Teddy bear

Chapter One

Hello, I am vesper. You probably know me as Finley, but Vesper is what I'm called in a place far far away, a place that nobody can access unless I tell them explicitly how to get there. A place where if I tell adults about it they won't believe me, and there's a good chance that by the end of the story, you won't believe me either. I don't mind that, it makes it so only the people with the biggest imaginations can get there. This place is The Land of Outlandish. And the story I am about to tell takes place there, on a small island called Surrealand.

Since this is meant to be a short story, I can't get too far into detail, but to sum it up my previous best friend, Ozwald Oscar Oddmen ran the most biggest extraordinary dazzling circus in all of outlandish. No one was the same after they left. The show was bewildering and amazing, and the majority of beans (That's what living creatures on outlandish are called) can agree that no one's life is complete without seeing it.

Ozwald is a brother of 99,562, as you can imagine, he doesn't get that much attention. That's one of the reasons why he loved performing so much, to have crowds of millions of beans screaming and cheering for him... but how did he get all these beans to know who he was? Well, he did that by lying and terrifying civilians.

Werewolves. When you hear the word, what do you think? Probably something from horror movies or nightmares, but they are half-breeds just like me. in contrast, they are only wolfing during the full moon, the rest of the time they’re humans. Innocent civilians trying to live their lives in peace.

One day Ozwald's baby sister, Julia, was attacked by a werewolf. Ozwald told a bunch of people, but no one cared. So, Ozwald decided to lie about the attack, saying it was bigger. Saying his sister died. saying the werewolf is still out there, and no one has gotten justice. In his defense, the not getting justice part is true. Since the Oddmen siblings are in the thousands, He made up a sibling and said she died. That got the attention of beans of all sorts. Authorities were looking for the werewolf that did it. Ozwald liked the attention. At that time, his circus wasn't that big, he used the media of the werewolf attacks to advertise his circus. Saying it was a safe place from the wolves, the only building laced with silver. More people started showing up he started getting more money and his circus became bigger.

Ozwald was the first friend I made in outlandish. I was relatively new there, and I didn't know the punishments of law well at the time. But once I got to know Ozwald a little better, he told me his secret. He told me that the threats of werewolves attacks were much less severe than what I'd heard. He explained why he was spreading his lies, and he told me that if I tell anyone he will be assassinated. Either he dies and the werewolves are less in danger, or he lives in the werewolves are in danger. I wanted to help my friend. So, I decided to keep a secret. little did I know that in Outlandish when you cause harm to others, the shadow spirits are attracted to you. They change your brain more and more every day. The only way to get rid of the Shadow spirits is by doing community service. Community service can be simple jobs like gardening or being a firefighter, living out your worst nightmare in attempts to make outlandish more beautiful, and teaching you a lesson.

You're probably wondering why Ozwald didn't just do community service while he was running the circus... let's just say that he was obsessed with the circus. Terrified of being caught, he covered his face with a shadowy hat. He lived and breathed and put his all into the circus. The shadow monsters have got to his head, at this point he was barely himself anymore . If he would to do community service, it would be his worst nightmare.

8th of May 2020: Ozwald's Point of View
Woesif: Hello dear friend
Ozwald: H-Hello??
Woesif: Are you hungry?
Ozwald: No...
Woesif: I think you should eat.
Ozwald: As I do believe said before I am not very hungry. Thank you very much.
Woesif: Fine.
Ozwald: Fine.
Woesif: I don't mean you any harm, you know.
Ozwald: Well I don't believe that. I was warned about you.
Woesif: Just like you warned the beans about the werewolves?
Ozwald: Don't go there.
Woesif: I'm just saying... not everything you hear is true.
Ozwald: Why. why in the name of the holy Christian trinity should I trust you?
Woesif: but you're not Christian...? anyways, trust me because I am you. Do you have any reason not to trust yourself?
Ozwald: uh duh! I obviously do! I'm a liar! I lie to get what I want.
Woesif: I see... well, luckily, I'm not 100% you. but I am a better you. Let me help you.
Ozwald: I don't know... WAIT I DO KNOW!! No no no! I'm not going to listen to you!
Woesif: shh, Oz-
Ozwald: SHUT UP!
Woesif: Hey it's going to be okay.
Ozwald: no no no...

Woesif approached closer to Ozwald, only inches away from his face. Vines ran up his legs and he had to stay in place. Ozwald felt calmer, almost sleepy.
Woesif: Do you trust me?
Ozwald: I don't know
woesif: I SAID DO YOU TRUST ME!?! I HAD ENOUGH OF THESE GAMES! Please, please just-
Ozwald: I won't trust you until you earn my trust.
Woesif: Okay... Vesper, he's your best friend right.
Ozwald: Mind reading is illegal
Woesif: Oh child, I am your mind.
silence
Woesif: Vesper. Well, I can promise you that you have more reason to trust me, than any of your friends.

Somehow the monster saw my secret. I know it was wrong, and I'm not proud of it, but I told lavender (Ozwald's little sister) about the furry little secret (Ozwald named it, not me).

Ozwald has been so consumed with this circus, it wasn't healthy! His secret was making him paranoid. So much so that he hides his face so he can't be identified. He doesn't talk to his siblings that depend on him... He stopped talking to me. And I missed him. Also, his sister deserved to know the truth. Why he stopped talking to her, and why he changed so much. I'm new to surrealand, I'm new to the land of outlandish in general. I didn't know that if you don't do community service it costs you. I learned my lesson the hard way.

I was tutoring lavender Ozwald's little sister Lavander, I'm basically raising her at this point. the big furry secret just slipped out! It wasn't my fault... was it? I wanted to be the one that tells her because someday she will inherit it, and if the truth comes from me then she will know that she can run the circus without hurting werewolves and... without turning into her brother.

Ozwald: that...THAT RAT!!- NO NO NO, you're making this up!! he would never! he would never tell my secrets!

Woesif: He's planning to tell more people... in fact, he's planning to announce it to the world. Now you see boy, I'm the only one you can truly trust. now... will you let me help you?

Ozwald: NO! NO, I CANT TRUST YOU! YOU"R A MONSTER!

Woesif: Wow... you don't have to be so aggressive. You dug your own grave. If you are not going to come clean and help the werewolves, I dought I'm the real monster.

Ozwald: DON'T YOU SEE??? I'M IN TOO DEEP! I can't come clean...

Woesif: Then you must do the next best thing. Preserve the bond of those you have gathered.

Ozwald: What are you saying?

Woesif: You have to kill Vesper.