Life's A Dark Circus

Monster

||Third person pov||

He was a monster that was for sure, he always has been, and he was proud. He was the Great Milenko after all.

||Milenko pov||

A walk will clear my mind, nothing is going on at the carnival anyways. I sighed, today was a slow day, it was kind of cold outside and the wind was bitter, I like it but the humans might prefer to stay inside.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, the fall air of the forest was crisp and calm, my ears flicked as I took in the sounds of the wilderness and the sound of footsteps. Wait. That wasn't supposed to be so close. I was a good deal away from the carnival and even farther from the town. I opened my eyes quickly and stood up, in a slightly defensive position, the sound of footsteps were too close for comfort and they didn't sound like my siblings' or Jake Jakal's.

"Who's there?!" I growled

A shy human monster hybrid stepped out from behind a large fallen tree.

"H-hello, my names Fenrir" he responded, obviously scared by my demeanor I quickly relaxed, he didn't seem like much of a threat

"What are you doing out here?" I asked in a calmer tone

"I wanted to know if the myths were true..... About the dark carnival?" He seemed nervous

"They are, I'm Milenko" I didn't feel like adding the 'great' to that sentence, wasn't really my style anyways

"Oh! I... Um..." Fenrir seemed tired

"How long have you been walking?" It was a little concerning he was this far from the town

He looked at the sun

"Jeez, a few hours now" he said I let out a surprised gasp, he was rather skinny and pale I was a little concerned he wouldn't make it back to town.

I had to make a difficult decision, take him back with me, a shorter walk for him but maybe more traumatizing, or send him back the way he came, on one hand he might not know how to get back and the sun was low in the sky, he might not get there before dark and might freeze to death.

"Come with me" I decided, freezing is a much worse fate, besides Anni and Klutz would look after him.

He stumbled after me, seeming to have come to the same conclusion as me.

||quick little warm up chapter||