I could have done a number of things to this next chapter....but all of them were boring....so i decided to skip Rosie's training and go straight to when she performs with the twins. I will be honest, the last time i was at a circus was in first grade and something went wrong when the guy got shot out of the cannon, so please, bear with my terrible explaination of Rosie's performance with the Twins.
Larten: Yes, it looked a lot better in person, but explaining it is impossible.
AIW: I just said that!!!!!!
Larten: Do not yell at me! You do not own me! Or the rest of the Darren Shan Saga!!!!
AIW: Noooooo *evil grin* but i own Rosie.
"Welcome to the Cirque Du Freak," Hibernious said to the wide eyed audience, "Home to the most talented humans—and other creatures. I am Mr. Tall and I will be your…master of ceremonies, if you will.
"Our opening act is…" he paused for dramatic effect and four Little People rolled a large cage with a black covering on stage. "The Wolf Man!"
One of the Little People swiftly uncovered the cage and the Wolf Man roared at the gasp of the audience and the brightness of the spot light.
Next to me, Rosie flinched. I looked down at her without moving my head. She was pale as a ghost and her lip was trembling. She was after my act which was about three performances away.
"Are you okay?" I asked her, looking back at the Wolf Man.
She nodded. Her performance was with Seersa and Sive, the Twisting Twins. She wore tight black leggings and a black long-sleeved top that revealed her belly button. The outfit was skin tight, meant to seem like a second skin in order for her to move comfortably. Her feet were bare and her toe nails were painted a glossy black.
She has been on stage with the twins, but merely as an assistant. She had to learn their routine step by step, twist by twist, in order to perform with them. After months of hard training, she was ready. When she was told she was going to perform at the next show, she was so excited, she ran to me, woke me up, and told me all about it. Though I was still half asleep.
Now, however, she was frightened. We had a big crowd tonight and she already threw up what little food she ate that day. I comforted her, telling her that she would do great and that Seersa and Sive would not have even considered letting her perform with them unless they were 100% sure she was ready. She calmed down a little bit, but still shivered with stage fright.
While we watched Hibernious lead the Wolf Man around the audience, Seersa and Sive touched Rosie's shoulders gently. She jumped and turned around.
"Rose, do you want to practice one more time?" Sive asked.
Rosie looked up at me. She did not want to leave my side, being so scared and she also wanted to watch me perform with Madam Octa. I smiled and nodded to her. She nodded back and allowed Seersa and Sive to lead her away.
As Rosie went to go practice one last time with her mentors, the Little People rolled the caged Wolf Man off stage, who slept soundly in his cage.
Truska was next. As always, she wowed the audience with her amazing facial hair and received catcalls, even when she grew her beard. Hans Hands raced on stage, on his hands, of course, and did his act of running extremely quick on the palms of his hands. Rhamus ate his tenth meal of the day and finally, it was my act.
As Hibernious's booming voice announced me on stage, I looked around one last time for Rosie. She was still practicing. I shrugged and walked on stage, looking as grim as I possibly could as a Little Person brought Madam Octa on in her cage.
"Now," I began, "I warn each and every one of you, the venom in Madam Octa's bite can kill all of you. So, please do not make any noise to startle her."
I brought out my flute and opened the cage, causing gasps from the audience. I help my hand up to silence them as I brought my other hand to my lips with the flute. It sang a note and Madam Octa walked out of her cage obediently.
I asked her to do tricks and she gladly did. She loved to perform, to show off. When my act of over, I bowed and walked off stage with a Little Person carrying my spider behind me. Once off stage, it handed the cage to me and I jerked my head in a nod. Any creature of Desmond Tiny is nothing pleasant.
I stayed out of view of the audience, but I managed to see the stage very clearly. I have not yet seen Rosie's act. The twins insisted that I would have to wait.
"If we showed you now," Seersa began.
"We would have to show everyone now," Sive continued.
I could still hear their laughter in my ears. Why did I let Rosie be taught by trouble making twins?
"And now," Hibernious boomed, "Allow me to introduce you to Seersa and Sive, the Twisting Twins!"
Three ribbons dropped down from the ceiling in the dimmed light. I could see Rosie's small silhouette. She was in the middle of the twins' ribbons.
"Seersa!" Hibernious boomed. A single spot light on Seersa, who was on the left closest to me. She stretched her leg up so her knee touched her forehead.
"Sive!" Another spotlight shined on Sive, who did exactly what her sister did. Both were dressed similarly to Rosie, only they wore black socks to cover their feet and there was only a diamond of stomach that showed.
"And, our newest member," Hibernious boomed, "Rosie! Who has been taught by the Twisting Twins to perform for all of you."
A third spot light on Rosie. She held onto the ribbon tightly, without wavering, and stretched both her legs up to her forehead. She scissored her legs apart so she could smile dazzlingly at the audience. I saw her wink at someone and whomever she winked at whooped.
The stage was theirs. They outstretched their arms and held hands. Rosie let go of her ribbon and Seersa and Sive made play that they dropped her. I almost flitted on stage to catch her! But Truska held me back, amusement in her eyes.
Rosie did a bunch of acrobatic tricks, using the twins' hands as leverage. She twisted her legs around their arms and hung upside down. Then she actually managed to twist her body along the length of the twins' arms, facing Seersa and giving me a wink and a smile. I returned the smile.
The twins let her go and she swung down, her legs wrapped around Sive's arm and Seersa holding onto Rosie's entangled arms. Seersa stretched her legs up and wrapped them around Rosie's waist, her back to the audience as she hulled herself up. She gripped her sisters' shoulders and pulled herself up to she was balancing on Sive's shoulders and Rosie was still tangled on her arm. Rosie let go and landed on her hands with an almost silent thud, her legs split in mid air. Sive let go of the ribbon and landed perfectly on Rosie's thighs with Seersa still on her shoulders.
As the audience clapped, Seersa flipped off of Sive's shoulders, but Sive did not get off of Rosie's thighs. Instead, Seersa dropped to the floor in between Rosie's hands and entangled her legs with Rosie's. Sive then split her legs so that she was mirrored with Rosie and she twisted her legs around Rosie's as well.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Hibernious said from no where, "The Twisting Twins!"
The audience clapped wildly as the Twisting Twins and Rosie bowed to their audience, still in that painfully awkward position. Honestly, my groin was in massive pain just looking at them!
The three untangled themselves and climbed up the ribbons, ending up in the same position as when they entered, only Rosie's stretched legs covered her face. The stage lights went out and they received a standing ovation.
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