A/N:Hello everyone! Sorry for the really loooong update! But i hope i can make it up to you with this longer chanpter...!^^'' Its Chinese New Year now...for asian countries...so Happy Chinese New Year! (: Anway, i'm not sure which year Pandora Heart was set in so i made up my own one. I hope it's not too far-fetched.

Alice:Don't worry about that! More imprtantly, what the hell were you doing?

Me;Umm, it was the holidays and there were tons of stuff to do so...

Alice:Right...

Me:I'm telling the truth! Anyway let's just continue to the story! ^^"

Disclaimer:Pandora Hearts sadly does't belong to me

Enjoy(:

Edited 7/6/12 because I decided to write it with my 'improved' skills..

Awareness crept back to her slowly. Rei's eyes fluttered open, and an unfamiliar ceiling came into view. Her whole body ached as though she had been trampled on by a hundred people and there was a persistent throb in her head.

Urgh, what happened…?

Then everything flooded back to her. The cat. The earthquake. The tentacles that dragged her down.

She sighed in relief. It had just been a dream. A really nasty one. She sat up, and let out a yelp.

Holy shit.

She was dressed in a nightgown, in some high-quality fabric that felt deliciously smooth against her bandaged skin. Wait, where were her Totoro pyjamas? Why was she even bandaged? And–

Oww. Oww, oww, oww. She mentally cursed when she moved and pain pierced through her bandaged legs like a million tiny daggers.

And that was when she realised she was lying on a four-posterbed. With silk sheets and soft velvet pillows.

With a hanging jaw, she then took in the rest of her room...her incredibly different room. For starters, it had magically turned five times larger and looked like it was fit for a queen. There were Victorian-styled floral wallpapers, cream carpeted floors and a gold chandelier that hung from the ceiling. A cabinet in the corner displayed silver tableware and heavy golden curtains hung from a glass window where she could see the night sky. It was as though she had stepped right into one of those grand bedrooms in her history textbook. Everything was so…old-fashioned.

I must have really fell down the hole and died and gone to heaven….she thought faintly.

But that didn't make any sense. If she had fallen down the hole she should have woken up at the bottom of it, not in some regal-looking place. Maybe someone (incredibly rich) had found her and put her here.

Just when the first flicker of panic started to rise, the door swung open and two people strode into the room. The first one was a young girl about her age, followed by a man. She had long orange hair pulled back into a neat ponytail and had large magenta eyes. But it was her clothes that took her aback. She wore a floor-length ice blue dress decorated with white ribbons and every bit as frilly as a doll.

The man beside her looked even more bizarre–he had silver white hair, pale skin and a striking blunt crimson eye with the other concealed by his long fringe. He wore a plum-coloured shirt with a dark cravat and a floppy white coat over it. His lower half was completed with a pair of black 3/4 pants and white buckle boots. A rag doll sat on his shoulder.

You couldn't blame Rei, really, when the first think she thought when she saw them was psychos. Those dresses were practically ancient. Were they having a costume party or something? Or were they weirdos who lost track of time, or maybe some rich aristocrats–

Aristocrats! That's right, the luxurious room and Victorian setting…it fit perfectly! The way the young girl carried herself was graceful and dignified too.

"Ah, you're awake!"

Rei snapped out of her thoughts and realised the said girl was addressing her. She opened her mouth, groping for words to say. She had to find out who they were, where the hell she was, find a telephone and say 'sayonara' to this nut place.

"Umm, who are you? Where am I?" She asked finally.

"You are in the Rainsworth mansion. My name is Sharon Rainsworth, daughter of the duchess of this household." She introduced with a kind smile. Then she gestured to the silver-haired man. "And this is Xerxes Break, a servant of the dukedom."

"Nice to meet you, you can just call me Break. And this is Emily." He gave a sparkling grin that could have been an advert for shiny teeth, and pointed to the doll on his shoulder.

Mansion? Duchess? Servants? What are they saying? All these only existed centuries ago. Are they really crazy?

"Are you alright?" Sharon inquired. Rei stared at her. There wasn't any playful smile or tell-tall signs of a joke.

"You're joking right," Rei deadpanned. "Because if you are, this isn't funny,"

"Umm, I'm not..." Sharon's brow creased. "Perhaps we should call a doctor or a lady-in-waiting…"

Lady-in-waiting?

"Wait, just wait a minute. This doesn't make any sense!" Rei exclaimed. She felt as though she was spiralling deeper and deeper into confusion.

Sharon looked stunned at her outburst. The man, Break, had a blank expression on his face. After a short silence Sharon said, "I'm sorry; I don't quite understand what you mean…"

Great, just great. They were supposed to be the crazy people here, yet now Rei felt like she was the crazy one. She closed her eyes for a few seconds. Then she decided to ask the most absurd question ever.

"What year is it now?"

Please don't let it be what I thought…please…it's a bat-shit crazy, stupid question…pleasepleaseplease…

"Why it's 1815 of course." Sharon replied.

1815.

The numbers fell to her ears like a bomb. She took a deep breath. Okay. Okay. Crazy rich girl who's still in her made-believe world. Stay calm.

"I-I mean…not here. Not just your aristocrat world. I mean the whole world and also Japan." Rei motioned to the place. Her heart was hammering in her chest. Please say this is just a joke…oh God, please say you're just joking…She pleaded silently in her head as she waited for her reply. Sharon looked at Break, and then looked back at her with an apologetic expression.

"Umm, I'm sorry, I really don't understand…"

Rei slumped against the bed frame. Her mind whirled through the logistics in it, but could only arrive at one fact.

Time-travelled.

She had freaking time-travelled back two centuries into the past. The girl Sharon wasn't crazy, and she certainly hadn't looked like she was lying. It wasn't a joke. None of this was a joke. There was no one springing out to say 'Haha, you've been punked!'

It was so weird–home was usually the last place she would want to be in, yet now that was all she wanted to be at. Never mind her aunt, she just wanted to be back in her room…but now she had apparently ended up in some freaky Victorian-era place. She thought about her friends. Who would know that she had vanished? Would her aunt care? Would anyone even notice?

A cool hand rested on her shoulder and she looked up to see a pair of worried magenta eyes.

"Miss, are you alright?"

No, I'm not alright! I want to go back to my time. I want to be back in my own world. I want to be in my own comfy bed and escape from this nonsense…She wanted to tell all this to the girl but how could she? What could she say, that she was a time-travelling freak who fell down a hole that magically popped out of nowhere and that slimy tentacles pulled her in? She'd be thrown into a mental institution in a split second.

Sharon offered her a silk napkin. She blinked at first, not realising tears had been streaming down her face before she accepted it gratefully. She dried her tears and was silent for a long moment.

"Miss?"

"Rei," Rei sniffled. "My name is Rei Kisagari."

"Rei…that is a beautiful name," Sharon complimented with a warm smile that strangely made her feel better.

"Umm, thank you. Could you…explain to me what happened?"

"Break was the one who found you."

The silver-haired man nodded. "It was around midnight when I found you in front of the Door to the Abyss. You were…in quite a bad shape. Of course, we had to take you in and treat your wounds." He explained and tilted his head. "But I must ask. How did you end up in front of the Door? It's a highly guarded place…an ordinary girl wouldn't be able to get in."

"I don't know. I just fell down a hole and remembered nothing more." Rei said.

"A hole? Miss Rei, did you travel through the Abyss? Were you a Contractor?"

"What's that?"

"You don't know?"

"Umm, no,"

Break and Sharon shared a look.

"Well then. This is going to sound rather crazy."

"Try me." She said half-heartedly.

So in the next few minutes they told her about the Abyss, Chains and Contractors, and Pandora, and the other things of this world.

"That's impossible." Rei said after they finished. "I mean…it can't be."

"I know it's hard to believe it, but it is true."

"You want me to believe that a gruesome place like the Abyss exists, and that people form Contracts with those, what, Chains? And–oh god, this can't be. There's just no such thing."

"I'm sorry I had to spill it to you this way," Break said apologetically.

Sharon took her hand. "Rei, it's okay. I know you're very confused and frightened right now but you have to trust us. We want to help you, so can you tell us what happened in your world?"

Sharon was right. She had to tell that she was someone from two centuries in the future. If she didn't trust them, who else could she trust? Taking a deep breath, she let out everything.

"So yeah, I am actually from the future. From future Japan," Rei finished at the end. She didn't want to look at their expression. They were probably going to lock her up now, or throw her into the loony bin or kick her out of this mansion.

"That means you must have travelled through the Abyss…Break, you were right after all." Sharon said thoughtfully.

"I already figured as much from her strange clothes, Milady."

"Aren't you…aren't you gonna to say I'm crazy? I mean…I practically time-travelled." She gave a nervous laugh. "That's not exactly normal."

"Most Contractors who have travelled through the Abyss time-travel," Break's lips quirked up. "I myself did too. So it isn't surprising."

Her eyes widened. "You?"

"Yes, although I ended up in it for a different reason…Anyway, as I said about Illegal Contractors, they can be very dangerous. They have a seal in their chest, which looks like a clock. However, you do not have one."

"Huh? Oh right, come to think of it I don't…wait how did you know?"

"Well, I kind of saw something while the doctors were attending to you and I had to make sure you weren't an Illegal Contractor so…"

Her face went as red as a tomato. "You…you saw my chest?"

"It was appropriately bandaged…"

"You saw my chest."

"The seal," He corrected quickly.

"You...you pervert!"

"Hey, would you rather I asked that old geezer of a doctor to check instead?"

"Break, you could have asked me. Don't be such a fool next time." Sharon interjected.

"Yes, I'm sorry Milady."

Sharon rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry, he can be quite the idiot. Anyway your world, it would seem, is rather different from us."

"Very different,"

Sharon hugged her impulsively.

"Don't worry. We'll do our best to help you. Meanwhile, you must stay with us as the world outside is very dangerous for you. You have to keep away from Pandora too as they are rather…'passionate' about anything related to the Abyss. I and Break are from Pandora, but we're not like them. If they know you are from the future, they might suspect you and even take you away. Especially Rufus Barma…" Sharon shuddered. "Anyway, I will tell you more tomorrow. You should rest now since I'm sure all the news must have tired you out."

"Alright, thank you. And thank you for everything."

Sharon smiled and squeezed her hand. "Just call me if you need anything."

Rei nodded gratefully. When they left, she sighed, burying her face in the soft pillow. She thought over her situation.

She had travelled through time. As impossible as it sounded, she had fell down a hole and was now stuck in a world where Chains, the Abyss and Contractors existed. She knew nothing of the dangers of this new world, nor did she have anyone now.

She was alone.

Completely, utterly alone.

Her chest felt like it had been hollowed out. It was such a familiar yet foreign feeling. When her parents had died at least she had had her aunt and her best friends, but now…

She tried to look at the brighter side. At least now she was safe, protected. Sharon and Break were going to help her.

She touched the heart-shaped locket she always wore around her neck, curling her fingers around it. It had her mother's picture in it and it had been the last gift from her. Holding it always made her feel better whenever she was sad and with that, she closed her eyes.

Oh mom, what should I do...

Poor Rei...i don't like to made her so sad either. Anyway please click the review button below! Reviews are always greatly appreciated! You can also tell me how to improve...etc(: