Hi! Sorry it's taken so long to update I've been busy….
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Isabel tripped over another rock and fell into the damp grass. She shot Oscar an evil look, he definitely had some magical power to create obstacles or a more logical explanation was he was leading her through the trees just to inconvenience her he had no idea where the others were. I bet It's because I called him lazy, Izzy thought jumping over a tree root. Bet you thought I was done for there! Then her suitcase got caught on the same root causing her to fall once again.
"I swear I'm going to kill you Oscar!" She bellowed, the ginger tom cat just looked at her before turning his attention to a light in the distance.
"Rrrrow"
"Ok I won't kill you, but you have to admit Claudia would be more useful."
"Wrowwwww"
"Look I just think she'd be better conversation and she wouldn't try to kill me" At this Oscar began to bolt through the undergrowth, "Oscar come back!" Isabel yelled following as fast as she could.
After clearing the trees Isabel could see the source of light, it was a manor house. In her opinion it looked rather Victorian and in suspiciously good condition considering it had to be at least two-hundred years old.
"Oscar!" She called, "Damn where did that fur ball get off to?"
She walked closer to the house and caught a glimpse of a black cat at on window sill, this cat wasn't quite ordinary, in the second before it retreated inside Isabel noticed something peculiar. Instead of yellow, green, brown or blue eyes, even at that distance she could tell the cat's eyes were violet. "Claudia" She whispered, "Don't worry I'm coming."
"Reooooow?" Isabel stopped wondering the what the best way to climb the wall would be and turned her head to see Oscar scratching at what seemed to be the front door.
"Oscar stop it!" Isabel scolded the cat putting down the case and began fighting with the cat. She fell to her hands and knees pulling Oscar away from the door. "Bad Kitty!"
The large doors opened and Isabel looked up at a man clad all in black, he was stating at her.
"Hi I'm sorry if I disturbed you…" Isabel mumbled. Her eyes widened as a gloved hand began to caress Oscar's head. She slapped his hand away. "Don't touch my kitty!"
At that the man seemed to snap to his senses and looked slightly annoyed.
"I am Sebastian Michaelis, butler to the Earl of Phantomhive, what brings you to his estate at such an unreasonable hour?"
"Oh um, I'm Isabel Cassia Jackson, nice to meet you Sebastian, and uhh it seems that one of my cats is in there." Izzy smiled pointing through the doorway.
"Really how curious…" Sebastian fell silent.
"Yes very curious indeed since it doesn't seem the is any other entrance she could of used apart from this door, unless you count that open window but my Claudia could never scale a building like this."
"Yes, I wonder how she did get in…"
"You let her in Mister Butler now if you excuse me!" Izzy pushed pass him with her case and ran up the stairs.
"Oh dear, what a nuisance." Sebastian sighed, he was about to close the door when the ginger cat looked at him with his big green eyes.
"Meow?"
Sebastian's darted around the room before hastily picking up the cat and followed in Isabel's wake.
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'The décor in this house is amazing Isabel thought as she closed the door of yet another cat-less room she would've been extremely morose if it wasn't for the beautiful Victorian décor Isabel bit her lip as she opened yet another door hoping to God that Claudia was in there.
The room itself was quite bare; all there was just a dresser, a bed, a wardrobe, a bedside cabinet and a mirror. A black cat sat on the bed her head tilted to the side slightly looking at her mistress survey the room before leaping towards her.
"Claudia!" She laughed falling to the bed, her precious cat in the arms, "You had me so worried!"
"Please calm down you'll wake my master if you shout like that," Sebastian said finally catching up with the girl, placing Oscar on the bed next to her.
"Sorry…" Isabel stopped rolling about the bed with her two feline friends realizing something was missing. "Hey Mister Sebastian?"
"Yes?" Sebastian asked looking extremely bemused.
"Have you come across any other cats tonight have you?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"I had two other cats as well, a grey Scottish fold and a black Persian?."
"I'm sorry I haven't seen them."
Isabel got to her feet, "I guess I better go looking for them." She left the room. Sebastian looked at the two cats before succumbing to his weakness.
Isabel returned a few minutes later. "Hey Mister Sebastian is it ok I stay here? See it's started to rain." She pointed to the window. "What the hell are you doing to my cat?" Sebastian was sitting there holding Claudia in his arms pressing down slightly on her paws. "Mister Sebastian!"
"I'm sorry but her she's so soft…"
"Yes I know she's soft and nice to hug but please answer my question." Isabel was struggling not to shout.
"What was your question?"
"It's raining, I can't find my other cats and in an effort to find them I'm soaking wet," She gestured her now soaked dress "and I have nowhere to stay so can I stay here for the night?"
Sebastian sat there thinking, Isabel didn't seem at all dangerous and she had cats in her possession, and if she stayed the cats would stay. The young master surely wouldn't be angry at helping this poor young lady in distress. He looked her up and down, by the way she was dressed she was obviously crazy but the was something different about her that separated her even from the insane raving lunatics of the day.
Sebastian's thought process was interrupted by fingers clicking in his face. "Earth to Mister Sebastian," His hand gripped Isabel's wrist tightly, "Hey that hurts!"
"Where did you get that ring?"
"I found it on the ground, why?" Sebastian didn't answer her he just hastily left the room. "Mister Sebastian, where are you going?" Isabel sat in silence for a few seconds; she looked at Claudia and Oscar and said "I should have asked for a towel shouldn't I?"
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Didn't that suck! Sorry it took so long, I've been kind of busy lately : (
I'll try and update soon.