A.N. so I just wanted to thank nooneneeds2know for reviewing the story and pretty much telling me in a nice way to get my butt into gear and update the story so that is what I did and I would like to tell them that there will be more Dorene and Steve later Dorene sooner than Steve though So sorry about that but Steve will show up sooner in the fanfic than he does in the books so that should make you happier. Now without Further ado here is the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cirque du Freak but one day I will take my Shape shifter and steal the rights and I will the rule the world. *cough cough* but not right now sadly.

Chapter 13

A few days have passed since Darren joined the cirque and with every passing day I could notice a slight change in his health. Darren was losing strength and getting paler and that was all because he was still refusing to drink blood, and no matter how much I begged and pleaded with him he would not change his mind.

Today one of our odd jobs was to move a bunch of boxes to a different area to get ready for the show. Darren said that he could handle the biggest box but once it was off the ground it was easy enough to so the strain going through his body.

"You sure you can handle that Darren?" Evra asked as we were walking on the edge of camp. "Yeah, I'm su-…" He stopped midsentence his attention on the tree line that was just a few feet to the right of us. "What's wrong Darren?" Evra asked as the three of us came to a standstill. (Victoria was helping Truska mend costumes and clothes)

"Yeah" said Darren, "I think I just saw a kid over there in the bushes." I had a slight idea of who he was talking about because for the past few days I have seen the kid watching us from within the bushes. Evra turned to see who we were talking about but was soon turned around again by Darren who then hissed a whisper to Evra. "Don't look, Just know that he is in the bushes." He paused "I have an idea to scare him."

After hearing Darren's plan Evra and I walked out of the kids view and then began running into the bushes. I ran further than Evra so that the kid couldn't hear my bones snapping and changing and I shifted my form. Soon after I began I quickly took the form of a large monkey. (Yeah scary I know) I then climbed into a nearby tree and got into position just as the kid's screams were heard.

Soon after that the boy's body came crashing through the bushes. Once he was underneath me I grabbed him by the blue overalls that he was wearing and lifted him into the air careful not to let him see what had a hold of him.

With the boy in the air I let go for a second and grabbed him again only this time by his legs, so that he was now hanging upside down. By the time Evra showed up the kids squirming had made me lose my grip countless times, so now my arms were tired from all the strain of holding this little brat.

Once Evra was standing face to face with the young boy, the boy began to squirm even harder and faster, that was until Evra brought out his long snake like tongue and brushed it against the boy's forehead. The boy's body then went limp and his screams ceased; when I looked down he had fainted and was now hanging like a lifeless corpse upside down.

I then swung the boy up into the tree next to me and then jumped down with the limp boy in my arms, once on the ground I placed him at the base of the tree and began waiting for Darren to come and tell us what we should do. (Although I could not be sure if he could or not)

Waiting for Darren I walked off into the distance and turned back into my original form, Once back in the form I walked back and began watching the kid for changes, then I noticed that this little brat was fighting hard to keep back a smile, so I thought to myself two can play at this game.

I walked over to Evra with my Notebook and pencil in hand, than showed the note that I had just now written and showed it to Evra. He grabbed the notebook and pencil from me then began writing a note like I had told him to, than showed it to me. The note read, 'So he's faking it, and you're going to get water to get back at him?' I nodded then left to get the water.

When I came back I saw that Darren had joined Evra and they were still both watching the little faker. I silently walked over to the little blonde and freckled faker who was still lying against the tree base. Now standing next to him I slowly lifted the bucket above my head and tipped it once it was above the kid and then watched as the water poured right on top of the kid.

The funniest thing for me though was watching as the kid tried to get away from the oncoming water just a little too late. "Well what was that for!?" The kid whined. Darren and Evra couldn't answer because they were laughing too hard. I on the other hand tossed the bucket aside and pulled a towel that I had draped across my shoulder, than gave it to him to dry himself off. (Since I wasn't that heartless)

As the kid was finishing dying himself off he spoke. "Hehe, you guys sure got me good," he paused and reached out his hand "I'm Sam Grest." I just nodded took his hand and shook it feeling bad that I couldn't introduce myself properly.

Darren and Evra then introduced themselves and Evra introduced my explaining how I was a mute but skipped how I got this way thankfully. Once the introductions were done the kid pulled out a jar of pickled onions, asked a stupid question than ate some pickled onions as if the question he asked was completely normal.

"Can I join the circus you guys are in?"

A.N. so now the annoying brat comes into the story but honestly at the end of the book no matter how many times I read it I always cry so I will try to get it to the point soon although it will not be soon enough because on Dorene's side of the story a lot is happening so I will go through that part of the story so I will be switching back and forth Between Mia and Dorene.