The Origin of Laughing Jack (My Version)

Chapter 5: The Rise of a New Music Pasta

~9 years later~

A bell rings at a boarding school for adults this time and all the graduates are cheering and throwing their papers. Those graduates are free from school and get to move on in life. Not everyone was running though. He is happy to be free from school of course, but he isn't going around tossing papers around. The boy held in both hands his graduation certificate and an envelope addressed to him. He would open the envelope, but he has to get out of the crowd first.

The boy walked past the graduates with families and friends taking pictures. He was disgusted. Here this boy is walking away from the school seeing those happy graduates with their families giving them all the love and support. What did that boy have? Nothing. His parents would most likely be uncaring. It had been like this up until at the age of seven when he was forced to boarding school after the neighbor's cat died.

The boy gritted his teeth at the thought of his parents and that neighbor. He wished that those three lowlifes died.

Ever since then while learning at the boarding schools that could fit his age, the boy felt darkness inside him. This darkness is revengeful and power abusive. He had nobody he could rely on. No one to comfort him when he was sad, no one to tell him he mattered. To put it simply, the boy had no one. It always makes him angry to see the other students look so hopeful despite the circumstances.

When the boy left the boarding school and crossed the street, he sat down behind a tree and looked at the envelope again. He opened it slowly and took out a folded piece of paper. The boy unfolded the letter and read it.

Apparently this letter is for the boy notifying him that both his parents are dead and now he owns the old house from his childhood. The boy was ecstatic to hear the news. He didn't care how those two lowlifes of parents of his died. It looked like two of his wishes already came true.

What happened was that one week ago before Isaac's graduation at night, Mr. Grossman came home drunk again and argued with his wife as usual. Things had escalated to violence once again but this time it was different. More violent than usual. Mr. Grossman had beaten his wife to a bloody pulp, but this time Mrs. Grossman didn't get back up. The police arrived at the scene and Mr. Grossman was sentenced to be hanged at the gallows the next morning.

One question lingers in the boy's mind though...when will that neighbor die as well?

The boy crumpled the letter and envelope, picked up the certificate and stood up. He started running to the street when he suddenly bumped into what looks like a young woman with long red hair wearing a multicolored clown outfit (it's similar to Rainbow Laughing Jack's except she has a bow and no feather shoulder pads). The boy was about to yell at the girl when she turned towards him. That made the boy stop in his tracks.

"Oh goodness! I'm so sorry!" the girl cried. "I didn't mean to bump into you. Are you alright? I hope you're not too hurt."

The boy shook his head slowly. "No no, it's fine." the boy said as reassuringly as he could. "If anything, I should apologize to you for bumping into you in the first place. I was just on my way home from boarding school. Today is my graduation day and I'm moving back into the house from my childhood."

The girl beamed at the good news. "Oh? You graduated?" she asked. "Well congratulations."

The boy blushed and smiled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "Well, thanks. It's been many many long years."

The girl nodded. "I can tell."

The boy smiled, and it wasn't a menacing smile from the darkness inside him. It was a genuine kind smile. He never used this smile in a long time. "Hey, are you graduating from school too?" he asked. "It's because you look the same age as me and..."