New Beginnings
Prologue
I was tired. Tired and scared. Depressed. I didn't want to go on. I didn't want to continue living like this. I didn't want to wake up tomorrow and find that my life had no meaning.
I was selfish.
I looked at the bottle of painkillers and downed them with beer from the fridge. I waited. And waited. I started to feel sick and dizzy. I waited longer. I got bored and turned the TV on.
Soon an hour had passed and I was only sick and dizzy and disoriented, so I took more painkillers and other pills that I knew didn't mix with alcohol. And I sat and waited more. The TV faded into the background. Finally, I heard a door slam. One of my parents were home. I couldn't comprehend what they were saying, but it sounded like Dad. He sounded scared.
More time passed and I heard the door slam again. The paramedics. I felt myself being lifted into a sitting position. Someone opened my eyes and I looked at him, watched him. Then they strapped me onto a stretcher and pushed me into the back of the Ambulance.
The last thing I remember is a tube being forced up my nose. It hurt. A lot.
Then there was nothing.
My name was Suzi Seldon. I lived in California, in the desert. I had a family. I had friends. But I didn't pay enough attention. I didn't realize in time that they loved me. Even if it didn't feel like it at times, they loved me.
And I loved them back.
I wake up to see myself lying in a hospital bed and my mom has a little stuffed lion crawling up my arm and I smile.
I love you too Mom.
I can hear a heart-rate monitor beeping next to me.
Wait a second, I think. Why aren't I there? Why am I right here? What's wrong with me? Am I dead?
"All in good time, young one." Says a deep voice behind me.
I turn around sharply and look into the scarred face of a glowing, blue-skinned man with red eyes and a purple cloak.
"Who are you? How are you talking to me? Am I dead?" He chuckles and a small smile slides onto his face.
"Before I answer your questions, Suzanne, I must take you to your new home. You cannot reside in this dimension any longer." I frown up at him in confusion. How does he know my name?
I take one look back at my mother and find myself following this glowing blue being. A clock face appears in front of him and the hands spin to reveal a kind of hole… I'm not sure how to describe it. The man floats through and I warily follow him. The last thing I hear is my heart monitor flat-lining.
In case you were wondering, this is mostly true. I did try to kill myself a few months ago. As you can see, it didn't work, and I woke up in the hospital with a little lion bouncing up my arm and my mom singing a cute little song. No I didn't die, even for a minute. I was in a coma for almost a day, though.
I'm not sure why I'm posting this on Fanfiction. Maybe because I want my imagination to run wild with what could have happened if I had died. I'll probably continue this if someone wants me to, but it can also make a good one-shot.
You don't need to review, but it always makes me happy to know that people actually do read my stuff.
Anyways, thanks for reading and have a nice life! Don't waste it, there's always a light around every dark corner. You just have to look for it.