So, I was too busy to write after the finale, and I really wasn't going to, but my cat got run over by a car this weekend, and something my mom said made me start to think (cue WordDoc).
If someone has already written something similar, I apologize, I have barely read any fanfic in weeks.
I claim no ownership of anything recognizable.
The song is "Cabaret" sung by Emmy-Lou Harris on the "Winn-Dixie" sound track
oOo
"You once dreamed of castles and marry-go-rounds, to be Cinderella in an Alice movie, now side streets and back beats and what might have been, lead you to nowhere again and again…"
oOo
Kate was dreaming, a restless nightmarish dream,
she knew she was dreaming,
and she couldn't escape.
She was running, from something, trying desperately to get away, her pursuer was closing in, and she could feel darkness and weight, like the waves of an ocean crashing down on her.
She couldn't wake up, but she knew she was dreaming, what else could it be?
The Captain was dead.
Her Captain was dead.
It had to be a dream; the pain couldn't be real.
And yet Castle was holding her, she was marching next to a rider-less horse, she was speaking of battlegrounds- and she was shot.
It couldn't be a dream; the pain like this could not be imagined.
He's dead, and she's nearly there herself.
It just can't be.