• Nightmare of the Light
    Chapter one: the magic and hat
    It was a bright and sunny day at the carnival. Tents were pitches all around the gated area and stands were put up. In the largest tent a show was going on. Clowns were making kids laugh and cry, lions were refusing to eat there masters heads when they were in the lions mouths and acrobatics were going on overhead.
    In a tent by the big top a boy was doing tricks to amuse the crowd. The boy had white, shoulder length and messy hair and blue eyes. He was pale but not pure white and he was skinny. He had a canine sting out of his mouth. He wore a black magician’s suit and nice shoes. A man who had one to many beers got bored with any act that went on for more than 10 seconds. He scooped up some fresh mud and piled it into a ball. He threw it at the kid while he was in the act of juggling. The kid caught it and started juggling that also. The man grunted and left. The kid let the assorted objects drop and they landed in a circle around him. The kid then picked a penny out of the air. He flipped it up and a second penny came down with the first one. The crowd looked amazed. After a few seconds he started juggling pennies. During the act he heard a kid thinking loudly. “These tricks are all fake. I am sure he is just using some device.” By the time he was done juggling pennies he went up to the boy. “Now I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that I am not a real magician. For that you get a twenty.” The magician said to the kid. He held out a twenty and the kid took it. It disappeared. “Oh to bad. It’s almost closing time. Here take the dollar and hurry.” He gave the kid a dollar and the kid ran. “You read that?” a women asked next to him. “Yes. The ending was kind of sad but it was a good story. It is almost closing time tough. I have enough time for one more trick.” The magician said.
    He took off his top hat and showed the inside to everyone. It was empty. He put and hand out and pulled it out throwing a shower of cards. He did this 3 times. The crowd was amazed. The magician put his hat back on and put his hands out as if he was holding a large deck. The cards assembled themselves to the magician’s hands and he pressed his hands together. The cards disappeared. Everyone clapped. “Ok I would love to show you more but the fair is closed at 9:00 so go on. Hope you enjoyed the show.” The kid said waving. “We leave on Wednesday.” He said. After everyone left he went over to a stand that offered prizes for skills. The magician jumped over the front of the stand. The operator handed him a teddy bear. “I think I will name you Roosevelt.” The magician said. “Hey Nightmare.” The operator said closing the opening of stand. “Care to come in?” he asked walking towards the water gun targets. “Sure.” Nightmare said.
    The target object opened up and there was a metal elevator. “You staying tonight or just visiting?” the operator asked Nightmare. “I am staying but I sense we will have another robbery.” Nightmare said to the operator. “Well ok. And say my name. I fell like I am in a book.” The operator said. Just then the wall to there right broke and there was a man holding a machine gun. Nightmare put his hand out and cards made a wall that shielded them from sight. The operator ran into the elevator and it closed. Nightmare made himself invisible. The wall disappeared and the thief looked around. “Where did they go?” the thief yelled looking around. Nightmare walked up to the thief and slammed him down. Nightmare, now visible, looked at the thief. The thief pointed the machine gun at Nightmare but Nightmare grabbed the weapon, yanked it out of the thief’s hands and hit him on the head with it. There was a loud crack. The man lies on the ground, dead.