Gothic: Cashton

Novem 1/2

People begin to flood the freak show tent, tormenting the creatures in their cages.

"Hey dragon boy show me your flames" someone taunts. Eugene elongates his face, growing scales as he does so. He blows flames directly at the viewer, sending the man stumbling backwards. Eugene laughs quietly to himself.

"Look, Josh this one turns into a dog! Do it for us, doggy boy!"  Calum has decided that he wont do it, but his body has other intentions. A searing hot pain erupts in his bones and joints as they transform beneath his skin. Shaggy brown fur sprouts from his body, and he lets out a scream as his face and teeth begin to change. It seems the transformation is taking twice as long as it did in the show. His teeth and jaw hurt the most as they grow and sharpen. His jaw elongates and changes in shape. Finally, a tail sprouts, causing his spinal cord to stretch in a terribly painful way. Calum trembles as his transformation completes. He struggle to stand before the viewers, and wonders how the hell Eugene managed to do it so easily.
The people in front of Calum and Eugene's cage clap their hands, and Calum feels his tail wagging involuntarily. They leave, and Calum collapses to the floor, panting with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. Eugene pulls Calum's dog body into his lap and strokes his fur.

"I can't believe Freakshow left the pain with you! Normally he's kind enough to remove the pain of transformation!" He exclaims. Calum whimpers. He isn't sure how to become human again. Someone approaches the cage they're in and begins to prod at him, causing Calum to whine loudly. Eugene blows fire in the persons direction and they move on.

"I'm so sorry, Calum." He whispers. Calum gives his tail two gentle thumps and curls up tighter in Eugene's lap. That's the way they stay until Freakshow closes the tent down. The cages are moved by some of the circus acts onto the train, and  left in the cold damp freak car.  Calum hates Ashton. He really does, but now he wishes he would have been a good boy so perhaps he could sleep in a bed. 

When the sun pushes through the gaps between boards on the train car, Calum is unaware. Ashton has covered every cage with a blackout curtain, cursing each and every one of them to darkness. Calum wakes up feeling hatred. He looks down and sees hands replacing his paws and feels a slight bit of gratification. At least he isn't a dog anymore. He looks over to see Eugene leaning his head onto the bars of the cage. Calum can sense his sadness in a way that he was never able to do before for his other friends. He wonders if it's because he is now, in some way shape or form, partially a dog. He touches Eugene's back gently, and Eugene jumps.

"Are you okay?" He asks. Eugene manages a soft, fake smile. 

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. I just... I miss home." He replies. Calum frowns and leans his head onto Eugene's shoulder. He can feel the tension and sadness radiating off Eugene's body. He can almost smell it in the air. 

"I can feel your sad." Calum says. Eugene raises an eyebrow down at him. Calum Blushes. "I just mean that the air feels different. It feels sad and dreary. I don't really know how to explain it." He tries. Eugene gains a look of realization. 

"It must be the dog genes." He says. Calum nods and frowns a bit.

"That's kinda what I was thinking too. I hate him, Eugene. I hate Ash- Freakshow so much." Eugene nods and sighs.

"I think we all do. But he seems to have this way of making everyone love him. He has some sort of mind control. It doesn't surprise me. He has all kinds of other demonic bullshit powers. Why wouldn't he have some sort of mind control?"

Both creatures gasp as the curtain draped over their cage is whipped off and the face of Ashton is revealed.

"Hello, little pets!" He cheers. Calum cowers away from his face. "Now baby. Don't be afraid. It's only daddy." Calum's head begins to go fuzzy and his heart begins to flutter. Of course. How could he be afraid of Ashton. His dear Ashton. Ashton unlocked the cage and held a hand out for Calum to take. Calum smiled, blushed, and took it delicately. Ashton pulled him out of the cage into his arms. Calum let out a soft noise of content. 

"Did you miss me?" He whispers. Calum nods against his chest and pulls away to look into Ashton's seemingly swirling eyes. 

"I missed you so much, Daddy." He says. He's in a hypnosis. He can't look away from Ashton's eyes. He can't bring his own mind back. He can't even remember what his own name is. Ashton leads him toward his train car and rests a hand on Calum's bum. 

He leans in, his lips brushing Calum's ear gently as he speaks.

"Show daddy how much you missed him."

So do we want smut or do we wanna skip it?

I'm skipping last chapter's dedication bit since it's been so long. This chapters is,

Do you want smut and why? best answer gets a dedication!