I've been toying around with the idea of writing a back story for the Jabberwocky. Although it might ruin some of her mysterious charm, I really enjoyed delving deeper into her character and trying to decipher just what kind of person she might have been. This is just my take on her back story, I couldn't find any material as to what her real back story may have been. If you love it, great! If you hate it, write your own.
I drew inspiration from many other characters with similar situations, namely Elsa (out of control power), Loki (parental/family strife), and Tom Riddle/Voldemort (using power for evil purposes).
The chapters will be uncharacteristically short for me (My normal chapters hover around the 4,000 to 8,000 word range), but I thought it would be interesting to submit the bits of the story almost like a series of drabbles. Basically every page break I made as I typed cut off a new chapter.
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
"Sìnead"
"We'll call her Sìnead," the father, Sorehr, declared.
"It's perfect," the mother, Pazele, agreed, cradling her newborn, swaddled in a blanket. The baby stared back at her parents with bright hazel eyes.
The girl grew, and it soon became apparent she was unlike the other girls in the Tulgey wood.
Sìnead could make people do what she wanted, animals too. She could hurt them, if she chose.
But Sìnead didn't want to hurt anyone, she didn't understand what was happening to her.
Her parents knew: their toddler possessed incredible magic.
Dark magic.
They found her in her room, curled up in the corner, a semi circle of dead animals at her feet.
"What is happening to me?" She whispered.
"You have magic, Sìnead," Sorehr explained, "It is a gift, but dangerous. You must learn to suppress it. Conceal it until you learn how to make it cause more help than harm, understood?"
"Yes," she stared blankly ahead.
Her mother moved to hug her, but Sìnead recoiled, "don't touch me!" Her bright eyes were rimmed with tears, "I don't want to hurt you!"
The smile on her mother's face dimmed, but Sìnead began to control her powers. The accidents lessened.
This is the shortest one...I'll be updating frequently.
Have a lovely day!
~Lady Spindle