“Hey, wake up. My name Gracyn. Welcome to Wonderland!” A girls voice calls out.
”hmm…” I whimper clutching my head.
”What’s your name?” The girl asks.
”Sage…” I groan.
“Well, sit up now! Everything is perfect in Wonderland! I want to show you everything!” The girl says far too loud.
“Who are you again?” I ask, wincing.
”Graycn!” Graycn yells at the top of her lungs.
”I hear you. What do you mean Wonderland? Wonderland doesn’t exist.” I tell her confused.
”Look around you, it’s real all right.” Graycn tells me.
I do as told, and I’m amazed. The blue caterpillar is smoking his pipe laughing, the Cheshire Cat is smiling like a lunatic, and the cards are painting the roses. “Where do you get all of the paint?”
“Each shade is from another person’s head. The queen is a little cuckoo for beheadings, so why let all of the blood go to waste.” Graycn says cheerfully.
“That’s fucking messed up!” I exclaim, disturbed.
”Everything in Wonderland is!” Graycn replies her smile turning into something darker.
”You said everything in Wonderland was perfect!” I accuse her.
”Well it is, just not for you. You see everyone in Wonderland is a monster of some kind.” Her smile growing wider. I relook at the blue caterpillar and see the multitude of eyes and fangs on his face, the blood dripping from his pipe. The Cheshire Cat’s smile is made out of bloodstained fangs, their fur soaked in blood. The cards are dripping blood from their arms, necks, faces, and chests. Their smiles of pure innocence. I look back at Graycn and she’s completely changed. Her skins taken on a blackish hue, her once blonde hair is now black. Her smile is too wide for her face, showing the same fangs as everyone else in this fucked up place. Her irises are now pitch black. “Run.” Graycn says in a singsong voice.
I break into a sprint running through thorns, and dead bushes. The perfect happy world I first saw morphing into a dark and broken place. “Help me!” I scream at the moon.
”Tsk, you’re to slow.” Graycn says from in-front of me.
”H-how? How!” I scream at her.
”You belong to this world now, just like me. Don’t worry I’ll always be here for you Sage.” Graycn tells me putting a comforting hand on my shoulder. “First we just have to cut your tie to reality.”
I see the glint of a blade in her hand, my eyes widening. “I’ll always be here for you sage.” Graycn repeats as she stabs me in the heart.
At Sage’s physical body:
”Code Blue! Floor 6, room 183!” The intercom crackles.
”That’s Sage’s room Mom!” Jacklyn yells.
”No, nononono. No it’s not. He’s not in the hospital.” Her mother says over and over again.
”Mom!” Jacklyn exclaims, collapsing next to her.
A doctor walks up to the waiting room. “Sage Matoya?”
”Thats us, can you help me?” Jacklyn calls to the doctor. “She’s having another one of her episodes!”
The doctor runs over and helps calm her mother down. “I hate to have to tell you this but Sage has passed away. I’m sorry for your loss.”
”Thank you for letting us know.” Jacklyn responds completely monotone, as her mother breaks down sobbing in her arms. “Can you keep his body until we can contact our funeral home?”
”Yes we can.” The doctor replies.
”Thank you. C’mon mom let’s go home.” Jacklyn says walking away.
”My baby, my baby. My baby. My baby. My baby…” Her mother repeats, sobbing.
Back in Wonderland:
”It’s done you’re now one of us! How do you feel?” Graycn asks me.
”I feel amazing and… free for the first time.” I tell her.
”I’ll always be here and love you, Sage.” Graycn tells me.
”I know you will. I’ll always love you too Graycn.” I say smiling and pulling her in, kissing her.
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