Sammy had sat on the floor of her tent for two hours, hoping that by the time she went back out again, everyone would be asleep. She was right. Slowly wandering around camp, Sammy saw the big bus that the Hogwarts students came on. There were a few lights on inside, probably from students staying up late. She walked quickly past it, over to Mr. Crepsley's van.
There was a faint amount of light spilling out of a small opening where the duck taped windows were peeling. Sammy wandered forwards, and knocked on the side of the van. There was silence for a second, then it slid open. Sammy stared into the face of an unfamiliar boy.
"Hey, what are you doing in there?" she said. The boy just looked at her, then over his shoulder at someone. He then moved out of the way, and she saw Mr. Crepsley sitting behind him. Sammy smiled, "Your back!" she cheered, jumping in the van and hugging her mentor. He chuckled, "Yes. Now that my friend, Darren, is here." he said, indicating the boy, Darren.
"Sammy." She held out her hand. He shook it, adding "Darren Shan."
"You see, Samantha, Darren is now going to be my assistant." Darren half smiled.
"Where is he going to be staying?" Sammy wondered, "He could stay with me and Evra."
Crepsley nodded. "That's what I was thinking. Why don't you show him to your tent. And, when your done, Sammy, could you come back here? I need to speak to you." Sammy nodded, and hopped out, shutting the door behind her and Darren.

They walked on in silence for a few minutes, then Darren spoke up, "So. .who exactly is Evra."
"Hes a good friend of mine, you will like him. . I just hope your not scared of snakes." she said, smiling to herself.
"Why? Does he have a pet snake?" Darren asked, intrigued. Sammy nodded, "Yes, and, well. . you will see." They had arrived at the tent, inside, Sammy could hear Evra's snake sleep-crawling. She walked in, avoiding it in the dark. Darren wasn't as lucky. The snake curled up around his leg, and up his torso, scaring the living daylight out of Darren. Sammy acted like she didn't notice, and bent over her trunk of clothes, sitting at the foot of her coffin. Darren made a terrified squeak, and Sammy had to help. She took off the snake and put it next to Evra in his hammock. Sammy pointed to a pile of blankets and a pillow on the spare hammock, Darren got the message, and went and sat in his new bed.
"Goodnight." Sammy muttered.
"Your not sleeping?" Darren asked.
"Nope, I got to go see Crepsley."
"Oh, Bye." He said, rolling over. Sammy walked out, and made her way over to Crepsley's van. She knocked three times, then a fourth after a pause and waited. It was a knock she used so that Crepsley knew it was her. He opened the door.
"Hello, again." Sammy said cheerfully.
"Hello." Crepsley said, as Sammy jumped in, and shut the door behind herself. "Nice night?"
"Very, but cluttered." – she was thinking of the students – "Welcome back, you were away for awhile." Sammy joked. He had only been away for four days. He nodded, "Business. What I wanted to tell you was, now that I have Darren, you can become a full vampire." He said, cutting strait to the point, as he usually did. Sammy blanked, "Say what?" was all she managed. He smiled, understanding her confusion.

"Yes, I know. You would have to give up the day. But the choice is up to you." Crepsley said.
"Well. . ." Sammy thought. She didn't know.
"Why don't you think on it, and tell me after?"
"Sure."
"Goodnight then." he said, dismissing her. She got out of the van and was shocked by the face of an unexpected visitor.
"Hi, Mr. Tall!" Sammy smiled, once the shock was gone.
"Hello, Samantha. Is Larten available?" He asked, looking down at her. She nodded, and he opened the door of the van and disappeared inside. Shrugging her shoulders, she walked through the campsite. Here and there, a random person would be up and say hello to her, but not many.
Passing the Hogwarts bus again, a face peered out at her, the greasy haired man. He looked at her curiously, then turned back to someone beside him. Sammy made a face ant the blank window, and ran off to the lake. The surface was smooth and undisturbed. Sammy decided to fix that, and picked up a bunch of small stones, and chucked them in all at once. They made a loud splash, and someone behind Sammy made a shocked noise. She turned around, and looked into the apparently empty forest. Then a face appeared. It was the boy with glasses, Harry.
"Where did you come from?" he asked in shock.
"I was about to ask you the exact same question, Mr. Invisible" Sammy scolded.
Harry laughed, "Yeah, Invisibility Cloak. Very useful at times."
"I could tell."
They sat there chatting, till Harry decided to go back to the bus before anyone noticed. Apparently, he had climbed out of a window. When they got back, the teachers, and a few students, were walking about the camp, looking for Harry. When the bushy haired girl, Hermione, spotted them walking up, she screamed "Harry! I found him!"
She bounded forwards and hugged him tightly, while everyone else came up behind them. Sammy once again stood there awkwardly. The teachers thanked her for finding him, and said something about "Twenty-five points from Gryffindor."
Sammy walked off back to the tent, to see if Darren was asleep yet. Sadly, he was, and so she decided to go to sleep as well. As she lay there, drifting to sleep, she noticed that she could hear someone snoring. Figuring out it was Darren, she rolled over and fell asleep.

"Morning, Sunshine!" someone yelled at her. Sammy jumped out of her coffin, "What!?" She looked up into Michelle's face. Grinning, Michelle added cheerfully, "We gotta go set up the tent!" Sammy muttered something about getting hit in the foot with a hammer last time she helped. Michelle laughed and dragged her outside. All around the camp, groups of Hogwarts students were chatting with the Cirque folk, easily recognized by the uniforms – red, yellow, green and blue – that they wore. Michelle left Sammy on her own to go look for her brother. Sammy wandered aimlessly through the camp, and a big group of kids sporting blue and yellow walked up.
"Hello." the leader said. A small black girl with short curly hair, and big brown eyes said. "I'm Ebonee!" she said, smiling friendly at her.
"Sammy. . I'm not supposed to know you guys, am I?" she wondered aloud. Ebonee shook her head, "No, the teachers already explained you would not."

Sammy nodded, "Good."
"We just wanted to come over and say hello." Ebonee continued without pause, "Oh! Wait! I didn't introduce everyone else!" She smiled and gestured to the people standing around her. "This is Josh," – she indicated a boy with short brown hair, and a cocky grin – "and good old Jenny," a girl standing quietly with very dark brown, strait hair – "and Tyler," – a short brown haired boy with a mischievous grin – "and then Kaitlann," a small girl with short light brown hair, and brown happy eyes – " and there is also Raelynn," – a blond girl with hazel eyes – " and last, but not least, Brady!" – a tall boy with medium length brown hair standing in the back.
Sammy smiled at each of them in turn. They seemed nice, and normal enough. Maybe she could get along with these Hogwarts students.
"So, how are you guys liking it here at Cirque Du Freak?" Sammy asked. They all laughed.
"Its great! So may things to see!" Josh cheered. Tyler and Brady laughed at some joke they whispered behind Josh's back. Jenny smiled brightly and nodded her head. Raelynn and Kaitlann and Ebonee both cheered in unison, "Yeah!"
Sammy smiled at her new found friends, and asked if they wanted to help set up the tent. They all agreed excitedly, and followed her off to go find Michelle and the rest of the team setting up the tent to see if they wanted a little bit – maybe a lot – of extra help.