To the reader: This fiction is not supposed to make sense. The main chatacter, besides being unsound of mind, is a Wonderlandian, a fact that doesn't quite come up in the story, but probablely explains quite a bit about her character. I will take more time at the end to explain my thoughts.
Madness
"Life unto life unto life."
A reedy voice echoed through the abandoned streets. The only other sound audible was the falling rain slapping against the pavement.
The eleven year old meandered through the dismal scene. Her face bore a dreamy look. Mismatched eyes peered around as her mumbling continued.
"Return. Repeat. Recant. Renew. Life unto life. The circle swings 'round."
Her gaze became feverish as she stumbled faster through the dead city. She ran, she tripped, she fell. She stared at the starless sky as she lay in a puddle in front of the Skyscraper.
"Back again. Back again. They come back again. They were dead, but now they return. Life unto life."
A hysterical giggle escaped her lips. "They who were once nothing return to the nothing. The scars of the universe, the ones who fade, but are never forgotten. They renew! Life unto life."
Her feverish gaze twisted as her body was contorted by a spasm.
"They come! They come! The players come and perchance my chance with them!"
She moaned and clutched the stuffed animal closer to her chest. It was a time worn creature, a stuffed animal cat, falling apart at the seams.
"You see CC? How can nothing die? To die, to sleep. To sleep perchance to wake up! Life out of death. Nothing out of nothing. Nothing out of everything. Life unto life."
The girl nuzzled the cat. "CC, CC, how do you do? The Jabberwock approaches and we know not what to do!" her voice rang out in a singsong voice.
The stuffed animal remained silent, its stitched eyes staring unseeingly into the girl's. The girl sniggered.
"Martyr, Martyr, where are you? What else can I do but throw my lot with the Devil?"
The girl leapt to her feet, the stuffed animal trailing behind.
"A heart! A heart! My life for a heart!!" she screamed to the unheeding city.
"Fate, fate, cruel child, cruel child. Why do you rape my heart and damn me to nothing? Why life? Heart unto heart, death unto death, Life unto life," her voice trailed off, her eyes clouding over.
She glanced up to the Skyscraper's screens, a strangely observant gaze. "You reflect my mind, but offer no comfort. You mock my life. You mocked theirs. But the players come… life unto life." She collapsed unto her knees.
She remained silent for the longest time, staring up at the Skyscraper's screens. The stuffed animal lay forgotten in her arms. She remained that way until the footsteps became audible to her sensitive ears.
"The players come, the players come; and perchance my ending with them," she whispered to the stuffed animal. She stood up drunkenly and hobbled to the Skyscraper's steps to sit. And there she remained until the black robed figures became visible.
"Life unto life."
Hello again reader. Now that the fic has ended, you are probably very confused. As warned at the begining note the main character is quite mad. To give the plot in basic terms, a new Nobody, still lamenting the loss of their heart, is wandering around the World That Never Was waiting for them to return. The them is pretty obvious, so I believe that I don't have to say it. Her mind process is different than most people. Upon rereading the story, I realize this is more of a practice of writing this character than it is a plot. As such, this little fanfic is my little experiment. Please don't flame it. Please. I put effort into this, even if it doesn't make sense to others. So please review??