Chapter Four

Silence. This is something that never occurred to the girl occupying her room. Long, azure hair that were pulled into ponytails that reached her feet, and similar ocean blue eyes that matched her hair. The girl was wearing a school uniform: a white top, crimson plaid skirt and white socks pulled up to her knees. Usually, school uniforms never single out anyone, but in her case, she could be easily recognized. The turquoise-haired girl flopped on her bed, dropping her phone to her blue fingernails. "Another day of school," she exhaled. Her phone went off, her attention snapping to it. The girl rolled on her stomach and flipped open her phone.

Meiko: hey miku-chan, did u hear about the new circus?

Feeling a bit ashamed, Miku replied with a simple "no". That feeling of not knowing something hit her. You would expect someone as popular as her to know every pebble in a creek, but it was a bit opposite for Miku. With school, her stress always ran so high these days, especially when her parents always on her nerves forcing her to study until three in the morning. Her phone went off again.

Meiko: kk. well, u want 2 meet up or smthng? we culd go 2gethr! :D

The blue-haired one pounded the keys, responding, "k, sure (: pick me up around 6". She got up and changed into her normal clothes: a sleeveless gray top with a blue bowtie, a cloudy skirt, thigh-length boots, and black leather arm warmers. She strolled out of her room and to the top of the stairs. "Hey mom! I'm going to hang out with Meiko around 6, okay?" She walked back to her room, not going up for an argument.

Miku walked out into the dark night, staying on the lighted path. Her breaths came out as small clouds as she hugged herself, shivering. In the distance, she spotted a girl her height, short bob-cut hazel hair and ginger eyes. "Hey Meiko!" Miku waved. Meiko hastened and made her way to her friend, grinning. "Hiya!" Miku giggled.

"Hi," Meiko smiled, "So, you want to go now? I heard it's in the woods. Cool, huh?"

Miku nodded, trotting behind her friend. The only sound that could be heard was their footsteps as they advanced towards the woods, which was surrounded in fog. Feeling a bit unsure, Meiko scooted back a bit, trailing behind Miku. "Uh, what is it, Meiko?" Miku questioned.

"Well…" Meiko sped up, attempting to look a bit more mature, "Nothing, just…forget about that." There was definitely something wrong, and it could be seen by her facial expression: over-determined. "Anyways, I heard it's supposed to be an interesting show. Maybe even one-of-a-kind."

Miku started to sense the fears that Meiko was feeling before. As the path grew darker, she felt as if someone would jump out of the shadows and hurt her. The trees began to disappear, out ahead flat land. A large red circus tent stood out from the shades of jade and emerald that was provided by the forest. As Meiko and Miku padded closer, two tall figures appeared, a girl and a boy. As the two friends continued, Miku glanced up at one of their faces. It seemed as if they were trying to say something, but it wasn't absolutely clear.

Meiko walked off in an opposite direction, causing Miku to be by herself. She walked into a large stadium, still bare. Soon, she promised herself, she wouldn't be lurking here by herself. She walked up to the stage, stepping on it, scanning the audience. The blue-haired girl pictured all the seats being occupied by countless people, all waiting to watch the show she would.

"H-help!" a voice cried out from behind the curtains. The girl who it came from was very distressed; Miku hastened and pulled the ruby curtains, her blue eyes alarmed. "Help me!" the voice cried again.

"Where are you?" Miku cried, whipping her head back and forth. As the wails continued to echo, Miku found herself by a cage. What is this? Is…someone in here? "Hello? Is someone in there?"

A white arm poked out of the cage, holding its hand out. Miku touched it and pulled back from its icy sensation. Miku sat on her feet, her hair covering some of her boots from its extravagant length. A moonlit face appeared from the cage, a blue eye similar to Miku's peeked through. Half the boy's face was destroyed; the blonde reached out to touch Miku's hair, rubbing the silky texture between his fingers. "You shouldn't have come," he frowned. "You need to get out of here. Before they catch you."

"Wait, why? Someone called for help! Who was it?" Miku whispered, determined to solve the reasons of the boy's capture.

"It was me." A girl's face, similar to the boy's, shone from the shadows. Their bodies were connected like Siamese ones…wait. It's impossible to have opposite sex Siamese twins. Someone must have put them together, and it was probably the circus. "Help us, please."

Miku's fingers ran along the side of the cage, attempting to look for an opening. Her blue nail touched something that clicked; the cage swung open. The Siamese twins walked out, smiling. "How will you get out of here though?" Miku asked, "Won't you be caught?"

"Oh, they will," a voice chuckled.

Miku's eyes widened again as she turned around to meet a dark figure. Right before she could study the person, a bucket of erosive liquid, acid, was dumped over her face. Miku fell to the ground and screeched in pain, covering her face. This was the liquid that had destroyed the boy's face; she would look just like him. She began screaming, in hopes that someone would find her. Her body was dragged into another room, but the pain was so deep that she didn't even realize it.

The only thing Miku saw was black. Darkness. There's nothing scarier than that. Her fingers ran over her body, and stopped at her face. Her skin had a bumpy texture, like the feeling of cobblestone. No more shiny, slick skin. She touched her…eye… and grew alarmed. She wasn't seeing black. She couldn't see. The acid that was poured on her earlier ate up her face.

Her hands ran down her legs. Her legs felt supple; unnaturally supple. She brushed the other direction, panicking as she discovered what the mystery texture was: fur. She reached for her feet and felt a cold, rock-hard sensation. Hooves. Her legs were replaced with goat's legs. "AAAAH!" Miku screamed. "YOU RUINED ME! I HAVE NO LIFE WORTH LIVING ANYMORE!"

"PSHT!" a voice hushed. "You're lucky that the chairman's not around, or he would have hurt you anymore." That voice. It was the boy's voice that Miku had met earlier. "We figured out how to get out of that cage. Thanks so much."

"Yeah," the girl's voice added. "What's your name by the way?"

Miku blindly stumbled forward, feeling for the cage. "I-I'm Miku. Hatsune Miku."

"I'm Rin," the girl's voice whispered, "and that's Len. There's one more person in this tent, his name's Kaito. He's forced to eat human limbs."

Miku felt her hair being grabbed again like earlier, the boy's lips touching them. "I want to die," he whimpered. "I'm not human – none of us are human enough in this world. If we run, we'll just be returned and tortured more."

A scream rang out from the outside of the tent.