The big city.

"I have a feeling we'll be here for a while," Lenora said, but she was smiling.
~!!~
Sable laughed and pulled her up again.
~!!~
Elliot held onto his hand even after he was up.
~!!~
Ava was staring at the woods, and saw him. Nick. He was smiling and waving at her. She shook her head. "No," She mumbled. "No..."

He came closer, and picked her up. He was real this time. He was not fake. She fainted.

When she came to, she was back in the circus realm again. She stumbled to her feet, eyes wide. Her eyes fell on the tightrope, and suddenly she decided something. She couldn't take this anymore. She couldn't take the constant fear, and now he was there again. He had her. She was only being hurt everyday, along with hurting Blake.

She suddenly wanted nothing more than to fall again, for real this time.

Keal and Renee apeared behind her. "You need something?" They asked.

~!!~
Tyler pulled her to shore, and started to head down the famlier path, expect it wasn't the same. There was less tress, and the path was well kept.

~!!~
"Thanks." She breathed, she laughed lightly. "Far harder then flying."

~!!~
Dust nodded, then he heard Dawn's voice. "Or not."

Lenora stiffened up at the sound of her voice, her grip on his hand unintentionally tightening.
~!!~
Elliot was smiling slightly as they walked.

"Remember all the times we were here?" She asked quietly. "Or the night you got that fever? I remember...." She whispered.
~!!~
Sable laughed lightly. "Yeah..." He said quietly. "It just takes practice," He said.
~!!~
Ava jumped, and spun around. "Y--Yeah," She said. She took a deep breathe. "I want to fall," she said. "I want to never wake up. For real this time, no distractions, no interruptions. Now, before I change my mind," She whispered. "Please."

Then there was another voice. A guys.

Dust frowned slightly.

~!!~
Tyler smiled. "Yes, I remeber."

~!!~
Jade smiled again. "So, I try again, right?"

~!!~
Suddenly her and Renee was on the tightrope.

Noah walked in. "HEY! What are you doing?"

"If you want to," Sable said. "We can always come another day," He offered.
~!!~
"Who is that?" Lenora whispered, listening closer.
~!!~
Elliot smiled. "When you showed up again, I thought I was seeing ghosts," She laughed lightly, looking lost in her memories again.
~!!~
Ava saw Noah, and shook her head.

"I'm finally ending this," She mumbled, both arms spread out. She looked down, and suddenly realized just how high up she was.

"Why?" He yelled. "What's going on?"

~!!~
Jade looked down at herself. "Can we please, come back another day?" She asked.

~!!~
Tyler smiled. "That was more annoying then funny."

~!!~
"Donno." Dust said.

"Nick!" Ava yelled simply, tears in her eyes. "I'm sick of him!!" She shouted. She was trying to keep her balance, and failing.
~!!~
Sable nodded. "Yeah," he said, and carried her to shallower water where she could reach easily before setting her back down.
~!!~
Elliot smiled slightly at him.
~!!~
"Shouldn't we find out?" Lenora asked.

Noah disappered and appeared next to Nick. Blake was there to.

~!!~
"Thanks." She whispbered, brushing some of her long black hair away from her face.

~!!~
Soon they came to a busy road. He pointed to an office buliding. "Thats where the Redbirds use to live."

~!!~
Dust smriked when he heard Dawn whispber she loved the guy. "Later." He said.

Nick had Ava in his arms, and looked from one person to the other, glaring at them. He was hardly sane anymore.
~!!~
Ava took a deep breathe. She was having second thoughts, and refused to allow them. She spread her arms out again.
~!!~
Elliot's eyes grew wide. "Then.....where did I used to live? And you?" She asked.
~!!~
Lenora smiled when she heard it too. "Yeah," She whispered.

"Let me have her, Nick." Blake said.

"I can make it easier then that." Noah said, and reached out and grabbed him, and disappered.

Both bodys fell to the ground. Blake had somehow managed to catch Ava.

Noah, and Nick appeared on the tightrope. Noah was holding Nick over the edge.

~!!~
Tyler led her down the road alittle. He pointed to a clinic. "That use to be where your cattage stood." Then he truned back around, and led her towards where his house once stood. It was a park now.

~!!~
Dust disappear, and reappeared in the liveing room.

Nick looked down at the ground, then at Ava, who was staring wide eyed at him.

"What's going on?" He demanded. Ava just continued to stare.
~!!~
Elliot smiled slightly, then took his hand again.
~!!~
Lenora looked at him, then laughed and wrarpped him in a tight hug.

Noah shock his head. "Welcome to the Marrywind Circus!" He said, and dropped him.

~!!~
Tyler smiled at her, and walked into the park.

~!!~
Dust smiled down at her, and hugged her back. "I love you."

Nick's eyes widened as he began to fall. He reached out for something, anything, to grab onto, and found only Ava's ankle. She cried out and fell, but managed to grab the tightrope on her way down. Nick continued to fall, and she heard him hit the ground as she held on tightly. She could feel her fingers slipping.
~!!~
Elliot looked around, wide-eyed, as they walked. "It's so different," She breathed.
~!!~
"I love you, too," Lenora said quietly. "Everything's good now, I think," She said quietly. She was smiling.

Blake gasped when Nick's body disappeared.

~!!~
Noah wasn't a tightrope walker. He was an animal trainer. He fell too, but mid fall he transfromed into a panther.

~!!~
"I agree." Tyler said softly.

~!!~
Dust nodded slowly. "I wonder where Jade went." He said suddnely. "Don't worry, I won't make you look for her."

"Noah!" Ava cried when he fell. She didn't know how things worked here; would he be okay? She felt her grip slipping again. She looked at Renee. "Please, please let me go now. Let me down."
~!!~
"But," Elliot said, her cheefulness suddenly back. "Things are okay now, I'd say."
~!!~
"I think she went to the beach," Lenora said. "Sable came by and mentoined something about it earlier."
~!!~
Sable held her hand and walked back to the shore.

Renee bent down and grabbed her wrists, then suddenly dropped her. "Noah! Catch!" She yelled.

Suddenly Noah was human again, holding Ava in his arms. He smiled widely at her. "Are you okay?"

~!!~
Blake was also holding Ava in his arms. "Ava, wake up, please."

~!!~
Tyler smiled. "You know, little one, you always amaze me."

~!!~
Jade smiled at him. "Thanks again."

~!!~
"You want to go see her?" Dust asked.

Ava had her eyes closed tightly, and only opened them when she heard Noah's voice. She looked around, and realized sh ewas alive. Well, more or less.

"You...you got rid of him," She whispered, looking around. "He can't leave now..."

She laughed. She was laughing! She wrapped her arms around hsi neck, hugging him tightly. "Thank you!!" She cried. "Thank you so much, Noah!!"
~!!~
Elliot blushed lightly. "I think looking at the bright side of things makes everything seem a bit lighter," She said, shrugging.
~!!~
Sable shook his head. "No problem," He said. "We can come back another day. And uhm....don't let Melody talk you into anything you don't wanna do..." He mumbled, looking at her swimsuit.
~!!~
"Yeah, sure," Lenora said. She smiled at him.

Dust smiled and reappeared on the beach, just as Sable looked down at JAde's swim suit.

He made a sudden chokeing sound. "Jade . . ." He said, then looked at Sable. "Get away from her!"

~!!~
Noah smiled. "Your very welcome."

~!!~
Tyler smiled and kissed her cheek.

"I'm just sorry you have to deal with him now," Ava said, still laughing. She looked around, finally climbing out of his arms.
~!!~
Elliot closed her eyes for a moment. "What now?" She asked when she opened them, looking at him.
~!!~
Lenora stared blankly at both of them for a moment. Sable took a quick step away from Jade, shaking his head.

"I wasn't---" He started, but he could see it was too late. He was angry.

"Dust, calm down..." Lenora said quietly.

"Maybe I'll feed him to the tigers." He said with a laugh.

~!!~
"Donno." Tyler said softly.

~!!~
Jade sighed. "You misundersatnd, Dust."

"I do?" Dust said angerully.

"Dust, they were just swimming," Lenora said. "I'm sure Melody forced her into wearing that, like she did to me before," She said. Sable was silent.
~!!~
Elliot sat back down on the side of the now well kept road, pulling him down with her.
~!!~
Ava smiled. "Thank you, Noah," She said quietly. "You have no idea how much this means to me."

"Fine." Dust said. "But don't try to tell me he didn't enjoy it." He said, taking a step back, and disappear, reappearing in the park.

~!!~
Tyler smiled at her as he sat next to her.

~!!~
Noah smiled, and nodded. "You might want to go before Nick wakes up, and Blake freaks out."

"Right," Ava said, closing her eyes. She tried to focus on waking up, and soon opened her eyes in the real world.
~!!~
Lenora sighed. "Sorry, "She apologized quickly, and followed him. Sable glanced at JAde.
~!!~
Elliot kept a hold of his hand.

Blake smiled at her. "Are you okay?" He asked.

~!!~
Jade glanced at Sable. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. "He likes to over react."

"He's gone!" Ava exclaimed. "Blake, hes finally gone!!" She said, standing up. "Nick, he's gone. Noah pushed him off. He's gone!" She said. She didn't say what she had gone there to do in the first place.
~!!~
"It's okay," Sable said. "I can understand where he's coming from. I'm the same way with Raven," He laughed lightly.
~!!~
"Dust," Lenora said, stanidng next to him. "It's okay. Nothing happened. They were just swimming," She said.