A/N: I have no idea how this will turn out, of if I'll even post it, but I suppose if you're reading this it means I posted it. I am reading "Flowers for Algernon" and it is a really cool book. I got this plot-bunny to do something from Algernon's point of view. This will probably be a one-shot.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from "Flowers for Algernon".
I turned yet another corner.
Right, left, left, and right again.
"And what a dreary existence this is," I thought to myself. These mazes where dull work. Really, as a common house-pet, I should be quite content with what I have. I have a warm place to sleep at night, all the cheese I want (I do have to work for it, but those puzzles are nothing), and a best friend! However I find myself feeling that I was missing something. I wanted an intellectual challenge.
Left, right, left, right, and right again.
I heard the familiar sound of a door slamming, and saw a face above me. I recognized this face as someone called "Noo-mer". He and "Ster-aooss" (like mouse!) Are the two people behind the strange procedure that allowed me to gain this intelligence.
Right, Left, Right, left, and right again.
I don't think I'd ever understand how it works. Not because I wouldn't comprehend it, but because no one tells me anything. And can you blame them? I am a mouse. A white mouse.
Left, left, right, and right again.
What had I expected? life was Boring before the "Ap-er-ae-shun" and it's boring now.
Right, right, left, right, and right again.
What's the point of this meaningless existence? Where's the excitement? Sometimes I think about running away. Away from the mazes, the cheese, the rubber gloves. Away from the lab, the clip-boards, the ease! I was a sad mouse.
Left, right, right, and right again.
Another face appeared above me. This is one that I would never forget, never! This was the face of my human! He was called "chaar-lee". The others where okay, but this one? This one belonged to me. I squealed in happiness when I saw him. I stopped running, and he lifted me from the maze. He chuckled. I cuddled his hand and squeaked out my joy! Eventually I settled down in his lap and rested. This was why I stayed in this maze of emotions each day. I always felt a sort of brotherly love, a deep bond that would always remain. I couldn't leave even if I wanted to. Leaving all of this would mean leaving him too. And that, I would never do.
A friendship, a pet, a laugh, and right again.
I wish it could be this way forever.