My name's Cerrie-leigh Elizabeth Coulthard. I had a brother, Alex Coulthard, he was one of the best soldiers anyone had ever seen. I was found somewhere in Russia. I haven't talked, I now find myself incapable to talk. I was the only female in the h...
"Do you have any connection with the names Cerrie, Cerrie-Leigh, Bailey, Red ghost, or Jester?" He asked me. "Uhm, I think a bell rang with the name Jester." "Do you know anyone by the name Bucky, or James?" "Yeah. I have a feeling that's you?" "Yeah!" He smiled, giving me a hug. We talked whilst playing a game of cards and drinking tea. The man with short, blonde hair came back and I rushed up to him. "Steve!" I cried. "I see you told her about me." He laughed. "Yeah, but after a while, she remembered you." Bucky grinned. "Anyway, I came to tell you both that it's time for dinner." "Cool." Was all Bucky said as we walked back to Mamoreal.
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As usual, I never slept. So I did what I normally would: I wandered through the woods. It was winter here in Underland so I decided to dress in something warm. I also decided it was time to look a little different, so I changed my hair to brown, it just felt right. (Imagine the hair in the photo is longer.
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I was at burnt down village when I saw the first signs of life. I lightly stepped over the odd twig, headed to the old hatter's hut. It was the only thing that hadn't fully burned down. I saw his form through the window. I knocked on the door. "Hello? Is anyone there?" To my surprise, even though I was expecting it, the figure open the door. "May I come in?" He looked a bit like me. "What's your name kid?" He asked me. "People here call me Madeline. But before I fell out of the sky, I was called Cerrie." "How long has it been since you fell out of the sky?" "About seven years." "That's funny." "What's funny?" "I fell out of the sky seven years ago, too." "What's your name sir?" "I was originally called Jefferson when Tarrant found me, I was called Sebastian before I fell out of the sky. Where's the old chap anyway?" "He...he died." I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "I'm sorry. The day we fell out of the sky, I saw you. I was going to take you with me, but you looked so calm. I also felt a connection, do you remember your birth date from before you fell out of the sky?" "I think it was the first of December 1922." "Same!" "Cool! Do you know the white queen?" "It's been a while since I last met her, but maybe tomorrow?" "What's the date?" I asked Jefferson. "Thirtieth of November." "Our birthdays are tomorrow!" I exclaimed.
"Well, I best be getting off now." I said, opening the door. It wasn't even 30 seconds later when I was attacked by a pack of grey wolves. One rips my coat, taking a few layers off my dress with it. Another bites, my left ankle, which is now spurting blood. A third clawed my eye out, literally. And the rest were just clawing and biting their way through the rest just to get at me. I was screaming and crying at this point and I think I got someone's attention. Five of the wolves lit on fire, another three were decapitated, and the rest had china shards in their eyes. I was a teary, bloody, sweaty, spitty, mess when they were all gone. I blacked out from blood loss and dizziness from hyperventilating.
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When I woke, I was all bandaged up, apart from my eye, and I was laying on a sofa with a pile of clothes on the table with a note:
Dear Cerrie/Madeline, If you're reading this, it means you survived. Which is good. You were attacked by a pack of wolves last night not even a minute after you left the house. I did my best to patch you up, though I didn't know what to do about the eye, sorry. They got at your clothes, that's what these are for. I left crutches for you near the door in case you can't walk properly. I also found you one of my old hats that I think you may like. Love, Jefferson. Xx P.S. There's food in the pantry. I've gone to get firewood, I'll be back soon.
The clothes consisted of a navy blue shirt and a red swirly waistcoat; black suit trousers; a crimson neck scarf; black stockings; brown lace up shoes; a navy blue trench coat; and a black top hat with a joker card slotted into the pink ribbon tied around it. It turned out I did need the crutches, and I fell over a few times to prove it. I had just finished my third plum by the tie Jefferson was back. "Hi." I said, smiling as I hobbled through into the hallway. Judging by the snow on the top of his hat, it was snowing. "What do you want me to call you first, Madeline? Or Cerrie?" "I like Madeline." I said, shrugging. "What do you want to do today Madeline?" "What do YOU want to do Jefferson?" "What do You want to do Madeline?" We kept on like this when a third person knocked at the door. We both went silent and Jefferson opened the door. "Hello, what can I do for you?" He asked, like a gentleman. He looked at the person's face and froze. "Alex?" I froze. "Sebastian?" My brother asked in the same shocked tone as Jefferson, or Sebastian did.
It was at this moment how similar me and Jefferson looked: We both had short, brown hair; multicoloured eyes; and a tall, slender figure; we even thought the same for heaven's sake! "Where's our sister!?" He asked, suddenly getting angry. Wait, OUR sister?! "I don't have a sister. And anyway, my name's Jefferson." They came barging in without another word. And by THEY, yes I did mean THEY: Alex, Bucky, Steve, John, Nat, Clint, Peter, Bruce, Tony, Thor, Loki, Wanda, Mally, Mc Twisp, the queen, and Chess. When I heard the door knock, I, as quietly as could, hobbled through the door, up the stairs and shape shifted into a into a brown dog with beige feet; a navy blue bodice; a crimson neck; and the hat atop my head. Even though I was a dog, I still had an eye missing and a problem with my foot.
Wandering around the landing, someone bumped into me, Bucky to be exact. "Hello little girl." He said. How he managed to find out that I was a girl, I do not want to speak of. "What are you doing up here?" I just blinked up at him. He walked back downstairs, me hopping around behind him. Hearing all the commotion on the stairs I had caused, Jefferson, Steve, John, Alex and Steve ran to the bottom of the stairs and I jumped into Jefferson's arms and started to lick his face. Hey, I didn't want to! I just needed to act like a dog so it wasn't suspicious.
"What's this girl's name Sebastian?" Bucky asked. I swear Bucky looked like Jefferson but with long hair. Steve and Alex noticed this too. John, Bucky and Jefferson were too busy playing with me to notice. "Her name's...Bailey." He was very good at lying.
