OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY! It has been almost 2 months since I posted anything. I have no excuses!
The occurrences – chapter 2
Ciel just stood there looking at the lady, who is Mary Anderson. He half-believed what he saw because it was impossible for her to be in his cottage. She was supposed to be on tour with the American Theater Company (known as the ATC) in America.
"W…Who're you?" He asked stupidly. Mary smiled.
"I think you know who I am." She stated. Okay now Ciel's idol knew he knew her. Did she know? Ciel hoped she didn't. Ciel Hesitated to either fan girl… Fan boy or yell for Sebastian.
"Uh… what are you doing here?" Ciel asked. He actually was confused. If she was in his sleeping chamber at this time of night, she obviously had something important to say.
"Well you see, I was thinking one night about making a difference in someone's life but I didn't yet know how." She explained. That didn't clear anything out. It was still very confusing.
"So, who am I in all of this?" Ciel inquired.
"I was getting to that." She started. "One day, on one of my performances, I saw you and, well, you looked very serious for your age. Normal 8 years old…"
"8 YEARS OLD? I SAW YOUR PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR, WHEN I WAS 12!" Ciel interrupted. He just realized he yelled at his star. " I'm sorry I shouldn't have yelled…"
"That's quite alright." She smiled. "Anyway, I saw your face and I thought to myself that I will help you be happy. I will help you run around with other kids playing the pretend game." When Ciel heard what she had said, he felt bad. Not bad, horrible. He knew that nothing would make him be like the kid she talked about. But he couldn't tell her that.
"I don't really need your help…"
"Nonsense!" She burst out laughing. "You do need help. Look at yourself. And I found out how I'm going to do it!"
"How?"
"Follow me."
"I can't just leave this place without telling Sebastian." Ciel explained. It was tempting but he had other things to do than pursue happiness that he couldn't reach.
"That makes it that much more exiting." Mary giggled in a childlike manner. "C'mon, it'll be marvellous. I have friends waiting for you!"
"Friends?"
"Yes, come with me." She took ciel's hand in her's and pulled a bit. Ciel thought about Sebastian's reaction when he discovers his absence. He would find a way to find them, wherever they went.
"Fine, when will we be back?"
"When we are ready."
Ciel crept out the window and landed on a bush. He followed Mary in his nightgown, plants scratching at his legs. She was walking fast and he could barely keep up. The only light source was the moon and the stars. He could only see about a foot in front of him. He followed her across the field, passed the woods, until the break of dawn, when Mary finally stopped.
"That was a long walk." Ciel said between breaths. "Are we here?"
"We sure are!" She answered. "We just have to wait for the rest." Ciel looked ahead. They were in the middle of a field. The sun burnt the grass and the ground soil was hard and cratered. He could see neither forests nor mountains. He felt as though he was in another world.
They waited for a while, until suddenly a tall, slim man appeared out of nowhere. He wore a dark, worn, long coat, a top hat with holes and brown striped pants. His face was covered with Long brown hair, the only 'face' he could see was his cleft chin, and his grey skin. His skin looked as if he was dead for weeks, but he was well alive.
"Good day, sir!" The man greeted Ciel. He extended his gloved hand. Ciel took his hand and shook it. "My name is Oscar, and you are Ciel, am I correct?"
"Y… Yes." Ciel hesitated. His hand felt mooshy yet bony at the same time.
"Goody, so I'm here as the negotiator of the whole affair." He eyed Mary. " Are we still awaiting the rest?"
"I believe so," answered Mary. "They'll be here soon I hope."
They waited for another hour until they saw a little girl arrive. She had pigtails and wore a pink beret. She wore a striped baby pink blouse and a fuchsia pink skirt. Basically everything she wore was pink. She skipped jollily towards them with a big smile on her face.
"Hello, my name is Bonbon," she presented herself. "It means candy in French."
"Is that what your mother called you?" asked Ciel.
"Of course!" She sounded mildly offended. "My momma and poppa were the owners of a big candy factory."
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Mary cheered. "Where is Ponpon?"
"Oh, he's stopped a bit to pick flowers!" Bonbon explained.
To pick flowers? Where were all the flowers? All he saw was dusty dirt and cracked ground and yellow-brown grass. Was he miles away?
"What flowers?" asked Ciel?
"Why do you ask? We are surrounded by beautiful flowers!" Bonbon mused.
" You see what you want to see Ciel," Oscar started. "You live in your own misery, and that is what you choose to see; pain and suffering."
What?
"What you see might not be what Mary sees. That's how we differ from person to person." Oscar continued. "Our goal is to make you see flowers again."
As he said that, Ponpon, A boy who wore the same as Bonbon, but blue and pants strode to the group. He was holding a basked of rotten mushrooms.
"Are we all ready?" Oscar announced. "Let's go!"
