Disclaimer: The song "On my own" isn't mine
The first thing I did was swiping some clippers from the card squad. It was a simple job of creeping up behind the deck, grabbing the giant scissors and dashing back into my hiding place with my prize.
After I secured the clippers, I used them to carve a crude wooden flute from some bamboo stalks that grew alongside where the Mad Hatter's Tea party was being held. I was very pleased by the soft sound that they made. If my guess was correct, any music would do.
With a smile, I began my own journey.
From on top a hill, I could see the Alice landscape went on from horizon to horizon. A chessboard lay to the north with chess pieces scurrying around the edge of a forest. To the east lay the direction my friends headed and I spotted them slowly being tracked by a black and white figure.
Ezrin, I realized catching sight of a blur of red eyes. He probably thinks I'm still with Keegan and wants me to play with. I rolled my eyes and scanned what lay in the western half of Wonderland.
A deep dark mysterious forest full of staring eyes and hooting owls I heard and spotted from my position. I tried thinking through Raziel's own mind, attempting to see which way he might think I go and then go opposite of it. But I couldn't quite get why he chose me to go after so I stop trying.
My friends are east, I'll go west, I decided and headed straight through the Labyrinth and toward the woods.
Inside the woods, the walls of the maze abruptly shifted to a cool gray brick that looked about to fall apart. In fact as I passed on segment of wall, I heard it crumble behind me.
I heard laughter just then and spun to come face to faces with a small grouping of wisps.
"Piper!" they all screamed together.
I shushed them immediately. Chagrined, their glow dimmed and they huddled up to me.
"What are you doing?" they whispered. "Keegan was worried. Angel was worried. Damon didn't care." They added sourly.
I smiled, "I'm looking around." I replied.
They all gave me disapproving looks. "Looking around the Labyrinth isn't a good idea. Come back with us!"
I shook my head, "You go back and play with Keegan. I'm gonna goof around in this direction."
"Keegan will be mad if you don't come." They told me in a sweet sing song voice.
"Keegan being mad is the least of my concerns." I replied. "Go away and play somewhere else."
The wisps giggled and yanked a strand of my hair out as they flew off toward Keegan. I rubbed my scalp watching them leave. I wonder why those annoying bugs did that?
I pondered that question and many more as I trekked through the woods. When that became a little too deep for me to cope with I pulled out my flute and began playing a song that reflected my mood perfect. The words came to me and I silently sang with them.
On my own, pretending he's beside me.
All alone, I walk with him 'til morning.
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights, are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me
Forever and forever
Suddenly my thoughts became dark and the next verses of the song came out harsh through the flute and in my mind.
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him, but everyday I'm learning
All my life, I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
But only on my own—
Suddenly I became aware that I wasn't alone in the woods. The owls were silent. All the bugs were silent too, as if there was a predator nearby.
I stuck my flute in the belt of my dress and froze, looking and listening for signs of trouble.
Trouble came in the sign of two dainty heads sticking out from behind a tree. Both had orange red hair and unnaturally long heads of something alien. Yet the two were very beautiful in an odd way.
"We didn't wish to disturb you." Another person whispered and another odd head poked out from a tree.
"We only wanted to listen." Said one as they all step out.
I recognized the silk dresses that gave glimpses of naked flesh and the smooth movements of a dancer. A little too late I realize these three women were Sirens.
"It's okay-- to listen I mean" I stuttered and they giggled, a sweet song that almost hypnotized me. Had they let it, I realized when they bent from incredibly long waists and examined my flute.
"Is this the music maker?" one asked swaying to a silent beat.
I tried not to watch the unconscious movement and answered them, "It's a flute, a crummy one at that."
The three women looked at me in shock.
"It is very beautiful."
"Very, very." A second agreed and they all nodded vigorously.
I shrugged, "To each their own." Then I tried walking away but one moved and intercepted me.
"Where are you going? We'd like to hear more music, please?"
I nervously bit my lip. I was beginning to rethink my plan on going out on my own.
"It's nothing against you three but you're sirens." I told them. "Kinda hard to play for you guys if I get hypnotized whenever you start dancing."
They laughed then one bent down and kissed me on the lips.
In a fog of sorts, I heard one say "Now you are one of us. Siren, dancer and enslaver all in Niflheim."
And I thought my life couldn't get more complicated.
The first thing I did was swiping some clippers from the card squad. It was a simple job of creeping up behind the deck, grabbing the giant scissors and dashing back into my hiding place with my prize.
After I secured the clippers, I used them to carve a crude wooden flute from some bamboo stalks that grew alongside where the Mad Hatter's Tea party was being held. I was very pleased by the soft sound that they made. If my guess was correct, any music would do.
With a smile, I began my own journey.
From on top a hill, I could see the Alice landscape went on from horizon to horizon. A chessboard lay to the north with chess pieces scurrying around the edge of a forest. To the east lay the direction my friends headed and I spotted them slowly being tracked by a black and white figure.
Ezrin, I realized catching sight of a blur of red eyes. He probably thinks I'm still with Keegan and wants me to play with. I rolled my eyes and scanned what lay in the western half of Wonderland.
A deep dark mysterious forest full of staring eyes and hooting owls I heard and spotted from my position. I tried thinking through Raziel's own mind, attempting to see which way he might think I go and then go opposite of it. But I couldn't quite get why he chose me to go after so I stop trying.
My friends are east, I'll go west, I decided and headed straight through the Labyrinth and toward the woods.
Inside the woods, the walls of the maze abruptly shifted to a cool gray brick that looked about to fall apart. In fact as I passed on segment of wall, I heard it crumble behind me.
I heard laughter just then and spun to come face to faces with a small grouping of wisps.
"Piper!" they all screamed together.
I shushed them immediately. Chagrined, their glow dimmed and they huddled up to me.
"What are you doing?" they whispered. "Keegan was worried. Angel was worried. Damon didn't care." They added sourly.
I smiled, "I'm looking around." I replied.
They all gave me disapproving looks. "Looking around the Labyrinth isn't a good idea. Come back with us!"
I shook my head, "You go back and play with Keegan. I'm gonna goof around in this direction."
"Keegan will be mad if you don't come." They told me in a sweet sing song voice.
"Keegan being mad is the least of my concerns." I replied. "Go away and play somewhere else."
The wisps giggled and yanked a strand of my hair out as they flew off toward Keegan. I rubbed my scalp watching them leave. I wonder why those annoying bugs did that?
I pondered that question and many more as I trekked through the woods. When that became a little too deep for me to cope with I pulled out my flute and began playing a song that reflected my mood perfect. The words came to me and I silently sang with them.
On my own, pretending he's beside me.
All alone, I walk with him 'til morning.
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights, are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me
Forever and forever
Suddenly my thoughts became dark and the next verses of the song came out harsh through the flute and in my mind.
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him, but everyday I'm learning
All my life, I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
But only on my own—
Suddenly I became aware that I wasn't alone in the woods. The owls were silent. All the bugs were silent too, as if there was a predator nearby.
I stuck my flute in the belt of my dress and froze, looking and listening for signs of trouble.
Trouble came in the sign of two dainty heads sticking out from behind a tree. Both had orange red hair and unnaturally long heads of something alien. Yet the two were very beautiful in an odd way.
"We didn't wish to disturb you." Another person whispered and another odd head poked out from a tree.
"We only wanted to listen." Said one as they all step out.
I recognized the silk dresses that gave glimpses of naked flesh and the smooth movements of a dancer. A little too late I realize these three women were Sirens.
"It's okay-- to listen I mean" I stuttered and they giggled, a sweet song that almost hypnotized me. Had they let it, I realized when they bent from incredibly long waists and examined my flute.
"Is this the music maker?" one asked swaying to a silent beat.
I tried not to watch the unconscious movement and answered them, "It's a flute, a crummy one at that."
The three women looked at me in shock.
"It is very beautiful."
"Very, very." A second agreed and they all nodded vigorously.
I shrugged, "To each their own." Then I tried walking away but one moved and intercepted me.
"Where are you going? We'd like to hear more music, please?"
I nervously bit my lip. I was beginning to rethink my plan on going out on my own.
"It's nothing against you three but you're sirens." I told them. "Kinda hard to play for you guys if I get hypnotized whenever you start dancing."
They laughed then one bent down and kissed me on the lips.
In a fog of sorts, I heard one say "Now you are one of us. Siren, dancer and enslaver all in Niflheim."
And I thought my life couldn't get more complicated.