The Dead Circus

Chapter Ten: End Game

They grabbed me and helped me up. We ran fast, we will end this once and for all. We were near and then we were there. I saw the rusty sign and mechanics, we were finally here. We really were, but I couldn't get distracted, especially not now. He was right on our tails. "We will kill him with the carousel." I told them "We have to burn everything." "So, this is the end?" I couldn't answer. I ran towards the matches, but an arrow shot through my side. "Seriously?!" I shouted. "I have many weapons." Aeron smirked his way. He grabbed my neck and pressed down, closing my windpipe. I coughed, coughed, coughed. Remonda came from behind him and kicked him with enormous strength. I fell onto my knees and spat out blood. My monster side was trying to kick in. My eyes went from black to white and black again. My hair started to turn from white to blood red. I wanted to stop it all. I wanted to turn back time. 

I grabbed the matches at last and rushed to find the oil. Remonda tackled me from behind and pinned me to the ground. She was covering me from a bang from right behind her. He was throwing bombs and not the ones from the toilet. Sorry, no time for jokes, whoops. Then once it was done, she jumped up and then I saw Chamonda. She was all so bloody and torn in places, almost as if she were mangled up. I wanted to run to her, but I let Remonda rush to her. I rushed to the blue-purple tent. I grabbed it and rushed back out and then my hair was fully red and was now shoulder- lengthened. My eyes were pure white and only had small, black irises. "Melaina, you look different." He said from behind me. He covered my mouth with his left hand and held a knife with his right. "I know how to kill you." He then stabbed me from the back and his knife turned into a sword, it went straight through my heart. Slowly, beat after beat, I knew I was dying. He pulled the sword out and left me on the ground. Game over for me. 

(Remonda's point of view): I saw her body there. "Melaina!" I rushed towards her with my twin sister following from behind me. She looked to me and said, "Here." She handed me the matches and oil can. "Do what's wise." I felt tears drip from my eyes, I kissed her gently on the forehead. "Okay, Melaina." I rushed towards Aeron and set his clothes on fire and lit his hair in flames. He burned and yelled, "AAARRRGGGHHHH." He thumped to the floor and Chamnonda put her hand on my shoulder and nodded, "Do it. Don't let Melaina die in vain." Her eyes welled up in tears and I lended her a shoulder to cry on. 

(Chamonda's point of view): It is a very complicated world. Melaina died in Remonda's arms. Friendship will never end, even if one dies, but I know that Melaina should not die in vain. We poured the oil onto the rusty sign, the tents, our home and into the old circus. I nodded to Remonda and she flicked the match. She threw the match down as we held hands. Our lives burned before our eyes. Everything burned, everything died. All the memories died, but everyone will remember. No one will ever forget. 

I see the flames reach my body and burn. You know who I am. I am Melaina Adreana-Echo. I did not die in vain, my friends made sure that it all burned up. This is how it should end and this is how it will end. We died, but our souls freed from insanity. I may have died young, the age of 15, but it is for the best. My memories came back to me as I was freed to see it all burn. I am free now. I am now free and monster free. "Thank you, Remonda and Chamonda."

No one will ever forget...

                                          When it started...

                                                                           We burned it down...

                                                                                                                The memories burned down...

                                                                                                                                                  We burned it all down...

(Author's Note): This is the tenth and final chapter. I hope that this ending has touched each and every one of you. Some of you may not like this ending, but I believe that it concludes it all. Thank you for reading and joining in the journey of Melaina Adreana-Echo, but also remember that this is a work of fiction. Anyway, thank you all! And cya in the next story! 

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