#and grime and sasha's plan was stupid

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Genuinely feeling inspired by Wolf, E. (1982) "Europe and the People Without History" ch. III F.C.E., México 2005, (pp 97-130)

Trying to use my amphibia obsession to help me studying by applying concepts from my textbooks to worldbuinding analysis

[carlsangel]

STUPID

carl grimes x reader

(you punch negan at the lineup.)

tags: angst, fluff

masterlist here!

Sometimes, you do things without thinking which was very prevalent during the lineup. Sitting there silently while watching Negan torment and murder your family was complete torture. Coming along on this trip wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. Carl didn’t even want you to go in the first place.

During the lineup, the two of you were separated which somehow made everything much worse. You were sat between Michonne and Abraham. That definitely wasn’t the most ideal position to be in. Directly next to Abraham. You didn’t look, you couldn’t. You knew Carl had probably watched it all to make sure he’d remember it.

You thought it couldn’t get any worse but Negan decided to torment Rosita about it. You knew they had some sort of issue before all of this, that they’d broken up. But it was still cruel and just as hard to watch. Negan thought he was funny. So you clocked him in the jaw which is fair, who wouldn’t?

You were tackled and pinned to the floor as expected, you had heard the others protest while they screamed at Negan’s men telling them you’re just a kid. They weren’t planning on having mercy on you, but Negan did. He scolded you and told you there’d be consequences to your actions. You sometimes wish it was you. Glenn was a huge loss to the group, you couldn’t help but feel like it was your fault.

After everything you thought you’d be given the liberty of going home with your family. But he took you as punishment. He’d told you on various occasions that you were brave. Brave makes a good soldier, so he would try and break you. Turn you into a savior, into Negan. You were under the control of Dwight who locked you in a room and basically starved you, feeding you dog food and made you suffer by repeating songs over and over. He made you spend time with the dead, and that was the next time you’d see Carl.

You saw him through a gate first, he killed some of Negan’s men and that already stressed you out to no end. You were worried about what he’d might do to Carl. You finally got to leave the dead to service Dwight and Negan once again. You held a tray of snacks for the man, it was quite humiliating to say the least. But you were able to see Carl. The look he gave you was heartbreaking. He was so worried to see you there in that state. “Why’s he here?” You ask Negan. He sort of laughed at your question. “Well the last time I checked, that was none of your business. Don’t make me take out the only eye he has.” He teases. So you stay silent, that was probably the first you’d spoken in a while.

Later that day you were able to see him two more times, once during the iron and right before he left back to Alexandria. You knew that if he didn’t have his bandage, Negan had definitely tormented him. Eventually you were back locked into your cell, but not for long because you were soon given the supplies you’d need to leave. So you do, effectively disguising yourself and escaping. You made to ur way back to Hilltop, thanks to Jesus.

There you were well taken care of, you were given a shower and real food. Somewhere to sleep. You had nightmares about the Sanctuary, about Negan and Dwight. It sounds stupid but you were worried, you’d thought about it and realized you were still an escaped hostage, they could look for you at any moment. But that didn’t stop you from wanting to see Carl. Your plan was to leave Hilltop early in the morning to head back to Alexandria. You wake up early and grab a couple things you’d need in a bag. You sneak off to a side wall and before you can start to try to escape, you hear Maggie calling you and Sasha.

You walk further into the settlement to see that the gates are opened and he’s there. Carl is there. You let your bag slide off your back and the both of you make your way to each other’s embrace, still sort of shocked. He hugs you so tightly, tighter than he ever has before. He shoves his face into your neck. “Thank god.” He mumbles against your skin. After a moment you pulled back to look at him. He looks at you a bit wearily as the last time he’d seen you it wasn’t in the best condition. He leans forward and plants a kiss to your forehead, his eyes shut as he feels a wave of gratefulness flood his body.

Soon you guys would be sitting down in Barrington house while you guys caught up. Although, he seemed to be doing most of the talking. You were very silent. “After the Sanctuary…he went back to Alexandria. People died. He took Eugene.” He explains solemnly. He looks at your face for any expression and there is none. “Cmon you gotta say something.” He examines your face and realizes how much pain you’re in.

“I just…I feel so stupid.” You mutter. He tilts his head to get a better look at you. “If i hadn’t done what I did…Glenn would be here. I wouldn’t have gone to the Sanctuary. It was bad Carl it was so bad.” Your voice trails off as tears fill your eyes, you can’t help but cover your face but all you can think of was the cell they’d keep you in, constantly being taunted and picked on.

He immediately went to comfort you, running his hand over your back to calm you down. He wasn’t sure what to say, he didn’t know how to help you. But all he knew was that you needed comfort. He pulled you close, wrapping his arms around you tightly. It was almost like he was telling you that you were safe now.

Negan wouldn’t hurt you again, and he’d make sure of it. “Whatever happens next…you have to sit out.” He tells you, still holding on tightly. You pull back and look at him puzzled. “Sit out?” You sniffle, “This isn’t a game, Carl. This is war.” He breathes in deeply and considers your response, although he can’t agree. “That doesn’t matter to me…but you do.” You shake your head and stand up from the couch.

“That’s unfair. I can fight and I’m going to.” You retort. “No. You’re not. Not like this.” He demands. How doesn’t he understand? You can’t let whatever it was stop you, not now. “Is this for revenge?” He questions. You turn back to look at him with a small glare as he remained on the couch. “If that’s how you want to look at it, yes. But to me it’s justice. Not just for me… but for Abraham and Glenn.” Carl keeps quiet and looks at you intently.

“Even though what happened to Glenn was my fault.” You say sort of quietly, looking. down at your feet. Your words struck Carl hard. So he stood up and forced you to look at him, just to make sure you understood. “That’s not what happened- we were put in a shitty position. None of that should’ve happened anyway.”

You say nothing. It’s hard to feel any other way. Like it wasn’t your fault. Carl took you in his arms anyway, it was probably the most comforting hug you’d gotten since the start of it all. He pulled away from you to hold your face gently in his hands. “If fighting makes you feel better then you can fight. But you have to stay by my side. Can you promise me that…please?” His voice was gentle and reassuring, it really made you feel better.

You nod. “I promise.”

a/n: the rest of the match ups are gonna be done somewhat soon, i’m having quite bad mental health issues currently so they’re kinda getting hard for me to get through T-T

anyway mannnn 0-0 this was FUNNN it was just so depressing but i suppose that’s the point shrug THANKS FOR THE REQ ANON IT WAS BANGER also sorry for it coming out A MONTH LATER HDHDHDHD

tag list: @zomb-1-egutzz @lunarnightt @ilikestrawberriesandwomen @hiro--aoki @h00d-tr4sh @callsignwidow

[iwantescapism13]

'The Core and The King' - Dark Marcy finally appears and we get to see King Andrias' past.

Fucking. YES.

After several episodes of being missing, Dark Marcy has finally appeared with more lines than just a freaking sentence and they were quite... dorky. I didn’t expect that at all. It made me feel like I shouldn’t be scared of such a villain. 

However... the indications that Marcy is trapped somewhere else while The Core plays around? Damn. That’s so evil. On top of that, they are very, VERY sarcastic. It’s what’s “charming” about them, I’d say. 

I’m excited to see how Amphibia will tackle Dark Marcy’s characterization moving forward.

For now, my comments [in which I bully King Andrias most of the time, so go and have a read if you hate him too]:

Oh no! They teared Marcy’s phone apart! Shit! Some of her memories are in there!

They really love the word ‘pathetic’, huh? Also, does this mean that they didn’t find anything useful in the phone? If that’s the case... then Marcy’s phone probably contains stuff about Anne and Sasha! Oh no!

King Andrias asking the most important question of all.

How dare you ask if Marcy’s in there, you pompous a**hole. But fine. It’s for the viewers’ sake.

What the hell did you all do to Marcy?! WHERE IS SHE?! Is she in pain?! Is she miserable?! Is she in a forever loop of good memories with Anne and Sasha?! DAMN IT ALL!

So, a few things to take note with this: 1) Dark Marcy talking using teenager lingo is seriously unsettling [considering WHO are inside The Core]; 2) Marcy has a sweet tooth [the only other food that we know she loves is mint-chocolate ice cream]; and 3) “UBE”??! Is... Is Marcy... Filipino? But... But if she was, wouldn’t Matt Braly have stated it in that interview where he revealed Sasha’s and Marcy’s ethnicities or whatsoever? She’s just confirmed to be Taiwanese. But... if it turns out that she’s half-Filipino as well, oh my god... I’ll be so damn happy. Side note: makes me want to try Red Velvet + Ube frosting now.

Oh gosh. Dark Marcy is clumsy. Is it possible that the final battle will be comedic? We shall see...

“Redundant memories”, eh? I trust that Dark Marcy is smart enough to retain Marcy’s memories of Anne and Sasha so they could use it to blackmail or manipulate the Resistance in a certain way. However, it could work the other way around too because then she’ll be easily controllable. They didn’t need to take over. They can just tell her what to do and she’ll do it on her own accord. She’ll be their puppet. But then... they’ve been wanting a body so... hmm... I wonder what they’re planning...

Geez... Dark Marcy just keeps bullying King Andrias to no end, huh? Well... serves that motherfucker right.

~Welcome to Amphibia~ ~Have a look around~ ~In here conquering worlds is apparently normal to be found~ ~We got mountains of adverts~ ~Some bad and some worse~ ~If none of it’s an interest to you~ ~You will be killed~

So I saw people mention that the original trio are just children in this flashback. And I questioned that, if that’s the case, why would Barrel be assigned to be a guard here. Then I remembered that Grime told Sprig that toads were trained since they were young. Huh... good continuity there.

This stupid salamander had the audacity to interrupt Barrel’s job, but when Leif and Barrel later plays around with the music box, he tells them to give it back like a sissy child. He’s such a pathetic dude, I cannot even.

Barrel is the hero we need and deserve right now. 

Including the current one, King Andrias had done the same thing and lost 26 fucking times. Haha. What a loser.

Leif’s note to King Andrias.

Sooooooooo... we all know what kind of dance she’s talking about here, right? Or is it just me?

Blush of embarrassment from King Andrias and a really high Barrel. I love Barrel. He’s fun.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my god, Barrel is such a funny toad. He’s my favorite amphibian now.

PFFFFFFFFFT! “’Drias”?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So lame.

Look at this pompous idiot’s face. So he had always been an arrogant one. And apparently, “invasion” is a positive word around Amphibia back then that Leif and Barrel CLAPPED THEIR HANDS AS CONGRATULATIONS. Wow... times were so different.

Geez... King Andrias was such a massive simp.

Former King Aldrich sounds a bit like Belos. *proceeds to check whether this is true* Okay, he isn’t voiced by the same voice actor but holy shit! He voiced some characters in Dark Souls and Bloodborne! God damn!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god, I cannot. It’s such a lame nickname. XD

SO THE FANS WERE RIGHT! FORMER KING ALDRICH IS THE ONE WHO SAID THIS LINE! But... not gonna lie, it was kinda disappointing that this wasn’t directed to Marcy.

Yeah... friends do be like that once someone in the friend group attains a high position.

Former King Aldrich speaking THE TRUTH.

There it is. Greatest minds + Leviathan ancestry. I’d say they’re very smart. With their consciousness transferred to a robot, they can technically be considered immortal. I’m curious as to HOW they managed to do that, though. You got to admit, that’s very impressive.

“Savages”? Damn, sir. You talk as if you’ve been there. Also, what kind of resources would you even need? You said it yourself: Earth is medieval. There’s nothing that the world can offer that you don’t already have. Amphibia is, like, centuries ahead in its advancement of technology. 

If you think this line makes this pompous idiot redeemable, well you’re dead wrong. He’s gonna fucking change his goddamn mind later on in the episode. I wasn’t fooled by his words.

But why the hell do you need to invade other worlds to survive? That doesn’t make any sense! Look at Amphibia! All the amphibians are doing fine, you salamanders are in charge of everything, and let’s not forget about all of the technological advancements. What more do you guys need? MORE robots? Why? Is it not enough? Is Amphibia still not prosperous enough for you? Most importantly, ARE YOU BORED OR SOMETHING??

GASP! It’s in one of my predictions that Leif will steal the music box as a joke! Oh my god, I can’t believe it came true! Holy shit!

This is the only time I ever felt that bullying is well-deserved. Go Leif! Go Barrel!

So... all 3 of the gems can be pressed, eh? I’d say this is just convenience at this point. It makes me wonder what will happen now if any of the Calamity Trio press all gems together. Will they see what’s gonna happen in the future too?

Let me just say that the background music during this vision scene was fucking scary as shit. 

Probably an unpopular opinion but: Leif is such a hypocrite in this scene. She was totally okay with the invasion of another world - which would probably mean the total annihilation of a species - but as soon as she knew that it’d affect Amphibia, suddenly she gets all teary-eyed and realizes that what they’re doing is wrong. 

No, Leif. You only knew it because you saw the vision. 

Geez, lady! Haven’t Amphibia had enough resources?! Jesus!

This just means that Former King Aldrich KNEW about the vision and refuses to act on it because The Core told him not to.

“Sacred birthright”? Sure, it was created in Amphibian soil and whatever, but that doesn’t make YOU the right one to use the gems to conquer worlds - or conquer ANY THING for that matter. Who even told you that?

I’m actually surprised that King Andrias even gave Leif a chance to present her case. This doesn’t add to his redemption whatsoever, though.

Former King Aldrich have a point, you know. Despite being an aloof father, he doesn’t seem half bad in trying to sound like he’s encouraging his son. This may be borderline manipulation, but he has given King Andrias chances to prove himself. He never thinks of him as anything less. I don’t know...

Again, WHY? Is it because of the finite resources? And once the CloakBots are out of commission, does that mean that Amphibia is doomed? But again, WHY? They were robot-less for 1,000 years after the incident with Leif and the music box and Amphibia seems totally fine. So what’s getting these creatures so bananas?

You are NEVER gonna get redeemed in my eyes, King Andrias. Never.

He treasures his friends, that’s what I’m sure of. He was just blinded with the idea of proving himself to his father and not disappointing his ancestors. WELL. That still doesn’t make him redeemable because HE HAD ONE THOUSAND FUCKING YEARS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE BUT NO. HE CHOSE VIOLENCE. HE CHOSE TO STAB MARCY. How is this pompous a**hole redeemable? Dark Marcy is right. He’s pathetic.

To be completely fair, it’s a bullshit move to betray her friends like that. She was all in favor of invading other worlds and just because something weird happened, suddenly turned 180 and run off with the music box? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

Barrel, what exactly do you plan to do here? Knock her unconscious? Okay, actually that’ll work.

Reason #1354657 on why King Andrias will never be redeemed in my books: he had the intention of killing Leif after she stole the Calamity Box.

So... something interesting about this is that it was shown in a vase in ‘Fight At The Museum’ that Leif went to Earth and showed humans the Calamity Box. Does this mean that the olms told her to go there and find the destined 3 stars that will save Amphibia? So... does this mean that she died on Earth? Can amphibians last until over a thousand years too or does that only apply to salamanders? Because if so, is it possible that she’s still alive somewhere?

Two things: 1) WHAT DRUGS ARE YOU ON, FORMER KING ALDRICH?! Amphibia is doing perfectly fine! and 2) You see, Former King Aldrich didn’t even do anything to punish King Andrias when he clearly messed up. He’s a fine father. He’s just... manipulative.

The fact that it has been 1,000 years since then, these salamanders sure are patient as fuck.

DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE LOOK AT MARCY WITH THOSE EYES! YOU. FUCKING. STABBED. HER! YOU DECIDED TO DO THAT! DON’T YOU DARE START HESITATING NOW, YOU FUCKING COWARD!

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Ahem. Okay. Anyway.

What a very good half-episode! I absolutely love Barrel, he’s such an adorable and loyal toad. Now, I feel sad that he’s already dead. He would’ve been a great addition to the main cast. I love Dark Marcy as well, the sarcasm and all those times they bullied King Andrias that made him look so small and... well... lack of a better word, pathetic. 

As you can see, I hate King Andrias and will continue to hate him because he never gave me the impression that he’s redeemable. He may be a misguided kid, but he should be smart enough to think about Leif’s decision and everything else that happened over and over and over for one thousand years. But no, he’s bent on “taking revenge” on his friends. And now, he just seems so fucking salty that he failed before he even began to prove himself to his father and to everyone.

And Leif... I... couldn’t say I like her. I can’t deny that she did a really good job in being loyal to her own morals and beliefs, but... she agreed to the invasion earlier without any thoughts of how it’ll affect the other party until she saw the vision. It felt very hypocritical of her. So... yup.

And since we didn’t have any opening and ending themes for this episode, I’m anticipating a new one next week. Well... honestly, the ending theme can stay. It’s a very nice animation done by hardworking people. But the opening theme... the characters are now in Amphibia and it’s the final set of episodes. They should have an updated one already.

Anyway, I give this episode a 10/10. Perfect... because of my boy, Barrel. XD

[random-bi-writer]

If Amphibia Characters Replaced The Owl House Characters

Been a while since I made something like this. All the Amphibians look like Humans.

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Main Characters

Anne Boonchuy = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying in the Beastkeeping Track. Her Palisman is Domino 2.

Sasha Waybright = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying in the Bard Track. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Marcy Wu = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying all tracks. Her Palisman is Joe Sparrow.

Sprig Plantar = Anne’s best friend. Used to study in the Plant track but changed to Bard. He doesn’t have a palisman.

Polly Plantar = Sprig’s brother, let’s assume they’re twins here. Used to study in the Plant track but changed to Abomination. Frobo is her sentient abomination. Her palisman is Microangelo.

Ivy Sundew = Sprig’s girlfriend and Sasha’s best friend. Is studying in the Potions Track. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Maddie Flour = Marcy’s best friend. Is studying all tracks. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Hop Pop Plantar = Wanted to be in the Bard Coven but joined the Plant Coven cause of tradition. Took Anne in. His palisman is Bessie.

Grime = Head of the Construction Coven. Took Sasha in. He doesn’t have a palisman.

Percy = Learns Illusion magic and used it to pretend that he;s in the Construction Coven. He has no palisman.

Braddock = Percy’s wife. Thanks to Percy, she can be in the Construction Coven while also having Plant Magic. She has no Palisman.

Olivia = Is in the Emperor’s Coven and her magic is Plants. Took Marcy in. She managed to hide her Palisman, Mossman, from the Emperor.

Yunan = Olivia’s wife, is in the Emperor’s Coven and her magic is Bard.

Andrias = Head of the Emperor’s Coven and he’s known for using Healing magic but secretly does Illusion as well. He used to have a palisman named Joe Sparrow but had to send him away, friends with Sasha since Grime tends to bring her during meetings.

Leif = Used to be head of the Plant Coven but had to run away after getting caught of using Beastkeeping magic, friends with Marcy when she and Maddie found her in the woods.

Barrel = Learns Construction Magic and was in the Emperor’s Coven but got kicked out after failing to capture Leif, is now in the Construction Coven. Friends with Anne since he’s guarding the town she’s staying in.

The Core = The Emperor. Wants order and to take over the Human Realm some day.

Calamity God = Is trapped in the mirror realm and can only talk to the Core. Wants someone to take over his duties, does not care who dies at all.

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The story.

Instead of some stupid curse plot, Andrias is planning a rebellion with Grime and Hop Pop. Which caused the girls faster than normal, no angst, no knowing about portals, just character developement.

The divorce trio still love each other and no betrayals happened (The Core is the one who kicked Barrel out) but are forced to get seperated, so now there’s a side plot for the kids to try to get this tragic love doves to reunite.

There’s also Anne accidentally drinking Titan’s blood, giving her Titan powers, so the Core is after her now, (is it weird that I can see her doing this?)

By the time King’s Tide happens, Anne stays behind to go find the Calamity god as he is the only one who can fix the mess while the Divorce trio and the other kids are stranded in the Human Realm and are living with the Boonchuys (yay)

[randomtwistedlife]

Two Ghosts

Pairing: Reiner Braun x Female Reader

Summary: You are on a recon mission in Marley and run into Reiner. Little angsty. 

Note: I just finished the anime and the manga and there are a lot of feelings and hence, this one shot was born. One huge spoiler regarding Reiner. If you know what I’m talking about, you can read this. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, spoiler ahead. POV shifts between reader and Reiner. 

Based on Two Ghosts by Harry Styles

Feedback is appreciated.

We're not who we used to be

We're just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me

Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

You pulled the hood of your cape onto your head as you weaved across the sea of people. Glancing at the setting sun, you let out a curse. You were late. His letter, which was tightly clutched in your hands, had instructed you to meet him at the specified address tonight as soon as the sun set. Even though he hadn’t written a lot about himself, most likely afraid that the letter would fall into the wrong hands, you knew it was him from his handwriting and the way he wrote the words.

Jean was here. In Marley.

You had arrived in Marley a little over a month ago on a recon mission. The mission was simple — infiltrate Marley, specifically Liberio, because that’s where the Warrior program was, scout the high ranked officials, and understand the socio-political situation. It was the solitude and the feeling of otherness that was hard to deal with. Everyone on this side of the sea hated you. Well, not you specifically, but your kind. You just wanted to talk freely with someone. Though Eren was here as well, he wasn’t an option. He had been here almost as long as you, but visiting him at the hospital would raise too many eyebrows considering Eren’s secret identity was not supposed to have any family. And so you stayed away. But now Jean was here.

Your face hurt from smiling so much. It was hard to remember the last time you had been this happy. You would tell him all the information you had been able to gather till now and then, you would drink and eat and have fun with your friend. Just one night of fun - you deserved that after everything. You had already thought of all the questions you were going to throw at him. You wanted to know how everyone was doing back home — Armin, Mikasa, Connie, Sasha, Commander Hange, and Captain Levi. Thinking about your home and your friends left you with a sense of longing. Closing your eyes, you brushed aside the melancholic feeling. You will reunite soon. Walking a little faster, you looked up to locate the bar you were supposed to meet Jean at and that is when you bumped into him.

                                                            ~~~

Reiner sighed. He had just dropped an enthusiastic Gabi at her home, and all he wanted to do now was get drunk and fall asleep. Sometimes, being around Gabi was tiring for him. The girl was hell-bent on inheriting his Armoured Titan thinking that it was the biggest honour in the world. How could he tell her otherwise? He himself didn’t know what he believed. He did, however, know that he didn’t want his cousin to go through what he did. But how does he explain all the anger, and the sadness, and the guilt that is buried deep inside of him to a 12-year-old when he himself couldn’t make any sense of his feelings?

If he hadn’t been lost in his thoughts and was watching where he was going, he probably would have avoided the collision altogether. When he finally realised what was happening, it was too late. There she was, her face covered behind her cape and walking straight towards him. The moment she crashes into him, Reiner holds her shoulders to help balance her. As he does so, he notices the piece of paper she was holding fall down on the road.

She apologises, so does he. As she walks past him, he bends down to pick up the piece of paper and calls out to her.

“You dropped something.”

She turns, and the world around him fades away.

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You have been on enough battlefields to understand what people mean when they say, “Time moved slowly” but this was the first instance you fully understood what “Time stood still” meant. You don’t know how long you have been standing on the street. Jean’s letter left forgotten in his hands. He cannot have that letter; it could compromise the entire operation. But at this moment, you can’t seem to care. You should snatch the letter and run away, but you don’t. You just stand there staring into his hazel eyes.

Long gone is the young boy that you looked up to. His hair is longer and his sharp cheekbones are now slightly covered under his goatee. You had grown up in the last four years, but so had he. His eyes were wide and staring back into your own. You opened your mouth to say some something - anything - but words wouldn’t come out. You could hear a loud thudding - maybe it was your heart or maybe your head, you weren’t sure. Your mind was blank all because he was standing in front of you.

Reiner Braun. The boy you had fallen in love with. The boy who was responsible for the death of your family and friends. The boy - no, man - who could still make your heart flutter.

You had known that there was a high possibility of running into him, but you still volunteered to be a part of the infiltration. Maybe you wanted to run into him. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Move! Speak! Do something! You screamed internally, but you felt frozen to your spot.

“Y/N,” he spoke, his voice shaky.

Your heart skips.

“Y/N,” he calls out to you.

The sound of his voice accelerated the already rampant pounding of your heart, and it felt like it would burst any second.

He took a step towards you. You took a step back.

“No,” your voice soft but firm.

You couldn’t face him after everything he had done.

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The one thing Reiner had wanted more than anything in his life was to see you again. Of course, he never expected that to ever come true. Ever since his return from Paradis, he has spent a countless number of nights thinking about how if he ever met you again, he would tell you everything and you would forgive him. He never expected that to happen either, but isn’t that why they are called dreams? Late at night, he could hope to see you again. In his dreams, he could imagine spending a life with you.

And now here you were. Standing right in front of him.

The young girl he had fallen in love with was now a beautiful woman. Not that you weren’t beautiful before. Back when he was pretending to be a soldier of Paradis, he had seen you covered in blood, sweat and grime several times and you were still the most beautiful human to ever grace the planet in his eyes. Your hair, which looked much shorter than the last time he had seen you, was framing your face. Besides the guarded expression that you wore, your eyes were locked with his own.

“No,” you spoke as you stepped away from him.

His throat went dry. His palms moistened and he could hear the crinkle of the piece of paper he was holding as he clenched his hands. Reiner couldn't be certain that this wasn't a dream. His hands were itching to touch you, to feel the smoothness of your skin, and to confirm that you were indeed standing in front of him.

“I —” he spoke again, but stopped. What could he even say? That he was sorry? A simple ‘I’m sorry’ wasn’t enough. He knew he could never atone for all the violence he had ensued; for all the people that were dead because of him. The apology that was stuck in his throat was too little, too late.

You tilted your head slightly, and Reiner saw how your guarded expression slowly changed into something else. Your eyebrows narrowed and your face flushed a deep shade of red.

“Reiner,” you spat out his name.

Although he was expecting it, the venom in your voice startled him. The air between the two of you had shifted, becoming much more tense. His glance flickered from you to his surroundings. He could feel their watchful gaze on the two of you. Everybody in Liberio knew who he was. The people walking by seemed quite interested in what was happening between the Armoured Titan and the woman he was with. Looking back at you, he realised things could go south quickly. Hastily, he reached for your arm, without giving you a chance to fight him, and dragged you to the nearest alley, away from prying eyes.

“Back off, Braun.”

“You shouldn’t be here.”

“And you shouldn’t have been at my home, but things don’t always happen according to plan now, do they?” you retorted.

“I know this doesn’t count for anything, but I’m sorry. If I could go back in time, I would do things differently,” he admitted.

You looked away, breaking off the eye contact, “Well, you can’t.”

The slanting rays of the setting sun shone on your face, making you seem more alluring than ever. He was so screwed. 

                                                             ~~~

His admission caught you off guard. Did he regret doing what he did? Was he genuinely sorry? He did apologise, but how could you trust what he said? You had trusted him once, with your life and your heart, and look what happened.

“Was any of it real?” you asked.

Your eyes were trained on the cat rummaging for scraps in the alley dumpster, but your ears were straining to hear his answer. You couldn’t bring yourself to look at him, specially if he confirmed he had merely used you for his mission.

“Yes. All of it. All of us,” he replied.

You turned your head and risked a peek in his direction.

“I — The mission was to break the wall, blend in, and bring the Founding Titan to Marley. You were never supposed to be a part of it.”

His eyes were focused on you.

“I tried really hard, you know. I tried not to fall in love with you. Annie and Bertolt realised what was happening as well and tried to keep me away from you, but we all know how that worked out,” he chuckled ruefully. “You were fierce when you protected and stood up for your friends. You were sweet and kind and understanding. You had been through so much —” his eyes cast downward “ — and yet you still could love and be kind.”

He looked back up at you. “By the time I realised what you meant to me, it was too late.”

You screwed your eyes shut. No, this couldn’t be happening. Four years. It had taken you four years to heal your heart and here he was breaking down your walls all over again.

“Stop,” you whispered.

“You deserve the truth, (Y/N)” he spoke softly.

You shook your head and opened your eyes. They burned with unshed tears.

“I never meant to hurt you, and I would spend the rest of my life making things right. I loved you.”

All this time you had been telling yourself that the bond you had shared with Reiner was nothing but a lie. He never cared about you. You were simply a means to an end for him. But the words spilling from his mouth were enough to turn your world upside down. You looked up as you felt the heat from his body. You could feel his breath on your face. Were you two standing this close before?

“I love you,” he whispered.

Your heart skipped a beat, your eyes jumping from his lips to his eyes. Reiner leaned in and you let him. You parted your lips and felt him washing over you like a wave of warmth. Your entire body tingled. The kiss started soft and slow with your arms locked with his. He took a step back when the two of you came back for air.

“I’m sorry, I needed to do that —” he started speaking, but you placed your hands behind his neck and pulled him in.

He wrapped his arms around your waist, holding your body close. He pulled you in, claiming your mouth once again, this time hungry and intense, until your knees gave in. His hands were on your hips and he lifted you up as if you weighed nothing. He moved the two of you so your back touched the wall. His body was pressing into yours and you inhale his scent. He still smelled like the boy who won you over years ago.

The two of you come back for air and he presses his forehead against yours.

There were a million thoughts running through your head. Reiner couldn’t know why you were in Marley, he couldn’t know about your friends being in Marley either, and oh shit, you were supposed to meet up with Jean. But right now, none of that mattered to you. All that mattered was that Reiner was here, with you, kissing you.

“I love you too, Reiner.”

                                                              ~~~

If an ex who killed your friends and family tries to walk back into your life, please run far, far away.

[thekingofwinterblog]

I Like Who I Am - Sasha's Great Backslide

Through Season 2, Sasha's overall storyline is all about inner denial. Namely her taking the revelation she came to in Reunion, and shoving it into the deepest pit in her own mind.

Speciffically the fact that she was a bad, toxic friend to Anne.

Pretty much her entire storyline in the season, is about denying this fact, and pretending it isn't the case.

The reason for this is that Sasha bases her entire sense of herself as a "good person" on the fact that she was a good influence on the people she truly loved(aka, Anne, and to a lesser extent Marcy). And as we see in Turning point, when she finally, truly accepts the fact that she was a terrible friend, her ability to justify to herself why she can do bad things crumbles to absolute dust.

As such, it's way, way easier to mentally pretend she didn't realize she was a bad friend.

Which she does, all throughout season 2.

However, if one actually go back and watches season 2, Sasha all throughout the season is filled with self doubt.

In Toadcatcher, she is hyperagressive against the Anne and Plantar dummies, while telling herself it isn't over, using her anger as a way to cope and push the revelation to the back of her mind.

In Barrels Warhammer, Sasha's entire outburst of emotion is all about her refusing to accept the idea that she is an optional part of the trio(Aka that she's a bad, bad friend that Anne and Marcy would be better off withouth).

And in the Third Temple, she is clearly is having second thoughts, mentally debating with herself of whether she will be able to, or even willing, to go through with Grime's plan.

Which makes a lot of sense, because for Sasha to be able to mentally justify going through with this plan, she essentially has to delude herself into thinking she can juggle 3, completely separate goals.

Sasha want's 3 things.

She wants to enforce complete control over her life, and has decided that conquering Amphibia will do the trick. After all, there is no one that has more control and power than a queen.

She also want's to make Grime happy, as while she's on-board with this whole continental conquest thing, she wasn't the one who came up with the idea, nor was she the driving force for the plan before the Toad meeting. Just like Sasha was willing to give up her life for Anne, she similarly is more than willing to conquer a kingdom for Grime. Because Sasha defines her entire sense of self on being a good friend, she is willing to go all the way for them.

These two are not exclusive to the other, and in fact compliments each other pretty well. The same however cannot be said for the third thing Sasha is trying to achieve.

The third thing Sasha wants to do, is prove herself, once and for all as a good friend to Anne, and thusly be justified in pretending that the words "Maybe You're Better Off Without Me." Never happened.

This is why her ultimate plan is to fulfill Anne's(and she thinks Marcy's) goal of going home, after she takes the capital. That is what Anne and Marcy truly wants, and as their good friend, Sasha will give it to them.

That way, she can have it all. She can be a good friend to both Anne, Marcy, AND Grime, pretend the revelation at the climax of reunion never happened, and she can have total control, so her fears of things going "Wrong" can never happen again.

It is quite frankly a stupid plan, one that relies completely on Sasha somehow fooling herself into thinking Anne will be okay with it.

And you can tell at the end of The Third Temple that Sasha is starting to realize it isn't going to work.

Which is why she is so adamantly agressive at the start of of The Dinner, that she hasn't actually changed.

It's her way of trying to force the issue. If she tries hard enough, she can make this happen, so long as she is willing to follow this plan to the very end, it will all work out.

While the whole pretend to be nice so Anne will trust her again is a strategy, it's clear that for Sasha, she genuinely wants Anne to trust her, to genuinely regard her as her friend.

The Dinner is an episode full of moments that can be dissected all on their own, but the most pivotal moment, that determines Sasha's willingness to go through with the coup after all, is her scene with Anne at the end.

Sasha tells Anne, that she gets what Anne is saying, but that she doesn't know if she can actually change.

"I know you want me to change who I am. But I don't know if I can. I like who I am."

It's at this point that Anne makes a mistake. Because she chooses to meet her halfway there. She chooses to back down and compromise, rather than give Sasha some hard, but necessary love.

It's a mistake rooted in well meaning, and the fact that Anne does love Sasha, but it's a mistake nonetheless.

And the reason why Anne makes the mistake, is that the two girls have completely different interpretations behind the words.

For Anne, what Sasha is asking is "Please accept me in spite of my flaws". Essentially that Sasha is asking her to love her, warts and all. And for a person who's had to deal with that request on both sides(Both ultimately forgiving Hop Pop for his mistakes, and being forgiven by the Plantars through the series in spite of her many, many fuck ups) it's not too surprising that Anne in the end, agrees, with the only caveat being that she asks Sasha to respect that both her and Marcy has changed and become different people.

For Sasha though, this is what she thinks is the crucial moment. Because in her mind, this entire question isn't about the here and now. It's about absolutely everything that's come before.

Because to her, what she is actually asking Anne, is "Please tell me that despite it all, I was a good friend. Please tell me that i was wrong at the tower. Please tell me that i DON'T have to change.".

She want's Anne to refute her previous assessment that Sasha was nothing but trouble for her, and that her life would ultimately be better off without her.

So long as Anne tells her that, Sasha is capable of going through with this insane plan of hers, expecting it would somehow work out.

The real tragedy of course, is that Anne was never going to be able to give her that tough love Sasha really, really needed at this point. Because Anne and Sasha have completely different views on what's happened between this point, and their reunion at the third temple.

Anne believes that Sasha is legit, that for all her protestations, she genuinely has had a change of heart.

Sasha however, has been lying to Anne, and though this emotional moment is very, very genuine, what's around it, is not.

Sasha genuinely wants to make up with Anne, and earn her love, trust, and friendship back. However, she lies. She manipulates, she tries to make up, while actively refusing to truly change.

And so, when Anne makes the choice to not tell Sasha that she's a bad person, and that if she really wants to rekindle their relationship, she WILL have to change, and become a better person, Anne takes her previous behavior in good faith, and makes the choice to be the better woman.

Because despite what Sasha thinks in Toadcatchers, their friendship wasn't dead. Because even after the catastrophic events of Reunion, Anne DID love her still, warts and all, despite being vary when meeting her again.

So, as Sasha backtracks her character development completely in battle of the bands, and goes all the way back to the way their relationship dynamic back in school(Just as toxic as ever), Anne still choses to give Sasha all the benefits of the doubts because she genuinely, truly trusts her again.

She has bared her heart to Sasha, and she truly, 100% trusts her again, warts and all.

While Sasha has now embraced the idea that for all her flaws, she was justified in how she treated Anne and Marcy, because while it might not always have worked out, her heart was in the right place.

It was the final push she needed to truly, and wholeheartedly go through with the coup, while thinking she could balance all her desires.

Of course reality set in immediately, as Anne completely loses it(And rightfully so) on Sasha's betrayal.

While on the opposite end, Sasha is pretty much completely in denial about how this is never going to work, even as she is looking at Anne who's about to explode at her.

And predictably, it ends the Worst way possible, as Anne does not give Sasha hard love, as much as a decidedly harsh, "Go FUCK yourself and NEVER talk to me AGAIN!" Breaking off their friendship.

Sasha really is her own, worst enemy.

Because the great Irony of this moment, the tragedy of it all, is that before her betrayal, she actually did have the thing she truly desired most.

For all of Sasha's control issues, her fears and inzecurities, what she want's the most of everything in the world, is for her loved ones to love her back.

And she had that.

She had both Marcy and(More importantly to Sasha) Anne's love and trust... And because of her refusal to accept the harsh truth that she was a bad friend, and choose to do better for the people she loved, she pissed it all away.

[phopollo]

From your bodies of the storm au. *Who is part of each girl's found family? If Andrias sent Yunan and Grime to kill their own children, I don't think they will do what he says. *Also can the girls like control their reincarnation element?

Okay okay, so, let me try to explain it without getting all confusing;

Anne is living with and experiencing found family with the Plantars

Sasha is experiencing it with Grime, Percy, and Braddock

And Marcy is experiencing it eith Olivia and Yunan

𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘪𝘴

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸

Andrias said "go out, find, and kill these children gods before they realize who they are. Here's how you can tell they're the gods"

But then every indicator he gave them is things that only really happen after these kids would realize they're gods

What ends up happening is that

Grime and Yunan each realize each other's newfound child is a God, but not their own, and not Anne

So once Grime learns Sasha is one of his targets, after some consideration, decides Andrias' reasoning for wanting the girls dead is stupid, and he and Sasha begin planning to overthrow him

Yunan on the other hand, experiences immense turmoil, and simply pretends she doesn't know, and keeps saying Grime was wrong (she's honestly probably trying to convince herself more than everyone else) and focusing on trying to get Sasha and Anne, who, in a very dramatic moment, it became painfully obvious she was also one of the Calamity Trio

And yes, they do have control of their respective elements! It's a very bug part of the story-- them having control and not realizing it

They also can Experience a Godly takeover when they experience something like an emotion so powerfully that they lose control of their own body-- so the God who gave their life for them takes over like a defense mechanism!

Think of it kind of like the Avatar State from Avatar The Last Airbender or Legend Of Korra-- except-- there's literally no way for the girls to control it

[littleladymab]

07. The Chariot

Forces pulling too strongly in opposite directions. Truly, the chaos of duality -- the pieces of you working apart instead of together. A test of your self control, and found wanting.

Everything comes screeching to a halt as Anne realizes what is happening. 

What was it that Grime had said, back on the tower? Always playing flipwart while everyone else is playing bog jump. That’s how she feels right now. 

Two steps behind, playing the wrong game, caught completely off guard. 

Sasha has a plan. Sasha always has a plan — she did at the tower, she does now. We help Grime keep control over the Valley, and we can go home.

What surprises her is Marcy, desperation in her eyes, revealing her hand. We help Andrias get the box, and he’ll take us with him to the new worlds. 

And Anne, caught in the middle, feeling so stupid for thinking that for once things could have been easy — that they would agree on the solution the way they always have. 

“We have to do something!” Sasha says, and it’s not her listen to me voice. She’s afraid. Sasha Waybright is afraid and is looking to Anne for guidance. 

“I did it for us,” Marcy says, so sure of herself despite the way her words waver, the tears forming in the corners of her eyes. 

Make a choice, the little voice in the back of her head screams. You’re going to have to make a choice. 

It was always the three of them working together in perfect harmony, until suddenly, painfully, it isn’t.

[skyfirecn]

Third part of s3 No Patience AU!

The two humans discuss saving Anne and Sasha apologizes for being so stupid about Amphibia, because human or not, they’re still people and still matter, and the two vow to get Anne and Maddie out of there and stop King Andrias. Yunan and Marcy’s discussion is after; Marcy is actually the one to bring it up and apologizes properly for lying to Yunan, explaining her reasoning but going on to say that if still wasn’t the right course of action, and that she’ll try to do better. Yunan accepts this apology for the moment, but refrains from forgiving Marcy completely. They arrive and the plan, derived straight from War of the Warlocks, goes about as well as canon. They fight a mind-controlled Anne guarding the throne room and set her free before continuing in trying to find the music box, but are tricked by Magi, finally revealing themselves. Knowing about the plan thanks to Marcy gushing to Maddie about the movie (and possibly showing her), they lock the group up and use robots to keep the rest of the army busy while Andrias comes in and locks them all up in the contraption from canon. He explains that they need the energy inside Marcy to open a portal large enough for the castle to go through, and that this was all bait to get her right where they wanted her. Using the box, they draw Marcy’s power out to be used with the power in the stones themselves and use it to open a giant portal in the sky, the action knocking Marcy out as they go through. The invasion kicks off in much the same manner, the group having to use Frobo to break free of their constraints and waking Marcy up after they land safely. They regroup with Mr. X alongside Dr. Jan all decked out in high-tech gear and ready to kick butt, getting themselves in order at Saint James Middle School. Their plan is for Sasha, Yunan, Grime and Olivia to attack and weaken Andrias while Marcy and Sprig go to confront Magi - they hope that by targeting the brains behind the operation, Andrias will be easier to take down and that their failings will lead to openings to take down both figureheads. Yunan insists, however, that she join Marcy in fighting Magi, disgusted at The Core for how it’s puppeteering Maddie. With Sasha and her crew alongside Polly going for Andrias, Marcy, Yunan and Sprig find and confront Magi once again in the throne room. Marcy accesses her powers, but Magi proves more than capable of going toe to toe with her, until the three are all beaten down and Marcy uses sheer force of will to get back up. This draws the remaining energy out of the stones and back into Marcy, powering her back up to her god-like state with her putting a hand to Magi’s helmet and instantly shutting it down. Sasha and Grime tag team it to deal as much damage to Andrias as possible, but Olivia deals the final blow with a laser gun Mr. X gave her to use, right through the heart, instantly killing him. Yunan and Marcy would have a teary reunion with Maddie, the frog bringing Yunan to fully forgive Marcy, just wanting to be friends again after everything, which the other girls are all for. Maddie also apologizes for lying to Yunan, but she assures them that Andrias was the one to truly betray her, by way of her scar. After putting a stop to the invasion, they’d head back, stopping the Rebellion by announcing their victory, Marcy celebrating with both of her friend groups. However, the final protocol would be enacted thanks to The Core being offline for a set amount of time, and they would be forced to confront the moon. Mother Olm would appear and tell them that this is what the prophecy referred to, but that it’s their choice, Anne and Sasha agreeing if only to keep the world Marcy cares about safe. Valeriana would use the box as a conduit to channel the power out of Marcy to give each girl their intended power, the three assuming their calamity forms. They’d fight the moon, Andrias’ robots helping a lot with pushing it back at Olivia’s command, but it would land a blow that sends them careening back down to Amphibia’s surface, battered and losing power.

[scrabbleknight]

Honestly if what you written about True Colors for Sasha and the Frogs is going to be true or not. It’ll mean Sasha will be the one that Andrias plugs into the tank and hooks to his Master, The Night.

Oh that’s terrifying, after all her of Sasha’s hard work and development on learning how to be a better friend and person thanks with the help of the Plantars and the misadventures along the way, it’s like all of Sasha’s past actions back on Earth and with Anne getting angrier with Sasha reaching its breaking point in TC in this AU.

Will Marcy and Grime retreat and Marcy plan to somehow save Sasha from Andrias and his Master in this Alternate Season 3. But that’s for the far future.

Honestly, Sasha's development is one of the reasons I'm willing to pickle her once I reach True Colors. After dedicating an entire fanfic for her, it's safe to assume that she's developed well enough so her not being around wouldn't affect her badly.

But let's go back to the topic at hand; what happens then?

I wanted Marcy to stay with Sasha willingly. After seeing her bff get stabbed and now a pickle, Marcy would feel intense guilt, blaming herself for all of this. It's even worse as she realised that Sasha had taken the blame she didn't deserve.

So, let's go back to the "facts". Sasha got stabbed and Marcy broke the box in order to stop King Andrias. So what does he do? He employs her with the promise that Sasha would be saved. He holds the girl hostage. It'd go like this;

Grime: Marbles, we've come to rescue you! *turns to Yunan* That is her name, correct? Marbles?

Yunan: *shrugs*

Marcy: What? No! I can't leave! I made a promise with King Andrias; Sasha's life for mine.

Grime: *raises a brow* Are you insane or something?

Marcy explains that with the box damaged, he can't open a portal big enough to move his armies. So he needs Marcy and her wits to fix it. In return, Sasha would be kept safe and alive.

Despite Grime and Yunan trying to convince her, Marcy still refuses to leave.

Marcy: It's my fault she got hurt! I got everyone hurt! I was selfish and stupid and now my best friend is on life support! I need to keep my promise.

Grime: But she'll die anyway. Andrias will never hold his end of the bargain.

Marcy: THEN WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!

Marcy would break down on her knees at that moment. She knows it's true. For the first time in her life, she has no solution. She can't see how to win in this situation because no matter what choice she makes, she loses.

Since I don't know how S3 will go, the tale ends here. Marcy stays with Sasha but tries her best to help the Rebellion, working on trying to fix the box.

As for Sasha, maybe she gets Winter Soldier'd or possessed. Heck, I might even invoke the whole "Sasha would never harm her friends" thing. That'd be neat :v

[ajbwasntwriting]

Getting Adopted By The Survivors

Author’s Note: I’ve been rewatching the walking dead for the god knows how many times since lockdown began. I had this idea rollling around my head for a while so I wrote it down for ya’ll. How you enjoy. If this gets to 50 notes I’ll do a part 2

Grimes Family(Rick, Lori, Carl)

You were thirteen and found by Rick first

You were walking down the road, having been separated from your group by a herd just a couple days ago. He approached you on horseback, saying he was headed towards the city.

You told him not to go to the city and that it was dangerous but he wouldn’t listen and went anyway.

That evening he spotted you from the car, driving back to the camp. He got T-dog to pull over and pick you up. He brought you back to the camp where you met his family.

“I tried to warn you.” you told him. “Yeah, you did.” he chuckled and promised to help you find your group.

You left the atlanta camp with them, having nowhere else to go. You tried to keep Carl entertained when everyone was out looking for Sofia.

When Carl got shot you got upset. You tried to help around the farm or camp but everything you did just got you in more trouble. You eventually broke down, telling Lori you were sorry and you just wanted to help

Lori loving you as if you were her own. Insisting you share a tent with the grimes from day one.

Shane was especially sweet towards you from the beginning but you didn’t entertain him. You had more important things to do like help with the cooking and cleaning and babysitting Carl so that the adults could get work done.

 You calling Rick “Ricky boy.” and Carl “Twerp” when he gets on your nerves. Lori calling you “sweetpea” and Carl calling you “Stinker” when you get on his nerves.

Dale

You were fifteen and Dale’s neighbour before all this. It was just you, your dad, and the family dog. When the shit started to fly Dale offered you all a place in his RV

Later on your father got bit while looking for the family dog who got away. Dale mercifully put your dad down so you didn’t have to.

You bringing Amy and Andrea back to Dale and the four of you creating your own little family unit.

Dale would show you how to fix up the RV when it acted up. You would scavenge cars for parts the could be repurposed since you were faster than Dale.

Dale giving you chores to keep you out of trouble in the camp and refusing to let you do runs into town.

You and Dale taking turns keeping watch on top of the RV.

You always being the one to look after Sofia and Carl when the adults need to go and do stuff. This leads yu into becoming the ultimate babysitter, coming up with games and chores to keep the younger kids out of trouble.

You staying behind with Dale to help look after T-Dog when everyone goes looking for Sofia.

Coming to the farm and Dale and being his little yes man/woman/person. Him calling you “Sport”, “Champ” and “Kiddo.”

When Dale was attacked by the walker you took the gun from Daryl, saying how Dale put your dad down and you should return the favour. Telling Dale your sorry for not protecting him like he had protected you.

Turning cold and inconsolable the days after his death, and only Glen and Andrea really approaching you.

Andrea(Continuation of Dale)

It was after Dale’s death. He had saved you in the begining and you were completely distraught because of it, closing yourself off from the rest of the group, only really moving between the fields and the house.

You kept up your chores around the farm and kept the RV clean. That’s what Dale would want.

You and Andrea talking about everything the two of you had gone through and you breaking down in her arms.

Her teaching you how to fire a gun. Dale wouldn’t have approved but you needed to know now.

You trying to make her see that Shane doesn’t truely care for her the same way she cared for him. She doesn’t want to see it so you don’t push.

You and her being together when the barn burns down, later meeting Michone. You beg Michone to help Andrea.

The three of you surviving the winter together, later being taken to Woodbury.

You and Andrea trying to get Michone to see that Woodbury is a good place.

You supporting Andrea in everything but her just wanting you to be a kid again.

Her calling you “Sport”, “Champ”, and “Kiddo”, like Dale used to.

Green Family(Hershal, Maggie, Beth)

You were 8 years old and Otis and Patricia’s kid. You had been living with the Green family for a while, trying to survive together quite well Hershal let you ride the horses and Maggie had you feeding the chickens. It was boring being the only kid there though.

The first time you seen a kid was when a man in a sherif uniform came in carrying a boy in his arms, saying he was shot. Hershal looked after him right away while you looked from the top of the stairs.

You give your favourite teddy bear to the mother of the shot boy, telling her that the soft toy makes you feel better when you're sick so hopefully it’ll make him feel better too.

You not liking Shane because your dad had come back every time he went out except for when he went out with Shane.

Lori picking you up and carrying you off the farm when it got taken over by walkers.

Beth and Maggie taking care of you during the 7 months on the road through the winter, singing you to sleep and telling you stories.

Herschel letting you sit in when he’s teaching Carol some basic medicine.

You and Carl didn’t get along that much cause he wanted to help the adults, not play with a little kid like you

Beth and you singing to baby judith in the Prison, always helping her take care of her when you weren’t taken up with chores and other business.

You being Hershal’s little medical assisstant, learning lots of valuable medical information and becoming a great help despite being so young

You eventually calling Hershal “Pops” after a while. Hershal calling you “Little Doc” and “trouble maker”. Beth and Maggie calling you “butthead” to get a rise out of you.

Dixon Family (Merle and Daryl)

You were ten and very good and moving through the crowds. You were too short and fast for a lot of the walkers to get a hold on you and your dad used that, making you go out to find food and supplies most of the time while he stayed holed up in your Atlanta apartment

You heard a man yell and you went to see what was going on. You found a man handcuffed to the roof with walkers trying to push the door down to get to him. He asked you to hand him the saw and you helped.

You brought Merle back to your Atlanta apartment, which your dad didn’t like so he beat you. It continued for a couple days where you’d go out and your dad would beat you for bringing back to little. One day Merle had enough and beat the shit out of your dad. The following morning your dad was gone.

You calling Merle “Mr. Merle.” and Merle calling you “kid.”

You believe everything Merle says because he swears he would never lie to you. He also teaches you how to track game in the woods. He also taught how to curse which made him laugh like crazy everytime you did.

You two getting picked up and going to Woodbury. You preferring to spend all your time with Merle instead of the other kids cause you think they’re stupid and weak and they bullied you cause you told them they were stupid and weak.

Merle and you spending all your free time at Woodbury’s library. Him reading to you. Him not minding you spending all your time with him since you reminded him so much of little Daryl. The two of you making a plan on how to escape Woodbury if it came to it.

The night the governor put Merle and his brother against each other you screamed at them to stop and cried, being held back by a woman. You cursed out the governor. When the smoke rose you grabbed a pistol off of one of the men and ran after Merle.

Staying with Merle and “Mr. Merle’s Brother” after Rick refuses to let Merle back. “You should go back with them, kid.” Merle would try to tell you. “I wanna stay with you, Mr Merle. Not that dickhead!”

Daryl became fond of you during the little time spent with just the three of you, especially how you had no fear of walkers and had no trouble letting himself and Merle know what you were thinking.

When you end up back at the prison you insist on staying outside the cell block with Merle. A woman named Carol came up to you “Are you sure you wouldn’t rather sleep in here on a proper bed?” she asked. “I ain’t repeating myself to you dumb bitch!”. The prison gang informally refers to you as Merle Jr., regardless of gender.

Williams Family (Sasha and Tyreese)

You were 9. Your parents had been part of the group but didn’t make it. Since then Tyreese and Sasha took care of you the most. They would give up their food so you could eat and Tyreese would carrying you when you got too tired to walk.

They would call you “Buddy” and “Boo”. You calling Tyreese “Reeses” because his name reminds you of the candy.

When you arrived in the prison you found yourself enamoured by Carl. He was a kid too and he was able to shoot a gun and kill walkers. You immediately went to Tyreese and begged him to teach you how to use a gun, which he would repeatedly refuse.

You being the only one that could get Sasha to calm down when she gets a little riled up. 

You thought Sasha’s hair was the coolest thing in the world when it wasn’t tied down and just in one big fro. Her letting you braid it and tie it up for her, mainly to keep you busy for a while since your smaller hands needed extra time to handle her curls.

Tyreese’s girlfriend Karen referring to the two of you as ‘Big and small’

You telling them about Lizzie and how she thinks the walkers are people, so they ban you from playing with her. 

You getting stuck with Tyreese and Carol after the prison falls and keeping a distance between yourself and Lizzie, becoming very protective of Judith whenever Tyreese isn’t around.

When Lizzie kills Mika, you throw yourself infront of Judith and yell at her to stay away, this prompts Carol and Tyreese to run to you. Tyreese takes you and Judith inside while Carol handles Lizzie. Tyreese consoles you while you cry, telling him how worried you were she was going to do something to Judith

At terminus when you, Judith, and Tyreese are left in the cabin with Martin. You stab Martin in the neck when he lunges for Judith. When Tyreese asks where you got the knife, you admit to taking it off of Lizzie’s corpse so you could better protect him and Judith.

Chambler Family (Tara, David, Lily, Meghann)

You were 7 and the Chambler’s were your neighbours. You went to school with Meghan so your families came together when the end came. One day your mom went out to gather supplies and never came back.

You and Meghan kept each other busy, playing games with each other, though you were louder than Meghan which made Tara give out to you a lot.

You and Meghan take turns playing backgammon with her grandfather. Later you take turns playing chess with ‘Brian’, and he teaches you two how to play against each other but you both prefer to play against him.

Lily trying her best to be a good mother figure for you, trying to keep some semblance of normalcy for you and Meghan.

When Philip takes you all to the camp you’re initially more recluse, being in another strange new situation. You find yourself clinging to Tara and her new girlfriend during this time, following them around the camp.

Tara calling you “Bubbles” cause you seem to pop up around her out of nowhere.

You being there when Meghan got attacked and running to get Lily. You silently follow her to the battlefield at the prison and watch as ‘Brian’ shoots her. You crawled into the back of one of the cars to try and escape the onslaught of bullets. 

Later you see Tara leaving the prison with an asian man and run after her. She’s shocked to see you there but picks you up and takes her with you, which the man readily agrees to.

Glen pitches that they should teach you how to fire a gun so that you can defend yourself. You get plenty of opportunity on the road and by the time you find Glen’s wife your a crack shot, much to the horror of the other survivors.

You sleeping in Tara’s lap every night because she’s the only family you have left.

The Governor

You were 13 when you met him. You had been on the road on your own since your mom turned. Your aunt had refused to put her sister down and ended up being attacked. You didn’t have it in you to put them down so you left them locked in the shop.

He had been with a group and when he found out you were on your own he offered to take you back to his town. You said you’d go if he put down your mom and aunt. “I’m not strong enough to do it and they don’t deserve to be left like that.”

They agreed and you led them to the store. There they put the two woman down and took the supplies. He didn’t realise how young you actually were until you got upset at the sight of your mother but he already promised to take you back and there was lots of supplies at the shop.

You becoming a Mini Governor to the kids of Woodbury and rallying the ones old enough to join the army. “The governor works hard to keep you safe, it’s about time you helped!”

You being privy to all of the governor’s shady dealings.

You being introduced to Penny. Him referring to her as “Your little sister.” You being initially shocked but later being okay with it. You finding pretty hair pins and taking toys back to the governor for “When Penny gets better.”

You being able to boss around The Governor’s men as much as you want.

Andrea often being asked to keep an eye on you, but you actually being the one to keep an eye on her.

You and The Governor being left for dead then going back to Woodbury, buring it down in temper. You both survive together alone for months until he sees Meghan Chamber. Him telling you to stay put while he checks it out and to leave if he doesn’t come back.

He never comes back and you’re left alone again.

Father Gabriel

You were 14 when you went to the church. Your foster home had been over run and you were in desperate need for some spiritual help. You arrived just as he had returned from one of his walks. He said you could stay as all of god’s children deserved shelter.

You being too afraid to open the doors to let others in incase Gabriel says you can’t remain, so you sit in the back office with your hands over your ears. Every morning you go and pray for forgiveness

You being the one to run into town for supplies because you want to protect Gabriel and keep him alive. 

Being apprehensive when the survivors arrive, only lowering your guard a little when Gabriel explains how he saved him.

You reading the bible and learning to quote the scripture, mainly out of boredom then anything else. You and Gabriel getting into discussions on what each passage actually means.

You learning about Gabriel sneaking out of the church but not telling the other survivors. “If we need to get away from them it’ll be good to have,” you admitted.

You and Gabriel often talking about what the lord thinks of your actions, ultimately not being able to comfort each other much. 

You often defend Gabriel infront of the other survivors, not letting them get away with speaking any kind of ill towards him.

You only really disagree with Gabriel when he sells out the group to Deanna. This leads to you two having a big argument, him defending that Rick’s group are murderers and you defending that they have kept you safe. You ultimately lose your loyalty to him and stick with Rick’s group for a while.

When a herd surrounds Alexandria you reunite with Gabriel. You both beg the other for forgiveness. “You were a father to me when you didn’t need to be and I-” you began, your voice breaking. Gabriel held you close. “What matters is that we are together now, my child.”

Gabriel asking for your help to assist Rick in clearing out the walkers and you jumping to his side. The two of you drawing strength from each other.

[sickoherd]

PROMPT LIST

- the walking dead

1. “Are you jealous?”

with Daryl Dixon

2. “Tell me a story!”

with Michonne Grimes

3. “Are you flirting with me?”

with Rick Grimes

4. “What are you doing?”

with Glenn Rhee

5. “I’ll help you.”

with Maggie Greene

6. “The date didn’t go well. He didn’t like how I kept mentioning you…”

with Carol Peletier

7. “My dad wants to meet you.”

with Carl Grimes

8. “What happened, why are you bleeding?”

with Rosita Espinosa

9. “Just- pretend to be my date!”

with Tara Chambler

10. "This is a stupid plan."

with Sasha Williams

[iwantescapism13]

Amphibia Season 3B - First 2 episode summaries revealed

And here are my thoughts:

- Escape to Amphibia -

I asked in my previous post what the "escape" means in "Escape To Amphibia". And holy shit, you were right @sepublic. It IS about Anne and the Plantars escaping the FBI.

Goddamnit. I was about to say that it's really stupid but well... here we go... it's true. SIGH. They're really gonna go for the FBI thing now.

Fine, fine. As I said, I trust sir Matt Braly so... gonna waaaaaaaaaatch it. >_>

- Commander Anne -

"Not good at the job"? Ahahahahahahahahaha. Nah. That's not true. She's very smart. She was able to devise a plan to take over Sasha and Grime back in 'True Colors', after all. Sure, she'll probably mess up (because she'll be up against Marcy's strategies DUH XD) but I'm sure she'll make a turn-around at the end. There'll definitely be Marcanne moments in this one. At least at the end. I can FEEL it.

- Sprivy -

Why do they need to "devise a scheme to be together"? Can they not be? Now that's interesting. Who's stopping them? The ongoing war? Ivy being part of Sasha's squad (haha XD)?

Come on, Anne and Sasha. Let the kids be together. They're just kids, after all.

--

All in all, still looking forward to it! So far, the first item on my list of expectations is already confirmed. I'd really love to see General Yunan escape and train Anne and Sasha on combat. That'll be so fucking dope.

[popculturebuffet]

Amphibia Reviewcaps: The Dinner/Battle of the Bands “It’s You”

Hello all you happy people! And i’m almost to the finish line.  6 months (subtracting the ones where there were no new episodes) worth of weekly coverage and with next week i’ll have completed my second full season of reivews of a show as they came out, and my first full season of amphibia. If you’d like to see season 1 it’s up high on my stretch goals at 45 with reviews of Disney movies based on shows (The Proud Family, Recess and Kim Possible), Gravity Falls and more along the way if your curious. Check it out HERE. I’m also doing exclusive reviews eveyr month now with the coasional one thrown in randomly so check that out. New period starts in a week so please join before then.

So naturally with the big finale and all the tensions in amphibia close to reaching a boil next week, this week’s a bit more low key. Still not unimportant, with some massively good character work and in fact The Dinner is easily one of my faviorites of the season, but still nothing to move the plot too far forward. Just some nice character stuff to help inch us towards the climax next week. The calm before my heart is stillbeatingly ripped out of my chest. Which I will grant the show, having my heart ripped out Mola Ram style by some combination of Brenda Song and Keith David is how I wanted to go, i’m just not ready yet. So while I steel myself for the utter heartbreak of next week, I have my throughts on this weeks episodes under the cut!

The Dinner: 

I did tip my hand a bit by saying this was one of my faviorties of the season.. and I stand by that. This one was excellent. It was rife with tension while still somehow being a fun breather episode before hell arrives. 

As the title suggest the Plantars are having Grime and Sasha over for a fancy dinner, followed by games and such. Only Annearcy are happy about this though, Marcy still not getting quite how bad Sasha has gotten during her stay here and Anne hoping she has changed.  The Plantars, Sprig in paticular, still resent them for the whole toad tower fiasco, which is fair. You don’t forget someone trying to murder you over night, let alone your whole town. Hop Pop is using Frobo as the Grill by the way which is just visually fucktacular I gotta admit. He does get some more use these episodes, being used as a Grill here and as the fog machine and Polly’ sminon next episode. Good work boy. That’s my robot frog soldier builder whatever you are. 

Sasha and Grime are likewise not enthused. Sasha isn’t because her friends expect her to “Ugh” change and grow and stuff and isn’t happy about it and is confident she can return to rulling over them once her plan is done. Dude.. that’s not how a healthy throuple works. Or a healthy anything. Grime is more worried about her blowing it with her anger and control issues, but feels. this is VITAL to convincing the plantars to trust them long enough for their plan to go off. He even demands she remove her sword and all her knives... and she has a lot of them. Evne in her boot “How do you even walk?” Good question grime. 

My answer?

So what follows is about 8 minutes of the most hilariously awkward dinner since that time Micheal Scott decided to have a dinner party even though his relationship was horribly crumbling, as everyone but Anne and Marcy shoves their foot in their mouth at some point or makes some sort of screw up. Oh and Polly I guess she’s more content to just watch the show. Seriously i’m not usually a fan of cringe comedy.. but the series makes it work here as our heroes attempt to interact with thier old eneimeis and vice versa. 

For starters we have our guests arrvial, where Grime and Sasha both look objectively terrifying before things cool down. Then we have dinner itself where both Hop Pop and Grime prove to be the racist kind of grandpa as Grime asks what frogs they subjigated to get these turnips and Hop Pop makes an awkward lightbulb joke about Toads that Grime finds hilarious but everyone else was rightfully afraid would get the old man gutted by the other more violent old man. I imagine this happened a lot on the Lost Light once Megatron took over co captiancy. You just don’t fight a guy for a good hundered years without being nervous he’s going to blast you to fucking pieces. 

Sprig dosen’t help before all this by taking a seat next to anne and marcy specifically to piss her off, and out of all of them is the most openly hostile to her. Given Anne’s his best friend and Sasha did a LOT of emotional damage to her.. yeah fair enough. 

Things only esclate when it comes to frog pictionary. Suprisingly Hop Pop gets Grime’s Drawins and Sasha gets his, with both her and sprig trading escalating barbs and her barely containing her rage when Anne calls her on it since unlike her, Sprig has a reason to still be upset with her. This reaches a breaking point when Sasha attempts things, trying to desperatly win her friends back with the old times now they have their ownt imes apart.. only for Sprig to accidnetlay mock Sasha’s near sucicide,s aying she “slipped”.. granted I do think he geninely just can’t forgive her.. but it’s very clear she did not.. she let herself go to save them, and he’s just as in denial about it as Sasha and just as much a dick about it. 

Sasha flips out at him, and gets penalized for talking which only pisses her off MORE and understandably so. Anne leaps to the plantar’s defense but honestly.. both sides are understandabliy angry here. The Plantars are right to still not trust her after everything especially since she hasn’t outright apologized to them and her and Grime’s general response to the incident is “One Time!”... which works for say, taking the last slice of pizza without asking or slamming their face in a car door, but not so much “Trying to murder all of you for personal and stupid reasons.”. But at the same time Sprig DID cross the line really bad when she saved his fucking life. It dosen’t automaitcally erase the bad things she did but it dosen’t give him lisence to mock her. WHile I get he’s 10 and dosen’t get it was part suicide, he still is blantaly ignoring her trying to do something selfless because he can’t admit there’s any good in Sasha. Sasha is not a GREAT person.. but there IS good in her. She just has to WANT to seek that out instead of her inherent seflishness and need for control and Anne and Marcy are absolutely right for trying to help her instead of just slamming the door in her face. 

But soon eveyroen gets distracted by the cake which floods the room with molten lava. Hop Pop assumes it was some sort of trick.. but hilariously turns out no, Grime really was trying to be nice. That’s just how this works and it’s delcious once it hardens.. assuming you survivie the hornets, with fighting them being the best part of it. And yes hornets shoot out of the cake. Are you suprised at this point? They also paralize grime leaving our heroes without the one person among them who knows what their doing. 

SO our heroines are forced to fight some hornets, with Sasha trying to take lead.. only for Anne to do so and succeed at it, figuring out that while weapons can’t pierce them their own stingers might and having Marcy use her crossbow to launch the stinger in grime at them, and then has Sasha distract the rest to take them out. 

So our heroines reconcile with Sasha admitting she might not want to change and Anne admitting that’s okay.. she just has to accept things have changed with THEM and that her friends HAVE. And genuinely or not Sasha agrees to that, while Grime is bummed he missed the party and the lava hardens into chocolate, with eveyrone enjoying some cake and dead insects. As you do

Final Thoughts on The Dinner: As I said, this is one of the best episodes of the season> The tension is paltable, and it dosen’t fully resolve it, rightly as we still have one final season to go for that. More than that.. it’s hilarious. All the jokes land, and there were far too many to get into here. 

Battle of the Bands:

Now this is a classic breather episode, our last chance to rest and get all slice of lifey before things go up in flames next week. 

With the town all nervous because of Sasha and Grime’s presence, Mayor Toadstool decides to spin the wheel of fun to decide on an activity. I can’t remember if this is a new thing or not but I loves it. It lands on Battle of the Bands so the girls decide to get their old band Sasha and the Sharks back together. As for the rest of the cast, Hop Pop and Sprig join a Jug band and Grime has his own musical domination to plot out, so that just leaves us with the thropule, Poly and Frobo for an episode. 

The group have fun... until Anne unveils her heartfelt song based on her time here. Well okay only Sasha isn’t having fun and quickly tries to take over, as you’d expect and Anne pushes back as you’d expect. Sasha takes her ball and goes home as.. you get it by now> The plot here is not very complex or unique.

But as with all the Sasha episodes this season including the last one, we get a deeper sense of her character. Here she outright admits she dosen’t know what to do when she’s not in control. She needs to be in charge of the situation. It also explains why unlike Marcy and Anne she didn’t change for the better: Her need for control shuts out any possiblity of self reflection and thus self improvment. Self Improvment, and I know this from experince, requires you to admit your flaws and face them. It’s something I can admit to struggling with as I fall back into old patterns often. Admitting flaws would be admitting a loss of Control and Sasha.. can’t. She honestly can’t. 

Of all people i’ts TOADIE who convinces her sometimes i’ts better to let someone else take the lead and that it’s better to support the ones you love than subjugate them. Granted Toadie himself is too far in the opposite direction, but he makes a valid point.. something I never thought i’d say. Sometimes you just have to let someone do what they want.. and watching her two girlfriends perform up on stage.

I also will say I love a good talent show, battle of the bands what have you episode. One of my faviorite movies, True Stories, climaxes in one. 

And yes that was John Goodman and yes he does indeed sing...

Seriously watch this movie. It’s fucking amazing. And yes that was the Talking Heads David Byrne, he wrote this movie and there’s two talking heads songs in it. Watch it. 

Point is we get a great one, paticuarlly chuck. 

He grows SINGIN tulips just a fun one.. but i’ts that finale with the girls that really makes it with Sasha realizing that them being HAPPY is better than her being in control..and they didn’t grow PAST HER or leave her behind just because they grew.. they simply should be free to be themselves. And that maybe trying to conquer a country just to do that ain’t right. IT’s really sweet

So she runs in to do the guitar solo, and its aweosme and they only don’t win because it turns out Grime is fucking MAJESTIC on a harp. But Sasha finally grows a bit admitting that having fun is what mattered... 

And it’s abotu to burst as Mayor Toadstool, in a show of how far he’s come, points out Anne is leaving soon and Anne gives a heartfelt goodbye to everyone.. that said.... someone clearly has other plans.. and for once i’ts NOT Sasha. 

There’s nothing but foreshadowing in that face. That’s a face that says “Uh.. about that”. And again SASHA is showing emotinal vunerablity and hapiness.. but it’s Marcy, whose pretty open emotiionally whose visably worried and clearly knows Andrias has other plans.. other plans he talked her into. Gratned he probably didn’t tell her said plans involve The Watcher with a Thousand Eyes, but she still KNOWS she’s plottingthings.. and know’s she’s about to betray the people closest to her. 

Before we move on though those outfits ar esharp. Just damn. Especially Sasha’s punk look. The songs this episode are also both excellent and I had no idea Brenda Song and Anna Akana could sking like that. God damn. 

So with Anne leaving for home she gets one last group photo. It’s majestic and we’re out. 

Final Thoughts: This one is pretty good. Not a lot to talk about outside of Sasha but a really fun episode that both moves her foward and moves us toward the finale. ANd it’s nice to see the three just happy together... before the hell that’s about to arrive. 

Next Week: War Were Declared, our heroes prepare to fight bravely against the hoard of toads... and both Sasha and Marcy come to the crossroads of destiny Tommorow ON This Blog:

So it’s up to Jean Grey and Emma Frost to go in and sort it out.. and then fight off the full might of an alien empire. No pressure. 

Until the next rainbow it’s been a pleasure

[kiddoryder]

Times to Heal

For @wombatking enjoy! Thanks for commissioning me!

Anne was in her room just laying down in bed. She was happy that she and her frog family were able to get back to Wartwoods, find Sasha and even freed Marcy. However, they all had to go into hiding due to King Andres now trying to find them. Anne was not only worried about that, but she was looking for a bit down and saw a picture of her, Sasha, and Marcy. She had mixed feelings about it. It's like she had good times with them, but yet, she felt like it was nothing but lies. She was about to rip it but couldn't bring herself to do it. The strange thing is Anne didn’t know why she couldn’t do it. 

 “Anne you, okay?”

 Anne - Huh? *Turns her head and see Sprig standing next to her* Oh yeah, I’m okay.

 Sprig - *concerned* “Are you sure? You can tell me.”

 Anne - *sighs* “I don’t know, I mean I feel like the picture is based on lies.”

 Sprig - *confused* “What picture?”

 Anne shows him the picture of her, Sasha, and Marcy. Sprig was surprised because he didn't think Anne would still have the picture after everything that happened between her and Sasha. However he can see that Sasha is still important to Anne.”

 Sprig - “Oh yeah.”

 Anne - “I just don’t know if our friendship is a lie or not. I mean Sasha not only tried to have Hop Pop executed for his crimes, but also tried to kill us at the Toad Tower.”

 Sprig - “I know…”

 Anne - “I know I tried to save her when she was about to fall, but I just have a feeling she hasn’t changed at all. I’m glad Marcy is still the same but not Sasha…It's like she is just using me and Marcy as puppets just so she can get what she wants. Maybe she doesn’t care about us…”

 Sprig: (*feeling bad for Anne*) “I’m sorry what you’re going through Anne.”

 Anne - “It’s okay, I just wish she could be a good friend for once. I feel like I was so blind being friends with her.”

 Sprig - “Yeah…But at least you have me. I know I would never do any of that to you.”

 Anne - *smiles* “Yeah. That’s true.” 

 Sprig - “You even have Hop Pop and Polly.”

 Polly - *dirty and running away* “You will never take me alive! I would rather die than get clean.”

 Hop Pop a *chases her* “Polly, get back here! You’re cover in mud and other stuff I do not want to know.”

 Polly - “Never!”

 Anne and Sprig laugh at the two. She knows that Sprig is right because despite losing Sasha, she still has the Planters and Marcy at her side. 

 Anne - “Well, whatever happened, at least I got you guys.”

 ()()()()()()()()()()

 Meanwhile Sasha was in her room looking at pictures of her Anne and Marcy. She sighs Grimes came in.

 Grime - “Ah Sasha! You’re just in time to hear about my latest plan to- *noticed how she is looking down* What's wrong with you?”

 Sasha - *sigh* “it’s nothing. I was just looking at my photo of my friends.”

 Grimes - *annoyed* Ugh again? You look at that photo almost every day! It’s just a picture.”

 Sasha - *mad* “Hey, it's not just a picture! They're my friends, and I’ll do anything to get them back so we can go home. But lately, they don’t trust me. Especially Anne. 

 Grime - “Well we do need their trust if we want to do the invasion. I think the only way is to proof that you change. That way we can go through with our plan.”

 Sasha - “Yeah that’s true. Because honestly, I didn’t expect Anne and Marcy to change this much. I guess it’s my turn.”

 Grime - “Yeah. If you don’t fix this now, our plan to attack the King would never work.”

 ()()()()()()()()

 Anne - *panting* “Man…That was brutal.” 

 Sprig - *panting* “That was…One of the toughest battles yet…”

 Hop Pop - *panting* “Yeah but…It was…Worth it!”

 Polly - *pouting and clean* “Ugh…Stupid bath. What it ever done for me?”

 Sprig - “Keep you clean and not smelly.”

 Then they heard a knock on the door. 

 Polly - “I got it!” 

 Polly moved herself to the door and try to reach the door. But due to her height, she couldn’t really reach it. 

 Polly - “Hmm stupid door. Good thing I have old Betsy.”

 Hop Pop - *terrified* “Oh geez not old Betsy!”

 Anne - *confused* “Wait, who’s Old-“

 Then Polly took out a big mallet and began pounding the door. She kept pounding and pounding until the door was broken into dust. 

 Sprig - *whispers to Anne* “Polly is more brutal with Old Betsy. She even uses it on the carriage when it got stuck in the mud* 

 Anne - *equally terrified* “Yeah I can tell Polly love that thing.”

 At the broken door there was Marcy. Marcy was holding a letter. 

 Marcy - “Hey Anna Banana!”

 Anne - *happily* “Mar Mar!”

 Both girls hugged each other, and Marcy said: 

 Marcy - “I got a letter for you and Me.”

 Anne - “Really? Who’s it from?”

 Marcy looks at the letter and her eyes widen in Surprise. 

 Marcy - “It’s from Sasha!”

 Anne - *surprised* “Really? *confused* Wait, why would she write us a letter?”

 Marcy - “Well we are hiding from King Andres. She probably wants us to be safe.”

 Sprig - “What does it say?”

 Marcy - “Sasha wanted to talk to us, Anne. She said it’s really important.”

 Sasha - *uncertain* “Are you sure we should go?”

 Hop Pop - “I think you and Marcy should go.”

 Anne - “What? But what about you guys?”

 Sprig - “Don't worry about us. We will be okay. Beside we got our weapons *take out his sling shot*”

 Polly - “And if that doesn’t work, we still have Doris!” *Take out Doris the rolling pin*

 Anne and Marcy chuckled, and they left to go meet up with Sasha. 

 ()()()()()()()()

 Anne - “Hey Mar Mar, did Sasha say why we have to meet her at the lake?”

 Marcy - “Well lakes are one of the most relaxing places. Sometimes even swimming in them can help calm the mind.”

 Anne - “Do you really think Sasha changed?”

 Marcy - “I believe so. I mean she help battling the king and even freed me.”

 Anne - “True…But she lied so much I can’t tell what’s she saying is even true anymore. Sometimes I even wonder if our friendship is nothing but lies.”

 Marcy - “I say we give her a chance. I mean she did risk her life for us.”

 Anne - “Yeah but-“

 Sasha - “Oh you finally came!”

 Anne and Marcy saw Sasha waving at them near the lake. Anne was surprised that Grimes wasn’t there with her. Grimes is always with Sasha and not seeing him with her is weird. Then again, it could be a sign that Sasha really did change. 

 Marcy - “I’m so glad that you are okay Sash!”

 Sasha - *scoff* “Oh please. Andres' army is nothing compared to mine and Grimes.”

 Anne - *uncomfortable* “Uh yeah. So why did you tell us to come here?”

 Sasha - “Because this is one of the safest places to be right now. Listen what I got to tell you is very important. You see I-“

 Then all of a sudden, they heard the lake rumbling. The lake bubbles, and then a giant water snake comes out. The water snake monster then saw Anne, eyes widened and made a loud ferocious roar. It tried to attack the girls, but they all jump out of the way. 

 Sasha - *freaked out* “Since when can snake swim?!”

 Marcy - “There are actually snakes who live in water!”

 Anne - *scared* “And that snake definitely wants revenge!”

 Marcy - “You know that thing?!”

 Anne - “Last time I saw it, Sprig nearly burn it organs!”

 The snake roared again. It also tried to attack, but the girls dodge it again. Anne realizes that the snake looks stronger, yet in tongue is badly burnt. 

 Anne - “Okay guys I have a plan-“

 Sasha - *determination*  “I got this!”

 Anne - *worried* “No Sash wait!”

 But Sasha didn’t listen. Sasha took out her sword and tried to stab the snake, but the snake pushes her away. Sasha landed on her feet and tried to attack again but the snake went underwater. Sasha looks frustrated and jump on the lily pads hoping to find the snake but didn’t see anything. 

 Anne - “Mar Mar we gotta help her!”

 Marcy - “On it!” 

 Both Anne and Marcy jump on the lily pads and use their hands to paddle where Sasha is. Sasha was still looking for the snake. 

 Sasha - *growls* “Come on out you stupid snake!”

 Marcy - “Sasha, some snakes can swim really fast!”

 Then Marcy looked down at the water and saw the snake swimming. She tried shooting her bow and arrow in the water hoping it could stop the snake. The snake came out and had arrows in his body, but it didn’t affect him at all. It just stood inside like small toothpicks. Marcy was about to shoot again but this time aiming for the eyes, but then Sasha jumped in front of Marcy. 

 Sasha - “I got this Marbles!”

 Marcy - “No Sasha! It’s too strong.”

 Sasha - “I handle worse things than this.”

 Anne - “Sasha listens!”

 But Sasha didn’t listen. Instead she did a high jump and landed on the snake’s head. She tried to stab the giant snake monster, but the snake monster roar and kept moving around trying to shake off Sasha. Sasha tried to hold on tight but was slowly losing grip. Then the snake did a headbutt to make Sasha loose grip and use its tail to smack Sasha away like if she was a fly. Anne and Marcy watch in horror seeing Sasha got smack and land hard. Sasha did a painful scream and felt pain especially around her ankle. The pain was too much and the last thing she heard was her friends calling her name. 

 ()()()()()()()()

 Sasha moaned and felt a dull pain. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed she was on a couch. Then something was on her chest and saw Polly looking at her in the face. 

 Polly - “Hello! Hey! Everybody, she's awake!” 

 Everybody went to see Sasha awake with Polly on her chest. 

 Hop Pop - “Good job Polly, you earn a cookie.”

 Hop Pop gave her a cookie and Polly happily eats it. 

 Sasha - *confused* “Guys? Where am I?”

 Anne - “Back home. We got away from the snake monster just in time.”

 Marcy - “We told Hop Pop what happened, and he had a doctor help you.”

 Sasha - *touched* “Oh…Thanks.”

 She was about to get up, but wince in pain. She looked and saw how her foot was now in a cast. And noticed that there were some drawings on it.

 Sprig - “Anne said when a person broke a bone, they wear a cast.”

 Sasha - *shocked* “Wait what?”

 Hop Pop - “You broke your ankle there Sasha. Told you that lake too dangerous. Sometimes I feel like these people don’t listen to me! I might of well speak their language to understand them.”

 Sasha - *shocked* “I broke my ankle…”

 Marcy - “But don't worry! It will heal in a few weeks.”

 Polly - “Hey! I know you’re upset about the whole ankle thing. Trust me, I would be upset too if I broke my ankle. I mean now with these babies, *pointed to her legs* I can fight much faster!”

 Sasha - “What do you want?”

 Polly - “Anne told me with something like this happens, you draw on the cast! So here’s one of my best artworks!”

 Polly began to draw on the cast. Then she finished and look proud of her work.

 Polly - “Ta da! It’s you are fighting the snake and if you got eaten by it!”

 Sasha - *creeped out* “Uhh….Thanks.”

 Anne - “Uhh guys? Can you leave us alone for a minute? We want to talk to Sasha.”

 Hop Pop - “Well alright then. We will be in the kitchen if you need us.”

 Sprig - “And we will let you know if any of Andres goons come!”

 The planters went to the kitchen to give Anne, Marcy, and Sasha some privacy. Sasha was shocked that she broke her ankle. She is Grimes second in command…She felt like she had to be stronger and not get hurt. She felt like a failure because not only she got hurt, but probably felt like she blew her chance. 

 Anne - *worried*  “Sasha what we’re you thinking?! You could have been killed!”

 Sasha - “I’m sorry Anne…I just felt like I had to do it.”

 Marcy - “But we could have done it together.”

 Anne - “Do you realize how worried we were about you?!”

 Sasha - “Look I- *realize something* you were worried about me?”

 Marcy - “Of course we were! We didn’t want you to get killed.”

 Sasha - “But…Why did you save me? After the horrible things I did.”

 Anne - “Cause Sash, yes you did horrible things, but not even you deserve death. But why did you want to fight that thing alone? We could have done it together.”

 Sasha - *snapped* “Because I wanted to prove it to guys!” 

 Marcy - *confused* “Proof what?”

 Sasha - *sighs* “That I really changed. Ever since coming here, and…That day Anne ended our friendship.”

 Anne - “Well it was temporary.”

 Sasha - “It doesn’t matter. When Anne called me a horrible person it  made me realize she was right…I really was a horrible person.”

 Marcy - “Oh come on Sash-“

 Sasha - “Marcy don’t you get it?! I tried to kill Anne's friends, I tried to take over innocent frogs' lives, and worst: I didn’t care about yours or Anne’s feelings. I just cared about myself and the stuff I wanted. Even when Sprig called me a bully, it made me realize that: I hated when other people bully you, but I was doing the same thing. I kept telling you guys what to do and what not to do like if you were puppets. At this point I feel like maybe I don’t deserve to be your friend and instead be friends with death.”

 Sasha had a few tears slip her eyes. Anne and Marcy look concerned and worried. They had never seen Sasha cry before. Seeing Sasha cry and how she truly felt made Anne realize Sasha instead truly did change for the better. For once, Sasha feels truly guilty about her selfishness and how it affects others. Then in a Surprised moment, Sasha felt being in a tight hug. 

 Anne - “Sasha…I’m really sorry for what I said…You're not a horrible person. Yes, I’ll admit before, you were bossy, but you actually did prove to me and Marcy that you truly do care about us.”

 Marcy - “Yeah. I mean you save me from Andres. You help us fight him and get the music box. You always protect us from bullies and other horrible things. Plus your leadership and bravery is awesome.”

 Anne - “We care about you Sasha. We always have.”

 Sasha had more tears in her eyes. But this time they were tears of joy. Sasha hug Anne and even Marcy tightly because she finally got her friends back. Then they felt more hugs and this time it was by the Planters. They didn’t mind one bit.

 ()()()()()()()()

 Sasha was struggling with her crutches. She never used her crutches before, and it was hard. It was like learning how to walk with new legs. Then she felt two hands helping her. Sasha looked up and saw it was Anne and Marcy smiling at her. 

 Marcy - “You need to put them under your arms.”

 Sasha then put the crutches under her arms, and they felt comfortable. 

 Anne - “And put the crutches first then yourself.”

 Sasha did what her friends told her, and it work. Sasha smiled and said:

 Sasha - “Thanks guys. Uh how did you know how to use crutches?”

 Marcy - “I use to have these a lot whenever I had an accident.”

 Anne - “And I use to have this one time when I sprained my ankle. After that skateboard incident when we roll down the hill.”

 Sasha - *surprised* “Really? I didn’t know riding that hill would hurt you. I thought it was because you trip over that huge rock.”

 Anne - *rubbing her head* “Yeah I kind of lied about that. I didn’t want to make you feel bad.”

 Sasha - *sadly* “Oh…I’m really sorry about that.”

 Anne - “Hey it doesn’t matter now. What matters most is making you better.”

 Sasha - *smiles* “Thank guys.”

 Marcy - “And I find different ways to train you.”

 Sasha - *surprised* “Really?”

 Anne - “Yeah I mean we can teach you different sword techniques.”

 Marcy - “And plan out different ways of Andres weakness.”

 Anne - “The three of us can do this to defeat Andres and save the world.”

 Sasha - *smiles* “Yes. Together we can do this.”

 They put their hands together and smiles. 

 Marcy - “Oh! One more thing.”

 Marcy and Anne took out a maker and drew on Sasha’s cast. Sasha looked and smiled. It was a drawing of the three of them doing fighting poses along with the Planters and Grimes. Sasha is deeply touch on how her friends will be on her side and fix the relationship with them. 

 A few weeks later Sasha’s ankle was all better. After recovering, she began practicing her fighting, new tactics, and even being a better friend to Anne and Marcy. Then it was the day of the final battle with Andres. 

 Sasha - “Okay. We can do this. All of us. It’s a battle to defeat a so-called King.”

 Marcy - “If our plans work, we can defeat Andres once and for all!”

 Anne - “And we can all do it! We can do this!”

 Their army cheered and they all began to walk. Sasha first walk by herself but then saw Anne next to her. Then she saw Marcy, Sprig, Hop Pop, Polly, and Grimes by her side. 

 Sasha - “Hey Anne? Thank you for everything.”

 Anne - “No problem. Now let do this.”

 Hope you like it!

[ddixons-angel]

Fated: Season 4

Summary: Gloria Rhee narrowly escapes Atlanta with her brother as the outbreak reaches the city. Luckily, they find a camp outside the city and together, they fend through encounters with the living and undead.

Starts a little before Season 1 and then follows the main storyline of the show.

Pairing: Daryl Dixon x Glenn Sister!OC

Warnings: major TWD spoilers, language, violence (the typical TWD stuff)

A/N: And we’re back with another chapter! I am honestly worried how this one will be received by you guys but for another reason completely, you will probably know what I mean haha I won’t hold you guys back any longer, let’s go!

Chapter 5

For the last few days, the ex-residents of Woodbury had been asking Glenn and Daryl to make a run back to Woodbury to get some of the things they left. They’d been telling them about their infirmary that should be stocked with their medical supplies. The kids had even been chiming in, asking them to pick up some of their toys they left behind. After discussing it with Daryl, Glenn decided that they would go back to Woodbury and take a look for anything useful back in the town. The two set out for the run, bringing along Sasha and Tyreese as they had experience outside the prison and they resided in Woodbury for a time so they could guide Glenn and Daryl where to look.

Gloria was on her shift at the fences, taking out walkers with her daggers. Since both Tyreese and Sasha had left on the run with Daryl and Glenn, she was the only one on her shift. Maggie was on watch and Carol was busy watching the kids in the library. Gloria had taken it upon herself to take care of the bodies of the walkers she had killed. As she walks to get the car, Nina meets up with her halfway.

“Hey, you going somewhere?” she asks, sounding genuinely curious.

“Burning the walker bodies.” Gloria tells her as she doesn’t stop walking to the trucks.

Nina follows her, “you’re going alone?” and Gloria hums a yes, “I’ll come with you, we aren’t supposed to leave the prison alone anyway.”

Gloria slows her pace and looks at Nina, “you don’t have to, I can do it myself.”

“I want to help, okay? Please? Plus, I want to make it up to you for making you feel bad the other day.” Nina looks down to the ground.

“Alright, come on, we’re taking the blue truck.” Gloria tells her after pondering for a moment, then starts making her way again to the vehicles with Nina following her. 

Gloria gets into the driver’s seat as Nina climbs into the passenger’s seat. She drives the truck to the gate of the courtyard, driving it through with Karen’s help as she opens and closes the gate. She honks the horn lightly to call Carl to open the main gate for her and he does it quickly, then closes it as soon as the truck is outside. With Nina’s help, Gloria collects the bodies of the walkers outside the fence into the truck and they proceed to drive to the designated area to burn the bodies. 

Putting the truck into park and turning off the engine, Gloria jumps out the truck and starts to move the bodies from the truck into the hole that was pre-dug. Nina follows her actions and does the same. Once the back of the truck is empty of walker bodies, Gloria lights the bodies in the hole on fire. The flames crackle for a while before Gloria douses it, shoveling dirt into the hole to prevent any walkers from being attracted to the light and sound of the fire. 

“Alright, done!” Gloria lets out a breath of relief, then looks to Nina, “come on, let’s go back.”

Nina smiles back but then looks behind Gloria and lets out a scream. She then turns and starts running away into the woods. Expecting a herd of walkers behind her, Gloria spins around with her hands ready to pull out her daggers from her belt, however she sees nothing but forest. Frowning in confusion, she looks in the direction Nina had run.

“Nina!” Gloria calls out as she chases after the other woman, “Nina, there’s nothing there, it’s okay, you can come back.”

She searches for her in the woods until she comes across a cabin where she sees Nina panting, breathless from running. Nina seems to be startled by Gloria coming out of the woods as she fumbles back then lets out a sigh of relief when she sees that it’s only Gloria.

“What was that about?” Gloria asks, frustrated that Nina made her chase her out here for nothing.

“I thought I saw something behind you.” Nina says innocently. 

“Well, there wasn’t anything. Come on, let’s head back to the truck.” Gloria says as she turns around.

“Wait! Shouldn’t we check out this cabin?” Nina calls out to her, making Gloria turn back around.

She glances at Nina then at the cabin. It seemed pretty sturdy, the windows were dirty from the outside grime but were still intact. She takes a few steps closer to the cabin to peek into the windows, her back now to Nina. It seemed clean and secure, but Gloria wasn’t about to rummage a cabin in the middle of the woods with Nina. She was not an experienced fighter and if anything happened, Gloria would have to fight for the both of them.

“We should tell the others abou- ah!” Gloria’s words are cut off when she feels a sharp pain on the back of her head, making her fall to the ground, her vision blurring as she looks up at Nina. 

The last thing Gloria saw before she blacked out was Nina holding a rock and a sick grin on the woman’s face. 

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Groaning and wincing at the pain throbbing in her head, Gloria opens her eyes and finds herself tied to a chair. She looks around and realizes that she was in the cabin Nina had supposedly stumbled upon. Well, that was bullshit. Gloria tugs at her restraints but stops when she hears footsteps coming from behind her.

“Awake already?” Nina cooes as she walks in front of Gloria. 

Gloria looks at Nina warily, noticing that her clothing and hair were messy, disheveled, “what the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“I’m just getting rid of you,” Nina says with a smirk, “I’m going to kill you and leave absolutely no trace of you.”

“You know you’re never gonna get away with this. The hell are you going to tell the others when you get back and I’m not with you? Maggie saw us leave together and so did Carl.” Gloria argues, Carol was definitely right about her.

To Gloria’s dismay, Nina chuckles, “Oh, of course I know that. I’ll just tell the others that you, being the super selfless person you are, sacrificed yourself to save little ol’ me. We got swarmed by a herd and you caused a distraction, allowing me to run. And they’ll believe it because that definitely sounds like something Glenn’s baby sister would do.”

Gloria mutters a curse under her breath. She had actually come up with something the group might even believe. She remembers the other day when Carol told her about the conversation she had with Glenn and Daryl. Nina must have overheard and come up with this plan. 

“Stop this!” Gloria shouts, “Glenn and Daryl are going to find out about this and so will Rick, none of them are going to let this slide. You really think they’re that stupid to believe your story?”

Her only play now was to scare Nina into thinking her plan wouldn’t work and that they’d see through it. She had to stop Nina from doing whatever it was she planned or else Gloria might not make it out alive. 

“Nuh uh, they’ll be grieving too much when they find your body all torn up,” Nina prances around the cabin, “and that’s when I’ll find Daryl, comfort him in his saddest moment, and then he’ll be mine!”

“You’re willing to become a murderer just for a guy?” Gloria could not believe that she was caught up in some sort of psycho love triangle and she was about to die for it.

“He’s not just any guy. He’s Daryl!” Nina glares at her, her eyes flare up in anger, “I love him and I’ll do anything for him! I’ll prove it!”

That’s when Gloria hears the snarling from outside. She looks at the dirty windows and sees a mass number of walkers just outside the cabin. 

“Listen, you don’t want to do this.” Gloria starts, “there’s an actual herd outside the cabin and you’re going to need me to fight them, you’re not getting back to the prison without me, not with all those walkers out there.”

“You’re right, I do need you...” Nina says but then smirks, “but not to fight, I just need you to distract them so I can get out of here.”

Gloria watches as Nina comes closer to her and pulls both of Gloria’s daggers out of their sheaths. Throwing one to the other side of the cabin, she points the tip of the dagger to Gloria’s face, barely poking at her skin.

“The walkers will be drawn to the scent of your blood, they’ll be distracted by you and your screams when they start tearing you apart right in this very chair.” Nina snickers, moving the blade away from Gloria’s face.

“You’re a fucking psychopath!” Gloria shouts.

Nina laughs then slashes Gloria’s chest with the dagger, making Gloria cry out at the sudden pain. She doesn’t stop there though, Nina proceeds to slash at her upper arms and forearms. 

Gloria seethes at the sting on her now bloody skin, “Daryl will never love you.” 

Nina’s grip on the dagger tightens as she gets angry at her words, she glares at Gloria then steps forward and stabs Gloria in the abdomen, causing her to gasp loudly at the pain. 

“Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Daryl.” Nina says as she pulls the dagger out of Gloria, and throws it somewhere in the cabin. 

She steps back and goes to the door, “main course is ready!”

Nina bangs on the front door loudly three times and then opens it to reveal a bloody mess of dead animals littered on the porch with walkers devouring the flesh. Nina runs to the back of the cabin and makes her exit. The walkers’ attention now on Gloria, catching the scent of her freshly spilled blood and flesh. 

“Fuck...” Gloria swears under her breath as the walkers start getting up and making their way towards her.

She tugs at the restraints but they’re too tight. Her feet were also tied to the legs of the chair but found that they were still touching the ground. Gloria carefully lifts her body, attempting to stand up, putting her weight onto her feet while the chair was still attached to her body. She had to keep her balance otherwise she’d be walker food. Noting that the chair was old, she prayed that enough force would easily break it. Gloria steadies herself and then pushes herself off her feet, propelling herself backwards, letting her body and the chair fall back into the wall. The momentum from her push and the weight of her body was enough force to crumble the chair, freeing Gloria. She rolls around on the ground, groaning at the pain in her torso. 

Gloria quickly gets up as she sees the walkers beginning to pile into the room. Out of habit, she reaches down to her belt for her daggers and groans as they’re missing. She scans her surroundings and picks up two now broken chair legs and starts swinging them at the walkers, fighting for her life.

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Spotting the prison gates, Nina ruffles her hair and tears her own shirt. She makes a face and starts to wail, fake tears streaming down her face now as she runs out of the woods and to the prison where Carl was sitting. 

“Open the gates!” Nina shrieks, waving her arms frantically as she runs towards the prison.

Carl gets up immediately and opens the gate for Nina, worry written all over his face, “hey, what happened? Are you okay?”

Nina drops to the ground and sobs, her hair covering her face. Rick and Hershel were taking care of the crops and piglets when they heard Nina’s cries. Concerned, the two made their way over to where her and Carl were. Carl looks out to the road and the forest, then frowns even more when he realizes Gloria isn’t with her. 

“Hey, where’s Gloria?” Carl asks when Rick gets to them.

“Nina? Nina, hey, are you alright?” Rick asks, kneeling at Nina’s side. 

Nina just continues to sob, making Rick look up at Hershel, “bring her inside, she might calm down once she realizes she’s back home.”

Rick nods and helps Nina stand as he starts to walk her back to the prison, “Carl, come inside.”

“No.” Carl tells his father, “Gloria’s still out there, I have to be here to let her in when she gets back.”

A soft smile creeps on Rick’s face as he nods, “okay.”

Rick and Hershel help Nina into the prison, her sobs have softened but she wasn’t able to stop crying. Her sobs and cries catch the attention of everyone in the main area. Rick helps her sit down at one of the tables. 

“What happened?” Carol asks, coming out from Cell Block C. 

Rick shakes his head and sighs, “I don’t know, she isn’t able to talk and she hasn’t stopped crying.”

Sasha goes up to Nina, sitting down beside her and puts her hand on her shoulder, “Nina, what happened? We only want to help.”

Nina shakes her head and sobs harder. Sasha sighs and gets up as she isn’t able to break her walls she seems to have put up but then she gets an idea. Nina didn’t really like Sasha or anyone in particular but everyone knew she liked Daryl. 

“Daryl,” she calls out to him as he leans against the wall with his arms crossed, “try and get her to talk.” 

He hesitantly looks around as everyone looks at him. Nina had made it painfully obvious she liked Daryl and he knew it too. Hating that everyone’s eyes were now on him, he sighs then makes his way to Nina. Sasha moves out of the way to give them some space. 

“Nina... what happened?” Daryl asks as she sits down beside her. 

In an instant, Nina throws her arms around Daryl and cries. Daryl didn’t really know what to do, he was never comfortable with physical contact, especially with anyone he wasn’t close with. But Nina was crying and he had his arms up, hovering over her body, clearly uncomfortable. 

“Daryl, I was so scared! I went out to burn the walker bodies and got swarmed by a herd! I barely made it out!” she chokes out between sobs. 

“You went out there alone?” Carol frowns as she asks the question.

“No,” Maggie frantically says as she walks out from Cell Block C, “she left with Gloria, I was on watch when they left.” 

“Yeah, I opened the gate for them to drive out the courtyard.” Karen chimes in, crossing her arms.

Glenn jumps up at this and Daryl puts his hands on Nina’s shoulder to push her away from him, “Where’s Gloria?” 

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Nina starts to bawl again, “I didn’t want to leave her but she told me to! I didn’t want to! She yelled at me to leave while she caused a distraction for me to come back here!” 

Not believing her story, Carol doesn’t say another word as she rushes out the building, followed quickly by Daryl, Glenn, Maggie and Rick. The five of them run to the front gates as Rick yells to Carl to open the gates for them. They were going to bring Gloria back, they had to.

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