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[kittycarly]

Snake Venom

A Freakshow AU fanfiction

⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️ This fic contains graphic illustrations including blood, snakes and character death under the cut. Viewer discretion is advised, watch at your own risk!

Freakshow AU belongs to @hootbon

Word Count: 1,444

Gasp me?? Writing a fanfic?? What a surprise. I´m usually a fanfiction enjoyer but this idea was in my head since last year, was meant to become a comic but i decide it to make it illustrative instead

Just a little note before showing it, i´m a begginer writer so this might have writing mistakes. I´m still practicing my skills but i hope you guys enjoy it! Any feedback regardless of my writing is appreciated!

I´ll also upload this to AO3!

With a worn tent and an audience that was cheerful and loud as ever. Excited to watch every performance with pure joy, but most importantly, death and guts.

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The show has started.

Caine, the ringmaster of this twisted Freakshow, stands in the center of the tent and greets the audience with grace.

"Welcome.... to the Amazing Digital Circus!" He presents himself as the audience cheered "My name is Caine, i'm the ringmaster and for today's show we have a very special performance."

These are the times when the freaks need to, well, freak out. The adventures are already chaotic enough and Caine is pretty unpredictable, and sometimes makes special types of performances on the sideshows for them.

Each sideshow consists in a performer doing it's act to entertain the audience, while the "special performances" Caine does once every few sideshows consisted in choosing a random performer to make a "challenge". They were many stories of these performances that do not went that well, but the audience enjoyed every single one of them, as always.

Someone who was not having a good time at this moment was Pomni, the newest addition to the Freakshow. Ever since she got there, it was hell day after day. This place was constant fear of death, sure they can't totally die. But the trauma after witnessing or going through an horrific death was real.

She remembers the time when she accidentally broke Aingle's mask.. Pomni avoided Gangle ever since. The fear of suffering death again or losing her mind was overwhelming. She just wished to find an exit and leave this goddamn place.

The freaks were all behind the curtains, prepared to be called and present whatever the audience wanted to see. Jax was leaning towards a wall impacient, and the others were sitting down next to the curtains, but even if everyone was just waiting to be announced, Pomni was reflecting. After that... horrible first performance Pomni was not ready to perform in front of such uncanny shadow creatures again- or the audience, as it's called. The fear of getting in trouble or in the cagewagon felt dehumanizing rather that humiliating.

Even if she had a peculiar better treatement as the rest of the freaks, she felt so guilty. Knowing that you're trapped inside a place that is not only a constant nightmare but also the people around you seem to not like you.

"For today, you, the audience will vote for a performer of your choice for today's dynamic." After saying this Caine spawned a voting box for the audience to vote, with a minute timer for everyone to do so.

Ragatha, Gangle and Pomni could be seen shaking nervously, with Pomni feeling nauseous already. Since it was a voting performance any of the freaks was gonna be the chosen one for this activity. It could be whatever, dancing in flames, surviving a knife rain- The chances of true danger were high. When the timer came to a 0, the voting ended.

"Alright! The voting ended. Now we're gonna count the votes and see which of our beloved cast will be the chosen one for today's performance!"

The votes were counted automatically by Caine, the person in question being for the performance was no other than..

"The Living Doll!"

...

Oh no.

As the audience cheered, the freaks stared at Pomni. Her looking absolutely terrified. She didn't wanted to come out, her mind started to fill with countless of options to escape this moment.

She stayed still, eyes scribbling as she started to pant. She slowly standed up from the ground. Suddenly Jax came close to her and pushed Pomni out of the curtains. 

Stumbled and a bit dizzy, there she was, the little doll everyone wanted to see. Pomni shaked her head and noticed the tension of the audience to whom where excited to see her. Black-eyed creatures on the circus stands observing every step she made.

Caine extended his hand as he shout "ladies and gentlemen, here she is!" For a moment he looked at Pomni with a threatening look- "Come closer, dear"

Not wanting to get in trouble or upset Caine, she obeys and comes closer to the center. Caine then proceed to grab her around by one arm.

"For today's dynamic, our dearest Pomni will have to search for an apple and return it to Ms. Mary Appleton!" Caine then points at Bubble, comically dressed with a red dress and a brunnette wig as he said "I lost one of my apples!". 

That looked hilarious but the task didn't ended up there.

Pomni cringed up a bit "Uh-"

"The apple in question is trapped inside a big container filled with snakes!!" Caine snaps his whites gloves and the container filled with snakes and a ladder appeared. 

"And YOU my dear need to grab that apple and return it before the time runs out! But remember to be careful with the snakes!" The audience began to thrill.

This seemed like a simple task, right? But the chances of losing were already high. From there the snakes seemed like sentient helpless toys, but there's something that always isn't right. And knowing Caine, it was not as easy at it seems.

"She's gonna die" Jax jests as the rest of the freaks watched the presentation from the curtains.

Pomni gulps, it seemed too dangerous. What if the snakes bit her? What would it do? Bubble's appereance seemed to had already calmed her out a bit at least. But the tension was higher, if she dissapointed Caine again it was over for her.

"Don't dissapoint me this time." Is the last thing she hears from Caine in her ear. She remembers for a moment the last performance, if Pomni didn't wanted to get in trouble again then she has to make things right.

Pomni shivers as she goes close to the ladder. All eyes were on her. After climbing it there it was, the pit filled with colorful snakes which patterns and shapes that reminded of gloinks. At the bottom of it she could notice the apple, red and shiny, wondering why the snakes haven't ate it yet.

Pomni takes a big breath and puts her left hand inside, as it was going down the pit she closed her eyes hoping for the snakes to don't bite her arm. The timer was already at 1:00.

She could avoid the snakes in the pit. Her hand started to feel a root, she reached the apple. As she slowly picks it up and takes out her arm for bringing the apple back to-

Chomp.

"AAAAAAAAAGGH-!!"

A snake managed to twirl into her arm and bit her hand.

Pomni rapidly got her hand with the apple put of the pit and screamed out of the pain. She took her hand out so quickly that she started to stagger on the ladder. This causing Pomni to fall from the back with the stairs and the container.

After falling she managed to get out the apple, but was already bitten by the snake that was still in her hand. Following more that were sliding towards her. 

Pomni was paralyzed from the fear, she could just stand up and run but before she could do it more snakes got quickly into her legs, bitting her non-stop. With her hand up with the apple so the snakes couldn't reach it. She tries to get up and get into where the apple basket was, but the pain was strong she started crawling forwards.

More snakes were going her way, as this was happening her sigh became more blurry and her eyes and mouth started to bleed out. Pomni weeps from the pain as she tries to get in time. She felt weak but didn't wanted to dissapoint Caine. The timer was already at 30 seconds. She's so close yet so far.

Her body was already filled with snakes, bitting and she about to give up. She could feel her insides bleeding out as she was crawling. Even one of them got around her neck and started chocking her, it was impossible to reach the goal on time with such pain. Pomni tries to get the snake that was choking her but she couldn't breath anymore, suffocating. With this Pomni gave up and fell on the ground, dying.

The freaks looked from the curtains terrified, with Ragatha and Gangle completely gaped while Jax and Aingle chuckled.

The audience laughed and applauded, that was surely entertaining! But it wasn't for Caine, she had one job and was to not dissapoint him. But seeing the audience so cheerful about it, he might start taking some notes.

Game Over.