A Fallen Angel and A Sinful Black Bride
Chapter 2- Beautiful, Sad Eyes
Crona was a nervous, anxious person from birth, and she worried often. So much so that she forced most people around her to dislike her or take offense. The exception was her maidservant, a gentle girl called Tsubaki.
Crona Gorgon wasn't necessarily from a weathly family, it's just her mother had...certain ways of obtaining what she wanted. Her mother owned several houses and suites all over the world, each one huge and full of riches. Crona had only known her father for the first two years of her life. Her mother told her that he had been killed in an accident.
Lie. That was a lie.
Medusa had told Crona that he'd fallen from the roof, trying to keep Crona from walking off the edge when she was a baby. Crona didn't buy it. She had figured out long ago that her mother was an evil, slippery snake, whose lips dripped honey to hide the fangs and poison beneath.
Her father probably was in the way and was disposed of.
Just like she would be, one day. One day soon.
The second Crona brought that girl with the white stripes in her hair home she knew it was a bad idea. Medusa would be furious, screaming about how the girl would get in the way.
Hopefully Medusa wouldn't come for a visit for awhile.
Eruka, the head female servant had been charged in caring for the girl, whose identity was still unknown. Free, the head of the male servants, and some other male servants had gone around asking about her, only for all of them to come back empty handed. The only thing they found was a child claiming the girl had fallen from the sky.
That, of course was passed off as a child's silly game and nothing more.
Crona was now more irritated than anything else. It had been two days and the girl hadn't woken yet.
"Tsubaki?" She called quietly.
The raven-haired girl appeared in the doorway immediately, like she had been waiting to be called upon.
"P-Please, g-go and check o-on that g-girl."
Tsubaki bowed and smiled. "Yes milady."
Crona frowned, and shook her head.
"I-I've told y-you, you o-o nly need t-to bow w-when L-Lady M-M-Medusa i-is h-here."
Tsubaki nodded. "I apologize, it's just a habit, Miss Crona." She smiled again and waljed happily out of the room, humming softly to herself.
The room Crona was currently sitting in was lavished and comfortable, bookshelves lining the walls and black couches and comfy chairs scattered across the floor. The libary. It was her favorite room in every house, Crona loved to read books.
It was her escape from her awful reality. Books were so much better than real life.
The truth was, dispite having money, Crona was lonely. She had servants, sure, but no real friends to call her own. Tsubaki was more like a mother, Medusa not being much of a mother at all.
And it hadn't always been like this. When Crona was really young, her family was dirt poor. They were a small, happy family, but rarely had enough money for food. Crona guessed her mother got tired of it. Medusa would disappear for days at a time, leaving little Crona with her father. Until he died. By then Medusa had enough contacts and riches to house ten people for life. Crona was shoved around, city to city until her mother bought a house for Crona to stay in Death City.
Crona rarely saw her mother, and when she did it was only necessary. Medusa struck a strange, uneasy feeling of fear in the hearts of those that looked upon her. Her beautiful, seductive ways were captivating unless you really knew what she was.
She was getting close to the King of the Star Empire, White Star. The Star Empire was the most powerful empire the world had ever seen in 800 years. You lived in fear of the empire, the empire's laws were enforced with an iron fist.
Ignorance of the laws is punishable by death.
And to think her mother was so close to it. Crona worried, that if her mother slipped up, made a mistake in any way, Crona and her servants would pay the price.
Crona had eight servants, Eruka, Free, and Tsubaki, of course, were the first she had and were favourites. Haruhi, Alice, Tameki, Castial and Yuki were the names of the other servants.
They had all been hand picked by Medusa, and were loyal and trustworthy to Crona, and even more so to Medusa.
"Miss Crona~!" Tsubaki knocked lightly on the doorframe, stratling Crona. She jumped up, knock the book she had from her lap.
"O-Oh, Tsubaki! Y-You frightened m-me!" Crona's hands were shaking, and she tried to hide it by putting her hands behind her back.
"I am sorry Miss Crona, but the girl, she is waking up!" Tsubaki was beaming.
Crona smiled a small smile of relief. "G-Good! Can I-I see her?"
The raven-haired girl nodded. "Come right this way!" Tsubaki literally skipped her way to the house's small infirmary, located in the back, next the the lavish outdoor gardens. The halls were painted cheerfully, and tables ran along the walls, covered in valuables, bragging of the Gorgon woman's wealth.
As the girls neared the door to the infirmary, they heard shuffling noises.
Then a bang. Then a crash.
Tsubaki rushed in, concern rippling through her body. "Miss! No! You mustn't get...up..."
She trailed off, for the angel girl was standing there, perfectly fine, brushing off the arms of the white nightgown she was wearing.
Crona was right behind Tsubaki, eyes wide in shock.
"Thank you for caring for me, I am sorry to trouble you humans." She said, looking Tsubaki in the eye. "Where are my clothes? I think I should be on my way."
Crona put on her brightest smile before turning to the girl.
"You're very welcome, miss..."
The girl looked at her blankly before blinking twice. "Oh! Sorry, I'm not used to this. You may call me Kid." She nodded, satisfied with herself.
"Miss..Kid?" An amused smile was passed between Crona and Tsubaki.
"Yes. Is something wrong?" Kid looked at them with genuine confusion.
"No, n-no, not a-at all!"
Tsubaki gentyl pushed the angel back to the bed. "You should stay there, Miss Kid..." She giggled, "I'll go fetch you something to eat. What do you like?"
Kid's face was deathly serious as she replied with, "I do not know...I have never eaten before."
Tsubaki laughed. "Okay, Miss, I'll just get you a little bit of everything, I suppose." She walked out the room with a funny little smile on her face.
Crona still stood in the doorway, looking at the angel. Kid stared back uncomfortably.
"Who are you?" The pinkette deadpanned.
Kid blinked. "I am Kid."
She shook her head, giggling. "N-No, who a-are you?"
Kid was about to say, 'An angel of the Lord' but that would be a lie. She wasn't ready to lie yet.
"I honestly do not know." She stared in her lap, eyebrows furrowed. Her eyes had a faraway look. So sad, deep, yet the golden caramel colour of them was so beautiful, Crona decided they shouldn't be sad.
Crona frowned and walked over to the edge of the bed. "I know how that feels, I really do." She placed her hand on Kid's, and she gasped, her head snapping towards Crona.
"What are you doing?" She snapped. Angels never touched each other, or any other beings for that matter. Kid tensed up, preparing for an attack.
Crona blushed in surprise, snatching her hand back. "I'm sorry, I was just trying to comfort you! Did I do it wrong?" Uncertainty wavered in her icy blue eyes.
Kid relaxed a bit. "Comfort me? Oh. I apologize for startling you, Crona."
"How did you know my name?"
Kid cocked her head in confusion. "You told me...when was it?"
"Two days ago."
Kid jumped out of the bed, a scowl on her pale face. "What?!"
Crona yelled in shock from the sudden outburst, and fell back, landing in a chair seated next to bed. "Miss! Please calm down!" Kid paid her no mind, and started muttering to herself.
"Two days? No! I should not have even been able to sleep!" Kid stalked out room, passing Tsubaki and a platter of breakfast foods arranged neatly atop it.
"Miss Kid?"
Kid ignored her, but then stopped when her stomach growled.
"Is that food?" She asked.
Tsubaki frowned, and nodded. "Yes, it's food."
She studied the platter carefully for a few minutes. Tsubaki stood completely still, afraid she would frighten the strange girl. Kid took a piece of toast from the platter, carefully taking a bite and chewing. When she finished the piece of toast, Kid looked intently into Tsubaki's dark blue eyes and said, "Thank you. I think I like food."
Tsubaki laughed, picking up a small glass of milk. "Here. Drink this."
Kid felt extremely tired after she drank the white water that Tsubaki called milk, and was escorted back to bed.
"You need to rest now, little one." Tsubaki said and left the angel to dream. Crona was nowhere to be seen, and Tsubaki sighed.
"This one is going to be a handful."
END OF CHAPTER TWO
So...whatcha think? Sorry if they seem a bit OOC right now, but don't worry, they just don't know each other yet. ;) Reviews are welcome, and they motivate me to write faster!
