A Musical Sequel
Once Upon a December
He woke up with his face nestled on a pile of sand. The sun was bright and hot overhead with insects and animal noises filling the air. He pulled himself to his feet. He glanced around and saw that he was on some tropical place. The jungle sat in front of him, the sea waved behind.
Looking down, he saw he was wearing a black suit with a pocket filled belt around his waist and what looked like a blue bird spread across his chest. He reached up to rub his eyes, and found he was wearing a mask.
Who am I? What's going on? he thought. He sat down at the base of a palm tree and tried to think back.
He sat there for quite a while but all he could get were fuzzy flashes.
"Balancing clowns,
Colorful rings:
things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December."
Did he have a family? He didn't know. All he had was an aimless tune that wound through his soul."Someone holds me safe and warm.
Elephants dance through a silver storm.
Figures flying gracefully
across my memory."
It couldn't have always been like this. He must have known who he was once. He had to have someone. And what was with the outfit?
"Not so far away,
Not so long ago
Glowing dim as an ember.
Things my heart used to know,
Once upon a December."
He closed his eyes one more. There was nothing except the feeling of being loved, but soon, that too was gone. Who loved him? Where was he? Why couldn't he remember?
"Someone holds me safe and warm,
Elephants dance through a silver storm.
Figures flying gracefully
across my memory."
He remembered people, falling and then great sadness. But he couldn't place what had happened. Who had fallen? Why did it make him so sad?
"Not so far away,
Not so long ago
Glowing dim as an ember.
Things my heart used to know.
Things it yearns to remember."
All he had now were questions. No memories, no feelings. He stood up; he needed to find someone else, someone to explain this to him.
"And a song someone sings
Once upon a December."
He started walking along the shore. If anyone else was here, they would be there or there would be evidence of them. He examined the line of jungle for any entry points someone could have dashed through.
It didn't take him long to find a group of five other guys. They were dressed strangely. One wore a red and white costume with goggles, another was green, one looked like a fish, and yet another was in red with a cape. The only normal looking one was the guy in the armored long sleeve shirt with a red S symbol on it.
They were all sitting in a circle talking.
"Look, there's another one!" the fish said.
They all turned to look at him. He had the strangest feeling that he should hide in the shadowy jungle.
"Um, hi. Do any of you know where this is?" he said.
"Let me guess, you have no memory of anything?" the guy in black said.
"How did you know?" he asked.
"'Cause we're all like that too!" the green kid said.
He sat down with them, and they tried to see if they could figure anything out.
"So, what's everyone's names?" he asked.
"We don't really know, so we're going by whatever we can," the gut in black said. "Call me S."
"I'm Beast!" the green kid said.
"Flash," the kid in red and white said.
"Fishman," the fish kid said.
"Red," the kid in red said.
"I guess you can call me Blue Bird," he said. "What's with the strange names Flash and Beast?"
"Watch this!" Beast said.
He shrunk down to a small bird, then grew into an enormous elephant.
"Cool, huh?"
He agreed it was very cool, as he did when Flash sprinted around what he learned was an island and back.
"Is there any way we can get off here?" he asked.
"Not that we can find," Red spoke up.
"So, if we're stuck here, we might as well make the best of it," he said and he led them into the forest.
Song used in this chapter- Once Upon a December from Anastasia