Misfit Circus

Haden, can talk to fire.

*He has not joined the circus just yet*

It seems that the freak show has come to town. I walked around the campsite of the circus, watching intently. I slowly murmured to the flames, coaxing them to dance in between my knuckles and warm my numb hands. I wonder if the freaks are like me. I used to think i was the only one, until i looked at them more and saw that was so far from the truth. I walked into the campsite. I just acted like i belonged there. Nobody noticed for a while. Even when i lost control of the fire and accidentally lit a tent on fire. Until a kid that resembled a snake approached me.

"What are you doing here." He asked. Plainly and firmly, but a tad shyly.
"I'm joining the circus." I said and laughed "I'm becoming a freak"
"You can't just join" He said. "There are requirements."
"Oh, i think i meet those." I said and smiled. "Fire lept and danced around us both, twinkling blue and yellow. "Let's just say i like fire." He looked surprised and scared, then nodded.
"Welcome to the circus." he said. Thank God the fire obeyed me.

* Sorry buggy for doing that without asking. But i really think Haden would be a great friend for you and Mikael.* PM me if you dont want him to.

(Fee likes Mikael, and I'm guessing he likes her too. Anyway, Fee strongly dislikes Daemyn, Alura likes him, and was trying to reason with Fee by pointing out that at first she didn't like Mikael, and now she likes him quite a bit ^-^ Hope that clears it up!)

**FEE** (touchy-skin thing)

I left the tent after Alura, looking for Nick. He was right. We had to discuss our performance times. I still didn't know what exactly happened with the van, so I had no idea if there was a town nearby or not. I come across Daemyn and Lurie dancing to Katy Perry. Try not to laugh, I ask "Hey, have you guys seen Nick?" "Nope!" Lurie says breathlessly. "Wanna come dance?" I hold up a finger and run off to find Mikael.

I find Mikael, Viper, and some mystery guy sitting together outside of the boy's tent. "Hey!" I say, running up to them. "Who's this?" "New member," Viper says quietly. I'm surprised by this. A new member, just appearing out of thin air. "Oh, ok. Well, I'm Fey." I say smiling, holding my hand out. He looks at it for a bit, then shakes it lightly. I still don't have my gloves, so when his hand touches mine, my skin takes on his skin color. He stares at me, then stutters out, "Uh, Haden." "Great! Well, Alura is throwing one of her dance parties. You guys want to come?" They look at each other for a moment. Mikael shrugs, and Haden stands up. "Viper?" I ask, giving him my best 'pleasepleaseplease' look. He sighs and stands up. "Yay!" I laugh, taking Viper's and Mikaels hands. Half of my body turns to Viper's skin color, the other half Mikael's. I drag them in the direction of the Gwen Stefani music, smiling. Nick can wait. For now, I just want to have fun.

Markus, weather;

"First tell me your names," I said. They looked at each other.

"First, show us your powers," the girl said with her hand on her hip. My anger came in an overwhelming wave. Frustration pulsed through my entire body.

"Fine," I spat. Above me, the sky churned and turned a charred gray. First, I made it pour, but that wasn't anything spectacular. The boy and girl looked at each other with their eyebrows raised. With a flick of my wrist, pulsing lightning struck a parked car two feet away from us, sending off the car alarm.

I pulled longingly at the sky and slowly a funnel was coming down. The world was becoming swirled together, everything ripping at their seams as the tornado almost touched down. But, the second before it did, I released it and made the sky a perfect blue. The sun was shining, but the world was still damp.

I hated this sunny weather, but I hoped it showed them what I could do. I raised an eyebrow, mocked the girl by putting my hand on my hip and stared at them.

Nick, teleporter,

I stare at the boy in front of me. The boy who just used the weather like it was a sword. He would probably be a good addition to the circus, but then again...There is something about him that disturbs me. The power he has could kill us all if he willed it to. I'm willing to trust him, for now, though. Kay and I exchange looks. I give her an almost imperceptible nod, and grab both of their hands, much to the surprise of the new-comer. I will myself back to camp, and flash back into existence right next to Fee, who has apparently decided that it is time for a dance party.

**FEE**

I laugh, dancing with Lurie, until Nick flashes next to me. "AHAHA, oh, heehee, hey Nick!" He frowns, and pulls me aside. "Fey, we have a... little situation." That sobered me right up. Thanks for being the Party Pooper, Nick. "Which is?" I ask. "We have a new member. He can control the weather." Something in Nick's eyes was bothering me. "Nick, what-" I stop as a tall blond guy walks up to me. "I'm Markus," he says, holding his hand out, his back straight and stiff. This is insane! two, non related members in one day. "I'm Fey," I reply shaking his hand. I'm impressed, he didn't even glance at my changed skin. I sigh. The fun is over, at least for me. "Nick, we need to talk about the performance." He nods, and we start to walk towards the fire pit.

Viper, snake-guy

My jaw clamped shut of its own accord when Carmel approached. I was far too used to the abuse she liked to dish out at me and Zanette and anyone else who didn't look perfectly normal.

"Hey freak, what were you drawing?" She probably didn't even know my name; she'd never addressed me as Viper. It was always either 'snake-boy', 'scale-face', or if she wasn't feeling creative, just 'freak'.

"Nothing," I hissed. Carmel reached over in an attempt to grab my book. I clung to it for dear life.

"Come on, let me see."

"Carmel. Leave him alone. If he doesn't want to show you he doesn't have to," said Mikael coldly.

"Oh come on Mikey, lighten up." When he didn't reply, she rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll leave you two weirdos to whatever sad little things you were doing." Carmel smirked at me before flouncing off.

I gave Mikael a grateful smile, painfully aware of my fangs. "Thanks."

"No problem."

There was a pause. "I think it'd be okay if I got a ball python."

"A python?"

"They only get six feet long at the most. I could have a tank or something for it."

Markus, weather:

One second I'm standing there standing there staring at the two people and the next, the guy grabs my hand. In a quick, dizzying flash I'm in the middle of a wild party. A beautiful girl that is dancing wildly looks up and calls the guy next to me Nick. So that's his name, suddenly, they both leave the tent together and I'm left standing alone in the midst of chaos. I bite my lip and hope someone says something to me.

Nick, teleporter,

When Fee and I reach the fire pit, I turn to her.

"The new guy. Markus. I let him come, but there's something not quite right about him, almost as if-"

"Something not quite right about who?"

I turn around. There standing in the shadows of the boys tent is Kili. She is smiling sweetly and I know she's trying to get into my mind and make me do something stupid.

"None of your beeswax." I snap.

"Tut, tut, Nick. We must learn to control our temper. Or someone might be able to, ah, slip in..."

Fee grabs my arm as I'm about to teleport a rock into the middle of Kili's head.

"Calm down, Nick! She's not worth that. Anyway, you need to finish telling me what it was that was wrong."

We walk away, leaving Kili to smirk at our backs.

**FEE**

"OK," I start, sitting down with Nick outside the boy's tent. "So what's wrong with this Markus guy? You looked really uncomfortable around him." "Yea," Nick falters for a second, but goes on. "Fenny, he changed the weather without so much as a flick of his finger. He blasted a car without looking at it! That just seems like too much power to be in one person." "Well, he was rather tall-" "Fey!" "I'm sorry. How about tomorrow we check out his and Haden's powers. Now, onto the perfor-" "Who's Haden?" Nick asks, looking at me expectantly. I sigh. I forgot he didn't know him yet.

"I just found him sitting with Viper and Mikael. He's a new member as well. I don't know what his power is..." Nick nods, "Yeah, that sounds good. So you think we should perform tomorrow? I think we should wait another day, just because today was a bit hectic." "I think it would be best to do a show tomorrow night. You know, get the public's attention quick, make some money so we can eat something besides pancakes and hot dogs for once. We would have enough time. Get the big tent set up first thing tomorrow, send a few people into town- Wait, you did find a town, didn't you?" "Yea, a little place called Sunnyside not too far from here." "Ok, good," I sigh. One thing on my never ending to-do list I could cross out. "Anyway, we might not be able to get the new guys an act by tomorrow, but we can perform tomorrow, no problem." "Yea, that would work. OK, should we send 'em off to the tents?" I laugh softly. Sometimes Nick is such a grandmother. "What?" He asks, looking at me weird. I just laugh and head off to the dance party. Time for bed!

((ack, sorry I missed everyone's posts and didn't adjust mine accordingly yet. I'll go back and edit in a second.))

Kili, controls emotions,

I narrow my eyes at Fee and Nick as they walk away from me. I do not like the way that things are going for me. Still, maybe I can find a way to use the anger emanating from them. Then I have an idea. Nick said something about newbies, I heard it. They will not know to have their mental defenses up. I smile. Time to have some fun.

Markus, weather:

Everyone slowly leaves the tent. I stand there alone for awhile before deciding to look around until someone tells me where to go. I see Nick and Fee walk away from a smirking girl. She turns around and looks at me with her cocked. I stand there frozen, there's something very strange about this petite girl, and she has a look of quiet malice on her face. But hey, I am no stranger to that look, for I frequently see it on my own face.

"Hello," she calls.

Mikael

Fee came wandering over to where Viper and i were sat talking. She gave Haden an odd look and Viper introduced him.
"Alura's having a dance party. You guys coming?" I shrugged non chalantly and Haden stood up to go with her.
"Viper?" She smiled at him. With a sigh he got up. "Yay." She smiled grabbing mine and Vipers wrists and leading us toward the music. We reached the source of the music and i had to conciously stop myself laughing at the sight of Daemyn body bopping.
I smiled and started dancing with Viper Lurie and Fee. It was nice to just have some fun for a change.
Suddenly Nick flashed in to existance with another guy and led Fee away to talk about the show. I danced my way over to Viper. The way he moved to the music was so smooth. Almost serpentine.
"Viper. I think you'd be able to get away with a ball python." He beamed, unconciously baring his startling fangs.
"I'm gonna go grab a drink. Wanna come with?"
"Sure," he smiled winding through the small group. As we walked down the hill towards the van an idea hit me.
"Viper i'm writing a story about us. Well the circus. And i was wondering if maybe you'd like to illustrate it?" I asked expecting a resounding no.
"Are you serious?" He smiled again. This guy was seriously oming out of his shell. "I'd love to!"
"Cool." I smiled tossing him a can of cola and grabbing myself one before heading up the hill. I stopped walking when i realised he wasn't following. He had curled up next to the warmth of the cooker. I walked back up the hill toward the music but i was intecepted by a grinning, under dressed Carmel.

Suddenly I sensed a flicker of heat coming from nearby. I turned around with a frown, spotting a newcomer standing near the fire.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm joining the circus." The stranger grinned at me and laughed. "I'm becoming a freak."

I blinked, caught slightly off-guard by how flippantly he used the word freak, especially in application to himself. "You can't just join. There are requirements."

"Oh, I think I meet those." Suddenly the fire flared up around us, swirling. "Let's just say I like fire."

Whoa... I'd never seen anything like this. "Uh, welcome to the circus."

"Hey, who's this?" came Fee's voice. I looked up.

"New member."

She greeted him. I was able to catch his name, Hayden, and that Alura was throwing a dance party (she talked sort of fast, which made it hard to catch what she said sometimes.) I grimaced slightly as Hayden and Michael got up.

"Viper?"

I sighed and stood up.

"Yay!" She grabbed my arm and dragged me towards the music. I was already starting to regret this.

Hey thanks buggy