Jack

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Jack was a seemingly average kid, he had average grades, he was pretty shy and very meek but was a bit of an outcast. Jack was 5'2, had messy black hair, was very attractive, healthy skinny and he was 15. This girl named Byuko was always telling him he was going to die and other crazy violent stuff that Jack found pretty ridiculous. Jack loved puppets, he'd always play with his puppets when he went home, this was one of the many ways Jack didn't 'fit in' so to speak, he also had no parents, his parents died in a fire, Jack didn't remember his parents so naturally, he didn't feel any pain or sadness when the topic was brought up. He lived with his cousin, who always paid attention to Jack and bought him his puppets as well as small gifts whenever she was in a good mood. Jack and his cousin were very close, they told each other everything, from little things like odd dreams to intimate things like their recent crushes. What his cousin didn't know about Jack is that he had a very dark imagination. He'd often position his puppets in very strange ways, such as hanging them by their neck. His cousin saw this and took away Jack's puppets. Jack felt very upset and betrayed that his beloved cousin would do something like that to him. After hours of searching, he eventually found his puppets. Jack, exhausted from the hours of vigorous searching and exhausting anxiety decided he was going to bed early that day, he fell into the deepest sleep he's ever been in. A loud siren and the violent whistle of the wind outside woke Jack up. When he sat up, confused he was greeted by his cousin pulling violently at his wrist motioning him to the door when there was a loud SNAP. It came from outside

"The windo-" 

Everything went black.

 A few days later Jack woke, once more, but this time he was in a room that wasn't his, he lie under pale pink covers with brown polka dots with the faint smell of cherry perfume in the air. He sat up, confused. A pretty girl with big beautiful brown eyes, delicate features and healthy long hair sat on the ground reading a thick book next to what seemed to be her bed.

"Morning." She said not looking up from her book.

"What happened?" Jack whispered realizing he was in desperate need of some water.

The girl, who later introduced herself as Sakuno explained everything to Jack. She said a tornado hit his house and destroyed everything, then said she was going to take him to the Shadow Circus.

"The what?" He coughed.

" The Shadow Circus, don't worry it'll be fun." She said with a passive smile, handing him a cup of water.

He was a bit hesitant at first but took his chance anyways. I mean why not what could go wrong? 



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