Innocent Creatures

Chapter 8 (P.O.V: Misty/Clive)

(Misty)

I detest this.

Dancing in-front of people scares me more than any deadly demon. Still, I twist and turn my body in awkward shapes to the music the orchestra was providing, staying in time with the Pixie next to me who I believed was called Clara. When I jump, a bolt of pain is sent up my spine, but I continue dancing, thinking of what Sebastian and Derik will do if I stop.

When my feet hit the floor, I feel the paint on my skin fall off slightly, and my bruises burn. The violinists get faster, and we dance quicker to the increasing beat. My small stature means that I tire fast, and I already feel very tired.

Suddenly, I notice five people in the crowd. I can tell by glancing at them that they un-comfortable with us being on the stage, especially one of the men. He has closed eyes, and is sweating heavily, clutching the young man with ginger hair's hand. I focus on them as I dance, which takes some of the pain away.

The older boy with shiny black hair, and the small girl clutching onto him have small, red angel rhinestones placed in the middle of their eyebrows, showing me that they both have wings. Both of them are shaking as they watch me, and I can tell that they know what has happened.

There is a beautiful lady sitting next to him, wearing a light blue robe-like dress with long ginger hair. She has a mermaid symbol painted onto her necklace, showing me why she is also uncomfortable. The man sitting next to her is a pixie.

I can tell by a glance.

His blonde hair is heavily braided with pixie linen, and it falls at shoulder length. He has a thick hood over his head, and also a multitude of fabric is bound around his neck. Cleary, he is a, what is called,  Rogue Pixie. I am also one of these, but I can not think about that now, as my feet hurt very badly. I feel almost intoxicated by him, and he opens his eyes to see me looking at him.

As he does so, the beautiful man next to him flashes a small look of jealousy, clearly showing a third eyelid as he blinks. Siren Boy... I thought they had all been killed. If Sebastian get's his hands on them...I dread to think of what he will do, and dance harder to relieve my head of the thoughts. It gets more pain full the more I dance, the more I move my feet. Suddenly I cant take it anymore and I slowly dance off the stage, fainting into oblivion as soon as I walk through the curtains.

P.O.V: Clive:

The pixie I was watching looks distraught, and sails of the stage suddenly, like she just remembered something. As soon as she pirouettes out of the red and yellow curtains, a loud, empty, crashing noise booms through the whole room. I hear the hint of yelling, and hold River's hand tighter in mine, feeling his pale skin turn sodden. The other poor, brunette pixie looks confused, and runs through the drapes too, her shoes making audible clicking noises as she did so.

I pull my dark hood further over my head, and stare at the ground, thinking: what if that was me. I shudder, banishing the thought from my mind. That will hopefully never be me. I glance over at Red and Ariana, who are snuggled together tightly, in anticipation of what is to come. Fia is starring at the stage, a single tear falling slowly down her clear, left, freckled cheek. Fia is quite beautiful now I think of it. Her hair is as auburn as the Autumn leaves, as is Rivers, and her eyes glint in the light like water. Her small, petit nose are rose-bud lips create the illusion of a smaller face, and it is quite lovely.
Suddenly, the man from the beginning walks out again and says "Sorry for the confusion folks... I hope you are still glued to your seats, for our next act is just as astounding as the first..." I stop listening. He makes me sick to my stomach. His contorted grin, also, the way he laughs raises the hair on my arms and makes me shiver. He scares me awfully...

I wonder what could possibly be going through this mans head right now. I wonder how he thinks, and how he believes it is ok to force young ladies to dance in inappropriate clothes, in front of a large audience. What on earth is his problem? I shiver, and whisper to River "Can we leave?". He nods, an squeezes my hand momentarily. The I nudge Fia, and she says "Oh, are we leaving?"."Yes, sorry, I don't feel comfortable" I smile "Can you get Red and Ariana to move please?"."Okay"  She nudges Red's arm, and motions for him so stand up, which he does. He holds sleeping Ariana in his arms as he walks, making him seemingly look strong, if I did not know how light Ariana is."Hurry Red" Fia says, as he pushes past people on our row to get through to the other side. When he was at the door he smiled and jokes "We should have been leaving in about 30 minutes" however, the scary guard to his right seemed to take it literally and said "Get back to your seats!".

"Sorry, but we really need to leave, so if you don't mind us..." He tries to slip through the curtain, but the large man blocks the way, seemingly giant-like."No one leaves until the show is over!" The man says."But the man in the hat is scary..." Ariana says, with wide, watering, puppy-dog eyes, and a tiny tremble in her lower lip."Back to your seats!" His voice attracted the attention of the other guards scattered around the room, making me nervous and shaky."Red..." I whisper into his ear "Stop, they will surely arrest us!""They wouldn't!" Red replies, glaring at the giant man, who grimaced."Tally along now!" The 'giant' says, placing one hand on Red's shoulder."No..." Red holds the 'o' in his mouth, dwelling on it. Then the large man pushes Red back, and pokes him in the chest, saying "Sit down, little boy". This makes Red's mouth screw up, and he slowly backs away.

I notice bulges on his back, and that can only mean one thing...