NOTE:~ Ok! This is my first Kuroshitsuji fanfic so PLEASE forgive me is the characters are a little off. I actually just got into it and have already read the manga up to the recent chapter. I probably will watch the Anime soon. But anyway. This is going to be a SebastianOC kinda thing. I've mostly done Bleach fanfics as well...so this is a change of pace ^^. But I do hope I play the characters at least remotely similar to what they actually act like. Please enjoy!
Promise Me
Chapter 1: That Butler, The Thief
When you grow up you never dream of your life turning upside down. When you grow up you never dream of struggling to survive. When you grow up you never dream of being a thief.
Those are never things on your mind. No. You dream about becoming a toy maker, a movie star, maybe even a belleh dancer. But never a thief.
It's funny how quickly ones life can turn upside down. And that's just what happened to a young women named Mia Starling. Mia was just like every other child. Every other child that grew up in a normal stature of the world, a commoner. Her father was a carpenter. He was quite talented with his work. And her mother was a stay at home mom who took care of herself and her little brother. She taught them how to read and write, and always made them use their manners no matter what. So what happened? How did Mia turn from a good little girl to a thieving women? Everything that happened from the day of her eighth birthday on. That's why she was who she is today.
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It was dark out, probably around 2AM. And there she was, Mia. She darted through the front yard of a rather expensive looking mansion. Another place she was going to steal from. Little did she know, this place would be her down fall. She had no idea about the Phantomhive family. She didn't know anything about them. All she knew was this place had expensive items and she wanted those items for money. She needed those items for money.
Mia leaned against the wall, peering carefully into the window to make sure no one was there. She pulled out her pocket knife and slid it between the window's middle, where the lock was that kept them shut. She managed to unlatch them and she pushed them open. She climbed inside, being sure to be very quiet. She didn't need to get caught. She didn't bother closing the window. Mia slowly made her way down the hall way she had entered into, looking in every door she found. She came across a study. She entered, knowing there must be some things of value inside. She pulled a small statue from the shelf, shoving it into her sack before beginning to search the desk for valuables. "There has to be something...", she murmured, throwing papers and items about. Nothing of value inside the desk. She grumbled slightly, moving on from the study. She continued down the hall. She entered into the dinning room, spotting some expensive looking china in a cabinet on the far side of the room. "Bingo..", she whispered.
She slunk over to the cabinet, carefully opening it and placing a few pieces inside her sack. 'This is probably the easiest house I have ever robbed. No guard dogs, no security surrounding the perimeter. Easy', she thought with a smile. She closed the cabinet and picked up her sack. "My, my...I wasn't aware we would have a night time guest?", the voice startled her. She turned quickly, facing the man who looked like a butler. She backed away from him, backing towards a swinging door. She smiled, "Why don't you go back to bed pretty boy?", she suggested, "I wouldn't want to have to kick your ass".
She turned, running through the swinging door, which led into the kitchen. She moved towards yet another door on the far side of the room, glancing back for a moment with a grin. The butler wasn't following. She opened the door, about to run through only to jump back. The butler was there. "What the hell?!", she cursed, backing away. 'He was just...how did he...?!', confusion was clear on her features but she was quick to grab one of the large pots that hung over head. She threw it at him before turning and running back into the dinning room. She made her way back through the dinning room and into the hall. She turned, about to head towards the window she had opened only to see it was shut. "Please leave the items in your sack here", she jumped again and turned. There the butler was again. She then glared at him and kicked towards his stomach. He caught her foot. She punched at him. He caught her hand. She growled, dropping the bag, a shatter could be heard of the china breaking as she kicked him in the face to get him to let go of her. She flipped back down the hall. Everything in the sack was now useless. All broken garbage now. She was going to get at least one item from this place, whether this butler liked it or not. So she took to the stairs.
'That butler...damn it...! I'm going to get something! He's not going to stop me!', she thought as she ran down the hall. She quickly slipped into someone's bedroom, being sure to hide and catch her breath. Someone was asleep in the bed so she had to be very quiet. She heard foot steps and the door was opened. The butler that had been chasing her, peered his head in, glancing around the room before closing it and moving away. She sighed softly, smiling at this. She moved towards the night stand, spotting a ring sitting on it. She was careful not to wake what looked like a young boy as she picked up the ring.
Mia quietly moved back towards the door. She opened it slightly, peering out into the hall. No butler. She snuck out, being careful to quietly shut the door before grinning down at the ring in her hand. "This'll go for a couple hundred thousand...", she whispered. "I don't think that belongs to you", once again, she was startled, but this time her reaction was to kick back at the person. She wasn't going to quit.
The butler caught her leg again but this time she twisted herself around to get him to let go. She did a back flip down the hall, looking at him. "Stupid butler", she growled, "You and your rich snobbish masters. Always thinking you're better than everyone else!". She drew her pocket knife, running at him now, slashing at him. He was quick to dodge her attacks. 'What the hell...?! He is just a butler, isn't he..?!', she thought to herself. He kicked her hand, knocking the knife from it and onto the floor. 'Shit...!', she thought, leaning back to dodge his kick directed at her face. She then proceeded to do a back flip away from him. She landed swiftly and grabbed one of the paintings on the wall, throwing it at the butler before turning and beginning to run towards the stairs. She was going to get away. At least, that was what she thought. She was nearing the stairs, the ring gripped in her hand. But when she got to the stairs she suddenly tripped on her pant leg, which was rather long. 'Oh crap...!', she thought as she fell forward down the stairs. She closed her eyes, embracing herself for the pain she knew would come.
She tumbled down the stairs, receiving multiple injuries on her way down. When she hit the bottom, she was still conscious but barely. She lifted her head, trying to pull her body along the ground, still clutching the ring. Her gaze met with that of someone's feet. She looked up, glaring at the butler. "God damn you...", she cursed, finally slipping into unconsciousness.
"What happened?", the butler looked up as he heard the voice, his gaze falling on the boy coming down the stairs to see their intruder. "Nothing important, young master", he replied, kneeling down to remove the ring from the girls hand. The boy stared at their intruder, narrowing his eyes. "Fix her injuries, put her in a bed", the boy ordered, taking his ring before turning to return to bed. "Oh? Going soft, young master?", the butler questioned with a smirk. "No", he looked over his shoulder at him, "She owes me for the broken painting and china". And with that, the boy retreated back upstairs. The butler merely watched, knowing his masters intentions were more then what he was letting on.
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Mia groaned in pain, her body aching as she began to regain consciousness. She opened her eyes, everything was blurry. She blinked a few times, getting everything into focus. She wasn't sure where she was at the moment. That was until the memory of falling down the stairs came back to her. She quickly sat up, wincing however as she did so. She raised her left arm to her right shoulder. It hurt. She then noticed her right arm was in a sling. Someone had bandaged her? Mia looked up as the door opened and the butler from the other night came in. She quickly jumped from the bed, only to end up falling. She looked back, noticing her ankle was bandaged as well.
"You shouldn't be moving about", the butler stated, setting the trey of food he had brought on the dresser before helping her up and back into bed. She glared at him, wondering what he was up to. She listened as he explained he had brought her some breakfast, explaining what it was. It was all rich people food so she didn't understand a word of it. "What are you playing at..?", she suddenly questioned suspiciously. He looked at her, not surprised by her question. "The young master asked me to bring you breakfast", he stated simply. She shook her head. "No, that's not what I mean. Why am I bandaged up, sitting in a bed in some place I tried to rob?!", she growled, "I know! You're probably just waiting for the yard to come, aren't you?!".
"Please calm down Miss Starling", a voice came from the doorway. Mia looked over to see the boy that had been in the bed the night before standing there. How did he know her name? He smiled at her. "You look surprised", he called, "But I know your name because it's all over the papers". Mia glared at the boy, wondering what he was getting at. "Oh, forgive me. I am Ciel Phantomhive and this is my butler, Sebastian Micheals", the boy gestured towards the butler, who bowed to her, "And I have a proposition for you". Ciel sighed and turned away. "But that can wait until you're up out of bed. Rest well and enjoy your stay here", and with that, the boy was gone.
The butler, Sebastian, brought over the trey of food to her, giving her a smile despite her glare. "What is a child doing talking about propositions and crap anyway?", she questioned. "He's the master of this house. He may still be a child but he runs the Futom toy company and also is close to the Queen, in a sense", he didn't want to give away too much. Ciel could explain everything to her if he wanted her to know. He set the trey on her lap and moved away. He stopped at the door and faced her. "If you require anything just ring the bell", he stated, bowing to her before leaving the room, shutting the door behind him.
Mia looked down at the trey of food and scuffed, putting the trey on the night stand beside the bed. She wasn't eating any crap they gave her. For all she knew they could have poisoned it or something. She moved the blankets aside and moved out of the bed, using the wall for support. "I have to get out of here..", she murmured, going over to the window to see she was on the second floor so there was no way she was going to get down through there, at least not with the use of only one arm and one leg. She then went to the door, opening it and looking up and down the hall. No sign of anyone. She moved into the hall, continuing to use the wall for support. She had to be cautious. Mia heard foot steps coming and quickly slipped into another room, having the door open a crack so she could see what was going on. It was a maid. 'At least it isn't that damn butler....', she thought to herself, waiting a moment after the maid was gone before emerging from the room and continuing down the hall. She managed to get to the stairs. The very stairs she had fell down. She grasped the railing, beginning to cautiously make her way down them. If she was caught, it was over. She managed to get to the bottom of the stairs. But she spotted someone coming down the hall and quickly retreated into a room, which happened to be a closet.
It was some old man. She watched him through the crack as he walked by. 'I'm so close...! I'm not going to get caught...!', she thought to herself, moving out of the closet once the old man was gone. The front door was just down the hall and through a door! She was so close. But she didn't want to risk going that far. Someone could be by the front door and see her. And she couldn't have that. So she went over to the window, unlatching it and opening it. She sat up on the ledge. It wasn't far up from the ground, but she knew this was going to hurt since her one ankle was injured. "Here goes..", she murmured, dropping down into the bushes. She cursed quietly, her injured ankle beginning to sting in pain. But she had no choice now. She got to her feet and began to try and run from the house. Which of course her running with an injured ankle was more like hobbling around with one leg and trying not to use the other.
She was part way through the yard when she heard it. "You're the new guest, right?!", she froze, looking over to see a boy who looked like a gardener. She stared at him, knowing it was over. "I'm Finni! I'm the gardener!", he introduced, "What are you doing out here?". Mia stared at him, dumbfounded that he didn't know. She smiled at him. "I'm going for a walk", she replied. "Oh? But doesn't it hurt when your ankles like that?", he asked, pointing towards her injured ankle. "N-No! It's fine!", she replied, "Just...stretching! Stretching is always good for healing!". "But your foot looks awfully red and swollen now. I think you should probably be in bed", Finni stated with worry. "I would have to agree, Finni", came a voice and Mia already knew who it was before even looking. "Oh! Sebastian!", Finni exclaimed with a smile. Mia turned, glaring at the butler as he approached. "Now Miss Starling, you know very well that you shouldn't be up and about. You made your ankle swell up", he stated as he came closer. "I'm not staying!", she exclaimed, backing away but she made the mistake of putting pressure on her ankle and she fell back onto the ground. She winced, reaching her good arm towards her ankle.
Sebastian let out a soft sigh, "You should stay in bed. Try running when you at least have both of your legs in function", he stated as he came over and picked her up into his arms. "It was nice meeting you Miss Starling!", Finni said with a smile, waving at her as Sebastian took her back towards the mansion.
"Ugh! Put me down!", Mia growled, now trying to fight her way out of his arms, with no luck. "You're not going to get very far in your condition", he stated as they headed up the stairs, "So why not rest for now and once you're in a decent condition, then try and run?". He looked down at her, smiling at her. "But I do assure you that you won't get very far". At hearing his comment she glared at him. "Oh really? Is that a challenge?", she questioned, raising a brow. Sebastian was amused by this. A challenge indeed. But he let out another sigh and shook his head. "You should just focus on healing. Nothing bad is going to come to you while you are here", he stated, opening the door to her room and going in, bringing her back to the bed.
"Like I'd believe that...", she murmured, looking away now as he sat her back in bed. Sebastian then looked towards the untouched food he had brought her. It was cold by now. He picked up the trey and headed out of the room. He paused before leaving, "If you need anything–". "Ring the bell..", she finished, rolling her eyes. And with that, Sebastian was gone. "Damn gardener...if it hadn't been for him I would have made it out of here...", she grumbled. Now she was bed bound. Her ankle hurt from trying to flee so she couldn't attempt it again. Not like this. She was stuck here in the Phantomhive mansion, and she was still unsure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. Either way, she cursed it. She had places she had to be. She couldn't stay bed bound at some strange place. They were so going to kill her when she returned.
END:~ Ok, Hope you enjoyed...? o.O Did I do at least a semi-good job on the characters? I'm not worried about Finni x.x Cause ya...It's Finni xD. Just Ciel and Sebastian I think I may have some trouble with! Anyway, thanks for reading and please review! Would love to hear from you!