Parallel Hearts

#1-Prologue

"Oz Vessalius…With my chain of Condemnation I hereby pronounce judgment on you. Your sin…is your very being!" The red cloaked figure of the Shinigami that had come for Oz stated coolly as he pulled his glove of and pressed his hand onto Oz's head. The next thing the teen knew he saw a horrifying bird-like creature and then darkness. He felt a tear escape his eye as he caught the last glimpse of the world of light he knew, believing that he would never see it again. Then all was silent and dark… He felt the wetness of the blood that dripped from his chest and he didn't understand what was going on or where he was but he had a feeling it was the abyss.

"They're wrong, Oz. Don't believe that they could simply drop, you of all people, into the abyss and be done with it. Griffon and the other gate guardian's wouldn't allow that. After all, we bear the same blood and the same master." A voice whispers before Oz saw golden light appear from the darkness.

'What's going on?' He thought with wide eyes as the lights surrounded him and he felt his back hit the ground.

"LACIE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" A voice shouts as Oz saw the ceiling of what looked like a dungeon.

"It's here! Something is coming! Can't you tell? The lights are all excited." A girl's voice states as a red eyed girl appeared in front of him and stared down at him with amused and curious eyes. "It looks like a boy! It is a boy, Onii-sama!" The girl says tilting her head to the side letting her long black hair fall to the side. "I've never seen a chain that looks like a human. How amusing…!" She says poking his cheek with a slight chuckle as he flinched. "Say chain-kun, what powers do you have?" The girl asks as a black haired man appeared with deep purple eyes.

"Lacie…This person is not a chain. They do not have the same aura as a chain would…and he is wounded. And might be on the verge of death…" The man says pulling the girl back before moving closer to Oz and he remembered that he could move and jumped away and moved back until his body hit a flat surface. "Or not… So, you are able to move boy? Where do you come from?" The man questions with a serious look in his eyes. Oz simply stared at the two people, who stared at him before he noticed the floating lights around them and he looked up at them in a small panic not wanting them to touch him.

"Oi, Oniisama is this kid retarded? He's freaking out…" The girl says but stops when Oz dodged on of the lights with a panicked look in his eyes. "Hey… What are you doing?" She questions stepping closer to Oz, who looked at her with a startled look and he tensed his entire body. The girl knelt beside him and took the light he had been avoiding and held it out in front of him. "Do you see this?" She asks watching Oz's emerald eyes carefully as he swallowed nervously before he shook his head afraid of what she might do to him if he said 'yes'. A slight smile formed on her lips as she let the light go and grabbed Oz's arm. "Is that so…Fine then." She whispers as she pulled him up to his feet. "We are a lot alike! Let's be friends." she states proudly as the man stepped forward.

"Lacie are you trying to say he sees the lights of the abyss?" The man questions coolly as the girl, Lacie looked up at him with a knowing smile.

"I'm not trying to say anything… I am saying that he sees them?" Lacie states as she looked back at Oz. "We're going to be friends… My name's Lacie. What's your name?" She says watching Oz look down at his hand that was trapped by Lacie's grasp. He wasn't sure where he was or who this girl was or who the man behind her was but he didn't trust them, especially after what had just happened to him. "What's wrong? Are you afraid of us or something? We're not here to kill you… We're really curious about how you got here and who you are." Lacie says with a slight smile and Oz frowned.

"Lies…" He stated and Lacie burst out laughing startling the boy.

"Lies… He knew it was a lie, Oniisama. Did you hear that! I like him already!" Lacie says gleefully as she pulled Oz toward the stairs. "I'm going to take him to Glen! Glen will love him." She says with a grin on her face as Oz winced and followed her so his arm wouldn't get pulled out of its socket.

"Glen…?" Oz says with a confused look as Lacie stopped and looked at him curiously.

"You don't know who Glen is?" Lacie states with a surprised look on his face and Oz shook his head as the man stepped up behind him.

"Glen is the master of this house hold… He is Glen Baskerville the head of the Baskerville family." The man states emotionlessly, causing Oz to gasp and rip his hand away from Lacie before he backed away from the two people. 'These people are the Baskervilles…' He thought with wide eyes as he recalled the things he's read about the Baskerville house and how they caused the Tragedy of Sablier and he began to shake wondering how they were standing before him.

"Hey, you alright? You look terrified… Ha! He does know about us." Lacie states with a small smirk and Oz blinked confusedly at her words before she held out her hand. "Come on, won't you take my hand?" She asks as Oz glanced at the man that was watching him careful.

'There's no way I can escape right now… I have no idea where I am but I don't want these people to find out that I'm a Vessalius…That would be really bad!' Oz thought swallowing nervously as he reached out and took Lacie's hand. She smiled with a knowing look on her face before she pulled Oz up the stairs with a slight skip to her step.

"So, you never did give me your name." She says with a slight laugh as she felt Oz's hand flinch.

"G-Gwen…" Oz let the first name that came to his mind slip out hoping that she believed him.

"Now that one's a lie… But I like that name so that's what I will call you." She states as the man that was walking behind them sighed.

"He is not a toy, Lacie… You should not just call him by whatever you wish. If you know that's a lie, you should make him give us his real name." The man says with a slight frown and Lacie laughed.

"Fine, tell me your real name, I'm still calling you Gwen though." She states and Oz swallowed.

"O-Oz…My real name's Oz." He whispers as the girl stopped at the top of the steps pulling him up the last few.

"Oz, huh? That's a suitable name too. Which one would you prefer me to call you?" She asks looking at him with a curious look and Oz looked at her confusedly before glancing back at the man slightly afraid what they might do to him so he stayed silent. "If you don't answer I'm going to call you whatever I want." She states with a small frown and Oz stayed silent.

"I shall inform Glen of the boy's appearance, Lacie. You can show him around the grounds if you wish, I will find you if Glen wishes to meet the boy. Make sure you get someone to bandage up that boy's wound first though. We don't want him bleeding all over the place." The man says before he walked away.

"Great! Let's go, Gwen!" She says pulling him the opposite way that the man went. Oz simply followed letting the girl drag him around the castle like manor. As he was pulled along they were greeted by many people and Oz wasn't sure why so many people had sided with the Baskervilles but he wasn't ready to ask such questions as Lacie pulled him up a set of spiral stairs until they entered a dull gray room that had dolls and stuffed animals covering the room all in boxes and other such things. Oz stared at the things with a slight confused look before Lacie pushed him down on to the sofa and sat on his lap. His face instantly went bright red and when she started to unbutton his jacket and shirt he started to struggle.

"W-W-Wait! Wait… What are you doing?" Oz shouts with his face going a bright red and Lacie giggled watching Oz squirm.

"Relax, I'm just going to fix up your wounds." Lacie states laughing as Oz struggled even harder.

"I-I-I can do this part though, s-s-so please get off!" Oz shouts as they heard a chuckle at the door.

"My Lacie… You've got him in quite a flutter." A man's voice states as Oz looked and saw a silver haired man with golden eyes.

'He's so freaky looking.' Oz thought swallowing as Lacie climbed off his lap.

"It's his own fault… I was just doing what Oniisama told me to do." Lacie states coldly as Oz sighed and fixed his shirt so he wouldn't look in decent in front of them.

"I will fix his wounds up Lacie…since you seemed to have scared him." Glen says calmly walking over to Oz, who tensed at the man's approach.

"Humph… I did no such thing." Lacie states before sitting down beside Oz. "Right?" She asks with a slight teasing smile as Oz sighed and looked at the silver haired man.

"Please let me fix your wounds while you speak to Glen." The man says calmly as Oz nodded feeling suddenly nervous at the man in front of him but despite that he began to undo the buttons on his shirt glancing at Lacie embarrassedly.

"Ignore Lacie, my dear young man." The man that was supposedly Glen says casually as Oz let the man begin to clean his wound. "Oswald told me that you fell out of Raven's gate. How did you end up here?"

'How did I get here?' Oz thought recalling the events and remembered what happened to Gilbert. "I-I was attacked by a group of Red Shinigami, m-my ser-my friend was working with them. H-He stabbed me and then…Ah-" Oz says but stopped because he remember he was talking to the head of the Baskerville family and felt his face flush. "I'm-I'm really sorry for appearing on your property. I have no idea how I got here…Or what day it is, honest. I just remember getting dropped into the abyss and then waking up here." He whispers closing his eyes in bitter remembrance.

"Hou?" The man says moving closer with interest. "These Red Shinigami… They had the power to drop you into the abyss did they?" He says with interest as Oz nodded slowly wondering what he was going on about. "Do you know why they did such a thing to you?" The man asks as Lacie even seemed to be interested in what he had to say.

"The one that did it said that my very existence was a sin…" Oz says looking off to the side. "I don't really understand but if that is true then why am I still alive." He asks softly as the man smiled slightly.

"I am afraid I do not know but I am curious… Tell me what did this man look like?" He asks and Oz frowned. "I don't know…He-He was wearing a cloak and only Gilbert saw his face." Oz says softly flinching at the stinging on the wound that Glen had started to clean with alcohol.

"Gilbert, whose that?" Lacie says jumping into the conversation as she put her arm on Oz's shoulder as if he was an arm rest.

"He was my most precious friend. He stabbed me but I can't blame him…I guess I was kind of horrible to him so I don't blame him." Oz says quietly and Glen chuckled.

"I see…" Lacie says softly as she tilted her head and Oz glance

"So, um…Is this the abyss?" Oz asked thinking that all the Baskervilles had fallen into the place when Sablier collapsed and Glen stood with a laugh.

"No, my dear boy, this is Sablier." He says with a wide smirk.

"Sablier!" Oz states resisting the urge to jerk forward as the black haired man stuck him with a needle and he yelped. 'God, that hurts…' Oz thought closing his eyes and shaking at the pain.

"This wound is pretty deep, My Lord…I believe it'd kill a normal grown man but this boy doesn't seem past the age of fifteen." The black haired man state casually as he continued to stitch Oz up.

"Yes… He just may be one of us but the question is 'who dropped him into the abyss?'." Glen says with pure amusement in his eyes.

"I do not know who they were…" Oz states with a slight look of regret and despair in his eyes. 'If this is Sablier why are there so many people and why is there a castle here? There's a giant whole in the ground.' He thought groaning slight as the man continued to stitch him up.

"But if I do say so myself, you take getting stabbed repeatedly by a needle quite well." Glen says in amusement. "You shall live here in the Baskerville manor until I find out just exactly who and what you are to us Baskerville's until then, please enjoy your stay." Glen states with a slight grin on his face as the man finished with a snap of the thread.

"Lacie…Bandage him up. I am going to work on business with Glen-sama." The man says before taking his leave, not even batting an eye in Oz's direction.

"Ha…You've got some luck." Lacie says darkly as she took the bandages that her brother had set out. "If Glen hadn't liked you, you'd have probably got thrown into the deepest depths of the abyss and got digested by the core." Lacie says casually as she poked the stitching causing Oz to hiss. "I'm jealous…Oh, well…You just may still be dropped in again." She says as she began to wrap the bandages on his chest.

'Digested…?' Oz thought with a small frown as he watched the girl scowl as she wrapped the bandages around his chest. "Then I'll be sure not to get too attached to my life." He states causing her to blink and look at him with a slight curious look. "I'm one who adjust to my situation." He says smiling at her gently as she finished bandaging his chest and he leaned back against the couch. "Besides…I killed the one person that loved me unconditionally. I should just die…anyway." Oz says softly closing his eyes refusing to cry. 'He could still be alive but there's just this gut feeling that I'll never see him again.' He thought as he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"You're so strange…Smiling at the fact that you might die." She says softly as she sits beside him. "We really are the same…" She whispers closing her eyes and leaning her head back against the couch and Oz glanced at her curiously. "Shall we be friends?" Lacie asks with a slight tilt to her head and Oz frowned not sure if he could have a friend again, afraid that he might kill them.

"I-" Oz goes to say but stops as Lacie laughed.

"Come on, I want to show you around the grounds!" Lacie states grabbing Oz's hand and pulling him out of the room.

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"My Lord, what are we going to do with that boy?" The black haired man asks watching his master walk ahead of him.

"Just observe him for now…I want to see if he is like us Baskervilles, if he is then I will put him through training to enhance his skills and maybe even give him a chain. Since he fell right through the abyss and into our hands it'd be a waist not to experiment on him." Glen says with a slight grin on his face. "Why don't you prepare some tests for the dear boy until there are planed out give him to Rachael? He can become a servant to Lacie and keep her entertained so she doesn't run off again." Glen states as the man nodded.

"Yes, My Lord." He states before leaving the room to begin preparations.

"I wonder just what in the world the abyss have given us." Glen says with a small chuckle as he stared across the room in thought.