BlackLynx17: Hi everyone! Thanks for my reviews and thanks so much for reading! I had a really good week at school making me in a really good mood right now, but I know once I start editing these chapters I'm about to give you that mood is going to sink... BUT I'M HAPPY! I love that I'm able to write things people find interesting and who actually love it and want to read more from me! It makes me so happy, so thank you everyone. As promised here's an extra long chapter for you guys! I hope you enjoy!

Questions!

How old is Wendy? At this moment I don't know. There is a chapter where it tells us all Wendy's age, but I don't feel like searching for it through the dozens of pages I've written. Sorry, but know it will be revealed later on in the story! Honestly though I have no idea, I just see my cute little Wendy with her one true love.

Laxana please? Is that Laxus and Cana or Laxus and Lisanna? Because if it's Laxus and Lisanna... um, no. But if it's Laxus and Cana I'll see what I can do. I like Cana more with Bacchus, but I do have some feelings for Laxus and Cana as well. We'll see, I'm not making any promises, but if we find Cana in this story we'll see who she's flirting with.

Cheon? I want to say Chelia and Leon? I don't think much of that couple, but if Wendy ends up needing to talk to someone about Doranbolt in a romantic way then yes, I will put in Chelia and have her use her boyfriend Leon as an example. I'll make them a couple in this story, hopefully I'll think of someplace to add her in though because as I said before, this is mainly Mendy and I'm not 100% sure yet if I'm going to have little side stories like in my other stories where other people get together.

That's it for questions then! If you have anymore, please review them, and please tell me your favorite parts in the chapters! I love reading about those! Thanks for reading!

P.S. This chapter is a mess, there's so much going on I'm sorry if you can't follow.

What do you even wear to a circus? Obviously not your school uniform or business clothes. Is a circus clean? Or is it a pigpen? I should have read up on them before going, why didn't I? Very unlike me. One thing is for sure, I don't think I'm supposed to be matching. Do I have any extravagant clothes? After completely searching everything in my closet I found a pair of dark blue dress pants and a orange shirt Jamie got for me one birthday as a gift that says 'Mr. Awesome'. I wore some dark brown dress shoes and didn't comb my hair then looked at myself in the mirror.

...

If my parents saw me they would have a heart attack.

When Lahar sees me he will have a heart attack.

I chuckle, starting to feel something new, and grab my keys, wallet, and coat, placing them all on and in my pockets as I walk downstairs. I'm home alone right now, parents having a late night meeting or staying late at work or something. It's a good thing for me since I'm not all that good of a liar. It only takes one train ride to get to the circus, but an hour ride to get near the outskirts of Era which is where it's located. We all agreed to meet on the train since it drives past all our places. Jamie is the first one to meet me, wearing some black pants and a purple shirt. He looks at me and starts laughing, I zipped up my coat and run my hands through my hair.

"So you had the same idea, huh?!" He starts laughing.

I shrug, "what else do you wear to a circus?"

We share a laugh and don't stop until Max boards, wearing a normal pair of jeans and a well ironed white shirt. He stares at us and snaps his fingers.

"Knew I was overdressed."

We all share another laugh and I wonder if we are laughing so much because of the circus. Normally this would never happen to us, laughing like a bunch of maniacs right now. When Lahar enters he is in his school uniform and none of us find it funny, we laugh anyway though. Lahar takes one look at us and rolls his eyes, I see a small smile on his lips though. The train piles more and more up with students from our school and few adults, easily two hundred people. That isn't a lot compared to the population in Era though, probably only ten percent of everyone. I see no little kids who might be the only wants to actually enjoy this; I guess their parents wouldn't allow.

When the last stop comes everyone piles out of the train and starts walking over to the... flying... tent in the sky. We knew they existed, we probably created the designs for them, I don't think anyone has seen one before. It is huge, easily as big as the council headquarters, floating above the hill with lights and balloons and music blaring out of it. Unbelievable.

"Wow." Jamie says.

"How is that possible?" Lahar asks, staring intently at it.

"Come on boys, if we want a good seat." I say following the crowd.

There is a ticket booth right underneath the booth, a shirtless boy standing there with shapes and faces painted all over his body. His face is painted as well, a black mask over his eyes, and he quickly takes the money and hand people tickets before telling them to stand behind him. Then one by one, customers start flying up, up, up into the sky and land onto the flying circus.

I have a feeling Wendy is helping with the flying. Jamie is a little scared as he buys his ticket, waiting for all of us to go in a group. He screams like a little girl and clings to Max as we fly up, my heart racing. I don't even notice I'm back on solid ground until Lahar starts shaking me.

"You okay?" He asks.

I gulp and nod, looking out at the far lights in the distance. "Yeah... just wow."

"It's dangerous, not wow. What if one of us falls off?"

"Like that guys doing right there?" Max asks.

We all turn and see someone jump right up, the thing is he doesn't fall to his doom. He starts floating and spinning around, the wind carrying him right back to the circus where his friends are patting his back. It is all a game.

"I don't think you can fall off, something keeps them up, keeps this whole ship up." I tell him.

"Come on guys! We're so close!" Jamie laughs running into the entrance.

"Jamie!" I yell running in after him.

The stage is lost in a sea of pitch blackness, but the seats aren't. All around circling the blank stage, it looks like this place sat thousands, not hundreds. We don't even make a scratch at the seats we fill in. Lahar and I settle in quickly, wondering what could possibly happen when it's finally time for the show to start.

"Max and I are going to get some food, you two want anything?" Jamie asks.

"I'm good... actually, popcorn." I say.

"Just a drink, water." Lahar answers.

"Popcorn and water, got it! Come on Max, let's see if we see any circus freaks on the way." Jamie says dragging him away.

"I don't think he should be calling them that." I say to myself.

"What else would he call them then? That's what they are, isn't it?"

I don't say anything else and just sit back in my seat, waiting. I think I see some movement in the shadows, I can't guarantee anything though. One thing I could guarantee is when I see a small head of blue hair bob up and down across the seats, running like a mad woman. I stand up and strain my eyes, trying to catch her.

"I'll be back." I say walking past the seats.

"Doranbolt!" Lahar yells after me.

I'm busy running towards her though. She catches my eyes after a little while and starts making her way over towards me, so she was looking for me all this time? I catch up with her and we both stand in front of each other, panting.

"Doranbolt, hey." She says breathless.

I smile lightly, "hi Wendy, I was hoping to see you here."

"Quick, dumb question, but can you play the piano?" She asks.

I blink and before understanding what the consequences would be if I said yes, I nod my head. She grins and smiles widely, her fangs sticking out as she grabs my hand.

"Great! Come on!" She says running away with me. I follow after her although I shouldn't have, into the back stage of the circus and blush lightly when I hear her mumble "I so knew I like you."

There is a collection of weirdos in the back of the circus, dressed up in the most ridiculous outfits. Natsu is the only one I know by name, the rest of the people all new faces to me except that one guy who was passing out tickets, he's standing over there in the corner still without a shirt. Everyone seems to have a specific color on and Wendy's seems to be sky blue with bright white swirls and sparkles, Natsu's red, a girl with blonde hair pink while another girl with red hair dark blue. That's as far as I get to observing until Wendy starts speaking up.

"Here everyone, this is Doranbolt and he says he can play the piano." Wendy says bluntly.

"Hey, wasn't he that guy on the train?" Natsu asks.

"Shut up Natsu, can you play well?" The girl with red hair asks me.

I gulp and nod, "pretty well."

No one seems to believe in words though and I find myself being pushed in front of a piano, notes slapping in my face. Is this- is this for real? They really want me to play right now? I clear my voice and start playing the upbeat tune, speeding up and slowing down when they told me too.

"Good work finding such a prize Wendy, dress him up and catch him up to speed. He looks to be about Mystogun's size, but try on some of Laxus's or Jet's to be sure." The red hair, I'm assuming she is the leader now because she is the only one wearing a top black hat, says.

"Huh?" Is all I'm able to say before hands starts stripping me.

They stop after my jacket, everyone just staring at me, or more accurately, my shirt.

"What are you wearing Doranbolt?" Wendy asks me with an amusing expression on her face.

I shrug, "I didn't know what to wear to a circus so I thought something... extravagant."

Natsu snorts, "he got the word extravagant right."

They all laugh before hands continue to rip my clothes off, leaving me in only my boxers. The blonde girl looks away, the red girl walks away yelling orders while Wendy somewhere along the way disappears. I see her running back with clothes in her hands, circus clothes.

"No, no, I don't think-"

"Quiet down and keep still." Natsu barks holding my hands up.

"I think he looks better in blue, so try Mystogun's first, I have Laxus's just in case though." She says holding up blue and yellow spandex.

The blue one is thrown over my head and pulled down. I'm pushed on the hay ground as the pants are pulled over my leg, clown shoes getting slapped on right next. I think the shock of it all overwhelms me because I don't struggle anymore as they put the rest of the outfit on. Is this... kidnapping? I feel like this is how a kidnapping would be like. Dragged somewhere away from other people, forced to do things you don't want to, getting pushed around and man-handled. This is kidnapping right now and maybe even borderline abuse. I can't believe this is real.

"You can fix his make-up Wendy and walk him through the show since he is your friend." Natsu says finally letting me go.

"Will do boss, come on Doranbolt." Wendy says holding a hand out for me.

I finally find my voice as I'm given my moment of space. "WAIT A MINUTE!" I yell at the top of my voice.

Natsu pats Wendy's shoulder then disappears around the corner, the two of us being the only ones left inside of the room now. I don't have a clue on when everyone left, but they're long gone now and Wendy is there still standing in front of me, a wide smile on her face as she giggles lightly.

"We're a fast pace bunch, aren't we?" She asks.

"Wendy, what's happening? I came here to see the circus, not to be apart of it." I tell her.

"I know, and I'm sorry, but our pianist got in a fight minutes before the show and broke his hand. He can't play and we need someone or else we have to cut the show short. I was hoping, praying that you could play and you can. So I need you Doranbolt, please. It's just one or two, ten songs." She says.

"Wendy, you have to understand that this town isn't used to the circus. The circus is like the devil here, I can't, I can't..."

She stares at me with watery eyes, her bottom lip quivering.

"Please, please Doranbolt?" She ask, her voice cracking.

I don't even hesitant to nod my head, being raised by my father to never, ever make a girl cry. A smile comes back on her face and she cheers, wrapping her arms tightly around my neck.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! And don't even worry, we'll pay you and give you free shows for the rest of our stay. Come on." She says getting up.

… I've already made my peace with this and told her I would help, so it looks like I don't have a choice in the matter anymore. I go along with her and sit down in the stool she pushes me in, watching her every move as she reaches for a cup of paint and a paintbrush before she uses my face as a canvas.

"So you're job is going to be really simply; all you have to do is play songs on the piano whenever we need you too. Every skit that needs a song someone is going to run over and hand you the new pages, so you'll be having breaks between performances no worries. Freed usually plays music for most of the skits, but we like to have live music for certain performances. Depending what Erza is planning most likely you'll be playing around ten songs, but I'm really going to try and convince her to cut the show short since you don't know what you're getting yourself into. I'll try to show up every now and then to give you rundowns of the next performances, and then we always end the show with a song everyone sings. You can feel free to join us in singing if you want," she explains to me, all the while with a big smile on her face as she paints.

I blink softly and watch her work, picking up bits and pieces of everything she just told me. Wendy looks into my eyes and pulls her hands away, nodding her head lightly.

"Perfect, you look good Doranbolt. Are you ready to perform?" She asks.

I blink and look around her at the mirror standing behind her... wow... with all this face paint and this outfit... I really look like a clown.

"I look like a clown." I tell her.

Wendy pouts and starts painting over her face as well, the two of ours looking nearly identical.

"There, now we both do." She smiles in the reflection.

I can't help but smile back at her.

"Wendy! Come on we're about to start the show!" Someone yells coming back for her.

"Coming! We don't need you for the entering performances, so feel free to watch from the entrance over here. Don't go wandering off though, you here! I'll be right back for you!" Wendy calls out running around the corner.

I blink and stand up, finally having a moment to myself. What to do, what to do. I'm actually doing this, I really am. The audience start applauding and I walk over to the door, seeing more people than I did before. The lights to the stage suddenly turn on and I see the red haired girl with the top hat and long coat over her dark blue outfit, grinning out towards the crowds. She takes her hat off and bows to the crowd, speaking a few words of mystery before loud music start and the clowns starts piling out.

I wonder if Lahar, Max, and Jamie are worried about me? Well they are going to see me anyway soon enough when I have my first show. There is fire, lightning, ice, swords, wind, and other spells I don't recognize. It suddenly dawns on me after seeing all this magic that these people... they are wizards. That is strange though, wizards usually work under Kings or in guilds. This group seems to be a circus guild filled with wizards though. There are thirty of them on stage, I'm sure there are even more behind the scenes though.

No one is a born wizard in Era; about ten percent of the whole world's population are born wizards. It is something unbelievable seeing so many in the same place. Words fail to describe the feelings welling up inside of my chest. The first act ends in the blink of an eye and the crowd goes wild.

"Yo, piano boy! What are you doing?! It's time to go on!"

I turn behind me and see a man with vibrant green colored hair glaring at me, holding a clipboard and a headset on his head. He walks over and grabs my arm, yanking me through the halls and towards the circus people.

"Doranbolt! Seems you're first up with Lucy!" Wendy smiles at me.

"What I do is very easy Doranbolt, here's the music. Just play and I'll let everything else happen." She tells me handing me the music sheets.

I'm shoved outside into the stage along with Wendy, who starts cheering and doing flips in her blue, fluffy outfit. I turn back and triy to hide back away from the crowd, hands pushed me forward though. If I'm recognize I can say goodbye to my career; maybe it was a good think that Wendy painted my face?

"Come on Doranbolt, good luck." Wendy says pushing me back with a gush of wind.

I'm picked up and flown over to the piano, landing flat on the stool. Lucy looks back at me with a smile and nods her head; I guess that is my cue to start playing. I place the music sheets on the piano and take a few calming breaths before the music comes out of me.

"HELLO PEOPLE OF ERA! I AM THE BEAUTIFUL, CELESTIAL LUCY HEARTFILIA AND-"

I mess up the piano notes when I hear the name Heartfilia. That is impossible, Heartfilia is a well known name throughout the world owning the largest trading company in the world. I've heard the owner had a daughter, nothing about her joining the circus. Lucy looks back at me with a small glare before continuing her speech.

"AND I'M ABOUT TO TAKE YOU INTO THE GALAXY AND STARS ABOVE! BEFORE I DO THAT THOUGH I THINK I'LL SHOW YOU A SIMPLIER TRICK!" She yells out before whistling.

Her assistants come out with a hoop and two standing pads. Lucy walks over to them and holds out a key, spinning it in the air.

"Gate of the Leo! Open!" She calls out.

A lion appears out of thin air and I'm playing these notes wrong. I quickly look back at the sheet and get back into the groove, my fingers playing the notes as instructed.

"Isn't he beautiful? Leo is what I call this one, come on Leo. Jump through the hoop."

The lion roars and jumps through the hoop, the crowd growing crazy.

"Come on Lucy, that's an easy one." The lion says.

My fingers slip, dammit I'm messing up too much. The lion started talking though! And the lion- is actually a person. It stands up on its legs and transforms into a man, wild golden locks that looks like a lion's mane as hair. The crowd all gasps while the lion Leo takes a bow and starts blowing kisses.

"I demand for the hoop to be smaller, and lit on fire, and more extravagant things so I can show in front of the ladies." He flirts.

"Leo! Sorry folks, seems I haven't trained my lion enough!" Lucy says bring out a whip.

Leo immediately straightens up and magical things happens, too bad my head is glued to the music sheets for the rest of the performance. I hear her summon more things, a Scorpio, a mermaid, some fish, a sheep. The place turns dark and covers with stars, plants, constellations that I miss. I really start hating doing this, head stuck in the notes. I want to see all of this, not experience it. The applauding only continues to grow the longer the show goes on and once everything is back to normal, Lucy takes a bow.

"Thank you everyone! I hoped you enjoyed, well, me!" She giggles and waves as she walkes off stage.

She passes by me and grabs my shoulder, pulling me off with her as well. Everyone is waiting for us backstage, no one pleased except for Wendy.

"What the hell man?! I thought you could play!" The ringleader yells.

"It wasn't his fault I dazzled him." Lucy smirks and giggles.

"Lucy's right, this is his first time to the circus and he only came here to watch, not play. Go easy on him, he started playing the correct notes at the end didn't he?" Wendy asks.

"Yeah, lighten up Erza. I'm surprised he could play at all if this is his first time." Natsu says.

Erza makes a face before sighing, "Wendy and Natsu you two are up, Doranbolt go enjoy their show. Backstage where we can see you." She says before walking off.

"Don't worry too much about her, she's usually a dream." The naked ticket guy says appearing out of nowhere.

"Yeah, only in our dreams." Natsu laughs and soon everyone starts laughing as well.

"Come on Natsu, and be sure to watch Doranbolt. It'll be spectacular!" Wendy cheers walking off.

And spectacular it was. Wendy is amazing on her own, making the audience fly, confetti and foods, everything fly around the room. But when you add Natsu's flame abilities, the shapes and things the two of them created together, the show the two of them put on. I felt that everyone in Era should witness their performances, everyone should get the chance to see this.

The show doesn't stop there, there are several other people who dazzle me all the same. The naked guy is an ice mage, the ringleader a requip master, there is a lightning guy, and this family of transformers. Everything blurs together, I try to stop time and remember everything, every last detail, it is hard to though. In the blink of the eye it is the finishing act and I'm being dragged on stage by Wendy.

"This will be our last act everyone, I'd like to give a huge thanks to our pianist though." Erza says.

I cover myself behind the big electric fellow, not wanting anyone to see my identity. I won't get off easy if an official came here and saw me hanging around the circus. Erza thinks nothing of it as music start falling onto the stage, literally. These huge music notes and balls start bouncing all around.

"I always say to go out with a bang, I hope you all join us again next Saturday for an even better show. Hit it Freed!"

It is magic. The laughter, the smiles, the songs, the voices, the colors, the effects, the feelings. Time finally slows down and I see everything. I don't know how long it takes me to see everything, when I was finish though time speeds back up and the circus tent is deserted. I walk into the back with the others cheering and popping bottles, laughing and partying already.

"Dude! You were amazing! Thanks for the last minute help!" Natsu tells me handing me a drink.

I take it and place it on the table, not much of a drinker.

"I have to admit, you did get better. Thank you for your help." Erza says, tipping her hat to me.

"I told you he was something." Wendy smiles.

I'm invited into their group, into their party, but slip away when no one is looking. Clothes forgotten I have to get out of there, so I try to make my way to the edge of the tent and hide away from the people still lingering around for the party. Right when I jump off though, a gust of wind catches me and floats me back to the edge where Wendy is sitting down, my clothes in her lap.

"Sneaking out?" She asks.

"Yeah, I don't belong here. I should be returning home, plus I came with friends and they're probably looking for me."

She hums and nods her head, looking over at me.

"Did you have fun Doranbolt?"

Did I have fun?

"I think... I think I did. Thank you Wendy."

She smiles and leans over to me, her head on my shoulders. She sighs lightly and closes her eyes and I stiffen up, clearing my voice.

"Will you come to next week's show?" She asks.

"Depends if I'll be in it or not."

We share a light laugh before Wendy pushes me off. I go falling towards the ground at top speed, but feel a soft fluffy cloud help me balance just before I go splat on the floor. My clothes fall around me and I catch them all.

"BE SURE TO RETURN THE UNIFORM NEXT TIME! BYE DORANBLT!" I hear her scream from above me.

I look up and can barely see her, wondering if that is actually her I'm seeing or not. I imagine it is, Wendy smiling down at me. I smile lightly to myself before placing my clothes over the circus ones, wiping the paint from my face on my shirt as I head towards the train station.