#. i decided to write about maddie's LACK of weapons lmao

[offwithhxrhead]

"Drabble" -- weapon! :)

she now realizes just why her father hates the darkness so much.

emerald orbs gaze at their surroundings, unable to make out much of anything given the lack of light. pale, shaking hands begin to feel around, desperate to find anything to grab hold of, just in case something or someone decides to get the jump on her. maddie is stranded, that much is sure. but where?

her eyes glance over at a tiny sliver of light, illuminating a nearby wall. she rushes over to it, hands feeling around for a doorway out of this hellhole.

it's then she hears thumping, getting louder and louder.

thump.

Thump.

ThumpThumpTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP!

a loud SCREECH fills the air, almost bursting madeline's eardrums as a huge porcelain doll comes barreling towards her. in its hands, two sharpened scissor blades. she can't help but scream as she scrambles back into the darkness, summoning her hobby horse-

wait.

where's my hobby horse? she thinks, squeezing her eyes shut and trying once again to summon it. and yet, nothing.

panic begins to set in as she realizes she can't summon her weapon. maddie whimpers as she tries again, and again, and again, with no results.

fuck! mum where the hell are you?

retreating back to the light, maddie tries to calm herself. deep breaths in and out, trying to focus on summoning like alice taught her.

but before she can try once more, an earth-shattering scream hits her ears again, breaking her concentration. the doll spots her again, rushing to her and slicing her arm. maddie shouts in pain, the gash bleeding profusely. another slice, but this time, she butterflies away from the attack, back into the darkness. the doll tauntingly sings a song, skipping its way over to maddie.

the damned thing can see in the dark?!

maddie tries to run, but to no avail. it's much bigger than she is, meaning it can cover more ground in a shorter amount of time. the doll brings the blade up with a shing! as it cuts into maddie's back.

she falls to the ground, crying out in agony. this fucking monster is just cutting away at her, and wonderland refuses to give her any aid whatsoever. there's no weapons, no metaessence, nothing. what the fuck is she supposed to do? why would wonderland do this to her?

she desperately tries to crawl away, backing herself up against a wall. she looks up, and sees nothing but black before her. that is, until a glimmer of light shines off the blade raised in front of her, before it's plunged into her stomach.

she can't see it, but she can feel the blood pouring out of her, even more so as the doll rips the blade from her torso. she coughs, and feels wetness on her cheeks and lips. with what strength she has left, she breathes in, and lets out a final scream.

"MOM!"

maddie shoots up from her bed, still screaming for her mother. it's not long before alice is rushing into her bedroom, a worried look on her face. she asks what's wrong, sitting next to her daughter, but all maddie can do is cry.