"And this is the study. As you can see the manor comes completely furnished." The real-estate agent wrung her hands nervously. "A-are you sure this is the estate you want? This manor has a, ah, colorful history."
I surveyed the study we were in. It was nice and would make a lovely art room… I could put the easel near the window; natural light did make seeing light colors easier…. I continued making mental plans for changing the study to an art room.
"M-miss? Hello?" The woman waved her hand in front of my face.
"Huh, oh! Yes, I'll take it, it's perfect!" I gave the woman in the grey pin-stripe suite one of my charming smiles.
"A-are you sure?"
"You're not changing my mind. I came to England with the sole purpose of purchasing a home and moving in, this place is perfect. It's spacious, has plenty of rooms for guests, and I absolutely adore the master bedroom." I thought for a moment and muttered to myself. "If there was a kitchen in there I'd rent it out as a small apartment…"
The real-estate agent walked over to the desk and pulled some papers out of her suitcase. "Then we'd better get this paperwork done. We can do it here and I'll take it back to the office. Will you be moving in immediately?"
"It's only natural that I do so, it is already completely furnished after all."
Two hours after the signing of papers and I was re-arranging the study. I had pushed the desk up under the window and placed my easel in the middle of the room with its back to the door. "Perfect!" My stomach growled and I clapped my hands together with a grin. "Dinner time!" I ran out of my new art room and down the first half the stairs. I decided to slide down the banister, so slide down the banister I did. "Oh man, this place is great. It's missing something though…" I told myself as I was walking to the kitchen.
I saw something in the corner of my eye and whipped my head in the direction of the movement. I frowned, there was nothing there but I could have sworn I saw someone. Shrugging my shoulders I continued to the kitchen. Suddenly my cell phone went off and I jumped then spazzed before answering it. "Lu, I'm in London!"
"Seriously, Ellie! ? You have to come see my new house, it's huge!"
"I thought you said you were going to buy a manor?"
"Manor, house, same thing in the end!"
"I was going to retort to that but doing that with you is useless. Text me the address and I'll head right over." My best friend hung up before I could say anything else so I texted her the address as I walked around the kitchen and made a sammich.
An hour after Ellie called she arrived at the manor and let herself in, I didn't mind, I was busy exploring the manor despite having been given a tour. I hadn't paid attention. "Lu! Where are you!"
"In the hall to the right of the kitchen on the left side of the manor on the first floor!" Ellie's faint foot steps were drowned out by the cabinet full of fine china toppling over like someone had pushed it. "NOT THE FINE CHINA!" I yelled as I attempted to lift the heavy piece of furniture to check the dishes I was sure were ruined.
"What happened?"
"I dunno, the real-estate agent did tell me the manor had a colorful history. She didn't say anything about poltergeists though." I gave up trying to lift the cabinet and shook my fist in the air. "STOP POLTERGEISTING ALREADY!"
"Is there anyone else here?" I looked over at Ellie and she was looking to her left.
I frowned. "There shouldn't be." We yawned at the same time. "Heh, I'm sleepy. I'll show you your room!" I grabbed Ellie and dragged her up to the second floor. I showed her the bedroom that was across the hall from my art room. "This is the art room," I turned left and pointed at the door across from it. "That door right there is your room, and the door next to it on the same wall is the bathroom. The door at the end of the hall up there is my room."
I left Ellie to marvel at her room as I went to the kitchen to make dinner. I had made bacon and was now making fried eggs. Ellie walked in when I was almost done. "An old guy walked by my room and said dinner was almost done."
I looked up at her with a confused look. "Strange, I haven't hired any help yet, that's why I'm cooking."
"So what's the real reason you bought this manor? Seriously, it can't be because you just wanted a manor."
I gave her one of my biggest grins. "I'll tell you while we're eating~!" I replied as I threw the finished eggs onto the plates and handed her one. We decided to eat in the kitchen. "So the real reason is my family history. I'm a Galvanth, my great-grandfather is a Galvant who migrated to the United States. He chose to add an h on the end of the family name. His great-great-grandmother, my great-great-great-great-grandmother, is Elizabeth Midford's only daughter. Elizabeth Midford is Ciel Phantomhive's cousin and was her fiancé. He mysteriously disappeared though. So that makes me the former master of this manor's distant cousin." I finished as I viciously stabbed my egg yolk with some bacon.
"That sounds very confusing." Ellie replied just before she finished off her dinner.
"Yeah, when I found the family tree I had to check it over about ten times to be sure I was reading it correctly." I finished off my eggs and bacon and yawned. "Well, I'm tired, night!"
"Night~." Ellie called as she had already rinsed her plate and put it in the dishwasher and was already headed back to her room.
So I thought you'd all enjoy this. have fun! I was going to make this about four pages but then my brain was all "NO, NO OVERLOAD!" So it's two pages long instead! And wait a minute, what's this? I updated my YYH story AND posted a new one! Enjoy! :D
