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This is a 30 AU challenge with the Mad Child! This is 4 out of 30. Afterwards, please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!

The theme of this AU is: Monster Circus.

Warning: SEXUAL CONTENT!

Oxford Not Brogues

Monster Mayhem Circus

Large white and black striped tents stood proudly in a wide field of dirt surrounded by long blades of grass. All around the tent were different stands and games where people could win prizes. Those arriving would see a great big black sign with red, creepy lettering saying "Monster Mayhem Circus". Below that was a small sign reading off the precautions for children and those with weak stomachs that some of the performances can be a bit graphic, even horrific. Normal folk viewed the circus as more of a freak show, but those who actually visited the circus and those who performed would see it as a new world where supernatural beings welcomed and mingled with mortals. Most of their customers were Goths. Families, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends, young ones, loners, whoever and whatever joined, all accepting the monsters and looking up to them. The main tent was packed with a large crowd of people cheering and talking as they waited patiently for the show to start.

Eventually, the ringleader came out. He was a demon disguised as a human. He looked very much like a character from a Tim Burton film. He wore this striped black and white outfit with a matching top hat. His black hair was slicked back beneath the hat and his red eyes glimmered with mirth as he waved to the audience that applauded him. In one hand he had a microphone and in the other he swirled around his black cane that was topped with a fake human heart. Even though the crowd hadn't calmed any, he spoke into his microphone.

"Welcome all monsters, devils, and those who creep in the night." The ringleader, Damien, purred into the microphone, knowing that this phrase drove the humans absolutely wild. On cue, the Goths shouted and cheered some even hissing like vampires, which was a normal, positive response. He cackled in the microphone and pointed his cane at his wonderfully active crowd. "Welcome all to Monster Mayhem Circus! Now, let's get this monster mash started!" The crowd cheered louder than before. Damien stepped off to the side and this time pointed the cane behind him where a person was coming out to join him on stage. "Here he is, the Prince of Hell, Black Death controlling the fires of hell at his very fingertips!" As the crowd cheered, the ringleader turned towards Sebastian with a dark look in his eyes. "Try and not to burn the tent down." He growled under his breath before giving the stage to the other demon.

"No promises," Sebastian whispered under his breath with a gentle smirk on his lips. His dark red eyes flickered to the crowd and he held up his hands. For a split second, the crowd went silent and they all leaned forward in anticipation. The demon's smirk widened before fire sprouted from his hands and roared to life. The audience gasped, some children even screamed in enthrallment, and then they clapped. Controlling the fire with ease, he got close to the crowd of humans, but not too close as to hurt them. The fire was hot, they could feel the heat on their pale pasty faces, but they were all mesmerized by it and his performance. The demon moved around like he was dancing with fire. The flames got bigger, going so high that the ringleader was worried that it would burn holes into the tent. The fire turned black and grew more out of control. It started forming into odd shapes that fires normally wouldn't take the shape of. Monsters formed in them, eyes started appearing, and ferocious snarls and growls emitted from these fiery creatures. But the audience still wasn't scared. They continued cheering him on, absolutely loving his performance.

On time, Sebastian's mate's animal familiar, a white tiger, ran out on stage and charged him. The demon turned sharply with a wide smirk on his face. His fire shrunk and thinned into a long whip, but of course, Sebastian would never whip or harm any cat. He spun the fiery whip so it created a large spiral that the tiger could easily jump through. Lilith made her jump, halfway through the spiraling fire of death she turned into a cub that the demon caught in his arms. Afterwards the fire died and he turned to hold the cub to the cheering crowd, ending his performance. The ringleader came back out to stand beside Sebastian.

"I'm sure the ladies will agree that was quite the hot performance!" Damien joked as he gestured towards the demon. "That was an act performed by Black Death and his beautiful assistant, Lilith!" He stroked over the cub's head before Sebastian left with the tiger. "Our next act is done by the King of Vampires himself, death follows him wherever he goes, Grim!" Some males in the crowd stood and shouted on the top of their lungs in joy. They threw their fists out to welcome their King. Alucard casually walked out onto the stage with his hands in his pockets. He flashed the ladies a toothy grin that got them all flustered and screaming his name. Instead of stopping beside the ringleader, he walked all the way over to the crowd of humans to a certain young lady. A gothic twenty year old that was seemingly shy froze when the handsome man approached her. He bent a little at the hip and held out his hand to her. Confused, but mesmerized by his gorgeous red eyes, she slipped her hand into his. He chuckled as he wrapped his fingers around hers and helped her out of her seat. He then led her on stage in front of the audience.

"Tell me, my dear, if I asked you, would you ride a horse?" He asked as a black horse walked out to stand behind him. The Goth glanced back at the horse. She had never ridden one before, but thought it would be cool to.

"Probably, yes." She answered with a small smile. Alucard leaned down to her level with an even wider grin.

"And what if I told you to stand on it while it ran about the room, would you do it?" He asked her in a low, seductive voice. The girl's mouth fell open in shock.

"No!" She instantly answered, knowing that she wouldn't be well balanced on it. What if she fell off and the horse trampled on her? She could get seriously hurt! His fingers wrapped around her chin and he stared deeply into her eyes, pulling the young woman in a trance.

"What if you had no fear? What if I took that all a way? And I ordered you to stand on that horse as it trotted around this tent?" He breathed, his lips were now incredibly close to hers, driving all the females in the crowd mad. Completely under his control, the woman didn't think twice about what he was asking her to do.

"Yes," She whispered. After he got her permission, Alucard grabbed her tightly by the wrist and pulled her over to his black horse. He swept her off of her feet, set her up on the horse, and then climbed up behind her so in case she did stagger or fall he could catch her. He kicked his heels into the horse's side and on command the horse started at a trot. By the third kick to the side, the horse was running at full speed around the stage, going in a full circle. The audience was ever so quiet as they watched anxiously from their seats, waiting to see if the woman would actually do as she was told and stand on the moving horse. As if she's done this a thousand times, the woman and man stood up on the horse. Alucard kept his hands on her waists while she kept her arms out to keep her balanced. She looked like a lifeless doll, a woman that was completely fearless or was unaware of what she was doing. The crowd cheered for her though. They were amazed by Alucard's mind powers and that he was able to get the woman to do this incredibly dangerous act just by taking away her fear. With ease, Alucard sat down properly on the horse before he pulled the woman down into his lap as if she was a maiden he had just saved from a fire breathing dragon. The woman came out of his trance and she gasped as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She recalled what she had just done and blushed darkly with a large smile on her face. Alucard couldn't help but cackle as he slowed his horse down.

"What's so funny?" She asked curiously.

"My mate is going to kill me." He chuckled. Suddenly her face paled. She knew that Alucard was a married man, but that was easily forgettable once he looks or speaks to you. And he had been very seductive during this act, so the girl wasn't surprised at all that his wife would tear him a new one. She just hoped that she won't have to feel that woman's wrath. The Goth girl was helped down off of her horse and she returned to her seat. The ringleader was back on his spot on the stage as Alucard was trotting away on his horse.

"Quite the lady killer, is he not? But seriously girls, watch out for him and his fangs." Damien chuckled and he got a good laugh from the crowd this time. He shook his head with a snicker before he waved his hand out to introduce their next performer. "What's a King without his Queen?! She's a real beauty, but quite deadly fellas. Please, welcome Lady Crimson!" His hand shot upwards to gesture to the lady on a tall platform. Everyone stared up at Seras who was thirty to forty feet from the ground. As if she was like a little girl on the sidewalk, the small blonde skipped right out on the tightrope with a giant smile on her face. The crowd was holding their breath out of fear that the girl will slip and fall to her death. But she only laughed as she did a cartwheel on the tightrope and elegantly landed in a split. She then grabbed the rope and did a giant swing, like she was a child swinging on the monkey bars on the playground. She went all the way around a couple of times before she stopped in a crouch position under the wire, still hanging on with her hands and now her feet.

However, her fun was interrupted when someone joined her on the tightrope. She glanced over to see Sebastian approaching her with a sword in hand. Seras swung back around so she was on the right side of the rope and she stood up to face her opponent. The demon didn't hold back. He came right at her with his sword, going right for the chest. The little vampire maneuvered back while the crowd panicked. They figured it was all a part of the show, but it was frightening to see these people so calm as they 'fought' on a tightrope. The next strike Seras did a backflip and landed safely. But Sebastian was persistent; he kept coming at her with that sword. She did a flip over him. What the crowd didn't know was what happened was also a part of the show. When the little vampire landed, she slipped on the tightrope and staggered off. Before she could fall, she quickly grabbed the tightrope with one hand. Some of the audience cried out in shock, most of the kids even started to cry and scream at her.

"Use your wings, Lady Crimson!" Some of the children in the audience screamed at her, which was one of her other acts, flying about the tent. Sebastian slowly approached the hanging woman with a smirk on his lips. Shocking the crowd, the demon cut off the woman's hand. Children covered their eyes and screamed when the woman fell the thirty to forty feet and landed hard on the ground. But before panic could settle in the humans, the broken Draculina got right up. The humans' jaws dropped as they watched her heal right before their very eyes. Her broken arm popped back into place, her legs and back healed, and all the blood soaked into her body. Even her hand grew back. When the woman stood before them waving and smiling, the crowd cheered and applauded her resurrection.

An hour later after all the performances were done, the humans started exiting the main tent and headed off to play some games before leaving for the night. Outside it smelled strongly of popcorn, cotton candy, and hot dogs. There was a lot of chatter and children laughing as they ran about in excitement. Seras was hanging out in the tent where the animals were. She was stroking over a baby elephant's head as it nudged her with his trunk. They didn't make him perform, but they did let the children pet and ride him occasionally.

"Lady Crimson!" Someone exclaimed behind her. Seras turned to see three young girls at the opening of the tent. The littlest girl, perhaps six or seven, was wearing replicas of Seras' wings. She even had a black shirt that said Lady Crimson's Draculina in blood red. She looked absolutely astounded to see her beloved female role model in person. The little girl ran right up to Seras and bounced in excitement. The little vampire smiled brightly at the girl and knelt to her level. "Can I give you a hug?" The little girl asked shyly, but clearly was too antsy to hold her exhilaration in.

"Sure," Seras laughed and opened her arms to the child. The girl happily leapt forward to wrap her arms around her role model and hugged her tightly.

"Did it hurt when you fell?" The little girl asked.

"No," The vampire snickered with a shake of her head. "And don't be mad at Black Death, it was only acting." The girl pulled out of their hug to look up at her in disbelief.

"But he's so mean!" She whined. "He cut off your hand and let you fall to your death!"

"It was only an act." Seras repeated with another shake of her head. She then held up both hands and wiggled her fingers to show the girl that she was perfectly fine. "See. I still have both of my hands."

"I'm sorry if we bothered you." One of the elder girls, perhaps the age of fifteen or sixteen, said as she approached them with a weak smile. "She just really wanted to meet you. I hope that's okay."

"That's fine!" The little vampire exclaimed with a bright smile. "I loved meeting you guys."

"Thank you for being so cool about it." The third girl muttered who was further behind. She was slumped over with her hands in her pockets and wearing a black beanie that just about covered her eyes. "The wolfman just about bit us when we approached him."

"He's not nice to anyone," Seras muttered as she stood at her full height.

"And Grim and Black Death seem kind of…standoffish." The third girl went on with a shrug.

"Yeah, I'm kind of scared to approach them." The second girl admitted.

"Perhaps it would be better if you didn't." The little vampire chuckled nervously as she rubbed the back of her head. "I made that mistake and now I'm here, a vampire performing acts for a circus." The girls blinked stupidly at her.

"What? Don't you like the circus? You always look so happy when flying or walking the tightrope." The second girl muttered. Seras' eyes flew open and she quickly waved her hands.

"Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that. I love the circus. I have such a great time here. But it was the last place I expected to be. I've been doing this for almost fifty years with my mates. We can go on forever if we really wanted to." She said this with a warm smile on her face while nostalgia practically glistened in her red eyes. When she came back to reality, she sighed and shook her head. "Anyway," She muttered and brought her attention back to the young ladies. "How would you girls like free tickets for another day at the circus?" She asked as she magically pulled three tickets from thin air. The six year old squealed with joy.

"Yes!" She exclaimed. Seras happily handed the girl the tickets. "Thank you so much!"

"Of course, and remember," The vampire started as she smirked at the girls. "Stay creepy, my Draculinas." The three girls laughed in agreeance to Lady Crimson's famous line.

"Thanks again for the tickets," The second girl said as she took her little sister's hand and led her out of the tent. Seras turned to start playing with the baby elephant, but she was again interrupted.

"There you are," Sebastian grumbled.

"I told you she would be here." Alucard sneered. Seras turned to find her mates enter the tent with Lilith, now back to her full form, behind them. The little vampire gave her tiger a dark look.

"Traitor," She commented. "She follows you around like a damn puppy! I think she forgets who her master really is!" Seras exclaimed as she gestured her hand at Sebastian angrily.

"It's because I spoil her," The demon replied with a warm smile as he glanced down at the beautiful tiger. Lilith made a soft growl sound and rubbed her head up against his leg. He chuckled and placed a hand on top of her head to ruffle her fur. Seras folded her arms and pretended to be mad.

"Between you stealing my tiger and Alucard flirting with women in the audience, I don't think I really want to talk to either of you." She said this but couldn't keep a straight face. She smiled with a gentle laugh.

"Oh, really?" Sebastian played along. "Well, there are plenty of other women outside of this tent that would love to speak with us."

"But I had something better in mind." The small blonde started while her lashes lowered halfway down her crimson eyes. Playing innocent, Seras held her hands behind her back and smiled 'bashfully' at them. "Will you guys help me train for a new act?" Alucard snickered at his little bride.

"And what act would that be?" He asked.

"Oh, nothing too hard, just sex on the tightrope." She said casually and looked away from them to pet the baby elephant once more. Alucard gave a low breathy moan before a deep cackle erupted from his throat.

"We've already mastered missionary on the tightrope." He chuckled. "Perhaps a new position?"

"I'm sure you two can come up with something." She responded with a wave of her hand as she walked past them.

"Perhaps cowgirl," Sebastian suggested.

"Or standing," Alucard added.

"I'll meet you on the tightrope." Seras reminded them as she left the tent. Before she could even fully step outside, Alucard and Sebastian were at her side. They took her by the wrists and started leading her to the main tent where they were going to have their fun for the next couple of hours or until they got caught.

The End

I hope you guys enjoyed this AU! Please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!

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