When Georgie was a little girl, her dad had read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to her. Her mother, Josephine, never liked the idea of reading ‘nonsense books’ to her daughter, as she used to call them, but Adam was more relaxed when it came to Georgie’s literary ambitions. Besides, he enjoyed those kind of books, weirdly enough.
Georgie used to love the story of Alice, who fell down the rabbit hole and entered a magical world. She always wondered how it must have felt, falling down that hole, miles and miles, feeling weightless, not knowing what was expecting her once she reached the bottom. She was so sure that it must be terribly exciting.
It wasn’t terribly exiting after all. It was only terrible.
Georgie didn’t know where she was, but she felt like she was falling deeper and deeper down a hole. She felt like she was in a state of trance but at the same time awake.
Her shoulders felt strangely light… She turned her head slightly, and even that tiny movement hurt. Her hair…there was no hair falling over her shoulders anymore. What happened while she fell down the rabbit hole?
And then, as if she just reached the bottom of the rabbit hole and hit the ground, a terrible pain rushed through her entire body.
Lenna!
Georgie wanted to scream but she was numb. Paralysed.
Her sister…Gone.
Georgie closed her eyes, trying to feel Lenna’s heartbeat.
Nothing.
“Lenna…,” Georgie whispered. The soft, little hairs on her arms stood up as a shiver went through her body, and then, out of nowhere, she felt another sharp pain in her stomach, as if someone had stuck thousand needles in it. She almost forgot to breathe.
No. This was not what she had expected to find at the end of the rabbit hole…
Georgie used to love the story of Alice, who fell down the rabbit hole and entered a magical world. She always wondered how it must have felt, falling down that hole, miles and miles, feeling weightless, not knowing what was expecting her once she reached the bottom. She was so sure that it must be terribly exciting.
It wasn’t terribly exiting after all. It was only terrible.
Georgie didn’t know where she was, but she felt like she was falling deeper and deeper down a hole. She felt like she was in a state of trance but at the same time awake.
Her shoulders felt strangely light… She turned her head slightly, and even that tiny movement hurt. Her hair…there was no hair falling over her shoulders anymore. What happened while she fell down the rabbit hole?
And then, as if she just reached the bottom of the rabbit hole and hit the ground, a terrible pain rushed through her entire body.
Lenna!
Georgie wanted to scream but she was numb. Paralysed.
Her sister…Gone.
Georgie closed her eyes, trying to feel Lenna’s heartbeat.
Nothing.
“Lenna…,” Georgie whispered. The soft, little hairs on her arms stood up as a shiver went through her body, and then, out of nowhere, she felt another sharp pain in her stomach, as if someone had stuck thousand needles in it. She almost forgot to breathe.
No. This was not what she had expected to find at the end of the rabbit hole…