The Lady of the Phantomhive Manor
Chapter One – His Lady, Mistress
*Yawn* I stretched in my chair heavily. My classmates were all getting ready to open their cosplay cafe'. I grunted as I sat impatient. Today was the school festival. My class foolishly decided to hold a cosplay cafe'. Don't get me wrong, I love cafe's. But it's the cosplay I couldn't stand at the moment. My whole class decided to dress me up as cute as possible. They chose me because of my looks.
My small petite body was not so busty but enough to show that I am a female. Long black hair that was very smooth and slightly thick. My dark brown eyes were the average size. My nose and mouth was small, and a small head for a small body. I also had the most softest of hands and smoothest of light cream skin. You could describe me as a doll. And with this dress, it made it all the more believable.
I was wearing a black small dress with long sleeves. Black stockings and flats went beautifully with the dress. The top half of the dress was tight. The bottom half looked like a puffy frilly skirt. The only thing close to jewelry was a white fake rose pinned at the front right side of my hair. Oh yes and how could I forget….the black choker. I was practically pounced on when the girls attached it to my neck. If they weren't my classmates, no kidding, I would have thought I was getting jumped on! They exclaimed that it was made of silk and the white lace went along fabulously.
Yeah right. When you have a freaking COLLAR around your neck, then you would understand! I know it's a choker but still! I felt like pet cat! Especially when the boys wanted to place cat ears on my head and the girls ranting about placing a tail on my waist! Seriously I am not a doll you can dress up! I am a human being!
I turned my attention back to the cafe'. People were already seated and the lights were growing dim. Oh yeah I was supposed to sing for the customers. Goodness
gracious! Does this class think I am a mascot and advertisement or what?! People mostly came in because they saw me sitting in an elegant way in a fake luxurious chair at the far end of the classroom. I sighed in frustration as I walked up to the small stage in the center of the cafe'. I heard some people give a light gasp and whispers of "she is so cute" and "she is so beautiful". I can almost bet my life that I saw some guys blush. Creeps.
I got up on stage and my teacher gave me a mic. I took a small breath as I opened my mouth to sing.
"In my eye and in my way
In the sky so far away
Are you hiding in the grey
I am on my way to find you
"In the shadow where you lay
In the darkness I'll be praying
one by one in a lonely lullaby
"Dancing like a lonely feather
In the windy weather
Looking for a beacon and some clarity
Long to fly again together
And I wonder whether
We will ever find our melody
"Over mountain and below the stars
Light my way so I know where you are
And find me,
Anywhere and anytime I sing my song for you
"My tomorrow my today
It is time for you to find your way…"
The classroom was silent. 3, 2, and 1. "Awesome!" "Your voice is so beautiful!" "Wonderful!"
I rolled my eyes. Why make such a big deal out of it? It was just me singing. I bowed and tanked the audience as I walked back to my fake luxurious chair. I noticed that Sally seemed to fidget a bit. I knew exactly what she was about to do. She was going to try to compliment and hug me. I got and walked quickly out of the classroom as the rest of my class went to attend the customers. I gave a quick glance behind me before racing to the stair case at the end of the long hallway. My small feet quickly scampered up the stairs.
A door leading to the open flat roof of the school awaited me at the top. I pushed the door opened. A blast of fresh cold air slapped my soft face. I walked around the school's flat open roof. Tall iron-wired fences surrounded the roof. I walked towards the fence and grabbed hold of its cool iron wire. I leaned my face towards the cool breeze as it lifted strands of my hair. They were carried by the breeze like waves before settling down against my neck and shoulders once more.
I sat down on the stone floor. The sun was hiding in the clouds and a raven was circling around me. I lay down and closed my eyes to hear the whispers of breezes. "A new Black Butler season is coming out soon. Book of Campania was it?" I said aloud as if talking to the raven up high. The raven let out a caw. I smiled with pleasure at the presence of company. "Wouldn't it be interesting to live in Black Butler? There wouldn't be annoying classmates for sure," I opened my eyes and realized my mistake, "Oh wait, there's the idiot-trio! And Lau, but Lau is funny."
The raven kept cawing in response.
I was about to comment on how funny Lau can be until the raven dived towards me. It landed a few feet from my side. I sat up and stared at its black sleek feathers. An imaginary light bulb flicked on inside my head. "That reminds me," I snapped my fingers for dramatic effect, "wasn't Sebastian's animal a raven?"
The raven stared at me with its small black round eyes.
"Well, it would be impossible for me to be in Black Butler." I sighed a bit sad.
"No it wouldn't. If you make a deal with me, you would be able to go."
I froze with shock. I whipped my head around quickly trying to find the source of the voice. I thought perhaps my classmates were playing a prank on me.
"You fool. I am right here."
I turned to the raven. I know raven eyes are just black and emotionless, but I swear I saw the look of boredom in its eyes. "Um…you are just a raven right?"
The raven stare at me with a message in its eyes, "of course you moron". "Yes I am a raven. But not your normal dumb ravens. I am a Granter."
I tilted my head in confusion. "A Granter? Never heard of your kind." "A Granter is a spirit who has been separated from its demon or is yet to find one. A Granter has only two special powers. One: A Granter can possess an animal for a vessel. Two: A Granter can grant a human its innermost desires in order to send a powerful signal to the closest demon. The more selfish the desire, the more powerful the signal."
"Are you a male spirit?" "Yes. Why?" "Ok so why would a guy like you need a demon?" "You are surprisingly taking this well." "Actually, I just think I am being delusional at the moment!" I said with a beaming smile. If this was anime, the raven would have sweat dropped for sure.
"Well to answer your question. If we Granters don't combine with a demon during a certain amount of time, we die."
"So basically you want to grant my innermost desire in order to combine with Sebastian whose animal is the raven and a super powerful demon. Am I right?" I stared at him with a straight face. I sure he knew I was taking his case very seriously. I know such fantasy doesn't exist, but this was a chance, whether this would turn out to be a dream or not, I could not miss. The raven Granter nodded his head.
"I'll help you. But first, tell me how this works and tell me your name."
"I just simply open a portal to their dimension."
The raven spoke in a dark language and a black swirling hole appeared in front of her. "My name is…" His voice faded as I was swept in darkness.
