Chapter 34: Evil circus

"Finally, a decent rest place!" Silverlight cheered in joy.

Zak and I were at the hotel's registration counter, renting for 2 rooms and a stable. Luckily we got the last rooms. The rooms were full because there was a musical festival at Musica. I took over the keys to our rooms and headed straight to our rooms.

"This is the plan. Purple head, you sleep with Zak and I'll—" Doyle was stopped by me.

"No way, doof head. You sleep with Zak and Fisk and I sleep with Aron, got it?" I grimaced at him. Fat chance, dufus.

"Fine." He sighed.

We entered the room as soon as possible and fell on to the bed. I was extremely tired today. Aron sat on the chair and poured some famous Musica tea for me. I quickly turned on the radio, which plays Musica's music and its music was the best at the nation. The room was nice and comfortable. It had two single beds, a bathroom, a closet and a balcony of the view of the town. I drank the delicious tea.

"We'll take an hour's rest, and then we'll find Ashura," I suggested. Aron nodded.

An hour later.

We walked down the streets of Musica. Musica was separated into 3 parts—old town, where the old cultural buildings stood; new town, the modern part of the city; and royal town, where royalties live. The old town was decorated with musical symbols and instruments. The buildings were unique as their roofs were purple in colour and their buildings always have the musical symbols hanging around them. A lot of people were playing musical instruments along the street to celebrate the music festival. I loved the music. It soothed me from tension.

I was also lucky to bring my precious camera here. I took a lot of wonderful pictures of the people and music in the old town. They were amazing. I loved them. This would be might greatest collection.

"Hey, Kim, did Ashura told you where she was staying?" Zak asked.

"A hotel at the west called Harmonia suites." I replied, regarding the info she sent me.

"This place is crowded." Silver said. "OUCH! That's the third time something stepped on my tail!"

"Good luck for you, twinkle toes."

We were drawn attention by a little circus by the road. It seems everyone was also drawn to it. "Let's enter." Doyle said.

"Did you forget why we came here?" I asked.

"A little fun won't harm, Kimmy," Zak called my name.

"Zak!"

"Please..." Aron begged. "I wanted to see a circus for a very long time."

"Besides we have the rest of the day."

"If you're entering, I'm not. I'm not going to pay for the damages to the circus." Silver exclaimed.

"Fine." Even I was interested. We entered the canopy and sat at the front rows. The circus was about to start.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ali's circus! I'm your host, Ali. Let's first welcome our great singer, Kat!" said Ali.

A beautiful maiden stood out with an umbrella on her hand. She took the microphone and sang beautifully. I was totally obsessed by her singing. Then I felt something weird. I suddenly felt weak, and sleepy. I turned to Zak, who was completely obsessed. I tried to tell him but he didn't care. I wanted to tell Aron and Doyle but even they don't care. I grew sleepier by the minute. Slowly, I had fallen asleep.

I woke up with my hands tied behind my back. The others sat beside me, with their hands tied too. I tried to wake Zak but he wasn't awake. He was still sleeping. I'm afraid. What's going on? Am I in an evil circus? I heard someone's footsteps nearby. I quickly pretended I was still sleeping.

"Is the next shipment ready?" said a man in a grumpy voice. I opened my eyes, astonished to see the host of the circus, Ali with a few men. What shipment?

"Yup, boss. These people will make fine slaves. We will make fortunes! With their special ability of music, we could triple our fortune!" a guy replied. They're all smugglers!

"Some of them will some of them don't." said a woman with beautiful blonde hair. I recognized her as the singer, Kat.

"Who?" another man in flaming red hair asked.

She walked towards us in a graceful way and pointed her finger at—me? "The girl?" Ali asked.

"No. I want the man behind her." Man? What man? Then two men came nearer to me so I closed my eyes. A few moments later, I opened my eyes, astonished to see Doyle was being pulled away by the men. Why would Kat want with him?

As soon as—the still sleeping—Doyle was taken away, Kat grinned. "Are you going to feast on him?" Ali asked. Feast? Is Kat some kind of a vampire of something?

"Yes," She grinned evilly. I hate that look on her. She left.

"Now, get the last shipment ready already!" Ali yelled. The men quickly back to work. One by one the sleeping people were brought into a lorry to be shipped at the port. I got to think fast.

I think I can fight them all, but there were 3 of them. I don't know whether they possess any magic abilities. If they don't it would be easy as pie; but if they do, I'll be toast. I need backup.

Zak was still sleeping. I tired several times to wake him up but he just still asleep. Then I noticed a water hose nearby. If I could turn on the water, everyone would be awake in no time. I slowly moved my mana towards the hose. Luckily no one noticed. I quickly turned on the water and the hose went crazy. Water spilled out and filled the whole air. Drizzles hit my face. I hope my plan worked. And it did.

Zak slowly opened his eyes. "Wh-where am I? Kim?"

I smiled. Aron also returned to her senses. "What am I doing here?"

"I hate to say it but we're being smuggled."

"What?!"

"Hey why the people are wakening?" yelled the redhead.

I freed myself from the ropes with my mana. "Sorry pal, I think I might be responsible for this."

"How you—get her!" Ali yelled. The other two went straight towards me. I dodged to let Aron to throw a spear at them. The spear pierced through their shirts and pushed them towards a wall. The spear stuck on the wall with the two.

Ali tried to run but Zak caught him in his Claw. The whole smuggling activity was stopped.

Zak freed the other people. Then I remembered Doyle and what Kat was going to do to him. Kat is going to feast on him! "ARON! ZAK!" I yelled.

"What is it?"

"Doyle's in trouble."

Kat placed Doyle on her bed. She hissed. "What a perfect meal to regain my energy." She sniffed his scent. "Delicious human."

Her appearance started to change. Her beautiful face was no longer there, but it changed into a white pale face with eyeballs stood out of its sockets. Her blonde hair turned white. Her body turned into a ghost's body, floating on air with no legs. Her tooth turned into sharp, pointy jaws.

She opened her jaws and caught Doyle in her hands. She slowly put him into her mouth but was stopped by a loud crash at the door.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Aron yelled. Her spear appeared and she threw it towards Kat. Kat dodged but she dropped Doyle on the floor. Kat was much more disgusting than I thought.

"Eww—I swear she was much prettier than this." I said.

"What is she or it?" Zak asked.

"Soul-eater. Never thought I would be so lucky to meet one," I replied and looked at the soul-eater in disgust. Soul-eaters, as their name suggests, they eat souls, human souls to gain energy.

The soul-eater growled. Aron looked mad. She shot arrows at Kat but she took them by swallowing them and then spit them at us. Luckily we dodged quickly.

"Soul-eater art! Invisible!" Kat shouted. She slowly disappeared. We got closer to each other without lowering our guard. Then Zak was hit by something and thrown towards Doyle. I was suddenly swayed to a wall by an invisible force. Aron was the only one standing.

She became more vigilant. She's not going to let a soul-eater to eat her and her boyfriend alive. Her spear appeared. She was hit by something and her leg was caught. She was hanging upside down. The soul-eater appeared. It was about to eat Aron.

I tried to move but that hit made me incapable of moving. Zak couldn't move either and Doyle wasn't awaken. Aron's dead meat. But I'm not letting it happen.

I tried to move but then there's a loud crash at the window. A huge blue wolf entered the room from the windows. It howled. Who is this?

It growled at the soul-eater. The soul-eater, seeing it had a greater enemy at hand, it let go of Aron. Both growled. The soul-eater rushed towards the wolf but the wolf scratched it with its sharp claws. Then it caught it with its jaws and threw it outside. The soul-eater was badly injured. It retreated.

I stared at the blue wolf's eyes. It looked so familiar. The blue wolf's appearance slowly changed into a familiar figure. Slowly, no more blue wolf was standing there but Lady Ashura.