The Trotting Dead

RICK'S P.O.V

It's been 4 days since we met up with the Resistance. They took us to their home, an old middle school with massive walls to keep Walkers and this "Adagio" away.

"How do you know her?" I asked Dewy.

"She sent men to raid us several times. Dewy was even on the hunt from her when he found Shane's camp back in Atlanta. He said that's why he left your camp when he did, so they can live free. But now... They're not being hunted by Adagio, yet... But the dead and the living." Ezekiel answered.

"Wait, so none of you has seen this girl, but you're so convinced she's real?" Glenn asked.

"I've seen her many times while I was alone in Atlanta. Norman, can you confirm that you were a Toy, along with our man, Jesus?" Dewy asked.

Norman looked at Dewy, and then at Rick.

"Yes." He confirmed.

"And there it is." Paul said.

"Yeah, she's real. She's real and on her way, too." Daryl said, pointing at a pickup truck.

"Oh, shit." Dewy muttered as he grabbed his silenced rifle and shot at the truck.

The truck drove closer and I started firing at it. When the truck stopped, an R.V came up behind it and rammed it. When the doors opened, about 4 people came out. Once Dewy saw them, he was stunned.

"Mom?" He called.

He threw his rifle to the ground and bolted toward the person who he just called his mother.

"Dewy?" The woman asked, dashing to him.

When everyone walked out of the R.V, we saw one person who didn't belong. She had a black leather jacket like Daryl's, just darker and too small. She had red hair with small yellow strands in it.

"Sunset? You saved them?" Dewy asked.

Sunset nodded and held Dewy in an embrace. I walked up to the small group.

"I'm Rick. You?" I asked the woman who said to be his mother.

"Jessie. These are my sons, Ron and Sam."

We met up and we brought the R.V inside.

"Everyone, this is my mother and my brothers. This is the one I've told you people about. She knew Adagio before the Walkers." Dewy said.

"You KNEW her?!" Paul asked.

"Well, knew is a strong word, but yeah. I knew her, somewhat." Sunset said.

"What was she like? Did she do what she does now?" A Resistance member asked.

"Um... what does she do now?" Sunset asked.

"I'll tell you four later. Right now, we have people to welcome." Dewy said.

"Actually, we wanna hear it ourselves." Abraham said.

Dewy let out a sigh.

"See that bonfire over there? We can talk there." He said.

We headed over and Dewy took a seat.

"Adagio Dazzle is the leader of a settlement nearby, the factory. She has soldiers who she calls Saviors. We've seen as many as 20 on scavenging runs. I don't even want to think about how many they'd send to take us over." Dewy said.

Norman stepped up.

"It's not just Saviors. She collects herds that gather near The Sanctuary and either use them to build the walls up or they lock them in a nearby football stadium for an emergency army. They'd most likely draw them here if we ever run out of food." He said.

"How do you know that?" Sunset asked him.

"Me, Aria, and Sonata were from there." Norman confessed.

"Yeah. We have others from there, too. You'll fit right in." Dewy said.

SPIKE'S P.O.V

I was with Rarity at noon, I think. We were on a bench near the center of town.

"What happened with Twilight and Red? Did they..." Rarity started.

"Yep. As far as I know, at least." I answered.

Rarity let out a chuckle.

"Well, it's about time. I was afraid those two would never get together." Rarity said.

We sat there, talking about how we knew they'd get together for the past year, until Twilight called us.

"Yeah?" I asked once we caught up.

"The portal's open. I wanna go and find Sunset. Maybe the others, too. Wanna come with me?" Twilight asked.

"What if it's the same over there?" Rarity asked.

"Don't worry, I have a gun and I have my knife. Spike can stay in the backpack."

Rarity gave her a threatening look.

"Probably should've said that he turns into a dog." Twilight chuckled nervously.

Rarity didn't let the stare go and galloped away.

"Is she okay?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know. She's never like this." I said.

"Anyway, I wish the Centaurs can come with us." Twilight said, sighing.

"Me, too. Lee would do good, maybe Shane." I suggested.

"No, definitely not Shane." Twilight said.

I remembered the story, how he slept with his best friend's wife (Who does that?!) and probably is the baby's father.

"On second thought... maybe Rainbow should come with us, too." I said.

"I'll get her." Twilight said.

RICK'S P.O.V

"...So, these Saviors, they'll find us, they'll hunt us, they'll try to own us... Just like these 'Wolves' did." I said to the people, pointing at Jessie, who told the story of Alexandria.

"Now, we need to come for them, before they come for us; that's how we keep this place, it's how we feed this place." I said.

"Rick, I understand your anger, I do. But Rick, I care for my people, too. There are just too many of them." Dewy said.

"I'm tellin' ya, 'Adagio's' a myth, some boogeyman." Daryl said.

"Thanks for trying, but she's as real as we are." Paul said.

"Listen, we need to fight. We have too. People'll get hurt, but it'll be a far cry compared to what'll happen if they attack." I said.

"We tried. We almost won, but we lost support, and we got cornered. Adagio lined us up, and killed one of us. His name was Aiden. She bashed his head in, right there, in front of all of us. She then took our youngest, Fran, and made her a Toy. She was 16..." Dewy said, his voice slightly cracking.

He cleared his throat and turned back at us.

"Even if this worked, she has outposts. 20, at least. Satellite stations, military checkpoints, you name it, she has it." Jesus said.

"We'll do it. If we go, kill Adagio, take out her boy toys, will you hook us up? We want rooms, medicine, and more food." Daryl said.

Dewy was stroking his chin, clearly in deep thought.

"You'll do it?" Dewy asked me.

"Yeah, of course. Confrontation isn't a problem we have trouble with." I said.

"Well... I suppose it's worth a shot." Dewy said.

"We would like to speak to the person in charge, it's about time we met them." Carol said.

Dewy chuckled.

"You're looking at him." He said.