Haunted Circus

Chapter 00: Prologue - The Curse

Hello Dear Readers!  This is DuoXKouga and I'm proud to begin the true story to you with the Prologue chapter!

WARNINGS!!!

First off, I do not own Homestuck or any of the Homestuck Characters used in this story.  Homestuck belongs to Andrew Hussie.  OC characters used within the story are my own OCs that I'm using to help fill out roles.

Second, this story contains content that may not be suitable for certain readers which is why this story is MATURE.  This story contains descriptions of blood, gore, death, malexmale relationships, language, violence, and sacrificial cult stuff.  If there is any need for any other tags, I will add them.

Pairings will include mostly Tavros/Gamzee, Equius/Karkat, Eridan/Sollux, Onesided!Marvus/Gamzee, and many more that will eventually be listed.

Keep all comments nice.  Anything negative, hateful, or bullying will be deleted!

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Chapter 00: Prologue- The Curse

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There's an old story, long passed down near some villages in the old area once called Alternia.  

They tell this story to their children.  Some say to keep their children from going into the nearby forest.  There used to be another village closer to the forest long ago, but has since been reduced to a few desolate buildings that no one will venture near.  They call this story the Giant Ringleader.

The tale of the Giant Ringleader and of his circus is a story many elders know and pass down on nights.

The Giant Ringleader was a tall man who many people described as a friendly, gentle giant who had a big circus  filled with many talented people.  The Ringleader himself had saved many of his circus from fates of abuse or death in the streets and had offered them a place where they would be safe and be a big happy family.

Many of them were forever grateful to be given a chance that no one else had given them and just as he had promised to them, they had formed a huge family who all took care of each other.  The Ringleader's most prized possessions were of his two sons.  The eldest works within the shadows of the circus creating music for children to enjoy while the youngest was loving and innocent.  

The circus, itself, however had two sides to it.  It brought joy and laughter to those who had done no evil, but for those with tainted hearts and bloodstained hands, visiting this circus was a one time deal.  Once you came in, you never left.

The circus punishes those with an evil heart while protecting those with a good heart.  The circus continued to bring in those who had no place to go and gave them a home.  However, one day in the late fall, it all changed.

The youngest son had been lured away from the circus by someone with evil heart and the Ringleader had the circus searching for him until they found him.  The Ringleader's heart broke as he found the cold, lifeless body of his youngest son whose throat had been cut wide open and had obviously struggled to get away.  The eldest son watched with saddened eyes as his father carried his dead son home.  The eldest followed close, his hand gripping the shirt of his father.

When the circus saw their Ringleader return, they were left horrified at the site of the dead body their savior carried.  The Ringleader asks his eldest to search for the person whose taint matches what was left on his youngest and gathers the best of his circus.

The eldest went village to village until he found him and he went to return when he is attacked and almost killed, but he manages to get away.  The Ringleader is enraged at the sight of bruises on his eldest and his troupe follows him to the village, concern in them for the dark shadows that seemed to follow their leader.

Once they reached the village, the Ringleader demanded the village hand over the impure soul who murdered his youngest.  The village refuses, demanding that he and his group leave immediately.  The Ringleader demands again for the impure soul to be handed over and once again the village refuses.

It happened in an instant, but for the children who had watched, it felt like an eternity.  Shadows formed from behind the Ringleader before his troupe attacked the villagers, sparring the children, but the adults all perished in a blood bath.  The man responsible for the death of his youngest was to meet a fate worse than death.

The shadows were friends of the Ringleader whose talent for dark magic was well known within the circus.  The shadows who had been fond of the youngest son had made a deal with the Ringleader for the soul of the man in exchange for the end of his entire blood line.  

As the Ringleader ends his life, the shadows cry out that his last descendant is gone, missing from the village entirely.  The Ringleader returns to the circus with his troupe after taking the children to different villages and spreading them out.  He calls for his eldest and is horrified to discover his eldest missing with no one knowing where he is.

The Ringleader is lost to his despair of losing his most precious possessions and the shadows lash out at everything and everyone.  The shadows take the Ringleader away into the darkness, a curse descending on the circus, the people, the forest, and the surrounding land.

Rumors are that the curse was for the day when the youngest finally returns, the circus can begin again or if the last of the line of the man who murdered the youngest son was destroyed the curse would be lifted, but no one knew for sure.  

The circus had disappeared over that night, the surrounding area was left to rot as the story of what happened scared everyone away from ever returning.  Some say this story was to keep children from ever going into the woods.

A story to put fear into children to keep them in line, but no one knows for certain.

However, this all changed the day fate began to spin and pull strings closer together.

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There it is.  The Prologue is done and hopefully within the week I can have the first chapter introducing our main cast up for you all to be able to enjoy.

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Until next time,

This is DuoXKouga, signing off!!