Miranda
Miranda was a young girl aged about seven. She always went to magic shows with her mother. Miranda loved the white rabbit, which seemed to live in the cylinder of the magician. One day, she was playing alone in the garden. It had turned dark early and she should have gone back into the house. However, she suddenly saw a white shadow running along the street very fast, and Miranda, too curious for her own good, followed.
After hours, she found herself in a forest. The bright moon was shining and suddenly revealed the silhouette of an old house. Miranda recognized the white shadow as the white rabbit from the magic shows. It went into the house and Miranda, thinking about 'Alice in Wonderland' and the lovely magic shows, followed.
Inside it was cold and the dim light made it difficult to see clearly. Miranda felt queasy and decided to leave and come back during sunshine. She turned towards the door. The wind seemed to be holding the door shut and it was too hard to open it. 'It doesn't matter.', Miranda thought and went upstairs.
The house was bigger than it had seemed. 'You shouldn't be here.', someone whispered, but she didn't see anybody, just a black cat. Suddenly, she heard someone rustling in one of the rooms. She followed the sound and carefully looked behind the doorframe. There was a terrible monster rummaging in documents. It had no lips. Miranda had a direct view of its sharp teeth. Its eyes were small and black. Its fingers were long and its nails pointed. It was sitting on a desk like a normal human being. Suddenly, the white rabbit jumped on the desk. Now it didn't look so sweet and cute anymore, but rather nasty. 'She is here', the monster whispered and jumped from the desk. Miranda failed to stop herself from screaming and ran away along the corridor.
She tried to open one of the doors, but it was locked. The other doors couldn't be opened either. Miranda, hearing that the monster was behind her, ran downstairs to the ground floor and tried to open another door. Luckily it opened. She found herself in a kind of living room. Outside, she heard noises and so she decided to hide behind a big armchair.
The door opened and she heard the monter breathing heavily and deeply. A soft scamper could be heard on the carpet and her heart seemed to knock hard against her ribcage.
'Over here.'
She was horrified, but it was only the cat. Miranda crawled under the funiture and followed the cat. She was trembling and therefore not able to concentrate. So she banged against a table, which then made a scaping noise on the floor. She was able to feel the glare of the monster and the evil rabbit on her back. The cat ran forward and Miranda followed behind.
'The open window', screamed the cat and Miranda jumped after it. She didn't know what was happening, but she remembered a cold, rough, hand-like thing grabbing her shoulder while she was jumping.
She felt detached. She was looking at herself outside her body and saw herself holding a cylinder. She watched herself turn around and go away. Futhermore, the last she saw was a white rabbit emerging from her shoulder. Then all went black.
The last words she heard were:
'Oh dear, I told you, you shouldn't be here...'
