Disclaimer: It is illegal to own human beings and I don't own the circus

Prologue

"And our next act is The Amazing Alex and his lions!" screamed the announcer. I was up. My name is Dan and I was one of Alex's lions. I hated going up there, lights in my face, being whipped back and forth, preforming tricks left and right. It was torture. I was a minor lion, meaning I was apparently not as important as the main lion Phil. He was treated better than any of us and didn't seem to care about the rest of us. The other lions are Chris and PJ. They were my best and only friends. Suddenly I was pulled out of my thoughts by the crackling of a whip. I hurried to get back into position before Alex could notice. As I looked around I noticed that Phil wasn't with Alex but instead he was staring at me. I ignored him and waited for my cue. Little did I know that my whole life was going change for the better and the worse very soon.