Title: Through the Looking Glass
Author: Lamia's Shadow
Rating: PG-13 to R for explicit and extreme violence, gore, and language
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to Jhonen Vasquez, and everything else belongs to me. Title belongs to C.S. Lewis. No infringement is intended nor is any money being made - this is purely for entertainment purposes. Please don't sue me, I have no money. (So there!)
Summary: The beauty of Nature
A/N: see below
And on with the story...
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Nail Bunny shivered. He heard Nny crying in the shower, and his heart broke into a million pieces. Angrily, he thought 'Why does it have to be him? Why can't he be just another dumb kid, stupid but happy, ignorant but unaware? Why does he have to carry this burden?' Nail Bunny felt very helpless, sorry that he was entangled in this cosmic soap opera. He wished that he could have just stayed as a bunny. It was simple then; his only objective was to eat, defecate, and sleep. Survival. It was the only thing that he was concerned with. Everything else was just extraneous, a creature comfort but not necessarily critical. He remembered those days, how simple it was, how happy he was just to be fed and warm, just to be alive.
Nail Bunny looked up when Nny's cries stopped emanating from the back of the house. 'But now,' Nail Bunny thought, 'things are infinitely more complicated. I am a figment of an imagination, I live in Nny's head, and his psyche sustains me. Damn, that sounds a lot worse if you actually spell it out than just accept it. God, I look after a homicidal maniac that rammed a fucking nail through my head because he didn't want to lose me! Though I do admit that it is touching and charming in a grotesque way, the dumb whelp killed me!' He mentally sighed. 'But hey, what're you gonna do? The poor bastard still needs me, and if it weren't for me, he probably wouldn't be alive right now. Dumb kid. God knows I love him.' This knowledge was what kept Nail Bunny from giving up all hope on Nny. Because he loved him, he was bound to him, and obligated to help him however he could. He was obligated to try and make Nny happy.
When Nny finally came out of the shower, his skin was red and blotchy, as if he had subjected himself to another one of his barely bearable hot showers. He looked lost and confused, like a scared little child. Nny looked up at Nail Bunny, and Nail Bunny flinched under the gaze. Nny's eyes were so full of confusion and sadness, but worse of all, Nail Bunny thought he imagined seeing faint vestiges of hope in them. And it was this hope that forced Nail Bunny to turn his gaze away.
"Nail Bunny?" Nny's voice floated to him, sounding as lost as Nny looked.
"I'm here, Nny" Nail Bunny said before his form materialized.
"Oh," Nny lamely said, looking at Nail Bunny with slightly confused but ultimately blank eyes. He stared at Nail Bunny for a very long time, not moving a muscle, showing all the signs of having been turned to stone.
Then, as abruptly as he had fallen into immobility, Nny started, as if realizing something. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something move. Quickly, Nny's head whirled over to the window, and what he saw was Nature's beauty manifested.
"Look Nail Bunny, out the window." Nny dragged a chair over to the window, and sat down in it, hugging his knees to his chest while looking out in childish wonder and delight. Nail Bunny followed Nny, smiling at his behavior.
'It's a beautiful whiteness', thought Nny as he gazed in awe out the window. The snow storm was over, and the winds had driven away all the clouds, leaving the sky open and clear. The sheer beauty of it was breathtaking. Before him lay a carpet of snow, not only blanketing his yard, but the whole world it seemed. Lights from windows were barely able to spill out from the houses, the snow thwarting all their best efforts at spoiling their whiteness. The silver moonlight shone down on a glittering blanket of white, transforming the snow into something else, something that held infinite possibilities. It reminded Nny of happiness and beauty, and he sat in quiet awe of it. He looked up and his breath caught. Above him was not the sky, but an eternal expanse of deep, dark blue velvet, into which a large bag of diamonds had spilled out on. Each star was madly trying to outshine the other, their efforts lighting up the sky in a spectacle of heavenly beauty. But their light could not compete with the light of the moon. The moon, the crowning jewel in the spectacle of the heavens, the luminescent pearl amongst a background of sparkling diamonds, all set into an eternity of midnight blue velvet, all set out in the sky for everyone to see.
"All set out for me" Nny breathed. Nail Bunny watched as Nny fell into silence, watched as his eyes glazed over. He knew that Nny was no longer seeing what was in front of him, but was looking into another time. He still kept a small smile, and Nail Bunny dematerialized, content to just stay quiet and watch.
'Somewhere, someone is warm and cozy inside their respective abode.' Nny thought. 'A child, with the glorious wonder found only in children, in awe of the world, taking a brief respite from his adventures as an exotic and daring explorer.' Though Nny's body was present, it did not move. His eyes were open and looking out, but he did not see. Nny had gone away, content to live in his head than in reality.
Nny remembered...
Fin.
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A/N: Though this particular individual story is finished, the actual story is not. I had a lot of ideas for this story,and I actually have a clear vision for what I want it to be. But as I started writing it, I realized that it would be too long for one story. So I decided to break it up into three individual sotries that actually told just one story. The first part of it's done. Most of the second part has already been written, and I will be posting them on a semi-regular basis. I hope that you have enjoyed the first part, and I really hope that you will continue it by looking for the second part of this story. It will probably be called "The Beginning". Anyways, hope you liked, hope you review, you know the rest. Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll go on the second part!
-Lamia's Shadow
Author: Lamia's Shadow
Rating: PG-13 to R for explicit and extreme violence, gore, and language
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to Jhonen Vasquez, and everything else belongs to me. Title belongs to C.S. Lewis. No infringement is intended nor is any money being made - this is purely for entertainment purposes. Please don't sue me, I have no money. (So there!)
Summary: The beauty of Nature
A/N: see below
And on with the story...
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Nail Bunny shivered. He heard Nny crying in the shower, and his heart broke into a million pieces. Angrily, he thought 'Why does it have to be him? Why can't he be just another dumb kid, stupid but happy, ignorant but unaware? Why does he have to carry this burden?' Nail Bunny felt very helpless, sorry that he was entangled in this cosmic soap opera. He wished that he could have just stayed as a bunny. It was simple then; his only objective was to eat, defecate, and sleep. Survival. It was the only thing that he was concerned with. Everything else was just extraneous, a creature comfort but not necessarily critical. He remembered those days, how simple it was, how happy he was just to be fed and warm, just to be alive.
Nail Bunny looked up when Nny's cries stopped emanating from the back of the house. 'But now,' Nail Bunny thought, 'things are infinitely more complicated. I am a figment of an imagination, I live in Nny's head, and his psyche sustains me. Damn, that sounds a lot worse if you actually spell it out than just accept it. God, I look after a homicidal maniac that rammed a fucking nail through my head because he didn't want to lose me! Though I do admit that it is touching and charming in a grotesque way, the dumb whelp killed me!' He mentally sighed. 'But hey, what're you gonna do? The poor bastard still needs me, and if it weren't for me, he probably wouldn't be alive right now. Dumb kid. God knows I love him.' This knowledge was what kept Nail Bunny from giving up all hope on Nny. Because he loved him, he was bound to him, and obligated to help him however he could. He was obligated to try and make Nny happy.
When Nny finally came out of the shower, his skin was red and blotchy, as if he had subjected himself to another one of his barely bearable hot showers. He looked lost and confused, like a scared little child. Nny looked up at Nail Bunny, and Nail Bunny flinched under the gaze. Nny's eyes were so full of confusion and sadness, but worse of all, Nail Bunny thought he imagined seeing faint vestiges of hope in them. And it was this hope that forced Nail Bunny to turn his gaze away.
"Nail Bunny?" Nny's voice floated to him, sounding as lost as Nny looked.
"I'm here, Nny" Nail Bunny said before his form materialized.
"Oh," Nny lamely said, looking at Nail Bunny with slightly confused but ultimately blank eyes. He stared at Nail Bunny for a very long time, not moving a muscle, showing all the signs of having been turned to stone.
Then, as abruptly as he had fallen into immobility, Nny started, as if realizing something. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something move. Quickly, Nny's head whirled over to the window, and what he saw was Nature's beauty manifested.
"Look Nail Bunny, out the window." Nny dragged a chair over to the window, and sat down in it, hugging his knees to his chest while looking out in childish wonder and delight. Nail Bunny followed Nny, smiling at his behavior.
'It's a beautiful whiteness', thought Nny as he gazed in awe out the window. The snow storm was over, and the winds had driven away all the clouds, leaving the sky open and clear. The sheer beauty of it was breathtaking. Before him lay a carpet of snow, not only blanketing his yard, but the whole world it seemed. Lights from windows were barely able to spill out from the houses, the snow thwarting all their best efforts at spoiling their whiteness. The silver moonlight shone down on a glittering blanket of white, transforming the snow into something else, something that held infinite possibilities. It reminded Nny of happiness and beauty, and he sat in quiet awe of it. He looked up and his breath caught. Above him was not the sky, but an eternal expanse of deep, dark blue velvet, into which a large bag of diamonds had spilled out on. Each star was madly trying to outshine the other, their efforts lighting up the sky in a spectacle of heavenly beauty. But their light could not compete with the light of the moon. The moon, the crowning jewel in the spectacle of the heavens, the luminescent pearl amongst a background of sparkling diamonds, all set into an eternity of midnight blue velvet, all set out in the sky for everyone to see.
"All set out for me" Nny breathed. Nail Bunny watched as Nny fell into silence, watched as his eyes glazed over. He knew that Nny was no longer seeing what was in front of him, but was looking into another time. He still kept a small smile, and Nail Bunny dematerialized, content to just stay quiet and watch.
'Somewhere, someone is warm and cozy inside their respective abode.' Nny thought. 'A child, with the glorious wonder found only in children, in awe of the world, taking a brief respite from his adventures as an exotic and daring explorer.' Though Nny's body was present, it did not move. His eyes were open and looking out, but he did not see. Nny had gone away, content to live in his head than in reality.
Nny remembered...
Fin.
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A/N: Though this particular individual story is finished, the actual story is not. I had a lot of ideas for this story,and I actually have a clear vision for what I want it to be. But as I started writing it, I realized that it would be too long for one story. So I decided to break it up into three individual sotries that actually told just one story. The first part of it's done. Most of the second part has already been written, and I will be posting them on a semi-regular basis. I hope that you have enjoyed the first part, and I really hope that you will continue it by looking for the second part of this story. It will probably be called "The Beginning". Anyways, hope you liked, hope you review, you know the rest. Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll go on the second part!
-Lamia's Shadow