Fear - Chapter Three
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The results were kind of interesting... there was a tie between mush and bumlets, i honestly didn't know what to do, so i just decided to post up mush since nobody put up another vote. (hah, i voted myself!) btw, skittery and jack both got one vote each.
the other newsies you can still vote for are: bumlets, crutchy, specs, david, skittery, and jack. don't forget to vote!
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Oh, it's another one of these things. Wow, I honestly didn't think you were going to ask that. So fear, huh? I guess you could say… scared of seeing Race in one of Medda's outfits. Oh, you weren't talking about THAT kind of fear? I still say it's scary. Alright, well deepest fears?
The dark. I know it may seem child-like, but hear me out, will you? A guy's got the right to explain himself! Okay, well, the dark. No, I'm not talking about that night type of thing. I'm not afraid of that. We've all lived through nights.
I guess its finding yourself trapped with nowhere to go… not being able to see where you are, who you're with, not being able to have a sense of what, where, when, why, and how. Hah, sorry about that, sometimes selling newspapers can influence you. The point is, that you don't know what's coming in the dark. You don't know what you're going to expect. I guess I should just say it out. I'm not scared of the dark; really, I'm scared of what's in it. Of what can come out of it.
I think it all ties back to what happened back then. I'm gonna tell you, alright? It was Christmas night… and I just ran out to get my sister's gift. Life was perfect… then. My parents were happy, my sister and brothers were healthy with not one ounce of disease. It was going to be a good Christmas. So then I came back, with my little sister's present (I forgot it, ok?) and I thought that everything had gone. Honestly. The lights were off and no sound was coming from my house. That wasn't supposed to happen. I mean, what do you expect with four other siblings? Quiet? Yeah, right.
I couldn't just stand out there and wait, now could I? So I walk up and open the door, the lights still off. It was dead dark. Literally. I couldn't see a thing. Not even my own feet. Then it was when thunder and lightning came down when I saw what had happened. That quick little flash gave me chills and fears that had frightened me forever.
Dead. All of them. Each and every single one of them. I could see my parent's bodies over there in the corner of the room, their limp bodies huddling over my youngest baby sister, Lucy. But I knew too well they were gone. I could see the slits in their throats and the way the slumped on the ground. But whoever attacked my brothers was unmerciful. The stabs, bruises, and cuts were found here and there. They fought for their family. And I was proud of them. They tried… really they did. But I really don't understand why I'm here and they're not.
That's what I found in the dark. Years of family gone and swiped away just like that. I know I've said it before, and I'll say it again… its what you find in the dark that you should fear… why do you think I always look on the bright side? (No pun intended!) You gotta think positive… can't always think like you're going to die the next day. But I ain't that naïve, you know. I still know how to watch out for my back and look at reality.
I know that good things can come out of the dark too, but that's not what I saw. I just can't erase it like that. So, my fear, you ask? The dark.
-Mush Meyers
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Shout-outs
Sapphy: hahah, aren't you glad i started writing for if they only knew? ^^ i'm loving your fic! the island one! lol, i'm too scared to spell it out... i can't wait to see what happens!
Sagey: freedom? lol, sure... whatever you say! isn't posting at the message boards getting addictive? lol.
BoogityWhup14: oohhh, i see! from what movies are the other characters from?
Striker: hah, i knew you were gonna pick mush! *wink* doesn't he remind you of josh?
Cards: ^^ hahahh, thanks!
Evenstar: its a good thing that i have all of this written out already, don't i? i just couldn't stop writing, and when i didn't feel like it anymore, i was just sitting there and reading what i wrote, and i was just like "i wrote all of THAT?" lol.