Chapter 1

Found by Red

By: CherryPoPzz

The moonlight was illuminating the barren cobblestone road of one of the lesser used streets in London. The tall buildings were casting long dark shadows on the ground, giving the street a haunting look.

The peace was disrupted by fast lithe footsteps made by a woman. Now that a woman was out wondering the streets this late at night was in itself a rare sight. But this woman who looked like she couldn´t have seen more than twenty summers, with long black hair whipping around her face in her fast gait and long bangs obscuring her eyes.

She made a rare sight indeed.

When she just stepped past an alleyway she was roughly grabbed by the forearm and pressed against a male chest (well she assumed since he(?) didn´t have any boobs). The woman let out a indignant squeak and was just about to tell the man off when she was abruptly silenced by a calloused hand being placed upon her mouth.

"now now love, don´t you want to play with me?"

"!"

The woman couldn´t say no because of the big hand on her face but she was most certainly yelling profanities the best she could.

She was suddenly pressed up on a hard and cold brick wall with a man in front of her. The man continued to hold onto her mouth an so the woman kicked him in the balls. With that she succeeded in getting free from the man that was now kneeling on the round holding his manly bits. Her face held no remorse for the man that had tried to force himself on her when she turned around to walk away. By now the man had gathered some of his wit again and was trying to stand up. He was able to stand up with the help of the wall. His face was red with outrage.

"How dare you! you lowly woman!"

The man continued with his cursing and stopped only when he realised that the woman that caused him so much grief was walking away from him. He stood up fully only to lunge at the woman who was caught off guard and he managed to pin her to the ground.

"I´m going to have to punish you woman"

Then he covered her mouth with his and forced his tongue into her mouth. The woman bit his tongue, drawing blood. the man retracted his organ and spit out some blood before grinning.

"The kitten likes it rough huh? let me show you rough."

The man took a pocket knife out of his pants and started to cut open the front of the woman's dress. The dress was a simple one layer dress. It was a very thin material and the man had an easy time cutting the dress open. The woman was considering killing the man off or just render him unconscious when she heard light footsteps echoing through the alley. And so she figured it was best to play innocent damsel in distress for now and see if the strangers would be kind enough to save her from her current predicament, if they didn´t they were just another face on her hit list. Then she did the best thing possible to gain the attention of the strangers.

She screamed.

"be quiet woman, and stay still!"

Hissed the unpleasant man. But the woman only started to kick to get free from the man. creating the perfect victim for anyone watching. The man didn´t seem to hear the incoming people who had started to move faster toward their location if you judge upon the rapid clicking of a couple of high heeled shoes. The woman was still screaming when she suddenly froze. The man was touching her core with his unhygienic hands.

Oh, now he was going to get it.

The woman quickly memorized the man's face for later usage. The girl then threw her head to the side when she saw something red in the corner of her eye. Her vision was then promptly abused by a pair of shining red, high heeled pumps.

The man was then kicked off of her by another pair of feet. Much less red and more black, mind you. The woman with the red shoes had not just red shoes, her entire attire was red. Even her hair was red, presumably natural. The woman in red then took off her coat and gave it to the younger woman.

"Hello there, I´m Madame Red. who are you?"

Madame Red asked the smaller woman kindly. she didn´t want to scare the girl that had almost just been raped.

"Katharine"

"Well Katharine, let´s get you home and give you a bath. Where are your parents?"

"Dead"

The girl answered flatly, voice holding no emotion.

Katherine watched while the lady seemed to hold a conversation with the man who kicked the rapist off of her with their eyes.

"Where do you live dear?"

"Nowhere"

Katherine answered warily.

"Then you'll just have to come with us wont you?"

The woman commented cheerily before she grabbed Katherine´s wrist and dragging her up into a standing position. Then Madame Red introduced Katherine to her companion.

"Katherine, this is Lau. He and I have been friends for a long time and you have nothing to fear from him. He is from China."

"Ohayo gozaimasu, watashi wa Katherine."

"Ah ~ someone knows Japanese!"

"Well I don´t know Chinese but the two languages is remarkably similar. It is only polite to give a proper greeting to a person you have never encountered before, is it not?"

"You´re right, kitten! ~"

Katherine brushed of the new nickname and looked at Madame Red again only to turn into a timid little dove again. The girl seemed to shrink underneath The Madame´s penetrating gaze. Then suddenly the lady´s entire demeanour changed. As if someone had lit a Christmas tree, her eyes shone with determination.

"I´m going to adopt you!"

Madame Red´s voice made for no arguments. Katherine and Lau simultaneously sweat dropped.

"o..oi! You can´t just do that! She can´t can she?"

The last part of the sentence was whispered to Lau.

"Oh yes I can!" answered Madame Red

Then she took Katherine by the arm and started to chatter animatedly about how much fun they would have when Katherine was publically announced daughter of the Madame. After only 5 minutes of incessant chattering Katherine thought she would explode. But luckily Lau had taken note of Katherine´s growing discomfort and taken pity on the poor soul. And so he commented on a new Chinese clothing company selling beautiful kimonos. That successfully distracted Madame Red from smothering Katherine. Katherine in turn sent a grateful smile in Lau´s direction. He in turn only responded with a wink.

Katherine was pleasantly surprised at how well she was getting along with her new friends. She was not intending to get caught up with the high society when she returned to England but there was little she could do about it now.

She was led by her new friends to a mansion in the better parts of London. The building had two floors, and the entire outside was made of white marble stone. The inside was just as extravagant as the outside. Polished Cherry wood floors and a grand staircase also made of marble. It was very luxurious. But then again Madame Red was rich. She could afford every little thing inside this mansion doubled with the money she currently possessed.

When they got to the sitting room the Madame called for a servant that was then sent off to get a bath ready for the Madame's new charge. while the water was running Lau and Madame Red showed Katherine around for a little bit before the servant came with information about the bath being ready for use. Katherine was then ushered up the stairs into a bedroom where she was stripped of her clothes. When she felt the water close up around her abused body she let out a delighted little sound in the back of her throat that had the maid blushing like a tomato.

Katherine herself didn´t know what it was with her that made people blushing around her and in some cases, rape her. she found herself just a little above average in psyche.

But then again she never had very good self esteem from the beginning. The truth was that she wasn´t "just a little above average". She was considered a stunning beauty in many countries. With her lush black hair going down to her knees. a hourglass figure and full lips. She didn´t have to show her eyes to be beautiful.

those that has seen her eyes were entranced by their beauty and only a hand full of those people is still alive right now. That is one of the reasons she hides them another is that she doesn´t like to draw attention to herself, she believes that a person should not be judged by their looks but their personality.

She came back to reality when she felt nimble fingers working through her hair, massaging the scented oil into her hair.

Roses.

Now she was going to smell like a blooming rose in its prime. She actually kind of liked it. Roses were after all her favourite flowers. She hadn´t noticed before but the entire tub was enveloped in a strong scent of roses. It was relaxing. Coupled with the hands massaging her head Katherine was slowly falling into a sweet dreamless sleep.

Her relaxing moment was disrupted by the door being almost knocked off its hinges by an exited Madame Red.

"Darling, be ready for dinner in ten minutes!"

And with that she skipped out of the bathroom, conveniently forgetting to shut the door so that Katherine´s bare skin was assaulted by the light gust of a November night in London.

Grumbling under her breath Katherine reculantly left the still somewhat warm water of the bath tub. she could for the life of her not remember when the maid left and tried successfully to ignore the question of how long she had been in the bath.

Oh well. That question can be answered some other time.

Katherine hurried to close the window Madame Red had opened while she was there. She was certain that she had not taken any clothes with her to the mansion and so she went to the closet and opened the doors. the closet was filled with dresses and other clothes a noble should posses. If Katherine was surprised she didn´t show it. She just picked out one of the less frilly dresses and put it on. She dried her hair the best she could and deeming herself presentable she opened the door leading out of her room when she realised that she had no clue as to where the dining room was located. She called for a maid but there seemed to be no one around. So she tried to find the dining room by herself. Hoping to stumble upon a maid while wandering the halls.

Ten minutes later she found the dining hall by herself and stood awkwardly by one of the walls of the big room until Madame Red basically ordered her to sit down in the seat next to herself. The two women was chatting about a shopping trip Madame Red had decided to take Katherine out on over the main course when suddenly Lau comes barging into the room telling the ladies that he got lost in the gigantic manor. Madame Red and Katherine both sweat dropped.

The Madame offered to have Lau sit with them and eat but he refused saying that he had to go home before midnight. The women bid him goodbye and then finished their dinner in peace.

When dinner was eaten Katherine thanked Madame Red and asked if it really was ok that she lived here. Madame Red just brushed her concerns off before saying good night and hugging Katherine before retiring to her bedchambers.

Katherine slept peacefully that night.

Aaaaand with that the first chapter is finished!

I´m kind of proud of myself right now ;) Anyway. Comments?

Till next time, Love

CherryPoPzzz