In the middle of the night I couldn't sleep, which greatly upset me because I had grown tired from the lack of it. I was having the same dream over and over again and I only wished that it would stop making me feel guilty. It was all my fault and I knew that; these past few months have been nothing but hectic for me and not being able to sleep wasn't helping either. I sat up and held my face in my hands a little, in sadness. I couldn't take these conflicting emotions anymore. Things were too…everywhere and I hated it. I still wanted to forget as much as I kept telling myself to not forget about it. My arms wrapped around my body and I closed my eyes. It was too painful to stop myself from crying again. I felt so useless and stupid; I didn't know what to do or how to begin to relieve myself of the constant torture I was feeling. I guess the only thing I could ever do was just let the time go by and hope for the best but I didn't even think I could do that.

Accepting defeat, I hopped up from the bed but looked back at. Sebastian wasn't there sleeping. He was probably lurking around and doing his own thing but not having him by me made me feel lonely. I decided to go out and find him, maybe if I was with him, he would help me relax. I sighed and looked in the mirror of the beautiful dresser in my room. The mirror captured my reflection perfectly; I could see every detail of my face. I looked at myself for a few minutes and tried to control my breathing and heart rate. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

When I looked at my reflection again, I screamed as loudly as I could. My hand shook terribly as I reached for my own reflection. My eyes…they were red and they look just like Sebastian's. I touched her eyes but she mimicked me and my movements. Maybe I was imagining things and I thought I had red eyes. I giggled to myself for my stupidity. I was scared of my own reflection! Could you believe that? When I looked at myself again, my eyes slowly widened to what I was seeing. All of a sudden my reflection started moving on its own or at least I thought it was. It reached back for me with it a content expression. She looked so much like me and her mouth slowly opened.

"Aurora…" I screamed again, grabbed the nearest thing I could find and threw it at the mirror. I fell backwards and scooted myself back with my heart pounding like a drum. What I threw was a bottom steeled brush and the mirror shattered into a million tiny pieces along with my reflection. I sat there for a while, much more frightened than before and held my breath. What was that? Reflections couldn't move but I saw it! My own reflection, its eyes, those deadly red eyes, they were staring at me. Everything looked exactly like me and I was scared out of my mind. I need to find Sebastian fast. My body forced me to get up slowly and walk around each fragment of glass, going into the hall.

The whole place was quiet and it bothered me but I needed to walk around and do something or I would be crying tears of blood instead of actual tears anytime soon. Possibly a heart attack, you never know. The door barely creaked once I pushed it open. The hallways were dimly lit with candles along the wall and while I was walking I heard faint voices coming from downstairs in the grand hall.

"I want you to stay here with her. Do I make myself clear?" It sounded a lot like…

"Yes, my lord." That was definitely Sebastian just now. I held back my gasp when I heard him talk again.

"How is she doing?" I got down on the floor on my knees and peeked from around the corner to see them. It was him, that guy that looked exactly like Ciel. I just had to be dreaming, just like before. It was impossible.

"She's been quite…upset…" Sebastian's back was to me so I couldn't see his facial expressions but I could see the replica's easily. "…but I believe I can take care of her." The man nodded and I saw him flash a look at me very quickly from the corner of his eye.

"I know she must be upset and angry with me." It was my fault. Not yours. I covered my mouth with my hand so I couldn't make any noise and slowly got up. "Aurora…come here." I didn't respond to him; I stayed quiet and crushed my back against the wall. He can't see me! Then I heard a soft chuckle behind me. I jumped and fell down hard on my bottom. I pushed my body back until the man kneeled and smiled. "You were never good at sneaking around." My throat dried and I couldn't say anything. I was scared and confused; much more than on the ship.

"Young master…" Sebastian interrupted but the man ignored him and frankly…I did too.

I just had to be dreaming. This couldn't be happening to me and like my life wasn't already spiraling out of control! He took my hand and held it while staring at me but I pulled away harshly.

"Y-you can't be real." My lower lips quivered in fear ad he brushed the side of my face.

"I'm only as real as you make me out to be Aurora." Dimitri said the same thing.

I shook my head harshly and it started spinning. There were multiples of that person in front of me and I tried to stay up. The illusion cupped my face and made me look straight at him. My vision slowly began returning to normal and all I could see was him. Tears wailed up into my eyes and they slid smoothly down my cheeks onto the floor, my dress or the man's hands. He wiped my tears away and looked at me. "I'm sorry." I scooted myself back and that ended up failing horribly because he held my hand again to keep me from moving. All the crying and the head rushes I kept getting made my head worse.

I turned my body over and started running as fast as I could. I didn't know where; this place was huge! So I was bound to find somewhere to run or hide. I turned about three corners before I rested and caught my breath. I was too scared to look around the corner and see if the man was following me. I swallowed hard and waited for something to happen; there was nothing but silence. With so much fear welted up inside me, I held back a sob and turned my head around the corner. No one was there; this was all in my head.

"Please…stop running from me." My eyes widened and I didn't bother to look behind me. Instead I ran again but I fell on my bad ankle and twisted it. I cried out in pain. The man took my upper body and laid it on his lap. His eyes were still glowing but he…was sad. He looked down at my ankle. "I've always told you to be careful." He shushed me from screaming by stroking my face; I just couldn't stop trembling. It was involuntary. I choked back sobs when he brushed my hair out of my face.

"Who…are you?" I whimpered, unable to look at him. My head was still spinning and I felt the need to just let myself be taken by the darkness. I would wake up in the morning. My ankle wouldn't be hurting, this person holding me wouldn't be here; he would be dead just like he was supposed to be…

"You should know who I am…" I heard a faint chuckled and I finally gave in to my necessity.

I woke screaming. Yeah I know extremely weird right? I sighed and whipped my hair all over, trying to recall what happened. I held my head and my chest in concern. Everything seemed ok but was it really? I kept having the same reoccurring nightmare, from the fire and death of my brother to a worse dream of him being a demon. Then I revoked about my reflection moving on its own and throwing the brush at the mirror. I shook my head again and looked at the dresser. It was perfectly fine, like I never even touched it. I got up and went over to touch it. My reflection was fine too. I brushed my fingers against the item I threw at it and there were no scratches. So it really was all a dream. I sighed.

"Everything alright?" Sebastian came through the door and turned to him trying not to make it obvious.

"Yeah…everything's fine." I was still figuring it out; I was so befuddled of what was happening to me. My reflection called out my name, my brother, who should be dead, is a demon and it was all a dream. I mustered up the best smile I could give to the man I loved. "Can I have something to eat please? I kind of worked up an appetite." He chuckled, came over to kiss my forehead and hollered to me before leaving the room.

"Ok course, my lady." He gave me a short bow; I rolled my eyes and said thank you. I hunched myself over the dresser and glared at the mirror with frustration. I just need to relax and get it together. I'm here for a reason. I still feel like I shouldn't be here, like…I was supposed to be dead. Ciel, what's going on? I headed to the bathroom after grabbing my toiletries and for the first time, I actually knew where I was going.

I sat in the tub, holding my knees. What was going on with me? Was I turning into something? I was losing my sanity quicker than usual. I hopped out of the bathroom quicker than I blinked and chose a random dress without even looking. I chose a light pink dress that had ruffles on the edges, a dark pink bow in the back and it was strapless. I got this as a gift from Meyrin; she made it herself and gave it to me plus other dresses. I put most of them all into my suitcase before Sebastian could notice. Knowing I would get scolded for it eventually by Sebastian, I brushed my hair back into a ponytail where I would hold it up by braiding around it and then split the ponytail in half so that both parts would hang loosely over my shoulders. I smiled in approval and glossed my lips. I slipped on my dress boots and headed towards the dining hall. Everything was all already prepared and Sebastian was putting the plates on the table.

"Breakfast is re-…Oh my…" I blushed with the way that Sebastian was looking at me. One dark brow was lifted a long with a sexy smirk. Something was going on in his head. He came up to me and took my waist closer to his body. My heart started speeding up when he kissed me. "Don't you look beautiful? Though…" He pulled a strand of my hair and the braid undid itself, letting everything fall down my back. Sebastian smiled bigger. "I like it better when your hairs loose." I rolled my eyes.

"You hate my hair up. You always said it was improper." I said.

"To be honest, I lied." He shrugged; I narrowed my eyes. "It is proper but I prefer your hair down than up in a ponytail." He said.

"Demon." I muttered under my breath; he chuckled and ignored my comment.

"Also…" I felt his hand fondle the bow in the back of my dress as he whispered in my ear with a low growl. "I prefer you without any clothes…" I gasped and looked away shyly.

"Can I eat please?" He turned to kiss me and showed me to the table. I sat and ate bread with jam and one of the new flavors of tea that I found. Everything was delicious and I finished pretty quickly.

"So where would you like to go today?" Sebastian asked.

"Hmmm I don't know. How about the park?" I asked and he nodded with a smile.