Chapter 4
- Sebastian's World -
Sebastian Michaelis, Ciel Phantomhive's demon butler, sighed as he sat down on the edge of his bed. He couldn't believe that it was almost time for his and Ciel's contract to be over. He didn't want to take his soul. He had grown quite fond of Ciel. Sebastian almost felt like Ciel was his own son. But, he knew Ciel didn't feel that way for Sebastian. To Ciel, Sebastian was just a butler that seemed to annoy him . . . a lot. Sebastian didn't really mean to annoy his Young Master. But, apparently, he did. Sebastian fell over and lay on his back, staring at his bed canopy. He had spent all night trying to figure out what the feeling was he always got when he spoke with Young Master. He had finally figured it out, but he didn't like it. Why did he always seem to get attached then have to take their soul and kill them? It really pissed him off sometimes. He sighed and put his white gloved hand over his eyes. He sat up and looked around his room. He gasped when he heard a meow. He forgot to feed his cats! He quickly stood up and opened his wardrobe doors. Inside he saw about 35 angry cats staring at him.
"I'm so sorry. I completely forgot. I'll feed you now." Sebastian whispered, petting a few of the cats heads. He closed the doors again and went into his bathroom and took out the cat food that was under his sink. He brought it out and opened the doors again. He hand fed most of them, but the rest would just have to eat from one of the bowls.
"It's too bad Young Master is allergic to you guys. If he wasn't, you could roam around the mansion all you wanted." Sebastian said quietly, petting one of the cats as he fed it. He looked up when he heard footsteps coming down the hall. He quickly closed the wardrobe doors, put the cat food back underneath his sink, and sat back down on his bed. Just in time, too. Because Maylen knocked on the door and asked quietly if she could come in.
"Yes Maylen. You can." Sebastian answered, standing and straightening his coat and vest. She walked in and closed the door behind her. She looked up at Sebastian and she blushed a little, like she always did around him.
"S-Sebastian? I . . . us . . . um . . . well, the servants, were wondering if you were planning on doing anything for Young Masters 13th birthday?" she said, struggling to find the right words.
Sebastian looked at her with one eybrow raised before saying, "I am still planning, but yes. I do have something planned. And, I would prefer it if you, Bardroy, and Finnian stayed out of it." Maylen looked at Sebastian before hanging her head and saying okay. Sebastian decided he was finished with Maylen, and walked past her and out the door, slamming it behind him. He sighed as he looked at his pocket watch. He put it back into his vest pocket and walked down the stairs. He was walking towards the kitchen when an explsion happened and a cloud of black smoke came under the kitchen door. Sebastian groaned and walked(actually, more like stomped) into the black clouded kitchen.
"Bardroy!" Sebastian yelled, trying to see through the thick blackness. Trying to find Bard.
"I'm over here Sebastian! *cough* Please! Get me out of here!" he heard Bard yell. Sebastian covered his mouth, trying to act like a normal human, and started walking quickly toward Bard's voice. Sebastian heard Bard cough again, then he heard the thump of a body. Bard had passed out from the cloud of smoke that was getting thicker and thicker. Sebastian decided that now was the time to use his demon powers to find him. His eyes started glowing and he quickly found Bard. He ran over to Bard's motionless body and picked it up. Bard's hair wasn't sticking straight up like it usually was when he blew up the kitchen.
"This wasn't your fault, was it? It was someone else's." Sebastian said quietly. Sebastian spread his black, raven wings and flew out the window, breaking it, but it fixed itself. Due to Sebastian's powers. He landed in front of the mansion and put Bard down on the grass outside the door. Then he heard Ciel's voice.
"Sebastian! *cough* What's going on? Get us out of here! Now! That's an order!" Ciel yelled, through the contract. Sebastian's wings went back into his back and he ran into the mansion. He saw Maylen passed out on the floor and Finnian about to pass out, but keeping himself up for Young Master. Ciel was almost to the point of passing out and Finny was holding Ciel and himself up against the railing of the stairs. Finny had tied a string of some sort over Ciel's mouth and nose. He was hoping it would keep Ciel from passing out.
"Finnian! Young Master!" Sebastian yelled. He ran towards them and caught Ciel just as he passed out. Finny had decided that since Young Master was passed out, he didn't have the need to stay up any longer. He passed out, too. Sebastian caught him too and carried them out and set them down next to Bard's motionless body. Sebastian ran back into the mansion to stop the fire before it spread any farther than it already had.
