Harry, ten years old, is thrown onto The Franconi Brother's Circus Train by his father one night. He doesn't know where he is or why his father left him here, but it isn't going to be good. He quickly becomes the ring master's 'pet', which for the most part isn't a very fun thing to be. He is abused and violated behind closed doors, but anywhere else the ring master makes a point to keep things clean.
Louis Tomlinson was studying to become a veterinarian at college when his parents died in a tragic train accident on their way home from a vacation in the Alps. He receives the news two weeks before he would graduate with his masters degree. Louis goes home, takes care of what little is left in his families home, due to the government, and heads off by himself. He jumps a train that very night, not having any idea what he's in for.