The Tale of The Only thing to Fear is Fear Itself

Except The Unexpected

There it was in my fingers the coin that Mr Tophat had talked about, it gave me the chills, it was just a simple coin though. I took a shaky breath, I stepped inside the trailer to look for that spot the coin goes into. My eyes darted around looking for something that stuck out, some kind of coin slot, I shook my head nothing made sense. A coin slot inside a trailer? Have I gone mad? Was I going to end up being the next victim to disappear? Get a grip I told myself. Then something stuck out, my head tilted a little as I walked over by the wall, there it was the coin slot! I had to take a step back for a moment was I really going to do this? What if it wasn't true about finding out about all those secrets he had mentioned?

"I can do this," I said to myself quietly.

"Of course you can, all you need to do is drop that little coin in."

I squeaked while jumping what felt like a mile, I whipped around to see him standing there with a grin plastered on his face.

"Don't let me stop you. Go on." The lights flickered and he was gone.

I slowly turned around to face the coin slot again, my fingers were shaking as I placed the coin inside. I took a step back when I saw a dark opening appear out of nowhere, my feet took a few steps towards it. My heart was racing and my whole body was trembling with fear as I made my way inside the dark area. Then a spotlight turned on and my eyes widen as I saw my friend standing there, oh no... he got to her...

"Selina..." My voice cracked as I said her name.

"Raven. He knew you would come."

"What do you mean? What's going on?"

"He knew. He knew one day you'd come."

"Selina, what are you talking about?"

"He knew."

Suddenly Selina was gone. I was left in the pitch black. I was about to call for her when I felt an arm touch my waist.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome my latest assistant." The lights clicked on, revealing me to everyone in the crowd.

My body froze, while his lips pressed against my ear

"Hello Raven. Welcome to the show."