Chapter 11

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I woke up earlier than I usually do and jumped off the haystack. I needed something to eat so I ran over to the cupboard where we keep spare food. I had an apple and an orange for breakfast. I threw on my practice clothes and got up onto my platform. I am just swinging back and forth on my legs like the night I met Phillip. When I swing back to where I met Phillip once again my eyes were taken over by Phillips icy blue ones. He grabs my hands and pulls me to where he is standing. "You know I need you." he says. "I know,I need you too but I can't have you." I say as I grab back onto my trapeze bar.

I swing away from him. Not feeling a bit of guilt. Until I jump off Phillip catching me. It was obvious he was crying. Tears marked his cheeks and there was no shine in his eyes. 'What have I done?' I ask myself as he puts me down gently. I storm off angry at myself for making him cry. The last thing I want to do is make him cry. But I need him to understand it is not going to work. I have hurt him but I can't do anything about it.

Then all of a sudden I hear a massive bang coming from outside the circus. "Ember!?" Cried Phillip frantically thinking the bang was me. I scream out that it is from outside. So we both run outside to see what it was. There lay the theatre only rubble and half of the floors left. There was kids screaming and crying. Then I hear a child scream "My dog is in there!" Phillip immediately runs over to the boy and asks which floor. I don't hear the rest and all I see is Phillip running into the theatre. "No!" I scream out desperate for Phillip to come back.

After five minutes I run in after Phillip. I can't let him die. Never. As I am inside smoke fills my lungs. I see Phillip lying on the ground unconscious, the dog licking his face trying to get him to wake up. I grab Phillip and rest him on my shoulder. I carry the dog back with me. As I make it out people come running over to me to help. They take Phillip and I give the boy back his dog. Phillip is taken away to the hospital in an ambulance while I make my way back to the circus to tell everyone what had happened. Straight away once I told Mr.Barnum what had happened he rushed to the hospital to check on him and came back with Phillip. "How are you doing?" Asked Lettie. "Fine." He replied looking and sound perfect. But he always looked perfect. I didn't acknowledge him because I felt awkward. He was walking up to me as I said "Don't even dare apologize." and I walked away.

Later during the show I did the thing where Phillip dragged me onto the balcony only this time it was with W.D. When I was grabbing back onto the trapeze bar W.D held onto my legs and swung down onto his trapeze bar. Then he did a few flips and we started plummeting to the ground. W.D landed first and then caught me. We walked up to the crowd and took out bows. Then we grabbed onto the ropes and then went back to the platform backstage and walked down the stairs. There were protesters outside but there was always protesters. I walked outside walking straight past them into the tailors shop. I wanted a new costume so I looked around until I found the perfect one. It was striped and little gold details on it. It was a perfect fit. It covered up my back so no one could see my scars.

  I paid the seamstress how much it cost but she said I could have it for free as it was 'made for me'

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I paid the seamstress how much it cost but she said I could have it for free as it was 'made for me'. "Thank you so much!" I exclaim as I run back to the circus it is still ongoing and I manage not to catch the eye of the protesters. Later on I here a knock on my dressing room door. "Come in!" I shout. "Hello little sis'." The voice says. I whip my head around. "What do you want Erik?"I ask scared. "To teach you a lesson about when you join the freaks." He says as he approaches me.

No not again. I curl up into a ball as he comes closer.

A\N

Sorry for this being so short.
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