At four Belial rose once again, awaking from her nap. She looked around, surprised she was in a bed instead of discarded in the middle of the floor. Well, maybe the people around here were more curious after all? She shrugged, noticing that her cloths were still one. They were ruined, ripped and bloody, but she didn't particularly mind that. Belial swung herself off the bed, stepping silently towards the mirror. Examining her reflection carefully, she soon learned that her false form had healed perfectly. There were only scars and bruises left, which will vanish completely soon enough.
Next, she stripped of her demolished clothing, throwing them over the chair. Belial sighed, not wanting to think up of something super complected again. So instead of another elaborate dress she settled for a pair of plain black trousers. With that was a white dress shirt and a smooth black vest. Lastly, white cotton socks and black leather shoes were made, all being changed withing a few simple seconds. Belial shrugged, feeling that this was good enough as she put on new undergarments along with the cloths.
Taking hold of the brush left on the dresser, she ran it through her lavender hair. It took awhile to get all the tangles out, but it wasn't anything too tedious. Lastly,she placed the trademark over-sized bow on her head. This time the base color being white with black lace around the edges. Blinking her mismatched eyes, she pushed the hair away from her face before stepping out of the guest room. She didn't want to spend too much time in there anyways, not when there was an entire mansion to explore!
Belial walked down the hallway, hoping she was heading in the direction to the main corridor. After fighting those servants, she couldn't help but want to run into them in a more...friendly...manner. Besides, there was Sebastian to nag! He never said if he was voting for her yet or not! Pouting, she continued on her way, glancing at the paintings hung on the wall with little interest.
"Boogie Boogie
I can't hear any cries but I'll sing
The pitch black mimics me
And sings after me
Tottenshan Ton Poppopopo~
Fu Pye Pa Po Hohhohoho~
Dynomi~nya No~mo~
Tetta~tetta~ Warner!"
She stopped mumbling song lyrics when her nose caught a whiff of food. It was sweet, but she couldn't quite say what it may be. Following the scent, she tip toed through the halls, hoping not to cause attention to herself. After all, it would be embarrassing if that demon caught her eating human food.
It wasn't uncommon, devils and demons didn't need to eat to live. But plenty of devils ate human food for the simple reason that it tasted good. Demons of the other hand tended to think that it was a waste of time. Belial didn't want to give him any more reasons to not vote for her, especially since she had already gave him plenty.
Her hands grabbed the edge of a door way, peeking into the kitchen. Sitting on the table was a pie, left there alone and unattended. Looking both ways wearily, Belial approached the pie with extreme caution. The pie had a white top that resembled a cloud of some sort. There were bits of coconut shredded on top of it, with bits of pineapple and some green leaves near the crust which was dark brown in color.
Taking in her surroundings once more, she grabbed a butcher knife and carefully cut one generous piece. Placing it on a white plate with pale yellow flower prints on it along with a fork she started walking away. With a grin on her face, she thought to be successful as she sat in a secluded corner of the kitchen. Certainly, nobody will find her behind these large counters and cabinets.
Taking the first bite, her taste buds went into overdrive. The perfect combination of coconut, pineapple, whipping cream and whatever else was put in was amazing! The texture and consistency was perfect, it wasn't too soft nor too firm and wasn't runny at the least! Belial smiled, eating it daintily to savor the taste, whoever made this was a genius. Maybe it was that female maid, she was the only woman Belial had saw in the house after all.
"Enjoying yourself?" Belial froze, before quickly recovering and looking up to met the face of the demon. He looked somewhat amused, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. The lavender haired devil scrunched her nose up, making her look completely ridiculous in the process.
"Yes, I am. Give my thanks to the chief okay poochie?" She mumbled, shoveling a large chunk of pie in her mouth. He shook his head, unimpressed.
"Thank you." He said, smirking before walking towards the pie, examining further. Belial's mouth hung open in disbelief, before closing it in a child-like pout. She looked over to her now empty plate, licking it clean before walking it over to the sink. Looking back to Sebastian, she frowned, curious of his expression.
"This pie was baked for tonight's guest, it certainly won't do now will it?" He questioned, talking to himself. She looked at him suspiciously, raising a single eyebrow. It was a trick she took some pride in actually, taking awhile to learn how to do it properly.
"No, this won't do." He turned to Belial, as if pinning her responsible. Which she was, of course, but not one person would like the glint in his eyes at that moment. He pointed to a red book on the counter next before speaking once again. "Page eighty four, all the infringements are in this room. I have too many things to take care of and don't have time to fix your idiocy. You have three hours, get to work." Belial stood there as the Sebastian walked out of the kitchen, glancing back to the pie and the cook book.
"N-Nobody orders me around!" She yelled, shaking her fists in the air with frustration even though her attempts were in vain. She sighed, walking over to the book and opening it up to page eighty four. She looked over the recipe, already feeling a pile of stress fall over here. Belial never cooked before, and he expected her to do this!? But...if she didn't listen to his order then the chance of him voting for her would plummet. Belial sighed, rolling up her sleeves, she needed the demon's vote.
Crust
20 crisp oatmeal cookies
1⁄2 stick (4 Tbsp) butter, melted
Filling3⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄3 cup cornstarch
1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple, in its own juice, well drained, reserve juice
1 can (14 oz) coconut milk (not cream of coconut)
5 yolks from 5 large eggs
2 Tbsp butter cut small
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut, chopped
1 cup heavy (whipping) cream
2 Tbsp sugar
Garnish: sweetened flaked coconut, small pineapple chunks, mint sprigs
She blinked, well, the ingredient list didn't seem too bad. Walking over to the cupboard she found a jar od oatmeal cookies, cornstarch, a bag of flaked coconut and sugar. Belial brought them all to the counter, walking over to the fridge where she found the rest of the ingredients. Next she went to go preheat the over, sighing heavily. It's going to be a long three hours.
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Belial looked to her finished pie to the original pie. They weren't identical, but she had felt she did a good job. It actually looked decent. A wave of pride went through it as she patted her chest. Yeah, look at me, I can do anything I want so beat that. Arrogant thoughts went through her head, completely unaware of the presence of another person sneaking into the kitchen. Blinking twice, she looked down to the edge of the table. A boy with short blond hair with red bobby pins holding back his hair was looking at both of the pies, curious of them both.
Right, this was one of the three servants she beat up earlier, the one that had a freakish amount of strength. He had bandages covering the wounds by now, and looked well recovered except for the nervous glances he was sending her. Maybe Sebastian told them not to worry about her, that or this kid just really liked pie. Adjusting the bow on her head, her eyes fell back to the door way. Where was he anyways? It's been three hours, more then that even.
Belial looked back down to the boy, still eying the pies hungrily. Shrugging, she took the full pie to the fridge before pushing the other towards the boy. He looked up at her confinement in his eyes.
"Um...take is as an apology. Enjoy it." Is all she said before walking out of the kitchen unaware of the smile the boy sent her retreating figure. She scratched her head, starting to feel tired and all around exhausted. She wasn't used to working like this, nor doing so many tiring things in one day. Yawning, she started feeling sick of this false body and it's side effects. But, even so, it was better then her true form.
She made her way down the hall way, trying to remember the way to her room. Belial had a few more months until she had to return to hell, a feeling of excitement went through her. But, as always she could wait to return to that place. She paused, hearing a high pitched female voice a few rooms over. With curiosity getting the better of her, she walked over to a large dining room with only three people in it.
Sebastian was standing next to the large dark oak dining table, pouring a cup of tea. On the cart next to him was an assortment was cups and plates of food. She smiled, seeing her pie among the other foods representing the dessert. Sitting at the table was his master, Ciel, looking more or less content with the situation. Sitting nest to him was a girl with curly blond pig tails. She wore a frilly baby blue dress with a matching head band and formal white shoes.
She had to keep herself from bursting out with laughter, they certainly didn't look like they could get along at all. Ciel's sin level was so high it was astounding while the girl was so pure it was simply amazing. Honestly, the girl was practically an angel, holding innocence of a young child at her age was getting harder to come by these days. The look she was giving the boy was rather amusing, especially since he did a good job of ignoring it as he starting picking at his meal.
Laughing quietly to herself, she walked back to the room without getting lost. Not bothering to change, she crawled under her bed. Closing her eyes, feeling a moment of peace, she wouldn't expect to be awoken only an hour later to burning skin.
O_____O, I didn't even realize that I haven't updated this in months. School has been really hard on me the past few month, blah blah blah. It's spring break now I'll finish up this story within that time probably. Please review and what not.
The pie recipe is a real recipe too. I found it over the internet. Just type in 'Pineapple-Coconut Cream Pie' in google and it's the first result. Looks good right? I want to make it some day but...I'm lazy.