Madness: Shadows Tales

the boy who met the girl(dreaming)

10
Rayne woke up in the white Cadillac. As him and Ms. Wessely were driving home. She looked at rayne with her concerned defining eyes saying in a calm voice," i dont think you should go back there again. Look at what happened to you! You had another seizure and i just dont think that is a place for you! Ok!"
Rayne looked back at her still half dazed and confused for he didnt know where he was. He was gaining his composure. As he was coming back to reality.
He spoke in a low stuttering voice," i gotta go back. I have so many questions. I want an-answers. What is th-that place? Whats it all about? Whats tr-trapped in there?"
Ms. Wessely replied with concern but a little rudeness," that's no place for you. get that! Nevermind it! Its the devils playground! Don't get sucked it. I dont want to hear of this place no more! You hear me! It's not a place for you!"
Rayne teared up and spoke solemnly,"fine!"
10b
Rayne put his pills under his tongue and spit them out after Ms. Wessely left.
He layed awake thinking of the people from the circus. The amazing events he witnessed. Him seeing his mom. The shadow spewing out that smoke and even himself feeling better than he had in years but he really thought of Giselle.
The mysterious girl who captured his heart. The way she talked. The way she moved but most importantly the way she knew things.
Who was she. What did she want. Would she be back. Was this the last time they'd speak.
Rayne hoped not. He wanted to know more. He wanted to understand what the hell was going on.
  Then he saw it. as he layed awake pondering the mystery of everything. A blue spark appeared next to his bed. Then it shaped to form a foggy blue presence with a blue cord attached. That seemed to go through the wall.
  It was Giselle. She spoke to him in a loud voice that echoed through his mind," i seen you got rid of the pills. Bully for you. There poison. Im glad you came to the show but i need to see you again! If you'd like! meet me in the woods out back!"
Rayne's eyes grew with intruige as he spoke with a happy excitement to him. As tho he hadnt spoken in years," i wish i could but im stuck in here. I have no way to get there!"
Giselle's eyes lit up. She extended her arm. Holding out her hand. As she smiled. she spoke with glee," dont worry darling! You dont need your legs to walk. You just need the minds presence to exist. Your body is weak but we'll change that with time. Now close your eyes. Clear your mind and let your mind free itself from the bodies presence!"
Rayne closed his eyes and made peace with his mind. As he cleared every thought. He felt a peace spread throughout his body. Carefree! He felt a blink in his mind.
Then he opened his eyes. He was standing next to Giselle with the same ghostlike cigarette smoke look.
10c
Rayne followed Giselle through the wall and out to the woods. He asked her what the string attached to him meant.
She spoke briskly and with great commotion," we must make this quick. Before she senses your spirits loose. Its for the body to stay connected. It helps you find your way home. So you dont get lost. If you do. the evil spirits will find you and take you over.. If you stay to far gone anyway. The mind tends to wonder.. Dont worry tho your a beacon. The strongest! ive seen in years."
Rayne replied with a sadness to him," is that why you want me. Like everyone else. Cause i can do things others cant?"
Giselle stopped and turned speaking with a reluctance. As she gleamed a pertruding smile," i seen you as you drove past the santuary the first time. I felt the dread the sadness. We are kin in that fact. We share the same spirit. Im not using you but i need you.. You will see that. We've picked up many misfits. Throughout the years. Me and you tho. We're stuck in the same trap. Now it's time to vanquish our demons. If you want. you can turn back. There's nothing stopping you but if you want the truth. Ill help guide you to it."
Rayne nodded as the two reached a spot where a hollowed out tree collapsed laying on the ground. Infront of them. All the trees seemed to be dead and gone. Like the place itself was dead. Shriveled up and thin. The ground was blackened with dirt and the sky didnt seem to help the ambience. As the moon was hidden in the clouds.
Rayne felt scared but entertained by the fact that he was in a new surrounding. The same old place. He's been before but with a new presence to it.
Cleo and leo were sitting on the tree. Rayne could see Ingland floating infront of them. As he looked to be part of the dark dead night itself.
11 (years ago)
When Giselle was but a child of about 7 or 8. Her father was owner of the santuary. He had a special presence to him.
She'd watch him preform and grant the deepest desires of every person. He came into contact with.
She was marveled by his being. She loved him with every ounce of her body and soul. She'd follow him like a puppy. Going everywhere and Doing everything with him. as they were a team.
Gisele's father was a tall stocky man with thick brown dreadlocks and the same carmel skintone. He wore a black leather vest with black silk pants and a big black pendant of a full moon. It shined with a dark glow.
  He was built like a train. Strong and mighty but he was as sensitive as a thunder storm raining down a feat of many rivers.
He was always there for Giselle. Putting a smile on her face every chance he could.
You could call him father of the year. He tried anyways.
He had a power most people overlooked. Compassion. He made the fellow patrons and visitors feel like they where family.
He could do magical feats of knowing people. Their fears. Their passions. Their being.. Who they were deep down.
Making them feel loved. Like they mattered. a spotlight on a dark day guiding you home.
   He could do amazing tricks. Giving people everything a wish could grant but it was up to the person to not break it. for the intent of the person could change the wish's luck from good to bad.  As the intentions of a person's "will" tells all.
One day he met two brothers. Tall lanky stick figure men. Who wore black suits with matching black hats.
11b
  They walked up to Giselle's father asking in unison with low pitch high swinging voices," we hear you have a special gift. We'd like to offer you a deal. You help us and we'll give you a fortune for many lifetimes. Enough to keep this rinky dinky sideshow going for centuries to come."
  Giselle's father spoke with wisdom a sweet but sour patience. as he knew everything about these creatures with a glance.
Giselle's father had intuition and clarity. He could see everything in their memories. From a glance in their eyes he could see the soul.
  He replied back," sorry sirs but i don't know what you heard but i dont grant wishes. Im an honest man. Who does honest work. You see this place its magical but not I. Im just a peasant serving a king of gratitude. So if you'll excuse me. Theres work to be done.."
He started to walkaway. When one of the brothers grabbed his shoulder flipping him back to their direction.
They spoke in unison again with an upbeat sound of anger pumping through their blood," you help us or we'll take it all away. That little gypsy bitch you call a daughter. Will be no more. If you catch our drift. We want immortality and we know you're the man to stamp this postcard. So if i have to ask again! you wont like us!"
Giselle's father squared up his shoulders and spoke sternly with a great malice," i know what you are and what you do. You dont scare me. You cant touch me but if you bring up my daughter again. You'll reach pay dirt and im talking 6 feet under. You get it!?"
The two men glanced back with red in their pale white faces. As they spoke with anger," we'll be back! Bet on that you piece of gypsy trash. We'll show you pain. You got one thing right. We can't hurt you but we can do worse. Much worse!" And they left.
12
  Rayne stood under the moonlight staring at Giselle and company. who were sitting on the hollowed out tree.
    Giselle sat in between cleo and leo speaking softly. As she threw her arms around them.," let me reintroduce ourselves to you. What we show at the show is different from what and who we are. Cleo and leo came to me from a concentration camp. After suffering many trials. They found me and  Inglund found us. After his brother was stabbed by a girl. He was on his own and we took him in and now he's apart of our family." They all knodded in agreement.
Then Giselle stood up. blowing a shimmer of dusty shiny stars into the air from her mouth.
She spoke again," i made my father a promise before he left us. That I'd find a way to bring him back and get our revenge on those vile creatures that walk this earth in plain clothes."
Rayne replied eagerly but with a confused tone," i dont get why you need me. What can i do that will help you. I heal people and can do parlour tricks like levitate things and see things in my dreams."
Cleo and leo stood up interlocking their hands together around the shimmering fire.
  Then cleo spoke with a fierce blazing voice," you are stronger than you give yourself credit for. We are fire and ice.. Me and my brother. You are the sun. You give life to everything and oxygen to those unfit to breathe.
   Then leo spoke without missing a beat," you are meant to help save us from extinction. We've known of you for years. The boy who saves the wicked. The unbearable. The true evils of this world. We always wondered why you did it. Gizel ran into you a yr ago at the cream shoppe. Felt your aura. Then she seen the nurse and knew!"
Rayne stood shocked but curious. He didnt understand what they were talking about.
Rayne spoke biting his lip. as his nervousness, scared curiosity was in full swing," i dont get it! What are you talking about. Im not bad! I help people who are hurt. I do good. Ms. Wessely is my mother. She helps me do everything. I havent had anybody in this world. My parents died and she's taken care of me ever since."
Giselle touched the shimmer. it lit up with Ms. Wessely standing with a bunch of tall men with black suits.
    They had grotesque faces with pale dead white skin and black cracks running throughout their bodies. As their eyes were black beads with long skinny necks They had sharp claws. With talons for feet.
Giselle spoke again with concern in her voice," we call them the ostrich men. They're evil and your nurse work for them. She has you cure them. So they can continue to do bad. Dont trust her. When i seen you that first time. I seen everything. You're a good person but you stopped taking the pills. You already had the feeling. You have intuition. that butterfly flapping."
Rayne spoke again with less confusion and more composure," she's the only one whose been there. She's not a bad person but yes there's always been something off about her.i feel it but she wouldnt hurt anyone. Espicially me. I quit taking the pills cause they make me feel worse." But Rayne thought about what his dead mother had said.
Giselle switched the picture to a burning house.
Then she spoke with sadness. as a tear dripped down her face," this is her memory. So remember that. I tell no fibs. What im about to show you is real,"
Then it showed Ms. Wessely strangling raynes parents. as she started the fire grabbing rayne as she left the house.
Giselle spoke with an undertone of defining silence," im sorry rayne. I am. My father too is gone but you gotta take that vile necklace off and stop those pills completely and please dont heal those men."
Rayne was angry and it showed as his blue smoky body was steaming," how dare you accuse her. You're making this up with your parlour tricks. You do perform for the circus. You're just like everyone else! you're using me! I dont know for what but i dont like it. She'd never do that. Ever! Do you hear me! Im going home"
Giselle spoke again with concern," im sorry its the truth. Go in her room rayne. You'll find what you're looking for. Just please trust me. I know how you feel everyday of your life. Like an outcast. Like you dont matter to anyone unless you put on a show for them but trust me now. she's bad. dont listen to her. She's not on your side. If you want to talk again. Close your eyes and think of me. Ill hear you from anywhere."
Rayne zipped back to his body. His emotional state guided him bavk in an instance. A blink and a nod. He was fast asleep.
13
Rayne woke up earlier than usual. He tried to pick up his feet and he did. He managed to walk to his window. He took his necklace off tossing it out his window.
  Right after he did that his door swung open. Ms. Wessely walked in yelling," what are you doing? You know you dont have the strength. Get back in bed and take your pills. Right now young man."
   She helped him back into his bed. Giving him his pills but yet again he tucked them under his tongue.
  Then ms. Wessely spoke to him again in a calm motherly fashion," today we're gonna see the harmon brothers. You love them. They do their magic trick for you. So lets get ready. Im gonna make a couple calls. then we'll be on our way."
Rayne replied tiredly as he yawned," could you put me in my chair. I want to stare out the window. Ms. Wessely did. Then she went outside. He spit his pills out the window.
Rayne watched her for a minute. As she was outside in the backyard but she had no phone. She was talking to herself or someone it seemed.
Rayne rolled his blue and silver wheelchair to her room. He tried to jingle the knob but it wouldnt open. He rolled back to his room.
  He cleared his mind relaxing his body. astro projecting himself out his body.
  He walked back to her room. Going right through the door.
Ms. Wessley's room was pitch black. The curtains were drawn. Not an ounce of light to be seen.
Rayne thought and felt that this place was beyond the grasp of the natural world. It gave him an eerie creepiness like he was being watched.
He took his left hand and felt the blink in his mind. His hand lit up. He didnt want to turn the light on. For the fear of ms. Wessely seeing him in there but it was daylight out. Still his fear guided him.
The room was quaint. With tons of photos,a small bed, a tall wide brown wardrobe with a gold trim and a grey desk with three drawers.
He started to look around. There were pictures on the wall. Black and white with Ms. Wessely standing with a group of people that looked like the ones from giselle's vision.
Rayne knew them too. He helped them. Healed them.
Then he saw a picture of himself. He was five. standing in his backyard before the fire. with his parents holding hands. He was in the middle of them. Gleaming from ear to ear.
Rayne tried to open the desk drawers but they where locked. So he went to the wardrobe and opened it.
There were black veins that ran from the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top. They converged in a tangle. Right in the middle. Where they seemed to be spouting black goo into empty pill capsules.
  Rayne was shocked thinking,"these are for me. What foul disease is this!? plus it smells rotten."
Rayne closed it. Then went and looked at more photos. These ones seemed to be alive. They'd move showing a short film in a photo.
    They were all groups of men wearing black hats and suits looking jolly and pleasant but as he walked around. they turned more morrid.
They started wearing those black bird masks. With long black sheak robes. They where all standing in a circle with candles lit.
  Young children layed in the middle of the circle. The bird (ostrich) men were stabbing them with a silver knife that had black birds engraved on it.
    Then they drained their blood  drinking it, slurping it right in. As they howled.
   Afterwords eating the body. Each sharing bits and pieces. With their masks off showing round wide circular mouths with rows of sharp rotten teeth with each row more gruesomly rotted than the last  circulating like a machine set on full swing. Round and round.  Tearing the flesh and meat. Leaving the body unrecognizable. Just bones that became dust.
   Then rayne felt something pierce his shoulder not his spiritual existence but his physical one. He flew back to his body.
  Ms. Wessely was staring back at him saying," are you ok. Oh thank god. I thought you were having a seizure. Now lets get ready. its time to go."