-your pov-
"Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls! Welcome to Noah's arc circus!" Said joker. My name is Joker. Pleased to meet 'ee" "Get ready guys. Our cue is in a couple of seconds. " said Dagger the first-stringers waited patiently for their cue to go out onstage for their first appearance to the audience.
"Man, I am so stoked! I love performing!" You whispered as you got ready to go onstage for the performance. Performing for a live audience every night brought you so much joy. Especially afterward when you would chat with the audience. You were outgoing, but not too hyper like some people. You loved being friends with just about everyone. You had a dark past, but you pushed that behind you. When you did your acrobatic rope tricks you felt flying and gliding through air. You felt free from everything . Because of the acrobatic tricks you did you earned the nickname Phoenix.
"Tonight you'll see performances to stun and amaze 'ee!" said Joker. It was finally your cue. You walked next to Doll onstage in a horizontal line. Doll looked to see if you were nervous(although you never were) and gave you a smile, which you soon returned. "And now with great broze from our fire breathing Jumbo, the show of the century begins!" He said
All of a sudden, Jumbo came up behind everyone and yelled, which meant that everyone had to get offstage. Joker was a bit surprised and it caused him to let out a yell as he ran off everyone else. You giggled a little at his action once you were safe. You watched as Jumbo 'breathed fire' which made almost all of the audience gasp.
You watched Wendy and Peter do their acrobatic act, Dagger do his knife throwing act, snake's snake dance,Doll do her tightrope act, and beast do her animal act. "Last, but not least, we have Phoenix! Look above as she gracefully soars and performs aerial stunts!" Said joker.
When your dress burst into fake flames that made it seem like they consumed your whole body, you heard a surprised gasp from the audience. Soon after performing an aerial stunt your dress was fully transformed into a dress red, orange, and yellow. You also showed your actual Phoenix name. No one knew the wings were real, and you intended to keep it that way.
You looked down and saw what appeared to be a British nobleman that was about your age with his mouth hanging open from surprise. Next to him was his butler in all black who seemed to be enjoying the show. You giggled and winked at them and continued the act. After you gracefully landed next to joker, you took a bow and stood next to him for the next act.
"Alright I would like a volunteer." Said joker. Everything was silent. No one stood up or said a word. "C'mon folks! Don't be shy!" You said in a loud, but sweet voice. Suddenly the nobleman stood up. "I see we finally have a volunteer! Thank you sir!" You said. He had Raven black hair, reddish-brown eyes, and he was wearing all black.
"Alright sir just lie down right-" said joker as he walked right by him. He walked right over to beast's tiger, Betty and started petting examining her. You and joker just stood there dumbfounded as you watched what he was doing. Suddenly in the middle of his 'examination' Betty bit his face, which caused you to giggle.
"She really seems to like you, sir." You said as you continued to giggle. The audience began to scream from fear. "Let go of him, Betty. He's dirty!" Yelled Beast as she tried to whip the tiger. The butler suddenly stopped her by grabbing the end of the whip. You looked into the stands and saw the nobleman. He was clearly frustrated, and he was facepalming. This made you laugh even more. The show continued with more and more surprises for the cast members and by the end you were crying from how hard you were laughing.
When everyone was exiting you were trying to help Joker find the man in black and his partner. You really wanted to talk to the master. You couldn't stop thinking about him. No matter how hard you tried, you could never get him off your mind. "Joker, can we possibly go find that nobleman and his partner…" You said as you looked away. "Okay. Ye look like ye could use some fresh air anyway." He said. "Why do 'ee ask." He questioned. "Oh. No reason! None at all." You said as you turned bright red. Joker smiled and continued to search.
Soon you found the butler, but not the nobleman you hoped to talk to. "There 'ee be! You in the tailcoat!" Said joker as he ran up to the man. You followed unsure of what was to happen next,but sure there was going to be a good show involved. The man stopped when he heard what joker was saying and turned around knowing he was talking to him.
"I'm sorry about what happened with the tiger." Said joker. "No, I apologize." Said the strange man. "You gave me quite a scare, walking up to that tiger like that. Phoenix seemed to get a kick out of it though." He said as he pointed to you. You smiled and said "yes, that was a magnificent show you put on. I enjoyed it." "I'm glad you liked it." He said with a bow. " we have a doctor backstage. Better let him have a look at 'ee." Said joker. "Please follow us and we will escort you there." Joker said.
When you and joker took him backstage the doctor was working on Dagger. "Good he's here. Doc!" Said joker. "Hello, Joker, Phoenix. Joker is your hand acting up again?" Asked the doctor. "Naw, this time I've come here with someone else-" he said. "Wait isn't that the guy, Betty bit?!" Interrupted dagger as he stood up and pointed at the man. " Betty bit him?! That awful. We've got to get you to the hospital quick!" He said.
-a little bit later-
"Did he really get bitten? I don't see any teeth marks." Said the doctor. "Yes. I saw it. Surely there has to be some mark indicating that he was bitten." You said. "It was just an affectionate nip." Said the man. "Affectionate... nip?" Said joker and dagger. You chuckled at their remarks which made them smile. You were their blood related sister. You did anything to make them happy, because you hated seeing your older brothers sad. You were 13 at the time and your brothers are 25, but there was something different about you, but you didn't tell anyone, not even your brothers. They thought you were normal, but they are mistaken.
"Well I'm glad you're okay." You said with a smile. "True. I was afeard the leader'd kill me for letting an attendee get injured." Said Joker. "You aren't the leader?" Asked the man. "More or less. I'm the replacement. The real leader is scary." He said. All of a sudden Beast walked in and sat down so the doctor could examine her leg.
"Hey beast! Great show today!" You said as you walked over to her. "Thank, Phoenix." She said. "Those are lovely prosthetics. Are they wooden?" Asked the man. The man made you a little uncomfortable so you were looking away most of the time. "It's you! You're the freak who wrecked my show!" Said beast as she pointed at the man in black.
"Beast, please don't hate me for this, but don't you think that's at least a little harsh. I mean sure it was kinda his fault too, but don't you think calling him a 'freak' going a little too far?" You asked. "Yes, but you need to get your tiger under control" said the doctor. "Yeah, but he walked right up-" she protested "no buts, you're the trainer, aren't you?!" Argued the doctor. "Now, doc, please don't yell in front of our guest." Said joker "Yes. We should quit fighting and let's have you check beasts leg doc." You said as you were hanging upside from a sturdy pole in the far back. Everyone turned and looked at you and you just smiled and waved back.
"Phoenix, Are you sure that's safe?! Do you remember the last time you did that?" Asked dagger. "Yep. Good times." You said as you chuckled to yourself. "Phoenix the last time you did this you fell on your face." said Joker with a chuckle. "Good times…" you said as you let the talk to without further interruptions. "You'll be retraining Betty, is that clear?" Said the doctor. "Yeah." She said angrily. "Back to what you were saying, these are ceramic." He said as he started fixing Beast's leg "I use other materials too so they're light and sturdy." "I see. They're very smooth." Said the man. "Yes. I added spherical parts for fluid moments." Replied the doctor.
The man started to touch the inside of her leg. Suddenly he stopped and said: "what's this insigma represent?" He asked. When you looked at what was happening you saw that dagger was blushing along with beast. 'boy… that escalated quickly.' you thought to yourself. Dagger had a dark look on his face. "You pervert! What do you think you're doing?!" She yelled and tried to hit him with her leg. "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't think you were the type who was so modest." He said.
Suddenly beast took out her whip and tried to strike him with it. The man dodged her every time she tried to strike. Soon she started knocking down the curtains that separated the patients, which made the doctor mad. "Beast stop! You three stop her!"said the doctor to you and your brothers. "Meh, I have a feeling Dagger's got this. Give it hmmm, three seconds and he should be already on it." You said as waited three seconds and then pointed at Dagger as if it were his cue.
"How far you touch my lady's tender skin!" He yelled. "Called it."you said as you continued to hang on the bar. "I haven't even touch it yet!" He continued. Soon Dagger tried to hit the man with his knives, which the man avoided by jumping on the same pole you were hanging from. It scared you so much that you accidently fell of and landed on your face. "I didn't actually touch her skin,but I think I accidently stuck a nerve." He said. "You ok, Phoenix?" Asked Joker. "Yeah, this happens all the time in training. I'm used to it." You said as you got up and stood behind Dagger, afraid that if you didn't you'd be hit.
"Stop it Dagger! You'll shred the tent if you don't quit throwing these!" said the doctor. "Beasts honor is more important than the dang tent!" He started throwing the Daggers at the man, but he caught each and every knife that dagger threw. "No way!" You and Dagger said in unison. Joker just whistled in amazement to show that he was impressed. "Don't get cocky, sir!" Said Beast as she tried to whip him again.
Joker suddenly stopped beast's whip from hitting the man, by using his walking stick. Then he stood in front of Beast for a moment and then the top of the stick came off and some flowers popped out too. You smiled and clapped for Joker's trick. Beast turned bright red at Jokers action, but did not smile. "Alright that's enough." He said. "What? No!" Said Dagger. "Here Beast don't be so scratchy." Said joker. "Why didn't you stop them sooner!" Shouted the doctor. "I would've stopped them, but it was a good show, so I didn't." You said with a smirk.
While Joker was flirting with beast the strange man jumped off the pole and gave Dagger his knife back. After Beast left he turned to the man and said: "That was mighty athletic." "Indeed." You said. "I haven't seen something like that in a while." You said with a smile. "I reckon we'd recruit 'ee." Said Joker.
"Is is true?" He asked. "My current master is so very spoiled. The truth is I'm rather disgusted with him." He said. When the man spoke of his master you looked away quickly so he couldn't see your blush. Truth be told you found the leader of the two very attractive. "master? You must be the servant then right?" He said. "I thought you were gentry." "Me gentry? Hardly" he said with a bow. "I am simply one hell of a butler. "Now is it true that you'll let me join? If so I'd very much like to join." He said.
"Yes, we'd love to have you join us." You said as you gave a bright smile. "Yes, yes! Please join us anytime, you'd like."said Joker. "Phoenix, Joker, you guys can't just decide like that." Said Beast as she towered over you. "Yes, ma'am I know that, but he has so much talent. Don't you think we can at least consider it." You said timidly. "Yes, he's got such talent" said Joker.
"Pardon me, I don't mean to interrupt, but there's someone I'd like to introduce you to."said the butler in black. "Well, if he's anything like 'ee that'd be okay." Said Joker. "Yes, but I'm afraid we'll have to give him an entry test." You said "very well. I will come back tomorrow with him." He Said. "Thank you for all the help, today." "Sir-" you began. "There's no need to show me out, young mistress. That night you lay awake thinking about who this other person could be. wondering if it could be the boy you found so attractive.