Heine and Juliet were both at home in the Alvarez Empire. They lived with their leader; Eileen who was on a solo quest at the moment. Heine was sorting through her ribbons and Juliet was in the room with her in deep thought.

"Hey Heine, what do you think Lady Eileen was like before?"

Heine frowned at her partner.

"Why would you ask me that?"

Juliet smiled.

"Think about it, surely Lady Eileen learned tons of magic and traveled all her life before she became a member of the Spriggan 12."

Heine thought about it.

"True. She uses Enchantment magic, that's how she made us."

Juliet giggled.

"I still remember when she first made us, I would sneak out only to be found by her eye magic."

Heine shuddered at the memory. That was the one and only time Eileen hunted them both down because they wanted to explore the forest. Just the memory of an angered Eileen made Heine shudder even more.

"I'm sure Lady Eileen doesn't want us to know about her past."

Juliet then had a dangerous smirk on her face.

"Then why did she create us?"

Now that was a good question. Eileen never told them the reason why she created them. Heine then watched Juliet as she ran out of the room and went to their leader's magic testing room. Their leader's room and the magic testing room were off limits for them and Heine didn't want to get in trouble as she ran after Juliet.

They both entered into the room only to see that there was no tests being done and Juliet had went to a desk that was in the room.

"Wow. Heine, look at this place."

Heine went to Juliet to see what it was and to her surprise it was a photo of a spooky mansion. In a far corner the moon was red and full.

"I wonder what this place is?"

Juliet turned the photo around and saw something writing on the back of it.

"It's called Sardius Manor. Even has the year on it."

Heine blinked when saw the year.

"It was taken almost 30 years ago."

Juliet smiled.

"Wow, Lady Eileen must have been a kid when this photo was taken."

Heine then frowned.

"Come on, we've been in this room too long. Let's go before Lady Eileen comes back."

Juliet pouted.

"Aw but I want to know more about her."

Just then Heine looked to the other corner of the room and froze. Leaning against the corner was the staff that their leader took with her everywhere. If the staff was in the room that could only mean one thing, their leader was in the room.

Heine looked at the doorway and just as she had feared Eileen was standing in the doorway looking at them both with a stoic expression on her face. Heine just wanted to disappear but that wasn't going to happen. With any other member of the Spriggan 12 she could easily run away but as for her leader, there was no such thing.

Juliet, still unaware of her leader in the room had smiled.

"Heine, look at this. It's Lady Eileen when she was a teenager."

Heine fought the urge to look then Juliet looked up to see Eileen then gave a nervous expression.

"Lady Eileen….when did you get back?"

Eileen just looked at them.

"I've been back since you two came into this room."

"Oh. Is this really you when you were younger?"

Juliet showed the photo to her and Eileen went to them.

"Yes it is."

The next thing Heine and Juliet knew was they knocked out an Eileen had turned them into swords. After doing that Eileen picked the photo up and looked at it. It was a photo of her being hugged from behind by a young man. They were both smiling in the photo and Eileen left out of the room.

'It's about time; I must head over to that place.'

Later on

Heine and Juliet woke up only to find themselves tied up on the floor. They didn't know where they were and soon they both heard singing. They both looked to see their leader sitting on a large stone sill and they were both surprised to hear their leader singing for the first time that they have known her. Her voice was so smooth as she sang to the night sky with a red moon glowing.

"Are you going to Sardius Manor

Nightshade, rose, lilac and thyme

Remember me, the one who lives there

He was a true love of mine

Tell him I'll wait at bleeding tree

Watching the sun as it arise

The wind blows and the air is so sweet

He was a true love of mine."

Juliet was impressed.

"Wow Lady Eileen, you singing is amazing."

Heine inwardly pouted, she wanted to hear her leader sing more then they both saw that Eileen had turned her head to look at them.

"So you two have woken up."

They were both looking at her and Juliet was nervous.

"Where are we? This place is creepy?"

Eileen giggled to herself then looked back at the night sky.

"This place is Sardius Manor, it was my first true home."

"You mean, before Alvarez?"

Eileen got off the ledge and went into the room they were still tied up in. She sat on the foot of the large bed that was in the room then smiled.

"I was in Alvarez first but not as a wizard. I was a pitiful slave."

Heine and Juliet blinked then Eileen used her staff to light the room and the two girls saw that they were in a large bedroom that was made for a queen then Eileen spoke.

"However, when I was of a certain age I was given to be a servant to the heir of this manor."

Her smile faded as she looked at them.

"Since you two wanted to know so badly about my life, this will be the only time I'll share my life story with you. No one else needs to know."

Heine and Juliet nodded then Eileen crossed her legs as she began her life story.

AN: There is the prologue to Desire and Despair. Sorry everyone, but Erza won't show up in this story for a very long time but thank you for reading and I will update soon!