A.N. Hello again dear readers if I have any at all if not than I'm just talking to myself but that's okay because I do it any way so yeah

Disclaimer: Cirque Du Freak does not belong to me all that belongs to me are my characters.(But one day I will own the story but sadly if that happened the world would end and I would be nothing)

Chapter 4

I always considered my trips in new towns a little search, except I wasn't really searching for anything, just creating a mental map for myself. This town was just like all the rest really with the same standard things any normal town may have; stores, houses, playgrounds, people, etc, nothing really exciting to catch my attention.

While walking I came to an area filled with running, screaming kids most around my age. Some that caught my attention most were on a long field with a black and white ball in the middle while the sides were uneven, three boys around my age were on one side panting hard and sweating a lot. On the other side were four much older boys hardly breaking a sweat and looking very confident.

One of the three boys this one with lighter hair got up and ran inside I didn't know why but he was running with a purpose. I sat down on the grass now curious as of how this would turn out, after a while the two boys who were left outside to wait for their friend noticed me and started walking over. I began pulling out my notebook expecting them to start a conversation, suddenly the boy who ran in before raced back out only this time he wasn't alone.

"Never fear, Hot Shot Shan is here!" the new boy shouted, this boy had very dark brown hair unlike my hair which was a very light mud brown. I stared at him and the two boys turned around and saw the boy, as soon as they saw him they raced back to the field. Who is this kid, and why is he so full of himself, I thought to myself as I was once again ignored.

The answer soon became clear once I saw him play, he was amazing. He was always in the right place at the right time. Sometime during the game though a loud bell sounded, at the bell the boys stopped playing and ran back inside the large building, that the two boys had come out of earlier, leaving me once again alone and very confused.

I was kind of upset to see the game end so I got up and decided to come back later and check to see if they were playing the game again, now I started on my search again thinking of things I could give Evra to pay him back.

Around town I stopped inside of a candy store and got plenty of it for both Evra and Victoria, but I knew this would only appease Victoria and not my scaly friend who I truly had to repay. So now I continued my search for a few more minutes.

On the other side of town I found a small pet store. I walked in to see if they had any reptiles for sale, and of course they did. So I got two snakes there and thought of how the attendant who helped me was not much help at all, they barely knew anything about the snakes that I had chosen.

I made my way back to the building with my found treasures which included the candy from Candy Store and the two snakes from the pet shop. Finally I reached the field that was still completely empty so I simply sat down on the grass and began playing with one of the snakes and ate some of the candy I had gotten for myself.

After a few minutes a loud bell sounded just like the one before I turned and looked in the direction just as kids my age and down to two years younger came pouring out of the building, it was like water flowing through a funnel that had a small hole, now I realized how many people could fit inside the one building it was kind of daunting.

I continued waiting for the four boys as more of the boys continued to stream out of the doors.I began to think that I had missed them so I began to put the snake back in the case and the remaining candy into the bag.

Getting up I could hear four voices coming near me, so I looked up and there were the four boys from before walking towards me. As they got closer I began pulling my notepad out of my sweatshirt pocket careful not to reveal my tail or markings.

One of the four boys, this one had mousey brown hair and was one of the two who noticed me earlier today, talked first. "Hey you were here earlier weren't you?" I nodded my head and he started talking again "Well, none of us have seen you around before," he paused "Are you new around here?"

Again I nodded my head, this time the boy who ran inside earlier spoke. "Why won't you talk, cat got your tongue?" I wrote down a simple note in my notepad (the first one today other than in the stores) and showed it to the boys.

The boy who spoke last spoke again "It just says 'I can't'" Again I just nodded in reply. The boy with the Dark brown hair spoke next "I think she's saying that she can't speak." They all stared at the boy than turned towards me.

"So little miss 'I can't speak' do you have a name?" the boy with the lighter hair said. I nodded my head than wrote once again in my notepad than showed the boys; all the boys read the message in unison as if they planned it. "Mia Shizuka, what about you?" so the four of them began introducing themselves.

The boy with the dark brown hair was Darren Shan, (or by his outburst earlier Hot Shot Shan.) the boy with the mousey brown hair was Allen Morris. Then there was a boy with tree bark brown hair was Tommy Jones, and finally the boy who ran in earlier with the very light blonde hair was Steve Leopard, I thought I had miss heard them but they explained it was just a nickname and his real last name was Leonard.

The four friends looked down at the contents in my hands and asked what the stuff was for. (I had completely forgotten about the stuff) I simply told them in another message that they were for friends and that I had to leave and give the stuff to them, so that I would see them tomorrow. After I showed them the message I ran off in the direction of the theater without waiting for their answers or comments.

A.N. yay I finally introduced the main characters to the story. I'M SO HAPPY :D and if you haven't noticed most of the descriptions are from the manga if any of you are wondering.