The Place Where Shadows Go
By Bakamegami-sama
Simon awoke, not on the island as he had expected, but
instead looking into the yellow-gold eyes of a young girl a little
older than himself.
"So, finally comin' to, are you?" She smiled amiably
down at him.
"Where am I?" He brushed his coarse hair out of
his face, before glancing back at the girl and choking out
a startled, "And why are you floating?"
"You're floatin' too, silly. I get the feeling you ain't
the sharpest crayon in the box…" A boy who looked disturbingly
like her floated up and smacked her. She glared, but
continued, "As for where, I suppose the best answer to that
is 'here.'"
"Who are you guys?" Simon looked around the area in the
vain hope that there might be something to answer his questions
better than the girl.
"Just full o' questions you are…I'm Oke and…"
"I didn't ask is you were okay," Simon interrupted
her, and the boy behind her snickered.
"Oh, hush you!" She tugged a lock of the boy's shoulder-
length black hair and then turned back to Simon. "My name is
Oke, not I'm okay, well, etcetera and so forth. And this is
my brother, Merel." She mumbled something under her breath about
boys getting the decent, not confusing names. For a moment, Simon
thought of Samneric, but he dismissed the idea of the golden-eyed
children being twins. The girl looked quite a few years older.
"I'm Simon..." He started to ask another question, but
Merel cut him off.
"You don't know you're dead yet, do you?"
"Well he does now! I was tryin' to break it to 'im
slowly! Have a heart, will you? You just don't go prancin'
around tellin' people they be dead!" Oke ranted, pausing only
to deliver punches to her brother's head. Simon felt his head
spin, and wondered why his times would continue after death.
Suddenly a pop was heard, and a voice
yelped, "I'm floating! I can't be floating! It is a scientific
fact that people do not float!"
Merel groaned and rubbed his head, "You want to
tell him, or should I?"
Oke stared at him icily, a look made all the more
vicious by her oddly colored eyes, "I think you've caused enough
trouble for one unidentifiable time period." As if to prove her
point, Simon fainted.
Piggy blinked. "How…but…Simon is dead!"
"So he's recently been told," The girl twirled a lock of
her hair.
"This is a bit unusual. One minute I was trying to
get my glasses back, and the next I floating next to dead
people," Piggy moved to clean his glasses, only to remember
they were still with Jack.
"Yeah, well you ain't exactly the epitome of life
yourself, chunky." She growled, and Piggy took a step back.
"I didn't mean to insult…I've just never been dead before…
I mean…" He desperately scrambled to say something to calm her.
"Leave him alone, Keke, he hasn't done anything to you."
Sensing a potential protector, Piggy dashed behind the taller boy.
Merel sighed.
"So, if we're dead, is this heaven?" Piggy asked.
"Hardly," Oke gave the rotund boy a harsh look.
"Hell, then?"
"Do you feel the fire?" Both brother and sister giggled at
this comment, although neither made a move to explain the joke
to Piggy.
"Where are we then?"
"We're in the place where shadows go. Not heaven, not hell, just
a big gray mass in the middle of here, wherever here maybe. Everyone
who ends up here has a reason. I was forgotten, my brother was
feared, Simon knew what he should not have known…" Oke trailed off at
Piggy's surprised expression. "What?"
"How did you know what happened to Simon?" Piggy wheezed softly.
"The same way you did."
Piggy gasped, "How did…"
"It's this place. Just as all the oceans and deserts and
forests are linked, so are all the shadows. Where there are objects,
there a shadows, therefore giving us an omniscient quality," Merel
said by way of explanation, and was promptly cuffed for his efforts.
"Quit usin' big words. In plain common, he's sayin' that
we know all about anything that happened around shadows. Did you
know there was a talkin' pig's head on your island?"
Simon, waking for a second time in this weird place of the
dead, asked quietly, "Why is Piggy here?"
"Bah, nothin' special. Everyone hated him at one time or
another. It's a sure fire way to get sent here. Anything that
revolves around a strong emotion focused on a single entity," Oke
smiled slightly as they all, in the deep recesses of their
minds, watched the remaining boys crying on the beach by a large
boat. "Fate truly has a strange sense of humor."
Meanwhile, on the island, Ralph didn't notice the shadows
trying to comfort him, nor did Jack notice a single, female shadow
trying to whack him on the head.
Disclaimer: Lord of the Flies and all its characters belong to
William Golding. Oke, Merel, and the other inhabitants of 'here'
belong to me. Everybody hope I get a good grade on this for me, alright?
And leave me tasty reviews, oke? *gets thwapped by Oke*
By Bakamegami-sama
Simon awoke, not on the island as he had expected, but
instead looking into the yellow-gold eyes of a young girl a little
older than himself.
"So, finally comin' to, are you?" She smiled amiably
down at him.
"Where am I?" He brushed his coarse hair out of
his face, before glancing back at the girl and choking out
a startled, "And why are you floating?"
"You're floatin' too, silly. I get the feeling you ain't
the sharpest crayon in the box…" A boy who looked disturbingly
like her floated up and smacked her. She glared, but
continued, "As for where, I suppose the best answer to that
is 'here.'"
"Who are you guys?" Simon looked around the area in the
vain hope that there might be something to answer his questions
better than the girl.
"Just full o' questions you are…I'm Oke and…"
"I didn't ask is you were okay," Simon interrupted
her, and the boy behind her snickered.
"Oh, hush you!" She tugged a lock of the boy's shoulder-
length black hair and then turned back to Simon. "My name is
Oke, not I'm okay, well, etcetera and so forth. And this is
my brother, Merel." She mumbled something under her breath about
boys getting the decent, not confusing names. For a moment, Simon
thought of Samneric, but he dismissed the idea of the golden-eyed
children being twins. The girl looked quite a few years older.
"I'm Simon..." He started to ask another question, but
Merel cut him off.
"You don't know you're dead yet, do you?"
"Well he does now! I was tryin' to break it to 'im
slowly! Have a heart, will you? You just don't go prancin'
around tellin' people they be dead!" Oke ranted, pausing only
to deliver punches to her brother's head. Simon felt his head
spin, and wondered why his times would continue after death.
Suddenly a pop was heard, and a voice
yelped, "I'm floating! I can't be floating! It is a scientific
fact that people do not float!"
Merel groaned and rubbed his head, "You want to
tell him, or should I?"
Oke stared at him icily, a look made all the more
vicious by her oddly colored eyes, "I think you've caused enough
trouble for one unidentifiable time period." As if to prove her
point, Simon fainted.
Piggy blinked. "How…but…Simon is dead!"
"So he's recently been told," The girl twirled a lock of
her hair.
"This is a bit unusual. One minute I was trying to
get my glasses back, and the next I floating next to dead
people," Piggy moved to clean his glasses, only to remember
they were still with Jack.
"Yeah, well you ain't exactly the epitome of life
yourself, chunky." She growled, and Piggy took a step back.
"I didn't mean to insult…I've just never been dead before…
I mean…" He desperately scrambled to say something to calm her.
"Leave him alone, Keke, he hasn't done anything to you."
Sensing a potential protector, Piggy dashed behind the taller boy.
Merel sighed.
"So, if we're dead, is this heaven?" Piggy asked.
"Hardly," Oke gave the rotund boy a harsh look.
"Hell, then?"
"Do you feel the fire?" Both brother and sister giggled at
this comment, although neither made a move to explain the joke
to Piggy.
"Where are we then?"
"We're in the place where shadows go. Not heaven, not hell, just
a big gray mass in the middle of here, wherever here maybe. Everyone
who ends up here has a reason. I was forgotten, my brother was
feared, Simon knew what he should not have known…" Oke trailed off at
Piggy's surprised expression. "What?"
"How did you know what happened to Simon?" Piggy wheezed softly.
"The same way you did."
Piggy gasped, "How did…"
"It's this place. Just as all the oceans and deserts and
forests are linked, so are all the shadows. Where there are objects,
there a shadows, therefore giving us an omniscient quality," Merel
said by way of explanation, and was promptly cuffed for his efforts.
"Quit usin' big words. In plain common, he's sayin' that
we know all about anything that happened around shadows. Did you
know there was a talkin' pig's head on your island?"
Simon, waking for a second time in this weird place of the
dead, asked quietly, "Why is Piggy here?"
"Bah, nothin' special. Everyone hated him at one time or
another. It's a sure fire way to get sent here. Anything that
revolves around a strong emotion focused on a single entity," Oke
smiled slightly as they all, in the deep recesses of their
minds, watched the remaining boys crying on the beach by a large
boat. "Fate truly has a strange sense of humor."
Meanwhile, on the island, Ralph didn't notice the shadows
trying to comfort him, nor did Jack notice a single, female shadow
trying to whack him on the head.
Disclaimer: Lord of the Flies and all its characters belong to
William Golding. Oke, Merel, and the other inhabitants of 'here'
belong to me. Everybody hope I get a good grade on this for me, alright?
And leave me tasty reviews, oke? *gets thwapped by Oke*