Escape the Fate
Chapter Four
And we're back with the cast of Escape the Fate! Another amazing chapter by none other than me, myself, and I! sorry there were none of the promised flashbacks last time, I had to cut it short. Maybe this time. ^.^ Enjoy!
Last time: The party at the Trancys' arrived! But what did Samantha actually say to the young Earl Phantomhive when she met him again? And what does she think of his black-clad butler, Sebastian Michaelis? All this and more…join our brave young hero as she tries to escape the fate!
This time: Ciel Phantomhive and Samantha Bowman are reunited, and Samantha is suspicious of the butler as well as attracted to him…will our brave young heroine be able to escape the fate?
I tried to calm down before speaking. After all, first impressions are everything, and I definitely wanted to have a good first impression on Ciel Phantomhive.
"Hello," he said calmly, in a rough yet high-pitched voice. "Do I know you?"
"U-um…" I stuttered. "Yes. I'm Samantha Bowman. You might not remember me- or recognize me- but I haven't forgotten you. Um…that sounded weird, sorry. Anyway, you knew me as Sammy Brown, if I told you my name, which I'm not sure I did." I waited for a response. It took a moment as Ciel looked me up and down, trying to find the resemblance between the beautiful and feisty Samantha Bowman and the handsome and shy Sam Brown.
"Yes," he said at last. "I remember you…sort of. All I remember is that we were at a park and you told me that you were planning on taking over your family's estate later on and that I wished you luck."
"Yes, but you also said something else. Something that changed my life entirely, as you can see." I gestured to my long hair and dress. "If I remember correctly, you said 'humans cannot resist temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to Hell, they will hold onto anything that will help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what kind of humans they are.'" I had quoted him perfectly, and he knew it. He seemed slightly disturbed by the fact that I remembered so much, but it wasn't my fault I had photographic memory.
"Y-yes, I did, didn't I?" he stuttered. "Well…um…how exactly did that change your life?"
"Well, you see, my parents were forcing me to dress as a boy so that I could take over the estate. I had been doing so for as long as I could remember, possibly even since I was born. I'd never had the courage or the intelligence to try and get away. I'd had a perfect life for as long as I could remember, and I wasn't ready for that to change. But you…your words made me realize that my life had more value than that, and that I didn't need to live a lie to be successful. My parents never would've let me dress my gender, so I fled and ended up here. It is by coincidence that you are here, too."
He nodded. "Oh," he said softly. He was confused, most likely. But then he said, "I'm surprised something as simple as a stranger's words could be so influential to someone who could've had as much power as you." He laughed cruelly. "I had no idea how arrogant you were. When we first met, I thought you were actually intelligent!"
I clutched my chest and gasped, trying to breathe, trying to think, trying not to cry. How could he say something so cruel? Had I really misjudged the meaning of his words do much? Tears blurred my vision and I stumbled backwards, wishing I could disappear.
"What…what do you mean?"
He smirked. "Those words meant that humans are desperate, not that it was a good thing to try and rip yourself from your fate. Let's go, Sebastian!" He turned and began strutting towards the door. My tears began to fall.
Suddenly there was a collective intake of breath from everyone there, and I wiped the tears away to see what was going on. Ciel stood facing the door, away from me. Right behind him was his butler, Sebastian. The only difference was Alois, who stood with his hand outstretched, just to the left of Ciel's face. Ciel's head was facing Alois's hand, and a tear dropped from his face, which was hidden from my view. I knew right away what had happened. Alois had slapped Ciel.
"Alois!" I called nervously, not wanting him to get himself into trouble.
No one paid any attention to me, though, of course.
"How?" Alois muttered, tears streaming from his eyes worse than mine and Ciel's put together. "How could you be so cruel to someone after they said something so kind to you? Why would you try so hard to hurt someone?"
"Shut up!" yelled Ciel. "I didn't say it to you, so leave me alone. I'm leaving now. Come on, Sebastian."
But Alois didn't move. "I don't care who you said it to, I know what it's like to feel pain worse than you can bear, and I think you do, too. If you don't, it's high time you learned your lesson."
Alois slapped Ciel again, and a third time, and a fourth.
"Sebastian! Do something!" Ciel called through his tears and around the hand on his face. Alois tugged his hair, and then Sebastian barely touched him and sent him flying against the wall. Alois moaned in pain.
Claude rushed in and shoved Sebastian back before he could hit Alois again, but Sebastian pulled out a butter knife and sent it flying so that it barely missed Claude's head.
"No!" I shrieked. No one paid attention to me again, and I didn't want to see anymore, so I fled. I ran to the little guest room assigned to me and began sobbing into the pillow on my tiny little twin-sized bed.
About ten minutes later, someone opened the door, and I rolled over to see Ciel's butler, Sebastian.
"What the fuck do you want?" I yelled, throwing a pillow at him.
He reached out with one hand and hit it away before it reached him. He smirked. "I apologize for bothering you, but the young master ordered me to come and make sure you were all right. He would like for me to tell you that no one was injured too badly and that you may go downstairs whenever you like. He would also like to apologize for being so rude, and wonders if you would care to join us for dinner to prove it."
He handed me a letter, but I wouldn't open it in front of him, so I turned up my nose and waited for him to leave. He eventually did, but I couldn't shake the feeling in my stomach I got when he was around. I shivered. What a strange person he was indeed…
Me: Okay, so from now on, the cast of Escape the Fate will be here for our after-show, answering your questions and thanking you for kind comments and PMs and such! Here is our very own brave young heroine, Samantha Bowman!
Samantha: Um…hey, what's up? So anyways, I'm supposed to thank…thoru15 for being the only person to review my story so far. I guess I'm just unpopular or something. *shrugs* oh well…
Sebastian: Samantha, I think you're forgetting…the lines you had to practice? Remember?
Samantha: What? Lines? I thought I was supposed to wing it…
Ciel: No, you were supposed to say 'next time, flashbacks reveal much of my history and Sebastian pays me a surprise visit just to say hi. I end up going to dinner at the Phantomhive's, but what if Ciel can't or won't apologize?' Remember the lines now?
Samantha: Oh, yeah! Right, I almost forgot. Next time, some flashbacks reveal a lot about me and my history. Sebastian pays the Trancys' a surprise visit 'just to say hi.' I end up going to the fancy dinner at the Phantomhive's, but what if Ciel can't apologize?
Sebastian: Will our *cough* brave *cough* young heroine be able to…
Everyone: Escape the Fate?!
Me: *bows* Thank you, thank you very much!