In a demons point of view

Do ye know what one o' th' worst things's? When ye can't control those ye wish ye were in control o'. At least for me, it's so. I stood away from th' artists in me circus, they didn't need ta know I watched 'em currently. Or, what'm I sayin', 'em? I didn't need ta watch 'em! Most o' 'em behaved perfectly fine. In fact, th' ones I needed ta keep an eye on was th' clowns. Me circus's an odd one, an' an evil one. We kill the poor humans we show ourselves for after all.

But it was neither 'ere or there.

I wish I could say it was a dark an' cloudy night ort somethin' cliché an' depressin' like that, but it wasn't, we were in th' human world though. Th' sun where shinin' as if it was a human child at christmas or a demon child on Halloween, an' there wasn't a cloud on th' shy. Basically, a perfectly fine day for th' circus, an' for me, if it wasn't for one lill' detail. Líder de Toque likes beein' in control, an' if I'm not in control things're lookin' bad for me. There was one person I wasn't in control over in the circus however.

A human child, ta be exakt. I know, it's weird ain't it, why would a circus with creatures from Hell and demons need a human among them? Well, th' answer is simple. We don't need a human among us, but we couldn't let th' damn kid run 'round free just like that. She had survived us once, when we removed every soul from 'er hometown. An' if a kid like that told someone 'bout it we would be in trouble.

Humanity couldn't do anythin' 'bout us, but if th' big folks up in Heaven got ta know 'bout it, our circus would be over with.

An' the kids survivin' had ta do with her parents sellin' 'er soul ta a devil ta let 'er live. Idiotic humans, no? I've never liked 'em, not even th' children. They're so pointlessly cruel ta anyone different from them. There are a few that I've meet that's not as th' other humans, but they're rare an' few between. A bit ta few.

But that kid was one of 'em, she didn't mind us. She lived an' befriended a circus o' what most o' 'er race would throw out, insult an' hurt. If I only could make 'er forget about 'er hometown, would she stay with us forever then? It would need that I changed a lill' bit in th' contract, butn't that drascardly much. I could do it without notifyin' 'er.

An' now, she was cryin', so it would've ta wait 'til she calmed down. Th' worst was that it was me fault she was cryin' her heart out at Eva's shoulder with th' spiderwoman an' 'er lill' friend Kireirio tryin' ta cheer 'er up.

We've had an teeny disgussion earlier, 'cause of a lill' punnishment I've given Eva for breakin' th' rules for 'er safty. Although I respect why she did it, I can't let anyone get away with breakin' a rule, or th' circus would be in chaos, so admittingly Eva got away fairly easy, mostly 'cause I was tryin' ta avoid anythin' like this ta happen. 'Er sadness could endanger me plans, an' that wouldn't be good.

Admittingly, I shouldn't have 'come angry.

But what was I supposed ta do now? I couldn't exactly go up ta her an' say I'm sorry, that I didn't mean it. I'm not doin' any that obvious lies. As I watched over 'er alon' with those she trusted the most I decided that maybe, it would be th' best ta just let 'er calm down. I'm not an expert at feelings after all, but somethin' told me it was th' right thin' ta do. So I just had ta trust me instincts.

...nevermind that me real instincts would just tell me ta exterminate th' source o' th' problems.

I looked at th' human child, she was very annoyin' sometimes, an' put all her trust at me proving she 'ad no real danger sense which might as well be well. Ta say I did a lot ta th' child for 'er ta stay would be a understatement, I needed 'er ta stay, an' I started ta get attatched ta th' lill' thin'.

Th' biggest problem with 'er's that she'll have an undecided reaction if she find out that Líder de Toque an' the circus she learned ta love was th' cause of th' death o' 'er parents. Would she betray us an' run away, or would she forget it an' move on? Uncertain. Th' kid was different from th' normal humans, sure, at th' acceptence of strange beeings, but at other parts... I don't know.

Kireirio've told me that I might should tell 'er meself, but I'm not certain. It mightn't be th' best move. Probablyn't.

If she hates me I can deal with it, but if she runs away I might've ta use more... Drastic methods. Oh well, no need ta think about that yet, so far there was nothin' showin' it would show up soon.

Not yet.

I put an hand ta the place where me eyes would've been if I had any, an' yes I can see without 'em, and sighed. Why couldn't at least this be easy?

Well, maybe I could just go an' edit 'er contract a lill' as soon as she cals down, so she won't ever think o' 'er parents again. It would be perfect, just as lon' as none reminds 'er o' 'er past an' th' contract breaks due ta it. I might as well see ta add in another rule ta prevent that. An' make sure th' clowns know that I'll be furious if they break that rule. Yes, that sounds well 'nough ta-

"Sir?", a voice interrupted me train of thoughts. The dark voice and movin' o' four legs... I turned me head ta face Hiveron's green' eyes.

"What's it now 'en, Hiveron? I'm thinkin'." I might've sounded a tad bit more irritated then I thought 'cause th' foolish centaur-lookin' man smiled nervously.

"Well, sir, you see..." He stomped a bit with 'is hoves, yet another sign of nervousity. "I saw Kiya and Amor pour an alcoholic bervage in the animals water, and it's soon that we let them out to drink..."

Me eyes narrowed dangerously, or they would've if I had some. I nodded ta th' horse-trainer. "Good that ye told me, Hiveron. Tell Soreia that I've said ye'll get one more soul ta eat every day in a week for this." With that I walked o', ta meet th' two troublemakers.

An' indeed, 'ey were busy pouring liquids that would make th' poor circus animals drunk into th' water, not even botherin' ta check their surroundings. Well, this proves that not only humans're idiots, a fair deal o' hell creatures are as well. Nevermind...

"Kiya, Amor, what's th' meanin' o' this?", I asked cheerfully, tilting me head with me trademark grin. "Ye ain't tryin' ta get th' demonic animals drunk now, are ye?" 'Ey froze up and slowly turned their 'eads ta look over their shoulders, an' I moved quickly,suddenly in between 'em, with my arms over their shoulders. "This ain't good."

"L-Líder de Toque", Amor winced, his taller female partner squeking a little. "What... How..."

I laughed a lill' bit. "Let's say a lill' birdie whispered in me ear, Amor, th' more important thin's... WHAT'RE YE THINK YE'RE DOIN'?!" 'Ey seemed ta try ta shrink into nonexistence as I let me arms catch fire, burnin' their necks an' shoulders terrible, not that I care. Really, 'ey should learn. "TRYIN' TA GET SEVERAL SOULLESS, DANGEROUS CREATURES THAT CAN CAUSE THE DEMISE O' OUR FOOD DRUNK?!!"

"W-we're sorry!", Kiya apologized, fear shinin' in 'er eyes. "We didn't think at it like that!"

I frowned, glarin' at the two o' 'em. "I give ye ONE HOUR ta change th' water ta clear, normal water an' then ye' won't eat anythin', not ONE THIN', until I'm pleased with ye both again, ye understand?!" Does it seem harsh? It's not. Trust me.

Th' two troublemakers nodded and I released 'em, lettin' 'em start ta work. On th' bright side, I can think while I let th' two fools work on this, 'cause th' best would be ta watch over 'em work. I had ta apologize ta Antoinette later, th' human child wasn't used ta seein' Líder de Toque angry, I must've scared 'er.

An' I'll try ta make it up for 'er ta.

What does human children in that age want either way? For tryin' ta be the father figure o' hers, I'm surprisingly clueless, am In't?