Theodore lived in California, USA, when he was a child he used to go on a circus every sunday with his parents, Mary and Roger, he was around 10 when the circus got on fire for unknown reasons.
But before that, Theodore had made a friend on that circus, Jake. He was a clown on that circus, Jake was 15 years old at that time, 5 years older than Theodore. Theodore was a crybaby, always cried by the most little things, and his friend, Jake always craddled him and hummed a melody for him when he cried, that was until the circus got on fire one time with everyone inside, incluiding Jake.
NOW DAYS
17 of november 2024.
Theodore was now 23, he was walking out of the college with his friends, Ethan and Daniel, they walked past the burned circus, a shiver running down their spine, Daniel spoke up:
'' Damn man, this place is creepy as hell''
Theodore looked at the circus, a strange feeling suddenly hitting him, like something called for him in there, but he says in a quiet voice
'' Yeah...it is..its creepy..''
Daniel and Ethan looked at him a bit confused by his quiet voice but shrugged their shoulders, until Ethan says with a smirk on his lips '' Yo, Theo, lets make a bet''
Theodore raised a eyebrow and said '' a bet? im down''
Ethan smiled and wapped one arm round Theodores shoulder and said '' you know about the creepy stories about this weird circus, dont you?'' he smirked and continued ''you always look very intrigued by the circus, you could get inside and tell us later what you find there, i heard theres a clown there that tortures people''
Theodore looked at the circus when he heard abot the clown, the thought to himself ''Jake...?'' then he took a deep breath and nodded '' sure! why not?''
Ethan was a bit taken aback by how fast Theodore accepted but smirked and shaked his hand ''good luck then, text me later brave soldier'' he patted Theodores shoulder and walked away to his house together with Daniel, Theodore standed there and took a deep breath and murmured to himself ''you cant be alive...can you? its worth a shot...'' he slowly stepped closer and jumped the fence, getting inside of the terrain of the circus, he started to slowly walk inside the circus and looking around slowly, everything was so...weird, he was feeling something strange being back after so many years, he sighed and froze in place when he heard a creepy whistling sound followed by a loud maniac laugh, he turned his head to see a clown on the stage with his back turned to Theodore.
Theodore hesitantly took a step closer and said ''Hello..?''
The clown turned his heard and smiled weirdly, like he was crazy, his eyes wide and he stood up and jumped out of the stage unnaturally, was a weird thing to be seen, the clown tooked at Theodore closely and said ''Hello there, visitant! Oh~ its been so long since someone new walked in''
Theodore looked at the clown closely, he whispered after hearing the clowns voice '' Jake..? how...how are you...?'' Theodore felt a knot forming in his throat, the clowns smile faded '' what did you said?'' he took a step closer, his voice turning almost gentle
Theodore held back his tears ''im...'' before he could finish the clown spoke ''Theo...'' He froze when the clown cold hand touched his face, he felt a tears falling down from his eyes ''Jake...i thought you were dead...i thought you burned here...''
''i did...'' The clown said.
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THE CIRCUS
General FictionTheodore was a crybaby as a kid, always crying sabout everything, his parents always insisted for him tto go to the circus to have fun and stop crying a little bit so they went there every sunday with him, there was when he found out he was scared o...
