"AH," the body hits the floor. "Oww, my back.." he said, sighing slightly. "Who are you?." A distorted voice seemingly a mix between a man and a woman rang out from the darkness. Suddenly a figure almost as tall as the roof of the room quickly walked out of the shadows and towards the fallen child grabbing him by the arm and lifting him up using one hand the figure grabbed the child's face and stared into his eyes "say..who are you child? You seem to be new to town..would be a shame if you were a trespasser, but i can assume a good kid like you isn't right?" The last words had quite a chill to it. "Uhm, yes, ma'am? Sir? I'm not a trespasser. I swear, " the words that were uttered was the truth but filled with fear."Good boy, now how did you get here?" The figure asked. "Uhm, i- i dont know..?" He said while he shivered at the sight of the figure in his face. "You really like to play with fire, dont you," the figure chuckled lowly before slowly removing its mask .. revealing the beautiful face of a woman. Flawless skin was almost like a porcelain doll, yet her eyes were the most terrifying..cold and almost dead "ill ask you again, child. How. Did. You. Get. Here." Her words were mechanical in nature, her eyes never leaving his. "i was brought here by Jack. Jacqueline she said her name was" the boy spoke quickly, sweat forming at his brows even in the cold temperature of the room "jack? Jacqueline hearts?" The figure questioned. "YES YES HER I SWEAR SHE BROUGHT ME HERE" the figure slowly puts the boy down while chuckling "if it was jack, you shouldve said that the second you saw me. Lucky you, i wouldve skinned you alive and made a mask with ur skin if you hadnt told me Jack's name" she kept laughing as she patted the boys back "What's your name kid?" She asked smiling "Ti-Tim" "Tim? But jack said the kid in her room was named jason.." she suddenly stood up, her porcelain face now contorting into a wicked scowl and snarled at the boy "TRESPASSER" she screeched out which made the boy who was already afraid start crying and begging for dear life. The door suddenly shot open and in came the Man of the hour "JACK" both yelled in unison.
"MINERVA GET AWAY FROM THE POOR KID YOU'RE SCARING THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF HIM" she yelled with authority and as requested the figure aptly named minerva slolwy shrunk back rolling her eyes "fine fine fine ill stop scaring the kid." "Kill joy" she whispered under her breath. "What's that?" "Nothing nothing, just words." "Now get out of my room before I call out father" "ugh fine. See ya later kiddo" minerva said as she brushed her cold hands across the kids face before swiftly leaving
"Who the HELL WAS THAT??" "Hey dont curse those are no words for a kid your age" "IM FOURTEEN JACK" "oh. You look quite young for your age have you even hit pu-" "WHO WAS THAT WOMAN?" He asked still terrified of the scene that played out "thats.." she sighed "minerva." "You say that like im supposed to know her" "oh yes new kid new people" she clapped her hands together which made the bells at the end of her cap jingle "so quick summary. Thats minerva the guard of the circus and also a performer commonly reffered to as ms porcelain just dont get on her bad side. She does like the occasional chocolate, so if you dont want her to you know, do that just now. Make sure it's dark and bitter."
Jack's stomach growls like a great beast "you know what? How about some dinner? Im sure you're hungry"
