Chapter Eight
"So where did you learn how to do that flip in the air?" Jacob and Paul asked Daphne a few days later.
The brunette put her hands in her pockets. "M-m-my parents were in a circus. They were acrobats," she spoke quietly. She blinked back tears.
"Are you all right?" Flynn asked.
Daphne nodded. Her eyes were filled with tears. She still could not get the image of what had happen in her head. It had been a month and she still had nightmares about it.
The boys sat down on a tree stump. The four friends had decided to go exploring in the forest. "What's wrong, Daphne?" The boys asked at the same time. They did not like seeing their friend sad.
"I-i-it has been a month since my parents died," she replied in a whisper.
Paul, Jacob, and Flynn looked at each other. They knew the death of a parent was not easy, but like most boys they never showed how they felt about it. A girl, they knew, was different story.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Jacob asked.
She nodded her head slightly. "Y-y-you do not have to listen to it. I-i-i-if y-y-you do not want to," she stuttered. Her voice was extremely shaky. She began to cry.
Flynn touched her shoulder. "It is okay. You can talk about it," he said.
The brunette smiled at him. He smiled back.
Daphne closed her eyes. "Okay, this is what happened…"
One month earlier, Daphne smiled as she saw her parents performing. They were going to do the trapeze act that night. They practiced their act for thirty minutes then stopped to take a break. They both climbed down the ladder, and went to go see their daughter.
"That was amazing!" Daphne exclaimed once they reached her.
Her parent smiled. "One day," her father said. He spoke with a very thick Italian accent. "You are going to do performances like that."
Her mother rolled her eyes. "That depends on whether or not she wants to stay in the circus, honey," she told him.
Daphne grinned at them. She wanted to do the trapeze act so badly, but she was still in training. Already she had learned how to flip; the problem was grabbing the other bar. Her arms could not quite reach it yet. "One day I am going to exactly what you do," she told them.
Her parents smiled. "Do you want to go get a cupcake?" Her mother asked.
"Yes!" exclaimed Daphne. Her mother took her hand, and started to lead her to the cupcake stand. Her mother was about to ask her father if wanted one, when she saw him talking to one of the workers. She shook her head and continued to guide her daughter through the busy circus to get the delicious pastry.
That night the circus was filled with excitement. Daphne did her act (which was juggling) then went to the place where other performers got ready to do their next act. She gave her parents a hug before they went out to perform.
A few minutes later, the audience went wild as they saw the trapeze performance. Daphne smiled. She loved to hear the crowd cheer for her parents! From her spot, she could see everything they did.
Her mother was doing the most graceful flip she had ever seen. Her father caught her legs as he hanged upside down. The performance was better than they had ever done!
Just then the bar holding her parents broke on the right side. They fell. The audience gasped as they saw the sight then stopped once the net caught them. It was not even half of a second later, when the net broke.
"Mom and dad died a few days later from internal injuries," Daphne told the boys sadly. Her eyes were red from crying.
The boys gave her a hug. No one spoke for several minutes.
"You know the lantern thing they do for the princess is tonight?" Flynn said uncomfortably.
"It is?" Paul and Jacob asked simultaneously.
Flynn nodded. "How about we watch it from here tonight after we go exploring?" He smiled as everyone agreed to it. "Come on, let's go."
The four friends walked through the forest. Little did they know that they were about to have one of the biggest adventures of their lives.
Well, what do you think of the chapter? I know the chapter was Daphne centered instead of Eugene centered, but do not worry the next chapter will prove to be different I promise. Now I have a question, does anyone know how to make videos on youtube? I have an account, but I have no idea how make videos. If someone would like to make trailer of this story, you may just ask me because I would like to see it.