And She Was Alone
And she awoke. She looked around. The world was still. Trees and flowers were in the meadow. And she was alone. She remembered nothing. Not why she was here, not who had brought her here. She knew not her age, nor who her parents were, nor even her name. And she was alone. Suddenly she felt a thirst. She ran over to the river that she saw near her, and drank. It was of no help. The water came back up as easily as it had gone down. She was thirsty, so thirsty. And she was alone.
"Who left me here!" she screamed to the surrounding forest. "Why did you leave me here to die? What did I do?" and then, more softly, "who am I?" no answer came, and she lay down where she was.
Suddenly all went black.
Golden white hair shone in the sunlight. Skin sparkled like a thousand diamonds. He was wandering, searching. His eyes were red. He came into the meadow, and found her. She stood up.
"Are you the one who left me here?" she asked in a small voice.
"Am I the what?" he replied, looking deep into her eyes. She was sure she hadn't seen him before, so sure. And he was not the one who had brought her here. And she was alone.
She woke up then, but immediately another blackness took her
She was in a house. The one with the golden white hair was with her. Then more people came into the house. There were many of them, and her head hurt trying to take them in. The one with golden curls came up to her. He looked older than the rest. The others must have been her age.
"Come with us." He said, in the voice of an angel. "What are your names?"
"Jasper." Said the boy who she had just met. "Jasper Whitlock. Formerly of the Confederate Army."
"And who are you?" asked the older man
"I am…" who was she? "I am…" and then she remembered.
'Alice,' he had said. 'I love you my Alice. Do not scream in pain like that.' And then a beast had come out of the forest, a beast with sparkling skin, and bright red eyes, and attacked.
"I am Alice."
And then the world became bright again, and no one else was with her. She was still in the meadow. Alice sat up, and waited. She knew that they would come. And she was not alone.