Note: Okay, sorry this chapter wasn't very different from the book, but I guess it should probably go in there and stuff. And, sorry about how long it's taking to publish now also. I promise I will continue with the whole series. As a matter of fact, I know how it's going to end, and I mean like- The whole serious. (Yeah, don't ask, I know how certain parts are going to go like.) But yeah, if Darren Shan has an ending similar to mine, I am going to be verrrryyy upset. ;

Chapter VI

Soon after Mr. Tall walked off the stage, two women- One blonde, one brunet, walked onto the stage wearing sparkly red dresses. They unlocked the door of the wolf-man's cage, who was howling and barking at first, until on of the women hypnotized him with her fingers, slowly moving them in front of his eyes. As she did this, the other women looked sharply at the crowd, putting a finger in front of her lips. "Be very quiet," She said with an accent. "One loud sound and he will wake up, which could be catastrophic."

When the women hypnotizing the wolf-man drew her hand back, they both quickly got ready, and then walked the creature down the stage steps. They allowed you to pet him very softly if you wanted, and when he walked by us Steve rubbed him. Then, Ariel leaned out and stroked his ear quickly and ever so softly, then leaned back into her seat.

Steve smiled. "His hair was all spiky and st-" He was immediately interrupted by a huge, unexpected BOOM! The noise was so loud; it almost made me jump out of my seat. Suddenly, the wolf-man began roaring, and threw the women out of his way. Around him, all you could see were people leaping from their chairs, pushing others out of their way and running. The three of us just sat the there whole time, watching in horrified silence. One woman was unfortunate enough to be jump on by the wolf-man, pinned to the floor. I watched closely, terrified, as she put her hand up to defend her face. It didn't even seem like a split second until the wolf-man bit into her hand and ripped it off, spewing blood all over the both of them.

A few people who attempted to run had fainted when they say the blood. I could feel my face turn white and my insides turn, then barely managed to glance at Ariel- She was staring and craning her neck to see, but other then that her eyes showed little interest. Slowly I turned back around, catching Mr. Tall appear behind the wolf-man. He wrapped his arms around the creature and whispered something into his ear, causing the wolf-man to calm down.

Mr. Tall led the wolf-man back up to the stage as the two women calmed everyone down. Steve and I continued to gape at the women, who still had blood pumping out of her wrist. Doing the same thing he had done to the wolf-man, Mr. Tall began whispering in the women's ear, and she immediately sat still. He then picked the hand off of the floor and gave a single. At that, two people covered in blue hooded robes came to his assistance. They were taller then the three of us, but still had arms covered in muscles. After they took the hand, Mr. Tall grabbed the women's wrist, and a small, opened pouch appeared in his free hand. He sprinkled its contents which turned out to be some sort of pink dust on to her gory wrist. Then, the two people in blue robes withdrew orange threads and needles and began to stitch the hand back on.

Once they were quickly finished, both of the hooded people returned to where they had came from, leaving the women to stare blankly at her repaired hand.

"Move your fingers." Mr. Tall instructed calmly.

Hesitantly, the women blinked with an uncertain look on her face, never the less- she began to wiggle her fingers successfully. Her hand looked as good as new, because even though you could make out the stitches, there was no blood or anything else like that.

"You will be fine." Mr. Tall reassured her. "The stitches will be gone in a couple of days and then your hand will be the same as it always was."

As you might guess, her husband attempted to press charges or call the police, but it was quickly taken care of. After that, a few people left, but the show continued to proceed.

"Do you.. Maybe wanna leave at all..?" I asked.

Steve smirked. "Why? You scared at all?"

"Of course not!" I shouted, irritated. "I just wanted to know what you thought."

"Sorr-y."

Wow. When I look back now, I get so incredibly angry at myself. Instead of looking like an all out tough guy, I should have just ran like death was after me- But nooo, I had to be all- Ugh, Never mind.

After that, these really cool acts followed. One was of a skeleton like man who had bones made like rubber. Then there was this guy who was HUGE, and could eat just about anything, including glass and such. When he was finished, the blue hooded people began selling novelties. I bought some of this wiry like wolf hair, Ariel bought a chocolate bolt, and Steve attempted to make one of them talk by asking for the price. (It didn't work.)

When the small people in blue robes left, a woman dressed in a slashed dress walked onto the stage. Her appearance made most of the men in the theater shift around in their seats. Steve coughed and smiled at me, but Ariel saw him and rolled her eyes.

I thought this would be the bearded lady, but there was a slight draw back- She didn't have a beard.

Well, you'll never guess what happened. She was able to grow a five inch beard in just seconds, and then "grow it back in." Mr. Tall offered to reward anyone who could cut it with a bar of gold, but no one was able to.

After the bearded women left the stage, another act displayed a man who could wrap his feet around his neck and do amazing stunts on his hands. Once he left the stage, there was a long silence until Mr. Tall appeared. According to him the act would be baffling and incredible.

"However, any loud or sudden noises will have deadly results." He warned us. Of course this was taken very seriously by the audience, considering what happened with the wolf-man. Mr. Tall then walked off the stage and softly announced: "Mr. Crepsley and Madam Octa!"

The stage lights dimmed and an eerie looking man walked up. As soon as he appeared, I saw Ariel pull her feet onto the chair and wrap her arms around her stomach.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"I don't know," She whispered back. "All the sudden I feel all weird and sick.."

"Maybe you ate too many chocolate bolts?" I asked softly, making sure my voice was as quiet as possible.

"Maybe.." She muttered, her voice trailing off.

The man that had walked onto the stage was wearing dark red clothes, but you could clearly see his pale face and the crop of orange hair. One thing that was really scary was this scar that ran down his face, from the side of his lip up to about his eye. There was a wooden cage in his hand, which I guessed was Madam Octa. Remembering back to the spider on the poster, I was very interested in this particular act. Mr. Crepsley placed the cage on the table, then faced the audience and bowed. When we saw his face again, a frightening smile was crossing his face, and the scar only made it seem longer.

As interested as I was, I didn't hear what he said at first when he explained his act. Instead, I was staring at Steve, who was white and shaking all over. When Mr. Crepsley had walked out, he had gasped really loud.

"Steve..?" I whispered.

Silence.