"Let the show begin!"

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And so it did. First up was the wolf-man Mr. Tall had told us to be quiet while the wolf-man was out. Two people walked him around the stage and then put him back into his cage. Then came Hans Hands he could run faster than any person in the world on his hands!!

Next was Jekkus Flang and his juggling knifes. "This is lame!" the man behind us yelled. "If I wanted to see a juggling knife act I could have gone to a regular circus!"

"Why you!" Jekkus roared back and threw his knife. It flew straight and true right over my head and severed the man's hand right off. Everyone screamed thinking that Jekkus had gone insane, but my scream was the loudest for the man's hand had landed on my head.

"People everything is okay," the man said showing everyone his regrown hand. "Sorry about that miss," he said to me.

"Cormac Limbs!" Jekkus roared happily, and everyone applauded.

Cormac hopped onto the stage and stared to explain that he could regrow any appendage and demonstrated by cutting off every finger and letting us see them grow back.

Then was Rhaums Twobellies who had two bellies and could anything. People gasped in awe as he ate light bulbs, spoons, forks, and knifes. He ate nut and bolts and all sorts of odd things.

Next was Darren Shan, and Larten Crepsley. Mr. Tall had just walked off stage when the lights shut off and a flute started to play. A spotlight came to rest on the flutist, and I gasped. Standing there in the spot light was a man, but not just any man THE man, the man that had attacked Evin. I turned to tell Evin this when, FLASH; another spot light came on and rested on another man who I was astonished to recognize as the man who sold us our tickets. Evin and I looked at each other. Then there was a scream and I knew why 12 spiders were crawling on the two men. 6 each, all of a sudden, SNAP; the red haired man snapped his fingers and the flute appeared from nowhere; the other man had dark brown hair, and started to play again. The lights flashed and the spiders were gone, everyone was looking around nervously for the spiders.

"THERE!" someone in the audience screamed and pointed towards the rafter. 12 spiders stared to weave a web. The web extended from the rafters to the floor, in the web was spelled Cirque Du Freak. Behind each man was a name behind the red haired man was Larten Crepsley, and the dark haired one Darren Shan.

The last act was Madam Treska, the bearded lady, but I couldn't focus. "Evin, that man Darren Shan he was the one that attacked you," I said.

"Really?" she asked.

"Yeah," I said. "I say we hang back and try to talk to him."

"Okay."

The bearded lady had just finished her act and Mr. Tall had thanked us for coming. Everyone got up to leave when we heard a hiss and a thunk of a heavy snake and a man covered in scales. Then I felt something crawling up my leg I looked down and saw a rainbow color snake. Behind me was a snake boy who hissed tickling the back of my neck. I shivered as I turned around and snapped, "Don't do that!"

The boy smiled, "you'll scare my snake."

"Oh, sorry," I said blushing while I bent down and picked the snake up. Then I stood up and handed him the snake. "I'm Madison by the way, and this is Evin."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Shancas."

"Pleasure to meet you too," I said. "Hey is there any way we can meet the guy with the brown hair from the spider act?" I asked.

"Sure I'll introduce you to them, follow me," Shancas said, as he hopped onto the stage. Everyone but us had left by now. I looked at Evin and grinned she grinned back, finally I thought we can get some answers. Shancas led us to a group of people. "Any of you seen Darren?" he asked.

"Yep he's over there talking to Mr. Tall," one of them said.

I don't know whether it was that they heard us or it was Mr. Tall's uncanny ability to know when someone wants something, but he pointed over at us then walked towards us. "Is there something you wanted Shancas?" Darren asked.

"Well kinda, this is Madison and Evin they wanted to meet you," Shancas explained.

"We also wanted to ask you something but in private," Evin said, as I looked down and saw that he too had scars on his finger tips like Larten Crepsley.

"Very well then follow me," he said leading us out of the tent. "Now what is it that you wanted to ask me?" he said with a fake smile on his face.

I looked up into his face and said, "What are you?"

His smile vanished instantly, a frown taking his place, "What do you mean I am a performer."

"No you are more than that. Two nights ago my friend here was attacked. She wasn't hurt but there was a flyer to this on her stomach. I saw you crouched over her and then run off in the blink of an eye. I will ask again. Who and what are you?"

"Do you believe vampires?" he asked.

"There is a first time for everything," I answered, "Right Ev?"

"Right," she agreed.

"Well remember love vampires hate vampaneze," he said, and then disappeared before we could ask anything else.

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It was 12:20 by the time we reached the movie theater. I hadn't heard from my mom so I decided to call her. By 12:25 I had called her 5 times. "Hey Ev, call your mom, and see if she can come get us, also if she's heard from my mom."

"Kay," she said pulling out her cell phone. "She didn't answer." We kept trying our moms. It wasn't until 1 that something happened.

Three figures loomed out of the oncoming fog. They were 20 feet away when I recognized them as Darren Shan, Larten Crepsley, and Mr. Tall. I instantly had a sense of foreboding. "Madison, Evin," Mr. Tall said. "We have some saddening news about your mothers. They have been killed by vampaneze."

"This is a joke right? Right!?!" I cried. I looked at him with pleading eyes; next to me Evin was shaking. Whether with fear or something else I didn't know.

"No, this is not a joke Miss Herrin," he said. "Darren and Larten here can explain it better than I, but not here come with us to the Cirque and we will explain there."

Evin and I followed the trio in a stupor. We put our arms around each other for comfort.

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A/N bum bum buuummmmm this thing took me all day but it's worth it!