Disclaimer: I am not Darren Shan, so I only own whats going on in my little mind.
I picked up my bag and threw it over my shoulder as I followed Crepsley and Darren over to a bunch of tents. I tried not to stare as I went through all the twist and turns of the Cirque. We walked into a tent where there was a large man sitting.
"Hibernus," Mr. Crepsley began, but the man turned his attention to me.
"Ronnie, welcome to the Cirque." he said extending a long, rather bony hand to me. His hand took a hold of mine and I shook, keeping a grin on my face, trying hard to make a first impression.
"You'll be staying with Gertha Teeth. Darren, if you could show Ronnie to her tent, that would be great. Me and Larten have some things to discuss." he said with a wave of his long arms. I looked over at Darren, who just nodded and smiled sweetly as he took my hand and led me out of the tent. We walked for a while, when I saw a small person walking down a path.
"What... is that?" I said walking over, and crouching down to look the little creature in the face. The stitching made it look hideous, and he had a mask over it's mouth.
"Those are the Little People. they help out around the Cirque. But they don't talk at all." Darren answered for me, smirking as I took a notice of the Little People, which I would be feeding because I had to take an amount of chores for as long as I was with the Cirque. I stretched up and nodded, which signaled Darren to go to my tent. We stopped,
"I'll show you my tent first, so you can meet Evra." Darren said with a childish grin. I entered the tent and saw two hammocks, one which was occupied by a green scaly boy who wasn't wearing a shirt and only a pair of black shorts. Taking notice of us being there, he stood up and walked over to us.
"Hello, I'm Evra Von." he said with a sheepish grin, I took it that this was Darren's room mate.
"Just Von?" I asked, before introducing myself. The snake- boy grinned and then answered,
"Yeah, just plain Von."
"Well, I'm Ronnie." I said returning his hand shake.
"Oh, you're the Ronnie that Darren's been going gaga over?" he said, giving Darren a playful nudge, he was stiff.
"HAHAHA." Darren said, letting out a sarcastic laugh, "Let me show you your tent now, Ronnie." he said, I waved goodbye to Evra and exited the tent. I saw Darren give him a glare over his shoulder but I just ignored it as I entered my tent. There was no sign of Gertha Teeth, my roomate, but I figured I would be meeting her later. I set my bag down by the hammock that would be mine.
"The Cirque seems... fun." I said, walking over to Darren and interlacing my arms around his lean waist and grinning.
"Well no matter how fun it is, I'd rather be home." He grunted.
I sighed and leaned up to kiss him, my lips pressed against his once, twice, he still tasted cold and sweet, just like home. But this time, I could feel the passion pour out of him, he pulled me closer to his body, I could feel his chest under his t-shirt, my tongue flicked at the opening of his lips, they parted and let my tongue in to explore the hollows of his mouth, he moaned a little in approval which made me grin a little, self esteem points right there! I moved my hand from his shoulders to the back of his neck where I played with his hair, I felt him shiver.
"Hey, guys-" sounded like Evra Von.
"Oh nice! Get it Darren!" Yup it was Evra Von.
Darren broke away from me quickly.
I laughed uneasily, and looked over at Evra,
"Oh this is kind of awkward." I said looking over at Darren, whose face turned into a dark crimson color. He snapped out of his embarrassment quickly, and started to carry on as if Evra didn't see anything,
"Is there a reason why you came here, Evra" he asked, annoyance was in his voice, but his sweet tone over-powered it, so Evra didn't take any notice.
"Mr. Crepsley told me to get you and Ronnie, and to have you guys go over to Mr. Tall's tent asap. Mr. Tiny is there." he said, shivering after he finished his sentence.
"Whose Mr. Tiny?" I asked, seeing the tone of the room change as soon as Evra mentioned the name.
"He's a guy who comes to the Cirque every once and a while, everyone gets really uneasy when he's here. He just makes everyone feel uncomfortable." Evra answered, looking down at his shoes.
"Well, great." Darren said under his breath as his brown eyes looked at me innocently, asking me if I was ready to leave. I gave him an assuring nod and started walking towards Mr. Tall's tent, side by side. I locked eyes with Darren, and sucked in a quick gasp of air before letting it out slowly and nodding my head and following Darren into the tent.
"Well, hello!" A voice boomed, I looked over to see a plump man with yellow rain boots, and a very strange suit. This guy really needed some help to get himself dressed in the morning.
"You do not know who I am, but I sure know who you are, Ronnie!" he said, grabbing my hand and shaking it vigorously. I knew the expression on my face must have been very confused, and well bitchy. So I let out an uneasy laugh and plastered a fake smile on my face.
"I am Desmond Tiny, but you may call me Des, or just Mr. Tiny." he grinned.
Des... Tiny... Dest iny? … Destiny! I finally put it together and tried not to show the shock in my eyes, it could be just a coincidence, but with all thats been going on, I highly doubted that it was. I looked over at Mr. Crepsley, the red-headed vampire was standing over towards the corner of the tent, the long scar visible on his cheek, even in the dimly lit tent.
"Excuse me for asking..." I started, not wanting to give the man a bad impression, but he didn't seem like SUCH a big deal to me, so I wasn't hesitating to ask him what I needed to know. "But what do you want with me?" I asked, Mr. Tiny was set back a little, but a unpleasant smirk appeared on his lips, streching from corner to corner.
"Ronnie, my dear. You play such a large role in this, little... game, as I would like to call it." he chuckled. That sent shivers right down my spine. I could see why everyone was so freaked out when he came to the Cirque. Something about him just wasn't right.
"But why me?" I asked, looking over at Darren who was too caught up in thought to even speak. "I'm not a vampire, or a vampaneze. So I don't understand why I'm involved." I said, keeping my tone steady. Mr. Tiny only sighed happily to himself,
"Well, not yet my dear. You are not a vampire, nor a vampanese. But you will be. It will just take time, and based on you decisions and how this all unfolds, we'll know which one you will be. But my dear, whatever you do become, you will be just spectacular!" he said clapping his hands, like this was some kind of cruel, sick joke. He looked over to Darren,
"Oh, and don't worry young Master Shan, you play a great part in this too, I just cannot wait to see your true character... unfold." he said raising his brows. I looked over at Mr. Tall, my eyes darted across the room, I had no idea what to say. I was going to become a vampire... or a vampanese! Never. I loved Darren, and I would never become the enemy, or do anything that would hurt him, so Mr. Tiny had to be wrong.
"That is all, children. I'll be in touch." My. Tiny concluded, giving his hand a simple wave. I whipped my head to look over at Mr. Tall, who just nodded signaling us to leave the tent. Me and Darren walked out in silence,
"You cant become a vampire, or a vampanese!" he said angrily, I had never seen Darren like this, he was full of rage and anger.
"Now Darren, Mr. Tiny is never wrong, but we are going to have to send Ronnie home eventually, and that way it will give us some time to figure out what we should do. Last thing we want is for her to become one of those, dirty killing machines like the vampaneze." Mr. Crepsley said, leaning into the tent. I sat down on my hammock and ran my hand through my blonde bangs, adjusting them out of my eyes.
"But, Mr. Crepsley, I don't see what the problem is, I'm not evil and I wouldn't become one of those... vampaneze." I said, just terrified at the thought of becoming one of them. I had never witnessed them in person, except for the purple skinned monster in the graveyard. He was hideous, and I could never see myself living among them.
"But people change, more factors and people come into the picture. So to be safe, we send you home tomorrow until we decide on our final plan of action and what is best. But you need to tell us everything that goes on." Mr. Crepsley stated. And then I remembered. Steve Leopard. He came into my home, and kissed me! If I came home, he was sure to be back, and something wasn't right about him when he came, when I looked into his eyes... they weren't the same, I though it was the lighting but then it all hit me quickly, it wasn't just the dark room that made his eyes and skin look different!
It was that he was turning a pale violet color... he was a vampaneze!
**I am right now in the editing process, fixing things like spelling error's and Larten's contractions. This is where I have ended and will pick up off here 10/22