You tore apart,
My paper heart,
with words that I was dreading.
Now all that's left,
of love unsaid,
is dead and made for shredding.
Like cursed confetti,
tossed and thrown,
at a doomed and dismal wedding.
Tall gates, white walls, long pillars, marble fountains and carefully trimmed hedges. The mansion had a strong sense of grandness and elegance. The car slowly came to a halt in front of the main door just as 5 children rushed out.
"Mother, mother!" the youngest girl called out as she turned around for her mother. My Mother, Alice thought, she's my mother too. The youngest girl had long golden hair, which seemed to shimmer in the sunlight. I seemed to float as she turned around, making her almost seem angelic. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as panic struck Alice. Was it panic? Or was it worry? She didn't know either; right now she had so many mixed feelings. Then she heard voices, in her head.
"Look at you" a voice Alice couldn't be more familiar with said, "So naïve, sooo.." she paused as if she was thinking deeply "...WEAK" She said, spitting out the word and gave a light laugh and started walking around her, like a vulture observing her prey. "I'm not surprised they left you in that tinsy winsy town in the middle of nowhere" she said in a singsong voice, almost singing the words tinsy winsy. She glared at Alice again, sending shivers down her spine, making her feel more and more vulnerable. "Compared to them...you're NOTHING". She could now hear children's voices coming closer and closer, singing a rhyme she could only know too well. "It's raining, it's pouring, Alice is creepy. I'm laughing, she's crying, run before she gets freaky..."
Alice was snapped out of her thoughts as the door opened and she was invited out of the car. The youngest girl rushed forward and threw Alice a warm and welcoming hug, while everyone else came forward to meet their "long-lost" sister, although some wasn't as willing as others. "Hiii! The young girl hugging her gave an excited squeal as she pulled away. "My name is Clara, by the way. Clara Mildren, and this…" she said pointing to the boy not much bigger than Clara "is James. He's my brother, he's 8 years old, and I'm 7 and 3/4 years old." She introduced as the boy gave a little wave. Another girl, the oldest of the group along with the other boy standing in the corner and seems less friendly, stepped in front and gave a formal, but rather forced handshake.
"Hello, I'm Irene" she said with a stern voice and gave her a meaningful glare and stepped away quickly.
"Jennifer", said the last girl with a warm smile. She was similar in age with Alice, and they resembled certain features, actually, almost identical. Twins maybe? Thought Alice. Although it was pretty obvious their personalities were completely the opposite. She was kind, cheerful, brave and outgoing, whereas Alice was quiet, shy, realistic and quiet unfeeling sometimes, especially if someone gets extremely on her nerves.
"Hey" Alice gave a weak smile, "I'm Alice". Finally the boy, somewhere around 17, thought Alice, came forwards and walked towards her, with an uninterested look on his face.
"No William…Be ni-" Clara was cut off by the boy, who was probably called William, and she had a suspicious look on her face.
"You flew here from Finland on the 9:30 flight. On the flight you were offered drinks. You chose Coke despite not knowing what it is. Judging by the stain on your jumper, you ended up spilling a part of your diet coke because you thought it tasted weird. Oh yes, of course, you came from the rural parts of Finland therefore you definitely didn't know about things such as coke. This is easily shown by the clothes you wear, the way you hold yourself and your appearance. Now you're personality…" His stare made Alice feel exposed and awkward. "You're an introvert, you don't have many friends, if any at all, but you do have a lot of people who dislike you. You have an abnormally high IQ as well as light chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour." He paused and stared coldly at her with a smug expression and more interest on his face. Alice felt anger build up in her as she struggled to conceal it. Meanwhile everyone else stared at William with an annoyed expression, but it was obvious everyone else now kept a certain distance from her, either consciously or subconsciously. "Your only friend died last yea-" he was cut off by Alice who was now on the verge of crying and her eyes were merciless and cold.
"You finished?" She said, her voice was bitter and unkind. "Guess it should be my turn to speak now." She stared at him with complacent and hatred. "You never had many friends at school either. You call yourself a sociopath, which is a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour, but that's not exactly true, is it? William Alexander Mildren?" She said, whispering the last part into his ears. Alice walked away with a contented look on her face and left her brother, William, standing there, stiff and motionless.
Not exactly the first impression I wanted to have but ,oh well. she thought
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
was I always meant to fall?
rose white and dying light,
silver's sweet forgiving bite.
She'll ask "why"?
no answer found,
and I'll rot deep,
beneath the ground
A/N : So as promised before, this is the long chapter! I Hope you like the story! Please comment and follow. I'll be updating again soon since I've already written the next chapter out. By the way this story is also on wattpad ( story/84283289-the-mind-game) and fiction press ( s/3293193/1/the-Mind-Game) so it will also be on there if anyone's interested. But please like and comment! I'll be updating again later today:-)