(Woo that was a lot to catch up on lol. Tell me id I missed anything important!))

Looking up from the book Zalia grasped Scarlett's leg softly. "Thank you my dear," she said and gave her a smile. Looking back down at her book she held her other hand over Scarlett's ankle. She began to softly say the spell and moved her hand in a circular motion. She repeated the spell one more time and then dropped her hand. "Ok that should do it. I want you to try the lowest practice wire first before you try any of the others k?" Zalia helped lower Scarlett's leg down and then let go. "If it still hurts after you try come and find me but you should be as good as new."

Looking over to Caleb she smiled at him. "Thank you sweets," she said in response to the food he made her. Just about to grab the butter Zalia froze. A hunter just crossed the border.

Snapping her fingers her long staff appeared in her right hand. It was of a special black wood. On top on the staff the wood rose up to make a cage and the cage had a glowing orb trapped in the middle. The orb was some of the circus magic mixed with her ancestors magic. The staff was passed down as the circus was passed down.

Closing her eyes Zalia 'sent' herself to where the hunter had crossed over. What she sent was a manifestation of herself that no one could see. Cursing she saw that there were two hunters and a few of her people. She figured out that the off presences she felt earlier must have been one of the other hunters crossing the border when someone of good intent.

Opening her eyes Zalia looked around the mess tent. "Caleb take Kita and go find your brother, then go into the practice tent. Warn anyone you see on your way there that there are two hunters our side of the boarder. Aiden, Scarlett would you go with them please?" She turned and looked at Cire. "Cire would you make sure everyone gets there, then come join me? I'll be back." Taking her glasses she set them on the table then vanished.

Appearing by Akasha's side Zalia stepped in front of her. "I am sorry but you are trespassing on my land. I would ask for you both to leave." Her tone was ice cold and very deadly. There was no room for pleasantries when hunters were next to her family.


The twins had been sliding through the forest on their tails when they heard shouting. Frowning they slithered closer until they could see. Hiding behind a tree Azra and Chenol watched the two hunters try to pass as regular humans. Shifting to their human form they walked out from the trees together. Each girl had a dagger in hand. They stood off to the side but in good attack range when Zalia showed up. Being warriors they usually took care of any hunters that dared enter the boundary.

Rythen ran back to Ahanna's tent hoping to find her inside. Instead he found the tent empty. He headed for the animal tent thinking she might have gone there. As soon as he got inside the tent he looked around but did not see her. He started to turn and leave when a horse's, or a pegasus's neigh stopped him. He turned to look at Day and saw that Ahanna was curled up under his feet asleep. Her finger was bandaged and tangled, with the rest of her hand in her hair. The other was wrapped around Day's leg.

He walked over to the sleeping elf and the magical horses. "Ahanna wake up. We should go to the practice tent. I just left a new human in there." He waited a moment as she woke up and smiled. "And we still need to practice and talk about what we shall do on our opening night."

When she nodded and started to stand up he quickly stood up. Before she had stood up he whisked her up into the air and onto Day's back. He smiled as she laughed and led the way back towards the practice tent with the two almost horses, with a person who almost looked human, following.

Raven itched to jump into action. To attack or flee but she knew the only thing she could do was leave. Her and Robin had vowed never to go into a fight without the other and she wouldn't break that vow. She would get back to her sister and then they would take this place apart.

She gasped when a woman appeared out of nothing. "Well really this isn't your land. It is common ground. As a circus you don't own the land. I suppose you could lease or rent it. So really all we are doing is being in the way. And I would like to point out I'm still on the clear area of not being on the circus land." She tried to smile but found it hard in the face of the cold look.

Instantly the pain in her ankle was gone, and Scarlett was overjoyed. She then listened to Zalia's news and stood up quickly, taking Aidens hand. "Of course! Just be careful Zalia." She said, giving a small curtsey and then waiting for Aiden to get up. Her face that had just been full of happiness now only showed a scared or worried expression. She nervously ran her hand through her dark wavy hair and then bit her lip. "Do you think everything will be alright?" She asked Aiden, her eyes looking to his.

Scarlett still thought of the highwire despite the panicked moment and couldn't wait to start performing on it again. She of course would put her heart in soul into Aidens act as well, but the high wire was also her calling. When she was on the high wire all her fears were set aside along with her thoughts and worries. On the high wire she was only graceful Scarlett. Not 'girl who has those problems..' or 'Girl that has no past'. No, up on the high wire she was someone worth while. Her eyes lit up a little at this fact and then looked quickly away from Aidens.

After listening to the circus owner ranting, and everyone else too, Casimir scoffed. Shaking his head, a small secretive and predatory smile lifted the corners of his lips. "You lot aren't all that hospitable. Maybe it's time you weer taught a lesson." At the last words, Casimir threw down a well crafted potion which would make smoke appear where he had been. In the mean time, the hunter made a swift and quite escape from all the commotion. It would be interesting to see how things went with a hunter in their midst. The words he had spoken didn't make very much sense at the moment, but they would.

((There's a story behind him having potions, I'm saving it for when he gets captured since Caz always seemed to be heading that way.))

Serenade sighed and lugged her things back to the practice tent. The black haired woman then proceeded to actually set foot within the place for the first time. Then of course, she started putting her wheel together. It was large, and looked unwieldy.. But the things Serenade could do on it! Smiling in anticipation, the young woman decided to go trough her act just once before auditioning. Taking off her dress, Serenade revealed a pair of black spandex shorts and a glitzy blue top which made her eyes shine. Deftly, she hoped into the wheel and rocked back and forth to get it moving. That was when the real fun began. It started spinning forward, then the young woman sat down on one of the bars to let herself roll along with it in a sitting position, then of course she made it spin on it's side like a hoola hoop. She was oblivious to anyone else in the tent until she finished her routine.

(( ‪Cirque Du Soleil - Quidam German Wheel‬‏ - YouTube This is the act I'm talking about.))

Raven sighed as the other hunter yelled at the magical people then disappeared in smoke. Can't even act normal. She smiled widly in what many compared to the Cheshire cat and gave a playful wave. "Looks like I lost my date. Amazing really to see one of my own running off." She bowed down making sure to keep her eyes up. "Well this was fun but I think my sister would like the show more." With the last word she flexed her hand and a gun fell into it. But instead of shooting she turned and ran off into the woods. The gun was only a warning to not follow.

(Sorry it's taken me a coons age to reply!))

Looking at the girl hunter Zalia didn't even bother to reply. In a normal human way she was right. But in there world she was absolutely wrong. To normal humans all they saw was the tents. But to anyone that knew of there existence, they saw the circuses forest which they were standing in.

Hearing the male she quickly flicked her gaze over to his. Watching him vanish with a potion she frowned. Hunters didn't usually use things such as potions. They liked to use more human matters. Turning her attention back to the other hunter she watched her run away.

The twins walked over to Zalia and stopped in front of her. "Would you like us to follow after zhem?" Azra said, her French accent thick with anger.

"No let's all go to the practice tent. We need a family talk." She looked around to everyone and gave them all a smile. "Let's head back to the tent. I sent everyone there. I think we need to have a group discussion about what to do."

Hanna watched as the brown haired man disappeared and the woman ran off, how did hunters manage to get inside the circus?. Either way it didn't matter now that they had gotten in she needed to make sure that her as well as the rest of the circus was safe.

When she heard Zalia order everyone to the practice tent she nodded in agreement "A group conversation sounds like a logical decision".As Hanna made her way back towards the tents she thought about what had happened, she was still a little surprised by the whole thing. One moment she was about practicing in the forest, the next she heard yelling and she saw Ophelia and a few other gathered around two hunters.

"But Zalia, the other hunter, the boy, he's still here. And that girl said she had a sister. There may even be more than that." Ophelia protested- she would normally obey Zalia's orders without question, but the threat of two, possibly THREE hunters had her hair standing on end. "Getting everyone to the practice tent will make us an easy target." Arguing was a bad idea, Opehlia knew that, but There were too many people in this circus that weren't fighters, and Ophelia was barely above a beginner herself.

It is now 8 am. I updated the times!
I'll post after Amani does:)

((Sorry it took me a while, and if its lame, but I'd been busy the last few days, up until like last night, and mostly had writer's block...))

Kyle looked around as Scarlett and Aiden came back to the tent. He frowned noting that they looked a little worried. That didn’t make any sense…Especially when right after them came two of his siblings, both still munching on french toast. He set down the blade he’d been practicing with as he went to check in with Cal and Kita. “Hey what’s going on?” He asked softly, noting the frustrated look on Caleb’s face, while the smallest of the quad barely contained her anxious/fearful expression. “Momma had disappeared from breakfast, something was wrong…I think there might’ve been a hunter or two lurking around.” The tigeress spoke, bottom lip quivering. Taking her plate away from her and setting it on the ground he wrapped his arms around the girl’s shoulders, already knowing she seemed to blame herself for the current state of affairs.

Glancing up at Caleb, the minutes younger male watched the other grumble and, in his anger and helplessnes, set aside the breakfast he still had left to pick up a kyoketsu-shoge. Brown eyes watched as the other stalked to the trampolines, making quick work of jumping to the top tier. Sighing as the other male started flinging the blade around, he turned his attention back to calming down the small blonde in his arms.

Aki sighed as she kept to the background, cursing at herself mentally for just dropping from the sky like she had. Not that it could be helped now, but still. When she heard Zalia mention having a family talk, she quickly turned arounnd and head back to the practice tent, jogging over to the larger tent to check on her siblings. Passing through the entrance she waved to the others and then spotted her sister and brother. Walking up behind the feline shifter, she enveloped the two in a hug before pulling back to look for Caleb.

Locating him, she watched him practice with the weapon and his jumps, a sense of unease settling in her stomach as the fluidity of the weapon handling became lost in the wolf’s anger. In almost slow motion she watched as the chain the knife/hook combo was connected to jerked wrong as he landed wrong from a jump, the hook coming in sideways and missing his hand and slicing into his shoulder. With a screech more like her hawk form she shifted and flew to the male before shifting back and helping him staunch the blood as she let out quite a few expletives to her brother. “What the hell were you thinking? Were you even thinking at all? You know we should never practice anything when angry, especially something new like this!!” She cried at her brother as she held his newly removed tank top to where his shoulder down turned to the upper arm. “Don’t tell me what to do!” The silvery-blonde yelled back, only to cringe back from his older sister as she leveled a death-promising teary glare just before she smacked him and shifted to her avian shape and flying to the collection of ropes that both connected the tent and where Scarlett used to practice for her high wire.

Serenade had been sitting down in a corner to rest after practicing with the wheel. A slight doze had overcome her, making her head bob back and forth despite the commotion going on. Upon hearing that screech though, Serenade leaped up to try and figure out what had happened. Her blue eyes traveled carefully trough the gathering crowd until she noticed a young man holding a shirt to his shoulder. It wasn't too far away, and the blood was so very red...

Somehow Serenade managed to clamber up the trampoline to reach him. Of course, this was after she rummaged in her suitcases to find a first aid kit and some herbs. Growing up with the fae had made sure Serenade knew things others would think strange. On this day though, she was more then glad. "May I have a look at that?" Preparing some salves and water didn't take very long as she sat by the shirtless young man.

((Don't worry about it Amani:) Is everyone in the tent?))


Turning Zalia looked at Ophelia and listened to her. She had valid points that was true. "Don't worry I'll be setting up a wall around the tent. No one without a ring will be able to step across the line I draw. Not even if they drop from the sky and I doubt they'll try to attack all of us anyways. There't to many of us and they don't know who all can fight. I'll be drained after words but I can cook up a concoction to give me back my energy."

Smiling Zalia grabbed Ophelia's hand a gave it a reassuring squeeze. "Now come let's get out of the open." Dropping her hand she stepped forward and made her way back to the practice tent. Going to the center of the tent Zalia sat down with her legs crossed in the lotus position. Laying her staff on her knees she gripped it with her left hand. Then bringing her right hand up above her head, palm facing the ceiling she stared at the center.

You could hear her softly saying a spell over and over again. As she spoke the spell a shimmery energy was flowing out of her palm. It was going out of the opening at the top of the tent. Outside you could see a dome slowly making it's way down to the ground. Once it touched the ground no one without a ring would be able to go through it.


Shifting to their snake form the twins slithered over to Ophelia and grinned at her. Because of their pointy teeth their grins were slightly scary, if you didn't know them. They both waited for her to walk back and followed behind her, daggers still in there hands. There was no way they were letting her walk back alone.

Caleb sighed, holding his shirt to his arm even though he wanted to hold his cheek. Damn his sister could hurt, and now he'd pissed her off. Watching as a female jumped to the third tier, he watched her carefully, his only response to her inquiry being that he let the shirt drop and moving so that he was sitting on his legs. White hair fell into his face as he lowered his head, mostly berating himself for doing that to Aki when things had already been tough as it was. He hoped he could make her feel better soon. Maybe Kyle had an idea? He shuddered softly, not from anything that the girl would do, or from the cold, but from the thought of even turning to his younger sibling for help. He was an Alpha damnit, he should be able to handle this!

(( ): Idk what to post lol My characters talking with Aiden but JessehBoo hasn't posted for awhile. Should I have Scarlett leave and interact with someone else?))

(( No idea, maybe have her hear the commotion and run off to see what is happening?))

Taking the dropping of the shirt as agreement, Serenade began cleaning out the wound. First she used water then a more noxious concoction she'd actually received as her last birthday gift. The things fairy aunts gave you could be quite astounding sometimes. Shaking her head over the wound, Serenade sighed. "This is going to sting you know...." After the small warning she uncorked a delicate bottle and dropped a few tears worth of amber liquid onto the wound. This was something given to her by the same aunt, and she'd been saving it for quite a longtime.

"You seemed to be doing amazingly with that, well I don't know what it is... So what happened?" She was trying to take his mind off the wound, though it already seemed to be elsewhere. Serenade was also slightly curious, even if she was more motivated by a want to distract then anything else.

Hanna made her way back to the breakfast tent and grabbed an apple before heading to the practice tent, what was the harm in a little snack during their discussion. As Hanna entered the tent she noticed that she was by far the first one to get there, perhaps a few where there already but when Zalia wanted something done everyone followed her orders without much arguing. "Well now, what have I missed?" she asked curiously as she scanned the interior of the tent. As her eyes stopped at the trampoline she saw Serenade attending to the wounded man, he seemed to be bleeding from a practice related injury "Oh goodness, what has happened here?".

((Jesseh's mom is really sick so she's not on much right now. Trying to focus on her! So Scarlett you can do whatever you want! It's up to you!))

((I'll wait on her. I bet shes going through a lot, and I don't want her to be lost in the rp when she gets back.))

(Ok sweet:) Thanks Scarlett!!

Ophelia nodded, not completely reassured but feeling better, as Zalia explained her plans. She smiled slightly as Zalia squeezed her hand. After fidgeting with her own ring for a moment, she followed the ringmaster's path back to the practice tent. At the sound of scales sliding across the ground at either side of her, she looked back to see a grinning Naga twin on either side of her. She smiled, a little worriedly, as she looked back to the practice tent. "I never realized I'd have to have bodyguards when I joined the circus." She joked as she entered the barrier, her ring tingling slightly on her finger as she did. Going inside the tent, Ophelia saw that she only recognized most of the tent's occupants- a girl she didn't recognize, tending to a wound on Caleb's shoulder. However, Zalia didn't seem to be protesting the girl's presence, and Ophelia seriously doubted she was a hunter, so she stayed quiet and waited for everyone else to arrive.

Rythen walked into the tent followed by Ahanna and their mounts. He felt the tingle of magic but didn't pay any mind to it. When he saw that everyone was in the tent but no one was practicing he knew something was wrong. He started to walk over to Zalia but stopped and looked back at Ahanna. She was staring off in a different direction. When he looked that way he saw one of the shifters was bleeding. He sighed and turned to Ahanna. "Make some tea. I think we'll need it. Get your daggers and bring me mine when the tea is on." He turned and walked towards Zalia. "Ahanna is putting on a calming tea. It should help with pain, give a bit of energy, and settle nerves. Now what happened?

Ahanna walked over to their chest of knives and pulled out her belt of knives and wrapped it around her hips. She felt better right away. She pulled a portable tea kettle, an amazing electronic one, and several pouches of herbs out. She quickly mixed them together and put them on to steep. While it brewed she stood up and grabbed the other worn belt of knives and took it to Rythen.

Raven didn't stop running until she was home. She didn't think that the circus people would follow her but she had messed up the plans of the other hunter. And he could do anything. Who really knew how many times a hunter hadn't been killed by what he was hunting but by another hunter. As soon as she was home she called out to her sister. "I found them. Their a traveling circus of all kinds of freaks. Another hunter was there. We're going!" Robin calmly walked out of her room. Her sword was strapped on her hip and she carried her sister's other guns. Handing them over she nodded. Raven led their way out of their current home knowing they wouldn't be back.

Once the spell was done the dome shined brightly for a second then turned to a light shimmer. Dropping her hand to her head Zalia pushed on her forehead and closed her eyes. That spell used a lot of her own energy and she was always wiped after she did it. Hearing Rythen she stuck the end of her staff on the ground and used it to stand up. When she was on both feet she wobbled a bit before smiling to him slightly. "Energy you said? I could use an energy boost." Sighing she told him what happened. "There's two hunters that were in the border and one other out of it I think. The male hunter used a potion to run away after telling us we needed taught a lesson. Then the girl ran off. I have no idea where they went. So I called a meeting, we need to discuss what to do. But before we all discuss I need some tea, " She said as Ahanna came over to them and gave her a warm smile.


Still following after Ophelia the twins looked at each other for a second. "Zzhey don't know if your a ssupernatural or not," Azra said then Chenol finished her sentence. "Sso we'd rather you have protection then be left alone." Because of their snake tongues and French accents they were a bit hard to understand so both girls tried to speak clearly. Once they were inside the tent they slithered over to Zalia, Rythen, and Ahanna. Shifting back to their human form they put their daggers away. Azra's went in a sheath at her lower back and Chenol's went back into the bun on top of her hair.


Running at full speed a panther came streaking though the forest headed straight towards the circus. Once it came to the boarder it dove through and continued running. A few feet away from the tents the panther skidded to a stop. A few seconds later the panther shifted into a guy. Stretching his back the guy walked over to the practice tent and through the boarder, a circus ring was on his finger. Entering the tent he looked around and grinned when he spotted Zalia. "Well isn't it my baby sister!" He said and quickly strode over to her and engulfed her into a hug. Setting her back down on her feet he kissed her cheek. "So what's up with the protective boarder around the tent?" He questioned with a small frown.

Ahanna smiled at Zalia before running back to her kettle. She picked one of the several Japanese styled tea cups and carefully poured it full. She sniffed the tea and grinned when it smelled right. She carefully carried it back the group and handed it to Zalia. "It isn't sweetened. Sugar doesn't react well. But it is flavored with mint." As soon as the cup was out if her hands she quickly went back to her kettle and got a second cup. She walked over to the injured shifter. "This should help. It's mint tea." She held out the cup of tea.

This tea was a mixture of two teas that were one of the first things she learned how to make. One calmed a person the fact that it helped with pain was a side effect of the calming. The other boosted energy. Together they did negate some of the effectiveness of the other but they still worked together. She had found it was best to mix them because by themselves they were too powerful. The calming one would put a person into a dream like state and the other would cause a bad crash at the end. Together it calmed fried nerves, helped take the edge off pain, and gave a natural boost of energy.

Ophelia smiled at the twins. "Thanks, I appreciate it. But I think the boy saw me using magik on some flowers." Or, rather, the flowers using her magik without her realizing it, remembering the petals forming the rune for danger in front of her eyes. She looked over as a panther came streaking into the tent, rolling her eyes. "Oh look who's finally back. Good timing, too. Zalia just called a meeting." Ophelia teased Jatan.

((I didn't know if anyone fairly new to the circus would know Jatan or not, so I can change it if Ophelia wouldn't have met him yet))

((You'd know him! He comes and goes. Let's say he hasn't been back in um...three years!))

Hearing Jatan Zalia swiveled her head around and smiled just as he picked her up in a hug. "I can't believe your here! It's been to long Jatan." Grinning she hugged her arms around his waist as he drooped an arm over her shoulder. Her staff shrunk in her hand and she placed the now wand sized staff in her boot. Looking at Ahanna she reached out and grabbed the tea with another smile. "Thank you so so so much," she said and then downed the whole cup. It helped boost her energy a bit. "I'll tell you everything in a moment Jatan. You can listen in when I tell everyone."

Clearing her throat she looked around to her family. "Can everyone please come over here?" Mumbling a few words a bunch of chairs appeared around her, enough for everyone. "We need to have a discussion about somethings happening on the grounds of the circus." Taking the chair closest to her she sat down and looked around at everyone again. Zalia frowned when she finally realized that there was a new person and she was attending to Caleb who seemed to be hurt. She decided to figure that situation out later.


Seeing Jatan the twins grinned and waved to him. They had known him since they joined the circus so many years ago. Azra and him had become best friends, the type where they just clicked almost like another twin. The two of them had been as thick as thieves.


Jatan grinned and waved back to the twins, playfully giving Azra a wink. Both of them were like two other sisters to him. Then frowning when Zalia called a meeting he sat down and waited. Looking back to the twins he smiled when Azra sat by hum and then Chenol sat on her sisters other side. "How have my two favorite ladies been? I've my twin sisters," he said with a laugh. Looking over to Ophelia he stood up and gave her a hug that swept her off her feet. Setting her back down he took a step back. "I always have to most impeccable timing! Want to fill me in on what's going on?" He asked and raised one of his eyebrows.