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A N A S T A S I A . W O O D S
"I am just another Alice who's
trying to find her way out of her head
and into a wonderland."
~VàZaki Nada
"I am just another Alice who's
trying to find her way out of her head
and into a wonderland."
~VàZaki Nada
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xxxxxShe was falling, plummeting into a dark abyss that became her fear. It seemed to have been going on for quite sometime as darkness seemed to wrap itself around her, consuming her, swallowing her into a bottomless pit where she fell not, but only waited for her release. It never came. She knew what this was. A trial testing her ability to conquer her inner intuition, it happened before, and again thereafter. She's drowned at sea, once became tormented as she lay caught in a black widow's web becoming its next meal, she can recall the surreal moment that brought her back to the day her grandmother passed away only the old lady wasn't in her hospital bed instead she stood at the end of the hallway of lights flickering wearing the long, white gown as she beckoned a young Anastasia into the light that was heaven. Ana made cautious steps toward her, unsure whether she was dreaming. Soon she would wake up into her dorm back at Harvard University, but the truth left a nauseating feeling at the pit of her stomach. It wasn't a dream. Was it?
xxxxxHer bare feet became cold against the linoleum floor she walked on. She felt the crisp air lashing at her pale cheeks making them pink. Her grandmother reached out a welcoming hand for Anastasia, followed by a warm smile, a smile that Ana seen one to many times and had missed dearly. Mesmerized at the sight of her grandmother's blonde tendrils gleaming from the luminous portal behind her, Anastasia allowed herself to be lured into her grandmother's graces lifting her hand as she moved closer, and closer, and closer.. It all seemed real, and for once in a longtime she felt safe. But, it wasn't real. Ana's fingers barely brushed her grandmother's as the ground beneath her feet opened its mouth wide and in she fell through the rabbit hole, like Alice making her arrival to Wonderland; falling until suddenly everything became still. Blackness was all she saw.
xxxxxBeeeep.Beeeep.Beeeep. The sound of a relentless heart monitor nearby. Slowly, Ana blinked her eyes awake, squinting at the radiant lights that shone above her. The first thing she noticed were the dozens of flowers, a few appearing dehydrated, balloons of all sorts, and the "get well" cards sprawled on the table in pairs. She peered at the gifts for a moment before she felt someone stir at her side, glancing down she noticed a man covering his hand over her small one. He was sleeping peacefully, but Ana knew he looked unfamiliar which made her uncomfortable as to why he had invaded her privacy so intimately. Immediately, she pulled her hand back from his and sat up from the bed a little too quickly that the sudden movement caused Ana a migraine simultaneously as she felt an IV needle tugging from inside her forearm. Her eyes trailed the cord up to a fluid bag dangling from its stand. It wasn't then until she realized she was in a hospital room, panicking she reached for call button, alerting for help.
xxxxxWhat the hell had happened? Why wasn't she in her dorm? She thought, her questions unanswered as a nurse came rushing into the room with her hands filled with prescribed medicines. The nurse took one look at Ana before her eyes widened as a bottle slid from her hands, "Oh, my god," she whispered, barely audible before she hurried out the door. It wasn't long before four more nurses came piling into the room, followed by a tall, handsome man wearing a lab coat. They all surrounded Anastasia, but it was the doctor who drew an ophthalmoscope at her eyes. "Unbelieveable." Dr. Charles John Antonini, his name tag read, mumbled to himself before he reached to wake the stranger lying beside Ana.
xxxxxHer bare feet became cold against the linoleum floor she walked on. She felt the crisp air lashing at her pale cheeks making them pink. Her grandmother reached out a welcoming hand for Anastasia, followed by a warm smile, a smile that Ana seen one to many times and had missed dearly. Mesmerized at the sight of her grandmother's blonde tendrils gleaming from the luminous portal behind her, Anastasia allowed herself to be lured into her grandmother's graces lifting her hand as she moved closer, and closer, and closer.. It all seemed real, and for once in a longtime she felt safe. But, it wasn't real. Ana's fingers barely brushed her grandmother's as the ground beneath her feet opened its mouth wide and in she fell through the rabbit hole, like Alice making her arrival to Wonderland; falling until suddenly everything became still. Blackness was all she saw.
xxxxxBeeeep.Beeeep.Beeeep. The sound of a relentless heart monitor nearby. Slowly, Ana blinked her eyes awake, squinting at the radiant lights that shone above her. The first thing she noticed were the dozens of flowers, a few appearing dehydrated, balloons of all sorts, and the "get well" cards sprawled on the table in pairs. She peered at the gifts for a moment before she felt someone stir at her side, glancing down she noticed a man covering his hand over her small one. He was sleeping peacefully, but Ana knew he looked unfamiliar which made her uncomfortable as to why he had invaded her privacy so intimately. Immediately, she pulled her hand back from his and sat up from the bed a little too quickly that the sudden movement caused Ana a migraine simultaneously as she felt an IV needle tugging from inside her forearm. Her eyes trailed the cord up to a fluid bag dangling from its stand. It wasn't then until she realized she was in a hospital room, panicking she reached for call button, alerting for help.
xxxxxWhat the hell had happened? Why wasn't she in her dorm? She thought, her questions unanswered as a nurse came rushing into the room with her hands filled with prescribed medicines. The nurse took one look at Ana before her eyes widened as a bottle slid from her hands, "Oh, my god," she whispered, barely audible before she hurried out the door. It wasn't long before four more nurses came piling into the room, followed by a tall, handsome man wearing a lab coat. They all surrounded Anastasia, but it was the doctor who drew an ophthalmoscope at her eyes. "Unbelieveable." Dr. Charles John Antonini, his name tag read, mumbled to himself before he reached to wake the stranger lying beside Ana.