Story time! It is based on a Vocaloid song called the Dark Woods Circus. The true story that the Vocaloid song was based on was horrible.
"Mom! Dad! I heard the circus is in town! May I go and look around?" Gohan asked excitedly. He was eager to see the clowns, taste the tacky carnival food, and see the amazing acrobats. But the thing he wanted to see the most was the Freak Show. It wasn't because he thought they looked funny. No, not at all. It was rather that he found them interesting and that he pitied them. He heard rumors of them not being born that way, but who was to believe rumors?
"I don't know Gohan. We are sort of in a tight schedule. And you need to catch up on your homework." Chichi sighed folding her arms. She disapproved of circuses. Children should be at home studying. Not gawking at deformed people and clowns.
Goku sighed. He knew that Chichi wouldn't give in… maybe he should stick up for his son. That would be a great idea! "I don't know Chichi. I think Gohan should go! He's a kid and kids deserve to do fun things other than study all the time. And besides, Gohan can do his homework when he gets back." Goku stretched his arms before continuing, "So Son, what is this circus called?"
"It's called the Dark Woods Circus. Today is its opening day, so the admission is free. They got all that amazing circus stuff! Please mom and dad!" Gohan begged. This circus came once every three years on the day of a full moon. Goku nodded his head while Chichi's face turned red. Slowly, she nodded her head yes. Gohan cheered with all the happiness an eight year old could spill out.
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Later that day, Son Gohan set off to the forest that held The Dark Woods Circus. He couldn't stop thinking of all the excitement that he would see. But the closer he got to the location, the more ominous the area looked. Dead trees and weeds were everywhere. It was as if the whole area died.
"This is not at all what I thought the circus area would look like…" Gohan thought as he scanned the campground of the circus, "Well, there are some amusements and there are families here. It can't be too bad can it?" Gohan touched down at the gate. He looked up at the wooden arch and in Bold Gothic writing it said "Welcome to the Dark Woods Circus". Gohan shuddered. He didn't think this place would be so terrifyingly creepy.
"Hello young man." A voice out of no where boomed. Gohan jumped out of surprise. He couldn't believe himself! He was the strongest in the world yet he can't even concentrate at a single freaky circus.
Gohan spun around to face a man in red. This man was 10 meters tall to the young Gohan. Gohan assumed that this man must be the leader of the circus, the ringmaster. Gohan didn't say anything and the man smirked. The smirk was a smirk that said "Enjoy the circus." In a blink of an eye, the Ring Master vanished.
"Eh?" Gohan looked around trying to figure out where the ring master was. He wasn't near the young boy.
"That's strange… he was just here… I might as well go check out the other amusements at this place..." Gohan thought to himself. He turned towards where the Ferris wheel was located. The dark circular frame of the attraction loomed over its surroundings. Gohan was about to take a step when he heard a strange poem being sad by what seems a young girl's voice.
"Oh you're here! You're here!" A girl boomed, "Tonight, we'll be showing, the sad fate that some of this world carries."
"Children that God has abandoned, restlessly creeping out!" Another voice, a young boy, spoke out.
"Children who can't even carry the trembling limbs they were born with!" The girl said again, making her voice somewhat sad.
"Their shaking tongues even accidentally cry out."
"The crowns of their head that carcass the dark clouds."
"They smile as they dream of their mother's embrace"
"Oh the deformity!" The girl screams in fiendish delight.
"DEFORMITY!" The boy and girl scream in union.
"Drop by and see him." The girl said, taunting.
"Drop by and see him." The boy said in the same matter.
Something about that poem made Gohan move towards the Freak Show Tent. Gohan gasped when he saw the girl and the boy. They weren't two separate beings but one. The boy looked calm, with no expression on his face. He had these weird marks on his face that appear to be burn marks. Gohan shook his head trying to clear his mind of the possibilities of why those marks are there. But the girl on the other hand, she was cheery with a slight insane look in her eyes. She didn't have any of those marks that the boy had… strange indeed.
One last glance was taken towards the twins. Then Gohan took a deep breath and walked into the tent. Unknown to him, the Ringmaster was watching him with a huge smirk on his face.
Reviews please. And maybe nothing too bad will happen. But I won't make any promises ;)
