Lost And Found

Full of Hope

Phineas looked after me for the next two weeks, he was kind and gave me clothes. He didn't have to help me that night, but he did and I am forever grateful.

"Hey Hope. Some friends of mine wanna meet you" Phineas says warmly as I sip some tea. He knew I liked tea so he made it a lot for me. "Where are they? Are they..far?" I asked. I hated going out, even though Phillip said I would be fine I didn't believe him. I never did. He was just saying it to make me feel good about my scars.

"They work with me, not that far. Don't worry Hope. They won't laugh." He knew what I was thinking. I hesitated before nodding. He smiles and pulls me into a hug. I hug back before pulling away. "Now, go get changed and I'll meet you at the carriage." He says before walking off. I smile to myself before skipping up the stairs.

I run towards the room he lets me stay in. I open the wardrobe and pick out a blouse covering my arms and black leggings covering my scars. I nod before brushing my brown hair and walking out. I take a deep breath before I step into the carriage with Phineas.

"You okay? I know this is hard, Hope" he comforts me. "But, they are not the bunch to judge. Trust me, you'll fit in straight away like I do. Like Phillip does. They'll be like a second family" He continues. "Second?" I question.

"Yep. Me and Charity were speaking and we agreed to let you be a member of our family" I feel tears of joy build up and I hug him. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you" I say. He chuckles.

The carriage stops and the rythm of the horses hooves that clattered on the pavement stopped. I stepped out the carriage and saw in big gold letters. "P.T Barnum's...circus?" I read out. He nodded.

"These are the people that Phil got to help you get inside. After the-" Phin paused. "Incident" I finished. He nods. He leads me through the doors and I see a trapeeze performer doing tricks. I gasp in awe. "I love trapeeze!" I squeal. "You can do trapeeze?" Phineas asks.

"Of course I can!" I say, running up to the girl who just finished a trick. "Good to see you're well now" she smiles at me. "Anne Wheeler. Nice to meet you, properly" she says holding her hand out. I shake it. "You do trapeeze then?" I ask. She nods. "Me and W.D have a performance coming up and we need to practice" I nod and she smiles. "See ya' later though?" She cheerfully finishes. I nod.

Maybe it's not so bad after all. I look around to see Phillip talking to a muscular man with a darker skin tone..like me! I go to run but I get stopped by Phin. "Slow down. Walking is the limit right now for your leg" he orders in a nice way. I roll my eyes.

He raises an eyebrow before I nod. He smiles "Phillip. Phil!" He calls. He turns to us two and smiles seeing me here. Phillip then runs over to us sliding. "Show off" I scoff.

"Oh really?" Phillip replies in a playful voice. I playfully punch his arm. He chuckles. "So. You're out the house are you?" He teases.

"Don't push it Carlyle" I retort in a nice way. He mock surrenders. I chuckle before stopping as P.T coughs awkwardly.

I smile awkwardly. "What's up P.T" Phillip says, now pushing his luck with Barnum as Phin tries to keep his sanity. "I was asking if Hope would like to join as a trapeeze artist but now I see you're two are to busy being all flirty with eachother." He retorts.

I put my hands on my hip before scoffing "Flirty?" Me and Phillip say at the same time. A nice looking woman walks past, she was also a misfit like me because of her beard. "Young love" she chuckles before quickly walking away.

I cross my arms. Barnum winks at me before stepping away before I start to attack him. "Well. I'd love to join Mr Barnum" I know he hates it when I call him Mr Barnum. "Don't push it Miss Barnum" I forgot I was a Barnum now.

Phillip chuckles before he gets called by Anne. I hear them two laughing and I feel a rage come before me for some reason. Them two are so..perfect. I have well-- no one. I shake my head.

"So. Trapeeze. Might be working together Hope" I think his name was W.D. I smile "Yep! I met your sister Anne. Does she have a thing for a certain Carlyle?" I ask. He whispers "Yep. Don't tell her I said that. She'd kill me" I chuckle at his comment. "I won't. The secrets safe with me" I mutter.

"Thanks. Well, I gotta go. B-Because. Well, Anne. So. See you around?" He stutters. I nod at his adorkableness. He sprints away butting in the conversation with Anne. These people with their sprinting in front of someone with an injury on their leg. No respect.

Skip towards Come Alive

"You stumble through your days." Barnum sings. I just realized how good he is at singing and dancing.
"Got your head hung low. Your sky's a shade of gray"

"Like a zombie in a maze, you're asleep inside. But you can shake awake" I sing nervously. He winks. "Cos you're just a dead man walkin' , thinking that's your only option, but you can flick the switch and brighten up your darkest day" I continue. Phillip does a thumbs up at me. I chuckle.

"Come alive. Come alive. Go an' light your light, let it burn so bright" Phineas sings.

"I see it in your eyes. You believe that lie. That you need to hide your face. Afraid to step aside. So you lock the doors but don't you stay that way!" He enthusiastically sings. "No more living in those shadows, you and me we know how that goes." I sing.

Anne smiles at me widely before doing her part on the trapeeze. I nod at her before jumping up onto the rope and singing. I done a flip and my leg landed badly. Crap.

Anne saw this and quickly grabbed me, flipping me over and making it look like a move. "Thanks" I mouth. She smiles before going back to her move.

The end of Come Alive
We all know what's next okay!

"Go Home" the drunks screamed. Memories flushed in as it was the same man who hurt me. I fell to the floor and my head was buried in my knees. Tears were staining my face. Phineas walks out and gets the protestors to leave. I cry in my knees as he crouched down. "Hope. Look at me, I won't ever let anything happen to you okay. Not again." He looks at me. Concern written all over his face.

I nod. "I-it was the same m-man, Phin. It was the same man!" I said. "No one will hurt you now. Hope no one. You're stronger than ever now Hope. No one can hurt you" he looks at me nodding.

I wipe my eyes. "Please don't tell anyone.P-promise" I say while getting up and brushing the dust of my leggings. He nods understanding.

"Phin. Have you ever been in the same position I'm in now? Someone just hates you so--much and you don't know why?" I say. "Yes. Charity's father never liked me. Because I was just the 'tailors boy'. He used to hit me, but I grew strong and here I am now. They don't make you weaker Hope. They make you stronger, stronger than they could ever be" he grabs my hand. "Just remember that Hope. Keep being full of hope. Live up to your name that your parents gave you." He walks me into the circus where everyone looks at me in worry, dread and sorrow.

A/N 1354 words! Holy moly! So..who do you think Hope should be with? Barnum or Carlyle? Or maybe W.D! Vote in the comments and press the golden 🌟 It'll make you one ;) Also any ship names for Hope X whoever you support :3

I will see you in the next chapter everyone! Cya~Kristina