The clopping of my hooves echoed in the vast hallway of the Canterlot castle as I marched with a steady pace to the courtroom, my presence requested by the princess Celestia. I greeted my brothers in arms with a nod upon my arrival at the doors of the courtroom. They opened the doors with the aid of their magi and I proceeded to step inside. I found both princesses and my friends waiting for me upon my arrival. All means of professionalism dropped as I trotted over to my 6 friends excitedly. It has been a long time since I've seen all of them together. Their greetings though…Instead of joyous squeals and hugs; I was greeted with half-hearted hellos and hesitant smiles. I knew something was out of place, especially if even Pinkie Pie was quiet. A frown marred my equine features, something wasn't right. I shifted my emerald gaze up to Celestia and Luna. Both of them were frowning. I stepped up to them and bowed in respect, dipping my head low to the ground.
'Raise, royal knight' Celestia's voice cut through the deafening silence that covered the whole courtroom. I raised my head , regarding all of them with worry. Perhaps a new menace was threatening the peaceful haven of our kingdom? They possibly didn't look this worried for nothing…right?
'Your Majesty, is something wrong? 'I asked worriedly, taking a few steps forward. The sun riser heaved a sigh, her beautiful features stricken with regret.
'Yes I am afraid there is' she said, casting her pink gaze upon me. I saw Luna's features change as well, her piercing teal eyes glaring at the bigger mare.
'I've been informed that you haven't been yourself lately' she started with a somber note. I didn't like where this was going... What if she knew about my 'condition' and by condition I meant the results of the whole Dark Matter returns debacle, which left me scarred in more ways than one. I've been feeling strange lately. I felt drained and there was whispering in my head, the whispers were comforting but made me feel perplexed as of why they were there. I was more worried about the black spot on my chest that never seemed to want to go away. It left me fearing for the worse.
'well, I've been feeling a bit under the weather but other than that I'm fine' I tried to reassure, my voice trembling in fear. I scruffed my hooves along the lush carpeting, avoiding all eye contact. My heart pounded painfully against my ribcage, my mouth going dry.
\everything is going to be okay\ There it was again, the low murmurs in my head, always whispering reassuring, soothing words.
'Princess Twilight told me that the dark spot on your chest haven't disappeared yet, is it true?' She asked softly as I forced myself to meet her eye out of respect. I kept the dark spot hidden underneath the collar I wore, which held the elements of harmony engraved into it with their signature colors. I nodded my head somberly. Luna suddenly looked at her sister with grief filled eyes.
'Big sister, please don't' she begged as Celestia turned to her with sadness.
'I'm sorry little sister, but I have no other choice' she said with guilt and turned to me.
' If the dark spot haven't disappeared, it means her shadows took your body as their host and that means we have little time left before they consume completely and turn you into a dark mare. For the safety of all of Equestria we will have…Flashbacks
The clopping of my hooves echoed in the vast hallway of the Canterlot castle as I marched with a steady pace to the courtroom, my presence requested by the princess Celestia. I greeted my brothers in arms with a nod upon my arrival at the doors of the courtroom. They opened the doors with the aid of their magi and I proceeded to step inside. I found both princesses and my friends waiting for me upon my arrival. All means of professionalism dropped as I trotted over to my 6 friends excitedly. It has been a long time since I've seen all of them together. Their greetings though…Instead of joyous squeals and hugs; I was greeted with half-hearted hellos and hesitant smiles. I knew something was out of place, especially if even Pinkie Pie was quiet. A frown marred my equine features, something wasn't right. I shifted my emerald gaze up to Celestia and Luna. Both of them were frowning. I stepped up to them and bowed in respect, dipping my head low to the ground.
'Raise, royal knight' Celestia's voice cut through the deafening silence that covered the whole courtroom. I raised my head , regarding all of them with worry. Perhaps a new menace was threatening the peaceful haven of our kingdom? They possibly didn't look this worried for nothing…right?
'Your Majesty, is something wrong? 'I asked worriedly, taking a few steps forward. The sun riser heaved a sigh, her beautiful features stricken with regret.
'Yes I am afraid there is' she said, casting her pink gaze upon me. I saw Luna's features change as well, her piercing teal eyes glaring at the bigger mare.
'I've been informed that you haven't been yourself lately' she started with a somber note. I didn't like where this was going... What if she knew about my 'condition' and by condition I meant the results of the whole Dark Matter returns debacle, which left me scarred in more ways than one. I've been feeling strange lately. I felt drained and there was whispering in my head, the whispers were comforting but made me feel perplexed as of why they were there. I was more worried about the black spot on my chest that never seemed to want to go away. It left me fearing for the worse.
'well, I've been feeling a bit under the weather but other than that I'm fine' I tried to reassure, my voice trembling in fear. I scruffed my hooves along the lush carpeting, avoiding all eye contact. My heart pounded painfully against my ribcage, my mouth going dry.
\everything is going to be okay\ There it was again, the low murmurs in my head, always whispering reassuring, soothing words.
'Princess Twilight told me that the dark spot on your chest haven't disappeared yet, is it true?' She asked softly as I forced myself to meet her eye out of respect. I kept the dark spot hidden underneath the chest plate I wore, which held the elements of harmony engraved into it with their signature colors. I nodded my head somberly. Luna suddenly looked at her sister with grief filled eyes.
'Big sister, please don't' she begged as Celestia turned to her with sadness.
'I'm sorry little sister, but I have no other choice' she said with guilt and turned to me.
' If the dark spot haven't disappeared, it means her shadows took your body as their host and that means we have little time left before they consume completely and turn you into a dark mare. For the safety of all of Equestria we will have to…to banish you' my heart dropped into my stomach as soon as the words left her mouth.
'What?' I squeaked, looking at my friends to see if this was a joke but their facial expressions told me everything.
'It's for the best Harmony, you could seriously harm everypony if the darkness takes hold of you' I heard Twilight say as she took a step forward.I found myself grimacing in disgust and a small,cold,laugh escaped me.
'so that's it, I vanquish a terrible foe that almost costed me my life, for you, and that's what you do?! You banish me because you THINK I'm gonna turn evil!' My voice gaining volume as anger started to burn in my heart. I saw them wince and look away in shame.
'you gotta understand-' I looked at her with a glare that reduced her to silence.
'No, I will not try to understand Twilight Sparkle, because you don't send your friend off into exile without trying to defend her' I spat her name, growing more and more aggravated. She adverted her gaze and I found myself giving off a cold laugh again. I felt the shadows growing upset with my mood.
'how can I understand that uh!? When you pride yourself with the MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP! I spat the last words like venom, stomping my hoof.
'that is enough Knight Harmony!' Celestia cut through the tense silence. I took a glance at her , my respect for her gone. Her face was contorted into a frown as she held onto her self-control to remain as passive as possible, not letting an ounce of anger show. She stood tall and proud near her throne, looking down at me with a glare in her eyes that would of normally made me flinch.
' Your right, I should probably go, wouldn't want to mare the image of your PERFECT friendship, but you know what, it's not that perfect, because a friend doesn't stab the other in the back like that. Friends don't throw the other under the bus to stay out of trouble. You know what...after all this , I don't think friendship is magic after all.' They all gasped and I felt myself draining and growing weak.
I felt all of my strength leave me as I slumped into a heap on the ground.
'Guards, please take Harmony away' Celestia said solemnly.
'don't you dare touch her' Luna's voice halted the guards that were about to drag me away. I looked up as Luna made her way down the steps, her head held high.
'I will not allow my friend to be banished!' Luna shouted, her eyes dark with anger , her ears tilted back as she glared holes into her older sister. She stood over me, daring the guards to even bat an eyelash at me.
' but princess Luna its for the best…'Twilight started but Luna whipped her head around so fast that I was afraid she would get whiplash. All Mane 6 quivered before the princess of the night's glare.
'I am most disappointed in you Twilight Sparkle…' She said, her voice laced with hurt. I looked at her weakly, she….she stuck up for me even after this… She turned to look down at me with sympathy and she reached out and helped me stand, supporting me against her.
'Luna, she must be banished; we don't know what could come of her having Dark Matters shadows taking host of her body. Celestia tried to reason, making her way down the steps as well, and her hair bobbing with each step.
'There must be a way big sister; we cannot chase her out like this….it isn't fair.' Luna tried to amend but Celestia seemed not moved by her sister's words.
'It's to protect our kingdom Luna, we just recovered from an assault, it'll be any minutes now before Harmony becomes a Dark Mare' Celestia said calmly, making her way to us. Luna shifted, backing us away.
'Please Luna, be reasonable' Celestia stressed, her frown deepening.
'If you want to banish my friend…then you'll have to fight me Celestia. 'Luna spat as everyone gasped in shock.
'Little sister, I do not wish to fight you…' Celestia uttered, her pink hues alight with sadness. I glanced at the mane 6, all of their faces with contorted with shock at what they were witnessing but none of them said anything ,none of them raised a hoof to help…We always used to preach about how friendship was so great and could help with anything but how was it helping me now? I was to be banished, probably to the moon, for an indefinite amount of time. No…I will not go and rot on a piece of rock, no not today. I had to…escape. How could I? My strength has left me all of the sudden, the elements that used to fuel me, strengthen me had given up on me, leaving me weak and frail.
'run' Luna whispered to me as I snapped out of my daze. 'Run!' she repeated, pushing me back onto my hooves and without thinking, I bolted. I ran as fast as my weak legs could carry me. I heard the thundering steps on Luna's hooves behind me and many others behind us.
'Go to the mirror's room!' Luna instructed, making pillars fall, hindering the others progress. I tried to remember the path to go to said room. A left, a right, oh there was that potted plant that I found Spike sleeping in on my wedding's day. I turned right abruptly, skidding along marble floor. I barely caught myself before dashing towards the right door. I skidded to an halt outside. I heard Luna hurry inside and slammed the door shut, shoving a bookshelf in front of the door. The door rattled as the bookshelf, it wobbled and nearly tipped over but held strong against the assault from the other side. We could hear muffled shouts from the outside but I focused on Luna who hurried to the glowing mirror.
'Luna, I can't go to the other Equestria, they'll find me there…' I said, slumping onto the steps that led to the mirror.
'that is why it's not there you're going' She said gravely, peering into one of the many bookshelves that rested against the wall.
'I hate to break it to you Luna…but it's not the time to read.' I commented and squeaking when she gave me a pointed stare.
' Any book of this library is magic… so we might make use Twilight's machine to be able to send you elsewhere away from here' Luna said, using her magic to lift one of the book out of it's resting place and place it atop of the mirror. The machine sparked but slowly the book glowed and magic started to flow through the cables then finally with a burst of light, the mirror lit up, showing a swirly portal. The bookshelf in front of the door rattled violently, making the both of us gasp.
'hurry' Luna said, helping me up. I felt the sting of tears in my eyes.
'What about you Luna? You must come with me!' I begged, the tears slowly cascading down my cheeks. She gave me a sad smile, her own eyes misted over.
' no I can't, I still have to fulfill my duty as a princess…I must face my actions for defying my sister' She reached to wipe away the tears with hooves.
'please come with me! You're the only pony I have left!' I begged as crumpled at her feet, sobs wracking my body.
' No, you must go alone' She insisted, nudging me into getting up again.
' do me a favor…never look back, break the mirror once you get to the other side and most importantly, try and move on and be happy' Her voice sounded heavy with sadness, her normally stoic expression crumbling as tears slipped from her eyes, her tears looking like star falls as they slid down her cheek. I knew I couldn't argue with her on this, I had to go. I hugged her tightly, letting her scent envelop me one last time.
' I will miss you…Big Sister' I cried and I heard her breath itch as she hugged me back.
' And I you, little sister' She sniffled as she pulled away, pushing me towards the portal with a firm nudge of her head. I stepped towards it, just staring at the swirls made me feel nauseous.
' one more thing Harmony' I heard her say and I turned around. She took out a book and levitated it over to me. I took it with my magic.
'I wanted to give it to you on your birthday…' she trailed off' goodbye harmony'
I sniffled, I wanted to collapse so badly but I had to go. I muttered a quiet goodbye and jumped in just as the door busted open. Everything went black…
From that moment on… everything took a turn for the worse. Once out of the mirror, I shattered it to pieces and then proceeded to wander around this unfamiliar world…as a human. My human body felt weak and heavy, I often ended up tripping pathetically over myself since it had been so long since I've walked on two legs. I also began to be chased by furious mobs, who apparently witnessed me coming out of the portal and thought I was a witch. My life became a struggle, I had to hide constantly, rarely slept or ate. My body getting weaker and weaker by the days that went by.
One day, I had curled up in some brush, trying to squeeze in a little bit of sleep to recharge my batteries when I was found out by a ginger haired man. I had looked at him wearily, far too weak and fatigued to even move, to even run for my life. His purple eyes had held such sympathy and pity when he came and gently picked me up. I struggled, my fight or flight instincts kicking in.
" Please! Don't kill me! Please! I'm not a witch!' I had cried, tears of exhaustion sliding down my cheeks. The man merely shushed me and brought me over to a carriage.
It appeared that the man was in a circus, along with his family, who were, like me, outcasts of the world. Each of them having a certain physical handicap, but that didn't stop them from giving the best shows around. They allowed me to join after passing a trial, which was mandatory to join. I was then named Beauty and assisted Beast with her animal taming act. I felt like everything was looking for the better. I had new friends, friends that I could trust…or so I thought.
I was wondering why the whole group, aside from me and Snake suddenly disappeared at night and would come back in the morning. Naturally I became curious and sneaked out of the camp to follow them.
I should've of stayed behind… What I saw that night, was something I never saw before…
All of them, brutally murdering police officers and kidnapping poor, innocent children. I had felt my blood go cold, bile rising in my mouth as my stomach's content threatened to spill onto the cobblestone ground.
I couldn't disregard this, it was simply…inhuman.
I jumped in, in hope to save the child's life but in the end, they overpowered me, brought me to their 'father' and kept me under restraints, pumped with sedatives to keep me calm and pliant as they tried to brain wash me into agreeing to their sick ways. My mind wouldn't break however, I didn't trust them anymore. In my heart, they weren't friends anymore, they were monsters, that thrived to please their father for whatever sickening reason he had. At this rate, I won't be able to see the light of day ever again…
-Intermission-
"Don't cry; it's pathetic" A young boy with blue hair with an eye as blue as a clear sky but said eye held a storm of emotion. The other eye was covered by a black eyepatch. He stood tall and proud, his foot resting on the head of a poor excuse of man, who was slowly drawing his dying breath. He regarded an orange haired man on the ground coldly as the ginger haired man cried, thick tears slipping from his eyes. The man lay on his stomach, a pool of crimson blood slowly forming underneath him as he slowly bled out due to his arm being chopped off by his butler. The butler stood beside him, his tall frame intimidating, powerful, crimson eyes riveted on the bleeding man on the ground.
"Crying won't change anything," The young teen continued, his eye clouding over as fleeting memories assaulted him. " The world is never kind to anyone"
The red haired murmured his stage name and Ciel felt brief annoyance flare up at the name.
" I only have one name" He started regarding the probably dying man" and it's Ciel Phantomhive"
They were all distracted as the elevator squeaked, announcing a new arrival. All of their heads swivelled to see the doctor entering the room with a cage full of children. There was also a young woman sitting in his lap. Wait… this wasn't a child, what was this woman doing here?
Her face displayed a blank expression yet, her eyes weren't empty like the children's were, a spark of life was visible in her emerald hues.
"Sorry I'm late—I brought more!" The doctor announced loudly and paused as he saw Smile and Black standing over a bleeding Joker. " Hmm? Black and Smile? What are you doing here?" He questioned, resting a possessive hand onto the woman's hip. Ciel saw the flash of disgust briefly flash in her eyes but it was gone as soon as it came.
Joker turned to look over his shoulder, his breath catching in his throat as he took sight of Beauty that sat atop the professor's lap, her face devoid of any emotions. He felt a fresh wave of tears soak his cheeks. He was used to seeing her smile all the time, especially in their presence. A shy little thing she had been when he found her, all weak and starved. They had taken her in, nursed her back to health and saw her bloom in a beautiful flower, all smiles and giggles. Yet, now she was back to how he had found her. Eyes holding a desolating emptiness body thin from starvation and bruised due to incessant struggles. Her curly white and black hair now limp and lifeless, colorful make up now smeared in a mess of colors upon her face. When they brought her here, she became a wild animal, hissing and spitting at them, biting with sharp teeth, scathing words falling from her lips. They had no other choice then to sedate her, deeming her far too dangerous to be kept fully conscious. They didn't have the heart to dispose of her like they would have normally done, so they kept her here with the children, occasionally coming to visit her. Joker knew they had lost her the night she had witnessed their act, but they talked to her in hope that would she would understand their reasoning but her resolve remained unmoving.
"S-stay away Doc! They're the Queen's guard dog!" Joker warned, short of breath due to the pain his missing arm caused.
"Hmm? Ohh so you're the ones?" The doc said in an almost curious manner, holding a hand to his chin, while the other remained on the woman's hip.
"Please, Run!" Joker cried, his words choked as a wave of pain plagued his body once more. " Take Beauty with you!"
"What? Why?" The doctor questioned, appearing to not be phased by the situation at all. He then set his two feet on the ground and tapped the woman's hip to usher her into getting up. She stood beside the chair, her posture stiff, her body frail, so frail that a mere breeze could knock her over. The professor stood, tucking a hand into his pocket as the other found its way on the woman's hip as she pressed herself to his chest, tucking her head underneath his chin.
"You're the kidnappers, and I only did what the baron hired me to." He said, a seemingly mocking smile appearing upon his face. " I have no reason to run" He continued slowly making his way down the steps, the woman tumbling to follow him as he kept a tight hold onto her.
"Doc…your legs…aren't lame" Joker breathed out, looking on in surprise as he watched the man walk down the stairs with ease, the petite woman in tow.
"My legs? Oh, yes, they're perfectly sound" the frizzy haired doctor said, lifting a leg and tapping his knee. He turned to look at the two children that kept 'watch' over the cage filled with children. " I've just been sitting in that chair—kids like you tends to trust me more easily that way" He said innocently, giving a closed eye smile.
The petite woman against his side struggled to not let her mask break, resisted not to wring the man's neck on the spot. She let her eyes wander, taking in the sight of Joker bleeding on the ground with one arm chopped off, said arm lying uselessly to the side.
"Joker, why didn't you stop when it was the time…" She thought sadly as she saw the clearly pained expression in his amethyst eyes, the puddle of blood steadily spreading across the floor.
"Lord Kelvin!" The doctor exclaimed, suddenly leaving her side, making her stubble as if her lifeline had been taken away from her. The man kneeled down near the portly man and gently touched the bullet wound on his back. "He's done for. That's just cruel. I'd finally found a patron that understood my ideals." He said rubbing his index and thumb together, smearing blood on his fingers and ducked his head as if in shame.
"Ideals?" the dark haired man asked.
"Right, my ideals! I've been working for years to make the perfect prosthetic" The doctor answered, standing back up, turning to the butler and his master, a crazy glint in his eye. " after all that research, at last I arrived at the finest material"
"Lighter and stronger than wood , and with the unique, sterile beauty of ceramic!" The man tattled off, raising his arms as he expressed his passion. "I created what no one before me had been able to" He said as he picked up Joker's prosthetic, skeleton hand. He then proceeded to pet it as if it was a tender lover.
"The only problem with my material was that it was a touch difficult to gather" The doctor explained and tucked the petite woman into his side again.
"Yes, your prosthetics did have a lovely texture" Sebastian agreed then promptly smirked, bringing a hand to his lip " Almost like bone china"
The doctor swivelled to face the dark haired man, almost manhandling the woman to turn with him. "You can appreciate this beauty, Black?! But you're off the mark!," He exclaimed, bringing a hand to his forehead as if dismayed by the accusation. "I wish you wouldn't rate my work the same as cattle bone china" The doctor shook a finger at the tall man in scolding manner.
"I do recall you saying you used 'special' materials" Sebastian said, the pieces slowly coming together into his head.
"that's right! Special materials that I can only get here" the man exclaimed letting the woman go once more to twirl upon himself. The woman looked up, growing impossibly paler as she came to a shocking revelation. He was using the children's bones for his prosthetics. The young teenager seemed to came to the same conclusion as her since his eyes widened.
"D-Do you mean?!" the young earl stuttered, his stomach suddenly churning at the idea.
The doctor leaned on one of the cage, the cage rattling as he rested his elbow on it" It saves the trouble of dumping them somewhere. Brilliant recycling, don't you think?" He said, peering at the little girl with twin braids.
Joker gave a choked sound from his spot on the floor as he came to the same realization as everyone else in the room. His mind wandered back to earlier spectacle that ended up in a bloody fiasco; the child falling from the tight rope and the other getting eaten by the ferocious lion. Joker suddenly found it hard to breath "It can't be" He said in a choked whisper. He then let out a cry of horror, which made everyone but the butler wince. His thumped his prosthetic arm hard against the ground with harsh thumps.
"See? Another patient rejecting it" The doctor said carelessly, apparently not fazed by the ginger hared mans outburst. Joker slumped onto the ground, fresh blood bursting from his open wounds, fresh tears clouding his eyes.
" I…can't believe what we've" Beauty had been right all along. They should've of stopped when they had the chance. He should of listened to Beast as well, they could've of dropped the circus and run away, all of them together as a big family.
"And you were so happy to have that right hand too" The doctor waved the bone hand in a mocking manner.
"If I'd known, I wouldn't have…" Joker trailed off, pressing his face into the floor.
" You wouldn't have wanted it? Are you sure?" The doctor asked as if sure of the answer he was going to get.
However, he didn't get an answered as Joker drew his last ,dying breath and went limp.
Beauty tried hard to keep the façade just a little longer, tears threatening to spill as she watched Joker die. Even though what they had done had been wrong… They still made her feel welcome and had nursed her back to health. She owed them that much.
"Well, this is the end of my job here" The doctor said dismayed, bending over the cage, the cage rattles when he leaned on it. "Oh I say! Lord Phantomhive, would you hire me? In fact, introduce me to the Queen" The nerve of that sick man.
Please don't hire him… Beauty mentally begged as she swayed on the spot.
"She is getting on in years. She could use maintenance, surely?" The doctor inquired, eyes twinkling in a sickening manner." I've got a record of successful experiments, and I do excellent work" He bragged, holding up the now useless bone hand.
" shut your mouth, you scum" The young earl hissed coldly, his only eye riveted onto the doctor but occasionally fleeted to the young woman who was swaying on the spot, as if she would drop dead at any second.
"Aw, are you another pigheaded type who cares more about process then results?" The doctor said, dismayed. He then walked to the young woman and grabbed her hand. "everyone sings my praises until they know" He dragged the woman towards the marble table that stood in the middle of the room." But the baron was different. He was highly motivated by to seek beauty" He said in an almost affectionate manner, as he ran a tender hand down the woman's cheek.
"He spare no expense covering my materials and costs" He made the woman sit on the marble table. She made no move to protest or fight back. She just waited for the opportune moment to strike and she'll make sure she doesn't miss…
"He was a top-class patron. Making top class products takes top class ingredients. It's just common sense don't you think?" The man said as he laid the woman down onto the table. He will truly miss her… only a little bit. He had grown tired of her body; anyways he had been itching to try and see if adult bones were more solid then children's bones.
Ciel looked on in horror, the haunting memories fogging up his brain once more. That room…the pain, the agonizing pain he experienced that day. The earl backed up a few steps, his breath coming in harsh pants as his eyes seemed to bulge out of his head.
"A cow's bones are fine to use, but human's bones aren't?" He asked, pulling open a drawer full of instruments, pulling out a sharp, pointy blade. "Who decided that" He whispered manically, the blade glinting in the light as he slowly rose it above his head.
As it came down, everything seemed to slow down for Harmony. React! Do something damn it! She then felt something pulse through and her hand shot up, gripping the man's arm tightly and promptly cried in pain as he pierced her shoulder with the blade, blood spreading out onto her skin and the table underneath her. She had been able to deviate his original place of impalement, her heart. She heard the young boy scream in horror and he promptly vomited, his hand cupping his mouth as bile slipped through his fingers, soaking up his glove. He seemed to enter some sort of trance, his hand reaching up for an unknown source. His body shook and his breathed was erratic .
The frizzy haired doctor looked up at her in surprise. He stared in horror as her eyes changed, the white of her eyes becoming black, the emerald green shifting to toxic green as she bared her teeth at backed away from her as she slowly slipped to the ground, her legs wavering unsteadily. The room temperature seemed to drop all of the sudden, harsh whispers filling the silence as a black mass seemed to crawl near her feet. She gripped the handle of the blade and pulled it out. The doctor turned to run but she was quicker, she was on him in seconds, firmly stabbing him in the back. He gave a choked cry, blood rapidly staining his once immaculate doctor coat. She then wrapped an arm around his neck, keeping him up and bent at an awkward angle since she was so small.
…..die…..he must die…..
….die…tear him to shreds….
Her head jerked to the side as I tried to fight the voice in my head. Her more primitive instincts flaring up. The man begged for his life, asking for mercy. A cold, dark laugh escaped her chapped lips. The other two resident of the room suddenly looked at the woman, surprised to see that she had moved and was now gripping the doctor's throat, murderous expression on her face.
"did you show those children mercy when you took away parts of their brains? Did you give me mercy when I begged you not to…" Steal her innocence away. " You make me sick, you wretched piece of shit" She hissed venomously.
…die…..kill him….
Before she knew it, Beauty bit down harshly onto the man's neck and ripped out his jugular with her teeth, blood spraying everywhere instantly. Harmony let the man drop at her feet, watching as the light faded from his eyes with sick satisfaction. She spat out the chunk of flesh from her mouth, her tongue coated with the coppery taste of blood. It dripped down her chin to her neck, before soaking the collar of her ruined leopard print leotard.
She snapped her head to the side as she felt two other presences in the room.
Sebastian held Ciel closer to his body, taking a defensive stance, ready to fight if the woman merely stepped into their direction. They stood over the now dead baron's body, both of their eyes riveted on the woman. She only stood there, her darkened eyes staring at them intently, blood dripping from her mouth and from the stab wound in her shoulder, which was steadily staining the leopard print material of her leotard. The demon wondered how someone with such a…delicious soul could be capable of such violent murder. Perhaps she had been pushed to her limits, her primitive instincts taking over. However that didn't explain why her shadow seemed to shift and ripple around her feet like water.
"It's over" Sebastian announced, as if to sooth the woman, who slowly walked over to Joker's body. She kneeled down beside the ring master and gently ran a hand through his hair, her demonic eyes lighting up with sadness, a tear slipping down her cheek. So she knew them. If anything, she had been part of their circus.
She sniffed before standing back up, wobbling in place. Her eyes then rolled back into her head and she collapsed, unconscious.
"Burn it" Ciel ordered, a deep frown upon his face and he clung onto Sebastian.
"Would 'it' be this mansion, my lord?" The butler inquired, turning his head toward his master.
"Yes" Was Ciel's simple answer, his gloved hand coming to clench the material of Sebastian's coat tightly.
"Young master, I gathered from her Majesty's letter that our current mission is to find the kidnappers and rescue the children" The demon tried to 'reason' with his master. " the kidnappers are already…" he continued, turning to Joker's body and eying the woman's body caustiously. She was still breathing.
" Shut up! Shut up!" Ciel snapped then grabbed Sebatian's face with his hands harshly, the butler's eyes widening at the gesture" don't leave anything behind! Burn everything here to ash! Have you forgotten your job! This is an order!" The boy shouted, his agitation palpable as he peered into the demons eyes, the contract mark in his eye glowing ominously. The young earl panted and the demon peered down at him with his glowing eyes, a neutral expression on his face. He then sighed, peeling off his glove with his teeth, to reveal the contract mark onto his hand. He then proceeded to walk towards the candle holder, lifting up his hand towards the flame. Flames then shot towards the ceiling in a giant fire spire, bathing the room in an almost unbearable heat.
"Yes, my lord" The demon smirked, clearly satisfied by the order. His held out his hand, flames engulfing everything.
"Grab the woman" Ciel ordered, peering up from his butler's shoulder" Perhaps she'll be of use to us"
The demon didn't argue, making his way to the woman quickly so she wouldn't be engulfed in flames. As small as she was, he was able to balance his master in one arm while he held the petite woman in the other. The three of them stood there as flames licked at every inch of the room before bursting forth and gradually, destroyed everything on it's way….