Dedicated to BrokenBlackCat

Welcome to Dodo Academy for The Gifted!

Going to the Circus!

"Yo, brah, check out those rags."

"Hmm? You mean prats, Black."

"Whatever. Pick your victim."

"The others look too much of idiots, I bet they won't even flinch. And that one with long hair, duuude, pretty damn scary."

"What about those two prats? That girl and the auburn-emo boy with yellow streak near that stupid shirtless prat."

"Okay...I'll take the...boy. You OK with her?"

"Makes no difference to me."

~.X.~

Pierce Villiers was never a brave boy—he was shy, reserved, very shy, timid and have I mentioned that he's super shy? He's a very paranoid boy, the worst issue that sent him to Dodo Academy. He's even a bit schizophrenic and tended to hallucinate scary things.

Which was why he was hyperventilating as he was forced to sit on the front row of the Circus' Audience Seats. Whenever he's scared, his eyes would glance around wildly.

"Oh my God...those clowns..." what if they're actually the minions of Joker from Batman!? He grimaced, sweating cold. His eyes then landed to the cages.

"Oh God, lions..." he whimpered, eyes watering.

"Oh my freaking God..." Pierce was practically whining by then. Alice sighed and frowned at him.

"Pierce, will you cut it?" she hissed.

"B-B-But...But...th-that...that man..." Pierce was trembling horribly as he pointed to the Circus Master who appeared in the middle of the Circus Arena. Alice's face fell as she saw the Circus Master as well.

He had long, red hair, and shark teeth, and brilliant green eyes, and he's...

"Welcome to my petty, lovely Circus, my lovely children of love~!" the man greeted in a totally disgusting, teasy-voice. "I'm going to be your lover—er, I mean—guide and keeper! Brace yourselves! For I, am Grell Trickster, the Circus Master!"

The children clapped their hands reluctantly, but their clappings were enough to crowd the big tent.

"Did he just said lover?" Boris whispered to Ace.

"Oh. My. Freaking. God. He's totally gay!" Ace was very loud, luckily the audience was louder than him.

Julius grumbled and rolled his eyes. "I told you going here is a bad idea!" he hissed to the brunette.

"But they have lions and clowns!" Ace protested, then bent down to tug on Alice's shoulder. "I heard they have monkeys too! Did you bring Einstein?"

"Of course not. I don't want him to get mixed up with other monkeys, so he stays with Grandma and helps her baking cookies..." Alice explained.

"Now, presenting! My talented clowns!" as Grell opened his arms grandly, seven pairs of young clowns were suddenly noticeable, standing on the high pillars of the Tent, and with the swings, they jumped from dangerous heights.

"Oh my God, Oh my God, I WANT THAT! I WANT TO GO THERE!" Ace was shrieking, pointing frantically at the clowns' swings, bouncing in his seat.

"Ace you prat! Siddown and shut it!" Boris pushed the brunette down to stop bouncing, while his eyes were focused on the clowns.

"Oh my God! I'm scared! I can't watch!" Pierce was hiding his eyes. "Tell me when it's over! But tell me if anyone's injured first!" he begged, tugging frantically to Alice beside him.

"I got it, geez..." Alice sighed, staring up at the clowns that do some rounds, jumping over and flipping to other swings, rotating smoothly. She looked unfazed at all, as if observing something else. She was watching a particular clown with an eyepatch, wearing jester's hat.

"The next~! Our smart, verocious lions are going to show you the Fire Ring Tricks!" Grell waved his right arm to the entrance, whereas a boy with eyepatch and a police hat, holding a whip, leading two lions to enter the arena.

Swish! Swish! Swish! The young boy swished his whip into infinite-shape, commanding the lions to prepare themselves. He then flicked out a matchstick and only by blowing it, the fire was on, and he threw it to the rings that instantly burned.

"Donald!" he yelled to the lion on his right and swished his whip. The lion quickly ran and jumped over through the Ring of Fire and landed on the other side.

The crown went wild.

"Goofy!" the boy yelled again to the last lion, and it ran, jumped and bolted in a rotation like a screw-bullet, going through the burnt ring, and landed backward.

"Oh my freaking God! THAT WAS FANTASTIC! I WANT ONE!" Ace was shrieking on top of his lung, was standing on Boris' shoulders and was clapping as hard as his hands could.

"Aaargh getoff me, idiot!" Boris groaned.

"Not sure if those lions' names are familiar..." Julius narrowed his eyes, "Or I've been playing too much Kingdom Hearts..."

Grell chuckled and took a deep breath, when the spotlight was on him again. "Now dear children! Who wants to join our magnificent attractions?"

The whole audiences in the giant tent shrieked and went wild, jumping from their seats, raising their hands. Ace was still standing on Boris' shoulder, practically waving like an airport's signman.

"ME! ME! ME! ME! PICK ME!"

"Well, I shall let my talented children to choose!" Grell laughed and flicked his fingers. The Lion-Master swished his whip and then walked towards the audience.

Which was...'coincidentaly'...Alice.

He then scoffed and extended his hand to her. "Come with me, little prat—I mean girl."

"Nope." Alice bluntly shook her head.

...

The whole circus went awkward.

"You've got no choice, prat! You're coming with me!" He then grabbed her arm and pulled her from her seat. Alice quickly grabbed Boris' pants for dear life.

"No. I'll die." Alice deadpanned.

"Oi! I take off my pants when I want to! Stop pulling it, Alice!" Boris was shrieking frantically, trying to keep his pants on.

"You're coming." The Lion-Master said through his teeth and yanked the girl, and managed to get her.

"Alice! Don't die!" Pierce waved, crying. When suddenly, one of the clowns, the one that was familiar to the Lion-Master, swung down from above and swooped the paranoid boy.

"Well, why don't you join too and accompany your friend?" he chuckled as he held Pierce's feet, hanging upside down.

"Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, OH GOD! BORIS! BOOORIIIS! I'M GONNA DIE! I'M GONNA DIE!" Pierce shrieked and cried and struggled.

"Stop struggling! You'll fall!"

"Pierce! Just shut it and let him hold you!" Boris sighed after yelling at his cousin. "Don't be such a wimp!"

"Bu-Bu-BUT I'M GONNA DIE!" Pierce cried again. "OMIGOSH I'M SO DEAD—AACK..." he fainted miserably.

Boris facepalmed. Why was his cousin so wimpy? And why it had to be Pierce? Ace was already yelling and waving like a madman. He then felt Julius was frantically shaking his shoulder, and then pointed to the arena.

"Whoa—What the!?"

"No, I ain't doing it—No, no, no, NO! Leave me alone!" Alice yelled, trying to climb over the fence, as the two lions were cornering her. The Lion-Master rolled his eyes and then dragged the girl, and put her on one of the lions.

"Oh my—what are you doing!?" Alice yelped.

"Donald!" Swish! The lion then ran and carried the girl on its back. Alice's eyes widened as she realized what was about to happen.

"Oh my freaking GOD!" Ace shrieked and closed his mouth. Boris' jaw dropped, Julius closed his eyes.

"Christ! Let her get through that damn fire ring!" the three prayed together in mind.

Alice stiffened and closed her eyes, holding onto the lion for dear life as it ran and jumped through the Ring of Fire. She's gonna die. She's gonna die. Oh my freaking God, she's going to die in a Circus. So stupid! Grandma would kill Ace for dragging her here, then she'd hunt down that Lion-Master prat for dragging her onto the damn lion!

She opened her eyes as she realized the audiences were cheering wildly. Alice heaved out in relief and slumped off the lion.

"Tche, what a wimp." The Lion-Master was standing beside her, one hand on hips, condescending. Alice then stood and kicked his shin.

"You almost killed me you lunatic!" she spat.

"Ouch! What the fag is your problem, prat!?" the lion-master was rubbing his shin in pain. "You're not hurt! You're just scared, coward-ass!"

Alice narrowed her eyes on him, and then gazed up. "Get my friend down from there!" she yelled at the similar clown. "Right now!"

~.X.~

Pierce groaned and as he opened his eyes, he saw the members of Rainbow-Puking Unicorn class staring at him with a frown on each faces. Boris seemed unimpressed. He then realized, he was still somewhere inside the circus' tent, judging from the ceilings.

"What...happened?"

"You fainted like a lame retard, coward." Boris spat. "I have no idea how we're related. You're so embarrassing!"

Pierce stiffened at looked down, eyes starting to tear up.

"Haha, if it was me, I'd be on the highest of my life!" Ace scoffed, clapping his hands.

"You're awake, so let's get out of here." Julius sighed nonchalantly, then turned at the clown earlier. "Sorry for the trouble. He's a wimpy and schizophrenic kid, so that was beyond scary for him."

The clown raised his eyebrows, then frowned. "Oh, crap...I didn't know. Sorry about that."

"No, don't. It's his fault for being a wimp!" Boris sneered, crossing his arms.

"Don't say that to your cousin!" Alice suddenly scolded the exhibitionist. "I was so scared too! And put on your shirt!"

The Lion-Master beside Julius scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Didn't Grell told you many times that we're talented? We're well-practiced, there's small chance we'd make a fail."

"How'd you pay if that small chance happens?" Alice grimaced, and took Pierce's hand. "So what if I'm scared? Yeah, just call me a coward! I was so freaking scared! I swear, I thought I was going to die! I thought I was going to get burnt! If that happened, what will you do!?" she then glared at Boris with a scowl.

"You saw it yourself, Boris! They didn't use a safety net! What if that small chance happened? What if Pierce fell from the swings? Is it wrong to be scared, then!?"

"I...I didn't think about that..." Boris grumbled and looked down.

"So you're doubting my ability, little girl?" the clown frowned.

"You're just human." Alice deadpanned.

"White, just ignore this prat. She's just a goddamn coward." The Lion-Master scoffed.

"She is not!" they fell silent as Pierce yelled so suddenly, and then took Alice's hand and jumped off the bed. "Alice is not a coward! Take that back!" he pointed at the Lion-Master sharply.

"Ain't gonna happen, loser."

Alice and Pierce grimaced at their insensitive classmates and the Circus Members. Then, they nodded at each other.

"Let's mess this place!" Alice said and the two ran.

"Oi! What the heck—" the Lion-Master grimaced as he saw his lion, Goofy, was already walking into their backstage. "Holy crap, they did it!? White!" he whined at his twin, who was humming calmly.

"We should tell Boss...or keep quiet about it. Losing some tiny bit of children won't be that bad..." the clown, White, shrugged. He then noticed the look on his brother's face. "Okay, fine, Black. You're such a worrywart. You prats, stay here and if the bears came out—"

"Y-You have bears!?" Boris grimaced.

"—just pretend to be dead. And the salt is inside that pot, incase the anaconda escaped through here—"

"Please tell me I didn't just hear 'anaconda'..." Julius flinched.

"—in case of fire, just...well, just ran. That'd be all. Okay, Black, let's go and stop those two before they unlock the gorilla's cage." White nodded to his brother, Black, who groaned and followed him.

"Hahaha! Awesome! They also have gorilla!" Ace clapped his hands, and turned with the same, excited smile to his two classmates. "Why are you two so stiff? We're going to have an adventure!"

"Adventure my butt!" Boris smacked the brunette's head. "We're gonna die!"

"Let's get out of here." Julius deadpanned, and Boris nodded, so he dragged Ace and were about to run when a horde of zebras ran just pass them.

...Followed by an angry gorilla.

"OOOF, OOF AAARGH!" the gorilla shrieked, before chasing the zebras again.

"Whoa, it's like we're in the Tarzan movie!" Ace was bouncing.

Boris and Julius facepalmed.

"...We're dead."

~.X.~

Black was glaring at the two prats hiding behind his Boss. The girl was sticking out her tongue at him. White seemed nonchalant as usual as they approached their Boss.

"We've...got the animals...back...to...the cages..." the twins were panting.

Grell pouted. "Tell me again, how did they escape, my angels~?"

"Those stupid prats!" Black yelled angrily, pointing at the kids. "They just threw random tantrum and went to release those animals! When I get my hands on you—"

"He called us cowards!" Pierce said, gazing up to Grell with wide, sad eyes. "B-But we're not! I...I don't mind being called coward, but he called Alice a coward! I can't accept it, Mr. Circus Master!"

Grell sniffled and swooped the boy into his arms, squealing. "Awww so cute...! Don't stare at me with such big, sad, cute eyes...! I'm gonna die~! I can't wait until you grow into a hot boy~!"

Alice was like; wut?

"Well, the problems are solved, and I hope you two don't plan to do it again." White sighed, and frowned at the girl. "And you're right, it was dangerous without the safety net. After trying to catch those animals...I just realized, we really don't know what to do if an accident really happens."

Grell turned at his minion with an eyebrow quirked. "My, my, White baby, you don't know what to do? Well if a volunteer is about to crash down from the swing, then your job is to jump off and let yourself be the chushion." He then turned to Black. "If the animals went wild on a volunteer, it's a must for you to jump between them and let the bear cut off you into pieces. This is a Circus. A fail is not acceptable and the price is your life."

Alice hummed. "I'll never work in a Circus, then."

"Ohohohoo~ it's actually fun, you know~?" Grell squealed and put down Pierce.

"But then again," Alice turned at the twins. "We didn't volunteer. They intentionally picked on us." She pointed a finger to the twins.

Black sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine, you win, prat. Yeah, that's right, we picked on you. We do that because it's fun to see cowards screaming their heads off."

"But then they'd laugh after realizing how fun it is." White smiled, bowing to reach Alice's height, and extended his hand. "Will you let me take you for a swing?"

Alice frowned in doubt. White chuckled. "If something happens, I'll be there to catch you—like Boss has said, I'll jump off and be your landing cushion. How's that?"

"And you, prat," Black pointed a finger to Pierce, who stiffened and shyly stepped back. "...don't just stand there. C'mon, I'm gonna get you onto Goofy whether you like it or not."

"Y-Yes..." Pierce nodded solemnly and took Black's hand, then turned to Alice. "Come on, Alice...let's have f-fun!"

Alice nodded and sighed as she took White's hand. White chuckled and nodded to his Boss before walking away, following his twin and Pierce.

"So your name is Alice? I'm White. I'm fourteen years old. What about you?"

"I'm ten." Alice said, and then looked up at White with a very-worried gaze. "Promise me you won't let me get hurt?"

White was taken aback and blushed. He laughed. "Getting hurt is not bad. It'll teach you to be strong."

Alice shook her head, looking down. "That's not it...I'm worried, if you let me get hurt, my Grandma, Dad, Mum, Ina and Ed will find you and kill you." She then pouted, looking up again at White. "Now, I don't want you to get killed, okay?"

White stopped walking, and tilted his head. "Why'd you care?"

"Well, I don't want my family to commit murder."

The young clown laughed in amuse. "I won't let you get hurt as long as you're with me, I promise."

Alice hummed, and suddenly laughed. "Ha! That was cheesy! And you're too old for me, loser!" she elbowed White and ran ahead.

White was left, dumbstruck. Then he heard someone coughed, and noticed it was Black, still there, opening Donald and Goofy's cage, while Pierce was looking worried beside him.

Black bursted out laughing, slapping his knee.

"Oh my effing God, White, you just got trolled by a prat!"

White pouted and was emitting gloomy aura.

"Oh God...Why?"

Next chapter, there will be yet some other new characters!

Extra:

Rainbow-Puking Unicorn Class on: Heart no Kuni no Alice?

"Alice, Alice, Alice, ALICE LOOK! OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Ace came running frantically, waving a PS2 controller like crazy.

"What?" Alice frowned in curiosity and approached the boys. On the TV screen (don't ask why the heck there's a TV in the class), she could see some familiar characters, and she gasped.

"Whoa, that lady looks like me!" she said, "And her name is exactly like mine!"

"Yeah, in fact, there's this woman named QuinRose that made some games about us." Julius deadpanned, clicking the conscole, twitching. "A dating sim, at the worst. Oh God. Look, that's me."

They stared at the older version of Julius on the screen.

"Dude! Even you're so antisocial in games!" Boris laughed, and his eyes glimmered at the screen. "Oh! Look at me! Man! Check out that shirt! So sexay! And those piercings? And...holy crap!? I'm a cat!"

"So, what's the game about?" Alice asked, finally settling down beside Julius.

"Um...so Alice Liddell was taken by a white-rabbit-eared man into a world called the Country of Hearts. There she was forced to join a game where she has to get to know the characters of that world." Pierce was reading straight off the internet, "The more she knows about them, will fill a vial with a potion that will take her back to her world. Then, she'll be left with two choice; date one or more of the characters, or go home."

"Pfft. That's stupid." Alice scoffed.

"Oh my freaking God! That's me!" Ace shrieked and pointed at his older version on the screen.

"Whoa, Ace, you're hot!" Alice nodded. "But you're a psycho. But you're hot! And you're a knight! And you've got sword, there!"

"U-Um...w-why haven't I appeared yet?" Pierce stuttered, fiddling with his fingers.

"Oh, your character appears on the next game; Clover no Kuni no Alice." Julius said, as he kept the game going.

Pierce was down in instant.

"Uhh, so...Alice," Julius awkwardly cleared his throat, "If you're really in this game, what'd you do?"

Alice hummed. "Umm...maybe I'll snatch the richest prat and marry him, then kill him for his fortune."

...

Epic silence.

...

"I don't think you can do that here." Julius muttered darkly.

"What the Wallflower mean is," Boris grinned at the girl, "Are you going to date a Role Holder or ditch them back home?"

"Date one." Alice instantly replied.

"Here are the Role Holders." Julius said, showing the characters screen.

"Alice, Alice, Alice! Who's gonna be your pick?"

"Whoa, they're all freaky! And murderous! Except for Julius. But they're all handsome!" Alice nodded, eyes glimmering, then gasped as she pointed at a character. "Oh my Gosh! That white-haired rabbit man is so cute!"

"But your character in this game despise him, though. He's so obsessive. His name is Peter White." Julius explained.

"Well she's stupid! That man would flip the earth only for me, and he'd fight Death if it tries to do us part." Alice nodded solemnly. "And I will have my children with rabbit ears."

"...Do you have a fetish of animal ears...?" Boris twitched.

"Err...what's a fetish?" Alice asked.

"No, forget I ever said anything." Boris sulked.

"Aww, Alice! Why won't you pick me!?" Ace whined.

"Well, okay, let's see...if I were to play this game, then my first bachelor to pick will be...that blond hare. Oh my freaking God, he looks like Blood Dupre's friend!" Alice grimaced in disgust, "Holy freak! That rich prat is also here, as the Mad Hatter!"

"Whoa, you're right! Are you going to go after him?" Ace asked.

"Actually, if she's to go to that world, everyone will fall in love with her." Boris intruded. He then scoffed. "That's so stupid. Why'd everyone fall for this prat?" he pointed at Alice. "I mean, maybe one or two, but everyone? Seriously? Why?"

"Wait. You said everyone. Everyone will fall for the main character!?" Alice almost shrieked, then twitched. "Holy God, I ain't ever going there! I mean, isn't Wonderland supposed like filled with stupid maniacal creatures and sadistic Queen?"

"There's also the Queen of Hearts here, Vivaldi."

"Crap, is she going to—"

"Everyone. Fall. For. The Girl."

"So creepy."

"Totally."

Julius then stopped to read the cover. "I just noticed this game is for thirteen years old and older."

The three prats grumbled and glared at Julius.

"Julius, you've ruined our innocent minds."

"Holy crap! What are they doing!?" Ace shrieked, jumping off his spot, and pointing at the screen. "Alice!? Why is that older-version Julius prat pushing you onto his bed!?"

Alice grimaced as the scene got hotter. "Julius, what the hell are you doing!?"

"Um...please don't ask why I want you to date my character." Julius deadpanned, face burnt red.

"Oh my freaking God! Julius, what are you doing!?" Boris shrieked as the scene on screen got hotter.

"Julius, STAHP!"

Fin(?)