Chapter 11 – Meeting
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"Welcome Mr. Trancy, please do come in." Scarlet tried to say politely.
She gestured Alois and his butler to come inside. They walked into the tent. Scarlet put on a fake smile locking away the hatred she automatically felt for this boy. She tried to keep her tone from going back to dark. They walked down the hall of the big tent. As they walked down the hall Alois noticed a symbol craved on each door they passed. The first door they passed had a watering can symbol. The second door had a knife symbol on it. The third door had a rose on it. The fourth door had a crown on it. They reached a door close to the practice arena. The doors symbol was a heart. They heart was in split in half.
"This is their room." Scarlet said.
Knock.
Scarlet knocked on the door.
"Come in." Black said. As Scarlet let them in the room Alois noticed another door. The symbol was a circular ring. They entered the room.
"Black you have visitors." Scarlet notified him.
Black looked up from the book he was reading. "Who's this?" Black asked.
"This is the nobleman Alois Trancy. He came to see our show today." Scarlet told Black.
"Is that so? If the word spreads we'll get more publicity." Black continued to read.
"Where's Bright?" Scarlet asked.
Black lifted his head from his book.
"She brought some cats in here so I told her to bring them back outside."
Alois asked, "Why would you do that?"
"Because I hate cats and I'm allergic to them as well."
"May I sit?" Alois asked.
"Sure there is a seat over there." Black pointed to the chair between the two beds. Both beds had black sheets. In front of each bed there was a trunk full of items.
"Well I have to go call my name if you need me." Scarlet said as she exited the room. It was quiet for a couple minutes.
Creak.
The door opened.
"Did you put the cats back?" Black asked.
"Yup!" Bright answered cheerfully. She spotted Alois sitting in the corner. She walked about to Alois. "Who are you?"
"I'm Alois Trancy, a nobleman."
Bright's face exploded with happiness. "This is great! A nobleman came to see our show! If people find out they'll come to see us! We'll have a bigger audience!" Bright spun around in circles until she got dizzy and landed on her bed.
"Bright why don't you serve some tea?" Black suggested.
"Alright." Bright exited the room to get the tea.
"Quite some sister you got there." Alois chuckled. "How old are you two anyways?"
Black answered, "I'm 13 years old and Bright is 15 years old." Black flipped a page of his book.
"When did you join this circus?"
Black responded, "A few days ago."
Alois was about to ask another question when Bright entered the room with tea. She set the tray down on the table in the top left corner of the room. There were three different kinds of teas on the tray. One was traditional Japanese tea. The other two Alois couldn't figure out because the cups looked so alike. The only way he knew once was Japanese was because it was in a Japanese tea cup.
"Here you go Black, your favorite Earl Grey tea." Bright smiled as she handed Black his tea. Bright handed Alois Scottish Breakfast tea. "I hope you like it." Bright sat down on the bed and began to drink her tea.
"So why did you want to visit?" Bright asked.
"No reason in particular," Alois said, "I just have a few questions."
"Like what?" Bright asked.
"Why did you join this circus?"
"Easy. We joined this circus to make money. When we've made enough, Black and I are going to travel the world."
Alois set his tea down, "Travel where?"
"Japan. That or America." Bright responded.
"Why do you want to travel to those places?" Alois asked Bright.
"They seem like interesting places."
Black slammed his book shut.
"Done already, Black?" Black nodded his head.
"I'll be right back I need to get another book from Blossom."
"Alright." Bright said.
Crack.
Claude looked around. He was sure he heard a cracking sound. He looked at his master but it seemed like he didn't hear a thing neither did the others. Alois sipped his tea. Black headed towards the door.
Creak.
He opened the door. He was about to go through the door when he remembered he had to ask Bright something.
"Hey, Emi―"
"Yes, Ci―"
They both stopped speaking once they realized what they were about to call each other. Alois had begun to wonder.
Crack.
Claude heard the cracking sound again. He had now known where the cracking sound was coming from. It was coming from Black and Bright.
"Um, Alois can you please leave for now. You can come back tomorrow. We have to go talk to Ring Master."
Alois responded, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow." Alois got up.
Black stopped Clover when she was walking down the hall.
"Clover," Black called her name. He looked concerned.
"It couldn't be." Clover said.
Black nodded yes.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Escort the nobleman and his butler outside, please."
Clover shook her head yes.
"Alois, Clover will take you outside." Bright said.
"Just follow me." Clover told Alois.
She began to lead him outside. She took him down the hall and to the door leading to outside. She opened it. Clover brought Alois outside and has disappeared back into the tent. Alois walked away with a smirk on his face.
Back in town Summer, Sebastian and Hagi were discussing the issue they had.
"We should go investigate the circus." Summer suggested.
"Since you are taking the role of the nobleman they would probably let you in if you wanted to meet the cast." Hagi told Summer.
"Silly people, we don't have to do anything." Sebastian stated.
"What do you mean demon?" Summer questioned.
"Let's just say a friend of mine is spying for us. He should meet with us to tell us what he discovered."
"Sebastian!" a man in red screamed.