Flashback
"Ikuto! Come on!" a blonde, pigtail-haired girl with beautiful amethyst eyes chirped happily. She had a colored flyer in her hand and she clutched it tightly. A bored looking boy followed in her wake, mumbling something about 'stupid, childish things,' but it didn't stop him from following.
They walked down the dark trail, that had said to lead to the circus, but as they went farther and farther, their resolution wavered. The forest around them was dark and creepy, and the girl was getting scared.
Right when they were about to turn back, Ikuto heard the faint sound of music.
"Its right ahead, Utau, were almost there," Ikuto says, and they hurry forward.
The see a red and black striped tent that rose eerily into the night. Ikuto thought that the atmosphere of the whole place was off. Everything in him was telling him to turn back, but he shook off the feeling. Something he never should have done.
A creepy man with a top hat came forward, an almost demonic smile on his face.
"Hello there, children, have you come to see the show?" he asks.
Utau, not sensing the creepiness that shrouded the man, grinned up at him.
"Yes! We can't wait!" she laughs.
The man smile grows, and he turns to the side, pointing out his hand towards the tent.
"Enjoy," he says simply, and Ikuto grabs Utau's hand and drags her inside. They find seats in the semi full tent and watch as the familiar man comes out into the center, the spot light shining brightly on him.
"Welcome, welcome to the Dark Woods Circus, home of the misfits, the freaks and the deformities of humanity. Watch your eyes, for the following is really something that you can't find anywhere else," the ringleader almost sings.
The spotlight moves away from him, and it reveals, two, no one figure. Yet two people. There was a collective gasp around the whole entire tent.
"This is The Twin. Two twins who were….conjoined at birth. They are connected by the hip…literally," the man says. You can tell that there is evil in his voice. Ikuto looks at Utau who is staring at them with horror.
They both took each others hands, the music playing haunting notes. They dance with great skill. The boy side has a frown on his face. He looks sad, he looks defiant, but what emotion is so heavily shown on his face is pain. The female side is smiling. She seems happier, though the smile she wears doesn't meet her eyes. She seems more tame, but you can tell that she hold sorrow in her eyes. Sorrow aimed at her brother.
Utau looks away, but Ikuto observes. He sees that the boy flinches whenever his right foot goes down. He sees a gigantic flaming red spot on his neck that was revealed when his clothes shifted. He had odd scars on his face, too, though the girls face was scar free.
He was the more defiant of the two.
The spotlight moves away from them when the dance is done.
"And now The Forgotten Flower," he says.
The spotlight moves and there is a girl with orange hair. She sits on the ground, and at first it looks like she is just clad in flowers. Then you take a closer look. The flowers on this sunny looking Kid, where coming out of her skin. She looks up and waves with a rose vine wrapped hand, a big smile in place.
She bent backwards, forwards, did flips and tumbles, showing off what she could really do. She did her final flip, landing on her feet and a very pained look flashed on her face.
She was also in pain.
"This is The Mindless Mermaid."
The girl was in a clear glass box, filled with water. She was clad in a short dress, her long blonde hair fanned around her. She was breathing normally out of things in her neck…gills? And she had scales on her arms and legs. She looked almost bored, though. With a small sigh, she perched herself up over the top of the glass, and told jokes.
There was no doubt that she was funny, but Ikuto and Utau didn't find it very amazing. Utau had tears falling down her cheek, while even Ikuto looked horrified.
"Now for a true man, this is The Abandon Acrobat."
A boy was show on a high platform. He was holding a bar connected to strings, ready to jump. He was fearless. His metals arms are straight and his metal hands are gripping the bar tightly. With his metal legs, he jumps, swinging through the air. He does flips, tricks and jumps that risked his very life. And he does is with a goofy smile on his face.
But like all the smiles here, they never meet the eyes.
"Now, the last act of the night. The beauty of them all-" the ringleader starts, pointing out his arm.
But in that very moment, a hand with a rag in it covers Ikuto's face. The rag has a strange stench that he couldn't quite name, but whatever it was, it had him unconscious in no time at all.
They did the same for the blonde.
They were carried into the back where the light balls flickered, and cages lined the sides. Ikuto was thrown into one and Utau the other. Both cages were lined with metal, completely soundproof to everyone.
No one would hear them scream.
No one to wipe away their tears.
The ones their parents didn't wipe away anyway. It didn't matter though.
The second that Ikuto woke up, he knew that life wasn't the same.
It would never be the same.
End of flashback.
Slowly, Ikuto opened his eyes. The door to his cell opened, and the familiar smell of 'dinner' overwhelmed his sense, making an inhumane growl escape his lips.
The attendant yelped, dropping the plate on the floor and scampering out of there as fast as he could. Ikuto made his way over to the plate, and starting eating, not caring who was watching.
"How long was it this time?" asked the male half of the twin.
"Nagi! It's rude to ask!" says the female side.
"Nade, everyone is wondering," he mocks his sister in a lighthearted way.
"3 weeks," he says, hiding his navy blue eyes behind his azure bangs.
"Im so sorry," says Nade. He looks up, his eyes sharp. He stands up, stretching his long body. He leans down, right by the bars of his cage and glares at Nade.
"Don't. Pity. Me." he says, softly but filled with venom.
She shrinks back toward her brother, and Ikuto get up and goes over to the dark corner and finishes his food.
The ringmaster comes through, examining his experiments with a smirk on his face.
As he walks by, he pulls down the metal coverings over the bars, making it impossible for them to see out.
For along time it's silent. No one dares to even breathe too loudly.
They see if they can hear more then they usually can. As usual, the frantic footsteps as they run away. They also hear the controlled steps of someone clad in combat boots as they walk steadily towards them.
They hear screaming. Begging. And then silence.
Complete silence.
Slowly, they hear the boots retreat to not so far away from them, in the dark corner of the room. The boots step onto the metal of the cage, and the door locks in a frantic hurry.
No one knew who it was. No one knew what its deformity was. All they knew was that if they were bad, they would meet the same bitter end that whoever tried to get out did.
And it wouldn't be pleasant.
So they lived their lives trapped in steal cages. Getting hurt from doing the most minor things.
And always just wishing that they had never come around here.
But two people, who were technically one, wondered. They wondered how the person that lived in the cage was.
Their secret was they had met her.
Once.
On a dark night.
And they still remembered the three words she uttered as she looked up with one golden eye, the rest of her face hidden by shadows.
"Welcome to hell."
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