The sweet yet eerie tinkling of a calliope in the distance draws you near to the forest. You see bright flashes of colors behind the curtain of leaves, and you push away overlapping branches to reveal a large pasture that you never knew was there. Colorful booths fill the area. Tents patterned with swirled neon stripes, food trucks selling cheap carnival food, and hundreds of rides, yet none of it was moving. What would seem to be an area usually bustling with tired parents, head-over-heels in love teens, and giddy little children was deserted. Barren. Empty.
You took soft and slow steps, the calliope still going, it's eerie music ringing in your ears. You draw nearer and nearer to the sound.
Eventually, you come to the tent and peek your head inside. There, sits a girl with curly brown hair, seemingly sparkling violet eyes, and a colorful scarf wrapped around her forehead, plinking away at the carnival instrument.
"Ah." she says, her voice soothing and calm. "Hello!"
You give her a small, nervous wave.
"Where am I?" a frightened squeak escapes your lips.
"Good question," she replied with a tinkling laugh. One that almost matched the happy, yet creepy sound of the calliope. "Where are you? Well, I wouldn't know. You see, I'm just here to narrate. But around here, we call it 'The One-Shot Carnival'. It's not quite your usual carnival. In fact..."
She gave a quick snap of her fingers and the tent around you disappears, along with all the other carnival supplies save the strange girls' old calliope.
"This is all just an illusion," she said mysteriously.
"Now, lets get down to business..."
The young purple-eyed girl returned to her calliope, and played a complex tune. Slowly, the scene dissolved and you lost all memory of the incident. Your mind was blank, fresh. You felt as if you had never thought thoughts in your life. Your only purpose was to watch and wait quietly. That was what you knew.
Welcome to the One-Shot Carnival...
((bonjour, mes amis! Dani here! :3 This is where I'll be dumping all my one-shots and rps. In the meantime, you can tell me which ones you liked best and If there's a popular demand, I might turn one into the base for a fanfic. Au Revoir! ))