Let This Dream End Tonight

Fun and Fear

I'm so happy, I never thought this story would be more popular compared to my other book. Thanks for all the support. Now that all that mushy stuff is out of the way, on with the fairytale.

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Come inside and experience a place of dreams and mysteries, the sign above the amusement park's entrance said. After shopping at the mall about an hour from the village Goldilocks and Ariel had decided to go to the amusement park across the street from the mall. Now they were standing in front of the entrance and Goldilocks smiles over at Ariel, who's looking around fascinated by her surroundings. She had told Goldilocks earlier that she had never been to an amusement park.

The park wasn't gigantic, but it was good sized. Ariel could see giant metal railroads being held up by metal beams. The beams look like the kind used on the ships she's snuck off to see when she still princess of the ocean. They reached up high off the ground and then the railroads dropped down on a hill and the little six person trains would drop down, sending the people in the trains into screams. Who would ever want to ride that, Ariel thinks, it looks like a deathtrap.

"Let's go in, I just payed for our tickets," Goldilocks grabs Ariel's hand and leads her inside the park.

From inside the park the railroads look even higher, even more dangerous. Ariel grips Goldilocks' hand in terror. As they walk around the park they are given strange looks. The people of the kingdom's city normally never see normal villagers. Their kingdom wasn't tight and knitted together. It was spread out and reached every end of the world. The only other country in the world, according to Ariel, was the ocean kingdom ruled over by King Triton.

The land country is ruled over by King Ranger. His six sons help him rule over the various portions of the world. His youngest son, Prince Adam, rules over Goldilocks' village. He was so kind to everyone and he has recently been trying to help the inventor find his daughter, Belle, who has gone missing. No one knows where she's gone. It was almost as if she just got up and left one morning. People in the village are saying she was taken by a kidnapper, but that's only a rumor.

"Why are there railroads in the sky?," Ariel asks quietly, not wanting to sound like a fool.

"They are called roller coasters. The trains are called cars and they are hooked to the rails so they don't fall off going down the steep hills," Goldilocks giggles to herself.

"Let's go ride it," Ariel says, suddenly getting a burst of bravery.

If she was human now, she might as well live like one. The roller coaster, as Goldilocks calls it, reaches closer and closer towards the sky the closer they get to it. They get into line and wait. As they wait they talk about they had bought at the mall. Goldilocks had gotten a couple new V-neck t-shirts and skirts. She had helped Ariel pick out some new clothes, too. They had bought a couple sundresses, a new pair of shoes, undergarments, jeans, and graphic t-shirts.

The line moves quickly and soon they are sitting strapped into a car side-by-side. Ariel's heart is thumping wildly and Goldilocks reaches over and squeezes Ariel's hand. Ariel gives her a nervous and frightened.

"It's alright, I'm here," Goldilocks softly says.

"I don't know about this," Ariel's voice was cut off by her own scream as the car plummets down the hill towards the ground.

The ride is less than a minute, but to Ariel it feels like an hour. She feels sick after they got off the ride and runs off to the bathrooms. Goldilocks sighs and follows her and waits outside the bathroom building for her. Her phone vibrates in the back pocket of her jeans and she pulls it out and looks at it. She has a text message from a number called Unknown.

Are you having fun with your friend at the amusement park?

Out of the corner of her eye she could see the fleeting figures of three men, one of them has a phone in his hand.