The Jester
A young girl named Talia would wake up to a dark night sky where the stars appeared to move in a circle like as if pulled into a spiral, she got up and her attention would immediately be set on the sight of a large festival with loads of bright beautiful lights and the smell of wonderful food.
“What is this place?” Talia asked herself as she got up off the grass and began to make her way towards the festival, it’s lights mesmerizing and the smell that filled her nose and lungs like no other such tastier then anything she had smelt her mother make.
As she made her way towards the town the closer she got she began to notice a large castle standing behind it, the castle was huge and it was illuminated with by moonlight as if the moon was made for it. As she continued to walk she noticed some landmarks near the town like a nearby pumpkin farm with a large field of pumpkins, she stared at the pumpkins as they were all in large and small sizes all of them being different from the other all while a large scarecrow was planted in the middle of the field with 2 crows sitting on each side of it cawing and flapping their wings. Talia soon made it to the town where she could see other kids and adults alike dancing and celebrating, she then would see the food cooking inside bakery stores and the meats cooked at large gatherings. Music filled the air as she heard wonderful music, music that played better then anything she had ever heard. She wanted to dance, eat and play with everyone else as she saw everyone was having a joyful time.
“Can it be” said a voice, Talia searched and looked around for the mysterious voice when Suddenly a large figure leaped over one of the bakeries and landed in front of her.
It was a large and lanky Jester, he appeared to be much taller then some of the people around him and much taller then any of the light polls as him just simply bending down towards her he still dwarfed most objects around him. The Jester was colored in bright orange and with a dark black as his secondary color of choice, his fingers were long and his nails longer and painted with the same colors as his clothes, but all of that wasn’t as bad as the mask he wore for it showed a smiling face with a tear and dark eyes with the mouth inside showing two fangs. Talia stared at the Jester frightened
“Well your not from around here are you now little one” said the Jester “Well no, but I noticed your guy’s festival and I just had to take a peak and see what it was about” Talia said
“Well this festival is meant to celebrate the Queen’s arrival to the kingdom my fare child, but the Queen hasn’t arrived in a long time sadly enough, Oh! But wait your here now and now that I look at you, you do indeed resemble the queen” said the Jester as his words became filled with more happiness
“Oh I cant be your queen, I’m from somewhere else” replied Talia as she took a step back while trying to not alert the Jester
“Oh and where are you from now?” Said the Jester as he took a step forward easily closing the space between them once more
“Well I-...I....I don’t remember” said Talia worried
“Can’t remember? Hu well isn’t that a darn shame now isn’t it heheh, perhaps you were running from something or maybe you do belong here and that tiny brain of yours just doesn’t realize it yet hehe” said the Jester with glee
" But I don’t know anything about this place I’m from...” Talia said
However she couldn’t seem to remember her home all of sudden, it seemed as if she just couldn’t remember her home
“I...I can’t remember my home” Talia said worried
“Perhaps it’s because this is your home” The Jester said as his hand reached towards her.
Talia winced away from the Jester and then began to run away much to the Jester’s displeasure
“Dear OH dear now Queen’s Shouldn’t run. Your supposed to be elegant and graceful” said the Jester
The Jester then quickly followed Talia as his massive size made it easy to chase after her, but hard to catch her as she easily was able to slip through his slender fingers.
“Come back don’t be afraid the townspeople only want their queen and what is a kingdom without its queen, well nothing, but a empty husk of a place” the Jester said as he continued his pursuit.
Talia noticed the pumpkin field again and made for it as soon as she could. Talia jumped over the fence and then ran into the field
" Do you like pumpkins? The townspeople make excellent pumpkin pies” the Jester said as he walked over the fence and searched for the girl amongst the pumpkins.
Talia hid behind a large Pumpkin to the far left of the field keeping as quiet as possible while the Jester searched and looked around Pumpkins as he searched around
“Playing hide and seek, are we? I love to play games too, but a queen shouldn’t be in such a dirty place for only the best sleepers play in the dirt” the Jester said as he looked around yet another pumpkin.
Soon though the Jester would grow tired of his search
“This is absurd and yet I can’t deny that being around such delectable pumpkins as a con, JACK! I NEED YOU TO FIND OUR QUEEN! SHE’S HIDING IN YOUR FIELDS, BRING HER TO THE CASTLE WHEN YOU FIND HER!!” shouted the Jester as he left the field and went back to town.
Talia wrapped her arms around herself and leaned against a pumpkin
“What’s going on...why am I here...” Talia said with sorrow as she began to feel helpless and her situation overwhelming until suddenly a figure in the corner of her eye began to move, she jumped and looked towards the figure and noticed that it was a boy with a Pumpkin head.
