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5. The Carnival

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The smell of funnel cakes, the plastic bag the cotton candy is in, the oil and grease of the cheap carnival rides, fresh cut grass and deodrant shot through my nose as I walked into the brightly lit grounds where the yearly Halloween Carnival is held.

Stalls lined as far as I could see. The carnival was as packed as every year it had been hosted. Children screamed on the rides and whined on the walkways. The smells of a multitude of foods - cotton candy, clam strips, crab cakes and sausages - was overwhelming.

Amusement rides, food vendors, merchandise vendors, games of chance and skill, thrill acts, and animal acts surrounded the Carnival ground. To the far centre of the Carnival stood a gigantic ferris wheel which had on top a grinning pumpkin lantern that wore a witch hat.

The entire Carnival adorned Halloween decorations to celebrate the holiday. Stalls had the same pumpkin lanterns - smaller in size - that had grins that were a bit too wide for its face. Fake spider-webs were hung around with other spooky objects and decor set up around everywhere.

I looked around, feeling slightly self-conscious of my boring plain black attire with a knock-off knight's head armour on my head while everyone around me dressed up in cool Halloween costumes.

That's what happens when you're penniless. I was too broke to come up with a better costume than the one I had on now, which honestly looked like an everyday-wear, except for the knight's helmet of course. Once I'll be able to save enough money, I might be able to buy myself a proper knight armour with a cool fake sword. I love knights and swords. I think they're simply the most coolest lads ever.

I looked round at the girls. Our distinct costumes made us look like a group of loser villains having an evil gathering to form an alliance to defeat the hero who kicked our ass unceremoniously several times.

Azuha wore a witch hat going perfectly well with her green hair and had a palm-sized fake skull. She kept digging her fingers into its eye hole and spinning it around.

Reverie had a carved artificial pumpkin head that looked like it was eating her head off, Natasha had on fake canines, red horns and a devil tail. Inara had on a full on Teletubbies costume, except that the Teletubbies' face was replaced by her own face. And Zoya looked drop-dead gorgeous dressed up as your local traffic cone.

"Any of y'all wanna enter that Roller Coaster?" Azuha beamed.

"I think I'll pass that shit," Reverie drawled as Azuha continued gawking at the Roller Coaster like a five-year-old. One thing about Azuha: she doesn't take 'no' for an answer, especially when it comes to Reverie's lazy ass.

"Ya' should've said so!" The green head yanked Reverie by the wrist before and whipped her mercilessly towards the Roller Coaster with her.

Reverie looked back at us, shaking her head vigorously with a look that screamed 911. I simply stuck my tongue out at her. I knew how much she hates Roller Coasters. It's going to be fun watching her pee her pants.

"Best time of the year right behind Christmas," Natasha chimed contently and placed her hands on her hips as she gazed around the loud and lively Carnival. I was glad Natasha was slowly starting to get back on track even though I could still see the pain she hid behind her pleasant expression.