Enjoy this chapter. longest chapter yet!

Disclaimer: If you just accept the fact that I'm NOT Darren O'Shaugnessy, then I will not have to come through your desktop/laptop/DSi screen and kill you, stuffing your head with garlic and throwing it in a faraway river.

Also, instead of a tin whistle I used a flute instead. It's somewhat "awesomer." ( I really wish that was a word.)

Anyway, enjoy the probably horrible version.


Larten Crepsley came on stage, and in his hand I saw a wooden cage. I wondered what the spider looked like.

We couldn't see his face at first. He was wearing a tailed costume, and a tie with a fake spider on the knot. He wore a tall red-and-black striped hat which hid his face.

At the middle of the stage, he took off his hat and bowed. I recognized him. It was the man from the alley, the one who gave me the flyer that started it all.

I heard a gasp somewhere beside me. It was Steve.

I was about to ask him what happened, but Crepsley had started to speak. "As Mr Tall has explained to you, ladies and gentlemen, you must be very silent during this performance." He had a kind, gentle voice, but it was somewhat stern. " Madam Octa is a rare, poisonous spider. I have learned to control her, but I do need my full concentration to do so.

" Do not clap, gasp or scream. It will distract the spider and she could very well kill me. This performance is not for the faint of heart, so leave now if you wish to."

Larten opened the cage cautiously and pulled out a silver flute. He started to play a tune softly, and the spider came out of her cage.

Madam Octa was the ugliest, most hideous spider I'd seen. She wasn't hairy like a tarantula, but she was huge, probably the size of my hand. She was oddly patterned, mostly with greens, blues and purples.

Octa climbed up Crepsley's leg and onto his flute-bearing arms. Then she went to his elbows and formed a web going down. I was amazed when Crepsley flung her off, and when she landing, teetering, on the edge of the stage, I bit back a gasp.

Madam Octa recovered and started climbing on Crepsley's leg again. This time, she went all the way to his face and stood in his mouth!

Mr Tall came back on stage. He had a flute of his own, and he started playing. Madam Octa spun a web over Crepsley's mouth and jumped off. Crepsley licked the web from his lips. "Mm. A tasty treat from where I come from."

I felt sick. Who has spider webs for treats?

Once Madam Octa was back in her cage, Crepsley took a bow and grinned, the scar looking creepy on his face. I glanced back at was staring intently at Crepsley. His attention seemed unfocused towards the spider. I shrugged it off.

Crepsley walked off stage. Was it my imagination or was he staring back at Steve?

Mr Tall stayed behind. He tossed the flute off-stage and smiled. Then he told us to stay seated, because they were going to make sure the Wolf Man and Madam Octa were secure.

A huge snake slithered out onto the stage. A lot of people gasped. Even Steve started paying attention.

The snake hissed and bared its huge fangs at the audience. Then, a boy around my age, more or less, came out from the back of the theater. He was only wearing a pair of shorts, but it was too dark to see his face. The outline of his hair was spiky and ruffled. When he stepped onto the stage, I saw that he was covered in scales from head to toe! Even his hair was a darkish green color.

The boy hissed at the snake. He even had a forked tail, just like the snake! I guessed he was the snake boy it mentioned on the flyer. The boy stuck his head in the snake's mouth, and a few more people gasped in fear. The snake coiled itself around the boy, and then Mr Tall came out again.

"And that, ladies and gentlemen, really is the end."

This really was a circus of freaks!


I hope you guys enjoyed. Now if you excuse me, I'm going downstairs for dinner. :P

Review as always!

Stay creepy,

Creep.