Chapter Three

"Come on Len, hurry up!" a girl hollered, running up a hillside. She had shoulder length blonde hair and azure orbs. The girl wore a white shirt with a black collar and black shorts. Wrapped around her arms and legs were black cloth that expanded as they reached to her feet and hands. "I see it, I see it!" she squeaked, jumping in place.

"Rin, the show doesn't even starts soon," the boy yelled from below. He scampered behind Rin, panting. His appearance was similar to the girl, except his pants were much longer; his hair had enormous bangs in front, and was tied up in a ponytail. "Wow, I expected it to be much bigger."

"It must be good!" Rin beamed, crossing her arms. "The posters said it was!"

Len shook his head, disapproving. "I'm telling you, Rin, I have an odd feeling about this place." Of course, he learned that line from most horror movies. "You can't always believe what advertisements say. Remember those shamwow things that said that you could pick soda clean off of a soaked carpet? When we received them they could only absorb a few drops of liquid before the sheet became so useless!" the sibling argued.

Rin narrowed her eyes, placing her hands on her hips. "Oh, come on, Len! It's a circus! What's so bad about it? The advertisement said it was really fun and that we should drop by!"

The blonde boy shrugged. "I don't know. But I'm not paying a yen if the show sucks!" Len teased.

"You won't even get to see the show if you keep on slowing down. I bet I'll beat you!" Rin challenged.

"Ready?"

"Set?"

"GO!"

The twins darted down the hill and into the chilly woods. Fog rested on the forest floor, distorting from every step one of the siblings took. The only source of sound came from the clamping of the white and yellow boots; they were truly alone. A crimson tent appeared from the fog, both of them picking up their pace. Len charged into the tent, Rin on his tracks. Both of them collided with a tall, dark figure.

"Sorry!" the twins said monotonously. Len pulled Rin back and away from the person that they had crashed into with apologetic faces.

The figure beamed down at them. "Oh, look. It seems as if we have two early birds today…" he chuckled. "You two will do just fine."

A bloodcurdling scream rang from inside the tent.

"Len, Len!" Rin cried in a distressed tone. She was shaking him with one arm, trying to wake up her counterpart. "Wake up, Len!"

Len blinked, his glossy eyes switching over to Rin. She was really close to him. Uncomfortably close. "Get off me, Rin!" The brother pushed his sister off, but somehow…he fell with her. "Ow! Ow! What's going on?" He gazed closely, then panicking at what he was seeing. Half of his body was sewn together with half of Rin's body. "Oh my god…"

Rin began to weep, covering one of her eyes with her hand. "I'm sorry, Len…this is all my fault. I really hope this is just a dream…" she sobbed, biting her lip. "It can't just end here, can it? We are part of the Dark Woods Circus now."

"No! We aren't! We're going to have to escape!" Len declared, standing up. This new body sure required teamwork. The two 'Siamese' twins hastened to the edge of the moonlit room, only hitting a wall. "Come on, we can't give up now!" Len insisted.

"Going so soon?" a dark voice called. "Why, the show hasn't even started yet! And the crowd will be pleased with a new act! You'll be phenomenal, I'm sure." He unlocked a door and walked in, still impossible to see.

"You sicko!" Len cried, "Let us out, you bastard! Don't you have anything better to do than to hold us in captive?"

"IS THAT ANYWAY TO SPEAK TO ME?" the chairman screamed, flinging a bucket of liquid over Len.

The liquid burned the sibling's flesh, the sibling crying out in pain. "Rin…listen to what he says…" he shed tears. He continued to cry, Rin horrified.

"That's more like it," he cackled, exiting the room. "Just a reminder that you'll be performing tomorrow. Smile from ear to ear!"