*So I've promised myself that this shall be the best story I have ever written in my life. I intend to live up to that promise (as a proper lady should, of course). Anyways I'm not even going to tell you what this is about. That's why I work on the good parts. Don't you rather like the suspense of which I speak of?
I, Sebastian (That's my name by the way) VI Britannia, command you to keep reading!
Oops, that's Code Geass….
Anyways, enjoy…
"Young Master, are you upset?"
There was no reply and Sebastian didn't press any further for a while.
Something was clearly bothering Ciel. In fact, it seemed as if it was slightly more than just bothering him. He seemed mad almost. He said he didn't wish to eat dinner; neither did he want to drink tea. The first thing he did when they were back at the manor was practically drag himself to his room (as he refused to be carried by Sebastian) and sulk.
"My Lord,-" Sebastian began again but was quickly interrupted by Ciel.
"Stop asking me what's making me upset when it's your entire fault! Don't you think it would be great if, just once, we could solve a case without it having to turn into a massacre?"
Sebastian made no attempt to soothe him as he was caught up in remembering all the cases. The thought had never occurred to him that all of them had ended in more bloodshed than necessary.
But it's not like he can save every life in danger.
"Forgive me if I'm not correct, master, but in between dealing with the criminal- whom you always love to have much fun with- and saving you, which is my priority mind you, I have insufficient time to save everyone who decided that it might be interesting to come and watch the show."
Ciel was becoming more and more furious and frustrated. "Get out!" He ordered, "Get out, Sebastian; you are clearly of no use to me right now!"
Any normal day Sebastian would have refused for the sake of his master or whatever other petty excuse he could think of. But, then again, any normal day he wouldn't have answered his master in that way either. By now, Ciel's face was pale, even more so than usual, rage was predominant on his features, and his sapphire eyes appeared to turn into stone.
Sebastian decided that it would be best to do as he was told. He briskly turned around and without looking back, walked out the door, closing it behind him.
"It's so easy to be your butler," He muttered, pure sarcasm tainting his voice, "I'm sure you could certainly survive as me for a day."
In his room, Ciel had perched himself on the edge of his bed and was taking deep breaths to calm himself.
He knew very well the butler had no fault in this. And seeing people getting killed was nothing new to him but he felt as if he had reached a limit.
The Jack the Ripper case had resulted in the death of his aunt and another innocent woman whom he could have easily saved if he were not so busy trying to catch the murderer.
The Noah's Circus case concluded with the killing of the Circus members and a house full of children burnt.
The case on The Campania had ended with the sinking of a ship right before his eyes which caused the death of most of its passengers.
The list could go on forever. Too many people had been killed for his liking. The only solution?
Blame the demon.
No particular reason, really. There was just no one to hold responsible.
If only he could see this from my point of view Ciel thought, If only he could see that I need to blame this on him to maintain my sanity. Because after him there's only myself to blame.
That thought would be too much for Ciel. That would've been too much weight on his shoulders.
In The Morning
Ciel rolled around in his bed, searching for some sort of comfort- finding none. The bed seemed… wrong, somehow. It didn't feel like his.
And then, it wasn't only the bed that seemed wrong but his whole self too. He sat up to find himself in an unknown room. The walls were plain, with not a single thing to decorate them except a picture of him on the wall.
Ciel looked out the window to find that the sun had not yet risen. Turning his gaze to the right, he found a mirror. Although the darkness wouldn't let him see much, the faint moonlight allowed for him to make out a distinct shape….
That was not his.
He jumped out of bed and trailed every surface of the room before finding a match and after much struggle (and getting burned) he managed to light it successfully. The room was almost fully illuminated when he lit the candelabra and he looked in the mirror again, only to find that he was not in his usual 13 year old body, but instead, in the body of his demon butler. It took all of his rationality and stability to not shriek in horror.
Maybe it's just a dream, he thought maybe it's just another one of my horrid nightmares.
He strode silently through the halls until finding his own bedroom and upon entering, saw his body, safe and healthy as ever. Finally finding some relief, he could think more reasonably and he stalked over to wake up Ciel- Ciel's body that was.
"Wake up… thing? Whoever is in there, wake up!" Ciel said confused yet with a voice of forced calmness.
"God, it's a pain to wake me up!"
Sebastian's P.O.V.
I could feel someone trying to wake me. To be honest, this is the best sleep I had gotten in a long time. Not that a demon like me needed sleep but it is a luxury we indulge in from time to time. With a sigh I opened my eyes to find myself staring at….
Me?
I sat up immediately, alarmed- a feeling I'm neither used to nor comfortable with.
My first instinct would be to attack this person but said person as myself and I found myself in my master's (a human) body.
"Sebastian, do you know what's going on?" He asked. I instantly knew it was Ciel when I heard the strong sense of authority in his- or well, my- voice.
"Why are you in my body? Why am I in yours? This is so distressing! I can literally feel the life fleeting from my hands!" I said, hysteria approaching- another human weakness I'm not too fond of.
"Calm down. We just need to figure out how to undo this."
"You're right, young master. For now I propose we go back to sleep and we will solve this tomorrow. I'm sure we can do nothing at this time of night."
Yeah right, I just wanted more of this peacefulness humans get when they sleep.
"Alright." Ciel agreed and he was gone in a flash.
Enjoying the demon-ness, I see.
*Aaanndd that's the first chapter. Like it? I hope so! I just thought you should know that I'm writing this on a rush of caffeine! Please review and tell me what you think because I am about to spend all night writing chapter 2! Byeeeee…
