DISCALMER: I dont' own any of the Cirque Du Freak books. All rights go to Darren Shan. The real genius.
We'll see where this chapter leads me.
Hello? Oh hi. I'm sorry I'm not really use to doing this sort of thing. I'm a very conservative man. Well I'm technically not a man, I'm a vampire. I usually am more reserved than this; I'm just trying out this thing called "journaling," it's apparently supposed to relieve stress. Since taking on an assistant, I've been dealing with so much stress, I might pull out my hair but since I don't have a lot I think this is a better route.
To say I am one of the greatest vampires may be a little bit of an oversight. I was once a vampire general but now I'm just a vampire, free to roam around as I please. I choose to just live my life instead of taking orders, not my kind of style, though my tales and recognitions have not been forgotten.
I'm a very sophisticated vampire. I was mentored by the best; Seba Nile. He's the reason I am so sophisticated and if I do say so myself, witty, though I haven't seen him for many nights. I've been going around with the Cirque Du Freak for a while now. My dear friend Mr. Tall has run the Cirque Du Freak for as long as I have known him. It's a type of, well what humans would call a "freak show", though as I see it, everyone at the Cirque is just gifted in abnormal ways, ways humans should admire. People at the Cirque are probably the nicest beings I have ever encountered. No discriminating no matter where you come from. Mostly the Cirque is a place I go to in my in-between times, when I'm not traveling.
That is where I met Darren. Darren, you see, is the one who introduced me to this journaling thing. He carries a duffle bag full of notebooks and pens, jotting down our adventures, I haven't been able to sneak a peek, but if there's anything about me in there, so help me I'll… sorry got a little sidetracked. Let me give you the story about how Darren and I met. He came to a show with a friend, a very evil brat named Steven Leopard. After the show Steven confronted me about knowing my true identity. Alas try as I might, my past alias finally caught up to me. In payment for him keeping his mouth shut about who I was (which had little effect on me); I was to blood him as my vampire assistant. Though his blood was tainted evil and I had no choice but to send him away as he threatened to become a vampire hunter and kill me with many wooden stakes. (I'd like to see him try!). Then a couple nights later my spider Madam Octa was stolen by this boy's friend. I hate children, thank the gods I am a vampire and don't have to worry about reproducing. See I raised Madam Octa from a tiny egg till now. She is very dear to me and extremely dangerous, one bite from her could instantly kill. I knew it wouldn't be long until this stupid kid came crawling back to me asking me to save a loved one that had been the victim of Madam Octa's poison. So you can imagine how unsurprised I was when he did come round, saying that his friend Steven was in trouble. (Which was totally alright by me, I personally would have left the kid to die.) There was something special about This Darren kid and that's when I realized I was sick of running around by myself. I was lonely. That's when I decided that I need an assistant and that assistant would be Darren Shan.
