Rosario + Vampire: Dark Carnival

Part 1: The Big Top Rises

Chapter one: Freakshow

The Circus, a place of joy and fun. Clowns, animals, and rides. However, what was to be a joyous summer, became a vacation in hell for one group of friends. Ladies and gentlemen....WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL!!!

The bus opened the doors for Tsukune and his friends to the gates of a circus shaped like a wild eyed skeletal clown with crimson eyes and wig. Tsukune shutters, uneasy at the sight, "Why does this feel like this should be a Halloween attraction?" His friends all funnel out of the bus onto the grounds of the carnival. Kurumu grabbed him by his arm and dragged him to the attraction. "Come on, it's not that bad." Tsukune sighed, nodding and heading into the circus. The first thing that they see upon crossing the foyer is a sign advertising a creature known as El Chupacabra. The sign read as follows,

Come view the devil of Puerto Rico, El Chupacabra. This creature is live and blood thirsty. Admission only 2.99

Moka read the sign before her expression became that of rage. "This is unbelievable." She grumbled, "I read about this guy online." She looked at the others, "He's the son of a spokesman for the monster community. He had gone missing a few months ago and was thought to be dead." Kurumu looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Warren Diaz? Are you sure?" Moka nodded, "Yeah. He's the cousin of one of my pen pals from the US." She glared, "I think they abducted him."

Ginei had snuck off to the cabaret where the girls were hot, live, and you can probably guess the rest. The instrumental version of Monster by Reckless Love played over the Loud Speaker as a stacked woman with wolf like ears and a tail came on stage. Ginei looked on with drool dripping down his lip. The woman started singing as she danced around on stage. Ginei couldn't help but howl like an old cartoon as he watched her perform. During the guitar solo a pole rose from the floor. She began pole dancing. Gine was by the stage at this point and as she slid down she caressed Gine's face gently. He was star struck with the woman as she danced as her bra was snatched by a audience member. She looked over the crowd. She glared as she picked up the mic, covering her self. "Alright, who's got my top? Crowley, was it you?" A man with cat like features stood on a table, holding her top. "Sorry, Stella. It was getting kinda dull." Stella sighed, "Well, since the girls are out, how about the show goes on?" She exclaimed with excitement. Suddenly a cat eared shadow looms over Gine, "Mr Morioka, aren't you supposed to be chaperoning, meow?" Gine looked back to see Ms Nekonome with a menacing aura. A cry of fear from Gine echoed through the carnival.

Chapter 2: Terror in the Big Top
Kurumu wandered the carnival looking for Moka and Tsukune while grumbling, "Jerks left me behind at the vendors. Where'd they go?" She felt a chill run down her back as she heard a metallic clinking moving towards her. She looked back to see a man in a black duster and a pair of black shades. He had a scythe in hand as he stalked to her with a grin. She began to run, her face panicked. She was terrified and was hoping to make it to the crowd in case he tried to harm her. She was grabbed by a silver hand and pulled inside a tent. As she looked up she saw a tall man looming over her with piercing red eyes. He held her in place, "Quiet down, I ain't gonn hurt you. I just saved your ass, why would I hurt you?" Kurumu bit into his hand, trying to escape. She simply heard him whimper silently, "Ow. Uncalled for." He finally slowly let her go as a creepy organ began playing and the lights slammed on. A group of puppet like clowns began taking their places in the center of the tent. Their painted faces resembled those of ceramic dolls. The man froze in fear. "Shit! The shattered clowns." Kurumu finally saw the man's face. He had black hair, a red eye and a large carved smile. He had remains of grease paint on his face. He looked at her, revealing his left eye was golden yellow. He spoke softly, "We gotta get out of here. This carnival is a nightmare." Kurumu looked at him, confused. "Tell me what's going on." He looked at her with an agitated expression. "First we gotta go. These things are fricken horrific. Can't you see their bleeding eyes? That's never a good sign." Kurumu reluctantly nodded, following the man dressed in a black and blue suit. "Who are you?" She asked as they ran. "Miguel. Miguel Ramirez. You?" Kurumu looked behind her, the shatter clowns chasing them. "K-Kurumu. I came here on a school trip." He scoffed, "Same. Three months ago." She looked at him in awe. He knocked over the pole on a kiddy ride, crushing the clowns. Kurumu looked at their faces, gorey visages replaced their ceramic masks. Suddenly, Miguel skid to a stop as the ring master, Mr Night, stood with Kurumu's group. "Ah, Gizmo! You found Ms Kurono." Miguel was shaking, his eyes fixated on the man. "Y-yes...s-sir, she was being harassed by Sigfreid." Mr Night nodded, "Gizmo, how many times must I tell you? There is no Sigfreid." Miguel grit his teeth with rage, having to bite his tongue. "I-I, I'm sorry, s-sir. I-I'll go back to my t-tent." Kurumu watched as Miguel made his way out of their area. Kurumu looked at Mr Night, "Wait, I saw Sigfreid and the Shatter Clowns." Ms Nekonome looked on, concerned. Mr Night smiled, looking at her with a worried expression. "Ah, w-well, I'll escort you all to your quarters for your stay. This way please."

The night fell quickly as everyone got ready for bed. The girls were talking to Kurumu about what she saw. "What's a shatter clown?" Yukari asked. Kurumu began gesturing as she spoke, "They had segmented limbs like marionettes and ceramic masks. They had janky movement until they started chasing us." She paused, thinking about the gruesome secret under the masks, "W-when their masks were gone they had bloody, skeletal faces with muscle tissue and sinew everywhere." Moka looked on in horror of the tale. "How can this be possible?" Yukari nodded, "Yeah, there weren't any kiddy rides where ever we looked." Kurumu shook her head, "Everything was more dilapidated and grundgy, like we were in a horror film." Mizore rolled her eyes, "You could just be making this up. You seemed to cling to Gizmo intently." Kurumu glared at Mizore. "What is that supposed to mean?" Mizore glared at her, sitting up abruptly, "It means you're just trying to side with some creep you just met. You saw how he looked." She raised her voice, unusual even for her. "He was clearly either out of his damned mind or tweaking out!" Kurumu stood up, "Some friend you are, Ice Queen." She stormed out of the room.

Chapter 3: Night Terrors
Kurumu walked the paths of the circus, trying to make sense of everything. She suddenly heard horrific sounds coming from a nearby tent. She peaked in to see different creatures and people disected, tortured and splayed out in gruesome fashion. She snuck through the tent until she saw Mr Night in a bloodied casual outfit standing over a badly wounded Miguel. He growled as he swung a Cat o' nine tails, ripping his back up horribly. "Damned fool! I took you in. Gave you a job. And you're trying to reveal our true nature to some dump bloody cunt that you met and saved from Sid?" He whipped him again, "You know how much they'd pay for a fresh pair of succubus tits in this economy?" He lashed him again. Miguel coughed up blood. "For fuck's sake, boss. They're not animals." He cried out before Night lashed him again. Kurumu, horrified by the situation ran, making sure not to leave any trace that she was there. She fell to her knees outside of the quarters and vomited from the smell. She laid on the front porch bench, weeping softly.

Tsukune woke her up the next morning with some coffee. He looked at her eyes, tears remained from the night prior. "What happened, Kurumu? Are you hurt?" Kurumu shook her head, not wanting to even remember the horrors she saw. Mr Night walked up to the quarters with a jovial grin, "Good morning, Folks, how did you all sleep?"

End of Part one!

(Hi, everyone! Sorry the first part is so short. This is my first foray into horror stories. If you made it here, glad the last short chapter of part one didn't disturb you too much. If this short gets enough views and positive comments I may make a part two. Dm or comment some things I can do to add a bit more scares into it. Hope you Rosario + Vampire fans enjoyed this, loved seeing Kurumu as our final girl and want to see more. We may explore a bit of the caberet workers in future parts. I have a great idea for something. See you in part 2! ^^)