Mistress 9 sighed.  This circus really was a boring place.  Nobody interested her and there was nothing to do.  She couldn’t find that little fairy anywhere.  Hotaru was still out cold inside her head, so there was nobody around for her to bully.

"Why Hotaru came to this place, I’ll never know," she said, kicking over a trash can with her foot.

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As Tulio pushed a branch out of his face, he realized that he had never really walked in these woods before.  They had been near the circus for some time, but he had never explored them.  He continued walking, the occasional chatter of squirrels or the chirping of birds sounding over his head.  Even though there was the sound of animals around him ( Read more... )

Things had been getting worse for Tulio over the past few weeks.  Around everybody else, he seemed fine, if a bit sickly.  When he was alone though, or with Miguel, what was really going on showed up in full force.  The curse was bringing him down, slowly but surely.  You name it, Tulio had probably felt it.  Migraines, nausea, fevers that would ( Read more... )

Katara happened to be walking down the hall, lost in her own thoughts as she made her way to class. This was getting a little worrying. Dreams of frightened faces and a laughing Ursula were still in her mind every night. And she didn’t know what was causing them. She had been drinking the numbing potions like crazy, sometimes going through two ( Read more... )

"So, did you go over that new move that we learned last time?" Katara asked Daria as they walked down the hallway.

"Yup.  Spent nearly an hour in the pool yesterday," Daria replied.  "I think I've got them down pat.  Professor Tulio's gonna be real impressed."

Katara grinned.  She and Daria were on their way to Tulio's class that Tuesday morning, and ( Read more... )

Tap, tap, tap.

Tulio looked up from the book he was reading.  He glanced at the clock.  Four thirty.  He wasn't expecting anybody at this time.

Probably a student who needs help with a move or something, he thought as he let the book fall to his desk with a small thunking sound.  "Come in," he said.

The door opened, revealing Katara.  She had a scroll ( Read more... )

(Based on this video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-00rERPUZs4)

The only sounds in the house were Tulio's quiet footsteps.  He shuffled along the hallway like a zombie.  And he looked like one, too.  His arms hung limply against his sides.  His hair was much like a bird's nest.  But what really gave him away were his eyes.  They were red ( Read more... )

(WARNING: Slashy slash slash up ahead.  If that's not your cup of tea, leave while you still can!)

If you had told Miguel that morning that he would meet the man that would be his true love that very same night, he probably would have laughed and asked if you had a little too much to drink.  But of course, you would have been right.  Miguel ( Read more... )

(Based on this lovely video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esk8w0zYz0   This is just my interpretation of the whole thing.)

“Professor Tulio! Professor Tulio!”

Tulio looked up from the lesson he was planning. He didn’t recognize the hysterical voice calling his name. But when his office door slammed open, he ( Read more... )

            Tulio sat on the floor, his arms wrapped around his knees. He knew she would come. It had been at least three days since she had taken him to his bed, and she never went without him for long. She had even admitted that herself. Why she had sex with him if she was never going to love him was beyond his reasoning. He sighed as he looked ( Read more... )