I Need A Hand
August 13th, 2009 by mattdallasEver heard of a ninja called Sasori? Yeah, I hid under one of his puppet last Holloween, but here’s the fun part, his own body is also a puppet. Isn’t it cool? He’s made of wood and he cant feel any pain or emotion. After knowing about him, I was so inspired, I made a ghost story out of him.
Last month I went camping with a few friends, since my show got cancelled and I have nothing better to do. I mostly did all the work and they ate all the food. When I say, “Hey, I need a hand with this thing” they’d only say, “Ask someone else!”
I get pissed in these kind of things real easily, so I thought of something to get back at them and decided to prank on these lazy bums. After I made the fire, we roasted some marshmellows and had a chat. “You know Matt, I heared a rumor about you masturbating in the tent with some porn magazines, all naked men in it, last summer” said Madisson. “Whatever…” I replied. Davies choked on his drink and said, “Can we talk about something less gross, something like a ghost story?”. Then it hit me, I can scare this people to death after all the unappreciated work I did for them. They invited me to go camping with them and they treat me like the way they treated me when we were kids. I only wanted a lilttle respect, but not the way my fans respect me. Is that too much to ask? “Ai! Maybe MJ here can go first!” suggested Garreth while sipping on his home-made tea from Britain. “Not a chance, Garreth. Matt can’t tell us a ghost story even if his life depend on it. He’s more of a fun guy than the creepy story teller. He’s more on jokes and fooling around.” Explained Madisson. “Oh! Butterbiscuits! Now what d’we do now?” said Garreth. “On the contrary, Madisson, I may be the funny guy, but that doesnt stop me from being serious and unleashing my unrelenting terror…” “Alright! Tell us one already!” Interupted Madisson. I went in my tent and get something in my bag then went back at them flashing a light on my face to make them feel eerie. “That light wont help you, Matt. You’re still cute and I’m not afraid of cute.” Teased Davies.
It all started way back on 18th century. There lived a very handsome taylor, who was the best in the whole state of Arizona. He specializes in making wedding gowns. Every woman in their village is inlove with that man. His name was Matthew - “Oh great! Now YOU’RE the ghost story!” Shut up and let me finish! He wasnt interested with the woman who are all falling for him since he was still looking for a very special woman. One day, a very strange looking stage coach arrived in the village. It was owned by a very rich and powerful woman. She was the daughter of a governor and landlord in the state. She decided to settle in that village to have an independent life on her own. Her name was Elizabeth. “Swan?” No! Just Elizabeth. One day, Matthew and Elizabeth met on a tavern and they both fell inlove. They were both perfect and everyone was talking about them. The news spread very fast and it reached the Governor. He was so unhappy about it. He didnt raised her daughter just to marry a common peasant! He paid a murderer for hire a large sum of money just to take Matthew out. The next morning, Matthew was found dead in his shop. Elizabeth was crying and suspected his dad had something to do with it. Before Matthew was burried, Elizabeth went to the heart of the forest and consulted a witch who lives in there. The witch offer her a choice, give her a potion that would make her fall out of love from Matthew, or bring him back to life. She decided to bring him back to life since she misses her so much. The witch ordered her to take a glass full of blood from Matthew’s body and a “vessel” to which to put Matthew’s ressurected spirit. She did what she was asked and brought forth his blood and a manequin from Matthew’s shop. The witch drew some wierd runes to the manequin’s entire body and chanted the incantation, “With this blood of the fallen, I call his soul to rise again. Use this new vessel and strife, let this give you new life!!!” A few seconds later, the manequin rose and walked to Elizabeth who is now happy. Matthew asked what was wrong with him. He was not breathing but he’s alive. He cant feel his heart beat and he cant feel what he used to feel over Elizabeth. The witch explaind it all to him. Mathew was so shocked, he went wild and accidentally pushed Elizabeth to the fireplace where she was burned alive. The witch was laughing and Matthew didnt felt any remorse and sadness on Elizabeth’s death or even vengence to Elizabeth’s father. He ran off back to his shop and he feels no craving to sew dresses which was his favorite thing to do. He was lost inside. All he ever felt inside was the shock of being an unfeeling puppet. That night, a man saw him and got frightened of his look. Matthew realized the only way to look normal is to kill the one who saw his true figure and cut off his skin and use it as his own. Matthew’s new goal was to feel again! If he places someone’s heart to his wooden chest, maybe he can feel his heart beat. And if he cut someone’s tongue, maybe he can taste again. But it was no use. He killed alot of people for a couple of century, but all it did was to keep him alive. Everytime a part of him rots, he replaces it with someone else’s. But he still believes that there’s a special someone out there who has the body parts that would make him feel alive again. Just like what he felt about Elizabeth… Then one day, I met Matthew himself in a dark alley, he said he want my body because I’m hot, cute, and -
“Wait just a darn minute. You’re telling me that he is real and you met that guy? Is this some kind of a sick prank?!” Davies interupted. “He’s real guys, really.” I said calmly. “Yeah right, we believe you!” said Madisson sarcastically. “Well, if the bloke is indeed real, er-, How d’you knew his story and get here to tell us all about it in one piece and the fuss and all?” Garreth asked. Everyone was curious then I said, “Who said I got away?” very seriously. They all burst in laughter and even Madisson cried a bit, while I just smiled. “Hey, Garreth. Pass me a cola will you?” I asked and Garreth took one from the ice box and threw it to me. When I catched the it, everyone was shocked to see the cola knocked my hand off my wrist and fell on the ground… While they were staring at it, I began to laugh maniacly. “Hey guys, I need a hand.” I said in a wierd tone. “Aaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” The boys screamed like crazy and ran away while Madisson fainted. Oopps! I forgot she had a weak heart.
They didnt knew I put on the lucky manequin’s hand Crazy Ruben gave me while I was getting my flashlight in my tent. I was the scariest and funniest prank I ever did on my childhood friends. Scaredy Cats! Hahaha. And that night, I had 2 choices when I was alone… What to bring into my tent? Madisson? or Garreth’s porn magazine he left behind?
Guess what I had chosen!





