Misfit Circus

Mikael

I flew round the bend to where the tents were. Dribing like a maniac i swerved and dodged through the site searching for any sign of Fee. Finally i saw hermarching up the hill, tears streaming down her face. Seeing her that way made me heart lurch. Suddenly there was a blinding pain in my chest. Actually real pain, the kind i hadn't felt in years. My bike skidded beneath me and i was launched skyward. Somehow i had managed to aim myself directly towards Fee. Still moving, i wrapped her up in a hug. Unfortunately we kept moving. I managed to spin so it was me who hit the floor. Strangely this time there was no pain.
"Fee," i choked out. "Fee, I love you." Those words seemed to strike home even through the tears.
"Don't you ever leave me again." Even to me my voice sounded strained with emotion.

Kat

I pulled myself together and wiped my remaining tears away as Markus came and sat down next to us.

"H-Hey Markus," I replied, my voice a little shaky. Nick teleported me a tissue.

"Thanks," I said blowing my nose.

"Hey Kat, hey Desmond."

"So, want some hot chocolate?" I offered.

"No thanks," Markus replied.

It grew quiet. Markus stared at his hands and I played with my curls, which is what I normally did when it was awkward.

"When's the show?" I asked to break the ice.

"I think it's cancelled," Nick said quietly.

"Right."

Silence again. "C'mon guys, we have to talk about something!" I urged.

**FEE**

I looked at Mikael, startled, but pleased. Wiping the remaining tears from my cheeks, I look at him, unable to do anything but stare into his beautiful grey-ish eyes. Suddenly, what he said hits me, and with a strangled sob, I throw my arms around him. Sobbing into his chest, I manage to get out a series of "Ohmygods" while I try to think like a normal person. I look back up into his eyes and see them shining with the beginning of tears. I slow my breathing and I realise my own feelings about him.

"Mikael," I say, taking his hand in mine. "Mikael, I think I might just love you too."

Alura

After my fit of crying I began to make my way to camp to try to find Fee. But she wasn't there. I looked around and it seemed everybody was busy with something. Nobody would notice if I wanted to go find Daemyn......I began to walk towards the trees even though it was raining. I kept on walking even though it felt like forever. After so much walking I sat down next to a tree in the mud. My tutu was brown and gross looking and I began to shiver. I got up and began to walk again looking for Daemyn. ,"Deamyn! it's me Lurie!" but nobody replied. He will hear me I know he would. I began to walk even more even though I got tired. When I spotted Kili with a stick in her hand and she was sharpening it with with her fingernails. I spotted Daemyn and proceeded to make bird noises. Kili didn't even look my direction but Daemyn did. He proceeded to runs towards me, "Where are you going?" Kili asked, he turned his head, "Nothing I just want to walk around" she just nodded and proceeded to sharpen the twig. Daemyn ran towards me and we hugged. I grabbed his hand and began to pull him in the direction that camp was in. He pulled his hand away, "Lurie I can't. I joined Kili and I plan on staying here" It felt like my heart was broken, "Lurie I have to go....sorry" He began to walk away. I watched him leave and when he was gone the tears came back again. I began to run towards camp.....

Viper

I was starting to get thawed out when suddenly Alura burst into the tent. I blinked. Her face was sort of reddish, and wet...

"Were you c-c-crying?" I asked thickly, but the others had already gone to help her.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" asked Kat.

"What happened?" Nick asked her.

"D-Daymen's not coming back," she sobbed. "He... he said-"

My head snapped up. "Where were they?"

"Not f-far away," she began. "What are you doing?"

I stumbled towards the tent flap. "Got to g-get him. K-k-kili's in her head."

"Viper, you're not going anywhere!" someone said, but I'd already left the tent.

Carmel

I could see Daemyn, Daemyn meeting that Alura. Little Lurie, I thought, snapping a twig; she made me sick.
Daemyn still appeared dazed. My turn.

"Hello, Daemyn. I've been thinking about... Alura and you. I mean, its not as if she even likes you, is it?"
He looked up at that.
"I know what you're going to say, Daemyn, that of course she loves you, blah blah blah. But, think about it. If she really loved you, why didn't she join us? Why didn't she follow you?"
I leaned over to him, to whisper, "I could be your girlfriend." Our lips almost touched-
He jumped back, as if it were a reflex action, to jump away from the hot blonde. I turned away, taking out a cigarette.
"Think about it."

Daemyn>>

"Daemyn!" I hear a sweet voice calling me. It must be the angels. They've come for me! A smile spreads across my face, but then I hear bird noises. No, not bird noises, someone whistling me and Lurie's song. The one we danced to together...I smile, closing my eyes to remember it better. My eyes shoot open, trying to think who would be whistling it. I look up and-

And see my little Lurie standing behind a tree, her favorite tutu brown and flat, her hair mussed and her chocolate eyes wide. "Lurie," I breathe, stumbling towards her. She jumps into my arms, and I hug her back. I had missed her so much. She let go of me and started walking away, pulling me in tow. I stop, knowing she must want me to join the others. "Lurie, I can't," I tell her, gently prying my fingers from hers. "I joined Kili, and I have to stay here." I smile, knowing I'm doing the right thing. She turns away and runs from me. I shrug, she's probably just going back to camp to clean up. It's what girls do, after all. I turn back and sit down next to Carmel. As she starts talking to me, I frown, knowing she can't be right. Lurie loves me. She told me once. Well, she didn't exactly say it, but she feels it, I'd bet. Or maybe....

No, I shake my head and jump back, startled, as I find Carmel in my face. She takes out a cigarette and lights it, telling me to "think about it." I wish she wasn't Carmel. Otherwise I'd probably take her pack right now.

Alura

I sob in the tent. How could he reject me like that? Viper left the tent in a hurry probably to go get him. I try to take breath but I fail. I leaned on Kat crying, "I must look like an idiot!" I yell. She patted my back and replied with a, "Lurie.. calm down everything will be OK" I try to breath in and out and finally manage to take in a breath. I wiped the tears of my cheek. Kat got up, "Here let's go get you cleaned up" She put her hand on my shoulder and we proceeded to walk to the girls tent.

Viper

I spun around, blanket pulled around my shoulders tightly. There was a significant source of heat nearby, and it wasn't from the camp. It was in the trees.

I strode forward. "K-K-Kili, I know y-you're there!" My tongue flicked out, tasting the air for Daemyn's scent. If I had to, I'd drag him out of the woods kicking and screaming. He needed to be away from her influence.

Zephyra

I heard his voice, the one with scales. Viper, wasn't it? Kili heard, and she looked annoyed. It was all that Viper's fault, I thought. Why can't he just leave us alone?
"Zanette, sort him out," Kili said, almost nonchalantly. Yes, hate Viper. Want to rip his guts into confetti. As an afterthought, I take a knife; not Kili's special one, but the one that Carmel's been using for the cooking.

He's standing in a clearing. He's been calling out for Daemyn for ten minutes, stammering.
"Pathetic," Carmel's voice says through my mouth. She's right; its almost pitiable, how this Viper can be reduced to a stuttering wreck at cold weather.
No, I don't pity him; we can't fly during rain, can we? I ignore that voice that's been badgering me about Kili being evil (absurd).
"Hi, scale-face. Miss me?" Carmel's voice says through my mouth. Viper's eyes narrow in on me.
"Za-" he begins, before I bring up the knife.
Throw it. You'll feel better.
No, don't throw it, don't throw it.
THROW IT.
Nobody argues with the more powerful thought, the voice that's made you feel better. So I take aim, and fling it at him.
Unfortunately, I didn't take into account the fact that I'm a terrible shot.

Mikael

As soon as Fee said the words i had been longing to hear my heart leapt into my throat. All the terrible things that had happened were forgotten. I felt a strange, foreign dampness on my cheek before i realised what was happening. I was crying. Me , the human statue, crying tears of joy. For the first time in a while i felt human again. I wrapped Fee up in a hug and sat, watching the various circus members move about like ants in an ant hill. After a while Fee wriggled out of my grip and sstood up to walk away. Only i wasn't letting go of her hand.
"Come on Mikael. We have to go back before someone hurts themselves or breaks something or ..." Her last words were cut off as i leapt deftly to my feet and kissed her.
"Ok then lets go." I smiled, sweeping her up into my arms like the bride at a wedding. Fee started laughing uncontrollably.
"Put me down you crazy fool." She laughed.
"No way," I smiled. "I'm never letting go, remember."

Kat

As I supported Lurie as we slowly walked out of the tent, I heard Desmond and Nick whisper.

"G-Guys maybe one of y-you should check on Viper," Lurie whispered to them before we walked out.

"Right, he could get hurt out there," I told them.

Heard Nick sigh, and then transport away.

In the girls tent, Alura was trying hard not to cry as I washed her face and took the old makeup off.

"It'll be okay," I murmured.

"No it won't," she choked.

"Viper and Nick are out there right now trying to get him. He loves you, and he'll come back,"

"But what if he doesn't," Alura said, her lip quivering.

"I'm sure he'll be back-"

"No! I mean what if he doesn't love me," Alura began crying again.

I put my arms around my shoulders. "Well, I love you and everybody else does. He's a fool if he doesn't love you."

**FEE**

I smile as I hear him tell me he'd never let go, and suddenly, all those terrible thoughts I had been thinking, all the guilt I had felt, left me like a balloon deflating. In it's place was a warm, happy, giddy feeling. "I love love!" I scream at the top of my lungs, laughing. I slip out of his arms and take his hand in mine, walking away from camp. As much as I need to help, to see if everyone is ok and here, I need some Me Time. And right now, that includes Mikael. "You know," I told Mikael after a while, walking closer to him. "I never thought I'd be so happy." I look up at him and see a smile lighting up his face. "But it's kind of mean. I mean, half the camp is missing, the other half are having serious issues with- with everything! I just..." I sigh, not wanting to put my burden on him. I smile slightly. Not wanting to put my burden on a statue-man's shoulders. He stops, making me stop too, and looks down at me with concerned eyes. "Fee, you can tell me anything, OK? I don't ever want you to hurt again." The last sentence muffled as he hugs me again, burying his face in my hair. Which, I notice with a wince, desperately needs to be brushed. I let myself relax, and force myself to not think about anything but me...

And my new boyfriend.

=D

Nick,

I sigh. It's true that someone needs to go find Viper, but that means going out into the cold and-Wait. I can just ask Markus to change the weather. I teleport to him.

"Markus?" I ask. He no longer looks terrified every time that I appear in front of him.

"Yes?"

"Could you change the weather? I just don't want Viper to freeze to death before I find him," I say.

"Um, OK," he says.

"Great," I teleport to Viper right away. And find him confronting Zanette. Who has just thrown a badly aimed knife. Before I can move, the knife thuds into my foot.

Mikael

Part way down the hill Fee bagan to wriggle again.
"I love love!" She shouted leaping deftly out of my arms and leading me back up the hill. She began rambling about how she was worried about the others. She stopped abruptly in the middle of a sentence which instantly caught my attention.
"Fee. You can tell me anything, Ok? I don't ever want you to hurt again." My last words were muffled by her hair as i was wrapped in an unexpect explosive hug. I was so happy. After all this time i was finally with Fee. I no longer felt like a strange living statue. I had a home, a family like me and now a girlfriend. I felt human. Finally we settled down next to a broken tree stump. Looking at it i began to laugh. The world really did have a certain irony. The tree i had pummeled and eventually knocked over when i thought Fee loved Zeb. And we were now sat by its battered tree stump.
"Whats so funny?" Asked Fee looking at me with an obviously fake indignation.
"Nothing," I smiled.
"Tell me," she smiled playfully punching me.
"Ow!" I rubbed my arm in faked pain.
"Oh shut up. There is no way that hurt."
"I know but i didn't want to bruise your ego." I joked.
"Oh your so dead." She laughed tackling me.
"Oh god someone help, shes trying to kill me." I shouted jokingly. She stuck her tongue out at me and i couldn't help but laugh. Finally when all the laughter and playful fighting was over i kissed her once more before helping her up.
"Come on. We have had our time to oursleves, now the kiddies need us."
"Your right," She smiled taking my hand. "But that doesn't mean i'm letting go." We walked hand in hand toward the circus and the inevitablestares, whispers and problems.