Guns And Ghosts

wakeup sun

I woke up in the middle of the night, 4 a.m. after a nightmare. I looked around, afraid, I was panting, everything was normal, my girlfriend next to me, the movie we fell asleep to was still on, and the curtains were shut, cold sweat ran down my face, my breath was warm, and it was unpleasantly humid, so I turned on the fan, and went to turn off the TV, then i layed back down, but I can't get asleep, I looked behind me, I saw a silhouette of.... something, it was my mother, in her eyes, my sexuality was quite frowned upon, "you, girl -"

"Mum, how many times will I tell you, I'm not a girl. Im a they, I'm completely uncomfortable with anything else"

"I dont care. You are confused, you aren't supposed to love that ugly wretch, you're leaving, you assh-"

Just like that, my bags were packed, and I was out the door, I was tired of her sh!t, so I left, I had anticipated that day since I was six, I fu0k!ng hated her,

"It's ok, dear, you can stay with me,"

I sighed, I loved her, so, so much,

"I love you." I professed, 

During the morning, we went on a walk, hiking in the deep ebestra forest, known for its trees leaves suffocating the forest, closing in to ensure no light, foliage hiding the sweet hum of birds, large high trees faded into the fog, corridors of growing spikes of wood, large oak leaves hiding the sunrise, mud and sticks on the ground, each step we get closer to the end, leading us into a spiral, we realized we were lost, searching though we wouldn't escape we knew deep in our minds, after a few hours, we got out, and we found a park, more specific, an abandoned, dead, ghostly, park,

"I think we should split up. It'll be easier to find the exit if we're both looking for it."

As I left, I gave her a kiss on the cheek, just in case I didn't find her, or... incase she doesn't find me,

As I walked through the park, I saw the entrance. As I used my hand to wipe away the muck and dust, the plate read,

"Deaden amusement park"

I immediately recognized that name. My late grandfather on my dead dad's side of the family had owned an amusement park, I had always gone there each weekend when I was bored, when it was closed, I would go hiking in the forest with my pals, he's dead now, got stuck in a malfunction of a ride, was crushed, but, alas, I would visit the park each birthday, he didn't pass it down, no one wanted to buy the jolly old park, sad, really, but I continued,

But, I stopped in my tracks, something was off, I felt something.. watching me... and then I felt a tap on my shoulder, tap, tap, tap. I looked behind me, and in the wind, I could make something out. It was my grandfather,

"Grandpapa?!"

"I've been watching you..... welcome back..... to grandpa's park...."

I heard, in a ghostly tone, then something picked me up,

"You are here... after so long... I've missed you, darling,"

"Go on your adventure, my child....."

          Chapter 1 end