Anna?" she hears. She looks up and see Joey there standing against the doorway looking slightly worried. She chuckles.
"Yeah, I'm good, Joey. Just remembering school." He nods and sits on the bed next to her.
"I remember you brining this to English. You would write in this all the time," he says, taking the book from her. "It's finally out of pages?" She nods.
"Yup, finally out of pages. Need a new one to start new memories." He chuckles and puts it back on the bed.
"So, I've been here for the past five months and you haven't told me if you and Daryl were officially like married or not." She laughs and shakes her head, holding her stomach.
"Why are you always so interested in my love life?" she chuckles, rolling her eyes.
"Because I'm your gay best friend and I need to know." She snickers. She loved how he wore who he was on his sleeve. He was proud of it and wasn't afraid to show it.
"Yes, we are," she confirms. He fist pumped the air and she laughs again.
"Yes! I win two more showers for the week!" She gasps and slap his shoulder.
"You were betting on me and Daryl?" He laughs, and she slaps the back of his head, rolling her eye yet again. "You're unbelievable."
"Well, it was BOUND to happen. I mean, you've already had a kid with him-" She places her hand over his mouth and shoves him out the door.
"Joey, leave," she chuckles, going over to her desk.
"How many time have you had-"
"JOEY!" she yells, throwing a piece of paper at him playfully. He snickers and backs up with his hands up near the staircase.
"Jeez, just joking…not really." She growls, walking to the doorway and starts to say something when she sees Daryl coming to the cell. He glances between Joey and Anna, an amused look on his face.
"What the hell did I miss this time?" he chuckles. Anna groans and goes back inside her cell, while Joey just snickers.
"Ask her," he says, going down the stairs to the rest of the group getting ready for bed. Daryl walks into the cell and see Anna sitting at the desk.
"What's up with him?" he asks, setting his crossbow next to the bed. She shakes her head, chuckling at the same time.
"Just plain Joey stuff. Are the fences secure now?" she asks. When they came back, the fences were being attacked by a shit ton of walkers, and Anna was told to go inside to prevent from anything bad happening. He nods.
"Better now," he replies, laying down on the bed. "Aren't ya tired?" he says. She nods but continues to write on her last page. "Why are ya still writing in that thing?" he snickers. "That's years old." She rolls her eyes and closes the book.
"Because it was the very last page. I needed to finish what I was writing." She gets up and goes over to the bed, taking off her jacket. "I personally think that one day I'll get the chance to publish all of the stuff I write. I'm pretty good, if I do say so myself," she says a little cockily. He scoffs and shakes his head.
"Just get in here, woman," he says. She laughs and is about to head in when she hears a knock on the wall inside. She turns to the intruder and sees two people, Aria and Scarlett. She raises an eyebrow.
"Why are-" Aria interrupts her with a wave of her hand, and ice particles freeze a portion of the ceiling. Anna's eyes widened as did Daryl's.
"We need to talk," she says, and Scarlett nods.
"I think it's a good time to have that chat, Anna," Daryl says. Anna glares at him.
"No shit, Sherlock," she mumbles under her breath.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" Aria whispered fiercely. "I could have-"
"The only reason why I haven't told you was because I wanted you to live a normal childhood, not be this person who had these powers. You didn't even show signs of having any up until now. That's also why." She looks to her youngest daughter. "Can you do anything sweetie?"
"I can see dead people." Anna's eyes widen and she looks at Aria for confirmation. She rolls her eyes and look at the girl.
"She can talk to the dead. She can also control the earth. Now, I know our family is weird, but I never thought it would be like that. Why do we have these powers mom?" Anna sighs and sits down on the windowsill.
"This'll be a while," she mumbles. She flicks her finger to a candle and fire pops onto it. Scarlett's face set a broad grin.
"Cool," she says. Anna smiles a bit.
"You want to know? Here goes nothing."
August 10th,1996.
"Oh my God, this move sucks," Anna chuckles at the TV. Daryl sits down next to her, a bowl of popcorn in his hands. "It looks like it was all based off of toys!"
"You're the one who wanted to watch it," he replies, grabbing a handful of popcorn and putting it in his mouth. She groans.
"But I didn't think it would be this bad! It's REALLY bad. God almighty," she says, but also takes some of her own popcorn and pops it into her mouth, enjoying the salty , buttery taste it emitted. "The only reason why I'm watching this is because Jim Carrey's in it." He rolls his eyes.
"That man ain't funny." She scoffs.
"Yes he is, you just don't find his sense of humor hilarious like I do. Your kind of humor is watching people get beat up over money." He raises his hands in defense.
"Is there something wrong with tha'?" he chuckles. The phone rings and she gets up, rolling her eyes and walking over to the cordless .
"You're a sick person if you like that kind of stuff. Then again, you're you," she mumbles, picking it up. "Hello?" she asks into the speaker. She hears laughter on the other side, followed by music in the background. Anna sighs. "Gilly, I told you I'm not coming to the party."
"Oh come on! We have a wigi board here! We're trying to talk to my friends dead grandma! It'll be awesome!" Anna's eyes widen in concern and she shakes her head, looking down.
"I'm not becoming a part of a demon summoning circle. Those boards are nothing but trouble and you know it. I don't know how you could be so stupid as to let someone bring that. Do you know what has happened to people who mess around with that shit? Bad, bad, stuff, Gilly."
"You're no fun. All you do is spend your day with Aria and that Daryl. Is he like you're boyfriend or something?" Anna growls inwardly and her eyes narrow.
"No, he is not. He is my friend. Nothing more. And excuse me if I have a one year old to take care of. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go and eat my heart out while watching a terrible movie." She hangs up the phone without another word to the girl on the other end. She was always getting into trouble.
She walks back to the couch and sits down. "Who was tha'?" Daryl asks through a mouthful of popcorn. She chuckles and closes his mouth.
"Impolite, Daryl." He glares playfully at her and swallows the popcorn.
"Who was it, mother?" he teases. She smiles and looks back to the TV.
"Gilly. Says she has some wigi board. Not heading over there anytime soon." His eyebrows raise.
"Wigi board? Isn't that for like spirits and demons and crap?" She nods.
"Exactly why I ain't going over there. That shit scares the hell out of me. I'll talk to her tomorrow, probably head to her house and baptize it or something. Demons. God, please just don't be a demon."
"Wait, so Gilly actually got a hold of one of those? I thought they were like illegal or something?" Aria asks her mother. She shakes her head.
"I don't think they are. One of her friends had brought it, so they used it and crap went down. The next day…oh, the next day will stay in my mind forever."
Anna rode her bike down the streets to Gilly's house. It was a bright Saturday morning and she knew Gilly would be awake. Daryl had left earlier, saying he needed to head out and fix up something with his truck. But she didn't mind. She needed to get to her house.
She wishes she could just drive, but she had her permit. Couldn't go anywhere without a legal adult in the car. In a few months she would get her license, but for now she was just a bicycler, riding around, trying to get to places as soon as possible. She needed to grow up fast.
She rides up to the two story house and frowns. The cars were still there. Her parents usually worked on Saturdays in Atlanta. Maybe they had taken the day off.
She stakes off her helmet and steps up onto the porch, looking around for any signs of life. She had seen none accept a little light flicker on the windowsill. This wasn't strange at all.
She tries to push open the door but it wouldn't budge. It was firmly stuck between something. She pushes harder, trying to find some way in, but whatever was blocking It was nice and heavy. She would really have to have muscles to get through that.
Where was Daryl when she needed him?
She growls slightly, looking for another way. Then, using her amazingly thin body, she slipped throught the small gap, still a tight fit, but got right in. When she saw the inside of the house finally come into view, she smiles and starts to talk, but trips on something and falls onto the ground, face first.
She groans and rubs her head, trying to give rid of the aching pain in her forehead now. Her eyes travel around her and they widen. The house was a complete and utter mess. The table was upside down, the chairs were strewn all over the place. The kitchen was basically a pigsty. Everything turned upside down.
Her eyes move to what was blocking her, and she let out a scream of terror when she saw what she saw.
It was Gilly's parents, friends, and sister, all cut up in little pieces and in a pile. All there eyes were open, and blood was everywhere. On the floor, the walls, the stairs, and now it was on her.
She backs up against one of the walls and stands up, her legs very shaky. She felt like she could fall at any moment. This was not happening. This was her fucked up imagination. This would all go back to normal as soon as she opened her eyes.
She turns her head to the right and screams louder. There was a message on the wall, one that was not there before.
You're. Next.
She fearfully turns around and starts to leave but finds Gilly in front of her, scaring the living shit out of her and sending her to the ground again, backing up slowly to the kitchen.
This was not Gilly. Gilly had blonde hair and the most sparkling green eyes she had ever seen on anyone. But this…thing had black eyes, all black. Her hair was covered in blood, and in her hands were fireballs. Aiming at her. And a knife in the other.
"Why, hello there, Anna," she hisses. No. It hisses. This was not Gilly. This was something inside her. Gilly was long gone. Fucken wigi board had brought in a demon.
"I don't want any trou-" The demon hurls a fireball at her and she jumps out of the way, soon enough to run into the kitchen and grab a knife. She had read somewhere that the only way to give rid of a demon that had completely taken over a body was the give rid of the body. Kill it. It would kill the demon as well.
The house was now on fire, spreading all over. The demon hurled fireball after her, one by one, trying to hit her, but Anna would move each and every time, her survival skills kicking in. She would not die to this. She was strong.
She stands near the back door, fire now surrounding her. The knife was hidden behind her back. She needed to make up a plan. Quick.
The demon slumped towards her, now all her hair burned off. "Where you going now, Anna? All twrapped and nowhere to go?" she mocks, and then sends another fireball her way. But quickly, Anna dives under the demons legs, gets up, turns around, and slams the knife into its head.
It lets out a squeal and it just goes limp. Everything is quiet for a second. Just the fire burning. And then Anna is sent back with such force that she goes through the glass of the back door and lands on the grass, her back hitting some sort of stone.
Stars cloud her vision, but she is able to limp and look around. The demon was now gone. She had killed a demon. So was Gilly.
Stupid, stupid girl.
She looks down at her body and notices that there were no burns whatsoever on her skin. She was completely unharmed. Not a single scratch. Even from flying through the glass. How…?
She doesn't question it. All she had to do was get home before the cops came. And she knew they would sooner rather than later.
"So…you got your powers from killing a demon?" Aria asks. Anna nods. "That's actually pretty cool."
"The demon was Behgnul, and he was able to destroy anything with the elements. When I got rid of him, his powers were passed onto me, and I could decided whether to use them for good or for evil. Obviously I chose good. But it was just a shock. I didn't think it would be passed down to my kids though, let alone both of them having different powers then me,"
"Ice," Aria whispers, and a small smiles pops on her face, creating a snowflake above her hand like she had done earlier. Anna smiles. "But why wouldn't you tell us? We would have gotten used to it." Anna places Scarlett in her arms, who was falling asleep. It was past her bedtime.
"Honestly, I just wanted you to live normally. I've had a pretty rough life, and I didn't want you to go through what I went through, so keeping that a secret was one of the best things I think I ever did. But now…I will say this. These powers…they're rare. They will help us survive. But we have to use them wisely. Don't screw it up, Aria." She nods.
"Yes, ma'am," she says, rubbing her hands. Anna smiles small.
"Tired? Get to bed, we'll talk more about this in the morning." She nods but not before turning around and asking one more question.
"Does dad know?" That was the first time she had heard her call Daryl dad. She smiles wider.
"Yes, he does. I've known him for twenty years. But like I said, we'll talk in the morning." She nods, and this time finally goes to her cell to sleep. Anna smiles down at the little girl slowly falling asleep.
"Lily misses you too," she whispers up to her mother.
"She does?" Anna replies.
"Yeah, and she says it's about time you and daddy sealed the deal." Anna laughs brightly, but quietly. Even in death, Lily was always there to sass her. Scarlett was her savior. She could now talk to Lily.
God, her life was crazy.
So there's another chapter done! Sorry if you don't like the powers storyline, but its not just that. I'm fitting them into the original storyline, but not as much as in this chapter. I just needed a filler because I wasn't going to write on the governor. I just can't stand that asshole. But I will say the next chapter will be taking place in episode eight, and I am looking forward to it. Less powers, more action. But I did enjoy writing that demon scene. I love horror movies. XD Hope you like it. REVIEW!