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SUMMARY: Chad finds some tickets for a circus that he takes Sonny to. Realising it isn't a circus and that it is actually a freak show, they go anyway and come face to face with the creatures of the night. Is love enough to keep Chad away from temptation?

TITLE: If love Isn't Enough For Us

Chapter 1- The Nightmare Begins

~S~W~A~C~CIRQUE DU FREAK~

Sonny had been dating Chad for a month and the secret was out in the open. They had nothing to hide anymore; they were two teens in love. Sitting next to Tawni eating a Fro-yo, Sonny smiled happily. She had never been so happy in her life and when Chad raced in; her world was brightened up by his radiating smile and sparkly blue eyes.

"Sonny, I need to talk to you! I have a present for you and we can go tonight." Standing up, she followed Chad to a small cramped corner.

"Okay, what's up now?" He grinned and handed over two small slips of paper.

"I've got you tickets to a circus and it isn't any circus, it's a circus that is here for one night only. One thing though, we're gonna have to sneak out after curfew." Sonny gasped at this thought and glanced down at the tickets. She handed them back over to Chad and shook her head.

"But Chad, curfew is…curfew. We can't it's immoral to do that. Or could we?" She smirked back at him and looked at the tickets with more detail. "Where d'ya get them?" He shook his head.

"That would be telling. No, I got them of this guy who was really, really short. He looked weird but hey, I got 'em cheap so…"

"We can go I suppose. Promise me that we'll be back before morning though." He scoffed and looked at the worried and confused Sonny that stood in front of him.

"Geez Munroe, how long do you think we'll be?" He chuckled and left her to wonder about the circus. It looked exciting and Chad still had the flyer in his pocket. That was what he used to get the tickets. When night came round, Sonny waited for Chad near the prop house of So Random. When he arrived, they began to sneak out.

"Have you got the tickets?" He nodded and checked the corridor to see if anyone was there. When the coast was clear, they began to edge out of the corner.

"Shh, wait here." He was gone for about five minutes then he returned and they picked up the pace. When they were outside, they started to walk to the old theatre that stood at the end of the street. In the dusk of the night, it looked spookier and Sonny stayed close to Chad. He was unaffected by the eerie scene and placed a comforting arm around Sonny. When they reached the theatre, it looked as menacing and uninviting as it had done in the day time. It was abandoned and was shut down years ago so Sonny pondered the venue choice of the cirque before following Chad inside. It was packed full and they found it hard to find two seats but eventually they settled down inside. The theatre was filled with twists and turns and Chad wondered weather he'd find his way back out of it. Clearing such thoughts, he watched as trumpets sounded and a tall man about eight feet high walked onto the stage.

"Welcome to the cirque. We have been travelling from town to own for over five hundred years, bringing the bizarre to every generation. Welcome on the wolf man. Please though no clapping until he is safely back in his cage, or else he may go crazy and kill someone." The warning ran through Sonny's mind as reality struck her hard. She leant over so she was almost touching Chad's ear and whispered quietly so as not to disturb the hairy beast on stage.

"Chad, this isn't a circus is it? You brought me to an illegal freak show." Her whisper was harsh and Chad turned to face her worriedly.

"I'm so sorry; let's never speak of this again. I am so, so sorry Sonny I didn't know that it was…" She cut him off by a sigh and a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Relax its okay. No one ever has to know about this night Chad. It can be are little secret between us." He loved Sonny more than ever now. She could have easily told someone and got him locked up but she didn't, she just sat back and watched the rest of the show. There was someone sat behind them with black hair in a ponytail and red, pulsating eyes. Sonny got entranced in them a couple of times but Chad brought her back into the real world. A red-headed man with a boy younger than them came on to stage with a cage. Inside the cage was the ugliest spider she had ever seen. It was huge, the size of a large dinner plate if not bigger. The man began to charm the spider whilst it span webs around the boy's mouth. It made her wretch and gag but to Chad it was pretty cool. When the show was over, the man and the spider came to the red eyed man who was sat behind them all the way through the show.

"What are you doing here? I thought that you were gone!" He snarled to the red eyed man. He was called Murlough and the red headed man went by the name of Mr Crepsley. The tip-ted into a pew and watched as the argument played out. It was like a drama performance, they talked about vampires and vampire councils. It was confusing and Sonny thought that they were practicing for another performance somewhere. Then the young boy joined the argument and his face turned red with fury when saw Murlough. He was called Darren and had jet black hair that shone in the light of the stage lights.

"Mr Crepsley, what is he doing here?" He asked whilst he closed the cage of the spider. Mr Crepsley shrugged and looked up at the pew to see a mesmerized Chad. He was loving the argument and writing some of it down on his hand with a pen he found so that he could use ideas for McKenzie Falls. The red headed man snarled and jumped up to the pew, sending Chad backwards into Sonny's arms. He stood up and faced him, fear written all over his perfect face.

"Can I help you children? Is it not past your bedtime? Maybe you should go home to your mommy and daddies so they can tuck you in and read you a little bedtime story." His voice was deep and quiet. It was that that made it ever the more terrifying for them. Chad thinned his eyes so they were two small slits in his face and pushed the man back.

"Are you making fun of me? Cuz I don't read bedtime stories any more and I call them mom and dad. The last time called them mommy and daddy was in third grade and I am so passed that now." Mr Crepsley grinned and shook Chad's hand.

"He is vampire material. You could learn from him Darren, what are you kids doing up here?" They were lost for words. They could hardly say that they went to watch a freak show under age. "Well? Wait here, I have business to attend to." He jumped back down and faced the one known as Murlough.

"He must come with me to fulfil the prophesy of a Vampaneze lord." Murlough said in a gruff voice. It was all too confusing. Thoughts of vampires and Vampaneze flew around their heads and Chad had to ask a question.

"Umm Mr Crepsley was it?" The Red headed man turned to look at him and nodded. "What's a Vampaneze?" Mr Crepsley sighed looked at Chad whose eyebrows were knitted in confusion.

"The Vampaneze are a break-away group from the vampires. They kill the people they feed from where as vampires just take a little and heal the wound back up." Chad nodded and let the dispute continue before asking more questions.

"Then why do I have to become one?" There was another voice as a plump man wandered into the row of seats.

"We all have a destiny Chad and yours may be here with us." He was called Mr Tiny. His first name was Desmond but he abbreviated it so that when combined with his last name, it spelt out Mr DesTiny. When the argument had died down and the plump man and the black haired man had left so Chad was questioning Mr Crepsley about his destiny while Sonny talked to Darren.

"So why are you here?" He smiled at her and tied his shoelace before sitting up and leaning back on the chair.

"I perform here with my mentor." He answered. He wasn't like the other vampire; his voice was soft and light. She was reminded a little of Chad and was fearful of falling for him. She loved Chad and he was the most important thing in her world but there was something mysterious about Darren. He looked a lot younger than her seen as she was seventeen and he looked about thirteen.

"How old are you like thirteen?" He was still quite tall but his face was young. He shook his head as his shiny auburn hair lapsed over his face. Sonny chuckled and saw Chad then realised how much she loved him. Her laughter ceased and turned to astonishment when he told her his real age.

"No, I'm actually 17 years old. I'm a vampire so I only age one fifth of the regular age." She stood up when Chad put his head in his hands and joined him on the step.

"What's up, Chad?" He didn't answer. Just sat in silence then lifted his head and looked deep into her eyes.

"You wouldn't leave me for Darren would you?" She was shocked by the question and placed an arm around him.

"You know that I wouldn't. Even if you did turn into an evil vampire I wouldn't care. I love Chad Dylan Cooper." She giggled and placed a kiss on his lips while he smiled sweetly. It was his smile that brightened up her day and not even Darren could change that.

THE NEXT DAY…

Sonny woke up and stretched before staring at the spot where Chad was. "Chad, Chad were are you?" She shouted as it rippled through the air. "C'mon this isn't funny anymore. Chad!" No answer. Starting to panic, she searched every where; even on top of the door. "Where the hall is he?" She questioned herself, pretending that she knew, wishing that she knew. Tawni walked in and asked the same question.

"Where's Chad?" Tears started to stream down Sonny's face as she buried her face into the pillow.

"I don't know Tawni I don't know." Her voice was broken and hurt. It was that, that made the situation harder for Tawni. "Oh my God no! He's been taken I know it Tawni by the Vamp…vamp…Vampaneze." Tawni's eyebrows knitted in confusion as she listened.

"The who?"

To Be Continued… ^-^