The Jump
AN: Black Swan Alternate Ending. I do not own anything concerning Black Swan. Rights go to their respective owners. For this story, you need to pretend that she didn't stab herself with the mirror shard but the whole Lily stabbing thing still happened in her head. By the way, I know close to nothing about ballet and most of my knowledge originates from a few Simpsons episodes.
She knew she was perfect. Every turn, every piqué, everything on pointé showed how well she mastered ballet. This, Nina knew before though. That's what she practised nearly all her life. Her mother had made sure she never worried about anything else than ballet. That was why she danced until she was overly exhausted, that was why she never ate more than she absolutely had to, that was why she danced through the pain in her foot, so once she would be able to thrive.
Every season she wanted nothing more to be the Swan Queen like every other dancer in this company. But today, for the first time really, her face showed that too. Her posture screamed dominance as well as elegance. After that guy let her fall, she put on the best black swan performance this theatre, no this world has ever seen. She did not only seduce the prince and Thomas but everyone who was seated in this building. Everyone knew she was perfect.
She had to bring the white swan out again. It seemed hard but then she realised, she didn't kill anyone. She knew that this time she wouldn't fall down on her knee which surprisingly didn't bother her at all. She made it through the whole dance exceptionally well. The show was nearly at an end. Nina made her way through the dance. She was lifted by the prince, she flapped her arms. Everything was going smoothly. She turned around and made her way up to the platform. Only the jump was left for her to do. Nina knew that this was perfect, everything was brilliant. She looked at the audience and caught the face of her mother. She knew she made her proud because this was everything she was destined to do. The girl only had to jump to get the standing ovation she knew would follow. She turned halfway to jump on the mattress, so the white swan would finally die and end this performance. Did she even want it to end? She knew her performance was perfect.
But she jumped and she fell. She waited for her body to connect with the mattress. She heard everyone cheering and then she felt it. Not the mattress but the stage floor. Her neck cracked and she died from the impact on her small body which was far too unhealthy and too weak to survive such a fall. At least everyone now knew how to make a perfect performance. Maybe the next perfect performer should land on a mattress. But otherwise, it was perfect.
AN: I watched Black Swan with a friend the other day and half-way through the movie I said she would die on stage or she would die because she jumped next to the mattress. Well, Nina died but I kind of liked my ending a bit more, mainly because I still don't really get why and how she stabbed herself with the shard and how it only started to bleed excessively after she jumped.