This is my first long text in English, so if you find any grammar errors, PLEASE tell me! There will be more soon!
In every world there has to be a nothing, a nobody, the unknown. In most worlds, everyone has a little piece of it, a tiny shadow of nothingness, nobodyness. But in this particular world nobody had any idea of something called nothing. Therefor, there had to be a Nobody in the world at all times. The second one Nobody died, the next one was born.
The thing about Nobodies, was that you could hear them, see them and feel them perfectly, but you couldn't notice them. That's why they are so lonely, the Nobodies.
This particular female Nobody, was pretty young. She had been so unfortunate to be born at the same second a Nobody died. Usually, the next Nobody became the child born first after the death of a Nobody, but this girl was special.
Since she was born at exactly the same second as the old Nobody died, she was going to age only half as fast as ordinary people. This is why it's so hard to tell how old she really is.
But let's say she's somewhere between a child and a grown woman. And that, of course, will be considered a different amount of years in different worlds. That's why I say it's very convenient not to know her actual age.
And since she is a Nobody, I cant really see what she looks like. But I'll just guess, and you can guess for yourself. Only to make one similarity in my image of her and yours, I'll tell you this: her hair is the most ordinary half dark – half light, the kind anybody could have, but nobody would actually see.
Now I think you know enough of that little woman. The reason I am writing this isn't to open your eyes about the Nobodies, but to tell you a little story about an interesting girl's life.
Nobody was born in an ordinary home, in an ordinary afternoon. Her life as a Nobody was easy. She was a glad girl, who didn't really like anybody else. She had never understood what's so fantastic about animals, and she had never experienced a friendship. No one had made her aware of the possibility to be loved, and she had never missed it.
The thing she used to do to amuse herself, was walking. Her little homevillage was situated just at the foot of a mountain.
When she was a little child she used to go on day-long walks to a small cave halfway up the mountain.
As she got older she walked longer, stayed out several days in a row, and not once anybody got worried for her. She never really reflected over it, but she knew they had probably never noticed she was gone. But since she didn't like any of them, she didn't really care.
At a time when she had started to go all the way up to the top of the mountain and staying up there for days, a strange traveler arrived to the little village. He was a... Wait, stop it! Something has to be wrong. I can't make out what he looks like. He has to be another Nobody!
The day the traveler arrived, Nobody had just left for one of her visits at the mountaintop.
As no one noticed him, he stayed in the village, just being Nobody, doing nothing, talking to no one.
When Nobody had been hiding beyond an old willow tree at the mountaintop for several days, she decided to get back to the village despite the pouring rain.
As she got closer to the village she instantly felt something was different.
Catching the first glimpse of the village she saw the travelling man waiting for her.
She immediately felt an interest for him, by which she got frightened.
Short story by Silkape
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Written on 2006-05-06 at 08:59
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Nobody
Once upon a time, when sheroes were a fact, and heroes never heard of, there was a girl called Nobody.In every world there has to be a nothing, a nobody, the unknown. In most worlds, everyone has a little piece of it, a tiny shadow of nothingness, nobodyness. But in this particular world nobody had any idea of something called nothing. Therefor, there had to be a Nobody in the world at all times. The second one Nobody died, the next one was born.
The thing about Nobodies, was that you could hear them, see them and feel them perfectly, but you couldn't notice them. That's why they are so lonely, the Nobodies.
This particular female Nobody, was pretty young. She had been so unfortunate to be born at the same second a Nobody died. Usually, the next Nobody became the child born first after the death of a Nobody, but this girl was special.
Since she was born at exactly the same second as the old Nobody died, she was going to age only half as fast as ordinary people. This is why it's so hard to tell how old she really is.
But let's say she's somewhere between a child and a grown woman. And that, of course, will be considered a different amount of years in different worlds. That's why I say it's very convenient not to know her actual age.
And since she is a Nobody, I cant really see what she looks like. But I'll just guess, and you can guess for yourself. Only to make one similarity in my image of her and yours, I'll tell you this: her hair is the most ordinary half dark – half light, the kind anybody could have, but nobody would actually see.
Now I think you know enough of that little woman. The reason I am writing this isn't to open your eyes about the Nobodies, but to tell you a little story about an interesting girl's life.
Nobody was born in an ordinary home, in an ordinary afternoon. Her life as a Nobody was easy. She was a glad girl, who didn't really like anybody else. She had never understood what's so fantastic about animals, and she had never experienced a friendship. No one had made her aware of the possibility to be loved, and she had never missed it.
The thing she used to do to amuse herself, was walking. Her little homevillage was situated just at the foot of a mountain.
When she was a little child she used to go on day-long walks to a small cave halfway up the mountain.
As she got older she walked longer, stayed out several days in a row, and not once anybody got worried for her. She never really reflected over it, but she knew they had probably never noticed she was gone. But since she didn't like any of them, she didn't really care.
At a time when she had started to go all the way up to the top of the mountain and staying up there for days, a strange traveler arrived to the little village. He was a... Wait, stop it! Something has to be wrong. I can't make out what he looks like. He has to be another Nobody!
The day the traveler arrived, Nobody had just left for one of her visits at the mountaintop.
As no one noticed him, he stayed in the village, just being Nobody, doing nothing, talking to no one.
When Nobody had been hiding beyond an old willow tree at the mountaintop for several days, she decided to get back to the village despite the pouring rain.
As she got closer to the village she instantly felt something was different.
Catching the first glimpse of the village she saw the travelling man waiting for her.
She immediately felt an interest for him, by which she got frightened.
Short story by Silkape
Read 845 times
Written on 2006-05-06 at 08:59
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