Chapter 5 - Chapter Four

My eyes opened. It was two o'clock. I got up, not remembering why I had to. I stuggered out of the room where i had slept and Stumbled into the inn foyer. There were more people filling it then before. They seemed to be preparing them selves for something and thats when I remembered. The show! [br]
Everyone was starting to leave. This circus thing seemed to be like a church to them. I followed everyone like a sheep, although, I was the black sheep. The one who was different, which made me stand out. Breaking the first rule.[br]
Eventually, the flock of villagers headed inside the tent and took their seats. I sat down. The show began. I watched as did everyone else. This time though, the circus cast was walking through the audience. I was still half asleep. In a daze.[br]
They picked voluteers, performed tricks... it was just like their other show. But then, the tent went silent and the lights dimmed. They didnt completely darken but they did go dark enough so you would have to ejust your pupils. [br]
Kadence screamed but it want an in pain scream and the twins laughed an evil laugh.[br]
"Welcome to the show," Shyhira called, "I hope you enjoy it as much as me do". As soon as he said that, the tent began to rain in some form of liquid. I gathered it was a practical joke. But then the audience got up and started dancing. Maybe this was some religious ritual? [br]
I breathed in and some of the liquid pulled itself into my mouth. This woke me up. I reckonised this taste. It was the taste of the elixer of life. The taste of something important to all animals. It was the taste of blood. [br]
I felt someone grab me from behind. They pulled me out of the way of all the dancing. They turned me around. It was that dancer Kadence. She looked at me.[br]
"So innocent, and now she's tainted with this sinful blood," She said in her french accent. She looked at me as if examining me. She grabbed my chin and leaned in for a slight peck. I wa sso confused and shocked that it didn't even process to try and stop it. And to think, I lost my first kiss to a strange women.[br]
"Tut, tut, tut," Said one of the twins.[br]
"Shyhira will not like that. Kissing a stranger during a ritual dance," said the other.[br]
"Get fracked!" she yelled. [br]
"Oh and then there is cussing too," Said the first twin. They started yelling at each other in a language I couldnt understand. I slowly backed off and tried to find the exit to the tent. I was feeling like I needed to be sick and had to leave fast. I saw the exit and started heading towards it, but someone grabbed my arm. It was Shyhira.[br]
"Where are you going?" he demanded. I felt it coming up.[br]
"I-" I tried to say i was going to be sick but then i vommited all over Shyhira. This isnt good. And it didnt help that I havent eaten in days either.[br]
"I'm sorry," I said. ammidiately following with a bow, like the one I had to address my teacher with in grade school. [br]
"It's okay. But dont do it again," he demanded. [br]
"Is it okay if I go outside, just in case i need to again.?" I asked. He had an angry exspression on his face.[br]
"Fine, but only this once," he said. I bowed once small. and turned to leave. [br]
"Are we forgeting something?" he suggested. I was confused. I couldn't think of anything.[br]
"Than..." he started off.[br]
"Oh, where i'm from, that bow was a thankyou," I explained. He looked suspicious of it but he let me go.[br]
I got outside into the fresh air. I began to think about a few things. How can those people stand that, the blood I mean? And what kind of religion did these people follow? And most importantly, how will I survive?[br]

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