The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall, Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflie…
There is one amulet in the world that attracts all mankind, because of unlimited power the amulet grants when it's being worn. The amulet was originally created in the early 1200s inside the tower of spirits led by a demigod named Uhubitu, which was punished in mid-1250. The amulet has been lost for centuries. Wicked forces kept persuading everyone in the world to endlessly search for it.
"Kali ini saya sudah tahu namanya, Milana. Ia bercerita mengapa ia melukis senja. Dan mengapa ia selalu melakukannya di atas feri yang menyeberangi Selat Bali, dari Banyuwangi ke Jembrana. Ia sedang menunggu kekasihnya. Ia yakin suatu saat kekasihnya akan datang ke tempat ia menunggu. Ia tidak tahu kapan. Ia berkata kepada saya bahwa ia bukan saja yakin, tapi ia tahu, kekasihnya itu akan datang…
'You're not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey,' Dad said. I raised my head. 'I'm not?' I said, blinking. 'Then who am I?' He went, kind of sadly, 'You're Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Princess of Genovia.' A PRINCESS?? ME??? Yeah, right. One minute Mia's totally normal. Next minute she's heir to the throne of Genovia. Well, her dad can lecture her until he's royal-blu…