Chapter 1
Yo. My name's Evra Von. Von what you ask? Just Von. The famous snake boy. Some of you may remember me from the famous Cirque du Freak books, written by my friend, Darren Shan. Well, I decided to write about my own experiences. From my life until I joined the cirque, to my side of what Darren wrote about. Now, what do ya say we start at the beginning?
First off, my reptile body wasn't genetic. I was born to two normal parents. I still think the docs just mixed up my papers with some regular kid. When my parents got a load of me, they totally freaked out. Not liking what their child was like, the left me at an orphanage.
The other kids there thought I was really creepy. Fortunately for me some of the kids actually thought I looked cool. But the rest thought that I was either gonna eat them, poison them, or infect them with something to make them like me. But I had a couple of friends, so I didn't care as much as I should have.
I remember my friend Johny always told me, "Don't worry about them. They just don't understand. They only think you're a monster because you look like one. Give them a chance to know you, and they'll come around." Whenever he told me that, it made me feel loads better.
Johny was a great guy. And what was awesome about him was that he was really good at magic tricks. I was really young at the time, so I was really amazed at the tricks.
When I was about four, a man came to the orphanage and adopted me. He told me that he owned a circus, and that life would be great. But then, Johny came along. "Don't adopt him!" he yelled, "Adopt me! I can be a valuable addition to your line up." Then he started showing all his magic tricks. Johny had always told me how he dreamed of being in a circus, so this part wasn't a surprise. What did shock me was that he tried to convince the man not to adopt me. I thought he'd be happy for me.
"Sorry," the man said, "but we have no more room for magic acts." Johny started to tear up and yelled, "Damn you Evra!" I'd never seen him so mad. Looking back on it, I guess I know how Darren must have felt when his friend Steve wanted to be Mr. Crepsley's assistant, and Darren got the job.
"You're going to love your new life Evra," the man said to me as we left the orphanage. Little did I know at the time that he was lying like an old rug. That damn son of a……
Sorry, I got a little carried away with the horrible memories. That circus was hell.
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