Skrying
by JUUL
Author's Note: Hey, this is my first Final Destination fanfiction. I'm borderline obsessed with this movie and Mudvayne, so here's what happens when you combine the two. I also wrote this to help get rid of writer's block for my Inuyasha story...
Warnings: I dunno, really... we'll just see. I might throw some "backstories" and whatnot in the mix...
(Lyrics will be in bold, just like this.)
Wendy Christenson walked around the amusement park with her boyfriend and two friends. They were all seniors at McKinley High School, and tonight was senior night. Jason and Kevin were all hyped up about it, especially because graduation was not too far away, either. Wendy and Carrie, however, were just calm about it, but they thought the overall idea of senior night was cool.
As much as Wendy wanted to be excited about that night, she just couldn't. It was this weird feeling in the back of her mind, and whenever it reared it's ugly head, Wendy felt her stomach turn. She's had it before, only a few times, and nothing good ever came from it.
"Hey, let's get on the High Dive!" said Jason, pointing to a nearby ride that looked like a row of seats on some kind of tower.
"Yeah, that'd be sweet!" said Kevin, tugging on Carrie's hand as he led her in the small line for the ride.
"Hey, Wen, you coming?" asked Carrie.
Wendy gulped and looked at the High Dive. There was something off about this night. But what was it?
"Wendy."
Carrie's voice broke Wendy out of her trance for a moment. "What? Oh, yeah, the High Dive..." She reached into her pocket and took out her camera. "Um, Carrie? You know what, I'll just take a picture of you guys on the High Dive, okay?" She forced a smile on her face.
Carrie seemed a little put off by that. "Well, okay," she said, "That'd be cool, I guess." She turned to Kevin and walked with him to the passenger car of the High Dive.
Jason came over to Wendy and put his hands on her shoulder. "Wendy, I know you don't like amusement parks too much, but come on." He got her to show a real smile for a moment. "You're going to ride at least one ride tonight, Wendy," he said in a pleading voice. "Pleeeeaaassse?"
"Oh, alright," said Wendy, unable to resist his pleading, "You win, Jason. Now go get on the High Dive so I can get a good shot of you guys." Jason ran off towards the ride and Wendy turned on her camera.
This puzzle's dead inside
Missing pieces, growing eyes
Mystery
Little girls severity
Little boys begging mercy
Sticks break on me
Cost of life at twenty-three
Price of pain a golden ring
All crimson
Melting body, rubber world
Battle axe with locks of curls
Introverted
After her friends had all gotten on the High Dive, Wendy felt that uneasy feeling in her stomach get worse. As much as this scared her, it fascinated her; in a sense, it was as if Wendy was a clairvoyant of some kind. It was a sixth sense, it seemed like. Wendy knew something was going to happen. She had known before.
TEN YEARS EARLIER...
Wendy, Kevin, Jason, and Carrie were all gathered in Kevin's driveway. It was Kevin's eighth birthday and he was having a party. It wasn't much, but all he wanted was his three best friends to be there. They were all playing basketball and using the new basketball hoop that Kevin's dad had bought him.
"Hey, Kevin!" said Jason, jumping up with his arms in the air. "Over here!"
Kevin threw the ball, right over Wendy's head. "Kevin!" she cried. "That's not fair! You know you're both taller than me and Carrie!"
"Yeah, well girls aren't supposed to play basketball!" said Kevin in a joking voice. Wendy gave him "the look" and Carrie laughed a bit. Jason now had the ball and threw it successfully through the hoop.
"Hey, Wendy!" he said. "Did ya see that? Huh, did you?"
Wendy wasn't paying attention to him. To her, the world seemed to have slowed down... why?
The basketball bounced a little and then rolled off towards the road.
Jason walked over to Wendy, "Hey, you weren't paying attention, were you?" Then he noticed the spaced out look on her face. "Are you okay?"
Wendy shook her head in an attempt to clear her mind. "What? Yeah, I just felt weird, that's all."
Carrie turned towards Kevin and gave him a nasty look. "Kevin, you got her mad, didn't you?"
"What did I do?"
"You said 'girls aren't supposed to play basketball'!" Carrie said, mocking him.
"I didn't know it would bother her that bad!" complained Kevin.
Wendy turned around, "No, you guys! Stop it! It wasn't that!"
The two bickering children looked at Wendy, then continued to blame one another for nothing.
Jason watched in amusement, but then he realized that their ball was missing. He looked around the yard for it, but then saw it in the road, swaying a little from the wind. Jason looked back at his friends and thento the ball. "If no one else is gonna get it..." He started walking towards the road and bent down to pick up the basketball.
"I did NOT!" screamed Carrie.
"Yeah, you did!" yelled Kevin.
Wendy turned around, wondering why in God's name she talked to them. "Jason?" She looked around for the missing boy. Then she saw him in the road, bent over the basketball.
The little girl felt a gust of wind blow through her long, brown hair. This was getting a little creepy for her. Then she saw it: a semi-truck was coming down the road,
Heading right for Jason.
"JASON!" screamed Wendy, making a mad dash towards Jason. He was standing up, holding the ball. He turned around and saw the truck, a look of pure horror on his face. Carrie and Kevin stopped fighting and turned to look at Jason.
"WENDY, HELP!" Jason screamed, too scared to move.
Wendy ran directly into Jason, pushing him off to the other side of the road. He dropped the ball and it rolled around on the sidewalk.The semi-truck honked it's horn as it drove off right past the kids. After it passed, Kevin and Carrie ran across the road.
"Are you guys okay?" asked Kevin.
Breathing heavily, Jason nodded. "Y... yeah... now..." He looked at Wendy. "Wendy, I think you just saved my life."
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The High Dive had slowed down by now, it's height slowly decreasing with each pump upward. Wendy took this opportunity to take a good picture. The flash went off as soon as the ride came down for the last time. Jason and Kevin were spazzing out about how awesome the ride was.
Wendy felt that weird "sixth sense" again. She looked at the screen on her camera to see how the picture turned out. Everything looked fine... except the bright, neon-red letters that read "High Dive" vertically read "High Die"; the lights on the "v" were out.
"Wendy!" shouted Jason. "You see that?" He smiled as the ride attendant let him off the High Dive, then he ran right to Wendy, hugging her.
Carrie and Kevin were right behind them. "Well, that was fun," said Carrie. "I'm hungry, how about we go get something to eat?"
"Yep, then it's the Devil's Flight!" said Kevin.
"No way, I'm not getting on that after I eat," said Jason as they walked past a small wooden rollercoaster. "It might kill me," he said jokingly.
Kevin put his arm around Jason's shoulders. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!"
The two guys laughed with Carrie as they walked ahead of Wendy a few steps.
Wendy laughed a bit, but then slowed her pace to a halt. A gust of wind blew through her hair.
No, thought Wendy, it's just that rollercoaster...
A/N #2: Yeah, this was supposed to be a songfic, but it's not so much anymore. I'm trying to make this as interesting as possible with plenty of background info on the characters. Also, I apologize if the dialogue is off a little from the movie. Reviews are appreciated and they often make me write faster.
