Neon Genesis Evangelion
Rei in Wonderland
Chapter 1
It was yet another boring day in Tokyo 3, the morning had been boring with the usual morning routine before heading off to school with a certain red headed German girl snapping at his heels ("She said it's her time of the month, what's her excuse the rest of the time"), school had been boring with him nearly falling asleep twice and now the rest of the afternoon and this evening would be just be as mind numbingly boring as the rest of the day, yet oddly enough Shinji liked these time the calm before the inevitable storm of the next Angel attack and he'd have one more shot at having his wish granted.
On the way home he passed the book shop that been there for as long as he could remember and had stood there well before he came to this god forsaken hellhole, written on the window in white large letters were the words 'CLOSING DOWN EVERYTHING 4 SALE CHEAP', for along time Shinji had been meaning to go inside but always put it off and now it was closing down.
Deciding it was now or not at all he to headed inside. Inside was a fair sized dimly lit room with packed book shelves lined up to the ceiling and bin's filled with books, behind the counter was man who looked like he was in his mid fifties who Shinji assumed was the owner, the books on the shelves were around 200 yen each but the ones in the bins were 50 yen each "bargain" he thought but as he rummaged through them he began to see why they were this cheap, they were older books and some weren't in the best condition but this didn't seem to put him off, at first he figured he'd find something for himself, something to read before going to sleep before he pulled out something 'Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll' it said on the front.
At first Shinji was going to toss back when he suddenly thought of fellow Eva pilot Rei Ayanami, some little voice told him that this is something that Rei would enjoy so he decide what the hell and decided to get it along with a couple of books he'd bought for himself, one wascalled The Hitchhikers Guild to the Galaxy by a guy called Doug Adams, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion & the complete Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. Shinji put his items on the counter
"Ah, some very good choices young sir"
"Thanks" Shinji replied before asking "why are you closing down anyway"
"Well it's the fact that this city isn't safe anymore, not with all these Angel attack"
Shinji could relate if he didn't have to pilot Eva he'd be out of this city like a bat out of hell
"It breaks my heart to close the place down. I inherited this place from my mother when she passed away but like I said the place isn't safe anymore"
"I'm sorry" Shinji said sincerely
"Yeah well don't about me" said the shop keeper "maybe when it's all over I'll be able to open up again"
"I hope so" said Shinji as he paid the man 350 yen.
Once he was home Shinji headed to his room, after he closed the door behind him and chucked his school bag into the corner of the room he flopped down on his bed, after a bit he sat up and pulled out the copy of Alice in Wonderland out of the plastic bag which sat next to the bed, after quickly flicking threw it he thought of how he'd give it to Rei
'I'll give this to Rei after our sync test tomorrow' he thought he then put it back in the plastic bag and pulled out his copy of the 'Hobbit' and began to read
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ..."
Well that was my first chapter so please reviwe but please try to be gentle. Evangelion is owned by Ganax and Alice in Wonderland belongs to who ever the publishing company is, I on the other hand don't own anything, hellI don't even own the computer I'm working on. One last thing I've never actually read Alice in Wonderland so if anyone who has could get in touch and give me an overview would be greatly apprenticed but I have seen the Disney verison so it's probley going to be closer to that. Laters.
