text: Ken was a kid after all so it only made sense to start with the kid rides. He would probably end up getting too scared with the adult ones and that would lead to some issues.
  
  "Alright Ken, let's start with the kid rides first since I remember those being really fun when I was your age and came here for the first time, trust me you'll enjoy them."
  
  Ken seemed a little disappointed at your starting choice, though he didn't argue with you over it and instead followed you while you took lead.
  
  The two of you started to ride some of the kiddy rides that could also be ridden by adults, though those were a bit few in between, with Ken having a sad face on almost all of them.
  
  It wasn't until then you noticed that you couldn't really do the kiddy rides if you couldn't ride with Ken, you would probably also look really creepy if you just stared at kids riding on the rides without having a little brother or sister with you, your plan was meeting lots of dead ends.
  
  "Alright Ken never mind I'm picking another option for our rides."
  
  Ken's sullen attitude so far changes immediately as he beams at this sudden news.
  
  "About time!"
  > medium thrill rides
  Ken was probably a little too young for the extreme roller coasters that they had here, with him also being a ghost, there was a chance of an accident happening that you wouldn't be able to intervene in.
  
  The medium rides wouldn't bore him but wouldn't be too dangerous either.
  
  "Alright then, let's do space mountain since the drops on that aren't really too bad," you say giving Ken your decision.
  
  "Yes! I knew you would pick that one! Come on I think I know the way I saw it on one of the billboard maps, I want to get those boring rides out of my mind!" Ken says as he starts running.
  
  "Hey wait!" Ignoring the looks of other park guests you start to run after Ken.
  
  Running throughout the park while taking breaks to look at the maps posted around, you finally reach the section containing space mountain as the two of you get into massive designated line.
  
  There were a pretty decent amount of people waiting, but it wasn't the size that you were expecting which was good.
  
  When it was finally your turn to take your seat, you picked the spot all the way in the back hoping that nobody else would ride with you, with Ken already taking up the seat next to you.
  
  By your lucks, you were able to save the empty seat as the man gave the thumbs up for the ride to start.
  
  "Are you sure there aren't any big drops or anything?" Ken says with genuine worry.
  
  "Yeah don't worry about it, it's just a really fun ride that swoops you around in the dark."
  
  Ken slowly nods as the lights begin to dim while the track starts to pull you with speed.
  
  "Oh my god that was awesome, I felt myself laughing the whole entire time! That as probably one of the best roller-coasters I've ever ridden!" Ken exclaims with adoration for what he had just experienced.
  
  "Yeah, it was pretty fun reliving that memory." You agree while keeping a steady pace along with the eager kid.
  
  On your walk to no actual destination, you stop by a cotton candy vendor and buy a stick. There was actually something you were looking to experiment with to see if it worked or not.
  
  Sitting down on a bench, you take off the covering for the cotton candy and point it at Ken's face who's taken aback a bit in surprise.
  
  "I can't eat that..." He says.
  
  "Don't eat it, lick it." You reply.
  
  "Huh?"
  
  "Try it, trust me." You say.
  
  A bit hesitant, Ken does as you say and licks a bit of the cotton candy.
  
  His eyes light up instantly as he begins to lick it more, with much more vigor.
  
  "I know you ghosts can't eat stuff, but I thought that you guys would still be able to taste since you can touch things and all." You explain while Ken indulges in pleasure.
  
  "I never thought I could do this since I was never able to grab anything before! This is great!"
  
  Touching the cotton candy with your hand, you felt no wetness from where Ken had touched. Still, though you were a little grossed out with eating the parts that he had licked, so you had torn off the bottom section for yourself to eat alone.
  
  After finishing your snacks and taking a quick trip to the bathroom, you went on the find the next ride that you could do together, though you already had two in mind.
  
  "Alright, kid do you want to do splash mountain or the rapid one where they put you in that circular tube kinda thingy." You say, letting him decide.
  
  "Splash mountain yes! Everyone at school always wanted to go on that and the ones who had said the feeling of your stomach dropping was so fun! I want to sit in the back though."
  
  "How come?" You ask.
  
  "Reasons, besides wouldn't it look weird if I sat in the front and no one could see me?"
  
  "Yeah that would be pretty weird, O.K, let's go get in line before it gets too big."
  
  The line to Splash Mountain was unsurprisingly the biggest one you had encountered at the park, mostly for it being the ride that almost everybody could go on, and everyone wanted to go on.
  
  While in line, Ken kept on racing back and forth from the front to where you were waiting to see how long it would be until it was your turn to ride, you were a bit worried he would push people which would lead to questions and hysteria, but he was careful to glide through the crowds with ease.
  
  When it finally came to be your own turn to get on after about ten minutes of waiting, you were able to get a log to yourself since you were the only single rider who wanted to get on in your section. Ignoring the weird looks some people gave, Ken asked you a question as soon as you were out of earshot from everyone else.
  
  "Are you sure this ride is safe, shouldn't it have seatbelts?" He asks worryingly.
  
  "Don't worry, people ride this thing every day. If you're really worried though just hang on to me when we reach the top." You assure him in which he just nods.
  
  As you begin to ascend the mountain, you and Ken both laugh at the animatronics that sing and talk throughout the ride. Though upon reaching the top, you feel Ken squirm behind you as if he's nervous.
  
  Even you feel a little queasy as you see the park before you atop of the drop.
  
  "Actually you may want to han-."
  
  You are interrupted as the log tips over the edge while you both let out a scream and Ken latches onto your back with his arms.
  
  The log causes a tremendous splash at the bottom as both of your bodies jerk forward from the momentum. A bit of your pants are soaked as you exit the ride.
  
  The same laughter that Ken had at Space Mountain is mirrored here as his head bobs up and down in enthusiasm.
  
  "That was freaking awesome! I want to go on it again!" He says with glee.
  
  You also shared his sentiment, but with how long the line was, you decided that it was best to just go on it later tonight when you had the free time.
  
  "Let's go to the picture kiosk, I want to see if I made a funny face." You say to Ken.
  
  You were the last one in line in the Kiosk, and since it was so crowded, you couldn't really see your own picture until it was your turn up in front. When the lady manning the kiosk looked at you, a bigger smile than she had before appeared on her face.
  
  "You and your little brother are probably one of the better pictures I've seen so fa today, his smile was so cute when he was hanging on behind you." She says with a laugh.
  
  At first, you think she had mistaken you with someone else, but as she points at the picture and you look at it, your heart drops almost instantly.
  
  Ken was indeed in the picture behind you, though his whole figure was a little bit hazed as if he wasn't all completely there.
  
  "Sorry about how he looks, the cameras can be a bit iffy with the water and all, I have to remember to tell my manager to get it checked out." She remarks.
  
  "N-No it's fine! Say how much is that picture?" You quickly stammer while taking out your wallet.
  
  I didn't do anything wrong did I...." Ken meekly says while the two of you sit on a bench as you look at the picture before you.
  
  "No, not at all! It's just I didn't think you would actually show up on the picture. Though honestly, I think it made it all the much better, the lady was right you did have a pretty dumb face while going down." You laugh trying to change the mood.
  
  "Not as dumb as yours, look how scared you look!" Ken replies with a smile while pointing at your face.
  
  Putting the picture away, you get up from the bench and give your arms a stretch.
  
  "Well we still got a lot of time to kill today with all these rides, we got to get as many done as we can before we leave." You say while pulling out your pamphlet map.
  
  "Yeah, I want to ride this one next! Someone at school told me that it was pretty fun and the lines aren't that long either!." Ken says with eagerness as he points to one of the attractions on the map.
  
  "Well let's get to it then." You say, putting the map back into your pocket.
  
  Off the two of you were, enjoying the rest of your day with the park that was before you.
  > later that day
  You didn't realize that you had been on so many rides until you felt the soreness of your body kick in as the sun had already set awhile ago.
  
  Ken was racing to get on as many rides as he could before the park was to close for the day, and you sluggishly raced after him as fast as your body could keep up. Though when it finally came time to leave, it seemed as if Ken was satisfied as he wasn't begging to stay longer.
  
  On board the bus back to the hotel, Ken kept on talking about the events that had happened throughout this long day.
  
  "Man Space Mountain was still probably one of the best rides I went on at the park, nothing else topped it," Ken states with absolute assuredness.
  
  "Yeah, I agree, though the whole entire day was pretty fun since we were able to ride every ride we wanted. For some reason though the day also felt so short." You state while thinking back at everything that happened.
  
  Ken nods in agreement. "Still though, it's not like I'm leaving regretting anything, I did everything I wanted too...". Ken's voice seemed to drop heavily as all the enthusiasm that he had seconds before almost instantly vanished.
  
  "Well that's good, this entire trip was for you to have a good time, I had one too. I honestly wish I could do this every weekend." You say with a little laugh, though Ken doesn't respond, and the rest of the ride is filled with an awkward smile.
  
  Upon arriving at the hotel and getting off the bus, Ken is slow, dragging his feet while you keep looking behind you to make sure you didn't lose him every two or three minutes.
  
  "Everything O.K man?" You asked worryingly since this was really out of place behavior compared to what happened today. Still, there was the silence, though Ken increased the speed at which he was walking this time.
  
  He didn't even bother opening the hotel room door, he just walked straight through it. You've never seen the kid be able to do that and now you were actually starting to worry, hastily opening the door with your key-card, you push it open and look for Ken in the main room, in which he is nowhere to be seen.
  
  "Ken!" You shout heavily, starting to look everywhere around the hotel room to see where he could be.
  
  You finally end up finding him as you see his legs sticking out from under his own bed.
  
  "Ken what the hell are you doing, you scared me. Get out from under there." You order with a sigh of relief.
  
  Seeing that his hiding spot had been compromised, Ken starts to squirm his way out while sitting himself down as he finished doing so, facing away from you.
  
  "Ken you have to tell me what's wrong, you're really starting to worry me. Did something happen on the bus?" You ask, remembering that his change of mood started there.
  
  He weakly shakes his head as he continues to not look at you, which makes you a little frustrated.
  
  You try to grab his shoulders in order to turn him around so that he can face you. Though your arms go straight through his body as the only thing you grasp is air.
  
  Seeing that, that wouldn't work you walk around him and kneel down so that you can get a look at his face.
  
  You kind of cringe a little on the inside when you see all the tears and snot that had built up all over his face, making it one big twisted mess while his red puffy eyes didn't want to make direct eye contact with you.
  
  "Ken you got to tell what's wrong..." You ask again, although this time with a much softer voice.
  
  Ken begins to wipe away the tears and snot from his face, but more keep flowing so it only makes them spread more.
  
  "I tho-thought I was h-happy. But after remembering everything, that I I-I'm going to leave soon. I just g-got scared..." Ken cries with numerous hiccups in between his words.
  
  "I don't want to leave, I had so much fun with you today and now I'm going to forget it all! I know you're going to make me leave as soon as we get home, but I'm not ready to leave...I'm scared.....I want to stay here and keep on having fun with you!" His tears were really falling now, you tried to grab his arm to console him but once again your hands went through his body. This probably had something to do with his emotions.
  
  You didn't really know what to say to him either. He was going to ascend as soon as G gave the word for him to do so. It's not like you didn't want him to stay either, you were having lot's of fun and you wish he could experience more with how young he was when he passed. Though you saw no way around this, he was going to move on whether you liked it or not, the only thing to do now was to try to give a positive outlook on the whole situation.
  
  Sitting down next to Ken you begin to speak.
  
  "Listen, kid. I had a lot of fun with you today, more than I probably had in a long ass time. I don't remember the last time I even went out before this, to be honest. Look I know you're scared, I would be too in your situation. What I'm trying to say though is that you should enjoy the memories that you've gotten to experience so far, the fun that you've had up to this point, there's no use in dwelling on the past or on things you can't change. I wasn't a very religious person before all of this, but if I was chosen to help you ascend up into the sky above, then that has to mean you have something to look forward too, something is waiting for you, and who knows maybe it's a lot better than this life." you say, trying to help him feel even a little bit better.
  
  Ken sniffled a little bit more as he wiped his nose with his palm. You didn't know ghosts could cry like this, how it was even possible, but now wasn't the time to question things like this.
  
  "Life's so unfair, I don't know why my dad had to take that bridge, if he hadn't none of this would have happened... "
  
  You let Ken vent a little more as you just sat there in silence since there were some things that you weren't able to refute or deny. The more he vented, however, the calmer he seemed to become, along with acquiring a more lax attitude.
  
  "Is there any way you can visit me...?" Ken asked you, which made your whole body freeze a little.
  
  Taking a moment before responding, you chose your words carefully.
  
  "I mean I'll probably see you again eventually when it's my turn to ascend in the future. Though I'm sure there's some way for me to try to contact you, and if there is then I promise you that'll I'll find it."
  
  "You really promise me that?" Ken asks, with a heavy voice.
  
  "You bet I do."
  
  Ken keeps a bit of eye contact with you, before looking back at his knees while he hugs them.
  
  The two of you sit there in silence until you feel a buzzing from your pocket. Getting out your phone, you see that G had sent you a few messages.
  
  G- Alright so here's the deal, you're going to have to do the ascension there at the hotel room, I was planning on you doing it here, but I don't want to risk anything so get ready to start the preparations.
  
  You feel your heart start to rapidly beat as you type in a reply.
  
  "What the fuck do you mean I have to do it right now? That's way too soon!"
  
  G- Listen to me, if you don't do it now then there might be some complications getting him up. I didn't just spend all that fucking money for you to have a happy make a wish foundation day for this kid just so that he can't fucking ascend, follow the instructions I'm about to send you and get it the fuck done.
  
  G then sends you a list of instructions, much similar to the ones that he had given you when you first bonded with Ken.
  
  Ken seems to see your frustration. "Is something wrong?"
  
  You bite your tongue as the words you want to tell him won't leave your mouth.
  
  "There's.....there's been a slight change in plans."
  
  Another instruction in the list that G had given you said that Ken couldn't be sad while doing this ritual, which would be fucking hard to pull off seeing as what just happen.
  
  "Ken, I'm going to help you ascend right now, it's time to do it." You say, coming off as blunt as possible.
  
  Ken's eye furrowed in a type of fear and panic, as he quickly got up from sitting down, in which you joined him.
  
  "Now listen, it's not anything bad it's ju-."
  
  "Why does it have to be right now! Why can't we just wait a little longer!" Ken cries as he cuts you off.
  
  "I'm sorry but your time has been designated for this moment. Ken, please remember what I said earlier, just take a moment to console yourself and I'll help you through this, but we have to get it done today, I'm sorry." you apologize again, though Ken himself seems to be getting himself under control as he sits down on his bed.
  
  You look his face and see that he's trying to get a straight expression on it, but his mouth and eyes keep on twitching, and before you know it, he starts weeping once again, although this time it's more of a soft one, one you couldn't bear to look at.