I got inspiration to write this fanfic after learning that Jess Harnell, the voice of Cedric, was also the voice of Wakko from Animaniacs. I decided to write this fanfic with Cedric being afraid of clowns as a parody of Wakko's fear of clowns, especially in the episode Clown and Out.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sofia the First or any of the characters; those belong to Disney.

Sofia was so proud that she had passed her latest sorcery test. Not only that, but the Goldenwing Circus was in town and her parents promised that if the children had made good grades in their sorcery test that they would go. Sofia couldn't have passed her test without Cedric's tutoring, so in her gratitude, Sofia decided that she would invite the sorcerer to the circus.

Sofia went up the stairs into Cedric's tower and knocked on the door. Cedric opened the door and looked down at the little princess.

"Hello Mr. See-dric."

"Its Cedric." said the sorcerer in annoyance.

"Mr. See-dric, look! I passed my sorcery test!" said Sofia showing the sorcerer her gold star.

"That's wonderful." said Cedric who was quite impressed with Sofia's progress.

"I couldn't have done it without your help, Mr. See-dric." Sofia smiled, "That's why I want to invite you out. The Goldenwing Circus is in town and I thought it would be a nice treat for the both of us. What do you say?"

The minute Sofia mentioned the word "circus", Cedric's eyes widened and his face turned white.

"You know, I would love to go, but I've got a lot of work to do. I'm really sorry. Maybe we can do it... NEVER!"

At that moment, Cedric quickly slammed the door. Sofia could hear several locks being locked inside. Sofia found Cedric's behavior quite puzzling. Why would he act this way when all she mentioned was that she wanted to take him to the circus?

Sofia went downstairs in confusion when Baileywick the stuart came over to her.

"What's the matter, Sofia?"

"Its Mr. See-dric." sighed Sofia, "All I asked is if he wanted to go to the Goldenwing Circus and then he started acting weird. Its almost as if he's scared or something."

"Thats because he's afraid of clowns."

"Clowns?" asked Sofia.

"Oh yes." said Baileywick, "He's afraid of clowns, harlequins, koshares, minstrel shows-"

"People still do minstrel shows?"

"You'd be surprised at how racist our post-racial society can be." Baileywick noted, "Cedric is so afraid of clowns that he becomes crazy and unpredictable. Its one of the worse cases of coulrophobia I've ever seen."

Baileywick looked down at his pocket watch.

"Oh dear, I have to go check to see if dinner is almost ready. See you later, Sofia."

Sofia stood there contemplating what Baileywick had just told her.

'Coulrophobia.' She wondered, 'Never knew something like that existed. Poor Mr. See-dric.'

And with that, Sofia started to ponder on how to make the sorcerer feel better.

Tell me what you think so far. Please R&R.