At last the summer months had arrived once more. It was a hot day in June and the biggest festival of the year was about to start. A little boy was looking forward to this particular day, as it was the first time his parents allowed him to go.

Paul had a hard time sleeping last night, as he had heard amazing stories about the festival from his brother, Steve. Music, dancers, exotic food, ice-cooled drinks.. it had it all. He was able to taste all the goodies by just thinking about them.

After staying awake all night, his alarm clock finally went off. It was 8 a.m. and he jumped out of his bed. Despite his lack of sleep, he still had plenty of energy to go and wake his brother up.

"Come on Steve, let's go! Let's go!" said the boy.

"Yeah yeah, I'll get ready.. We'll leave quickly because Anna is coming later tonight, I want to be home early."

Anna was Steve's girlfriend, they met each other at the festival 9 years ago. After growing up however, she was no longer interested in the festival and neither was Steve. He just accompanied his little brother as he was still too young and naive to go alone. To ensure he wouldn't have to spend all day there, he secretly made a plan to meet up with Anna so that he would be able to cheat his way home early.

Half an hour later, they were already on the bus, heading towards the festival. After paying the entrance fee, Steve led his brother towards the activities he liked to do when he was a kid. After all, even though he didn't want to waste his day, he was there and might as well give his favorite (and only) brother have an amazing day. They took some pictures together and Paul undoubtedly had the best day of his life.

"It's getting late Paul, let's go catch a bus home," said Steve, feeling a little tired after following his energetic brother all day.

"But it's only 4pm! Can't we just please go get something else to eat? Please?" said the dejected Paul with a sulky face.

"Fine, let's go get you some more candy for the way home."

Steve had given in to the irresistible charms of his little brother once again.. Although he acted like a tough big brother, he actually really loved his little bro. Looking at the big smile his little brother had, he figured it was all worth it in the end.

As they were walking towards one of the many candy stalls, they saw a strange man with a deformed face walking past them. Just looking at his face caused both brothers to shiver.. The man looked at Paul and smiled slightly.

'Creepy bastard!' Steve thought.

Suddenly, the man stopped in his tracks and started shouting. The shout was as if he was screaming and singing at the same time, creating a very strange noise. Thousands of people around them abruptly rushed towards the man.

Paul and Steve looked back towards the noise and had no idea what was happening, it seemed as if those people were possessed or hypnotized by the sounds the man created!

"F***! It's that creepy bastard! Let's get the f*** out of here! What is this sorcery?!" Steve said.

"Mom says you're not allowed to swear bro!" Little Paul answered, although he definitely agreed to get out of there. This was simply too creepy!

Steve quickly led his brother away after grumbling at his comment... but by acting scared himself, he noticed that his little brother had become completely terrified..

They decided to make a run for it, as far away from the creepy bastard as possible! Not even daring to take the bus, they ran all the way home. After an hour of running, they arrived at the gate of their home, completely exhausted. They greeted the janitor as they walked through the gates of their parents' property. A huge driveway was behind the gate, leading to a cozy castle surrounded by a forest.

They were indeed two pampered boys who were raised in a castle. Their grandfather had made some crazy deals on the stock market and their entire family was to enjoy his wealth.

Arriving at the castle, the brothers met their parents who were waiting for them excitedly. Their parents quickly realized something was wrong though, as they noticed their sons' scared faces.

After catching his breath, the traumatized Paul told them about the strange man at the festival. Their parents quickly calmed him down though, as it was probably just a little boy's fantasy running rampant. How could such a weird thing possibly happen on earth? They figured Paul was probably just too excited and exhausted...

Later that evening, Paul was dozing off on the sofa. After all, he barely had any sleep last night. In the room next to him, Steve and his mother were having a discussion...

"Did you make that story up Steve?! How could you scare your little brother like that, you're still so immature!" reprimanded his mother.

"Ma, you don't get it.. It's not a f***ing lie! That was some f***ed up sh**!" shouted Steve.

"Stop acting, and stop swearing. This isn't even funny."

"It's not a F**KING ACT MOM!!"

"Oh Steve, that's it! Don't even think about seeing Anna tonight! How many times do I have to tell you not to swear so much! When will you finally grow up to be an example for your little brother?!"

"But mom, I--"

"No buts about it! Carry your brother to his bed and I don't want to see that lying face of yours anymore tonight, young man!"

Steve knew that when his mother is angry, there's no way around it. So he bottled up his frustrations and brought Paul upstairs to his bedroom. She'd come around if he had some proof. After all, someone must have recorded the strange event. He'd show her the recording tomorrow. After going to his own bedroom, he quickly texted Anna not to enter through the gate, as his mom didn't allow her to come tonight. It wasn't the first time this happened. Steve and Anna already had their ways to sneak in and out of the house.

"I was almost at the gate already.. Close one! What did you do this time, bad boy?" Anna teasingly sent back to Steve.

"I'll talk to you later, just get over the wall like usual."

"Okaaaay, see you soon ????!"

3 minutes later, Anna was sitting on top of the wall that bordered the domain of her boyfriend. Before jumping off, she looked back as she heard the sound of somebody clapping two hollow coconuts together. 'Oh, it's just some horses and a carriage.'

'.....!!!!! Wait, who even drives a carriage in this era?!!!' she thought.

Seeing the carriage, she decided to watch it a little bit before going to Steve, being 5 minutes later wouldn't matter too much. The carriage stopped further up, next to the wall, and two men with weird faces came out of it. They were talking to each other, but Anna was too far away to understand them.

Then she saw the strangest thing, the men's faces and bodies changed to Paul and Steve! They were identical to the two brothers! 'Am I getting sick? What is happening right here?' she thought as she felt dizzy.