Ok so I haven't seen many Beauty and the Beast Bendy and the Ink Machine fanfics so...…..I made one ^^;
So I also changed the title as I feel it was a bit well for lack of a better word silly, I think this actually relates to Bendy, Cirel and Joey really well
I do not own any of the Bendy and the Ink Machine characters only Cirel and Anastasia.
I hope you enjoy where this is going to go.
Please read and review
What lies within.
"Well I think I need to go this way" she said to herself as she looked back at her map, nodding her head she had made up her mind. "Yep we're going that way, come on Rose, we're on the right track….I think." She muttered the last part to herself as she looked around at the trees of the forest she had just entered. A cold gust of wind blew up the path and forced Anastasia to wrap her clock tightly around herself to ward off the chill of the brisk wind.
The next few hours Anastasia tried to stay awake and focused on where she was going, she needed this, she wanted this. She wanted to be noticed for her designs and all of the hard work put into the outfits.
A roll of thunder suddenly boomed in the still night causing Anastasia to look up slightly startled by the loud noise that broke the still silence of the night. Before she had time to react a sudden and heavy downpour hit her face and because the rain was coming down so hard it soaked the map completely, cursing slightly she shoved the map into an inside pocket of her cloak and urged Rose forward, but the horse refused to move.
"Come on Rose, we can't stay out here." She said gently but before she could even attempt to sooth the horse anymore lighting and thunder filled the night air causing her horse to be spooked and rear up in fright. The young girl was caught off guard and thrown off the horse hitting the ground with a loud hard thump on her back Anastasia gasped for breath, finally pushing herself up she looked to see if there was something that had spooked her horse.
She soon found what had helped spooked her horse. A large abandoned looking mansion, with no place to go and hoping she could at least find some food, and a warm bed to warm up in she took her chances and ran to the door. A creepy abandoned mansion was way better than staying out in the rain. After catching her breath, she slowly pushed open the door and walked in before shutting the door behind her softly she coughed at the amount of dust that flew into her mouth.
"H-Hello?" She called out unsure of herself as she stood shivering in the dark entrance way. The halls within the mansion were quiet, it clearly hadn't seen any visitors for many years now. Once the many rooms were filled with light and life, music filled the corridors and the workers whom worked for the master were always moving about, busying themselves with whatever task they were duty bound to perform. It was such a lovely time... but that was long ago now. The once warm mansion was now always cold, the music had fallen silent and the vibrancy had been replaced with a drab and inky darkness.
"I-I h-hate t-to i-intrude b-but I'm lost and it's raining, and I just need a warm bed and hot food." She called out hoping someone would answer. Anastasia huffed slightly she didn't want to be alone, so she continued to look around the dusty damp looking place shivering more as she searched for someone, anyone that might be able to help her.
A figure wearing a suit with a mask of a creepy pie cut eyes character hiding his features was walking briskly down the hall to the master's room with a bowl of hot soup on a tarnished silver tray. Sammy Lawrence, the Butler of the mansion he still tended to the young master, despite his changed appearance and now foul mood and right now.
Once he reached his destination he gave a soft knock on the door before entering, after a moment of silence he pushed it open and to be expected he saw the young master, well if a person could even call the being sitting in the chair a master. Long skinny arms unnaturally long legs and instead of a human head all that could be recognised was that large round head and horns that ever so slightly curved as if they supposed to look like they were meeting in the middle. In the dim light a thin tail with a small spade shape lazily moved from side to sid. The being that Sammy called a master was slumped in his armchair, staring at the wall. His breath was long and rattled and every now and then the young master twitched. Sammy gracefully strode toward his master, to the table beside him.
"Your dinner as requested, my Lord" he placed the tray upon the table as softly as he could not wanting to disrupt his master. "Homemade Bacon Soup as requested" Sammy looked at his master, trying to gain any semblance of reaction from what little of his face he could see, but to no avail. After a short pause he said, "I shall leave you to it then , my lord. If you need me, you know which bell to ring" again nothing, so he turned on his heel and began to walk toward the door.
"Sammy..."
Sammy froze mid step as his hand was reaching towards the door.
"Yes my lord?" He asked as calmly as he could trying not to reveal the fact that a knot of nervousness forming in his stomach. After a moment Sammy walked back over to his master as carefully as he possibly could, Sammy did not like it when his master used that tone of voice.
"My soup... it has a fly in it ya dolt" finally came the raspy reply from his master.
"A-A fly?" he asked Sammy asked a little alarmed there was no fly in there when he was carrying the tray.
"Yeah a fly, look" as he said this the young Lord pointed to the soup with a long black thin finger that ended in sharp claws. The master didn't turn his head to look at his butler or at the soup just continued to stare at the wall.
"I... I apologise my lord but I don't see anything" Sammy said as he inspected the soup very carefully, he still couldn't see it.
His master slowly turned his head to face Sammy, where his eyes should have been and other normal features like hair, ears and skin was instead a thick black substance covering the upper part of the face and a large mouth permanently set into a large grin.
"You doutin' me Sammy?" He asked slowly being careful to hide his emotions, he didn't want to give anything away until the right moment.
"N-No!" Sammy exclaimed in alarm as he shot up hoping that he could please his master and not get punished "I would never do that my lord."
"Well good, plus it was alive and moving." The young master said finally giving away what was about to be said to the poor butler.
Sammy let out a quiet sigh of relief as he finally realised what was happening.
"Well... um... what was it doing my lord?" He asked as he continued to calm himself down.
"The back-stroke" His lord said as the smile seemed to grow wider and he let out a chucked that sounded like two cinderblocks being ground together.
"Very good my lord" replied Sammy giving a small laugh of his own.
"Glad ya liked it, now get outta here!" The young master snapped as he waved his hand at Sammy a signal to leave.
"Of course my Lord, enjoy your meal." Just as Sammy was about to leave the room he heard something he hadn't heard in a long time, and his master heard it to.
"Sammy... did I just hear..." The young master said as he tail stiffened at the noise.
"The door my Lord..." Sammy replied a little shocked that someone would enter this place. "What shall I do My Lord?" He finally asked as he faced the deformed figure.
The creature took the bowl of soup and downed it in one go, even though it was still piping hot. He placed the bowl down and stood up, bringing himself to his full height he was a head taller than Sammy.
"Get rid of em' Sammy", I don't want 'em here!" He ordered as his tail lashed angrily behind him.
"As you command my Lord" Sammy bowed low before turning quickly and walking into one of the workers corridors to get to the main hall quickly so he could assess the situation clearly before getting rid of the intruder.
Ok so that's it for this chapter, I will be trying to get them longer but I feel that this is a good setting the stage for what is to come.
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I hope to see you again in the next chapter.
