A/N: Hello! I'm back! It's been a long time, eh? I'M SORRY! I'm sorry that the story takes a long time to update. I had been busy with my final exam and graduation. And I've been procrastinating a bit. ;P Sorry! But here it is, the new chapter. Mind you, that this chapter is un-beta. My previous beta had gone hiatus and I can't reach her. So, I'm searching for a new beta reader for this story. Preferably who knows Harry Potter and Kuroshitsuji very well. And if you're interested, please pm me.

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CHAPTER 8

A bell rang. A grey-and-white dog was chained to the wall of small half-dome. The dog growled at the group of angry villagers.

"The bad dog is chewing something," One of the villagers said.

"Make it spit it out!"

A man held a wood that was fairly large approached the dog.

"Let it go, you bad dog!" The man with the wood ordered while trying to pull the thing out of the dog's mouth. The man beat the dog over and over again with the wood when the dog didn't spit out the thing. "Let it go! Let it go!"

"What a stubborn dog. It's a terrible dog," Lord Barrymore said. "Begin!"

The men released their dogs and the dogs attacked the grey-and-white dog.

The seven stared in horror at the scene before them. Finnian looked horror struck. He saw himself back in the lab and being experimented on. He saw the men in white coats holding him down to inject him with all kinds of drugs. He clasped his hands tightly in front of himself, green eyes wide.

"Stop it! Don't! This is wrong!" He mumbled, voice shaking. "This is too much!" He screeched.

Six pairs of eyes fell on him, eyes wide. Then, Finnian ran forward and pulled up one of the stakes used to tie up attack dogs. "Stop it!" Finnian yelled, sprinting forward and whacked all of the attack dogs.

An old woman screeched before fainting. The villagers caught her, eyes enraged turned towards Finnian.

"Finny!" Mey-Rin, Ciel, Hermione, Baldroy and Tanaka running to his aid. They turned to see the infuriating folks approaching them.

"You got in the way. In the way of righteous punishment! More bad dogs!" Lord Henry proclaimed. He smiled sinisterly behind the angry villagers that took up chanting.

"They're bad dogs! Bad dogs! Punishment for the bad dogs! Punishment for the bad dogs!"

Hermione's eyes clouded with rage. She could feel her magic crackled, ready to lash out. Finnian was right. It's too much.


Ciel and Hermione were chained up to the stone wall not far away from the beaten dog. Tanaka, Mey-Rin, Baldroy, and Finnian had been bound to one of the wood stakes and gagged.

"Hmph. You're getting what you deserve, Maltese," Lord Henry pointed out. His eyes landed on Hermione. "It's bad that you were chained up too, beauty. But, you were with them and I have to be fair."

Hermione snarled. "You called this fair?" Hermione scoffed. "You are worse than I thought."

Lord Henry was about to replied back when Angela cried.

"Master, I'm pleading with you, please forgive them!"

"That's true. This Pomeranian is, even if only temporarily, one of those serving Her Majesty," Lord Henry turned back to stare at the six bounded people with a sarcastic grin. "Depending on what he has to say, I may be able to let him go. Tell Her Majesty to withdraw and never consider this village again."

"You'd go that far in order to protect your miniature kingdom?" Ciel smiled mockingly.

"It seems like the expression 'furious charge' was invented for you."

Lord Henry scowled, face twisted into anger. "Then, know what happens to those who disobey me! Do it!"

The dogs attacked. Hermione closed her eyes, waiting for the pain. Then, a black blur and one of the dogs flew backward followed soon the other four. Hermione opened her eyes when the pain she expected, she didn't felt it. She saw Sebastian in front of them. The dogs were whimpering and lying on the ground.

"You're late," Ciel stated.

"Please forgive me, my lord, my lady," Sebastian apologized, pulling his white gloves tighter.

"Are you trying to get in my way, you Garm?" Lord Henry bellowed. "What are you doing? Go and bite them both to death!"

The dogs growled, readying to attack.

"Ah. What a loud and barbaric sound they make. This is why I hate dogs," Sebastian frowned. Sebastian's eyes turned to slits like that of a cat and began glowing a pinkish-red.

"Wh-What?" Lord Henry asked, eyes wide.


Hermione was impressed. The dogs immediately lay on their stomachs, heads between their paws and tails wagging in submission. Sebastian was truly amazing. Well, of course, he is. He's a demon.

"The farce ends here, Barrymore," Ciel called out to Lord Henry, voice strong.

Lord Barrymore drew back, surprised.

"Listen, you village mongrels! There is no such thing as a Devil Dog! The only thing here is an old man who was bitten by the delusion of authority," Ciel announced.

"Wh-What proof do you have?" Lord Henry exclaimed, sweat sliding from his forehead.

"This," Sebastian replied.

Lord Henry looked up.

"It was in the basement of the mansion." Sebastian pulled out a dog skull from a dog's mouth and shown it to the villagers.

"The shape of the teeth match the marks on James."

Lord Henry scowled. The villagers gasped and began to talk hurriedly amongst themselves

"Please bear witness." Sebastian pointed up at the sky. All the villagers and Lord Henry looked up and stared in shock at the image of a demon dog gleaming in the clouds. Hermione too looked up.

"This is the real truth behind the 'Devil Dog'. The shadow of the Devil Dog was just a simple projection," Sebastian stated. The villagers silently glanced at the projector on the ground.

"Nothing more than child's play. The shining thing in the night was pure phosphorous. He just poured the powder on an ordinary dog." Hermione said as Sebastian poured some green, glowing powder into the dirt.

"The Devil Dog was an illusion choreographed by one person. And that person was you, Henry Barrymore!" Ciel accused.

"Wh-Where's the proof that I did that?" Lord Henry exclaimed.

Hermione rolled her eyes. He truly is stupidly stubborn. Even Ron know when to give up, Hermione thought.

Ciel smirked.

Sebastian walked over to the bloody and badly beaten dog from earlier and knelt down next to it.

"Please hand it over. Your job is done now," Sebastian said before reached forward and pulled out a scrap of fabric from between the dog's jaw. The dog closed his eyes. Hermione's eyes were brimmed with tears. She knew the dog has rested in peace.

"It is a high-quality fabric," Sebastian said, standing. "Why do you suppose this dog refused to let go of it until the end?"

"The reason is this," Sebastian turned and faced the villagers. He showed the fabric that he took it from the dog to Lord Henry.

Lord Henry stumbled back, aghast. "Th-That's..."

"Correct. While trying to protect James, it bit your leg and this tore off. It is a piece of your trousers." Sebastian said, eyes cold.

Lord Henry flinched jaw clenching. He turned to run, but the villagers stop him. They surrounded him, faces clenched in anger.

"So, you're the one who killed James!"

"There was no Devil Dog?"

"You fooled us all!"

"Give it up! You're finished!" Ciel shouted.

One of the villagers pulled up Lord Henry's trousers to reveal a large and painful looking dog bite. "You killed James!" Lord Henry was thrown over the shoulders of the same villagers who had followed him so diligently and then carted off to a prison.

"Stop! Stop it!" The former arrogance lord begged.


The chains binding Ciel and Hermione fell to the ground and they both rubbed their sore wrists. Hermione could see the red welts on her wrist. She frowned and thought, this would take a while to heal. If only I could heal it with magic.

Sebastian came toward Hermione."My lady, are you hurt?"

Hermione looked up from looking at the welts and smiled at Sebastian. "Just some scratch on my wrist. But other than that, I'm fine."

Sebastian took her hand and looked at her wrist. "I'll be attending to this when we get back. So, please don't do anything that could make it worse."

"What could I do to make this worse? You hardly let me do anything," Hermione asked and giggled. "Plus, I had worse before. This is nothing to me." Hermione took her hand back. Sebastian was staring at her and she stared back.

Baldroy stretched and Mey-Rin laughed.

"Ah. I'm exhausted!"

Finnian turned from Angela and walked over to the dead dog lying on the ground and everyone went silent. He knelt down and stroked its head softly.

"You're incredible. Trying to protect your master until the end..." Finnian paused and stared at the dog. Tears welled in his eyes, he hugged the dog closer to him. "You tried so hard! So hard!"

Hermione walked over to the sobbing boy and knelt beside him. She touched his shoulder and stroked the dog with the other hand. "We will give a proper farewell to him, Finnian. I promise." Hermione too had a few tears streaked down her face.

Sebastian's eyes narrowed at the scene and frowned deeply.

"This is why I hate dogs."