HATE ME…………………
The darkness surrounded her…
Entered her………
Eased the pain…………
So why wasn't she happy?
This is what she had wanted for so long. This peace. So why did she feel horrible inside.
"You aren't yourself, sis." She turned, startled at the voice. Shock froze her for a moment.
"Brother?" The boy nodded. Blue eyes, so much like her own, black hair, smooth and around his face, tall, pale, her brother.
"Why did you leave me?!" she was hurt. He had no right to interfere with the peace she had finally found. He sighed and stared off into the distance.
"Do you really think I left you by choice?" The words were whispered; he still wasn't looking at her.
"You still left!" She screamed.
"So did you."
"I…" Those words stopped her. It was true she had left, she had taken the easy way out she had taken,
"Death…" He shook his head.
"Before that."
No…….
"What was her name, Lyss?"
Please……
"And before her was Riki."
Stop…….
"Hita…"
Cut…….
"Matina…"
Cut………
"Lastura.."
"CUT! CUT!" she had finally screamed it. He looked at her. His eyes sad and worried.
"And now Sakura." He reached out to her and took her hands.
"But before all them, there was you. My sister. A beautiful, bright, loving, little girl. But she left, hid behind a camera. Couldn't face the facts…."
Stop………..
"Couldn't understand…"
Cut……..
"Didn't know how to cope with…"
Finish……..
Rewind……
"….the lose of her brother." She was shaking and he held her close.
"It didn't end that day."
"For me it did.." she whispered. "I couldn't bear to be myself. To have to live with that knowledge."
"So you took on the life of another. Filming their actions and through it living what you felt was a normal life." She could only whimper.
"Hate me…" she finally said. He shook his head.
"I couldn't do that." He held her closer. "You are my sister. You are Madison!"
Can it be true……..
"Madison look at me!" She looked at him.
"Li does care for you. Always has, but he has become confused. When he looked at you he saw Sakura. But physically he still saw you. He also saw who you were actually, on rare occasions."
"When?"
"The song card. He heard your voice. The one that spoke of your life.."
'Tonight I sing alone….'
"Of your hopes….."
'But tomorrow I'll sing with you…'
Of your heart……
'On the wings of a dream'
She stood there surrounded by her brother's loving arms.
"They'll hate me now."
"Stop saying that!"
"But it's true." He shook her, hard.
"It is not. They love you. Just as I do." He stared at her, "Look through your camera now and see someone else's life. Once you do that…"
"I'll be able to find my own…." He smiled and nodded.
"Time to go back." She looked up at him and smiled. A true smile.
"I'll miss you."
"I'll be right beside you." She stepped away from him and let the water surround her once more. Only this time…
…I'm not going to die….
Watery surrounded her and lifted her out of the dark embrace she had fallen into and set her down in her friend's care. She looked into two worried faces and smiled, a bit shaky.
"I need to go home, before I can talk to you." They nodded and Li lifted her up, as Sakura packed up their stuff. She turned back once to look at the cliff….
…and saw her broken camera, shattered in the sunlight.
Somehow, she knew things were going to be alright. Now it was time to sort things through. Time to find Madison.
The darkness surrounded her…
Entered her………
Eased the pain…………
So why wasn't she happy?
This is what she had wanted for so long. This peace. So why did she feel horrible inside.
"You aren't yourself, sis." She turned, startled at the voice. Shock froze her for a moment.
"Brother?" The boy nodded. Blue eyes, so much like her own, black hair, smooth and around his face, tall, pale, her brother.
"Why did you leave me?!" she was hurt. He had no right to interfere with the peace she had finally found. He sighed and stared off into the distance.
"Do you really think I left you by choice?" The words were whispered; he still wasn't looking at her.
"You still left!" She screamed.
"So did you."
"I…" Those words stopped her. It was true she had left, she had taken the easy way out she had taken,
"Death…" He shook his head.
"Before that."
No…….
"What was her name, Lyss?"
Please……
"And before her was Riki."
Stop…….
"Hita…"
Cut…….
"Matina…"
Cut………
"Lastura.."
"CUT! CUT!" she had finally screamed it. He looked at her. His eyes sad and worried.
"And now Sakura." He reached out to her and took her hands.
"But before all them, there was you. My sister. A beautiful, bright, loving, little girl. But she left, hid behind a camera. Couldn't face the facts…."
Stop………..
"Couldn't understand…"
Cut……..
"Didn't know how to cope with…"
Finish……..
Rewind……
"….the lose of her brother." She was shaking and he held her close.
"It didn't end that day."
"For me it did.." she whispered. "I couldn't bear to be myself. To have to live with that knowledge."
"So you took on the life of another. Filming their actions and through it living what you felt was a normal life." She could only whimper.
"Hate me…" she finally said. He shook his head.
"I couldn't do that." He held her closer. "You are my sister. You are Madison!"
Can it be true……..
"Madison look at me!" She looked at him.
"Li does care for you. Always has, but he has become confused. When he looked at you he saw Sakura. But physically he still saw you. He also saw who you were actually, on rare occasions."
"When?"
"The song card. He heard your voice. The one that spoke of your life.."
'Tonight I sing alone….'
"Of your hopes….."
'But tomorrow I'll sing with you…'
Of your heart……
'On the wings of a dream'
She stood there surrounded by her brother's loving arms.
"They'll hate me now."
"Stop saying that!"
"But it's true." He shook her, hard.
"It is not. They love you. Just as I do." He stared at her, "Look through your camera now and see someone else's life. Once you do that…"
"I'll be able to find my own…." He smiled and nodded.
"Time to go back." She looked up at him and smiled. A true smile.
"I'll miss you."
"I'll be right beside you." She stepped away from him and let the water surround her once more. Only this time…
…I'm not going to die….
Watery surrounded her and lifted her out of the dark embrace she had fallen into and set her down in her friend's care. She looked into two worried faces and smiled, a bit shaky.
"I need to go home, before I can talk to you." They nodded and Li lifted her up, as Sakura packed up their stuff. She turned back once to look at the cliff….
…and saw her broken camera, shattered in the sunlight.
Somehow, she knew things were going to be alright. Now it was time to sort things through. Time to find Madison.