Chapter 4: The Story of the Rogue Knight
Ali and Boris finally reach the park. As soon as they enter, a horrible sound like no other reaches her ears. "Ugh not his noise. That's the last thing we need." Boris says flatly. Ali covers her ears, the pain in her head makes her tear up. Boris marches over to a man with long mahogany hair that's put in a ponytail, and is playing the violin horribly. "Old man." He says calmly. He doesn't hear. "Old man!" He gets louder but still nothing. "GOWLAND!" He yells. The man stops and looks back at Boris.
"Oh now. Look what the cat dragged in." Ali takes her hands off her ears and sighs from relief. Gowland looks at Ali, but not with the same shock or in other cases hatred. "Who's this? Is she your girlfriend?" He says with a smirk.
"What?! No! This is my friend Ali."
Ali couldn't believe it. He had called her his friend. Her heart feels a bit light and fluttery. "Well then nice to meetcha miss Ali. I'm Gowland, owner of this here park. You can stop by anytime ya like." She bows her head.
"Thank you." Gowland gives out a laugh.
"No need to be so formal. Just relax and have fun." As he said that, the night turned to evening again. Ali didn't really notice. Boris grabs her wrist and takes her on every ride. The rides were full of twists, turns, loops, spins, and speed. After the last ride, Ali had enough. She stops and grabs Boris's arm.
"What's wrong Ali?" He turns to look at her. She has her hand over her mouth and is a sickly pale green. "Oh crap Ali! Why didn't you say anything?" She keeps her hand over her mouth. "Come with me quickly!" He drags her over to a door and opens it. He rushes her though and into a bathroom.
Ali walks out and looks at Boris. He's sitting on a bed and looks up at Ali. "Hey Ali I'm sorry can you ever forgive me?"
"Of course. You didn't know I had motion sickness."
"But why didn't you say you didn't want to ride?"
"It's not that I didn't want to ride. I did want to ride. I just wanted to have fun with you after that guy tried to kill me."
"Oh you mean Ace."
"Yeah. Why was he trying to kill me?"
Boris hesitated before he answered. "Ace was the knight at heart castle. He used to be this guy that smiled no matter what and easily lost his way. Then Alice showed up. Everyone was in love with her. Especially Ace. He never admitted it, not even to himself that he loved Alice. Then one day, Alice left. She left everyone behind. After that Ace began to change. He abandoned his role and tried to kill the queen. He was corrupted by greed and hatred. He started to blame Alice for what happened. Then he started to attack people. The role keepers even the faceless." He stops for a moment and sighs. "If you want to go somewhere you'll have to have an escort. If you don't. Ace WILL kill you without hesitation. That's why no one goes out at night."