Death’s gift…
*Death gave me a teddy bear.
We were hanging out for the day in her flat, which was kind of funny cuz it was my dream. She had a pink slipcover on her couch, with some flowers on it. We were just sitting on the couch, talking about this that and the other, the way friends do.
Then her brother, Dream, came over. He was cranky and out of sorts, then again, he mostly is anyway. He made Death all fidgety and needing to walk around. Dream seemed put out that I was there, but it was my dream and it was Death’s flat, so neither of us could figure out why he was being so cranky.
There was this teddy bear sitting on Death’s couch; dark brown, with black eyes, a nice big snout, jointed limbs, and a dark maroon ribbon around his neck. His eyes twinkled the way Dream’s do when he’s not being a pisser. Death decided I needed that teddy bear and gave it to me. I loved that teddy bear and Death was so cool! We’d become good friends and I was so happy to have this gift from her.
“What did you do that for? It’s not like she can take it with her.” Dream’s eyebrows had become one line, his face all scrunched up as he glared at Death and gestured at me. I was kinda hurt. I’d had sort of a crush on Dream and he wasn’t living up to the hype. Death was getting a little pissed at him herself, at this point.
“Maybe she can, besides, she can have it whenever she’s here.”
Their voices faded as I woke up. It was Los Angeles, California, 1995. The sun was bright, peeking through the curtains. There was no bear in my arms, but I still felt him there. It made me smile.
Within a week, I’d found him, the bear, sitting all alone in his dark bear-ness surrounded by pink and yellow flowery things in the baby section of a tiny store. Just like Death to hide her teddy bear in the middle of life.
So, I brought him home and named him Boo.
I haven’t been to Death’s flat since, at least, not that I can remember, but her gift always makes me smile.
*Death and Dream are characters from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. See pictures below.
Above, Death and Dream. Below, Boo and friends.
on July 4th, 2009 at 1:15 PM
This is so cool.
on July 4th, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Yeah. Thank you, or thank Neil, anyway. I wouldn’t mind having tea with Death again, sometime.
on July 4th, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Hmm… I never thought I’d hear myself say that. *g*
on July 4th, 2009 at 4:11 PM
*snicker*
on July 6th, 2009 at 12:43 PM
OMG!! Fan Fiction! I love it. Very creative opening. The pictures are a blast, but when I saw the teddy bear pictures, I nearly fell off the bed. Fan Fiction readers would love this with the images and all. Clever and brilliant!
on July 6th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Thank you!
I really did have that dream, and Death really did say I could have a bear in that dream and then I really did find that bear later. I don’t know if I’d call it fiction. I don’t know.