Chapter 5: Fall Carnival Part 2

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Songbird's Pov

Katelyn and I kept going onto the Merry-go-round while Aphmau stayed back to talk to Laurence. "Hey Katelyn should we get on again or talk to Laurence?" I asked after we got off for the ninth time. "Can we go on one more time then talk to them?" She replied nervously, like I would get mad. "Ok!" I said and we hopped back on.

When the ride stopped, Aphmau walked up to us. "Ah, I see we just missed Laurence, BUT APHMAU YOU JUST MUSSED THE BEST RIDE EVER!!" Katelyn yelled happily. "I did?" Aphmau asked. "YES! THIS ONE WAS BETTER THAN THE OTHER NINE!! I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!" Katelyn replied, still exited and Aphmau started to laugh. "W-whats so funny?" Katelyn asked in a small voice, suddenly self conscious. I frowned and shifted from foot to foot, Katelyn just started to open up and now I felt her mental walls being re-built brick by brick as Aphmau laughed in front of us.

"I guessed I just never pinned you for liking the Merry-go-Round." Aphmau said after catching her breath. Katelyn seemed to think over her every word, her walls crumbling again. "Huh....Uh.. Oh! Well I've always liked the Merry-go-Round. It reminds me of times when my life was easier back when I was a little kid. Something about it is really symbolic and really comforting to me to me-- I lose track of time when i'm on it. I know its really girly for my tastes but... Its just nice, ya know? In any case, are we meeting up with Laurence and the other guys now?" Katelyn asked.

"Nah, Laurence and the guys are going to meet us at the haunted house in like, 45 minutes." Aphmau informed and Katelyn frowned a little. "Ok! Now lets go play a carnival game I saw earlier, something to do with chickens." Aphmau said, clapping her hands once and started to walk off.

"Don't worry Katelyn, I heard the haunted house is really bad this year, like zero out of ten would not do again, type bad." I whispered to Katelyn and we started to trail behind Aphmau. "I-i'm not worried, if that's what you are trying to get out of me, Songbird." Katelyn defended. "I know, just in case Aphmau is scared and you want to tell her. But whatever, everyone is scared of something." I said passively and she smiled gratefully. "Oh? Then what are you scared of Songbird?" Katelyn questioned.

I paused and thought of my words. "Probably not being able to protect those I care about. I don't really care about myself, too busy caring about others. Like how I got the scar from protecting my brother." I said, tracing the scar on my cheek with my thumb and Katelyn nodded. "At least I have the scar now, proof of my story. Everyone has stories and marks from them, each scar is a story." I finished.

Katelyn opened her mouth to speak. "You know i-" I cut her off, "If you don't want to, don't tell me. I don't need to know what you are scared of or anything. Just know, if you ever need to talk, i'm here. Ok?" I asked. "....Ok Songbird. Thank you for understanding." She nodded and glanced at the ground.

"Ah! We are here!" Aphmau said happily and stopped too suddenly and I bumped into her. I muttered a quiet sorry and saw...... Well I don't really know.


Aphmau's Pov

We stopped in front of the game and I walked over to the sign. "Mini-game, Pick Up Chicks"  I read aloud and Songbird laughed behind me. We walked over to the man at the stall. "Step right up! You there! Want to take a chance of picking the right chicken?" The man called out at us happily.

"Oh! Is this a game?" I asked and Songbird whispered something to Katelyn, who snorted. "Of course it is! Now the object of the game is to take this golden lasso and go inside that pen of chickens. You have one minute to pick a chicken and then bring it out. If it has a blue mark you get a prize! If not..." He said and muttered something under his breath. "What was that?" I asked

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