I had sooo much fun writing this chapter! ^^ I've always loved Maria and Corinne, and this chapter made it super fun to write about them. I also like writing about Ciel as Robin. I laugh everytime I do girly stuff with him. Hope you have fun reading as much as I had with writing! Thank you again for those who review, because I really appreciate it and it's fun reading your comments! (*^o^*)
"Ciel, walk in tiny steps, more lady-like." Corinne whispered. Ciel and Corinne were walking around the shops in London, with Sebastian and Maria by their sides. Ciel kept tripping head over heels in his shoes and dress, having Sebastian hold him up every time.
"How am I supposed to walk for hours in this…this dress? The weather is hot today and I don't feel like walking. Sebastian!" Ciel ordered. But instead of him wanting Sebastian to have a horse-drawn carriage appear, he held a lacy, pink umbrella over Ciel.
"My lady, here is your umbrella." Sebastian said holding the umbrella out to Ciel. Ciel gave Sebastian the "I'll kill you later" glare and continued walking.
"Oh look Robin! Look at these heels! Aren't they so cuuuute?" Corinne squealed, pulling Ciel towards a store front. Ciel nodded in pretense and smiled, pitching his voice higher, more girl-like.
"Ah…yes. They are very cute and match your dress."
" Hmmm, no, I don't think they match me. They would look so much cuter on you Cie…I mean Robin!" Ciel looked at Corinne with shock as she pulled him into the girly, shop filled with ribbons, dresses, and heels, Ciel's worst nightmare. Sebastian held back his laughter and nodded at Ciel.
"My lady, have fun with Lady Corinne inside the store. I will gladly, very happily, stand outside waiting for you." He smiled. Maria fidgeted around Sebastian and looked wearily at Corinne.
"Ah, my lady, should I…"
"Wait outside with Sebastian Maria." Corinne shooed Maria to stand beside Sebastian and pulled Ciel into the shop. Maria stood uncomfortably near Sebastian and looked away.
"M…Mr. Sebastian, I'm very sorry about my lady. She…she made your master dress up as a girl…v…very sorry. Maybe…maybe my lady and I should move away from your manor in London. I mean, since you're already in London, I thought it best that…." Maria cried, bowing up and down.
"Yes, please move away." Maria looked up in shock to see Sebastian looking straight into her eyes.
"Excuse me?"
"I think you know exactly what I mean." Sebastian said.
"OOOOHHH Sebas~chan! What are you doing with another woman?" A voice cried. Sebastian froze, knowing exactly the owner of that voice. A flash of long red hair swooshed near the roof of one of the stores and the world's most annoying reaper appeared in front of their eyes.
"Shinigami Grell Sutcliffe is here, DEATH!" Grell blew a kiss to Sebastian, but he dodged it. "Oh Sebas~chan, you betrayed me, being with that woman! I want to kill her so badly because you're MINE! She's going to be at the top of my To-Die-List!" He gave a fit like a little girl's and glared at Maria. "Why, why does she have to be an…"
"Sebastian! Maria! We're done shopping! Maria look! Look at this neck ribbon! Isn't it so cute?" Corinne sang as she and Ciel came out of the store. Corinne was holding up a pink neck ribbon with a cute white bow on the side. Her arms were linked with Ciel's whose face was as red as a tomato. "Uh…who is that man? Do you know him Maria, because he's glaring at you." Corinne asked, staring at the still-pouting shinigami.
"How rude, who are you calling a man? I am obviously a lady!" Grell cried, shaking his body. He attached himself onto Sebastian's arm, who was desperately trying to shake him off.
"My lady, I don't really know him, but…ah, never mind. Wasn't there a store you wanted to see over there somewhere? I'll go with you." Maria said with a smile.
"Oh yes! I wanted to see that shop since forever! Go with me Maria!" Corinne pulled Maria off into the bustling crowds when she turned around. "Sebastian, take Robin to somewhere perfect for girls and shop until you get something, ok?" Corinne smirked at Ciel and left with Maria.
"What do you mean perfect for girls?" Ciel screamed.
"Young lady, you mustn't yell in the streets. Very bad manners and not lady like." Sebastian said, adjusting his reading glasses.
"Sebas~chan, why do you always have girls near you? Who is this wrench?" Grell asked, poking Ciel in the cheeks.
"It's me, you idiotic Shinigami." Ciel said. Grell pushed his glasses closer to his face and examined Ciel.
"You're Ciel Phantomhive? HAH! I didn't recognize you there. Good, good. So besides that…that an…"
"Maria has nothing to do with me." Sebastian interrupted. Grell looked at Sebastian with watery-eyes.
"Nothing to do with you? Are you sure? Positive?"
"Yes. We were simply waiting for our young mistresses outside the store. Please don't get anyone else involved in your…"
"OH YES!" Grell said and hugged Sebastian. "Sebas~chan is still miiiiine!" He sang. Sebastian shook his head and was about to gently push Grell away when he heard a piercing scream.
"M…Mr SEBASTIAN!" Maria cried, running head over heels, pushing through the crowds. "I…it's the young lady! Lady Corinne is gone!" Maria stopped in front of Sebastian and took several deep breathes.
"But you were just with Corinne a few seconds ago. How can you lose her in such a short time?" Ciel asked with a hint of suspicion in his voice.
"I…We were going to that store over there and the young lady suddenly disappeared when…when we walked near an alley…" Maria said, suddenly realizing the possible truth. Tears spilled from her eyes and she wept. "Oh no! My lady! Where are you?" Maria sprinted back off into the streets in search of her mistress. Ciel breathed heavily, thinking of a plan.
"Sebastian, we have to look for Corinne too. I'm afraid if we don't hurry, she might've already…"
"Young master, I will safely deliver Lady Corinne to safety. Grell, I don't have time to entertain you right now." Sebastian picked Ciel up and disappeared in a swoosh.
Corinne's hands were tied behind her back and blood trickled down her mouth. Her neck ribbon was torn and was probably somewhere down the alley where she was kidnapped. At least ten thugs, all with a city stink and held knives or broken glass beer bottles were slinking around her and snickering. One of the closets thugs placed his dagger under Corinne's chin to lift her head up.
"Well, well, what do we have here? How much money would you get us if we sold you heh?" The thug laughed and kicked Corinne in the guts. She doubled over and coughed, spewing blood all over the dirty city ground. "We'll have loads of fun with you pretty. Just you wait."
"Young master, look at this." Sebastian said, holding up a piece of cloth. Ciel took it in his hands and recognized it right away. It was Corinne's new neck ribbon, the one she just bought from the store. It looked like with was ripped and there were blood stains on it.
"Sebastian, you think you can pin point Corinne's location right now?"
"Yes, my lord." Sebastian scooped Ciel up into his arms and flew away from the alley. "I caught her scent a little while back, so I think I have a clue where she is. To what I smell and think, it wasn't the Red Slasher who caught her, just some random city thug."
"Thank goodness." Ciel sighed in relief.
"But even if the Red Slasher did catch Lady Corinne, she still wouldn't die." Sebastian mused.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's just say, her maid won't let her die that easily." Sebastian arrived at an old, abandoned ware house at the edge of London.
"Sebastian, is Corinne in here?" Ciel asked.
"Yes, but it looks like someone else beat us to here." Sebastian said, pointing at a figure at the door. It was Maria, opening the door to the front door.
The thugs were drinking beer and were rejoicing after their catch of Corinne. Suddenly, the door of the warehouse burst open and Maria was standing at the door, her eyes still wide in fright. The thugs armed themselves with their weapons and snarled.
"Um…uh…I…I came here to…to get my mistress." Maria muttered. Her voice was quavering and she nervously clutched her skirt. The thugs looked at each other and laughed as if this was the funniest joke they've ever heard.
"Look at this babe! She looks no more than twenty at least. We got two catches today, lucky for us." One of the thugs whistled. He walked close to Maria and brushed her arm. Maria jerked away from him and backed away, but the door was secured by other gangsters.
"Wh…what do you want? I…I have to pick up my mistress…I promised the lady that I would buy…buy her a new headband…" Tears welled up in Maria's eyes again and she knelt on her knees, bowing to the gang. "Please…I'm begging you. Please repent now. If you do, your sins will be forgiven and erased. Release my mistress, I'm begging you." Maria pleaded on the ground. A gangster with a strong smelling scent and shriveled hair came forward and knelt down.
"It's ok; we'll release your mistress. We just caught her for fun." He said soothingly. Maria looked up in happiness when the thug grinned and kicked Maria on her head, making her bun knock loose, and her hair went flying everywhere.
"HA! Like hell we would. She's one of a kind that girl, we'll definitely pounds out of her." The thug kicked Maria again, this time, hard on her forehead, making Maria whip her head backwards.
"MARIA!" Corinne screamed. She helplessly struggled against her restraints, but the ropes cut into her arms instead. "No…Maria…" The guy who kicked Maria was laughing hysterically, and placed his foot on Maria's body. He grinned and was about to take a swig out of his beer bottle when he suddenly writhed in pain on the ground, off of Maria. He jerked around in pain, than stopped. The other thugs froze and went over to their ally.
"Hey Sam, get up. Not funny Sam, get up!" One of the guys said. He turned Sam over and screamed like a little girl. All over the front of Sam's body was stabbed with white feathers. The feathers were like knives, blood spilling where ever the feathers pierced.
"Wh…what is this taboo? How did this happen to same in just a few seconds?" The others cried. They all took out their knives, guns, etc. and was aiming at Maria who was lying on the warehouse floor.
"I told that man if he wanted to repent his sins, but unfortunately, he denied my last offering to him. I am already different from the rest of my kind, giving those who are dirty or broken a second chance. My brethrens will surely kill you all without giving you any chance at all. So I will ask you all once more give you the last offering. Will you be willing to repent your sins and let me erase it?" Maria asked, slowly rising from the floor. Her chocolate brown hair was now sleek silvery white and was wearing a beautiful flowing white dress with a kiss of purple and a touch of light blue. Behind her was a pair of crisp, snow white wings that extended eighteen feet across her back. The thugs all backed away and screamed in fright as they wielded their weapons in front of them.
"An…an angel? But…but you…you're just a maid?" One of the gangsters said in surprise.
"Who said an angel can't be a maid?" Corinne smirked.
Who would've thought that Maria was an angel? I wanted her to be a demon, but decided I wanted to do something new and extreme: Angel Maid. But Maria isn't going to be like Angela/Ash. A different angel that's going to be called the Angelic Demon. Looking forward on writing about the "Angelic Demon" and her mistress, Corinne. :D