Chapter 1: On Coney Island
5 years later…
March 12, 1880
I finally made it to the Phantasma, after five long years. The mystery of my parents is still unknown, but I believe it's connected to that world. I get off the ship now, and see the Phantasma's beauty…
Penny bumped into one of the photographers while writing. The man glared at her. "Watch where you're going!" he growled menacingly. The brunette immediately scurried away from him, and the crowd. She was beautiful, yes, but hated by the world. Their jealousy beat her to death every day, every hour; every minute…it was enough to drive her insane. She was lucky to have saved her diary while walking; the only biographic way to make up her own clues, to see if she had missed anything about her parents. She saw another crowd, a friendlier one, which seemed very excited about the Phantasma as she was.
Hurry up
You won't believe it
Take a look, what's over here
Who'd imagine just how big the place would be?
The man called Mr. Y put it up in just a year
It's a little slice of heaven by the sea
Look!
There's restaurants, a midway, a gigantic concert hall (the biggest fun house ever seen)
A volcano that erupts each day at three (wonders brought from around the world)
The season's just begun and Mr. Y has got it all, crystal fountains, grand pavilions
Heck, it must've cost him millions
It's a little slice of heaven by the sea (over here!)
The sights the sounds, the lights the smells, the water wheels and carousels
The gardens and arcades, the marble colonnades
The rides (the rides), the shows (the shows), the games (the games) of chance
The rush (the rush), the whirl (the whirl), the sheer (the sheer) romance
And the rumors!
What about them?
Things so odd you daren't doubt'em
"Interesting…" Penny thought. She couldn't help but sing and dance to the singing. No one noticed her at all, so she didn't mind.
Freaks and monsters!
Aberrations, with mechanical creations
And the genius who designed it wears a mask (a mask, a mask)
But what's behind it?
What's behind it? 4X
This only filled Penny with more wonder. She went closer to the crowd to hear more about this man in the mask.
Fancy ballrooms, altered spaces, shoot the shoots and steeple chases
A casino, a museum, look, a roman coliseum!
And a concert hall that's bigger than a Met!
What's inside it? 4X
"What is inside it?" Penny asked herself. She began looking around the strange place, finding a poster saying the "Ooh La La girl" was performing today…
But who is she?
A/N:
If you're a fan of POTO and LND, then you know who the "Ooh La La girl" is. I'm trying to make the chapters as long as I can. Please comment!