The second chapter, I'm welcome for any comments on how I could change the story. So far, it's the day of the audition for the newcomers on the circus. No clue as to what'll happen, or if Axel is feeling better after the activities of last night! Question, I want a review (and I won't write it until I have an answer) as to whether, seeing as Axel's related to Sebastian, I should have Grell come to the circus in a few chapters. Grell is the man who has a crush on Sebastian after all.

New additions to the circus

Somebody was shaking me, I opened my eyes in a squint to find Dagger shaking me with a concerned look on his face;

"Dagger, why are you shaking me? It's our day off today, remember!" I moaned rolling over, Demons didn't usually sleep, but I'd grown accustomed to sleeping because of the circus. Dagger took a deep breath and clamped his small hand around a clump of my black hair, he pulled hard. I jumped up and growled pressing my hand firmly on the aching part of my skull where he'd pulled my hair,

"DAGGER!" I shouted threatening him with the dagger I kept on my portable dresser, he panicked and ran; I chased him brandishing the dagger angrily.

"Well, good morning Sparkle; good to see yur up and running aroond!" Joker laughed, I stopped and blushed; I was running around the circus grounds in nothing more than a skimpy nightgown which I'd stitched together from leftover cloth; it was so embarrassing that I forgot about killing Dagger and raced back to my tent with my heart pounding in shock. Hopefully, only Joker and Dagger had had the chance the see me dressed like that; cuz it would kill me to have the likes of Doll commenting on me running around in my nightgown. I was still sat thinking about how embarrassing that was when suddenly there was a noise outside the tent, I pulled myself together and threw a shawl around my shoulders;

"Who's there, show yourself!" I shouted coming to the flap of my tent, there was no reply so I came outside fully; I walked all the way around to the back of my tent getting more nervous by the second. I may be a Demon, but I've been in the Human World since three years ago when I was still a little girl; my Demon powers weren't what they used to be. So how would I protect myself if it was an Angel?

"Axel, Joker wants to see you. Says Emily." A quiet voice hissed behind me, I spun around to find Snake staring at me; for some unknown reason, Snake seems to hate me. Every time he looks at me, his dark golden eyes glared darkly through the pale strands of his silvery hair. His eyes moved up and down so he was obviously taking in what I was wearing, I waited for him to laugh but his facial expression stayed the same.

"You might want to change into more presentable clothes. Says Oscar." Snake hissed, it seemed like all that boy did was hiss; I nodded blushing once more and rushed around back into my tent. I started gasping, three people, maybe more if I hadn't run quick enough. I quickly changed into my acrobat uniform, a stretchy piece of black material patterned with light blue sparkles. I front-flipped down the lawn towards Joker's tent, it made good practice even though it was my day off. I may be a Demon, but you could never be too good at something human. Joker was waiting at the flap of his tent smiling happily as he noticed me,

"Snake's snakes told me that you want to see me," I grumbled pretending to be tired, he still had a bright smile and nodded but ushered me into his tent. Two new recruits were sat in his tent, a young boy no more than twelve was sat next to a large man in a butler outfit; Sebastian and his master.

"Sparkle, this ere is the new recruits. Take 'em to the arena so's they can show off their abilities." Joker ordered with his thick accent, I nodded and signaled for the two members to follow me; I avoided looking Sebastian in the eye.

"What are your talents, so I know where to take you?" I asked the young boy thought for a moment.

"Probably, knife throwing; like that boy there. My friend here is a talented acrobat." He said pointing at Dagger, all of us circus folk gathered around the target and Dagger passed the boy a couple of knives.

"Joker, the target is way too far away for the boy. There's no way he'll reach that!" I moaned, it was unfair for the kid. Joker just shrugged his shoulders and pointed at him,

"None of us lot got a fair chance either. It's the only way to find talent!" Joker explained, Sebastian stood next to me and watched his master aim the first knife. It was about to hit the ground as soon as he threw it but suddenly it flew through the air and hit the bulls-eye. We all stared at him amazed, there was obviously something tricky going on here! I peered at Sebastian just as the young lad threw another knife, Sebastian was fast; before the knife dropped he flung a stone invisible to the human eye at the knife sending it straight to the bulls-eye. I stared at him in anger, he was cheating; this kid was crap without the help of this stupid butler.

"Stop frigging cheating, that ain't a fair game here in the circus! Let him do it on his own or Joker will find out everything!" I hissed to him glaring daggers, he nodded but as soon as the kid threw another dagger a stone flew at it making it fly into the bulls-eye.

"Damn you, you made me lose my concentration. I have to do this, we have an investigation to carry out on this circus so we have to get in it. You understand, don't you little sister? After all, you're only here on business for Hell." Sebastian cursed quietly, I sniffed in disgust and walked away only for Dagger to grab my hand and spin me right back beside Sebastian flinging yet another stone at his master.

"Stay, it was your idea to hire these nobody's!" He hissed into my ear, I grumbled something that sounded like 'pushover' and stood glaring darkly. After the knife throwing we took them into the tent and had the boy walk on the tightrope, Doll kept a sharp eye on him in case he fell; he wobbled precariously but a stone flew up and hit him in the side making him curse but regain his balance.

"Sebastian, stop it!" I hissed once more, but his hands were empty; it wasn't him doing it. Then I realized the amount of pockets in his waistcoat were bulging, he'd hidden the rocks in his pockets so I wouldn't notice.

"You cheating son of a bitch, I hate you!" I hissed sharply, he threw a stone as the boy was about to lose his balance and the boy swore darkly reaching to clutch his side in pain. He got to the other side quickly and climbed down the side running over to Sebastian. He put his arm slowly over the boy's, everyone was clapping except me who slumped over growling.

"Ladies and Gentleman, allow me to introduce our newest troop members, Smile and Black!" Joker laughed as Smile and Black bowed, they had circus make-up on their faces and Smile was wearing a blue outfit like Dagger's whereas Black was wearing a dark black outfit like mine. He'd better not have chosen to be an acrobat because I was the acrobat of the circus; not him!

"'ave fun, mingle. Because tonight you'll both watch the performance closely to learn your acts. Black, you'd better pay close attention to Sparkle while she's doing her show. But since she's a First Stringer you won't be doing as much fancy show work as her. Smile, you're the same but you'll be watching Dagger." Joker explained, Black and Smile nodded and walked away from everyone; I decided to follow them. I watched them run right round behind the sleeping wagons for the other members of the circus, not where us First Stringers sleep.

"Young Master, your orders?" Black asked Smile bowing down in a proper butler like fashion, suddenly he spun around eyes narrowed.

"Something wrong?" Smile mumbled, Black shook his head but wouldn't get rid of the weird expression on his face. I focused my draining power to eavesdrop without him sensing I was here; suddenly something flew at me, it was a Reapers Scythe.

"Damn you, leave me alone Suit!" I hissed darkly, suddenly there was a dark aura behind me and I was being held off the ground by a very tall butler.

"Who's this Sebastian?" Smile asked my brother curiously,

"This girl, Young Master, is my little sister. She's the most powerful Demon in Hell so she was supposedly banned from ever leaving the Underworld but yesterday I found her here at the Circus. My silly little sister is their best act, her Circus name is Sparkle." Sebastian explained gripping me tighter, I gasped because he was choking me.

"S...ebas...tian!" I croaked clutching my throat, he saw and dropped me onto the floor; the boy came over and patted my back.

"You're a nobleman, why in the hell are you cavorting around with a Demon?" I demanded pulling myself up angrily, my eyes had already started glowing red. Just some more power to reveal my True Demon Form. Somebody hit my pressure point on my neck, my consciousness was fading quickly. I woke up tied to a table, a surgery table, Sebastian loomed over me and smirked.

"So you finally woke up. Nice to see you, Sister." He cackled picking up a saw, I gasped at the sight of it; it was a rusty sharp edged Demon Saw. Made for cutting open Demons that have become soft so they can see what happened to them, I tried to scream but there was a gag in my mouth.

"Sebastian!" I cried though it was extremely muffled, I looked at the saw with big wide eyes and felt my eyes fill with tears. Sebastian wavered slightly but then the young boy showed up,

"Don't get softhearted, even if she is your sister. You did this without hesitation when it was Claude." The boy snapped, I gaped in horror! This monstrosity child, making my brother cut open his best friend!

"HOW DARE YOU! Let me go!" I screamed thrashing about, Sebastian stared at me with his dark red eyes. He swung the saw into the air and...dropped it, it clattered to the ground.

"SEBASTIAN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, KILL HER NOW! THAT IS AN ORDER!" The boy screamed losing his temper, I broke free and kicked the boy straight in the head. He was knocked unconscious and Sebastian seemed to go back to normal,

"I will give you this chance to run, quit that circus and go back to the Underworld. If I catch you again, I won't let you go; I'll kill you as I did to Claude. Goodbye, Axelandria." He warned picking up the boy and turning to leave, I glared at him.

"You won't get the drop on me again, and I won't quit that circus. You can stay and continue your investigation, but the minute you go after me again; I'll kill you." I snarled leaving swiftly.