Laughing Jack

Chapter 13

Before I knew it, I was getting into a black and white one piece dance outfit with black tights and some sort of furry shoulder pieces. I came out from behind the curtain. "Well? How do I look?" Jack was standing there with his mouth curled up into a smirk. "This... This is just what I imagined you would look like. FABULOUS! Buuuut... I still need to do your hair. This is NOT going to work." He explained while making gestures towards my ponytail. I blushed. "Well... I didn't know what to do!" I exclaimed while looking away. He took hold of my shoulders and led me to a chair in front of a mirror. I heard the snipping of scissors and the 'GLURP GURGLE SHREEE' of a bottle being squeezed. In about 20 minutes I finally got to see what I looked like. "Close your eyes now! And absolutely NO peeking!" I giggled. Slowly, my eyes opened. "*Gasp* Oh my GOD! It's AMAZING!" I squealed. It looked like one of those hypnosis wheels that you use to make people bawk like a chicken or squeal like a pig. I got up and started asking him where the carnival was to be held. "Well, it's got to be in a different area than last time... So...Ah! In the forest!" "You didn't think about it beforehand?" He looked at me with his eyes narrowed and mouth shaped into a frown. "Okay, jeez, I'll stop." We started to head over to the carnival. We chatted along the way about Jacks past life, and how he used to be merry and happy until Isaac 'left him'. "Soo... basically you murdered him?" I asked Jack. "W-ell, I wouldn't say 'murder'... Just... extremely dismembered his body parts and took out all of his organs." He replied. I stared at him blankly. "What? I'm just saying!" He exclaimed. I giggled in response. It seemed as if only two minutes had passed by when we finally got there. "What? We're here already? Wow! That was fast!" I stated. I looked to my side to look at Jack, but he wasn't there. "Jack? Hey, Jack! Where did you go?" I shouted. I looked around and saw some smoke going into one of the circus tents. "Jeez, ya coulda' told me first..." I muttered under my breath. Running, I made my way towards the tent. While I was lifting up the tent flaps, I felt as if something was staring at me. I shuddered at the thought of the boy with the cut in smile. Slowly, I pivoted around and came face to face with him once again. "I should have killed you the instant I saw you. I know what you are, and I know what you will do to our kind..." He said. "I... I don't know what you're talking about! I don't even know who you are!" I shouted. He glared at me. "If it hasn't happened yet, it will happen soon." He then walked off into the distance, his hood up with his hands in his pockets. I had an annoyed look on my face. How did he know where I was whenever I moved around? Why did he only appear when Jack wasn't around? "Hey, you look pretty unsettled." A familiar voice said from behind me. "Jack, let's just go into the tent. I'll tell you about it later." "(Sigh) Fine, Rosalynn. Let's just get this thing started."