The sky was dark and covered with rain clouds, in the distance thunder sounded. Mercury was walking when it had started to rain. She shivered; the water was cold when it hit her skin. "Stupid rain; I hate getting wet" she looked around making sure no one was around then began to change into one of her other forms.

Sebastian carried an umbrella over him and Ciel as it began to rain. "Would you like some tea when you get inside young master?" he asked as they made there way up to the Phantomhive manor.

"And something sweet while you're at it please" Ciel replied.

"Yes young master" Sebastian replied. They had gotten up to the front steps and out of the corner of his eye Sebastian saw a blur of white run into the bushes near the stairs. Noticing his butler had stopped walking with the umbrella; Ciel turned and followed his gaze to the bushes. He took the umbrella from Sebastian.

"If its going to bug you then find it and bring it in" Ciel told him. Sebastian looked at Ciel and nodded with a slight smile on his face. Ciel kept walking up the front stairs. Sebastian knelt down by the bushes looking for the blur he'd seen. The rain starting to soak his clothes and hair. In the bush he saw that the white blur was a cat.

Mercury looked at the human just outside the bushes, she hated going into her small cat form even though it kept her warm from the cold rain. Her amethyst eyes glowed slightly behind the leaves of the bush. "Why don't you come out; I'll take you in and you can get warm" Sebastian said with a warm voice. Mercury hesitantly walked out from the bush then was picked up by a pair of large warm hands, she instantly began to purr. She felt the wind blow by but then was encompassed by warmth from being inside the large house. Mercury looked around.

"Wow this place is huge! I would love to live in a place like this" she thought as she was being held by the same person who picked her up. She had still been purring when he sat her down.

"I have to get the young master some tea and something sweet; you stay here and get warm and sleep if you wish or you can explore the manor; be warned though we do have a dog" Sebastian told the white cat. He started to walk away and was passed by Mey Rin who spotted Mercury who had moved to lay under the table near the front door.

"Oh my what a cute little kitty cat; Mr. Sebastian did you find her?" she asked the butler as he walk by.

"Indeed, could look after her for me? make sure she doesn't get into anything that could brake" Sebastian asked the maid. She nodded vigorously.

"Yes Sir" she said. Mercury closed her eyes and fell asleep. Soon she felt herself being picked up and pet.

"I talked to the young master and he said you could stay for as long as you want or until we find out if your someone's missing pet" she mentally scoffed.

"I am no humans pet; but a place to stay would be nice" she thought. She mewed softly at the attention she was getting.

"Your fur is as white as snow and just as soft as silk. Your eyes are the most magnificent thing I have seen; not many cats have amethyst colored eyes" he told her. She purred loudly loving the complements she was receiving.

"I hate being in this form but he seems to really like it; maybe when they all go to sleep I will turn into my human form and find something to eat" she thought. Her purring covered up the growling of her stomach. Sebastian set her down on the floor. They had walked into a dark room; her eyes dilated letting in as much light as possible so she could see her surroundings. Next to her was a couch on each end was a lamp, on the back of the couch was a large black throw blanked.

"I brought you in here because I know you are no ordinary cat; so if you wouldn't mind would please show your true self" he said to the dark room. Sebastian's eyes had changed from the deep red they normally were to a vibrant purple.

It was always a physical pain to transform into her human form from her small cat form. Her leg and arm bones creaked and elongated, her ears moved and took on a more human form. Her tail shortened and disappeared. Her white fur fell away only leaving long white locks on her head. Her eyes were the only thing that stayed the same. She rubbed her arms trying to rub away the pain. "Is that better Sebastian?" she asked. The darkness covered the fact that she was naked.

"You can talk; that's different for a demon animal," he replied, "since you know my name; whats yours?" Sebastian asked.

"Yeah well I'm not just a normal demon animal and my name is Mercury" she shivered. All of a sudden she felt a gust of wind and was wrapped in a blanket. The rain had picked up and lightning flashed outside the window. She jumped over the sofa that she was standing by and tried to hide from the sudden flash. She pulled the blanket over her head and began to purr from being startled. She felt the cushion dip and threw the blanket a warm hand rested on her head and stroked trying to comfort her.

"So you are afraid of lightning," he continued to pet her threw the blanket, "you're like Pluto; even though he is a demon dog and can change into a human he keeps his dog attributes in his human form." Sebastian said. She pushed her head up into his hand. Sebastian smiled "you even purr in your human form" his smile widened.

"Do you think I could get some clothes? I would like to be able to walk around with out a blanket around me" Mercury asked sitting up. Another strike of lightning flashed and Mercury jumped landing on Sebastian's lap. He smiled again and rubbed her back soothingly.

"of course; follow me" he let her move off of his lap then stood and walked with Mercury out of the dark room and down to Mey Rin's room. He knocked on her door and she was shocked to see Sebastian with a girl wrapped in a blanket.

"Mr. Sebastian what is this girl doing here?" she asked.

"This was the cat I asked you to look after. I need your help she needs some cloths; do you think you could lend her one of your spare uniforms?" he asked; she nodded.

"That I can, come on in" Sebastian stood by and let the girl walk into Mey Rin's room. Hearing the bell for the study go off Sebastian walked to the room and opened the door.

"Yes young master?" Sebastian asked.

"So did you get that cat?" Ciel asked him.

"Yes; I'm thinking I might hire her to be part of the staff" Sebastian told him.

"A cat as part of the staff; that's ridicules" Ciel told him.

"It would be ridicules for a normal cat to be part of the staff but a demon cat that can transform into a human is more reasonable don't you think?" Sebastian asked.

"She is a demon cat? Bring her here I want to meet her" Ciel told Sebastian.

"Yes young master" Sebastian walked out of the study and back to Mey Rin's room. He knocked and Mercury opened the door.

"Sebastian!" Mercury said happily. A slight shade of pink spread across his cheeks. Her hair had been put up in pig tails and it was slightly damp. "she must have bathed"

"Would you be so kind as to follow me to my masters study? He would like to meet you" Sebastian told her the pink disappearing. She shrugged one of her shoulders.

"Ok" she walked out of Mey Rin's room and skipped a little to catch up. Once she was following him she began to purr. He side glanced at her and smiled.

"I would like to hire you to be part of the staff; you would be a maid like Mey Rin and you would live here and help protect the master and the manor like the others" Sebastian told her.

"And you don't mind that I'm a demon cat?" she asked concern in her deep purple eyes.

"On the contrary," he looked at her and smiled, "i love cats; here we are, my masters study" he knocked then opened the door. "Young master this is Mercury; she is the new member of our staff" Sebastian told him. Ciel looked at her, he looked at her hair and saw it was white and that her eyes were a nice purple color.

"so you can turn into a cat huh; I wonder what your demon cat form looks like" he said.

"I'll be happy to show you, only when it stops raining; I-I don't like rain" she blushed slightly at her fear of lightning. Ciel glanced out the window to see that it was still raining badly.

"Perhaps tomorrow then since its late; Sebastian show her to her own room. Tomorrow we will go to town and get her some clothes and help her move in." Ciel told his butler.

"Yes young master" Sebastian said to him.

"I actually have a place I was living in and I have cloths; it just started raining while I was walking there and I hate getting wet so I hid in your bushes; I appreciate the offer the thing I think I would need would be this," she gestured to the uniform, "I need one that would fit properly; this one is a little to small in the chest" she said pulling the top of the shirt out and up adjusting herself. Ciel blushed slightly at her act.

"Sebastian will help you move your things here tomorrow then" Ciel told her. She looked at him and smiled.

"Yes sir" she nodded.

"Come with me Mercury I'll show you to your room." he turned and walked back down the hall where Mey Rin's room was and walked a bit farther down. "Your room is across from mine; if you need anything feel free to ask" Sebastian told her gesturing to her door and smiled again. Mercury smiled back.

"Thanks Sebby," she grabbed his gloved hand and rubbed her cheek on it then winked, giggled and walked into her room.