Hola! It's me again! Hope you like this like this chapter!

Disclaimer:

Me: I, Alice, do NOT own the Cirque Du Freak and/or Darren and Evra.

Phoenix: She, Alice, only owns me, Phoenix, and the plot.

Darren: she, Alice, is obviously NOT Darren Shan.

Evra: She, Alice, is obviously Alice/REDLIONSAYSRAWR.

Me: I, Alice, do not own any of the Darren Shan characters.

Phoenix and the two boys made their way out of the forest and into a small city. They looked around as people pointed and laughed at Evra, whose head was down and his hands shoved into his pocket. Seeing him like this made Phoenix sad and angry. She HATED it when peoplemae fun of her 'brother'.

A small group of kids walked by and saw them. If they made fun of Evra, Phoenix swore that she'll—

"Look at that FREAK," one of the boys in the group said.

The whole group erupted in laughter and pointed at Evra.

"Gross! He's GREEN!" squealed a girl.

They bumped into Evra with their shoulders, knocking him to the ground. Darren and Phoenix gasped and ran to him, helping him to his feet.

"Evra, are you okay?" asked Darren.

Evra shrugged. "I'm kind of used to it."

"Well, you shouldn't be," said Phoenix, glaring at the group.

"Phoenix, it's alright. It's in their nature to make fun of freaks like me."

"Well then, I guess I'll just have to show them just HOW freaky we can get."

"Phoenix, you really don't have to do anything. I'm fine."

Phoenix shook her head and walked towards the group. This was just like when they were kids, Phoenix ALWAYS stood up for Evra. No matter WHAT. She always made a big deal out of it, too.

"So, you think HE's a freak?" she called to the group.

The boy who had called Evra a freak turned around, his arm draped around the squealing girl's shoulders.

"Well, YEAH. Just LOOK at him," the boy said.

"Do you think I'm a freak?" she asked in an innocent voice.

The boy smirked and sauntered over to her.

"Nah, cutie. You're too sexy to be a freak."

"REALLY?"

"Yeah. Why don't you ditch those losers and hang around some NORMAL people?"

"Well…I WOULD but…" she jumped back from the boy and snapped her fingers, balls of fire now in her hand. She snapped them again and thransformed from her human form to her bird form and back again.

"…I'm a freak too."

The group stared in amazement at her. No WAY was she a freak, they thought. She looked so HUMAN.

"You're one of THEM?" the boy stammered.

She nodded and threw a fire-ball at his feet, making him jump. She got rid of her fire and grabbed his shirt.

"If you EVER make fun of my brother again, I won't aim for your FEET. Got that?" she asked in an innocent voice again.

He nodded, scared.

"Good. Have a nice day," she said, skipping back to Darren, who took her hand and pulled her in for kiss.

"Come on, Evra," she said, taking his hand in her free one. "Let's go."

They walked by the group with wide smiles. As they passed them, Evra stuck out his REALLY long tongue and stuck it up his nose. The group watched in horror as they walked away. Phoenix looked over her shoulder and waved happily.

"See you around, I guess," she said to the boy.

The three teens walked away feeling very proud of themselves. They burst into laughter as they turned a corner and listened to the scared footsteps of the group running away. Evra had admitted that what Phoenix did was unnecessary but funny. She smiled and nodded.

"I'm pretty sure he needs to change his pants now," said Darren, making the small group erupt in another fit of laughter.

"Thanks, Phoenix," said Evra.

Phoenix gave her 'brother' a quick hug. "No prob, bro."

Sorry this chapter is so short! Did you like it? I thought it was cute how Phoenix always stands up for Evra. Anyways…Comment and review.

--alice