TRYING TO LEAF She felt like an idiot. Who takes a bargain from some stranger in exchange for money and their father's life? Sam Charleston, apparently. She had no choice in the matter, not really. If she hadn't, her dad would have a bullet hole in his head and her mom would too since the debt would fall to her. Dad was even more of an idiot for being a gambling addict and betting on football games like he had the money to even do so.
So, here she was, covered in thisles and thorns after getting out of the strange and unusual forest. Everything seemed to have a bright glow and she was sure she saw a purple frog in the pond she passed. Favorite color and everything but any animal that was purple besides a chameleon spelled trouble.
She stared at the circus, it was huge in appearance, crazy huge and it looked inviting but she just wanted to go home, be with her friends, go back to college, see that her parents were alright. That her dad wouldn't gamble anymore and put her mom's life in danger too. She knew it was wishful thinking, but she hoped her sacrifice taught want him some sort of lesson.
God, she just wanted to go home. With that in mind, she turned back into the forest. Boots crunching over leaves and twigs as she went. Being wary of her surroundings, a few moments later, her feet caught on a larger branch and she fell to her knees, scrapping them and her palms up on thicker, more harsh twigs in the process. She could already feel the flayed burn on her skin. “Damn it.”
MIRROR MAZE
This is the kind of thing she lived for. Fun house mazes, ferris wheels, games, animals everywhere despite the fact that she didn't like them having to be entertainment for human beings but she had to grow used to it and she would.
She moved through the maze at a slow pace, taking it all in. Her body grew disproportionate in size, grew long, grew shorter than she already was, and fat at that. She was grateful for that extra inch above 4'11 suddenly.
She stopped in front of a mirror that made her slightly shorter and thick, smiling as she made a face, sticking out her tongue and putting her fingers in her new cat ears as she crossed her eyes. Yeah, this wasn't so bad. “I'm acting like I'm ten again. Get a grip, Sam.”
She dropped smile, but she noted that the smile remained on the mirror image suddenly. She blinked, eyebrow raised as she made anothr face, but the smile remained. “Um...okay.”
As she was about to walk away from the strange... thing, she heard it. ”Poor Sam. Daddy ruined your life and now you're stuck here. I bet he doesn't care though, probably glad to be rid of his rally gathering daughter who caused him nothing but grief as a teenager.”
Sam blinked. “Excuse me? Who are you?” She turned around, looking about wildly.
”It was me, dumbass.”
She turned on the mirror image. Feeling a little bit of fear run through her. “Whatever you are. Shut up.”
The smile grew menacing. “But it's true. Isn't it? You mad him so sad and sometimes mad, all the time. Trying to get that vegan menu instated to the high school lunch menu, staging a rally against that kill animal shelter for inhumane ways of disposing animals. You always caused your parents hearts to ache. Sometimes, they thought of sending you off somewhere, just for awhile, until you got your head on straight.”
Sam's mouth set into a grim line. “You don't know anything about me.”
I know, everything about you.”
Sam decided to ignore it and turned on her heel, walking back into the fun house, deciding to look for the way out.
Sam | Until Dawn
She felt like an idiot. Who takes a bargain from some stranger in exchange for money and their father's life? Sam Charleston, apparently. She had no choice in the matter, not really. If she hadn't, her dad would have a bullet hole in his head and her mom would too since the debt would fall to her. Dad was even more of an idiot for being a gambling addict and betting on football games like he had the money to even do so.
So, here she was, covered in thisles and thorns after getting out of the strange and unusual forest. Everything seemed to have a bright glow and she was sure she saw a purple frog in the pond she passed. Favorite color and everything but any animal that was purple besides a chameleon spelled trouble.
She stared at the circus, it was huge in appearance, crazy huge and it looked inviting but she just wanted to go home, be with her friends, go back to college, see that her parents were alright. That her dad wouldn't gamble anymore and put her mom's life in danger too. She knew it was wishful thinking, but she hoped her sacrifice taught want him some sort of lesson.
God, she just wanted to go home. With that in mind, she turned back into the forest. Boots crunching over leaves and twigs as she went. Being wary of her surroundings, a few moments later, her feet caught on a larger branch and she fell to her knees, scrapping them and her palms up on thicker, more harsh twigs in the process. She could already feel the flayed burn on her skin. “Damn it.”
MIRROR MAZE
This is the kind of thing she lived for. Fun house mazes, ferris wheels, games, animals everywhere despite the fact that she didn't like them having to be entertainment for human beings but she had to grow used to it and she would.
She moved through the maze at a slow pace, taking it all in. Her body grew disproportionate in size, grew long, grew shorter than she already was, and fat at that. She was grateful for that extra inch above 4'11 suddenly.
She stopped in front of a mirror that made her slightly shorter and thick, smiling as she made a face, sticking out her tongue and putting her fingers in her new cat ears as she crossed her eyes. Yeah, this wasn't so bad. “I'm acting like I'm ten again. Get a grip, Sam.”
She dropped smile, but she noted that the smile remained on the mirror image suddenly. She blinked, eyebrow raised as she made anothr face, but the smile remained. “Um...okay.”
As she was about to walk away from the strange... thing, she heard it. ”Poor Sam. Daddy ruined your life and now you're stuck here. I bet he doesn't care though, probably glad to be rid of his rally gathering daughter who caused him nothing but grief as a teenager.”
Sam blinked. “Excuse me? Who are you?” She turned around, looking about wildly.
”It was me, dumbass.”
She turned on the mirror image. Feeling a little bit of fear run through her. “Whatever you are. Shut up.”
The smile grew menacing. “But it's true. Isn't it? You mad him so sad and sometimes mad, all the time. Trying to get that vegan menu instated to the high school lunch menu, staging a rally against that kill animal shelter for inhumane ways of disposing animals. You always caused your parents hearts to ache. Sometimes, they thought of sending you off somewhere, just for awhile, until you got your head on straight.”
Sam's mouth set into a grim line. “You don't know anything about me.”
I know, everything about you.”
Sam decided to ignore it and turned on her heel, walking back into the fun house, deciding to look for the way out.