His Caged Owl

A Rough First Day

"Don't break my back!" I whined as Sebastian bent me over his back, we were back to back, he bent forward sending my back into an arch as we stretched "I knew you were lying to me when you said you kept up your stretching schedule." He chuckled "Shut it." I moved for word as his own weight landed on my back forcing my legs to bend slightly "This is going to be a long day." I sighed "Alright, enough stretching, get to practicing!" Jokers voice spoke, Dagger stood next to him "Oi Black! Beauty!" He walked up to us with a goofy grin "After tonight's performance ye are assigning tent partners, so meet me outside the big top afterwords." He waved us off as he left.

"Black has perfect form!" "Such grace!" "He is such a show off." People said as Sebastian went around performing different things showing off his 'skill' Dagger had asked us to start practice, but wasn't sure what Sebastian should be working on, thus he went into show off mode and did everything. "Come now Black, you are just as great as Suit." Dagger cheered "Suit?" I asked "Yeah, he is a new comer also, always serious. There he is on the tight rope." He pointed up to a figure standing still "Is that?" I mumbled The figure had a shiny yellow suit and purple pants, slick black hair and black glasses. He held a pole with two blades, almost like scissors for balance. "I thought felt something fowl, and it isn't a bird." He spoke with a serious tone "Turns out it is a demon." He jumped down and landed a few feet in front of Sebastian. "Did he say demon?" Dagger asked, 'Is he trying to blow our cover!?' I thought to myself. Dagger slower walked up to Suit (aka William T. Spears the reaper) letting his hand slowly. Giving him a light bonk "Honestly with such a serious face no one can tell he joking, come on Suit these are the newbies be nice." Everyone laughed.

As the performance was going on Sebastian and I found the reaper outside reading a note book of sorts his pole shot forward in front of Sebastians feet "Not another step." He barked "Why we're you so nonchalantly about mention Sebastians identity! Are you trying to exposes us!?" I growled "I have no intention or care as to why you are here, I merely want to get this job done and over with, I refuse to have a demon or its master in my way." He spoke bluntly "Fine, let's struck a deal." I crossed my arms "We will leave each other be, won't bother the other and will deal with our business without getting in the others way till we are done. Got it?" I looked at him "Very well." He fixed his glasses as we walked away.

Once the performance was over Joker called us and the other newbies over for tents "Alrighty, time for tents!" He smiled as he held the list "First we have, Spear and Dock... next is Suit and Black..." I stiffened as Sebastian and Will gave each other death glares that would put hell to shame "Wait why can't Black and I share a tent!?" I gulp "Because the tent assignments are based off of skill levels, Suit and Black are close in skills then you and him.  You, Beauty will be tenting with this young lass." He moved out to show me a girl with messy brown hair that and a piercing blue eye, she had freckles all over his cheeks and nose "Hello!" She spoke cheerfully.

"Top bonk!" Freckles jumped on to the bed, "You don't mind do ya!?" She looked over the edge of the small wooden rail of the bed "Not at all, I am a fan of the bottom myself anyway." I dragged my case over to the side before sitting on the bed "I've always wanted a roommate of sorts." She smiled down at me "Really?" I asked "Yeah, I get lonely easily so having a roommate helps." She admitted.

In the morning Freckles startled me awake "Come on get dressed! We got cooking duty this morning." She started getting dressed and was out the tent as I stood from my bed with a groggy expression and a yawn "Come on Beauty!" She called peaking into the tent "Be there, just let me get dressed." I yawned grabbing my clothes. I got dressed decently I suppose, I couldn't tie my eye patch right or my scarf though, my shirt was a little out of place also.

I was trying my best to peel the potatoes without cutting myself, Freckles was doing way better while talking to the others behind me, just as Sebastian came in "Hello everyone." He faked a smile "Hello black!" They spoke back "Oh Beauty, your eye patch will come lose being tied like that, allow me to fix it." He walked up behind me "Oh will it?" I blushed feeling the otherness bore into my form "There, that should hold for the day." He patted my shoulder gently "Now to fix your next problem." He sighed "You peeled the potatoes to much, they are all choppy and no good." He spoke aloud "She did what!? Oh no!" Freckles looked at my bucket of peeled potatoes "She messed up!" Another girl spoke flatly "Sorry... I never peeled potatoes much." I frowned at my own failure "It is alright, how about me make some fish and cheeks instead." Sebastian spoke with determination.

"You only grabbed a loaf of bread! Come one Beauty put some meat on your bones." She spoke as she sat across from me, we had finished cooking, and she literally dragged me to the front of the line to get the good breakfast before it was gone "I guess imma have to share some of mine." She started piling some of her God on to my plate "No it's fine..." my words fell on deaf ears as she began to eat again. "This is amazing! Black really knows how to cook!" She scarfed down her food as I munched on a piece of bacon.

"Great part Beauty!" She cheered happily "I guess." I panted softly, we spent hours training with different skill sets "Come on let's go shower " She smiled "There are showers here!" My attitude perked up at that "Of course! Let's go!" She grabbed my wrist again and started making a dash to where i guess the showers were.

"Wait that water looks cold!" I exclaimed the showers were nothing more then fenced in areas for boys and girls with buckets of water and a few shelves for soaps and shampoos "Yeah... it's and outside bath, we can't get warm water. Now come on!" She dragged me in, I tried to stop her, forcing my legs to try and hold their spot, there were a few girls in here all washing themselves minding their own "Come one Beauty, we need to get clean." She shoved me forward only for me to land in a pile of filled buckets splashing myself wet "There ya go, let's get undressed!" She started tugging at my coat, she took it off easily then she tried my shirt, I stiffened, remember the scars and the burn mark etched into my skin tainting my flesh for life "No!" I shouted just as she lifted the back of my shirt up, just above the mark I heard her gasp softly as I yanked the shirt back down and ran away leaving her there.