imelodie

[imelodie]

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

“you’re home, baby, you’re safe now,” michonne told her quickly, her arms wrapped tightly around the younger girl, unwilling or unable to let her go yet. or maybe ever. “you won’t have to fight to survive anymore, i’m going to look after you now. i promise you.”

home... she felt so sad when the word left her with no actual feeling, it felt so foreign. she had forgot what a home had felt like, having had nothing like it since before the first fires in the city, before everything had been chaotic and scary.. but she wanted to believe her mothers words, she really did.. if anything where she was now was the closest thing to home that she had known; her mothers arms..  her face continued to bury against her mothers chest, listening to the sound of her voice, promising she’d never have to fight to survive anymore, that she would look after her.. how elodie wish that would’ve been actually true.. but for now she would just go with it, she just wanted to be here with her mom so badly..

[imelodie]

ofdespondence:

Nick wasn’t exactly the ideal welcoming party, but he’d happily help the girl adjust to the kingdom if everyone else was busy. “I can show you around if you want, introduce you to the leaders, see if we can get you somewhere to stay and… are you hungry? I can show you to the cafeteria.” He realized that he was probably overwhelming her, she seemed uncomfortable as it was. “Or I can just… leave you alone. Whatever you want.”

She truly did try to keep up with everything he was saying, but she barely caught anything of it.. mostly just something about showing, and meeting the leaders. even with a stomach filled with water she still had gone days without food so it was maybe no wonder that she snapped back again, when hearing food mentioned.. “Oh uhm, all of that sounds really nice.. ” she said and smiled slightly nodding once as she did. “And no.. i-i’d really love it if you could show me everything..” she said her smile shining just a little brighter, as she really did enjoy his company so far.. 

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

tight arms wrapped around a small frame. michonne was only small herself, but she found herself in a bone crushing hug. how could she ever let go of this girl. of her girl. “how are you here? how did you survive?” she whispered.

the sound of her mothers whispering voice was something she’d missed.. even if the words themselves made her think of every little bad thing she’d had thrown her way since the day they’d ran away. “I-I don’t know.. I’v just been walking, and travelling, going wherever-- and just doing what i’v had to do..” she said quietly, not daring looking he mother in the eyes.

[imelodie]

empathylcst:

carl’s brows furrowed together as she mentioned her name was elodie. “did you ever know someone named michonne?” he asked, biting down on his lip. he didn’t think that was a common name. michonne had assumed her kids were all dead, but could this be her oldest? he wasn’t sure. “how many walkers have you killed?”

elodie completely froze as the boy mentioned her mothers name, asking if she’d ever known anyone by that name.. but she was too scared to actually answer as she had no idea who this guy was, and why he’d be asking that kind of question to a stranger he’d never met.. “-- why do you ask?” she said carefully, doing her best to avoid the question before getting served another one.. “i’v been alone a long time.. i don’t know how many... “

[imelodie]

ofdespondence:

When the cup left his hand, he smiled gently at her. She seemed kind, even if she’d only been there for mere moments and had hardly said anything at all. She seemed like the kind of person they needed around, to balance out the harshness of the Saviors. “You’re welcome.” he nodded in response to the thanks, putting a hand out to get her attetion as she started to fill the cup. “Just be careful about drinking so fast. Don’t make yourself sick, I promise the water isn’t going to go anywhere.” The ‘not going anywhere’ part was lighthearted, and paired with a bright, toothy smile. But, he was very serious about her wellbeing. “It’s nice to meet you. Did some of the recruits bring you in?”

elodie saw his hand in the corner of her eye, as she tried filling up her cup.. big dark eyes peered up at him, watching him as he gave her the advice to not drink too fast or too much so that she didn’t make herself sick and how they had plenty of water so she didn’t have to worry about it going anywhere before smiling down at her.. elodie’s eyes moved down to look at the cup she had between her fingers, holding onto it tight as she stood up, swallowing hard. a slight smile tucking at the corners of her lips, while a butterfly or two started moving around her empty stomach.. “nice meeting you too.. and uhm yeah, they told me where to go so-- here i am..”

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

michonne’s arms were around her daughter before she knew it. carl had only mentioned elodie a day or so before the girl had turned up, like clockwork. elodie was the only one michonne hadn’t known the fate of. the only one she’d still held up hope she’d find. every time she’d found rick or carl again after losing them, there was that same reminder. she hadn’t been able to find her own daughter. but now here she was, in michonne’s arms, and there was nothing but guilt suffocating her. “i’m real, baby, i’m real.”

the girl wasn’t able to stop herself at that point as her feet kinda just gave in,  taking her mom with her the moment the other confirmed that she was real, that she wasn’t imagining this again.. after all those years alone, scared, being so certain that she wouldn’t make it and that there was no one left in the world that she’d known from before  but here she was, the person who’d been the most important to her, on the ground, arms wrapped tightly around her. while elodie herself slowly just crumbled into a crying mess. 

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

michonne turned when she heard the voice. she had been being called mom for a while now by carl and judith. but this voice was a different one. this one was a familiar one, but a distant familiarity. “… elodie?” her eyes welled when she saw her. she was far older, of course. she looked very different. but she was michonne’s daughter nonetheless. the features were there. the same features she remembered rocking to sleep when she was a baby. “w-where did you come from?” she whispered, “i’ve been looking for you for years…”

she’d heard her, the figure that she’d thought to belong to her mom turned to look at her, saying her name back the moment she did. and before she’d gotten around to process anything else her eyes started welling up herself, dropping everything she had in her hands and scrambled trying to get back up on her feet, and over to her, letting her arms wrap around the woman’s waist, pulling herself close against her, her fist clenched tight shut as they got a hold of some of her shirt, scared that if she let go she’d disappear into nothing.. she wasn’t even sure how to answer anything she asked her, or anything that she said.. it all just felt so surreal and the fear that it wasn’t real still weighed heavy on her shoulders. all she knew to do was bury her face into the other, “please just be real---” she whispered, holding her tight

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

breathing in free air made michonne feel like smiling, something she hadn’t felt like in quite some time. they were always at war, always in some fight to survive. she was used to that. but being sick, it was too hard to accomplish. she was relieved now just to be outside again. funny how things could you remind you that you wanted to be alive. that was, until the smoke. then, michonne was running around. with so many out doing jobs and her partner still injured, michonne found herself taking over for alexandria’s leader’s jobs wherever the could, not wanting to put extra on others. “have we heard anything from our recruiters?”

elodie hadn’t been in the settlement for more than an hour, maybe more, maybe less she wasn’t sure really.. all she’d gotten to do at least was get some water and an apple and she didn’t think she could’ve been any happier.. having found herself a place to sit, she’d pushed some strands of her thick curly hair behind her ear as she slowly ate away at every bit of her fruit, savoring every moment with it.. but just like that she heard a voice, a voice she’d only been hearing in her head all those years, so she thought she had to have been hallucinating, or having her mind play tricks on her.. no way would it be her, no way could they end up in the same place.. but she couldn’t help but turn her head and barely peek over her shoulder, just enough for her to see a familiar face which only made her think even more about how she was just seeing things.. it wasn’t real.. no way.. but she couldn’t stop herself, the need to know for sure that it wasn’t real was almost to strong, and if anything it would just end with her looking stupid for talking to herself... “mom...” her voice came out so small, almost certain it wouldn’t be able to be heard by anyone.. but she wasn’t going to repeat it, knowing that if she did, that she’d end up in tears.

[imelodie]

empathylcst:

having seen someone, carl’s brows furrowed together. he looked back out the hole, his piercing blue eye landing on the brunette. seconds later, he’s pulling away and climbing up the guard post, leaning over the fence to look down at her. “who are you?” is his first question, his head tilted to the side slightly. “what are you doing here? are you looking for a community?”

as elodie fell back, her butt landing on the ground beneath her, she was just about to get back up on her feet and run away, but before she’d even gotten to act on her thoughts, she heard a voice talk down for her, so from the ground, elodie looked up at the boy standing on top of the wall. “i-i’m elodie.. a-and i just saw the wall and i don’t know.. maybe?”

[imelodie]

I was in this weird phase of my life where I was kind of questioning whether or not I still wanted to act, to be honest, and it kind of felt like something that needed to happen. I kind of needed that time to focus on real life.

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

“i can’t just invite you to join us. i don’t have the… the authority to do that. but my mom is one of our leaders,” enid said slowly, “i could talk to her about… about letting you in. letting you come inside. in here, we’ve got four different groups of people that’ve come together. things aren’t… exactly safe. but… seems like they’re a helluva lot better than dying on the outside.”

elodie looked at her as she spoke, mentioning inviting her inside the walls but not being able to decide that herself. the girl looked down at her boots, swallowing hard before nodding, “-- i don’t want to cause any trouble.. she said while her hues rested on enid’s.. “i’ll be fine.. iv got a tent on top of a tree platform back in the forest, i’ll be okay for now...”

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

“why?” enid asked the question in a flat voice. in truth, she liked this girl a lot. she didn’t have the power just to invite her in, but she did have the power to go to maggie, rick or ezekiel about it. likely maggie. or rick, since she was so often stuck with him now. 

“why..?” elodie muttered under her breath as she heard the question, all the memories once again came flushing through her and was almost too much for her. her eyes started to well up, and she could feel a large lump forming down her throat.. the girl looked down at her feet for a moment.. “my sister colette got bit and she didn’t deserve to turn, she was just 6. she didn’t-- she didn’t deserve it.. alice got sick, flu or something, she was dead anyway and she worried she’d give it to me or some of the other survivors, so she asked me to do it.. while reed kidnapped me maybe a year ago , he was about to rape and murder me before throwing me to the walkers, so i got him before he got me.. i HAD to.. “ she said, though at that point tears had escaped and started running down her face.

[imelodie]

ofdespondence:

Nick had been there. He knew what it felt like to be so desperate for a drink that it’s all you can focus on. He smiled as he approached and leaned against the wall behind the trough. “We have cups, you know.” he joked with the stranger lightly, holding a cup out for her, one he had intended to use for himself but was willing to sacrifice for her. “I’m assuming you’re new here.” With such desperation, she had to be. If she was with them, she would’ve had a canteen with her while outside the walls. “My name’s Nick, welcome to the Kingdom.”

the dark eyed girl brought up a second scoop of water in her hand bowl as she heard a man’s voice coming speaking up from behind her.. she quite suddenly turned her head back and saw someone leaned against a wall, holding out a cup for her to take while joking about them having cups so there wee no reasons for her to sit t here, on her knees with her face in a pool of water.. she smiled faintly and reached out and took the cup out of his hands, “thanks..” she said and turned back for a moment to fill the cup up, glancing back at him as she heard what question he gave her, then introducing himself, welcoming her to the place.. once more she smiled and gave him a small nod, holding the cup in between her hands.. “yeah i am and thank you.. im elodie..”

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

“how many people have you killed?” the question ran on from the first easily. she’d heard the others say it, she knew the reasons that they said it. and, she didn’t know what made her pity this girl, except that she felt like she knew her. she remembered turning up at alexandria, desperate and alone. she remembered how hard it was. 

elodie wasn’t really sure why she was being asked all these questions but she knew better than to question any of it.. “3-- my sister, a woman named alice that took care of me for a while for a while and a man named reed in self defense...” she said, the names just slid of her tongue.. killing walkers were was one thing, but the things that haunted her was the actual people  that she’d had to kill that haunted her, their names never stopping to pop up into her head every time she laid down before she went to bed, or the moment she opened her eyes in the morning.. they were always there..

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

a minute later, enid returned with a bottle of water, holding it up to the girl. when she returned, she looked her up and down, as if sizing her up, thinking it over. “how many walkers have you killed?” she asked.

elodie watched as the girl disappeared, and the time in between felt like forever.. and just before the girl returned, a part of el questioned if she was really going to come back, and that this was just to make her get her hopes up for nothing.. but then she came back. holding a bottle of water out for her to take, and she did.. she also didn’t hesitate when it came to opening and drinking what was inside, downing a quarter of the bottle before hearing the others voice again, barely catching her question..  “I’v been alone a long while -- so i’v lost count a long time ago.. “ she muttered, seeing as she’d had quite the road getting there, she’d crossed state border after state border until coming to virginia..   

[imelodie]

justsvrvivesomehow:

enid’s green eyes locked on the dark eyes of the stranger through the fence. “okay,” she finally said, looking at the other girl, who looked about her age, give or take. “i’m going to get you water and i’m going to come out and give it to you. don’t move.” she said quickly, sternly. “don’t move.”

elodie watched her as their eyes met, swallowing hard hearing her voice at first.. okay.. still keeping quiet as they stood there for another short moment, staring each other down until the other girl spoke up again, saying how she’d get her some water, for her to stay put, not move.. she didn’t hesitate in nodding, “thank you so much! I won’t go--”