Haven (on hold)

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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real."
-Cormac McCarthy,

Most of you guys who voted wanted the kiss to happen before the sickness spreads in the prison so expect it soon 💓🦋

~Aurora's Pov~

It's been a couple of days, yesterday dad told us that he was going to give Michonne over to the Governor to prevent this War from happening. It didn't happen but Merle was killed. Right now, we were planning on hiding since we knew The Governor was coming with his people. The plan was to make him think we ran and then attack them. Dad came up to me and handed me Judith, "I'm gonna get some more things." he said as I took her from him. I nodded a bit, "Alright." I said and he walked away from us.

I looked back at Daryl as he packed up his own things, getting ready. I walked over to him and he looked up at me, squinting slightly at the light. He was sitting on the floor. "Hi.." I said softly. "Hey." He mumbled and looked back down at his things. "I didn't come to you sooner 'cause I figured you'd want the space.. But I'm really sorry about Merle." I said looking down at him. He nodded slightly and looked back up at me. "Thanks." He said, I nodded slightly and we looked over hearing footsteps to see Carol walking up to him.

"You know, Merle never did nothing like that his whole life." he said looking back at Carol. "He gave us a chance." Carol said and held her hand out towards him and he took it, standing up. They held each other's hand for a second then pulled away. Carol walked away from us getting more things ready. "Be careful.." I said looking at him. He nodded and bent down, picking up his arrows then looking back at me. "Yeah you too.." He said loading his arrows up. "Aurora." I heard my dad's voice, I looked back at him and he gestured for me to go to him. "Keep your guard up kid." Daryl said, I looked back at him and nodded. He returned the nod and i walked over to my dad.

"Has Carl talked to you?" He asked. I nodded as I reached him, "Yeah. He's just mad we're not staying." I said. He nodded slightly looking down at Judith, "Are you mad?" He asked putting a hand on Judith's head.

"No, I understand. I just want us safe and together. That's all that matters to me." I said looking at him. He nodded and looked up at me. "You stay with Hershel and them. Alright?" He asked, I was going to be with Oliver, Beth, Carl and Hershel hidden in the woods while the rest fought from the inside. "I know," I said. He nodded hesitantly and I gave him a soft smile. "We'll be fine daddy. Don't worry." I said. He returned the soft smile and put his hand on the side of my head, pulling me in for a side hug as I held Judith. He rubbed my arm and kissed my head. "Go on." he said as we pulled away. I kissed his cheek, "Love you." I said softly. "Love you too." he said. I walked over to the car, Oliver opened the door for me and gave me a smile. "Princess?" He asked softly.

"Shut up." I smiled back at him and got in the car. I heard him chuckle and he closed the door for me. Beth, Hershel and Carl got in as well, Oliver got in the driver's seat and we left the prison.

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There was a lot of gunfire and explosions.. There was no way we would've won this fight. He had too much firepower and people, "They stopped. Is it over?" Beth asked as the gunfire suddenly ceased. "I don't know." Oliver said as we tried spotting anymore people in the yard but there was no one, there weren't even any walkers roaming around. "There." Hershel said as we saw Maggie and Glenn sneaking to the trucks, messing up their ammo.

A few minutes went by and the gunfire started up again. We had Judith in the car, safe. We saw the Governor's people start to retreat the prison quickly as our people started firing back at them.

"Heads up." Oliver whispered as we saw movement and heard fast footsteps getting closer to us. I took my gun's safety off, ready just in case. We saw a boy step around Beth and I's age. "Whoa- Whoa- Whoa- Whoa.!" The boy said quickly as he stopped dead in his tracks. He looked at us and held his arm and gun out in defense, showing us he meant to harm. "Don't shoot." He said looking at us scared.

"Drop the weapon son." Hershel said as we all pointed our guns at him. We were standing behind the car, using it for cover. "Sure." The boy said and looked at us scared, he started slowly handing the gun over to Oliver and Carl. "Here, Take it." the boy said holding it out towards him. Oliver put his hand on the gun but a gunshot went off making me jump. I looked over at Carl realizing it was him who pulled the trigger. He was the only one with a silencer. I looked at him in shock then snapped out of it, taking the gun from his hand and smashing the back of his head hard. I was angry but also in disbelief at the fact that he shot the boy down. "What the hell's wrong with you!?" I yelled, not caring about walkers or people. He looked at me in shock but angry.

"He was-!" "No! Why did you- why would you- God- Get in the damn car." I said pushing him. He fixed his hat and got in the car quickly. I put Carl's gun on the hood of the car and covered my mouth looking at the boy's body on the floor feeling sick to my stomach. "Oh my g-" I cut myself off and looked away from the body. Oliver and Beth looked at Hershel not knowing what to do. I didn't know what to do either, what was I gonna tell dad? How was I gonna tell dad? Oliver put the boy's gun down on the floor and walked over to me, putting his hand on my own gun and pulling it away from my hand. "Alright.." Oliver said and put my gun down next to Carl's on the hood of the car.

"Cmon." He said and pulled me away from the kid's body. "He just-" I cut myself off and looked at Oliver, "He just killed him he was-" I looked over Hershel and Beth who had the same look of shock on their face as I did. I looked back at Oliver but he was looking at the boy's body. "Let's head back.." Oliver said putting his hand on my arm then looking past me to Hershel and Beth. He rubbed my arm a bit trying to calm me down, I looked back at the boy's body and covered my mouth again remembering the look on his face as he started giving up the gun. "They're gone.. We should head on back." He said nodding. "Let's get the car ready." Hershel said, speaking up. Oliver looked at me and put his hand on my cheek, making me look away from the body then pulled me into him. "Don't look." He said and put his hand on my back, "Cmon." He said and guided me to the back of the car, away from the body.

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