This ending was kinda difficult to write. More the fact that I didn't KNOW how to end it than I didn't want to.

I mean, sure, I like the characters and story, but to continue it even further than this would be over doing it.

Anyway, I'm saying a big thank you to everyone who has stuck by me and read this series from start to finish. Reading the reviews and comments you have all left me has really made writing this fic so much more enjoyable.

Now all I have to do is decide which shall be my next Vocaloid project :/ Such a hard decision to make *sighs*

Again, thank you for reading and enjoy the last chapter for 'Dark Woods Circus'

Bye-bye~!

Chapter 18 (alternate) –

"… So that's what happened." Fay finishes. "All of this, everything we've done, was to save the people from the circus. We might not be able to stop them, but at least we can hinder them."

She looks up at those in the room with her, from Shan to Fly, then to both twins. All of them, bar Viv, had a look of disbelief in their eyes. Her story was too fantastic, too far fetched to be true.

But it was the truth, and they all knew it, deep down, that what she said was no lie.

"So what now?" Nick asks. "Do we go back to normal? Do we get out memories back? What happens now?"

"Slate and Aaron will operate on all of us, including Izabellz and Senz, to get us back to the way we once were. With regards to your memories, that all depends on you." Fay replies. "If you want to remember, I can make the process quicker by reversing what I did to you, or you can wait for it to naturally deteriorate, like what has happened to me and Viv. But if you don't want to remember, then that is fine as well. I can make it that your memories never return, a permanent block on them, if you wish it."

"Knowing is scary," Shan says, rubbing his hands together as he looks around the all too familiar room. "But not knowing, to me, is even scarier."

"I agree with Shan." Fly comments. "I want to know, so that I can see where I came from. I mean, you three," she points to Shan and the twins. "Know that you came from the circus. But me? I have no idea where. So yes, Fay, I want to know."

Fay smiles at the pair as she turns to the twins, waiting for their answer.

Viv looks to Nick who just nods his head. "We want to remember as well." Viv answers for the both of them. "But if we do regain our original memories, what will happen to our current ones? Will they disappear?"

"No, only the false ones that I implanted will disappear. Everything else will remain."

"I still don't trust him, Fay." Shan says, startling the teen a little.

She looks up at him and nods her head sadly.

"It may be because I don't have my memories back yet, or I could be something else. But I don't trust him."

"I know." Fay whispers.

"But I trust you." Shan grabs the girls hand in his, the teen looking up at him, as he smiles warmly at her. "And I know you would never intentionally harm us, as you have explained."

She could have cried tears of joy at those words as they embrace each other. She was worried; worried that they would hate her, even though they made the choice of their own accord. She was so scared of losing them, and they had just brushed her fears aside like they were leaves being blown by a strong gust of wind.

Fay was the first to be operated on, since her legs wouldn't be fresh for long. She walks to the red room, everyone looking at the offending door in mutual shock, as she turns, smiles at them reassuringly, before entering the room. It was a good few hours before Slate and Aaron exited the room, with a woozy Fay being pushed along in a wheel chair, with her legs intact and horn gone.

She smiles up at them and flexes a toe for all to see.

After that, everyone else's fears were put to rest as Viv and Nick were next to enter.

Slate operated on them alone as Aaron tended to Fly, giving her a tonic that would slowly stop her flesh from rotting and falling off her body.

"Within in a year," Aaron says as he gives her the bottle. "You should have most of your body fully recovered."

Fly holds the bottle in her hand, a little wary of it, as she looks up at him. "You do have a back up plan if this doesn't work, right?" She asks.

Aaron smiles at her before shaking his head. "If that doesn't work, then nothing will. Trust me on this; it will work."

"And how can you be so confidant with this?" Fly holds the bottle out at him and shakes it slightly.

"Simple." Aaron replies, grabbing her left arm and ripping off the bandages. Her skin, though a bit red and raw, was intact. "You took a little before Marita replaced your memories to see if it worked."

Fly gaps at her arm, having always had it bandaged up, as she runs a finger along the bumpy skin.

"Over time," He continues. "You're skin will become smooth, as if you had never had a problem in the first place."

She was lost for words.

The one thing she had wanted in the whole world was to have normal skin.

"You're not returning me to normal: you're curing me." She states in shock as she realizes she was like this before having met the doctor.

Aaron, confirming her statement, nods his head. She looks up at him, in utter awe at his work, before realising that Fay was right: he did want to help.

She smiles, a sly smile, up at the good doctor. "Maybe you aren't so bad after all." She says before walking off.

Slate exits the red room, having already placed the twins in their own bed with their heads reattached to their bodies, as he looks around. "Who's next?" He asks the empty hall.

"We are." A voice replies.

Turning around, Slate faces Senz and the young Izabellz. He looks up to their tall figures as he gulps slightly.

"I'll let Aaron take care of you both, then." He states as he begins to walk away.

"Aaron is busy tending to his sister." Senz intercepts, stepping in front of the man. Slate stops in his tracks as he looks up at the woman before him. "Besides, I would rather be operated on by someone that I know and trust than a stranger."

"Then you must have me confused with someone else." Slate says as he steps past the woman. "I'm neither of those things, least of all to you."

"What happened in the past can't be changed." Senz calls out.

Slate stops walking and tilts his head to the side slightly as he waits for her to continue.

"I know what happened; I found out later that it was you who did this to me." Slate stiffens at her words as she chuckles nervously to herself. "I must admit, I was shocked at first, but I understand now." She stretches out a hand towards him as he turns around to face her, his eyes sad and lonely. "You don't have to carry this burden all on your own."

Slate looks away, ashamed at his past actions, as he walks towards the red door and opens it wide. He looks up to both women as he steps aside. "After you." He says as Senz smiles down at him.

She places a hand on his head before entering, leaving Izabellz to wait for her turn outside.

Shan knocks on Fay's room door, startling the teen as she looks up from her reading. "Yes?" She says as he enters her room. She smiles at him before placing the papers on her bed and walking towards him.

"I see you can walk now." Shan says as he watches her walk towards him.

She smiles, performs a little twirl for him, before standing in front of him. "I just had to wait for the drugs to wear off before I could walk again." She replies as she kisses him.

He smiles into the kiss before remembering the reason he had come and pulls away from her embrace. "Fay, I need to know how I am to be cured."

Her face falls slightly before looking away, a slight blush gracing her cheeks.

His face falls with the thought that there was no cure after all.

Fay, having read his face, holds up a hand in shock and shakes her head. "No, it's not like that. There is a cure. It's just… well… embarrassing." She mutters to herself.

He grabs her arms and shakes her gently. "I don't care, Fay." He says. "If it's a cure, then I want it."

She looks up at him and nods her head as she whispers into his ear.

He pulls back in shock as he looks at her wryly. "You're kidding, right?" he asks in shock.

She shakes her head.

"But… for that to be a cure?"

"I know, it seems a little… odd."

"You mean unreal and unbelievable."

"Well, yeah, but I am being honest: it's the only way."

"Did you plan it like this?"

Answering his question, the teen's cheeks flush a bright pink as she looks to her side. He stares at her in awe before letting go of her arms. Noticing this, she looks up at him accusingly. "Hey! It's not all my fault here! We were talking about it before all of this happened and you suggested it would be a good way to break the tension."

"So what, I just said out of the blue 'Hey, as my cure, why don't you make it sex?' Is that what I said?"

"More or less." She replies, her blush growing darker on her cheeks as she stares him in the eyes.

He sighs and looks away, before returning his gaze to her. "Are you sure about this?" He asks. "There's no other way?"

She shakes her head. "There's no other cure. And besides, I don't want anyone else to have you."

He sighs in defeat as he hugs her, hoping that she couldn't feel his heart beat though his chest. "Fine." He says. "If it's the only way, then I can live with that."

She looks up at him, relief in her eyes, as she kisses him passionately.

Viv wakes in her bed, blinking her eyes as she stares up at the white ceiling. Stretching her arms up above her, she sits up and rubs her eyes. "Morning Nick." She says as she looks to her side.

Nick was sleeping soundly on a bed next to hers, drooling onto his pillow as his shirt rode slightly up his body, revealing his stomach.

Viv gaps at him in shock before looking down at herself, at her two arms and legs, before she feels around her neck. She couldn't feel any sort of stitching on her skin or any sort of bumpy line to indicate that she had been beheaded. Her smile widens as she jumps to her feet and squeals with joy.

"Nick!" She calls, rushing to her brother's bed as she shakes him awake. "Nick, look! We have our bodies back!"

"Wha?" Nick replies as he sits up, staring at his sister, before looking down at himself. He looks to his arms first, rotating his wrist back and forth, before looking down at his legs as he swings them over the side of his bed and touches the floor below him. He smiles up at his older sister before standing before her. "Fay was right!" He calls in excitement. "We're back to normal."

"And our memories have returned as well." Viv calls out in shock.

Nick looks at her in alarm before realizing that what she said was true: his memories had returned. They exchange a brief glance before rushing out of their room, in search of Fly and Shan.

Fly was talking with both Lucinda and Aaron when Viv and Nick reach them. All Fly had to do was smile at them warmly for the twins to know her memories had returned as well. They also notice how the bandages on her left arm were gone, revealing slightly red flesh instead. They give the girl a quick hug, along with a happy and encouraging smile to Aaron, before running off to find Shan.

Aaron looks at their retreating figures in slight shock as he turns to Fly. "Could they know?" He begins as Lucinda giggles beside him.

"They may be children, but I think they're sharp." She replies as she leans on Aaron a little, the man not bothering to push her away, but instead smiles at the action.

Fly laughs.

"If you want to be all lovey-dovey, then I suggest you get a room." She says, receiving a dirty look from Aaron and a bright blush from Lucinda. Fly just laughs even harder at their reactions.

Shan and Fay were in the shower, due to Fay's request, as the water dripping from Shan's body turns blue. While his skin was returning to his original colouring, the blue being washed away by the water, Fay told him that his hair would forever remain blue: something he actually didn't seem to mind, much to the girls relief.

He hugs the girl in front of him as she leans into the hug.

"Shan," she says. "I have a confession to make."

"What? You going to tell me I have my original memories back even though I said I don't want them?"

"I thought you did want them." Fay says in shock.

Shan tightens his grip around her and smiles into her back. "I'm just teasing you." He replies. "What is it you need to tell me?"

"Yeah, about that, umm, you know how I said the only way to cure you was to… well, you know."

"Yeah? What about it?" Shan asks, turning Fay around so that they were now facing each other, Shan looking his lover in the eye.

"Umm, well, I kinda lied." She says, averting his gaze.

Shan's eye twitches.

"You mean to tell me, you took advantage of me?" He says calmly.

Fay nods her head.

"Then how come I'm returning to normal?" He asks.

"Well, the thing is, you're cure could have happened ages ago." She replies. "For you, the colouring was in your pours, so all you had to do was sweat it out." She chances a glance towards him to meet smiling eyes.

"Oh really now?" He says as he leans down closer towards her.

Fay stumbles back as far as she can before hitting the tiled wall, Shan pinning her so she can not escape.

"Then how about I get some 'revenge'."

"Huh? Revenge? How?" She asks.

He kisses her deeply yet roughly, leaving her panting for air as she looks up at his lust filled eyes.

She smiles.

"I think I'm going to like this 'revenge'." She says before wrapping her arms around the young man before her.

Outside the bathroom door, Viv and Nick listen in to what the pair are doing inside, smiling in a knowing way as they decide to leave the two alone.

They can tell them the goods news when they were finished.

'All of the cast is jolly,

Their forms are rather strange,

But it's so fun!

Drop by and see him,

Drop by,

To the Dark Woods.

It's fun.'