Chapter 2:

Meet the servants

Here's chapter 2. Huge thanks to Mistyrious97 for her wonderful review :) You are amazing!

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Leiah:

"Young mistress, it's time to wake up." I said, gently shaking her. She hit my hand and pulled the covers over her head. I smirked.

"Come on. Time to face a new day." I said, pulling the covers down again.

"Leiah, leave me alone." She commanded.

"Fine." I pulled the curtains back to let the sunlight in. She glared at me.

"You're evil." She said. I smiled.

"I know I am." I poured the tea. "The young master had some American tea ordered for you." She took a sip.

"Not bad." She decided after another sip.

"That's good to know." I pulled her dress from the closet. She dropped her robe and stepped into the gown.

"I hate corsets. Leiah."

"Yes my Lady." I pulled the strings to tighten the top.

"Ouch, Leiah. Gentle, I don't want to stop breathing."

"Yes my lady." I said with a smirk. There was a knock at the door.

"Enter." Sebastian walked in. I cast him a glare.

"Excuse the intrusion, but the young master requests that you join him for breakfast." He said.

Amelia smiled. "That would be lovely." she stated in a dreamlike tone. I rolled my eyes. Good lord!

"With that, my I be as bold as to steal Miss Archer away to help with breakfast?" He gave her a pleasant smile.

"Leiah, go with Sebastian." She instructed. I nodded as I tied the laces. "Oh, and find me a drink to please."

"Yes, my lady." I said with a small bow.

I walked with Sebastian in quiet towards the kitchen.

"Oh, who's that Sebastian?" a girl with glasses asked as we entered.

"Mey-Rin, Bardroy, Finnian, this is Leiah Archer. She's Miss Auburn's handmaiden." He told them.

"Wow. She's pretty, yes she is." The glasses girl said.

"Yeah, we can see that Mey-Rin." Said a guy with a cigar dangling from his mouth.

"Um, ok." I looked over to Sebastian.

"As amazing as I am, I'm not a mind reading." I said. They looked at me in shock. "Um, names." I said.

"I'm Mey-Rin, yes I am." Glasses said.

"I'm Bard." That's the guy with the cigarette in his mouth

"I'm Finny." This came from the guy with the straw hat.

"Cool." I nodded my head.

"Now, have you finished your chores?" Sebastian asked. The three servants looked at eachother.

"Well, shouldn't you get to work." The tone of my voice said that that was a command.

"Um, now."

"Right!" They ran off. Sebastian looked at me in surprise.

"What?" I asked as I stated looking in the cupboards.

"Nothing. Today's breakfast is a poached salmon with a light mint salad." He told me. "What are you looking for?" He asked me.

"Found it!" I cried in triumph, pulling out o can of coffee beans.

"What do you need that for?" He asked.

"The mistress likes her coffee." I said as I started the preparations.

The two of us started cooking. I have to admit, I was a little nervous being alone with Sebastian. Properly because I had a feeling he was trying to find out what I was. Damn, I had really messed up last night.

"Your mistress didn't like the tea the young master ordered?" Sebastian questioned.

"She liked the tea. However, she's quite irritable without her coffee." I told him as I poured the black liquid into a cup. I added some sugar.

"You know how she takes it?"

"Of course. If I didn't, what kind of handmaiden would I be?" I asked with a small smile.

"Not a very good one." He said placing the finial finished salmons on the plates. I rolled my eyes as we walked to the dining room. The young master and my mistress were already seated.

"My lady, my lord, Breakfast is served." Sebastian announced. I handed the salmon and the salad to my mistress along with the coffee.

She took a hesitant bite of the salmon and sip of the coffee. "Very good. I'm impressed." she said.

"Naturally. You see, I'm simply one hell of a butler." Sebastian said. I rolled my eyes.

"I was talking about the coffee. I was worried that it would be too weak." She smiled up at me. "Thank goodness that Leiah is such a capable maid." She said. I smiled down at her.

"Thank you. You see, I'm simply one hell of a maid." I said, mocking Sebastian. He sent me a glare.

"Interesting." Ciel said.

"What interesting Ciel?" Lady Amelia asked.

"Your maid. She is very capable, yet acts so childish." he stated. My jaw locked. No, I wouldn't say anything.

"You're correct. Leiah has childish tendencies. Yet she is very capable. I wouldn't trade her for another maid in the world." She can't trade me.

"Thank you my lady, but I am only a mere maid." I said, attempting to sound humble.

Sebastian:

"This morning's plan did not work, did it." my master said.

"I apologize. It seems that this girl guards herself very well." I stated.

"Well, break through her guard." He instructed. I sighed.

"Yes my Lord." I said with a bow. He waved his hand, dismissing me.

Outside, I saw something I didn't think I would see. Leiah was fixing a flower arrangement.

"My I ask what you're doing." She jumped.

"Don't you know it's not polite to sneak up on a lady." She said. I smiled at her.

"Of course. It there was a lady around, I wouldn't." She twirled to face me.

"Hey! I AM a lady. And you seemed to notice it yesterday!" She said.

"Did I?"

She walked so our faces were inches away. "Yes, you did." She placed her hands on her hips. I caught a scent, the same one I had smelt yesterday, in her room.

"You must have mistaken someone else for me." Her mouth opened in shock.

"NO, you, I,"

"its un-lady like to talk in such a manner." I chided her. She huffed.

"Like I give a damn." She turned back around and continued with her work. I smirked.

Leiah:

Can my day get any worse? First I nearly kill myself trying to get dressed (don't ask.). Then I nearly fall going to meet my mistress (don't ask).

I finished arranging the flowers and I walked away.

As I walked down the stairs, I heard a scream. I saw Mey-Rin trying to balance a bunch of boxes. And they were all about to fall.

I grabbed a few. "There, better?" She gave me a shocked look.

"Um, uh." I smiled.

"I'm not gonna yell at you."I told her. "Where are these going?" I asked.

"To the kitchen. It's the master's new tea set, yes it is."

"Ok than. I'm following you." Yeah, might not be a good idea. But, we got to the kitchen without any major injuries.

"Mey-Rin, what took you so long?" Bardroy asked.

"Sorry. I nearly dropped the tea set. But Leiah here helped me, yes she did." She said. Finny looked at me in wonder.

"Really! Wow, you're so nice!" He said.

"Um, thanks. I just thought it would be horrible if something happened." I said. Lord, I hope this boy doesn't start to think I'm an angel or something. THAT would be horrible.

"Hey, do you want something to eat?" Bard asked.

"Oh, no. I'm fine. Now, please excuse me, but I have to see to my mistress." I said.

I made my way up to my mistress, knowing that she would be summoning me soon. But I was not expecting Sebastian to be in her study. She gave me a look that said get him out of here. I nodded.

"Oh, Sebastian, how nice of you to be here." I said.

"Oh, Leiah. Where did you vanish to?"

"I was helping Mey-Rin carry some boxes. She said something about a new tea set."

"Oh. I best go see to that. Are you sure there is nothing I can get for you Madam."

"No Sebastian. You can go." She said.

"Yes, my lady." HE turned and left. I shot him a glare as he walked by.

I waited until the door shut. "Are you okay my lady?" I asked as I rushed to her side.

"I'm fine Leiah. Stop worrying about me." She said. I smiled.

"If I didn't what kind of handmaiden would I be?" She rolled her eyes at me. "What did he want?" I asked.

Amelia:

I looked down as Leiah started straitening up. "He scares me." I said quietly.

"Huh, who does?" She asked.

"Sebastian. He scares me." She walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder as she knelt down. I looked up at her.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm here, and I won't let anything happen to you." She put her right hand over her heart. I took her hand and pulled the glove off. There, on the back of her right hand, the Faustian mark. I put a hand over my necklace.

"Yes. This is an order. You shall protect me from any dangers." I said, looking at her.

"Yes my lady." She said, bowing her head. Her eyes became completely black. "I swear."