Jason sat in the middle of his private soccer field with a soccer ball in his lap. "Master Jason, I think it would be good if you and me go to the Carnival, what do you think?" His personal butler asked and sat down next to Jason. His butler was only nineteen, but still talked down to Jason as if he was thirty. "Carnival? I can't really see why not." He stated clearly and stood up letting the ball fall to the ground. With a small smirk Jason kicked the ball into the goal a half a field away. "Nice, your just like your dad." The butler said with a small laugh. "Don't ever say that again!" Jason yelled and pulled down on his butlers collar. "Okay jeez I am sorry." The servant said freaked out how a kid of Jason's size pulled him down. "Lets just go." He said while kicking off his cleats and grabbing his regular shoes.

When they arrived at the carnival Jason stretched his legs and watched a big tent with a sign on the top that resembled a magic show sign. "Hey can I go!" Jason said with a joyful look in his eye. "No way, I hate Magicians!" The butler protested but looked into Jason's eyes," Fine, but I am not going in that tent. I will wait outside." Jason jumped with joy and ran up to the tent. Once they reached the tent the butler opened the flap and shivered. "I will just wait here." He said and pushed Jason into the tent. "Wow no wonder my parents hired you." Jason muttered and sat down.

Jacob Edmund Wilson walked out of the trailer he lived in and walked past some of the kids he saw and he smiled at them all. He loved children even the ones that weren't good, the young and the old. He walked over to the large tent that had the ring in it and benches for the audiences to sit on, they were allowed to bring their food and snow cones in the tent and the clowns there were always a good show. As Jacob walked into the tent he saw his co-workers on the other side lining up. "Alright everyone ready for a good show?"

When they all nodded Jacob smiled "Good, oh and one more thing... I shall be doing a show of my own. The sound master has my song Don't waste your Love On Me, from Mama Mia, it is a bout five minutes long. Lulu, I will need you back stage to make sure all the children do not run off on us... the magic can only work if they are inside of the tent." Jacob looked around and smiled at his group some looked shocked "How long have you guys been nagging at me to do this as part of our act?"

That was all Jacob said, he turned around and walked out side and then started to make the announcement "Come one Come all to our show, see wire tap dancers, sky high fliers, Amazing Lions and much much more.." he made this announcement more and more until the adults and kids started to come into the tent. When the adults were paying and he saw the kids were there Jacob announced for the Kids to sit in the middle front and the adults can sit two three benches up.

Alice walked around the circus fair, looking around for the main tent that held the shows, "Now where could it be ?.....", she mumbled to herself questionably as she walked through the crowd of people who were doing various activities. The circus always fascinated Alice since she was a little girl being taken by her father, Anthony. Still today, her and her father came to the circus that came around every year.

Anthony came out of the corner of her eye with two cotton candy sticks, "Here you go sweetheart", he said handing her the pink one while he kept the blue one. She smiled to him, "Thanks dad. You know where the main tent is ? This place is so big that its hard to tell which large tent is which", she asked scanning the place again. Anthony took a map of the circus ,he got in the mail along with the tickets, out of his back-pocket. He began to study it while walking side by side with Alice, "It should be around here", he said, eating on his cotton candy.

They then heard an announcement about the show starting, "It must be over there", Alice pointed out as she followed her dad who began to walk over to the tent. They walked inside and were immediately escorted to their assigned seats, "Thank you, my good man", Anthony said to the person who showed them to their spots. Alice sat next and continued to eat her cotton candy, "This is going to be brilliant", she thought looking around at all the people filling the tent up.

Victoria sighed as she looked out the window in the car. The city passed her eyes as the car kept driving. She looked towards the driver's seat where her one of her 2 bodygurds were seated. "This wasn't necessary. I could have walked over there or taken the bus... alone" she said after retuning to keep her look out the window. She frowned as the second bodyguard´, that was seated next to her, said that they had their oders from the Fukuyama couple. "They don't want to see anything bad happening to you, Miss Victoria" one of them said. Victoria rolled her eyes. ~yeah right. They don't want to loose their heir is what they mean~ she thought as the city landscape still just passed along. Eventually she could see the carnival and as they got closer she could hear the sounds from the rides and the laughter from the many people attending it. The car pulled up and the one of the bodyguards secured the lot before Victoria was allowed out of the car. She sighed, put on her blue hat and got out of the car, enjoying she could finally stretch her legs just a bit.

Her bodyguards followed her around the carnival making people stare and whisper. Victoria could feel the annoyance grow inside of her as the day just went by. Eventually she just plopped down on a bench, took out her handheld console and played a game for a while. After a bit of time she got an idea and looked at one of the bodyguards. "John, would you please get me a drink? I'm getting thirsty" she said in a strangely friendly tone. The bodyguard nodded and left for the drink stand. After a few minutes she looked at the other bodyguard and smiled with a certain spark in her eye. "Al, I need to use the restroom. I'll be back in a minute" The seconf bodyguard looked at her for a while then just nodded. Victoria walked over to the stalls that had bathrooms in them. She went behind the door and looked around. She quicly found a window, crawled out of it and jumped down behind the stalls. Now she had to hurry and dissappear. It wouldn't take those 2 very long before they realised she had run off. She quickly found a tent with a maigic perfomance and went inside. This would hide her for at least a little while.

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James slowed down his bike as he reached the carnival. He pulled down his sunglasses and looked around the parkinglot. One of the first things he spotted was the Fukuyama car. ~Seems like Vicki is out today as well~ he thought and parked his bike. He engaged the alarm that was attached to his cellphone and went into the carnival itself. He looked around curiously and smirked as he realised carnivals seemed to be a girl magnet. There were girls everywhere. Coming here had already proven to be one of his brilliant ideas. He quickly spotted what seemed to be the biggest tent of them all. he decided to go inside to see if anything exciting was going on. "Magic show... Perfect!" he thought as he was convinced girls liked magic. He went inside and waited for the show to start.

"Andrew, I'm going out. I have a concert again." his mother said grabbing her keys and ready to walk out the door. Andrew just nodded, not really caring. He looked out the large glass window of his house, tapping his feet. "Hey, Drake want to go to the carnival?" he asked his butler. "Sir, you know you your parents dont like you going out into the public late at night." he said standing besides him. "Who cares what they say. I cant stay in this house any longer. And what did I tell you about calling me sir? I sound old if you say that."

Drake sighed, "Yes, I'm sorry." he said with a small bow.

"Look, my parents arent home. You're about 8 years older than me. Just call me Andrew. Come on grab the car keys we're getting out of here." Andrew got up and grabbed a hoody. He slipped it on and pulled the hood up. "See, my face is all covered up. Lets go." he said walking out of the house. Drake scratched his head but followed anyways. He knew he could never win an agrument against Andrew.

After a few minutes of driving, the car pulled into a parking lot where the carnival was. "Hey, it looks fun. Are you coming?" Andrew asked ready to get out of the car. Drake shook his head, "I have work to do. I'll pick you up when you need me to. Just give me a call." he said. Nodding, Andrew got out of his car and walked into the carnival. He looked around the place, and walked around aimlessly until he found a large tent like thing. He stepped in and looked around. "Wow so much people." he mumbled.

She nodded at Jacob and smiled, walking to her spot in the show. She smiled at all the children, and went into the huge tower set higher than the acrobats line. She put on the crown, and waved to the children and parents. She spotted many children, and sadly many parents. but the children would do with to her. She just loved the children's faces when she came out. Or if the acrobats did a cool tricks. It was just so rewarding!

She loved the show, and awaited as the children filed into the middle front. She sat in the stool, looking out on the scene: the acrobats were warming up, the animals and their trainers were practicing, and Jacob was annoucing the show. She smiled at him, but a charming one she used in the show. She watched many people buy tickets, which made her happy. The more people who saw her the better! She was the Carnival Princess, after all!

Mai was running around the carnival laughing and relishing the fun. Her friends, John, Josh and Emmy were right behind her. Their parents had dropped them off at the carnival with a bit of money and told them to have fun, so that's exactly what they were going to do. She had already blown half her money on sweets and games but had one this large teddy bear. It was pink and it was drop dead CUUUTE. She couldn't wait to show her parents. Emmy ran to catch up with her "Hey, Mai. I'm getting a bit tired, let's find something we can sit and watch." Josh and John were quick to voice their agreement at this as well. "Oh fine. I guess we can go sit down somewhere." The stopped for some ice cream and ate it on a bench nearby. This was one of the best nights of her life.

They speakers crackled and announced a magic show was about to start. Mai wanted to see this show badly, the magician was supposed to be extremely good. "Hey guys, we should totally go to that."
"No, come on...magic is boring" josh and Emmy said in almost near unison.
"But he's supposed to be really good. I'll even buy your tickets, Let's goooo" Mai said pulling on their arms to get up.
"Fine, but your buying the tickets"
"I got it, I got it, lets go"

The group swerved through traffic rushing towards the tent. They dove in right before it started. The room was packed and they were forced to split up. Mai wasn't able to sit with her friends and so she rushed straight for the front two rows and sat in between two older kids, one had grass on him from playing soccer and the other girl kept looking over her shoulder expecting someone to walk into the tent.

Tessa finishes the sticky cotton candy in her hand and throws the cone away. She stops for a second to buy a bottle of water and opens it up, drinking some of it. She hears the announcement of the magic show and other attractions in the big tent and heads that way, making sure - for the hundreth time - that she still had her wallet, phone, and iPod. She walks over to the tent and buys a ticket to go in and immediately ushered to the front row already filled with other kids. Not sure why she couldn't have sat in a less crowded area, Tess looks at the kids around her and shrugs. 'Not too bad, I guess,' she thinks. 'This better be worth the money I paid to get in. Then again, anything is better than being at home right now. She settles in her seat and crosses her arms over her chest, brushing a piece of strawberry blonde almost red hair out of her face first. She stretches her long, slender legs clad in very distressed jeans out in front of her, the tips of her hightops push against the edge of the arena, and the white spiraly design one the side of her dark blue tank top seem to glow in the dim light of the arena as she waits along with the others for the show to start.

Lulu was wearing her uniform. White pants, and a red sleevless, tailored matching band jacket adorned with gold buttons and tassels on the shoulders. She wore black mid-thigh high boots and her hair was pinned in a loose side bun. Sometimes she wore it in a low ponytail.

Holding her whip, she carried it with her wherever she went, she stood guard back stage. Her job at the moment was to make sure no one left the tent for the special magic show. She wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but it sure did seem odd. She just nodded her head and did as she was told. She wasn't much of a talker outside of her own show and liked to keep the aire of "mystery" surrounding her. Granted she knew most people just thought she was odd or strange, but that was typical when people were quick to judge and never really gave the chance to learn otherwise.

She loved kids and was really a nice person once you got to know her. She just came off as mean or bitter when it came to new people. she had built a wall up around her and didn't really know how to break it down. The show was going to start soon. She waited in eager anticpation wondering what was going to happen. Plus she was always suckered into magic shows, she loved them.

Grace shrugged on a light, dark blue jacket as she ran out into the night towards the shimmering vehicle at the end of the lane. Her maid, a young woman of about 25, followed closely behind in a cotton kimono. Grace never really questioned her maid's odd attire, which she wore casually around the home on constant, but thought it was totally queer that she did. Grace herself was decked in leather, chains and fish-net stockings; her skirt came to mid-thigh, and her top was a leather-like corset laced with multiple ribbons and threading like an obi. Her maid was coming along just in case the threading came undone. (Well, actually, her mother sent the maid so Grace wouldn't be alone.) Grace and her maid filed into the back of the car, sitting quietly as the car jerked forward and sped down the street towards the Carinval. Grace didn't know why she was truly going; maybe it was just the simple pleasures of the rides and the sweet tinge of powdered sugar, but she was going, no doubt. The maid beside her sat with her eyes out the window, flicking they bore onto the dark forms outside. A gentle smirk pulled onto her face as she watched Grace's face, as if she knew something Grace didn't.



The Carnival was alive with people, lights and sounds as she emerged from the car, the maid closely in her wake. Noticing a large tent, moving with people, she motioned the maid to follow her inside.

"No, ma'am, I'll wait outside for you." Grace shrugged at the maid's request, as she really didn't want to be followed around by someone in such odd, basic clothing, and rushed into the tent. There was a sea of noises as she entered, going for the first empty seat she saw; beside some girl she didn't know. She folded her legs, noticing the empty cotton candy in the girl's hand. She leaned over to the girl, asking,

"Hey, where'd you get that?" She, then, shook her head, imagining how sticky that'd be. "Never mind..." Grace let her blue eyes wonder the arena, filled, surprisingly, with only children. I guess adults aren't big fans of... Grace paused, but realized she didn't even know what act was being performed. Again, she leaned to the girl.

"Do you know what's going on in here? Like, what's the act?"

Tessa shakes her head and glances at the girl next to her. "I guess there's supposed to be just different acts then soome big magic show at the end. Or at least that's what it seems. Cute outfit by the way," Tessa says to the girl. "I'm hoping this starts soon. I'm bored. I don't understand why all the adults are sitting in the top rows when there's plenty of seats closer... Oh well, I guess they just don't like this type of stuff." Tessa shrugs and starts playing with the strings of fabric crossing over one of the many holes in her jeans.

Raine had to wonder what else could go wrong. Her sister had already laid out a dress on her bed for her to wear, and she would know if she didn't wear it. Raine pouted, though did put it on. She had though about waiting until her sister went off to go shopping with her friends, but then her parents were dragging her off to the carnival. Before her sister left. She pouted, and climbed into the car. She didn't know what to expect; she didn't usually leave her house. She was distracted, though, by the amount of people there, and lost her parents. She wandered around, and heard the announcement, and thought she might find her parents there. She was told to sit up front with the other children, though. She sat, and smoothed out her dress a little, thinking to make it at least a little more comfortable. She sighed, and looked up to watch whatever show they had, deciding to look for her parents later. She would see what all would be in this show; maybe this day would get a little better, anyway. Hopefully.

"Step right up! The show is about to start in two minutes! See tamed Lions, and Tigers and Bears! See dancing Elephants and a terrific clown act that will knock your socks off! Step right up folks to the Amazing Traveling Carnival show! Come one, come all!" The Ring master sold the last bit of tickets and then pointed to a sign to on coming people "Sorry kids were sold out, you can catch the next show in two hours!" The kids looked disappointed but turned around and left. The Ring Master noted the two body guards of Violets and frowned, he turned around and walked into the tent "WELCOME!" he spoke into the microphone. "Ladies and gents, and children of all ages. Thank you for coming today..."

The Ring master introduced each show including the clown acts and frowned he hated clowns. when they were done he smiled "Now Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, be prepared as Ms. Lulu Meyers rocks your world with tamed Lions!" The Ring master walked into the back room he was scared as heck he couldn't do his magic trick, he hadn't enough practice with it! What if something went wrong? But then he turned to see a big strong man glaring at him, he gulped and nodded held up his fingers to show two more acts and then he was next. Jacob turned to look towards Lulu, she was a sweet kid, and he had become fond of her. She at least spoke to him, where as the others did not. He had a worried look on his face, and then looked up to see the Sky Dancers taking place, then the dancing bear routine and then he would have next,God have mercy on his soul if this magic trick did not work out as planned.

Jason had a big smile on his face and was bouncing his soccer ball from knee to knee. He saw the bear and marveled in its natural beauty. He loved the circus and wanted to see the magic show. When is the magic show coming. I want to see some magic! When am I going to see some illusions? he thought in anticipation.

Raine watched the tamed lions, pout fading. Maybe this wasn't so bad. At least this was interesting. She watched, a small grin forming. This day was definitely getting better. The Sky Dancers didn't quit hold her attention, but the bear after them did. Animals had always been her favorite. She shifted slightly in her seat, trying to make sure her view wouldn't be interrupted, though, with only other kids in the way, she wans't sure how that would happen. She wondered what else would show up; she hadn't really been to a carnival before...but it was looking like something she would have to try to go to more often. What next...she thought.

Andrew took a seat, somewhere in the front of the row and watched. He had to pull his hood slightly up, since it was covering his eyes. He watched as the bears danced and chuckled to himself. "Hmm.. this actually isnt that bad. Too bad my parents are busy with their jobs." he said talking to himself.

Anthony and Alice frowned when the magician did a lousy act, "I hope this is my money's worth", he whispered to Alice shaking his head. Alice just giggled and tried not to seem mean by laughing at the show, "Your right about that dad", she replied. She took out her touch screen phone and began to text her friend, Lily. Reason why she did it was because she was getting bored with the show. Anthony, on the other hand, took out his blackberry and began looking at his email, "This show is somewhat a fluke", he thought feeling annoyed.

"That's right, the magician, choked on his own act lol", she text her friend with a smiley face. Lily immediately texted her back, "You should leave if it's stupid". Alice sighed knowing she couldn't seeings that her dad wanted to play it out for the money's sake, "Nah, I can't....", she text frustrated.

Victoria sighed and kept scouting the tent for her bodyguards. They should have discovered she had run off again. She sighed and watched the show for a while. Tilted her head at the lions but halfway through the show she pulled out her handheld console and took the sound off. She started playing and listened to the show while she looked towards the exit once in a while.

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James leaned back from his seat on the front row. He enjoyed the sight of the many girls and espcially the girls performing. He winked at them, threw his hair around and flashed his white smile that matched his white hair. He smile and watched the show enjoying the show feeling entertained and most important. Surrounded by pretty ladies.

Grace thanked the girl, introducing herself,

"Hey, I'm Grace Tidwell. Nice to meet you." She then, turned to watch the circus... or the carnival... Whatever... She found some of the acts interesting in the slightest, but, everything else didn't really grab her attention. She let her eyes wander, studying each of the kids around her. She noticed a kid with a soccer ball nearby. She smiled, raising an eyebrow.

"Hey, dude with the soccer ball! What're you doing that for?" She spoke loud enough for him to hear, but soft enough not to distract anyone in the performances. She thought it was odd he had brought a ball with him to a carnival. But, then again, she thought mainly anything she didn't like weird...

When some girl called out to him, he knew she was talking to him because she used the term dude with the soccer ball, Jason looked over at the girl. "What?" He wondered why this girl was asking him stuff but then decided to answer her," I am the son of a very rich and famous soccer player, its my nature."

Mai was enjoying the show immensly. some of the acts were a bit simple but some were very good. She was having such a great time and couldn't wait for the final act. The magician. The boy with the soccer ball next to her kept bouncing it up and down. It was a little entertaining to watch. A girl from the back called out to him trying to poke fun at the boy. She felt a little bad for him, so what if he had a soccer ball. He obviously liked to play soccer. The other girl had taken out a game consul but still looked over her shoulder. When Mai looked at the game she was surprised to recognize it. In fact it wasn't supposed to come out for another month. She poked the girl on the shoulder. "Where'd you get that game? It doesn't come out till next month. I'd love to find somehwere that is selling them?" She really did, some of her friends loved games and she wanted to be a bit mean to them and rub it in some.

(omg, my head is itching from bug bites and i've scratched it so much that my fingernails split open my skin making me bleed, which makes the itching worse SO NOW I'M ITCHING AND BLEEDING ARGHHHH)

Andrew yawned, kind of bored at some part of the show. He looked over hearing small thumps of a soccer ball bouncing. He saw a guy bouncing a soccer ball, nonstop. It didnt bother him, but maybe it did to some other people. One of the girls yelled over at the boy asking why he was playing with the soccer ball so much. He answered by saying he was the son of a very famous soccer player. Andrew raised and eyebrow, Interesting... he thought to himself. He wondered who his parents were since he was a fan of soccer. Strange... he really didnt like baseball much, but came to love soccer. Probably because he sucked at batting.

Pushing away his thoughts, he continued to look back at the show. It looked like everyone came we someone... he had to come alone. This made him feel somewhat like a loner.

Victoria turned her head and looked at the girl asking. She couldn't be more than what 8-10 years old and she was interested in gaming. What a lovely impact her family's buisness had on kids. She heaved a sigh wondering if she should tell the truth or not. Judging by the character she was talking to there didn't seem to be a hazard, but judging by the public location there was an extreme hazard. She forced a smile on her face. "My parents work for the company that developed the game. They got me a copy of it" She took out the game from the concole and placed it in it's box. "Here... I think you should have it. I can always get a new copy from my parents" She handed the box to the girl and smiled. It sorta felt like doing charity work, only here she could actually see what she was doing for someone. She could see she was making a difference to someone. ~Nicely handled, Vic. I don't think she's suspicious at all~ she thought and turned her eyes back to the show while rolling her eyes at some kid yelling he was the son of a famous soccer player. ~smooth... expose yourself like that. Real smooth~ she thought as she watched the sky-dancers doing a daring routine.

After a moment of thought, she moved forward a little, sitting closer to the front. She found a place in the very front row, and settled there, watching the bear. She was quite content just watching. She heard soemone yelling about a soccer ball, and looked to see. sure enough, one was bouncing a soccer ball, and yelling back about being the son a a famous soccer player. She shrugged, and turned her attention back to the show. She wasn't fond of sports...well, playing them, anyway. There were plenty she like to watch. She tried to brush those thoughts aside, and just watch the show.

"Teresa Sammart, but most people just call me Tessa or Tess, either one. Anything but Teresa," Tess says. She glances at the other kids around her again and raises an eyebrow at a couple of guys who were very cute. She refocusses her attention on the act in front of her, somehwat impatient for the magic show to begin. Bored she pulls out her iPhone and a pair of headphones, plugging them in she goes to the iPod and turns her music on shuffle. Awake and Alive by Skillet is the first song to play and she can't help but smile at that. She watches the routine while she listens to her music, shaking ehr head at how ridiculous the dancing bears looked.