A.N. So this Chapter is really short I'm really sorry about that. In this chapter I will introduce two characters that don't show up till later but I wanted to bring them in now hope you like the idea.

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own The Cirque Du Freak Series Or Characters just the ones that I made.

Chapter 2

Once inside the small town Mr. Crepsley and I did what we agreed on and went separate way. I wandered around and soon found a nice alley (in general terms) to spend the night in, than I found some old crates and sat down.

As time went by the alley got darker and my eyelids grew heavier as I got more tired. So in an attempt to stay up I brought for as much nocturnal DNA as I could while also keeping my original shape.

Afterwards not only was I wide awake I could also see much better. Looking around I started getting a better idea of my surroundings, the bricks making up the walls were chipping in many places, and the ground was littered with many things that I couldn't even identify if I tried.

I was looking at a nearby dumpster with chipping green paint when I saw motion just beyond my point of view. So cautiously I got up and made my way around the dumpster to see had made the motion.

What I saw was unbelievable, two small boys huddled together to keep warm on the cold hard ground. I wrote a message down in my notepad that read 'can you read?' than showed it to the two boys.

One of them looked at the words as if it were a different language altogether, while the other one looked at the words with great concentration. After a while the one who was reading the words looked up and answered the question in a small, quiet voice. "I... I can read, but he can't" he pointed to the small boy sitting on the ground next to him.

I looked at them again and knew they were homeless just because of the fact that they were sitting out here on a piece of soggy cardboard instead of inside a house with a family. Again I wrote a message and showed it to the boy that could read, "What are your names?"

The boy that could read looked at the paper once again deciphering the words while is friend looked at me probably wondering who I was and why I looked the way that I did.

After a minute the boy who was reading the message answered my question "I'm called Declan and this is Little Kenny." The boy called Little Kenny looked up at the mention of his name. As I started writing again Declan spoke up "Why don't you just speak?" I looked at him then at my notepad and wrote down a simple 'I can't' I showed him the message, and this time it didn't take him as long to read the note.

After he finished reading the note, he looked up at me "Do you ever miss being able to talk?" his question caught me by surprise, did I miss talking, I couldn't really remember what my voice sounded like let along the last time I could speak without the use of a pen and paper. So in response to his question I just nodded my head meaning 'yes' I did miss being able to speak.

Our conversation was soon done before the time that I was supposed to meet back with Mr. Crepsley, so I left the alley a little earlier so that I could take my time walking back to the spot where we had agreed that we would meet after the night was done.

I looked around at the few people who looked like the early birds of the town, and decided that since tomorrow we still had a day of rest, since the theater was already prepared for the show, that I would take the time to venture around the time, take in the sights, and getting to secretly know the audience.

I got back to the edge of the trees and saw that Mr. Crepsley was already waiting for me. I quickened my pace than stopped a few feet before I ran into him. "Shall we be going than?" he asked in his irritating yet familiar fashion. I nodded then matched his pace as we made our way back to the cirque for his much needed rest and my few hours that remained.

A.N. so sorry that this chapter is so small I truly am and yes the two orphans are The Declan and Little Kenny. Again I hope that you like the concept of them being introduced so early. Please review it will keep me writing.