Lucy stared at the flyer with a growing sense of dread building in her gut. Just looking at the job description made her insides quiver and her hands shake. Her heart raced nervously and her palms grew sweaty, as her mouth was suddenly as dry as a bone. Natsu stood beside her, her ever-present partner, and picked up on her anxiety easily, gently taking the flyer from her and looking it over. For once Happy, hovering over Natsu's shoulder, kept his mouth shut.

"We don't have to go, Luce," Natsu offered, already knowing what she would say.

"But the reward," she breathed, not needing to finish her sentence. Natsu's eyes trailed down the flyer to the bottom. Not only was the reward large for such a job, but there was a silver key in store for the mages that completed the job. A key! Lucy hadn't gotten or even seen a new key in a long time. He knew how much her celestial spirits meant to her, and what she would do for them. Even if it meant facing something she clearly despised as much as this.

"I'm sure Erza would give it to you if she went."

Lucy's eyes flashed and she snatched the flyer back, wrinkling it without caring. "No! I won't have someone else fighting my battles for me, Natsu!" she shouted in her anger, her cheeks flushing as her hands clenched into angry fists. Natsu cringed at her words but he wasn't surprised – he'd expected as much.

"But, Lucy," Happy finally interjected, his voice soft and empathetic for a change. "It's just us."

Her normally soft brown eyes flared angrily at the Exceed and he retreated behind Natsu. "So?"

Suppressing a proud smile, Natsu shrugged and gently plucked the flyer from her fist. "If you're sure about it, then let's go."

Reluctantly releasing her death grip on the flyer, Lucy followed Natsu to the bar, where he turned in the job request to Mira. Mira took the offer with a raised eyebrow when she saw its crinkled state, but then gasped when she realized what job it was, despite the reward. Everyone knew why Lucy would be the last person to go on such a job. "You sure about this?" she asked gently as she pulled out the request book.

Tired of being questioned, Lucy tossed her hair angrily over her shoulder. "Of course I am! I want that key!"

"But Lucy," Mira started.

Natsu stopped her by holding up one large hand and shaking his head. "Don't bother Mira, Happy and I already tried."

With a curt nod, Mira looked back down at the book to record the request. "Is it just you three then? Wendy's working with Porlyusica, Gray's on a job with Juvia, and Erza is," she paused, looking around the guild hall, "Where is Erza?"

"Probably off trying to see Tattoo Face," Natsu answered with a bored shrug.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried, smacking him in the chest.

"What?!" He jumped at her violence, despite the fact that it didn't hurt.

Some people actually want romance in their lives, she grumbled, but kept her thoughts to herself. She knew he would be the last person to understand such a thing – there was no point in trying to explain it to him. It was the same reason why Gray had finally agreed to go on a job with Juvia. Perhaps he had finally decided to give in to his feelings for her – feelings they all knew he had even though he tried to hide them. Their group was slowly disintegrating, or so it seemed, and Lucy looked at the three of them that remained with a dejected sigh. "Forget it," she finally mumbled. "Are we all set, Mira?"

Mira looked up from the logbook with a concerned glance. "Yes, but are you sure, Lucy?"

Lucy curled her hand into a determined fist. "I'm not going to pass up the opportunity for a key, no matter what I have to go through to get it!"

Natsu smiled at Lucy's proclamation and put his hand up for her to smack it. "That's right! Let's go, Luce!"

"Aye, sir!" Happy exclaimed from above them, smiling at Natsu's show of confidence in their blonde partner.

And with that, the three of them were off, streaking out of the guild hall with gusto. Mira looked down at the request and sighed. Lucy was the last person that should be going on such a request, but she supposed with Natsu at her side, she should be fine. Regardless, a circus? What were they thinking?!

Natsu's excitement for the job dwindled the moment they reached the train station. His pace slowed, his feet dragging as his shoulders slumped forward. Just thinking about the train made his stomach clench and lurch painfully, his mouth salivating in preparation for the inevitable nausea that was about to ensue. Just as Natsu had picked up on her distress, Lucy was quick to pick up on his (not that it was easy to miss). "You know, we could probably walk, Natsu."

"We can't and make it in time," he argued reluctantly.

"We can try," she offered.

"And miss out on your key?"

Lucy swallowed, her chest warming as her heart felt like a warm fist was squeezing it nearly to the point of pain. A lump had formed in the back of her throat as she suddenly found herself blinking back tears. Picking up on the scent, Natsu turned over his shoulder to look at her incredulously. "What's wrong?!"

"You-you're d-doing this for me?" she choked, her throat tight with restrained sobs.

Natsu folded his arms across his chest and stood up taller. "Of course I am. You're willing to go to the circus for this. It's the least I could do."

"It's not like you're going to benefit, Natsu."

He shrugged. "Of course I am."

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What do you mean?"

His face broke into a wide grin and he clapped her on the shoulder hard enough that she had to take a step to the side to avoid losing her balance. "We're going to make all kinds of jewels! Imagine all the food we can get! Plus, you'll be happy!" He added the last sentence on almost as an afterthought, which was fortunate because Lucy's face had fallen at his words until he said those final four.

"I guess we're both going to do something we don't want to do, then, huh?" she murmured, pulling her eyes from his.

Natsu remained quiet, turning back to look at the train from her side. He looked at the long steal beast as though it were a formidable opponent. Happy didn't help matters as he dropped from the sky and landed in Lucy's arms. "Aye, but at least yours doesn't make you violently ill."

Lucy squeezed the blue Exceed, glad he was with them even though he often drove them bonkers. "True," she admitted. Glancing at Natsu out of the corner of her eye, she stepped closer to him. "You ready?"

Visibly swallowing, Natsu nodded and followed her lead onto the train. Even though it wasn't even moving, he walked cautiously, wary of any sudden movement as though it would throw him into a fit of vomiting at any moment. The second Lucy was situated and comfortable, he threw himself onto the bench beside her, nestling his head in her lap, as was now their custom. She immediately placed her hands on his head, her fingers lazily playing with his hair until his eyes closed. "Maybe if you fall asleep before we even start moving it won't be as bad," she whispered, knowing full-well he would be able to hear her.

Grinding his teeth together, Natsu resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her. He could sense and feel the preparations for departure already happening. There was no way he could fall asleep before they would start moving. But it's a nice thought, he allowed as he swallowed the rising bile just in anticipation for the coming jolt as he heard the brakes release.

Lucy heard the brakes release too, and the not-so-subtle jerk of the cars as the engine started forward. Natsu groaned and gripped her leg, burying his face in her skirt as the nausea immediately set in. She sighed and looked at him with sympathy. Sometimes his motion sickness hit him harder than others, and this appeared to be one of those times. "Roll over," she murmured. He didn't have to be told twice. He rolled, his nose nearly buried into her belly, his arms now easily slipping around her waist. Her fingers resumed their trek through his hair, dragging along his scalp before following the length of his salmon-colored locks. If she did this when they weren't on the train, it made him break out in goose bumps and pleasant shivers would run down his spine (not that she did it that often). On the train, it simply relaxed him enough that he could manage to stave off violently vomiting all over everyone.

As the train slowly gained speed, Lucy began humming a song she remembered from her childhood, a lullaby her mother used to sing to her when trying to get her to sleep. The gentle sound of her voice made Natsu relax the death grip he had on her waist, and when he sighed in contentment, she shivered from the feel of his hot breath on her exposed abdomen. "Just relax, Natsu," she breathed through the lullaby, "I've got you."

He nudged her ever so gently. I know.

He'd fallen asleep shortly after she started humming, his arms easing around her as he slumped into a state of unconsciousness. Lucy would have taken the time to sleep too if she weren't afraid they would miss their stop. That, and the prospect of what they still had to face had her too on edge to truly feel comfortable sleeping. Everyone had picked up on her unease – everyone knew how she felt about circuses, or more pointedly clowns. And it just so happened that this job entailed what the request called a "Circus of Fear". Details were sketchy and vague – the only thing the villages that had been visited by the circus could agree upon was that the circus seemed ordinary enough, and then suddenly they had been terrorized and robbed. They were so desperate, they no longer truly cared if their belongings were returned to them, they just wanted the circus stopped so no one else would suffer the same fate they had.

Lucy couldn't quite place where her fear of clowns came from, she just knew that from a very young age, any time she saw one her heart would race. Her stomach would clamp down, making her nauseated and nearly paralyzed with her fear, even though she would instantaneously want to run. She'd gone through a haunted house one time with friends and ended up chased by clowns. Although she was ashamed to admit it, she had fled without thought of her friends, actually running in the wrong direction in her terror to escape. She'd ended up running into a wall, clawing at the corner in her frantic state. Her friends had found her, and they'd ended up making it out of the haunted house unscathed, but it was then that all who knew her knew her true fear.

Just reliving the memory stilled her hands in Natsu's hair, her fingertips just grazing his scalp. A shiver worked itself down her spine and she shook her head to clear her muddied thoughts. I can't think about that now. That was ages ago! Plus, it was just a stupid haunted house – actors dressed up in costumes that were supposed to be scary. This is entirely different… Her thoughts weren't helping, her stomach clenching nervously as her fingers began to tremble. Natsu stirred in her lap, his arms tightening around her waist at the lack of her calming touch. "Luce?" he whispered, his voice deep and husky with sleep.

"Sorry, Natsu," she breathed and immediately resumed her ministrations. He sighed, his grip relaxing once more as he shuddered beneath her touch. The action brought a soft smile to her lips as she looked at his face. Although his brow had furrowed when he'd nearly woken, it was smoothing out as he relaxed again, his features calm and peaceful. He looked so young, so innocent when he slept, that all thoughts of scary clowns left her to be replaced by thoughts of the fire dragon slayer in her lap. How could someone so innocent harbor such great and destructive power? He could destroy a town if he wasn't careful, and he had! Multiple times! And yet here he was, taken out by a train of all things, and the only thing that could soothe him was her – even Wendy's magic had stopped working over time. The thought made her smile widen.

Normally, this was the moment Happy would chime in with an annoying, 'You liiiike him,' and she looked up, expecting to see him sitting across from them with a smug smile on his face. She sighed in relief when her eyes fell on the sleeping blue Exceed's form across from her. Maybe her lullaby had worked on him too? Either way, at least she had privacy to mull over her thoughts and mentally prepare for the job ahead.

They arrived at their destination just over two hours later, Lucy having to nudge both Natsu and Happy awake once the train came to a stop. Natsu's eyes slowly fluttered open, his ears immediately in tune with the sounds of the train's brakes fully engaging, locking it in place. Although his stomach still rolled, an after-effect of the travel, it had been one of the most relaxing train rides he'd ever experienced, and as he blinked, realizing he was staring at Lucy's stomach, he realized why. As the rest of him became alert, he realized his arms were still loosely wrapped around her, hugging her hips more than her waist as they had fallen in his slumber. She had relaxed during the ride, but he could still hear the rapid beating of her heart. Why is it beating so fast? As soon as that thought registered, he was up in a flash, his eyes peering into hers.

"What's wrong, Luce?"

Startled by his quick movement, Lucy jumped, her eyes wide. "What?"

He didn't want to admit he could hear her heart pounding beneath her ribs. It wasn't hard to hear, especially when they had just been as close as they were. Then he caught it – the harsh, acrid scent of fear. She's afraid… Not for the first time, he leveled her with serious eyes, the emerald depths nearly black as they bore into hers. "We don't have to do this, you know."

Lucy's eyes narrowed, understanding exactly what he was saying but unsure why. "If you say that to me again I will not comfort you on the train ride home," she threatened. The sharp clip to her voice told him it was not a bluff. "I want that key, Natsu. And I'll earn it. Now please, drop it."

Not taking her threat idly, Natsu nodded and lurched to his feet, more than a little wobbly. It always took several minutes for his equilibrium to return after getting off of any mode of transportation. "Then let's go!" He tried to keep his voice light and encouraging, for her sake.

Happy rose into the air at Natsu's side, and Lucy was reminded of the first day they met, a smile instantly touching her lips as she rose to her feet beside them. "Right!" Together, they made their way off the train, Natsu occasionally leaning heavily on her in order to keep himself from falling, and she simply gritting her teeth together and holding him up. And he says I'm heavy!

Once they'd reached the train platform, Natsu scratched his head. "Where do we need to go, again?" he asked. Happy returned a moment later with a map.

Consulting the flyer, Lucy felt the hairs rise along the backs of her arms. "Think we should do a little recon first? The details were so vague…"

Natsu nodded, although he didn't want to ride the train again. "Are there any within walking distance?" he asked, his voice hopeful.

Lucy flashed him a knowing smile before consulting the flyer, which listed the affected towns, before consulting the map. "There are a few we should be able to walk to." She looked up at the foothills of the mountains before them. "Plus, they aren't in areas the train really stops."

Heaving a sigh of relief, Natsu elbowed her as he started moving. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go get that key!"

Had they been heading toward any other job, Lucy would have been able to appreciate the scenery, the rolling plains filled with golden wheat leading right up to the foothills. The foothills themselves started abruptly, jutting toward the sky too sharply and suddenly to be considered hills, but also not high or steep enough to be considered mountains. Their surfaces were dotted with jagged rocks and patches of trees before giving way to the mountains at their back. Thick, white clouds brushed the caps of the peaks, thousands of feet above them, but the air was warm and dry – didn't seem like there was a hint of rain in the sky.

They walked for what felt like hours before a small town came into view. The trio had been aware of the gradual incline in the terrain as they traveled, each step taking them higher and higher up into the foothills and closer to the mountains themselves. Consulting the map, Lucy saw the town they approached was known as Abilene – the first town attacked by the "Circus of Fear" – and by all appearances it was obvious something horrible had befallen the town.

The town appeared deserted. Shops were boarded up or sported broken windows and empty, vandalized innards. Few people scrambled from place to place, glancing nervously up and down the street before darting across as though afraid to be caught out in the open. Although the sky was clear at the moment, the sun not hiding behind any clouds, it was as though the entire town was veiled in a gray fog – colors and sounds muted. The air felt thick and heavy.

"I don't like this," Lucy breathed, her hand falling to her whip out of habit.

Beside her, Natsu had likewise changed from his normal, relaxed posture, to a more alert position. His shoulders were straight, his eyes alert as they darted from building to building, checking the shadows while his ears strained for any unusual sounds. While he saw and heard nothing truly unusual, the air felt wrong, but he couldn't quite explain how. When he sniffed, he realized the air smelled fine, but also didn't at the same time. What the hell is going on here? "Me neither," he growled, his hands curling into fists.

"Hello?!" Lucy called, cupping her hands to her mouth to help carry her voice. "We're wizards from Fairy Tail! We saw your job request!"

Silence answered them, the lack of sound made even more oppressive by the feeling of mist in the air, even though there was none. "What is this?" Happy asked, holding his paws out in front of him and looking at them as though he expected to see a thick fog surrounding them.

"We came to help!" Lucy called again.

Finally, a man stepped out of a building, his eyes taut and nervous as he warily approached the three strangers in front of him. "D-did you say you're from Fairy Tail?"

Natsu turned to his left, proudly displaying the red guild emblem on his right shoulder. "Sure are! We're here about the circus."

"We were hoping you could give us a little more information? The job request didn't give us much to go on, and it doesn't seem like all the towns that have been affected have been affected the same way," Lucy offered.

The man visibly trembled at the mere mention of the circus. "Oh, thank the gods!" Lucy and Natsu exchanged a nervous look at his words before he grabbed their attention once more. "Please, come with me!"

The trio followed the man as he led them back into the building he had emerged from. Upon closer inspection, it was obvious he was some sort of lawman, which immediately made Natsu nervous. He never got along well with guards, soldiers, or authority of that sort… "Can you tell us what happened?" Lucy asked again, aware of Natsu's sudden tension at her side. What's gotten into him?!

Clearing his throat nervously, the man indicated the seats beside them. "Please, have a seat." Once they were seated, Happy perching on Natsu's shoulder, the man launched into his account of what happened. "They were just some traveling circus, offering to provide our little town with some much needed entertainment before fall. Their prices were reasonable, and they would handle everything, they said. They were to perform for two nights, the second night being their grand finale, and tickets to the first show automatically got you in to the second show, so the whole town bought a ticket." He paused to take a sip of a dark colored liquid, his hands trembling. Natsu took one sniff and knew it was liquor. His eyes narrowed as the man continued. "The first night, everything seemed normal. Their show went off without a hitch. They had everything you would expect – animals, acrobats, magic. The kids loved it, even the adults loved it! It had been a long time since anyone had seen anything quite so good."

"But?" Lucy could hear it coming.

The man nodded, his messy brown hair falling across his forehead. "But, the second night was another story all together." His eyes grew distant, fixated on a memory in the past as his hands clasped each other on top of his desk. "I-I can't remember much, but I remember shortly after they started, the tent filled with what we thought was smoke. Everyone started screaming and running, trying to escape. The children were crying." He shuddered. "They were laughing!"

Lucy had to clarify. "Who are they?"

Gray eyes flared for a fraction of a second before returning to their dejected state. "The circus performers! They found our terror amusing!"

Natsu felt there was key information missing and he leaned forward, bracing himself with one hand on his thigh. "Do you remember anything else? Did you see anything in the smoke? Did anything else happen?"

Darkness and fear entered the man's eyes; dwelling there and swirling like the smoke he described. His entire body trembled, not just his hands, and it showed in the way even his hair shook as it draped across his forehead. He wet his lips with his tongue nervously before he could say anything more. "I-I don't remember," he breathed, looking down at his hands, "but I know each of us experienced something different. Once the smoke overwhelmed us, it was like we were in our own world. We were utterly alone…"

"What did they do that was so frightening?" Natsu asked, his voice surprisingly gentle – for him.

Again the man looked up. "I wish I could tell you."

Lucy's heart ached for the man. To have gone through so much and scarcely remember it almost seemed like a blessing, but she could also see how it could be a curse just as easily. How was he supposed to help if he couldn't remember? Or worse yet, was it truly that traumatizing that he had simply blocked the memory? "You don't remember anything?" she asked, her heart sinking.

"Like I said, just the sounds and the smoke. Maybe I couldn't actually see anything, I'm not sure. It was like we were all in some alternate reality – like what was happening couldn't possibly be happening to us, but it was. By the time we all came out of it, the entire town had been ransacked. They left us with nothing."

"What kind of magic does that?!" Happy shrieked, his fur standing on end.

Lucy and Natsu exchanged a glance. They both knew they were dealing with a wizard – it was the only explanation for how such a large-scale attack on so many individuals could be carried out simultaneously. But what kind of magic was at play here? "Is there anyone else that might be willing to talk to us?" Lucy asked after a moment's pause. Although the man had been helpful, they needed more…

Bloodshot eyes met hers and Lucy felt the pain from within them – it was so severe, her own chest ached. Her hand clenched into a fist and rested in front of her own heart, as though to serve as a shield from that broken gaze. "Everyone with children fled. Of those that remain, I am the only one who will speak of the event. You can try to talk to the others, but every time I've tried, I have gotten no where."

"Well, we better get to the next town then." Natsu rose to his feet. He didn't want to stay in the lawman's presence any longer than he had to, regardless of what the poor man had just been through. Besides, they were on a deadline. The circus was going to start tonight and they had to make it there in time to see it.

Understanding Natsu's train of thought without his need to speak it, Lucy also stood. "Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. We will do our best to take care of this circus," she promised before following Natsu and Happy back out the door.

The next couple towns and villages they visited were the same story. Similar, strange weather surrounded the towns – casting them in an eerie, misty, shadow that didn't actually exist and yet did. The circus came in, stopping by as a group of traveling entertainers and promising two nights of fun. The first night always went off without a hitch – perhaps it was their night to feel out the crowd and plan their actions accordingly. It was the second night that shit hit the fan and terror broke loose. When they tried to interview the townsfolk, for the most part they were turned down. If pictures of the circus were shown or too specific of a question was asked, the survivors would clam up and freeze, completely shutting down; or they would scream and cry hysterically until someone else managed to calm them. Their persistent and occasionally worsening reactions to the "Circus of Fear," only set Lucy even more on edge. That tension increased exponentially when she realized their final stop was the next town on their list.

The town of Quraie (Koo-ray) was next on the list. It was to be their final destination, and was where the circus was said to currently be, still selling tickets for the show that night and the next. The plan was to purchase tickets and watch the show the first night, observing for anything strange. The second night, they would go in prepared with potions to protect themselves and charms to ward off spells. While they had no idea what kind of magic or spells they were using, they knew they had to be using something, and so it was a good place to start.

With each passing step, Lucy felt her stomach clench tighter and tighter, her face pinching with anxiety. Beside her, Natsu was acutely aware of her distress, but as instructed, said nothing. Instead, he watched her carefully from the corner of his eye, casting cautious glances at Happy on occasion. It was when the tall, peaked, red and white tents came into view that he held up a hand and stopped them. "There it is," he breathed.

Lucy's eyes widened and she swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry. Other than the circus tents, the town looked normal enough. Several small cottages and shops dotted the main road, with several smaller roads leading deeper into the mountains and no doubt to other homes. The market was rather busy with shoppers and families coming and going amongst the vendors and food carts. There were several kids tugging on the arms of their parents, begging to go to the circus. Had circumstances been different, it would be a quaint, picturesque little mountain town, perfect for a quick getaway. It was a stark contrast to the previous towns they'd seen. Had the other towns not bothered trying to warn each other about the circus? "So, a job request was sent out, right?" she started, keeping her voice low, "But then how is it the circus is even still able to run? You'd think the other towns would have caught wind of it by now, or that someone would have warned them…"

Natsu nodded, wondering the same thing. "I was wondering that myself after we came to the third village. Didn't make sense that there would continue to be victims if towns simply refused to let them stay."

"And if they were forcing the towns into it, they wouldn't appear so happy about their presence, now would they?" she opined, once more taking note of the kids clearly all too excited for the upcoming performance.

"What the hell is going on?!" Natsu breathed, his brows furrowed curiously. Lucy looked up at him, noting the way his lips were pulled back in a slight grimace. He hated seeing anyone taken advantage of, and this circus was doing more than that. She might be facing her fear, but he was facing something he despised. Even as she watched, she could see the tension rise in him, his chest rising and falling with more force as he took deeper breaths, the temperature spiking around them.

"Natsu," she breathed, gently touching his arm. He immediately relaxed, turning to look at her. "We'll figure it out."

He smiled softly at her, not for the first time amazed at how quickly she could alter his raging emotions. "Right."

Smiling gently to match his, she let her fingers glide down his arm before pulling her hand away, completely missing the spark in Natsu's eye as he looked at her. "So, we're to pretend to be patrons?" she whispered, not entirely sure why she felt the urge to whisper as she eyed the circus tents.

Carefully observing his partner's reaction, Natsu nodded. "It's the best way to see what we're getting into."

"But what about the others?" she asked, her eyes glued to a young boy and girl – obviously siblings – that couldn't be older than five. "I don't want anyone else to get hurt." From what the man in Abilene told them, kids had also been harmed before, and she couldn't stand allowing that to happen again.

Natsu's brow furrowed in thought a moment, his hand coming up to his chin. Lucy could all but see the gears turning inside his head and smiled. The man could come up with some hair-brained ideas, sure, but more often than not, they worked. He didn't get nearly the credit he deserved for his strategy when it came to battle or fighting. True, sometimes he didn't have any – it was simply smash and pummel until his enemy couldn't fight anymore – but other times sincere (and sometimes very quick) thought went into his plans. His results spoke for themselves. "How tired are you?" he asked, keeping his voice low.

She scowled. "What does that have to do with anything?"

His eyes were bright and mischievous when he looked at her. "Because we could put our plan into action tonight instead."

Happy was the one to state the obvious. "Uh, Natsu? What plan?"

Natsu shot Happy a look that made Lucy put a hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle. "Natsu, I'm all for going in tonight and just getting this over with. But we still need a plan. We need a better idea of what we're up against. So let's still go to the show. We can hash out the details after. Might as well let the townspeople actually enjoy the circus while they can."

Never a very patient person, this delay set Natsu even more on edge. He couldn't say so, but his other reason for going in early was to save Lucy the trauma of sitting through the circus if he could avoid it. Looks like that wasn't going to happen… "Fine," he grudgingly admitted.

Smiling, Lucy elbowed him in the arm. "Now what do you say we go get something to eat before we really get busy, eh?"

Lucy knew the way to Natsu's heart, and she didn't need to repeat her suggestion twice. A smile tearing across his face, Natsu took her hand and ran off in search of a good meal before their job really began.

A/N: This idea was given to me by an avid reader, 4everlot, on DeviantArt. While it is far from getting to the "meat" of the story, but at least I'm finally making some head way! I hope I do her idea justice. It will likely be at least a few chapters long. To be honest, this is a fear Lucy and I share (at least in this version of her, I have no idea if she's actually afraid of clowns, lol). As always, comments and reviews are most welcome! Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!