~Brittany's POV~
When I woke up the next morning, Agnes wasn't back in our room. I had figured that she'd just been out late stalking someone or something, but it was weird that she hadn't returned. I dismissed it though, since she was always up earlier than me anyway. I got out of bed and got dressed, then pulled my hair back. I exited my room with a yawn, and saw Abigail down the hallway.
"Abby," I said, starting to walk towards her.
"Gail," she reminded me, "Abigail." She hates being called Abby. You will likely get smacked if you make the mistake. "Have you seen Maya anywhere?" she asked me, "I haven't seen her since dinner." I shook my head.
"No, I haven't. It's weird, Agnes is gone too. Should we be worried?"
"Yeah," she said, "But not for them." I nodded in agreement. They were scary on their own, but they brought out the worst in each other. I was going to suggest that we go looking for them, but Sebastian called us down for breakfast.
~Agnes's POV~
It was chilly when I awoke the next morning, but I realized that that was largely because I had practically none of the blanket on my side. I grabbed it firmly, and yanked it towards me, leaving Maya with almost none. I was going to settle back in and try to return to sleep, but then I felt the blanket pulled away. I pulled it back, and Maya did the same. This continued for a bit, until I finally grabbed the blanket, and pulled it completely to my side. I felt Maya kick me in the back, then reach for the blanket again. I pulled it out of her reach, and she stood up.
"You suck," she told me. I saw her walk around the edge of the bed and go to the window, looking out. "What do we do now?" she asked. I didn't really know. At Ciel's we'd be expected to have been downstairs by then, but we had no idea what to do here. Right on cue, as it seems that spiders often are, we heard a knock at our door.
"My Ladies," came Claude's voice, "His Highness requests your presence." I sighed, and Maya and I exchanged a glance.
"We'll be right down," said Maya. I began to look around for my clothes, but I couldn't find them. I could tell that Maya had noticed too.
"I don't see our clothes," she said. I realized that we'd left them in that other room.
"Hey, Claude," I called out, wondering if he was still in hearing range.
"Yes?" we heard him respond, still directly outside of our room.
"Where are our clothes?" Maya asked.
"My master had me put them aside."
"So, what are we supposed to wear?" Maya asked him.
"Come with me, and we shall find something." Maya and I went to the door and opened it, stepping out. Claude turned around without even sparing us a glance began to walk down the maze of hallways. Maya and I silently followed him until we reached the giant wardrobe-like room that we'd earlier become acquainted with.
Claude began rifling through dresses, eventually pulling two down from the racks. He turned around with the dresses draped over his arm.
"You know the drill," he said, the words clearly directed at Maya. She narrowed her eyes at him as I looked over at her, wondering what he was talking about, figuring that it had something to do with the whole stalking thing they had going on. Despite her obviously irritated actions, Claude said and did nothing. Maya stared back at him, eventually turning around with a huff, and pulling her dress over her head. I noticed what she did, and did the same.
Claude approached her from behind, and held the dress over her head. She raised her arms and he pulled it down over her head.
"No corset this time?" she asked.
"Not this time," he said. "I've personally never preferred corsets," he mused, "I find that they obstruct the figure of a lovely young woman." Maya turned her head to face me, her eyes slightly wider than usual, her mouth pulled into a grimace. Claude was focused on lacing up her dress, and I had to stifle a laugh. As much as her situation sucked, she'd brought it on herself.
Claude pulled the ties of her basic black silk dress into a bow, then released her, and approached me. I scowled at him and held my arms up like Maya had. He pulled the emerald green dress over my head and laced it up.
"Alright, you're done," he said, stepping away. Maya and I bolted for the door, and took off down the hallway.
"You're going the wrong way," he called out after us, but we didn't hear him and kept running. He watched us disappear down the hallway, then went down to the dining room.
~Abigail's POV~
Brittany and I went down to the dining room, where places had been set out for us. Despite helping to work, we were still dining as guests. Ciel was sitting at the head of the table, and we took our places along the edges. I noticed Sebastian watching me, and looked down at my plate. I saw that Ciel and Brittany had started eating, and began to do the same.
"You two are awfully quiet," said Ciel. I was typically the loudest of us, but I was currently focused on other things, and Brittany was simply quiet by nature. We kept eating in silence, and Brittany and I soon finished our breakfast, but Ciel took a bit longer, and breakfast didn't end until he was done.
"Finished, My Lord?" asked Sebastian in that dead sexy voice of his that I loved so much.
"Yes," Ciel told him. Sebastian reached around him for his plate, and took it off to the kitchen. Brittany and I picked up our plates, and followed him to the kitchen, where we followed his lead and placed them in the sink. Brittany quickly hurried off after dropping off her plate, but Sebastian and I lingered.
"How did you sleep, My Lady?" he asked me.
"Fine," I answered quickly. I was typically great around guys, but considering that this one was Sebastian frickin Michaellis, who had kissed me the night before, I couldn't help but grow a bit flustered. He placed a hand under my chin, and turned my head to face him.
"You seem tired, My Lady," he said, "Has the stress of a different world been getting to you?" Psh, yeah, it was totally the different world and not the smexy demon inhabiting it.
"Yeah," I said, attempting to sound slightly disinterested, " That must be it."
"I'll see to it that you're in bed earlier tonight," he said before slinking out the door.
~Maya's POV~
Eventually Agnes and I stopped running and looked around. We were completely and totally lost.
"Still love Claude?" she asked me. I thought for a moment, then nodded.
"You're crazy," she said.
"So are you," I told her, "Just not as obviously."
"Granted." We looked around again, trying to see if we could get any idea of where we were.
"So what should we do, now?" I asked. She shrugged. I leaned back against the wall and slid down, "Then, I guess we wait," I said, knowing that Claude or someone would find us eventually. She sat down next to me and rested her head back against the wall.
"At least the floor's clean," I said, causing her to laugh.
AN: Yay, new chapter! Anyway, I've decided to have a little contest. I have posted a picture of the real Maya, Agnes, Brittany, and Abigail at this link.
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Whoever is able to first correctly name who is whom will win. If you win, for a prize I will write any request that you give me involving any or all of the girls and Black Butler characters. If I really like your idea, and it fits in, I may even ad it to the story. Put answers for the contest in comments.
