*This is a crossover fanfic between two characters named Crybaby and Laughing Jack. Laughing Jack was created by Snuffbomb and is part of the Creepypasta fandom. Crybaby is the persona of singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez. I thought to myself one day “What if Laughing Jack was in Crybaby’s life?” Hence, the beginning of this series. This part of the story is based off the song “Carousel” by Melanie Martinez. I recommend watching Melanie Martinez music videos and googling “Crybaby Melanie Martinez” and “Laughing Jack” so you can know the lore of these characters. @4revgreen here is another Creepypasta fanfic if you are interested. I have Gacha Club character designs in my wall. Enjoy!*
Crybaby had been stuck on the carousel for who knew how long? She couldn’t get off, no matter how hard she tried.
Wouldn’t Alphabet boy help her? Surely, her boyfriend would save the day?
The two girls were laughing at her. Even the ringmaster was laughing!
No one came to help!
The cotton candy she ate earlier spewed out of her mouth as pink globs. The bright colors and the constant spinning was beginning to make her nauseous.
And those infamous tears were beginning to slide from her face again!
Why, why, why couldn’t she stop crying?
There he was! Alphabet boy! Holding more cotton candy in his hand! Maybe he could tell the guy to stop the ride! Maybe he would help! Maybe they could eat cotton candy together later!
Her tears stopped for a moment.
“Have fun, Crybaby.”
“What do you mean? What are you doing?”
He slid the pink treat in the coin slot machine.
Her face darkened.
He knew the machine and the carousel were connected.
He knew she would ride faster with them.
He trapped her in the carousel.
The inevitable tears were coming down faster now, as if drowning her entire face away. No one would help her. No one would save her.
Not even Alphabet boy.
The carnival was nothing more than a blur of colors now…
Then there was really nothing. Darkness. The entire place was shut down.
She felt hands untying the rope that kept her on the horse.
Crybaby looked up.
Her savior was a clown. A monochrome clown, with long black claws and striped arms.
Despite him being a clown, he didn’t look very happy. His eyes held a certain duskiness to them that would have frightened her if he weren’t the one saving her.
The ropes came undone.
She got off the horse and gawked at the clown. She couldn’t help it.
He looked so terrifying…so evil.
Yet he saved her.
“Take a picture, it lasts longer.”
“I-I-I’m sorry, but w-w-why did y-y-you s-s-s-save m-m-m-me?” She stuttered.
He smirked, but not in a mean way.
His claw was outstretched towards her hand.
She took it.
They walked off the carousel together.
He sighed.
“You looked like you needed help. I helped you.”
She sensed there was something he wasn’t telling her.
But she wouldn’t press him about it. She knew what it felt like. To pretend everything was fine when it was actually falling apart.
“Thank you! You’re so kind!” Crybaby smiled, thanking him instead.
No one had ever been nice to her like him, especially Alphabet boy. He liked to criticize and tease her. Come to think of it, she didn’t know why expected him to save her anyway.
The clown didn’t smile back.
“I’m no angel. If you knew me, you wouldn’t feel the same.”
“That’s okay. No one is perfect.”
He laughed.
“Oh, if only you knew.”
“Well, either way, I still like you.”
They entered the entrance gates of the carnival.
“What’s your name?” Crybaby asked, for she felt like she ought to know his name.
“I’m Laughing Jack. Yours?”
“Crybaby.”
“Are you calling me a crybaby?”
“No. That’s my name. My name is Crybaby.”
“Well, I don’t think you’re one.”
“You wouldn’t say that if you knew me.”
“So I guess we both have secrets, eh?”
“Yeah.”
She smiled at him. He sure was wonderful!
Laughing Jack knelt down to his knee. He presented her with a cake pop. She couldn’t tell what flavor it was in the dark, but she liked it all the same.
“A chocolate cake pop for you, M’lady.”
“Thank you!”
She took it from his claw and was about to bite it, but then she looked at his lonely, sad eyes and…
“What are you doing?”
“Hugging you.”
“Why?”
“Because you need one.”
He didn’t hug her back at first.
Then, she felt long arms embracing her.
“You can have my cake pop. You need it more than me.”
“No. I gave it to you. It’s yours.”
The lights turned back on.
Her strange monochrome friend disappeared.
“Hey Crybaby, why are you hugging the air?”
She lowered her arms to her sides.
“Where did you get that cake pop?”
“From a friend. He was here too.”
She bit into the treat. It was so lovely! It practically melted in her mouth!
Alphabet boy wrapped an arm around her waist as if nothing happened between them. As if he hadn’t left her behind on that carousel.
Maybe she’d see the clown again…
*Alphabet boy is the name of the blond boy in the “Carousel” music video. The two girls, the ringmaster, the cotton candy vomiting, they’re all in the music video. The difference is Laughing Jack getting involved.*
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