I don’t knows what happening to me. Everything around me is changing. It started yesterday with a wish. A stupid wish that I thought would never come true. This is what happened.
Yesterday morning I woke up to the same old sunrise in the same old run down house. Life was getting boring. Everything was boring. I wished everything was exciting. I wanted beautiful exciting colours on the walls and floors. I wanted dancing tables and chairs. What I wanted most is to be the happiest and luckiest person on earth. That was my wish.
I got out of bed, went to the kitchen on put on the jug and toaster. I stood there waiting. Waiting for a better life. I stood there in a trance until my dog Sophie started barking at the popped toast. I ate my breakfast, had a shower and got ready for work.
My work was only 2 blocks away from my house so I walked every day. Every day I passed a little, old courtyard where everyone would laugh and play under the beautiful autumn leaves. But today there was a little less of laughing and playing but more of standing around something being amazed. I went to check it out.
As I was approaching the centre of the circle I saw a tiny old jester in the centre. I stood to watch for a while but I was running late to work. So I decided to leave. As I was tuning around to walk away I heard the jester say “Sam, wait.” Sam was my name. How did he know what my name was? He started talking again “Come here,” he softly said. I span around and slowly shuffled my way towards him. He reached up and whispered into me ear
“As long as you have both your hands and the beaches are full of sand
Your deepest desire is true, at my command”
“What on earth did that mean?” I kept thinking in my mind. I looked up and the jester was gone. Ever since that moment, everything started to change. I mean everything.
I stood there in silence. I kept thinking “what just happened, what’s going to happen?” Are the walls and floors going to be colourful forever? Are the tables and chairs going to be dancing forever?
“What do you see” a mysterious voice from behind me said in a mellow tone.
“Excuse me,” I replied while turning around to see a mysterious man behind me. He was wearing a big, black leather coat with matching big, black leather boots. His hair was long and ruffled with a great old beard running down his face onto his chest. His eyes were tired but carried a serious look around with them.
“I am a victim too,” He paused and slowly he shut his eyes and sunk his chin into his bearded chest. He softened his voice, “Just like you, I am in an illusion of what I thought I always wanted. I have been living this way for 13 years, 7 months and 3 days. Everyday gone by is torture,” he paused again and looked up at me with a burning rage in his eyes, “I was close,” he started to raise his voice, “So this close to catching that jester, he watches my every move and every time he knows I come close he puts another innocent under his curse. I remember those words that he said to me as if it were yesterday,” he slowed down and become more relaxed, “As long as long as the sea meets the land and the drummer is in the band, your deepest desires are true, at my command.” There was a long silence, I didn’t know what to say.
“He said to me,” I paused and tried to remember the exact words, he was intrigued about what I was about to say, “As long you have both of your hands and the beaches are full of sand, our deepest desires are true, at my command.” I was about to continue but I was interrupted.
“Very interesting,” He stopped and thought for a moment. I was about to say something but again I was rudely interrupted, “You must come with me on my journey. Go home pack your bags and meet me back her at 9.00am tomorrow morning.” Before I had a chance to say anything he disappeared just like he jester did.
I didn’t know what to do, the walls of every building started to change colour, the grass turned pink and the sky went orange. What was happening? I ran straight home and found that my house had turned into a 3 story mansion and that my beloved dog Sophie had turned into a boxing kangaroo. My clothes got style, my hair got wild and I felt like a little scared child.
I sat there for hours watching the world around me continuously change. Hours went by, but u don’t move from that spot. Too frightened to face whatever is out there.
As the sun was setting I stood up and started packing for my trip. What crazy adventure was this man getting me into? Now to start packing but I didn’t know what for. I had no idea on where I was heading.
I woke up the next morning with my gut filled with butterflies buzzing around. I looked at the time. 8.30! I was running late. I am to meet the man at 9.00. I ran out the front door after I rushed to get ready, but I was still 10 minutes late.
The man was there staring at his clock. As I approached him, he turned around and remarked “you’re late,” he looked frustrated.
“I’m sorry,” I felt really bad, “I accidently slept in.” I was about to continue but I was interrupted again.
“Sorry won’t bring down this jester. Neither will being late.” He paused and started to think, “I’m sorry,” he was actually being polite for once, “I am being too hard on you. I forgot to ask, what’s your name?”
“Sam”
“Well, Sam. I’m Bruce. Let’s get going, west I think. He is always in the direction of the setting sun.” He sounded like he knew everything about this jester. We started walking and about half an hour later everything froze.
“Do you really think Bruce, a complete illusion in your mind, can actually help to brake this curse? Then think again.” Everything suddenly disappeared.
I knew that voice, The Joker,” I whispered to myself. Everything around me was blacker than black and everything went further than infinity. “Where are you joker?!” I yelled at the top of my voice. I stopped to hear a response but all I got was my echo. “Show yourself, don’t be chicken.” Still nothing but an everlasting echo. “Just, give me a chance to lift this curse. I will do anything.” I started to become really upset. Was my life ever going to go back to normal?
Then all of a sudden 10 cards appeared in front of me and I heard a chuckling voice around me. “In front of you are 10 normal playing cards. 9 of them are kings and the one left over is the joker, pick the joker and I will lift the curse, if not you will be stuck with it forever.”
I had to pick right. But which one was the joker? I had to go with my gut. I lifted my hand out in front of me and pinched the card 4th to the left. I took it and turned it over. A King.
“I see you have choose incorrectly,” A long evil Chuckle followed which left me some time to think, “you will now have to live this way forever, everything under my command. Mwahahaha!”
“No I don’t!” I exclaimed as I realised something really important.
“What are you on about?” The joker questioned as he appeared floating above in front of me.
“You do know that you never granted my deepest desire.” I smirked at him as he started to look worried.
“What do you mean?” He started stressing and started to sweat. I knew I had cornered him.
“Did you know the colourful walls and floors or dancing tables and chairs weren’t my deepest desires?” I knew that he knew where I was going with this so I decided to pull a few stings. “You know what my deepest desire was, to be lucky and happy. Am I lucky or happy? I don’t think so.” I thought that he should pay for what he has done to me, but what? “You have made my life a living hell for the past 25 hours but I need some payback. I know exactly what you can do.”
“I have no idea what you are taking about,” this stressed out jester was trapped. He had nowhere to go and nowhere run because the whole world was filled with nothing. He started to get the point that he wasn’t going to get out of this one so he finally agreement with me. We agreed that he would spend most of his time putting everything back to the way it was. I believed that that would make me that happiest and luckiest person alive. It is just a shame that it took me all of this to finally realise that.
I know am living a happy life that was exactly the name as it was before. I haven’t seen him since but he is still apart of me.
