The Cursed Carol ( Season - 1 & 2 )

Season 2 Episode 1 : Dead Men Do Tell Tales

Not always can truth be seen. Not always what you see is true.

Like every time there is that damn starting point for which you are filled with remorse. It was like everyday but I wish that day would never exist. More specifically the night that I wish should have never existed.

But let me start from the beginning.

It was a quite sunny morning and the weather was a bit cold out there. The temperature was low but the heater wasn't making me feel so.  I took a hot water shower and with the completion of my daily dawn routine, I was about to leave the home for the way to my bus stop. At the time when I was leaving the home I saw somethings that were weird. I saw a pair of black man shoes beside the shoe rake. I even saw George footsteps coming through the gate to the backyard. It was weird because mom never allowed George to enter the house until that day. I was getting late so I didn't gave a thought to it or asked mom. I kept my old classical cassette on the table and wrote on it ' IT BELONGS TO BEN '. I had a habit of writing my name on things that belongs to me. And then I left. 

I am Ben Mathews. I am a 15 years old smart and intelligent boy who loves to listen old classical music. I particularly think they are the origin of the songs that we listen today. I have an intimacy towards collecting wrist watches and branded shoes. My mother bought me a pair of branded red Adidas shoes and my all time favorite Casio wrist watch of a blue black color. My mother is a divorcee. She left my father because he was over ambitious. And my father died in a car accident after a few time of divorce. We use to live in a small apartment. She is a bit of weird person. She never told me about my father except for the things I mentioned above. But who I call my family is my dog George. It is the best of its kind. I usually tie a band on its neck ' The dog days '. Because you could find a lot many dogs similar to it. I live at Basalt Street, New York where you can hardly see 10 people at once on the street unlike the rest of the city. I study in Basalt high school, the most successful school of the area where it is the only one. My friends call me bluebird, I pretty much don't no why. So that's much for a introduction. Things are still to come. Because I am about to tell you a tale that changed our lives forever. We are never going to be what we were earlier. So get ready. Grab some coffee, buns and beans and be prepared because I am about to tell you the story of my life and more particularly why it was what it was, hell.

By now I was in the bus on the way to our school. Soon I reached the campus. I entered the classroom where all members of our team were already present except for Charlie and Dustin. Our team was called the Fleet. In our fleet, I was the Bluebird and Charlie was the Falcon. Next was the hawk, Dustin. Dustin was a mystery lover and the best one of us all in case of solving mysteries. His mind was like a web. Next comes the Osprey, Freddy who was very funny and friendly. More specifically, stupid. Then was Caracaras, Katy or just Kate. She had been the most brainy girl of our class. She even used to know about the theory of human existence and origin. And the last was Buzzard, Lucy.

Actually I had a serious crush on Kate. She had been so damn cute. Anyone could easily fall in love with her.

Do you know what is common in all these birds of our fleet. They are all birds of prey. So is our fleet.

Soon Charlie and Dustin came behind me. 

Kate greeted them, " Hey Hawk. There is something that I need to tell you. The Fleet might finally have a mystery to solve. I was up till 2 last night and heard some cars horning and then a growling from outside ". I followed, " Kate, first of all there are a lot of animals in our town and second of all, there are a lot of cars too ". Then I laughed. I can be sarcastic at times.  Katy interrupted, " Yes, but I have got a strong feeling that something is not right. Guys, it may be some crime mystery for what we all were waiting since long ". Freddy disagreed, " Kate, nothing bad can happen in this town. The worst thing that has ever happened here in perspective of crime is either Peter stealing a rose from Miss Wally's garden or Mr Harold eating cherries plucked from public park ".

Dustin approved, " Fred is right, Kate ". Then suddenly from out of nowhere, Lucy spoke, " Guys, what about a meeting tonight at Ben's house. It has been so long since The Fleet officially had a meeting. Let's meet up tonight ".

Things are better if we see them in the way they appear. You try to follow truth, you are dead.

The time came. The time from when we were about to enter that universe from which there was no return. What it feels to be alive. What it is when you are dead.

Thinking about that incident now, I just wish I could have done something. If I could change something. Somehow, if I could just remove the first day of December from that year's calendar. Some way this never happened.

That was really a nice idea but I now regret that they agreed to the plan. We were unaware about what was about to happen. That this plan was going to change our lives forever. That damn yes we all said that day. We planned a meeting that night at my house where the interested ones could participate and the others could enjoy the weather. But in the end we all were found enjoying the weather. We all were excited for the meeting. Yet, things were about to change. Something really bad was about to happen. Something no one expected. Something that exclaimed me dead. But maybe its my fortune that I am alive.  I don't know if you all noticed it or not but when I was introducing the members of Fleet, my friends, I wrote 'Dustin was' or 'Freddy was' or 'Charlie was' or 'Lucy was'. But my very dear crush 'Kate used to'.

By this time, it might have come to your notice. Yes, you got it right. She is dead.

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