(Red's POV)

To say having a roommate was something is beyond me. I doubt I am going to get used to this. Whelp! Might as well make new friends!

I was currently following behind Snake as he led the way to his tent. I began to wonder the possibilities of what the circus had to gain from kidnapping children. I couldn't find a conclusion that could relate to them all, whatsoever. Sighing, my thoughts went elsewhere. Ciel must be highly uncomfortable right now, the only people he knows here are Sebastian and I. Now he has to room with someone he doesn't know.

Suddenly, I collided with something solid and warm. Looking up, I realized I bumped into Snake.

"I-I'm sorry!" I exclaimed as I took a few steps back. "I guess my mind wondered off."

"'It's all right', says Oscar." He replied as he opened the curtain to his tent, letting me inside.

Safe to say, there weren't as many snakes as I thought there'd be. Sure, there's about ten to eleven. But that's not a lot. Sitting on a bed with white sheets on the opposite side of one with black sheets, I looked up at the reptilian man.

"Since we are roommates, is it all right if you introduce me to your friends?"

Nodding, he stood in front of me and held up a snake that was black, white, and red. He spoke in a deep, yet calm voice.

"This is Emily."

So, he can speak…, I thought. It's a lot different than what I imagined.

He then held up an orange and white snake.

"This is Goethe."

Next, came a green snake.

"This is Oscar."

Then, a white snake and a white snake with gray spots.

"This Keates and Bronte."

A brown and tan snake slithered up onto my hand.

"That is Wordsworth."

Pointing to the snake on his shoulders.

"This is Wilde."

A large snake slithered in front of me, its fangs showing.

"He's Webster."

Finally, he held up a tiny white snake.

"And this is Donne."

Smiling, I said, "It's wonderful to meet you all, I hope we can be friends."

Donne slithered over Snake's arm and down his leg then slithered all the way up to my arm as he wrapped himself around my wrist.

"He likes you."

"Says who?" I ask looking at the snakes.

"Says Snake."

"Why do you speak to me in your normal voice, rather than with the other circus members?"

"Because no one would believe you if you told them."

I stared at him for a few seconds as he stared back. Finally, I spoke up.

"Harsh. But, no matter. You can call me Red when it's just the two of us, okay?"

He nodded as he removed his coat and laid on his bed, his snakes laying at the opposite end while Donne moved to the opposite end of mine. My guess was that was the cue for lights out so I laid down, avoiding to hit Donne and turned off the lamp. Nightmares consuming my mind as it drifts off.

(Third POV)

In the morning…

Red's eyes opened as she saw Snake about to wake her up. Sitting up, she smiled as she stretched.

"Good morning, Snake! How did you sleep?"

"Fine. You must hurry if you wish to help the other rookies prepare breakfast. Smile and Black are already up."

"Oh! Thank you for telling me." She got up and raced out of the tent, avoiding the poisonous snakes and heading inside the wardrobe tent.

Discarding her previous outfit, she placed on a new one that was blue with one long sleeve and matching laced up shoes and put on her own makeup. She then ran out and to the area where they cook meals, seeing Ciel struggling with a bucket of potatoes. Heading over to him, she caught the other side of the bucket before he fell forward. Sighing, he looked up at her.

"Thank you."

"Don't fret over it." They both then placed the buckets in front of a crate. Looking back at the boy, she saw his medical eye patch slipping. Turning him around, she began to fix the strings. "My guess is that you dressed yourself this morning."

People began to stare at the pair, Ciel's face bright red. They shrugged it off, seeing as how the kid might have a crush on the girl.

"Now then, let's start cooking."

The two teenagers began to peel the potatoes, one doing it right and one, also known as the young earl, doing it wrong. Red looked down at Ciel's potatoes and sighed.

"Smile…" she said calmly. "What do you plan to make with the potatoes when the skins have more potato on them than the potatoes themselves?"

"Eh!?"

"Smile what're you doing!?" Ciel's roommate shouted.

"I…I'm sorry!"

"Argh. There ain't much left to eat…"

"There is nothing else to be done…" Sebastian smirked. "Let us fry these nice and crispy as-is and make fish and chips."

"I like that!"

"I am glad."

Ciel had a glum look on his face as his butler began to take over the whole cooking routine. Red pat his back in comfort to his stress. As soon as the food was done, everyone began to gather and talk with one another. Ciel's roommate grabbed his wrist.

"Let's go, Smile! If'n you don't hurry, you won't get no meat!" she shouted, then ran head on into people who were trying to get their breakfast. "Outta my way!"

Red was currently sitting beside Snake, watching everyone being chaotic, her plate full of food. Those two being away from the other members of the circus.

"Is it always like this?" she asked.

"Yes. Sometimes, it is worse."

"So, how did you join the circus?"

Snake became tense and flatly replied with, "Joker and the others found me. Wanted me to join, so I did."

"I see." Red replied as she bit into her food, knowing he wasn't being fully honest.

"You seem to know Suit. How is that?"

"He was a frequent visitor to my father."

"I see…"

Silence passed on as both ate their breakfast, everyone being sat down and eating. Then Snake spoke up.

"Wordsworth, Emily and I saw your practice, have you ever performed like that before an audience?"

Swallowing her food, a light blush on her face, she replied, "No. That was something my uncle had me train with along with knife throwing."

"For safety?"

She nodded in response, chuckling from a past memory.

Flashback

"Papa! Papa, look! Look at what Willie taught me!" a little girl with bright red hair shouted as she hung upside down on a wooden beam going across the ceiling, her hair in pigtails swaying back and forth.

Looking up, Undertaker nearly had a heart attack at the sight of the girl.

"Red! Oh my-! D-Don't move, I'll get you down!"

Undertaker searched all around the shop, causing a great mess and tripping over everything, until he found a ladder. Using it, he stepped up and grabbed the young girl, climbed down and set her back down onto her feet.

"If I didn't already have gray hair, I sure would now…"

The little girl just chuckled as she hugged her adopted father.

"Willie says with my training ahead of time, I can take on the queen's guards!"

"Let's just stick with dummies and wood, for now."

"Okay!"

End of Flashback

(Ciel's POV)

My roommate Freckles was currently blabbing about Sebastian's cooking. My focus was on Red and her roommate. She must be finding a way to get past all of the poisonous snakes that are all around the area. That thought changed when I saw her blush then chuckle.

What the-, my thoughts were cut off as my roommate grabbed my wrist and ran to the practice tent.

Not again…