Don't own 'Black Butler'. Just playing. The characters James Leo and Selena Victoria are original and created by me.
Love and the Lion
Prologue
A stray draft flies through the streets of London. Midnight strikes as a lady dressed in a torn dress, with her body covered with bluish bruises, walks among the black shadows. She shall not be here at this time of night.
Suddenly, her leg gets caught in something, preventing her from moving forward. Turning her head, she notices a chain attached to both: the ground and her leg. Another turn of her head, and she notices that the walls turned into cages, and the wet brick road she strolls on turned into a clean metal floor.
In panic, she tries to free herself, and that's when she hears a sound in the corner of the cage: a light yawn that followed by a grunt. "So, someone has finally came to me," someone says. "After all these years playing around in my world, I have finally come across another caged animal."
"Who are you?" she asks.
"I am just a mere demon waiting to be released from this godforsaken prison," the demon says.
At the corner of her eye, the girl notices two things in the shadow: a black cat's paw a yellow tail that could, perhaps belong to a lion.
"But I see you are just the same" the demon says, his voice deep.
The lady smiles wickedly and turns toward the shadow. "If you are a demon, then would you fancy the taste my soul? Who knows, you might like it?"
"Why of course," he replies. "But, I am not looking just for a soul to feast, I am also looking for someone to play with, someone to cuddle with and someone to worship till." The demon's tone turns grim, and he continues, "I can see that your life has taken the wrong turns lately. Ignorance, Confusion and Half-Death have taken quite a bit of room in that small sensitive mind."
"You say that like you wanted it to happen," the girl shouts. "But you are right. I've been let down by my own sister. Left to work as a prostitute. Sentenced to execution and escaped. I'm running for my life," she says, trying her best to hold back the tears. She sniffles, takes a calming breath and continues, "I wish to make a contract with you, demon."
"What a risky offer, my dear. And yet, I find it very tempting," he says, chuckling.
"I don't care how risky you think it is." She shrugs her shoulders nonchalantly. "I have been through too much rubbish to regret my choices now. For I am Selena Victoria! The younger sister of Queen Victoria! And I shall make you my servant and my best friend until the day I'll have my revenge! And I shall call you, James Leo or Leo the Lion."
The shadow lit up with bright rays of light, and a second later she could decipher the shadow of a man. With the same voice of the lion he said, "Very well, your Majesty. For I am finally free from my cage, I shall serve you. Now, let's play." He grins as he winks at her mischievously.
TBC
