The Dark Wood Circus arrives in the city
Chapter 1: black tears
Dark Wood Circus Arc
* Miku: The deformed diva
*Kaito: The Blue beast
* Len & Rin: The clown with 2 heads.
* Gumi: The rag doll of the tightrope.
* Ted: The living voodoo doll.
* Teto: The abominable contortionist.
* Kiyoteru: the man with 6 arms.
* Meiko: the somber fairy.
* Luka: the monstrous dancer.
* Lily: the unfortunate horse tamer.
* Mikuo: the macabre swallows fire.
* Lenka: Alice from Wonderland (acrobat)
* Rinto: the white rabbit (acrobat)
* Piko: the bear child (Finny's brother)
* Gakupo: the Ringmaster
Chapter 1: the circus arrived
It was about 12:00 P.M. when a new circus arrived in the city of London. That circus was not like the other circuses that were before, and much less like Noah's Ark Circus, this circus was very different and unique. This circus had a Gothic appearance and something bizarre but very attractive and sweet at the same time; this circus was very special since there were no artists like them in this circus: everyone was special in a certain way, each had an irrational fear of the Ringmaster, they couldn't leave even if they wanted to and they always had a new member with each city they were visiting. They are freaks.
That circus was called "Dark Wood Circus" and had settled in an area full of trees in a park, giving the impression that the circus was in a dark forest as its name said, but still it was very attractive. The one who took care of everything was the Ringmaster: a man of about 25 years old, had fair complexion, was tall, somewhat stout, had violet eyes, long hair pulled back in a long ponytail and dressed the clothes of the Ringmaster; after taking care of everything important in the circus he went to see the owner of the circus who was in his shop, which was very luxurious; when the Ringmaster entered the shop he found the owner of the circus sitting in his chair: he was middle-aged, totally bald, had small blue eyes, a white mustache and was average English man height although he was French; He was surrounded by his harem of beautiful and young mistresses: they were women with blonde, reddish, brown, black, dark and light hair; of fair complexion, medium complexion and dark complexion; of white, black, tiger, olive and brown skins; blue eyes, green, celestial, amber, chestnut, golden, etc. and all wore flowing, short white dresses similar to Greco-Roman tunics.
"And well?" the owner of Circus asked, receiving a cigar from one of his mistresses "how is everything?"
"It's all in master order, we can perform the functions tomorrow night"
"And how are my children?"
"You mean the freaks?"
"I've told you a thousand times that they are not freaks!"
"I'm sorry, they are fine and tomorrow they can act perfectly"
"Perfect! That tomorrow they rehearse their acts"
"Oui, mon seigneur"
"And if they get rebellious or do something wrong, you know what to do"
"Oui, mon seigneur"
That night the "artists" would have a night of peace before the horrible spectacles they had to perform.
…
That day Ciel had just solved a case and was about to return to the mansion when he suddenly saw one of the Dark Wood Circus posters coming out of Scotland Yard. When he saw it, he suddenly remembered Noah's ark Circus, although both posters were very different, the Dark Wood Circus was more gothic and poetic, yet it caused such a strong impact on Ciel that he almost fell on his back if it were not for Sebastian but Ciel quickly recover his composure.
"Young master! You're okay?!"
"I-it's nothing alone ..."
"What happens?"
"It is that poster ... seeing him I remembered that unpleasant event of the arc of Noah circus"
"This poster ... but it doesn't look like anything" Sebastian commented, looking at the poster
"Even so, seeing it bothers me a lot ... It's almost like a nightmare"
"Do you want me to investigate this circus? So you can be calmer"
Ciel hesitated for a moment, but in the end he said yes, a Sebastian investigated that the circus and the type of circus was, to be calmer. So after leaving his young teacher at the Phantomhive mansion, Sebastian went to the park where the Dark Wood Circus was located; like all demon butler, he did not let any artist see him, they were very strange and grotesque in appearance: there was a girl with reindeer legs, another girl had horns, a girl had wings and seemed to lack ligaments, a girl looked like a skinny wrist rag, there was a man with 6 arms, another man who looked like an irrational beast, a man who looked like a voodoo doll, a creature with 2 heads of undefined sex, etc. The only ones who seemed normal were the 13 or 14-year-old acrobats dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland, highlighting two blonde twins, the girl personified Alice and the boy personified the white rabbit, and a strong white-haired boy who reminded him of Finny. Although none of these strange beings noticed Sebastian, except one, the ringmaster; He took Sebastian's arm violently and tried to throw him to the ground, but the butler did not let that happen. The butler Mansion realized that this emcee was a demon like him.
"You must not be here" the Ringmaster said very seriously
"How ….?"
Before a surprised demon butler finished the sentence: "How did you know I'm here?" the Ringmaster pointed to two girls of indefinite age who served as circus guards: one had long yellow blond hair tied in a ponytail but on the side, her skin is white, her eyes are yellow-gold and she dressed like a lady; while the other had long, almost silvery white hair pulled back in a purple and black bow, her eyes were red and she dressed like a gentleman and wore a top hat. Both were very pale, they looked very sad and they were beautiful but there was something androgynous in them. Which they left after the ringmaster made a gesture to them to leave.
"Answer to me! What are you doing here?!" the Ringmaster demanded
"I'm sorry; is that this circus looks so interesting that I could not resist the temptation to take a look ..."
"Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"How?"
"I think you're making fun of me, you know it's not easy to cheat another demon"
"At least I try" Sebastian answered, with a smile
"You answer"
"It's something hard to explain, you'll see my young master was disturbed by the poster of this circus"
"And?"
"And he wants to know what kind of circus this is because he had bad experiences with a previous circus"
Upon hearing this, a smile was drawn on the lips of the demon that made Sebastian feel uncomfortable, as if that other demon was planning something, but he only said that if his young teacher wanted to know what kind of circus this was, he would attend the show tonight. As of tonight, the master of ceremonies expelled Sebastian and told him to come back for the show tonight.
When the ringmaster was warned by Haku and Neru (the circus guardians) of the presence of Sebastian that the artists had become very nervous and began to talk about what was happening.
"Who is that man in black be?" the girl with reindeer legs asked
"Who knows" the dancer with horns replied
"Maybe come see us tonight!" the female head of the clown with 2 heads commented
"And they will continue humiliating us as always" the male head said
"But it must be someone different since the master of ceremonies was personally" the man with 6 arms said
"Who knows" the man who looked like a voodoo doll said
"Maybe that's a thief" the white-haired boy commented
On the other hand Sebastian returned to the Phantomhive mansion and told him everything about that circus to Ciel and that there was also a devil who was the ringmaster who told him that if he wanted to know more about the circus that goes to the show tonight, Ciel take it as an insult but he still went to that night's show to see what kind of intentions they had in that circus, in addition because the ringmaster had given Sebastian tickets for the show to give them to Ciel, this was a provocation according to Ciel that he was not willing to tolerate.
That night, Ciel went to the park where this circus was with Sebastian and Mey Rin, Bard and Finny, who had insisted on coming to see the circus. The decoration of the circus was very elegant and somewhat somber, which was very attractive. After a while the master of ceremonies appeared to welcome the spectators and start the show, his mere presence made the women get excited and sigh as they found him very handsome also Mey Rin who as red as tomate. After that the show began.
The first to appear was a girl "The deformed diva" was a girl of about 16 years, her hair was dyed turquoise and long, her face was disfigured but still pretty, had some flowers painted on some parts of her body, a flower crown with thorns on the head, had a bandage covering his eyes, did not have the legs of a normal woman but a goat and wore a strange pink dress showing his legs; the people were amazed by their abomination and deformation, but when they began to sing, everyone was amazed. Then he looked like a Siamese clown with a male and female head, both had blond hair and blue eyes and some flowers painted on the skin, especially the boy and body they had, they looked like they were 14 years old and the sex was doubtful; People were surprised with him or her or them. The third was a girl who was called "the rag doll on the tightrope" and she was like her name said she looked like a skinny rag doll, her hair had been dyed green and with two long strands on the sides of her shoulders and she was wearing a dress with many colored ribbons; The people were amazed at what they could do on the tightrope. And then they introduced a child who introduced himself as 'Piko, the bear child'. It was a boy who had his hair dyed white at the shoulders, his eyes were of different colors, the right was the green and the left the blue, dressed. like a Viking warrior, he wore a bearskin over his shoulders and was as strong as Finny; When he saw him, he recognized him immediately.
"He is my younger brother!" Finny exclaimed
"What? Is your brother?" Mey Rin asked
"You have a brother?" Bard added
"Yes, but I thought that he had died the day the young master found me"
"Why you never told me you had a brother?" Ciel asked
"I thought he had been killed like the others and it made me sad to talk about him but now that I know he is alive; I very happy!"
However; Piko realized that Finny was among the audience and when he saw him he grimaced as he didn't expect to see him again.
After the act of Piko followed that of a girl who was presented as 'The abominable contortionist' was a girl with red-dyed hair going to pink, her hair is pulled back in a pair of short pigtails, her face was disfigured, her body had scars of cuts, in several parts of her body had flowers painted and wore a two-piece suit that exposed her belly and part of her legs; she could do impossible things for a normal contortionist. Then to a boy called 'the man with 6 arms' which was a young man with brown hair and eyes who had 6 arms and dressed in a carnival manner; he was very good and fast with the knives. After him, a young girl who was introduced as "the unfortunate horse-tamer" was a girl who looked like a corpse with almost deformed legs and long arms, long blond hair and blue eyes; She domesticated and rode monstrous horses. Then a young man appeared who was presented as "the living voodoo doll", he was a young man of about 19 –years-old with long red hair in a ponytail, he seemed that her skin had been united with black thread and had parts of skin that were not an original part of his body; He danced while burying large needles. Then there was a trapeze artist called "the somber fairy" she was physically a beautiful woman with short brown hair and eyes of the same color, she seemed that her arms and legs had been cooked to her, she seemed to have no ligaments, she had a voluptuous body, skin as shone as diamonds on it and on its back it had fairy wings; she was a very good trapeze artist. The next was a 16-year-old boy presented as "the macabre swallows fire" the boy had turquoise dyed hair, many of his veins were noticeable, he had some burns, flowers painted on his skin and he wore red scorched clothes; the people were amazed with what he could do. Then came the one they called "the monstrous dancer", was a woman with a voluptuous body, with long hair dyed pink, her skin was translucent with a pink tone, she covered one eye with her hair, the fingers were long and pointed , she had large and small cuts sewn with black thread on her face and body, flowers painted on some parts of her body, her face was slightly disfigured and scarred, had horns of beasts on her head, she was wearing an odalisque suit and had her feet of a lion; never any creature dances more wonderful. Then they introduced "the blue beast" a young man with blue-dyed hair, slightly bluish skin, sharp teeth, eyes that showed irrational madness, wearing a straitjacket on a leash, walking like a beast and in his mouth had blood; he behaved and ate frozen human flesh. Among other artists.
Ciel watched the acts without saying a word, but the look in his eyes was strange to Sebastian.
"I don't like this circus" Ciel said
"Because, young master"
"Nobody can be so deformed, either by birth or by accident, it is obvious that they were deformed"
"Well yes, that's obvious"
"Sebastian, I want to know more about this circus, so we will investigate"
"But…."
"But what?"
"You speak as if it were a mission of the queen"
"It's a personal mission, I know that in this damn circus something happens and I'll find out"
"As you say, although it will be difficult for me"
-What do you mean?
"The Ringmaster is a demon like me and that another demon gets into a contract is taboo"
"I don't care about that! Do what I say you!"
"Yes, my lord"
Without Ciel realizing it had reached the final act, which was an act of acrobats presenting Alice in Wonderland, everyone expected the artists were grotesque and deformed but all were completely normal. Those who stood out were 2 twins, a boy and a girl, both of 13 or 14-years-old: the girl was thin, white skin, long blond hair with a ponytail, eyes blue with long lashes and dressed as Alice; while the boy was thin but masculine build, otherwise, his hair was blond and short with a hair clip in his hair, his eyes were blue that had a touch of mischief, and personified the white rabbit. Ciel could not stop looking at them especially the girl.
"Young master?"
"…."
"Close your mouth, people can realize"
"AH"
"Young master, please react" Sebastian said, shaking him to react
"..."
But it was useless, every time he managed to come to himself, he was once again entranced by them. After all the functions were finished Ciel's face was red and he told Sebastian not to digest a single word about what had just happened, Sebastian said nothing but still laughed under his breath. Suddenly they saw that the ringmaster of circus was on their way with a smile as fake as Sebastian's on the lips.
"So this is your young master?" the ringmaster said
"It's him" Sebastian answered.
"I'm talking about my master and he want to see them"
"And what do he want to see us for?" Ciel asked
"I don't know, he just told me to warn them" the ringmaster answered.
"That explanation does not convince me" Ciel said.
"I'm not interested"
The words of the Ringmaster convinced Ciel and he take it as an insolence. While Finny went to find his brother to convince him to go to work with him to Phantomhive Manor. The Ringmaster led the two to the store of the owner of the circus where the first thing they saw was the harem of beautiful women, as they were wearing light clothes Sebastian covered Ciel's eyes, and after passing through that harem they arrived with the Circus owner who was sitting drinking a glass of cognac and smoking Cuban cigars.
"So they are the ones you told me about" the owner said
"That's right" Ringmaster replied
"Very well" he said drinking a sip of cognac "I'm Monsieur André Desmoulins, owner of this circus. Who are you le petit curieux?"
"I'm Earl Ciel Phantomhive, watchdog of the queen"
"Phantomhive? I met a Phantomhive, he was a real pain in the ass"
"... ... " Ciel didn't say anything
"What do you want with my humble circus?"
"It's about your artists"
"What happens with my children?"
"Children? They are monsters!"
"That is your point of view, I have another one. But tell me what do you want to know about them?"
"How could he do something like this?! You disfigure these people and make them act so that people see them as monkeys!"
"You are very wrong chiot de la reine. They are not exhibited as monkeys; they are artists who present their art to the public"
The owner of the circus had a very strange idea about true beauty. According to him, beauty was bizarre and grotesque and people did not appreciate it for what it was a misunderstood beauty that made it attractive, that artists with their appearances knew what they caused and used to attract the public. Ciel heard all this and more and it seemed to him that this man was sick; Suddenly he reminded the acrobats of the performance of "Alice in Wonderland" especially in those blond twins, which unlike their other companions of the circus they were not disfigured.
And the acrobats?
-They are not relevant.
- And the twins who were among the acrobats?
"Rinto and Lenka Shevchenko? Haha, they are 2 orphans from the Ukrainian periphery, they had nothing for which they owe me everything. Do not try to talk to them because they only speak Ukrainian"
The young earl was not very convinced of what this man was saying, but could not continue to question him because the owner of the circus told him that he had many things to do so he could no longer talk to him. The owner ordered the ringmaster to accompany them to the exit, them and barely took 10 steps outside the shop of the owner of the circus they found another show: that of Finny being rejected by his younger brother.
"Get out of me!"
"B-but Piko! We haven't seen each other in so long and you scream me?! I'm very happy to know that you are alive"
"Not thanks to you!"
"Piko" Finny cried
"And for worse you want me to leave the circus to go to work at the house of that one-eyed dwarf!"
A large stone fell on the head of Ciel that said: "one-eyed dwarf"
"You're wrong! The young master is not like that!" Finny said
"But for me it's a damn dwarf!"
He fell another stone that said: "damn dwarf"
"Please, think about it, Piko"
"I'm not going to think anything! And I want you to get away!"
"But…."
"Get away!"
Piko was leaving Finny is very sad for his rejection. Then they all went before the eyes of all the circus artists.
That night everything was very silent, more than usual, and some artists were very tense especially The deformed diva and the monstrous dancer, whose cages were continuous.
"I hate this place, I hate this body, I hate being alive, I hate this life ... I want to die ... I want to die" the deformed diva said
"You have to be patient" the monstrous dancer said
"Patience?"
"Yes, life is just a dream and every time you wake up in another caged dream until you wake up in a much better reality"
"You always say the same thing, but I cannot believe this. This circus life is full of pain and humiliation"
"I understand you, my body is as deformed as yours but I told you that you have to be patient"
The deformed diva didn't understand the way of thinking of the monstrous dancer and thought that she clung to an imaginary hope, even so she would not take that away from her. After a little silence, the clown with 2 heads entered that same tent, as always the boy's head was sad as always and the girl's head smiled because she slowly went crazy.
"I would like to help them but I do not know how ... I do not have the means to help them" the boy's head said
"Why you say that brother? The circus is fun; the circus is always joy" the girl's head said
"Not for us" the deformed diva said
"But if we think positive the circus is the best" the girl said
"She also knows that it's best to wait for this caged nightmare to end" the monstrous dancer added
That was the life in the Dark Wood circus: some wanted his death, others had resigned and others did not care. The only one that didn't suffer was the blue beast, because as its name said it was a beast that no longer thought or felt anything, only animal instinct and hunger. But once he was human and could have noticed something.
On the other hand, the owner of the circus was thinking about Ciel's visit.
"That child Phantomhive will come back, I know. Take care of that" the circus owner told the Ringmaster
-Oui, mon seigneur
This is how this story begins.