Prologue: Oh, The Deformity
(Grand Galvatron's Graveyard Circus)
Welcome, welcome, one and all, step right up, don't be shy, listen to a terror-filled tale that you have never seen before. Now before we start, however, let me tell you a wonderful audience about a legend. Have you heard of the legend of the Freakshow Family? (Audience shakes their heads), well, you're actually the lucky ones to hear about this terrifying tale. Some people say that they came from another world, and others say that they were unfortunate souls who were banished from paradise to suffer the evils of modern-day society as humanity mocked and harassed them. Well, I, your friendly scare-writer, DalekGalvo, am going to tell you the truth about them. The Freakshow Family was actually a group of children who suffered from physical and mental deformities. Most of them were once as normal as you and I, but after physical conditions or cruel experimentations were under-way, they were normal no more and were forced to perform in sideshow acts that they absolutely despised. But if you mess with one of them, you mess with all of them, and if you mess with all of them, well...You become just like them...A MISSHAPEN MONSTROUS FREAK! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! So, grab your popcorn, your soft drinks, and ghoulish goody bags as I tell you the tale of..."The Freakshow Family."
“Welcome everyone to The Rich’s Freakshow Circus!” Filthy Rich’s voice boomed through the tent. “Right here, on this stage, your worst fears will come to life. Cover your eyes children, because this will be one hell of a time.” He continued.
The crowd erupted into applause and cheers as the lights began focusing on the entrance to the stage.
“Now let me introduce you to a girl that is half human and half spider. Ladies and Gentlemen put your hands together for Twilight Sparkle, the human spider!” Filthy shouted as the crowd erupted into cheers again.
The entrance curtain was pulled away and in stepped Twilight. She moved her head around while making clicking noises and small squeaks. To the crowd, this was just something they thought was weird, but to Twilight it was used as echolocation, due to her blindness. She walked over to a pole and began climbing it in a spider-like way as the crowd watched in awe. Twilight did a few stunts here and there, such as releasing her grip with her hands and standing straight with her feet still attached to the pole.
When she began climbing down again a loud bang of a gun was heard. Twilight immediately thought she was being attacked and let out an inhuman screech as she quickly climbed up again. The crowd took a double-take before they began laughing at the quivering spider girl. Twilight put two and two together and realized that Filthy had fired a blank shot just to scare her, and if that wasn’t embarrassing enough the whole crowd had seen it and found it hilarious. She let out an angry hiss as she climbed down again and exited the stage. A few seconds later the crowd gave a round of applause.
“Now. Tell me. Do you wish that you could find out what your future is? Making you able to stop a tragedy from happening? Well, now you can. Thanks to Sunset Shimmer. The three-eyed girl.” Filthy said as the curtains pulled away to reveal Sunset with gypsy clothing standing in there. Two of the staff came onto the stage with a table that had a glass ball and cards lying on it. Sunset sat down at the table as Filthy Rich walked up to the crowd and picked out a random person to sit down with Sunset.
“Lend me your hand,” Sunset said and the man obliged as Sunset ran her finger over the lines in his palm. She looked at the glass ball and then picked out a card and gave it to the man.
“In two years from now, you’ll board a ship that is destined to sink.” She explained as the man put down his card and carefully walked up to his seat again.
"Now, feast your eyes as we are about to hand-feed Aria Blaze, the vicious piranha girl," Filthy Rich said as a tank full of water appeared on the stage. Filthy Rich then got a frozen fish from a cooler and held it above the waters' surface. Then, without warning, a shape jumped from the murky depths and snatched the fish from Filthy Rich's hands. The water started turning red from the fish's blood. When Filthy Rich then saw that fish was now nothing but bones. The audience cheered and applauded as two workers moved the tank back from behind the curtain.
"Alright audience, now watch as these honeybees make their new home out of Wallflower Blush, also known as "The Living Tree," Filthy Rich said as a young girl appeared at the center of the stage. The girl looked like her skin was made out of wood and there appeared to be branches coming out of her arms and head. The girl then posed in a perfect T-formation as Filthy Rich got out a jar of honey and spilled it all over her body. Then, Filthy Rich then let the bee's out of their container as they started to swarm Wallflower, but no matter how many times she was stung by the swarm, she kept absolutely still. The audience then cheered as Wallflower disappeared from behind the curtain.
"Tell me, kids, in the audience, have any of you ever owned a doll? Well, feast your eyes on Sugarcoat, The Doll Girl," Filthy Rich said as the curtains opened to reveal what appeared to be a children's room full of toys. In the middle of the room, there was a single rocking chair, and sitting on the chair, there appeared to be a doll the size of a teenager, whose head appeared to face the ground. The lights then turned off, and when they turned back on, Sugarcoat was then facing the audience. Her skin appeared to look like porcelain, like an actual doll. Sugarcoat then got out of the chair, then the lights turned off again and when they turned back on, Sugarcoat was looking out a window as she looked at the full moon. The crowd applauded as Sugarcoat bowed and then disappeared behind the curtain.
"Alright everyone, for our last performance for the night, witness Diamond Tiara, the living glass sculpture, performs a rumination of Swann lake," Filthy Rich said as the curtains opened again to reveal a large fountain made entirely of glass. On top of the fountain, there appeared to be a child-sized figure standing in a ballerina-like pose. As soon as the music started playing, she walked off of the fountain and began to dance. The audience was amazed her movements appeared to be so graceful as she moved across the stage. She then ended the dance by spinning very quickly on the tip of her toe as she got back on top of the fountain and stopped to continue her ballerina-like pose as the curtains then closed.
"Alright, thank you all for coming to tonight's show, we hope to see you all again real soon," Filthy Rich said as he then disappeared behind the curtains.
Later that night, all the freaks that had performed that night were shown locked in metal cages. Sci-Twi and Sunset were fast asleep, Wallflower was rocking back and forth in the center of her cage, trying to get all the bee stings off her skin. Aria and Sugarcoat were peering through the bars of their cages as they watched people leaving. The sight of their happy faces enraged them because those pretty norms had no idea what their life is like right now. "Oh, If only they knew," Sugarcoat muttered to herself as she drifted off to sleep.
