A.N. okay so I'm not patient enough to wait till I get three reviews so I am just going to post this chapter now and another reason that I didn't post this sooner is that I procrastinate to the max

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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN cirque do freak all rights go to Darren Shan himself but if there is a way to gain rights then the books shall be mine in the end.

Chapter 6

When I woke up in the my prediction was right because the cramps in my legs were so bad that I could barely stand, but I had to get up so that I could go to town and meet up with Darren and his friends like I told them I would yesterday.

I reached into my duffel bag that held all my meager belonging and pulled out the money that Mr. Tall always gave my once we reached a new town so that I could go shopping and run the errands for the cirque.

Mr. Tall usually gave me too much so that even if I choose to go on a shopping spree I would still have too much money, so I usually took only what I needed for the day.

Walking up the stairs I didn't hear the usual footsteps that belonged to Victoria, but that was understandable since after every other show she would usually sleep in after lunch.

I continued up the stairs and walked out the double doors leading outside. What I found outside surprised me so much I completely lost my balance and fell back.

Sitting at the base of the tree in the shade was Mr. Crepsley. Why that surprised me was the fact that he was a full-fledged vampire that was supposed to burn in the sun. Yet here he was sitting outside in the afternoon light waiting, for what I had no idea. Soon a deep voice pulled me from my thoughts and back to the vampire who was sitting in the shade. "Are you leaving for town again, Mia?" I nodded and he smiled, I was so confused right now.

I started walking in the direction of town glad to see that when I turned around Mr. Crepsley had covered his head with his trade mark red cloak and left to go inside.

Now in town I walked straight to the school that my new friends spent five days of the week at and found that they were still trapped inside. Instead of staying and waiting, which I wasn't that good of to begin with, I began walking around town again and found a shop that had caught my attention yesterday.

Stepping inside I found it was stuffed with all kinds of sports equipment, I already had an idea of what I wanted so I started searching. After five minutes of fruitless search a deep yet kind voice pulled me out of my search. "You seem to be having trouble, think I can help?"

I turned around and saw a face that matched perfectly with the voice. His eyes were just a little darker than Victoria's and his hair was a very handsome golden blonde maybe shoulder length, but it was hard to tell because it was kept up in a ponytail with a strip of leather strap.

I nodded my head to his offer. "Alright just tell me what you need." I stared at him and he stared at me. Just as I was beginning to feel awkward he spoke again. "Do you need a pen and paper?" At his question I instantly nodded my head, but how did he know what I needed. He soon spoke again as we got closer to the check out. "You're a mute right? Well so is my dad." I nodded my head now understanding how he knew what I needed.

We soon reached the counter and the man began searching for a pen and paper, soon he found them and handed the items to me.

Once the items were in my hands he spoke again. "My name's Leo what's yours?" I wrote down on the pen and paper my name and showed him the paper. "Mia Shizuka, nice name. So what was it that you were looking for?" I wrote down what I was looking for and showed him the paper again.

"You're looking for a soccer ball, well those are in the back." He began walking through the aisles with me following close behind. "So pardon me asking but were you always like this?" I looked up at him than shook my head than wrote on the paper how I was like this long enough to be able to cope.

With that we reached the soccer balls, and I than followed him to the counter and walked out with the now purchased soccer ball under my arm. I began making my way back to the school yard only to find it still empty. I made my way to a tree located at the edge of the field and climbed almost to the top.

Now sitting comfortably in the tree I began to doze off only to be woken soon after to a loud bell ringing and thousands of kids pouring out of the building to their long awaited freedom. I still didn't see Darren or the others yet so I closed my eyes and rested.

A few minutes later I heard their voices and when I looked I found them all in deep conversation about something that seemed to be important. Three of the voices were all talking at once but I could easily tell that those voices belonged to Darren, Alan, and Tommy. They were all asking whether someone had gotten 'them' or not. My guess was that Steve was the one who had to get something because his voice was the next one that I heard.

"Well I got some good news and some bad news." At that point Darren spoke and I also started climbing out of the tree. "I think we want the good news first." By the time Darren was done talking I had made it successfully to the lowest branch and was ready to jump when Steve started talking again.

"Well, I got the tickets." He paused and held up two familiar tickets my grip loosened a little from the shock off seeing the tickets just as the other three started angrily muttering. Steve took this time to continue. "As you guys can see though is that I could only get two." With my grip loosened and the shock of seeing the tickets still fresh, I lost my grip completely and fell out of the tree catching the four solemn boys by surprise.

Darren was the first to snap out of the shocked daze. "Mia, when did you get here?"

I did not hear his question the first time due to a ringing sound spreading though out my head after the impact it had with the ground seconds before. Once my head was clear and I no longer saw stars I looked up and found four sets of eyes looking down at me.

"Hey are you okay." Steve asked while Darren helped me to my feet. Once I was standing firmly on the ground I nodded my head to answer Steve's question then I pointed to the two tickets still clasped within Steve's hand. He held the tickets up for me two see, even though I already knew what they looked like. I then nodded politely than pulled out my notebook and pen and wrote down a question, showing it to them once it was done.

The four of them read the question silently. Steve was the one who answered in his snide little way. "Well if you really must know two of us are going this Friday night. And so that you don't get your hopes up the tickets are all sold out." I rolled my eyes hoping that he would get the hint that I didn't really care whether or not the tickets were all sold out.

A while later the four boys were standing quietly looking as if the world was going to end. The four of them were trying to come up with an idea on how to decide who would get the second ticket. (Because they already decided that Steve would get the first one.) Tommy had suggested they fight for it, but Alan was very small and Tommy was leaning to fight from his dad, so the fight would've been one sided, thus the idea was trashed.

Alan than suggested they play Rock, Paper, Scissors but Tommy said his luck wasn't the best so that idea was trashed as well. Darren couldn't even think of an idea so now the four of them just stood in silence. I had climbed back into the tree earlier but soon Steve caught my attention as he came and sat underneath the tree.

What he was doing was a mystery to me but I could see that it had to do with paper that he had just pulled out of his bag. By that time the other three boys grew curious and walked over to find out what their friend was doing during this time of crisis. I was even more confused as Steve began cutting the paper to roughly the same size as the ticket.

It seemed like we all began getting a rough idea of what Steve's idea was, and our curiosity was soon put to rest once Steve explained. "Well here we have the most coveted ticket," he paused as he held up the second ticket. "But we are at a loss at how to decide who gets it." He paused again and got small nods of agreement from the others, after he was satisfied with the reaction that his friends gave him he continued.

"I believe I may have come up with a solution to our dilemma," he paused again as he stuffed the now cut paper strips and the ticket into a now empty lunch box, he then gave it a good shake and continued.

"Now, my friends, we have a lunch box full of paper and hidden within is the ticket. Well I will give it to our nimble friend here and she will take it to the branch that she is on now." He paused as he handed me the lunch box. "Then when she thinks you guys are ready she will open the box and who ever can catch the ticket gets to come to the show. Agreed?"

Everyone agreed so I waited in the tree till everyone was ready and watched as Steve sat on the ground underneath me. Once everyone seemed ready I unhooked the latch on the lunch box and allowed the paper to fall out. With the lid now open I watched as the paper fell down in a flurry of white and paper cuts waiting to happen.

Alan and Tommy instantly made a beeline for the falling paper Darren was about to but for some reason stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes, and held out his hands and just stood there and waited.

I soon caught sight of the ticket flying down and followed it with my eyes. The closer it got to Darren's hand the more I was sure that this wasn't just coincidence, but Destiny. I cursed myself, jumped down from the branch, and ran alongside Steve who probably had a different reason to check on Darren while I wanted to make sure that it wasn't a trick of the light.

Tommy and Alan were still frantically searching on the ground for the ticket that I knew wasn't there muttering about how Darren couldn't have it because he had his eyes close and he was just standing there.

Darren slowly opened his eyes as if waking up from a daze and just continued to stand there as Steve referred to the other boy's mutterings. "Well he has something in his hands." Steve paused then turned and directed his attention to what was in Darren's closed hands.

"Well Darren open your hands and let's see what you have." Darren finally snapped out of his daze once his name was called and slowly opened his right hand, only to reveal empty space and air.

Steve and I then both turned our attention to Darren's left hand and when I turned around I saw that both Tommy and Alan had stopped their fruitless search to check and make sure that Darren did or didn't have the ticket.

I turned my attention back to Darren just as he was unfolding his left hand.

What I saw made me realize just how much meddling Destiny was doing, it made me curious about what was so important about this boy coming to Friday nights show that Destiny would meddle so much to make him come, but that was a problem to figure out later.

Cause right now I had to get some requests from Darren and Steve to make Friday nights show special and unforgettable for the two of them. I pulled out my notebook and pencil and began a conversation, randomly placing questions of their favorite animals and things like that. By doing this I could decide what to turn into and how to plan my act.

A.N. so I hope you like this chapter and again I would really like it if you review and if you do I will make mention of you in the next chapter or answer any questions that you have so far also I will give each and everyone of you lovely reviewers a virtual hug.