We headed out onto the street and started on our way to the show building.

Unfortunately, in order for us to get from our flat to there we had to walk past groups of the "betters". They sneered at us just as they did every morning. I could hear the whispers of slurs and see the anger flashing their eyes. Doing my best to ignore them, I ran to catch up to W.D

"Do you think there'll ever be a day when everyone is accepted?"

"Stop dreaming Anne. You know that will never happen." He said. I sighed. I knew what his answer would be before I asked. I was far more optimistic than my brotherI believed that one day everyone would finally be treated equally by their peers. I hoped I was right.

"What's the address again?"

I showed him the flyer and we realized we had missed a turn and had to turn around.

Up ahead we saw a line of people that reached all the way around the building. It must be where the show was

"A lot of people want to be in this. I wasn't expecting so many people to actually want to be apart of this." W.D. said.

I nodded and stepped up behind the last person in line.

We waited for about ten minutes for our turn to sign up and once we reached the front desk we gave our names.

"W.D. and Anne Wheeler? You're brother and sister?" The man in the hat asked.

"Yes sir. We are." I replied smiling.

"Well, W.D., Anne. We're excited to have you join us."

"Thank you." We went to join the other acts on the stage

There were so many different people who were doing so many different acts. The stage was beginning to get crowded so some of us ended up overflowing out into the where the audience would be sitting. I took a look over everyone and saw giants and bearded ladies and jugglers. Thereseemed to only be two other high flying acts besides us.

"ATTENTION EVERYONE! We're going to audition one category at a time." The jugglers were called first so I zoned out thinking about my parents. We hadn't heard from them in a few weeks and that was unusual but we didn't think anything of it. The last call from them had been about some people threatening to run them out of town and had burned the house down. Everyone was safe but they were obviously not safe from the townspeople. They needed to leave but they said they weren't going to let them win. Maybe I'll call them later tonight. We should've been more demanding when they told us about what happened.

"Anne! Earth to Anne!" I was being shook and turned to look and saw that W.D. was getting up so I got up and followed. The first of the high fliers was already getting set up and the other act was standing by.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Nothing. Just something mom and dad told us."

"Oh."

It was finally our turn to show what we had. We flipped and jumped and dived. Thankfully neither of us fell.

"Thought that went pretty well. You?"

"Yeah. Better than I thought it would."

We were dismissed afterwards and told to come back tomorrow for the final results. We decided to go back home after getting food.

I wasn't really all that hungry though because I was too excited about the auditions. I could barely sleep knowing that this might finally be the chance we were hoping for!

Next day:

When we went back the next day we were shocked to see that there weren't as many here today. It's not like anyone knew the results before they came here so where was everyone? I got my answer soon enough.

"I've sent everyone who didn't make it back home. Those of you who are here made it. I suggest you get acquainted with each other because this will be your family of sorts for awhile." P.T. came out the shadows and told us. "I'm sorry I can't stay I've got a daughter to get from school." He turned and left.

Everyone turned to look at their neighbors and started introducing themselves to each other.

"Hi I'm Lettie Lutz." A woman's voice told me. I searched for it and found a woman. With a beard. She was smiling at me and I smiled back. "I'm Anne. This is my brother W.D. We're trapeze artists."

"Well obviously you can tell what my act is." She said chuckling. "Anyway, you guys did great yesterday."

"Thanks!" I was worried about making friends but maybe we'll make some friends after all...

"I can introduce you to some of the others if you'd like."

"That'd be great. Thank you." We followed her across the room where a larger crowd had gathered. I took this as an affirmation that the group had already more or less split into two.

Back home:

Everyone was nice and it seemed like we wouldn't have any problems with anyone. They all seemed like they'd known what it wa alike to be stared at and mocked all their lives. I knew our differences would be what kept us a team. This was shaping up to be a very eventful night and it seemed it'd only get better from here. I was afraid to go to sleep fearing this was a dream and I didn't want to go back to my previous life before all this. This was like a fantasy.

"When the world becomes a fantasyAnd you're more than you could ever be'Cause you're dreaming with your eyes wide openAnd you know you can't go back againTo the world that you were living in'Cause you're dreaming with your eyes wide openSo, come alive!"____Thanks for reading!!!!! Reviews are welcomed!!!!