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Please review and I should have an update added tomorrow
Author note.
I am sorry for taking almost a year to update but highschool required more time and focus than I thought. I couldn't couldn't use any of my electronics (kindle fire, laptop, iPhone) and didn't even want to try to use the school computers but I did a lot of writing in my note book. So hopefully this will either be a long chapter or I will be updating a lot within the next few days. Hope you like my story and just letting you know now I know nothing about trick riding and just wrote what I thought would look cool. Enjoy the story.
"Hello," I answer impatiently.
"Hey Kelsey," My friend Melinda responds.
"What's up?" I say less whatannoyed.
"We have a new one and we can't get her to change back."
"What did she turn into?"
"A fox."
"Put the phone on speaker."
"Ok."
"Hi my name is Kelsey Hayes and I know you're probably freaking out right now but I need you to calm down and think happy thoughts. Are you back yet?"
"Yes," a girl answers.
"What's your name?"
"Haley Fox," she responds and I hear the pack trying to hold back their laughter.
"Really people."
"Sorry Kelsey but it's just so ironic. Her last name is Fox," I hear Amanda say giggling.
"Can someone explain why I turned into a fox?" Haley asks getting everyone back on track.
"You triggered your shape shifter gene. That means you have enhanced senses and strength. You can also change it to any animal you want but the first one that you changed into will be the one that you're most comfortable as. Has your family ever told you any stories about this?"
"No my birth family died in a car accident when I was a kid and I've been in the system ever fact I just got out since I'm considered an adult now."
"I'm sorry about your family."
"It's okay I don't remember that much." She responds as I see my turn.
"Amanda can you tell her the other stuff and get her settled in, I have to go now. Haley it will be nice to have you in the pack. Bye guys and radio silence until I say different. Melinda is in charge until I get back." I hang up and turn into the parking lot that the Circus Maurizo has set up then get out and walk in. When I ask someone where I'm supposed to go I get directed to a silver trailer in the back. I go over my checklist then knock on the door.
"Just a minute!" A voice calls out then suddenly the door opens to reveal a tall man in a bathrobe.
"Sorry if I woke you but my name is Kelsey Hayes and I'm your new temp worker." I say with a smile.
(Conversation is almost if not the same as in the book. I might have misspelled some words)
"AH Fantastico! welcome to the Circus Maurizo! We are a little, how you say, shorthanded and need some assistenza while we are in your magnifica città , e?"8h? Splendid to have you! Let us get started immediamente!" He says in a strong Italian accent then sees a girl walking by and gets her to show me around.
"Welcome to the big-er, well, small top! My name is Kathleen and you can sleep in my tent if you want. There are a couple extra cots in there. My mom,my aunt, and I all share a tent. We travel with the circus. My mom is an acrobat along with my aunt. Our tent is nice if you can ignore all the costumes." She says.
"Thanks for the offer but I was told I could bring my horse and his trailer has a space for me to sleep in." I say and her eyes light up.
"You have a horse! Can I seeit?"
"Sure follow me," I take her to my trailer and let her look at him. "I'll let you ride him when I find a more permenant place to park my trailer."
"I don't want a ride but if you follow me I'll show you where to park your trailer." We get in the truck and park by the tents out of the way. I get Midnight out so he can stretch his legs.
"Do you want to see some tricks? I ask and proceed to get some special tack out when I see her nod. After I put it on Midnight I go in the trailer and change into my white and purple trick riding outfit. Then I get on Midnight and get him to start trotting in a circle around Cathleen. He picks up speed as I start to stand up on his back. I notice a crowd gathering as I do a handstand in the saddle. I do a split while I'm still in the handstand then stand up. I walk to the very edge of the saddle and take a deep breath before I turn around and do a back flip. Once I land I hear the crowd cheer. I do a few more tricks then get Midnight to stop. I slowly put my hands on the top of his head and go into a handstand, at the same time Midnight rears up on his back legs. As he paws at the air I flip off his head and land smiling in a split in front of him. Midnight backs up and lands on all four hooves again as the crowd goes wild.
"Fantastico! Can you do that tonight for the performance?" The guy from the trailer asks.
"Sure what part?"
"hmm, our finale is always the tiger but if we do that right after you it won't make an impact."
"I can preform with the tiger. I've used big cats in my routines before." I say smiling as I think of all the times I guilted the guys into performing with me and not worried at all because every animal listens to me no matter what.
"You have?" He asks and I get my iPad out of the trailer and show him a video of me doing a routine with a tiger. "Wow this is amazing but I don't know if it would be safe to do with our tiger."
"It's okay, one of the other places I performed had the same reservations so I ended up going first so that by the time it got to the finale everyone was calm enough to enjoy it."
"That's perfect. You'll be the opening act and everyone else will go in the same order after you. One problem though. Do you have anything more eye catching?" He asks and I pull out a white and gold sparkly outfit. "Perfecto!"
