I was startled awake by a thunderous bang close to my ear.
I sat up groggily and let my eyes adjust to the darkness.
Then I heard a soft, high-pitched, chuckle behind me.
Spinning around in alarm, I squinted into the dark, and saw a figure bending over, as if picking something up.
"Oh my," the figure giggled. "My apologises, I must have woke you up aye?"
With a click of his finger, something lit up, causing me to shield my eyes from the sudden brightness.
I squinted into the light, bringing my hand up to my face, my eyes slowly adjusting. Then I froze. Infront of me, is someone who seemed like a
clown. Or maybe 'someone' is the wrong word, 'something' is more likely. How could I tell?
Well, whatever-it-is had maggots(Yes,
maggots) on its head, showing bits of flesh underneath, as if the maggots were
feeding on him(Ew, I know.). In his left hand he was holding on to an umbrella, red and yellow. The red looked strangely familiar, I wondered why. Also, he had a
huge mouth which was longer than his rounded face. The skin on its enclosed right eye sagged inwards, and I assumed it was missing an eye. My gaze moved from his eye, to his big red clown-like-nose(exactly like ronald macdonalds'), to a black star on his left chest, to the hand that was holding that candle. Which was not exactly a hand, it was cut off at the wrist, and onwards it was a metal bone structure of a hand, with sharp fingertips. It also had terribly tiny feet, I wondered how it was able to even walk properly.
Having the information fully registered in my mind, I stood up and scampered a few meters away from it. "Who-" I started but he stopped me with a hand. Well, I couldn't tell if he was smiling or anything, but his unchangable grin grew wider. He stepped forward, toward me. I stiffened, sensing the word
danger in every direction. He stretched out his hands, "This, is Apocalypse. Where hell breaks in and demons roam. And I," gesturing to himself,"am Lord Cirque, the Joker." He giggled hysterically as if he told a great joke. He extended his right hand, and reached toward me. I leaned back, cringing at the same foul smell he emitted.
Then I hit something. Scooting to the side, I examined the object. It was a cage, and something in it stirred. Lord Cirque giggled as I held my breath. The door of the cage slowly creaked open, and a paw stepped out.
Wait, what?
Paw?The figure stretched like a cat after its nap, and stepped into the florescene light. Then I gasped. "Oh. My. God.." I breathed. Are you thinking of something horrid? Like a cat with double heads or a mixture of some weird animals and comes out to be horrendous? well, you're
so wrong.
It's nothing I've seen in my entire life! It had autumn(kinda like the color of the leaves of the trees when its Autumn, red, yellow, orange, whatever.) fur, awesome olive-green eyes, four fluffy ears sticking out of its head, and a fox-like tail. Not to mention
cute! I bent down and cautiously put out my hand. It sniffs, then snuggled its snout into my palm. "Awwwww.." I cooed. "You smell nice." It spoke. I blushed. Just for the moment. Seriously. Did you
hear that? It actually spoke! Spoke! Gah, ohmygod, that is way creepy. But I pushed that thought aside and gaped at the freakishly cute creepy whatnot.
"What are you?" My mouth spoke on its own. "I'm Hachirou, an Eclairina." It said. "Eclairina?" I asked. "Yeah, a type of creature. Well.. Uhh.." He struggled to find a explanation, "Whatever you see infront of you is a Eclairina." He finished as I studied him. "I was once human. But.." He(notice how I change the form of addressing so quickly?) looked off into the distance, eyes distant. "But..?" I asked. "Well,
someone turned me into this creature when I killed his beloved pet." He spit, glaring at Lord Cirque. "I couldn't help it, could I?" Lord Cirque giggled, "He killed something that could entertain me, make me
happy. My beloved Artery." Hachirou made a noise I supposed was snorting. Lord Cirque's eyes gleamed with darkness, "This is indeed a world of despair, sadness, sorrow, jealousy, all the unwonderful things you can imagine you know. It gets lonely 'ere."
"If you don't mind me asking, why did Hachirou kill your..
pet?" I asked.
"Well.." Lord Cirque sighed. "I was taking a trip to Oklahoma with Artery. Then we sensed grief. Oh the deliciousness. We then headed off to the direction of the 'grief', and found out that dear Hachirou had lost his dearest father. Everyone crying.. grieving.. moaning.." Hachirou growled menacingly at him as Lord Cirque to give him a pitiful smile. "We saw lil' Hachirou heading off alone to grief for the lost. So pitiful, aye? But in rage he screamed at dear Artery, I don't know how he does it, for monsters are only able to be killed by Magick. Artery turned to ashes. Oh dear." Lord Cirque almost seemed sad, though his humoungous grin spoiled the whole image.
"So you're just toying with him? Like he's some kind of entertainer?" I asked, gesturing to Hachirou. "Well you could suppose so. I throw him into a the Black Box(like those westling rings, expect like a big box, in black of course.) and watch him run for his life as demons launge at him hungrily." He said bluntly, then giggled. "But that's so cruel!" I argued. "I told you, dear Lynee, this is a place of
pain-"
"No, you didn't tell me that."
"Oh yes, I didn't." He giggled. "So what, you want to act all hero-hero and save little Hachirou here, hmm?"
"Yeah, if I could, that is. This is totally unfair of you, I have to say. He has a family out there! Day by day waiting for his return, the loneliness.." I shook my head.
"Aaahh so deliciously dreadful, wonderful pain." Lord Cirque said, licking his lips.
"
Monster." I sneered.
"Demon master." He corrected. I rolled my eyes.
"Well, you could save him, but I tell you its very dangerous, you might die. And I don't want to lose you yet, not until I figure out what's so special about yo-"
"Don't, Lynee! I've spent here for years, you can say I'm immune to it already." Hachirou fought back.
"Shut up, I'm here trying to save you, and you ain't arguing back till I tell you so." I glared.
"My, what a brave young lady I must say." Lord Cirque giggled. "Very well.."
