Mercy's P.O.V
"Onee-sama!" I called to My sister, Angela. "When are the quest supposed to arrive?" I fell in step with my sister.
"They'll be here, Little Sister. Just wait a little longer." Onee-sama giggled. She knows I'm never liked waiting. she talks to me like I'm a child. I'm 13 for God's sake. "Come on, Mercy. We must wait for them in the front." We walked around to the front of the Mansion. I started to play with the skirt of my long purple dress underneath my white apron. I sighed, this was going to be a long wait.
After a few minutes, I heard the sound of hooves. I jumped up from my spot on the ground. Soon a couple of wooden carriages with two figures in one and four in the other. " Do you think that's them, Onee-sama?" She nodded as they came closer. Onee-sama greeted them first while I stayed behind. 'That man in the first car...There something off about him," I thought. "Mercy, come here and greet our guest." I walked up to the boy and his butler slowly.
"H-Hello." I said as I peeked out from behind Angela. The boy looked at me with curiosity. I looked down at my feet with a slight blush across my face. "Wow! They're lovely!" the red-head girl said. I saw the younger blonde looking at my sister. The boy and his butler followed Angela and I into the mansion. "Right this way." Onee-sama lead into the Master's study. Master got up and looked at us in distaste. He brought out his whip.
Crack
The whip came down on Onee-sama. "I told you to bring me the Queen's guard dog, not this Chihuahua!" I ran and stood in front of my sister. "You Mutt! Move!" The whip kept hitting my back a few times before it stopped. I looked down at me sister. "Mercy!" she gasped. I forced a smile and fell on my knees feeling the sting on my back.
"He's acting on my orders. It seems you got the message," the boy sat down in a chair. "I'm Ciel, the Earl Phantomhive." I blinked. 'The Earl is a...a...child?!' "You except me to belive that the Queen's guard dog is this toy poodle." Angela and I stood off to the side with the Earl's Butler. Onee-sama tried to pour the tea for the master and our guest. Mr. Butler, that's his name for now, whispered something in Onee-sama's ear and took the tea-pot from her.
Onee-sama leaned down to my level. "Why don't you go help the Earl's servants with the bags?" I nodded and quietly left the room. I ran down the stairs and out the front door. I saw the Earl's servants carrying their bags to the servant corridors. "Do any of you need help?" I asked in a small voice. They stopped and looked at me.
"yea, sure, if you want to." the bigger blonde said. "The name is Bardroy, but call me Bard." I nodded and went for one of the smaller bags. I could barely lift it from the ground. The smaller blonde saw me struggling and came to help me. "Let me help," the boy lifted it high above the ground, "I'm Finny, Miss." I giggled at his happy attitude. I followed Finny as he carried the suitcase with ease.
Later~
"Really...you to are the only servants for the entire estate?" Bard asked. "Amazing! I don't see how you can get everything done." Mey-rin exclaimed. "It's nothing it's a mess most of the time." Onee-sama said with her head down. "Just let us know if there's anything to you need help with. Us servant gotta stick together right, Finny?" Bard looked over at the boy. He nodded. I sat in silence as they talked. Then the bell for the bedroom rang. My sister excused herself and walked off.
"Why aren't you going, Mercy?" Finny asked. I sighed. "I'm not allowed in the bedroom. But Master told me to check on Master Phantomhive. If you'll excuse me." I stood up and did a slight bow. I left them sitting to find the Earl. I arrived at his door and took a deep breath. I timidly knocked on the door.
"Come in." the Earl's voice said through the door. I slowly opened the door. "My master told me to check on you, sir. Are you comfortable?" I asked with my head down. "Yes, more or less." I could hear him get up from his seat. Someone knocked on the door. Earl Phantomhive sighed. "Come in."
Angela came in. "Angela, what do you require? My master is about to retire." I jumped at the sound of Sebastian's voice. 'How did I not notice him?' Angela said something about leaving the village when a howl erupted. I looked up and screamed. On the curtain was the shadow of the Demon Hound. Onee-sama pulled me behind her. "Sebastian!" Master Phantomhive ordered. Sebastian threw open the curtain, there was nothing there. Angela and I ran outside. As she explained about the curse, I paced back and forth. 'I hope James is alright. James please be Okay!' "Ms. Angela, Miss Mercy please enfrom your master about the demon hound." Angela rushed inside to get Master. We all followed the glowing green tracks to the bad dog.
I pushed through the crowed until I could see the body. I gasped as tears started to form in my lavender eyes. "James...James!" I ran over to his side. He was covered in bite marks. I put his head into my lap. I started crying. "No...No...anyone but James." The Earl looked at the tears falling from my face. "You know him?" I nodded. My fingers combed through his red hair. "Stop! Don't touch!" Master's voice rang through the crowd. "So James was the Bad dog." I looked up at Master. "NO!" Everyone looked at me in shock. I was usually the soft spoken little girl. "James was a good boy! He...he didn't do anything wrong! He didn't deserve this! He was a kind boy, treated his dogs right. You can't say he was a bad dog!"
Slap!
A hand came across my face. I looked up and saw the angry face of my master. He slapped me again. This time I flew a few feet. "You never speak against your master!" He yelled. The town's people started saying the chant. I sat there and cried over the death of my best friend. A hand reached down in front of my face. I looked up at the Earl Phantomhive. I slowly took his out stretched hand. "Thank you, Master Phantomhive." ?He nodded and pulled me up. I could've sworn there was a pink tint across his cheeks.
"I was sure it would be the new comers. You are lucky to have escaped." Master said. I glared at him with soooo much distaste. Angela gave my an "I'm soo sorry" glance and followed our master. "Damn him. He can go to Hell for all I care," I turned to finny,"Tell Angela that I'm going to find Pluto. She'll know what I mean." He nodded and I took off in the direction of the forest.
Next Day~
I was changing into my swimsuit. It was white that went down to mid-thigh and tied around my neck. I stepped out of the changing thingy and looked up. Master Phantomhive looked over at me and blushed. He quickly turned back to his book. I walked over to Finny and Bard. They turned to me then back at each other. I tilted my head to the side in confusion. Next thing I knew, Finny lifted me over his shoulder and threw me into the water. I let out a scream before I hit the warm water.
"Finny! Why did you do that?!" He shrugged and continued playing. I looked over at Master Phantomhive. He was whispering something to Sebastian. I looked between them curiously. 'Master Phantomhive, what are you planning?' "Mercy!" I looked over and saw Mey-rin motioning me over. "Come eat with us!" I got out of the water and sat down next to my sister.
"We Got it. We caught the bad dog!" We looked over to see a few villagers running past us. We looked at each other and got dressed, again. Then we followed them up to where the punishment is taking place. There Spark (the dog's name since he doesn't have one) was chained up. "He's got somethin in his mouth." "Get it from him!" A villager walked forward to take the...thing out of his mouth. "Give it to me," Spark only growled, "Bad dog." He started hitting the poor thing. master told the men to let go of the other dogs and they attacked poor Sparks. I gasped and took a step forward when the Earl's arm stopped me. I looked over at the boy. He shook his head and pulled me to him.
"LET THE POOR THING GO!" Finny charged forward and grabbed one of the big sticks in the ground. He ran over to the dogs and swung at them. "Stop this now!" The attack dogs jumped back in surprise. The old woman from the village scream and fainted in surprise. Master Phantomhive passed me to Onee-sama and ran after his servant. "Finny!" Mey-rin shouted. The people got angry and started muttering about the interruption.
Master Phantomhive was chained to the wall and the servant were tied to a post. I looked over at Master. He smirked at the chained up Earl. "Not so powerful now, are you?" Angela begged Master to let them go. "Master, please! They didn't know!" I begged. "You have a point. This little Pomeranian is the Queen's Guard Dog, after all. If he can be made to see reason then perhaps I'll decide let them go. Leave this village immediately and advise her majesty to never send her minions near it again."
"You're so pathetic," Master Phantomhive started. I looked over at him in fear. Now he was never going to get out of it. I whimpered as they let the dogs go. They charged for the Earl. I closed my eyes. I heard them yelp and opened them. Sebastian stood in front of his master fixing a gloved hand. Master got angry and to;d the dogs to kill them both. The growled toward Sebastian and then cowered. "What the Hell?!"
Master Phantomhive went on about there not being any demon hound. Sebastian walked towards a dead dog and pulled out his skull. "There's this. I found it in your mansion. I took the liberty of conforming that the teeth marks on James match the ones in this skull." The crowd gasps. I stood there in angry silence. "Do see it now?" He pointed up towards the sky. We turned around and saw the "demon hounds" shadow. "The truth behind the demon hound. Its shadow is nothing but a projection. Just a transparent trick. The glowing is fosforesent(Sp?) dust sprinkled on a normal dog."
"The demon hound is merely an illusion.A story made up by an evil man. The man you let rule your village. This man Harry (idk how to spell)." Master Phantomhive stated. "No! It's all a lie! You can't fool them. Where's your evidence?" MAster asked. I stood there glaring at him. 'He killed James.' Sebastian walked over to Spark and took the thing out of his mouth. "What fine martial. I wonder why the dog was so eager to hold on to it until its last moment. Instering behavior, don't you think?" He turned around with a piece of master's pants.
"Wha...What the Hell?" Master took a step back. "Yours. A scrap of cloth from your pants. Torn of by James's dog when you attacked his master. You recinise it, yes?" Master growled. He turned to run but was blocked. "You! You killed James!" I finally spoke. He turned to me. "You killed the poor boy. He was my friend! He had so much ahead of him! And you killed him. Good luck living with it. Knowing he had friends and family that cared for him and are now wanting to tire you apart." I turned away from him and Walked Towards the post that held the servants.
The people walked off with the murder chanting, "Punish James killer!" Angela and I untied the Servants while Sebastian unchained Master Phantomhive. I walked over to them. "Thank you for catching my master. Whether you meant to or not." I boweed in respect. Finny walked over to Spark saying he was a good dog. I smiled slighty at the boy.
"There you go, yet another reason I hate dogs." Sebastian voiced. I glared up at him. He look taken back. "I take it you're a cat lover. Well something dogs are that cats are not...Loyal till the very end. Now what are you, the cat or the dog?" He blinked in shock at my statement. I walked off not waiting for him to answer.
Later~
Angela and I were looking out the window. There stood a figure behind the stones. I turned away and left to check on Master Phantomhive. I knocked on his door. "Come in." I slowly opened the door and bowed. "Mercy, what is it?" I looked up at him. "I wanted to ask you, why did you hold me back when Spark was attacked?" He turned around. "Spark?" I giggled. "James's dog." He nodded. "I have my reasons, but if you must know...I didn't want you to get hurt. You look fragile, like a child's doll." I bushed and Nodded. A scream rang out in the mansion. I gasped and ran out the room done to the mansion dungeon.
Mey-rin and the other Servants where there. She was pointing at the cell where Master was supposed to be. I screamed and felt someone pull to his chest. I could tell it was Bard by his height. I grabbed onto his shirt. There in the cell was a huge wall and Splattered blood. But no Master.