The Fun House

It was a dim, warm summer night. The grass was damp and stars filled the sky. Blankets lay over the ground to flip the world upside down for a brief moment. The constellations in the sky stood out like a smile on a gloomy day. Lying down on the blankets were Blake, Adam and Anders. With their minds at ease and their imaginations high, the three best friends went on a journey. Having the time of their lives and gazing into the endless sky, Blake and Adam found the Big Dipper. Anders, being the alert one, seemed to have found a perfectly shaped clown face within the stars. Startled, he wanted to find a quiet, protected place to stay. Anders asked Blake and Adam to go inside the lit up house across deserted road. The two boys knew about Ders’ childhood fear and agreed with persuasion. As they started toward the house, which seemed to be abandoned, Anders heard a honk of a horn that sounded very familiar. Not knowing where the sound was coming from, he frantically looked around. As Anders seen the concerned look on his friends faces, knowing the sound wasn’t heard, he found himself asking where the noise was coming from.

Blake was worried for his frightened friend. He offered Anders some water, told him to sit down and take deep breaths. Adam was fed up with their nonsense and said with a stern yet innocent voice “Ders you’re freaking me out. Stop it!” Blake was worried for all of them and had hurried them to the building. Once they all got there safe and sound, Anders was the most relieved. He thought to himself Why had my friends heard what I had? And why were they not scared. As he forgot about the weird incident after a few beers there was a loud cackling and horns that Blake and Adam had heard this time. They all thought it was a prank that their friend, Carl would pull. The boys weren’t scared this time. A monstrous clown had rode around from the corner on a unicycle. Laughing a taunting laugh, the boys didn’t think this was a prank any longer. Blake felt a strange burst of courage and in an attempt to save his friends; he stood up to this strange and scary clown. He yelled at him to get lost before he called the cops. The clown honked his unicycle horn once again and laughed even louder. This left the boys trembling in fear.  Anders was frozen in place, Blake still somehow standing his ground and Adam screaming the highest pitch scream. Running around and around in circles like a Mary-go-round the three best friends were forced to face a childhood fear. The lights were flickering and more clowns were appearing. Blake, Adam and Ders said what they thought would be their last words to each other. As the cackling clowns drew closer and closer Anders had noticed the clowns painted mouths were in fact smeared blood over their tormented smiles. The boys were crying in the corner surrounded with the lights flickering on and off. The lights shut off and came back on in a quick moment. Leaving just enough time for Adam to grab his cooler friend, Blake, for safety. When the lights turned back on it was only Anders missing.

Blake cried out into the empty building “DERS! MY BABY! MY LITTLE ANGEL! WE’LL FIND YOU!”. Adam was relieved it wasn’t them taken, he suggested they go home and leave Anders like nothing happened. Blake ignored Adams request and called 9-1-1. The police laughed in their faces once they arrived on the scene. With no luck and no help from the police they couldn’t find Ders. In the next few hours Adam and Blake were still shaken up and looking for Anders, not giving up hope. From a distance they seen Anders appear in a clown costume, the same one they’d seen before. He attempted to unicycle over to his best pals and said nonchalantly
“Hey, dudes.”.

Adam was so relieved and excited his friend was alive. He jumped into Anders’ arms and cried.“WE ALMOST DIED! WE ALMOST DIED THAT WAS SO SCARY. I’VE HAD A REALIZATION..WE’VE BEEN ALIVE FOR 24 YEARS AND WE HAVEN’T EVEN DONE ANYTHING WITH OUR LIVES. I’VE NEVER EVEN JET SKIED OFF A WATERFALL. I’VE NEVER EVEN HOT AIR BALLOONED AROUND THE WORLD. WE’VE NEVER EVEN SEEN THE EXPENDABLES..”.

“..We have though.” Blake replied.

“WHATEVER THE POINT IS WE NEED TO DO MORE BAD ASS STUFF! I HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN LIKE 7 YEARS AND THAT WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE! AND I'M BLOWING IT!”. Adam yelled.

After Adam was calmed down Anders explained that it was in fact Carl, their drug dealer and friend, who had pulled this elaborate prank on them. Carl explained his reasoning for the very mean yet very funny prank was to get Anders over his childish fear.

“How’d you get all those people dressed up as clowns just to scare us, dude” Blake said.

Carl replied “What do you mean brosif, it was just me and Ders..”.
“WHAT THE DIDDLY DARN WERE WE SMOKING LAST NIGHT?!” Adam screamed with confusion.

By: Jeni Danroth