The smoke was suffocating. The heat was melting my flesh to sweat. The noise was deafening. I sat in the factory, doing my work with my bloody fingers. Many scrapes, cuts, and bruises were earned as payment in this job, as well as a quarter a day. I didn't remember my age, nor my name. No one called me anything but "Girl that looks like shit", or "Shit Girl" for short. I lost my parents in "incidents" in the factories they worked at before I had a chance to have real memories of them. I simply wanted it all to end, and one day, I overheard a solution from my co-workers.

"If you make a contract with one, you can wish anything, and it will come true!"

"Stop talking like that!" another girl shouted, hushing her friend.

I was interested, so I approached them and asked, "How do you get one?"

That very night, I wandered in the forest with several cats, using the claws of one to carve a pentagram on a tree. (Surprisingly, the cat made no attempt to hurt me.) Suddenly, the air blew cold and the wind picked up pace for just a moment. When I turned, I saw a shadow. "What is your wish?"

"I wish for my family." I answered. "Just enough time for them to be proud to call me family, for me to prove my worth, and take revenge on the factory employers for not caring about my mother's arm getting caught in the machines, allowing her to bleed to death, or my father getting hit in the head with his railroad tools, the metal went straight through his skull and no one spared him a glance. Also for my co-workers to be spared from the pain I felt."

"I can do many things." The shadow stated. "…but I cannot bring back the dead." I was discouraged at this until it spoke again. "However…I can give you a family."

"What do you mean?" I asked in confusion.

"There is a boy, only a year older than yourself, seeking revenge for his parents' death as well. With his parents gone, and him being an only child, he needs a sister." I was still confused. "As a sister, you would be responsible for his sanity, while he would be responsible for your safety."

I paused in thought before I sighed. "I wouldn't be alone anymore?" The shadow seemed to have nodded. "But I do not know my own name, what will I tell this boy if he asks for a name?"

"Your name is, as of this moment, _ Phantomhive, the long lost sister of Ciel Phantomhive."

I thought a little more before I took in a deep breath. "We have a deal the moment I know your name."

The shadow developed a face, the only visible features being two glowing crimson eyes and a sly smile. "My Lady, I am known as Sebastian Michaelis." I nodded seriously. "Now, if the deal is struck," Sebastian stated as he approached me. "Then close your eyes and sleep. When you wake up, your wish will come true." I did as I was asked, only feeling his long arms pick me up bridal style before numbness spread from a spot on my neck through my body and I was asleep.