I continued on down the moonlit hall until I heard something smash. I walked as quickly as my limited body could go and soon arrived at Drocell's workshop. Upon entering I saw the three Phantomhive servants. The blonde boy was crying; glancing around in a panicked manor, the red head seemed to be cleaning something. " Sebastian's gonna kill us for this!" The elder blonde complained loudly. I sighed lightly, my head tilting. At the sound of clacking they turned around, horrified expressions on their faces. " As if I'd hurt them". The thought almost made me smile" Drocell won't be happy with this." I stared down at the now broken porcelain doll on the floor. They yelled out their apology's but I ignored it and silenced them. " Your names ? " I asked, my voice softer now. The red haired girl tried to bow but almost fell over. " I'm Mey-Rin, me lady." I nodded and looked towards the two boys. "I'm Finny!" His smile was almost as cheerful as his voice. I smiled back, immediately taking a liking to him. Being around Drocell so much I'm not used to such joyfulness but this boy just seems like a ball of sunshine. " Baldroy." The elder answered plainly.
We spent quite a while talking. Each of us having nothing better to do than to sit around. We mostly discussed our work and as much as I liked Mey-Rin I don't understand why a young man as smart as Ciel would hire a maid like her. The woman truly is hopeless, not to mention head over heels for Sebastian. Mey-Rin may be clumsy but she is the sweetest thing ever. Finny is also quite sweet, charming but not my type. Baldroy is entertaining to say the least. I've never met a chief with worse cooking skills than Baldroy. The man can't cook to save his life. I know this because I asked him to cook dinner and he used a flamethrower! A damn flamethrower! who does that ? I was laughing for ages while he just blushed and mumbled shut up to me. I invited them all out to the garden behind the manor. I was carful not to let Drocell see me, I'd be in for another lecture if he did. It took awhile but the others eventually returned, only to find Baldroy and I teaching Mey-Rin and Finny how to play cards.
Drocell seemed annoyed by this and swiftly grabbed my arm with his strings, pulling me to his side. Mey-Rin gave a concerned look but made no comment as he dragged me out to the front of the shop. She followed closely behind us. I glanced at Drocell, he remained emotionless but his eyes held a deep sadness, urgency and some form of worry. " I know that look. " It's the same look I see every time someone comes to stay with us. I always ended up making at least one friend and then he'd usually make them leave. I knew he wanted to yell, he had a slightly deranged look in his beautiful eyes. He wanted to hurt me but he couldn't, too many witnesses that might take me away. I sighed as the mail came through the door along with a flier. I turned, breaking the string that held me in place as I bent down. Everyone had gone back to talking, even Drocell. Everyone except me.
If I could pause time and show you the moment my life started to spiral out of control it would be now. Right in that moment as I picked up the flier. That was the moment my fate was decided. All because of that moment hearts would be broken, people would be killed and life would be shattered. Even now I wonder if it was worth it. If I could go back and change it all, would I ? But I can't go back. All I can do is sit here and think about back then when everything was bright and simple.
I picked up the flier and mumbled the name to myself.
" Noah's Art Circus."