2. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Put yourself in your favorite Christmas movie.

Hope y'all like Scrooge.

I stand still as time passes, almost like it's being fast-forwarded. It stops every now and then and lets some scenes play at their normal speed. I watch as an old man walks across a snow-covered street, while the people around him shy away. He passes me, and a chill runs down my neck as his passing brings a cold air to my skin. I turn to watch him go, but time moves fast again, the scene in front of me a kaleidoscope of black and white dotted with bits of color. I see a flash of a candle, a man draped in chains. The old man from before is scared, confused. The chained man leaves the other there, but he isn't alone for long. The scenes slow, showing the man in his bed. Then a bell tolls.

Time moves faster. A woman in red appears and takes the man for a journey in his past. I stand beside them, watching children running, people dancing, and a younger version of the old man arm in arm with a woman. 

Happy.

The scene pauses, showing me a scale, one side holding a few coins, the other an abandoned wedding ring.

What happened that made this man so miserable?










Yeah, I didn't really know how to finish this, so there you go. : /