Side Stories: The Beggar

Written by: Echo Moon

Date: 8/26/10

Inspired by: Alice 2009 (SyFy Mini-series)

AN: The following is one-shot that I made in art class. Thanks to Ally, for giving me the following words to base it on: Man, Old, Smell, Dirty, Cough, Sweater.

Please note that this is unbetad, but I did check spelling and grammar so there shouldn't be much to worry about. It's a bit short, but that was intentional. It's not meant to be a big story, just a little one that talks about something unnoticed.

Enjoy!

There was a dirty old beggar man sitting by the door. Most people ignored him when they walked by, ignored his pleas for money or food. Every once in a while, some nice person would give him a sandwich or other foodstuffs, but very few paid attention.

After one nice girl gave him a bag of apples, he had a coughing fit. He never noticed the strange people inject him with something that made him drowsy and drag him into a dark alley. They took him into a mirror that led to another world, then into the Hearts Casino to suck out his emotions.

No one noticed that the old man who smelled of garbage and wore an old patched up sweater wasn't in his corner anymore.