Welcome to the Circus

Hey guys! Lilly here. Arietta's still sick, so I'm writing. She'll be better soon though. Hope you enjoy! (Oh, Cities of the World won't be updated untill Ari's better. She's better at it than I am...)

Welcome, welcome

Gather round

The wonderful circus

Is now in town!

Let go of your doubts

But keep your fears

They will be useful

To the people here

So just arrive

Come one, come all

We await you

Standing tall

The sign on the building was brightly colored, and it drew a crowd of children. Among them were two young boys, both with red hair and yellow-brown eyes. One shoved to the front, and read the poster. He made his way back to his brother, frowning.

"What is it, Lovino?" the brother said.

"It's a circus. But it sounds weird." Lovino said. He glared at the other kids.

"Can we go?" the young boy said, exited. A curl of hair on his head bounced up and down.

"No. Feliciano, it opens late, and Ludwig would kill us." Lovino looked up as a woman in a long skirt knelt down next to them.

"Why hello there, little boys, where's your mommy?" The woman said in an extremely condescending voice.

"Up your fucking ass, now get the fuck away from me bitch." Lovino shoved past the shocked woman to the busy street. He got in a taxi, and told the man driving their address. They drove in silence, Lovino glaring at the windows, and Feliciano looking sad and depressed, probably because he wouldn't be going to the circus.

"Please Lovi?" Feliciano turned to his brother.

"Fucking hell. FINE." Lovino crossed his arms and slunk down in his seat.

"VE~" Feliciano screamed.

"Shut the fuck up." Lovino grumbled.

When they arrived at their apartment building, they paid the driver and got out. Lovino stormed through the doors, and dragged Feliciano up the stairs.

Both boys had been pushed from place to place, and each person they had lived with ended up giving up. They all said that the boys were too loud, too crazy. Lovino was 17, and Feliciano 16. They were currently living with a man named Ludwig. He was only 20, which shocked Lovino. The man was strict, but almost never yelled at Feliciano.

"Ah, Feliciano, Lovino. You're home." Ludwig glanced up from cleaning.

"Ve~ Ludwig, can we go to the circus?" Feliciano asked, ignoring glares from his brother.

"No. It opens too late." Ludwig continued cleaning.

"Pleeeeeaaaaase?" Feliciano followed the man around the house, begging.

Romano glared at the hallway, then stormed into his room. He grabbed his wallet, a key, and a piece of paper that he'd written the circus's address on. he shoved all of them in his pocket, and went back downstairs. He knew it would be really hard to sneak out, but he did kinda wanna see the circus, and maybe Feliciano would stop bugging him.

The crowds were suffocating. Hundreds of people crowded around the metal gates, waiting for the circus to open. Up above them, walking along the tall fence was a man. He grinned down at the mass of people, before running to the gates. His feet made a soft tapping noise on the metal. He stopped above the ticket booth, and pulled a top hat from his head. He pulled a stack of papers from inside his hat and threw them down onto the crowd. People reached up to grab them, and noticed they were tickets to the circus. There was a small scuffle as people grabbed for them, and the gates opened, letting everyone inside. One young girl looked up at the gates, and saw the man. He smiled at her, then disappeared. She tried to get her older brother to look, but he ignored her.

I hope you enjoyed that! Ari wanted me to write this, since I'm better at beginnings than she is. Review and tell me what you think! Anyone have any ideas who the mysterious man is? (I honestly have no idea who it's gonna be... hehe...) Have a nice day, people! Bye!

-Lilly, since Arietta's ill.