AN: This isn't my best fic. Even I admit it. But I wrote it in a burst of inspiration, and I might as well let you all read it, and critique it. Please help me revise it! Comment with your suggestions. Grasias, -Lily (aka Keisei)
P.S. I don't know the exact words/author of the quote... kudos to whoever said it! And I (unfortunately) don't own Alias... sigh...
_What's_ _In_ _A_ _Name_ by Lily (previously Haruno Keisei)
"What's in a name? A rose by any other would still smell as sweet..."
What IS in a name?
A name is just another form of identification, like a social security number, or id number. Does it really make that big of a difference?
I've had so many names, I've lost count. Am I a different person when operating under an alias? Oh, sure. I act different. I talk different, dress different, and maybe even look different. Am I really different inside?
I've tried my whole life to stay true to myself. I don't like acting a part in front of my friends, don't like pretending to be different with them. But how can't I, when my entire life is molded by these people?
I don't work for Credit Dauphine. I don't go on constant business trips, or at least not what I would consider "business." No, my life is a lie.
So is my name.
After all this work for a place that changes my name every second, am I really Sydney Bristow anymore? Will I ever be the same Sydney Bristow anymore?
No. I've changed. I don't know who I am.
I don't have a mother. I hardly have a father. I lost those two people, who meant most in my life, as well as... Danny. Vaughn. And almost Will.
I've lied to the only people who love me. I've told them things that they just accept, no questions asked. Because they trust me. But they really shouldn't. I'm not who they think I am
God, please. I want to be a person again. I want to be who my name says I am.
I want to be whole again.
~All these thoughts run through my brain as she speaks. I hardly hear her words, but her voice pierces my heart quick as a bullet. That same voice I've heard over and over on those videos. The same, sly, cunning, vicious voice that's haunted me so long.~
What's in a name? Is Irina Derevko any different from Laura Bristow when she sheds her mask? Is Laura Bristow any different from "The Man?" And is "The Man" any different than...
~"Mom?"~
P.S. I don't know the exact words/author of the quote... kudos to whoever said it! And I (unfortunately) don't own Alias... sigh...
_What's_ _In_ _A_ _Name_ by Lily (previously Haruno Keisei)
"What's in a name? A rose by any other would still smell as sweet..."
What IS in a name?
A name is just another form of identification, like a social security number, or id number. Does it really make that big of a difference?
I've had so many names, I've lost count. Am I a different person when operating under an alias? Oh, sure. I act different. I talk different, dress different, and maybe even look different. Am I really different inside?
I've tried my whole life to stay true to myself. I don't like acting a part in front of my friends, don't like pretending to be different with them. But how can't I, when my entire life is molded by these people?
I don't work for Credit Dauphine. I don't go on constant business trips, or at least not what I would consider "business." No, my life is a lie.
So is my name.
After all this work for a place that changes my name every second, am I really Sydney Bristow anymore? Will I ever be the same Sydney Bristow anymore?
No. I've changed. I don't know who I am.
I don't have a mother. I hardly have a father. I lost those two people, who meant most in my life, as well as... Danny. Vaughn. And almost Will.
I've lied to the only people who love me. I've told them things that they just accept, no questions asked. Because they trust me. But they really shouldn't. I'm not who they think I am
God, please. I want to be a person again. I want to be who my name says I am.
I want to be whole again.
~All these thoughts run through my brain as she speaks. I hardly hear her words, but her voice pierces my heart quick as a bullet. That same voice I've heard over and over on those videos. The same, sly, cunning, vicious voice that's haunted me so long.~
What's in a name? Is Irina Derevko any different from Laura Bristow when she sheds her mask? Is Laura Bristow any different from "The Man?" And is "The Man" any different than...
~"Mom?"~
