Almost everyday I would walk home from my friend Nick's house. It was another normal day. I had heard of a mysterious freak show called the Cirque Du Freak, a traveling circus composed of freaks, so I decided, why not go and see it? When I was walking home I had found a flyer that advertised it on the street. I lived with my parents and they didn't care because my Godfather, Larten Crepsley, who I forgot was my godfather at the time was one of the performers . So one night, I headed toward the abandoned warehouse downtown.
Now the warehouse was at least twenty minutes away on foot. But that night my cab was late . It took me at least ten minutes to find another cab. So after I got in the cab I told the cab driver to take me to the abandoned warehouse. But what I didn't know was that the cab driver was non other than Darren Shan. Darren was Larten's assistant. But we'll get to that later.
When I finally got to the warehouse Darren escorted me to the warehouse where I met a man named Mr. Tall. Mr. Tall was supposed to be the man who owned the Cirque Du Freak. When I handed over my ticket to Mr. Tall, he took me to my seat. I was really excited so I turned around to thank him but he was already gone. So I decided I would just tell him later. About ten minutes later the lights started to dim. The first performer was a wolf, or was it a man? There were two other people on the stage too, a very pretty women and a very short man in a black cloak. Before they released the "wolf man," Mr. Tall went on stage.
"Welcome to the Cirque Du Freak, a marvelous show that will terrify you and amaze . If you would stay in your seats and stay very quite for this first performance, we'd be very thankful."
"The First performer is a very dangerous one. He is called the Wolfman, and yes he really is part wolf part man. Please be very quite and stay in your seats because I don't want anything bad to happen. And one other thing. I do not know if there will be an accident but almost every time we perform there is. So please heed our warnings."
The very pretty women put her hand to her lip and said "Please be very quite." There were two boys in the back row that started laughing but they were soon silenced by Mr. Tall. Once everyone was quite the pretty lady said a few words to the wolfman and then the short guy opened the door. The pretty lady took the wolfman to the edge of the stage and let a couple of people come up and pet him. But something terrible happened. The two boys that were in the back row shot the wolfman with a paintball gun that they had snuck in. The wolfman broke free of the pretty lady's control and ran to the back row and hurled itself to the boy with the paintball gun. It threw the gun away and bit off the boy's arm!
The crowd started screaming and Mr. Tall and the cab driver tackled the wolfman and the pretty lady had the wolfman under her control a few seconds later. The boy was on the floor bleeding. Mr. tall said " What's your name boy?"
"My......name.....is..... Adam Walker..."
"Adam let me see your arm."
Mr. Tall took his arm and poured a little bit of powder on it and it stopped bleeding and then he sew his arm back on and said it was as good as new. Since the performers had to try to get the wolfman under control in his cage again, Mr. Tall said that the show had been cancelled and he told them that he would have another show in a couple of weeks and let them in for free. I was really disappointed. So when they turned the lights back on I left. I expected the cab driver to still be there but he wasn't so I went back in to ask if I could use the phone. But when I went back in, Darren took me aside and said that Mr. Creplsey would like to see me.
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Now the warehouse was at least twenty minutes away on foot. But that night my cab was late . It took me at least ten minutes to find another cab. So after I got in the cab I told the cab driver to take me to the abandoned warehouse. But what I didn't know was that the cab driver was non other than Darren Shan. Darren was Larten's assistant. But we'll get to that later.
When I finally got to the warehouse Darren escorted me to the warehouse where I met a man named Mr. Tall. Mr. Tall was supposed to be the man who owned the Cirque Du Freak. When I handed over my ticket to Mr. Tall, he took me to my seat. I was really excited so I turned around to thank him but he was already gone. So I decided I would just tell him later. About ten minutes later the lights started to dim. The first performer was a wolf, or was it a man? There were two other people on the stage too, a very pretty women and a very short man in a black cloak. Before they released the "wolf man," Mr. Tall went on stage.
"Welcome to the Cirque Du Freak, a marvelous show that will terrify you and amaze . If you would stay in your seats and stay very quite for this first performance, we'd be very thankful."
"The First performer is a very dangerous one. He is called the Wolfman, and yes he really is part wolf part man. Please be very quite and stay in your seats because I don't want anything bad to happen. And one other thing. I do not know if there will be an accident but almost every time we perform there is. So please heed our warnings."
The very pretty women put her hand to her lip and said "Please be very quite." There were two boys in the back row that started laughing but they were soon silenced by Mr. Tall. Once everyone was quite the pretty lady said a few words to the wolfman and then the short guy opened the door. The pretty lady took the wolfman to the edge of the stage and let a couple of people come up and pet him. But something terrible happened. The two boys that were in the back row shot the wolfman with a paintball gun that they had snuck in. The wolfman broke free of the pretty lady's control and ran to the back row and hurled itself to the boy with the paintball gun. It threw the gun away and bit off the boy's arm!
The crowd started screaming and Mr. Tall and the cab driver tackled the wolfman and the pretty lady had the wolfman under her control a few seconds later. The boy was on the floor bleeding. Mr. tall said " What's your name boy?"
"My......name.....is..... Adam Walker..."
"Adam let me see your arm."
Mr. Tall took his arm and poured a little bit of powder on it and it stopped bleeding and then he sew his arm back on and said it was as good as new. Since the performers had to try to get the wolfman under control in his cage again, Mr. Tall said that the show had been cancelled and he told them that he would have another show in a couple of weeks and let them in for free. I was really disappointed. So when they turned the lights back on I left. I expected the cab driver to still be there but he wasn't so I went back in to ask if I could use the phone. But when I went back in, Darren took me aside and said that Mr. Creplsey would like to see me.
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