"I will be back for you one day…"

Aurora glanced around the pitch black room. She couldn't see anything. Not a single thing. Curse her unusable demon powers! The female Phantomhive slowly moved her body into a sitting position and looked around the room once more, or at least she attempted to.

"Hello?" she cautiously asked. Silence was her only response.

Aurora's head snapped to her right when a candle was suddenly lit, illuminating that part of the room. The demoness's blue eyes widened in surprise as candle after candle then began to light the room right after the other. As soon as all of the candles were flickering with bright flames, Aurora curiously looked around at her surroundings.

The first thing she noticed was the cages. There were a few scattered around the room and each one held small piles of bones inside. Every cage, but for one that is. In the cage closest to Aurora was instead what looked like a dark figure in the corner sobbing. The female Phantomhive couldn't exactly tell who or what the figure was, but she was able to see that the figure was quite small, possibly a child, and had a chain clasped to it's ankle keeping the person in place.

Aurora looked away from the trapped child and down at whatever it was she was sitting on. She blinked when she realized that it was nothing more than a pedestal, just a slab of stone no taller than Ciel. Looking past the stone and onto the floor, Aurora noticed a peculiar symbol that sent chills down the demoness's back. It was strange, something that the female Phantomhive had never seen before but felt drawn to.

Aurora brought her feet over the side of the pedestal and quickly glanced up when she realized something. The crying child had become silent. The demoness looked over towards where the figure had been sitting and held her breath as the person began to bring their face up and stare back at her. Just as the figure was about to look all the way up, the lights went back out. Aurora gasped suddenly as her body was thrown back and away from the pedestal and crashed into a wall. The lights immediately came back on as she groaned and clenched at her head. Aurora glanced back up, still holding onto her head, and her eyes flashed pink in confusion since now she was the one in a cage. Not just any cage though. This was the one without the bones.

Yet where was the child?

"You are a disgrace to all of mankind!"

Aurora's head snapped upwards at where the voice had come from. It sounded strange. Almost like a mixture of more than one voice. She tried to rise to her feet, but froze when she realized that her arms were being restrained by something. Her eyes glanced back down at her arms and saw chains attached to her wrists from the wall keeping her in place. Aurora growled deep in her throat.

"Once a human and now a demon! Filthy! Disgusting!"

"Who are you?" Aurora demanded, pulling at the chains. She gasped when the chains on her wrists tightened and seemed to burn into her flesh. The more she struggled, the tighter the shackles became. The demoness felt as if all the power she had was being drained right from her body, causing her to grow tired. After only a few minutes she was already breathing heavily with her head hanging low.

"I wouldn't struggle if I were you, unless you wish to kill yourself. Not that I would really care. It would just mean one less vermin in the world."

Aurora's eyes angrily flashed red. "I will ask but once more. Who the hell are you?" she hissed.

"How about I show you something instead?" the voice asked with a chuckle.

A snarl ripped from the demoness's throat when her head was forcibly pulled up. She couldn't see the hand, but she could feel the pressure on her cheeks and the pull on her hair. Her blue eyes darted around the room but the candles around the room flickered for a few moments making it impossible to see her surroundings. When she was finally able to see again, she noticed a figure lying on the stone pedestal. Not just any figure though. It was the child from earlier.

The child's face was once more in the shadows, making it utterly impossible for Aurora to recognize the person's face. Another figure stood behind the child with a white cloak wrapped around their body and a hood pulled low over their face. The only thing noticeable about the person was the wide smile they had as they brought up a long, sharp looking dagger and held it up above their head.

"Wh-what are you doing?" Aurora asked in shock. Her answer came a moment later when the person laughed manically and plunged the dagger down and into the child's chest.

Aurora's eyes widened when the child's body instantly went still. The demoness felt as if she couldn't pull her eyes away as the taller figure dropped the dagger and gripped the child's face. Ever so painfully slowly, the killer turned the dead body's face until the female Phantomhive had a clear view of the child's features. Aurora gasped in shock.

"B…," she whispered in shock. Half the lights went out. Aurora's body started to shake in convulses as he struggled more with the shackles holding her. Excruciating pain stabbed at her body. "C…." The other half of the lights went out, leaving Aurora, the dead body, and the murderer in complete darkness.

"…My dear, Phantomhive."

Aurora's head snapped up and she screamed bloody murder. "Ciel!"

"My lady!"

Aurora's eyes snapped open. She was breathing heavily while a few tears leaked from her blue orbs, which of course went unnoticed by Sebastian who was tightly gripping the demoness's wrists in death grips. He was staring down at her with his red eyes and kept his tight hold on her wrists until she finally stopped her struggling and looked back into his eyes. Her blue orbs flashed pink for a second before returning to their original color.

"Are you alright, my lady?" the Phantomhive demon butler quietly asked her.

After a few seconds of Aurora not giving him an answer, Sebastian pulled back and away from her, releasing her wrists as he did so. Aurora rubbed at her red wrists as the tears fell harder. Had that just been a dream? What about that pain? Was Sebastian the one causing my wrists to hurt? Or were the cuffs really hurting me and it just seems as if Sebastian had been the one causing it?

Aurora couldn't help it as even more tears ran down her face. She wasn't sure what took over her body, but her arms flung themselves around the demon's neck and in a tight embrace, almost knocking the two off of the bed. Sebastian tensed and blinked down at the Phantomhive who held him.

"My lady?" Sebastian asked uncertainly.

"Just give me a moment, Sebastian, please," Aurora murmured, tightening her hold on him even more.

Sebastian awkwardly brought a gloved hand up and placed it upon the Phantomhive's head in what seemed a caring gesture. He frowned as he felt a few of Aurora's tears soak into his tailcoat as she buried her face into his chest. Her hands gripped at the back of his coat, making it easier for her to push her face even more into his clothing.

After a few minutes of silence, Aurora finally pulled her face away from the demon butler. "I'm sorry about that," she murmured. She brought up one of her hands and quickly wiped away the tears from her face. "You smell nice by the way."

Sebastian gave her a small smile of amusement. "I smell nice, my lady?"

Aurora waved off his question like it was nothing. "Think nothing of it, Sebastian. You just have this unique scent about you…forget I said anything."

The Phantomhive butler smirked slightly and stood to his feet. He gave her a small bow and said, "Of course,…my lady. Shall I then dress you for the day?"

Aurora scoffed. A mistress cries once in front of her demon butler and he instantly thinks he needs to help her with everything. "Not once have you offered me something like that before, Sebastian." Sebastian's eyes stayed on Aurora, waiting for an answer. The demoness sighed. "No, Sebastian. Just leave my room. I will meet you downstairs in ten minutes exactly to begin 'training'."

Sebastian smiled and began to backtrack out of the room. "Yes, my lady. I will be in the dining room if you need me."

Aurora sighed once more and rose from her bed. I can already tell this is going to be a bad day.

"What's this?" Aurora asked in surprise. She quietly closed the doors to the dining room behind her and walked forward until she was standing beside Sebastian. Her eyes traveled across the table at the different types of human food that was placed.

Sebastian looked down at her and grasped one of her hands. "I'm surprised that you don't recognize this, my lady. It is food." Aurora glared up at the butler as he led her to the end of the table where a chair was already pulled out just for her. Once she was sitting in it, Sebastian pushed her chair in and took the empty white plate that was before her. "What would you like to eat first?"

The demoness blinked up at Sebastian in shock. "You want me to eat this? Are you crazy? Are you trying to kill me?"

Sebastian gave her a disappointed look. "I swear that it won't kill you, my lady. I've eaten plenty of human food before and I am still alive."

Aurora crossed her arms and leaned back in her seat. "Why do I have to learn to eat human food again anyway? Demons don't need it; you should know that better than anyone. And how the hell are you able to eat this trash without wanting to throw up?"

Sebastian sighed and just piled on some toast for her. "Firstly, you have guests coming in a few days who may think it funny if you don't eat a single thing during dinner. There's also the fact that you are a lady and, along with the young master, may be invited to balls and parties, where I am quite sure food will be served." Sebastian came back over to Aurora and placed the plate back on the table in front of her. Aurora grimaced at the toast as the butler then proceeded to fill her cup with water. "And to answer your second question, I had to do the same exact thing that you are about to do right now."

"And that will be?"

"Practice."

Aurora picked up one of the pieces of toast between two of her fingers. "Can't we start with something simpler?"

"What could be simpler than this meal? It's bread, butter, and water," Sebastian asked with a raised eyebrow.

Aurora's own eyebrow twitched. He's enjoying this! "What about just bread? Or absolutely nothing? I like that idea."

"Bread, my lady?"

"Or absolutely nothing."

Sebastian sighed. "The whole point in this lesson is for you to grow accustomed to the horrible taste of human food so you may eat it without showing any feeling toward it. You need to learn to ignore the taste you get from the food and just eat it without causing a show. That is why we are starting small with the choice of food you eat for now until you are able to move up onto something bigger."

"Except I get horrible feeling in my stomach just by looking at this," Aurora said quietly. She dropped the toast back onto the plate and looked up at Sebastian. "Do I really have to eat this?"

Sebastian's eyes flashed for a second causing Aurora to flinch back. He seemed slightly irritated. "Must I really feed you by hand?"

"N-no," Aurora stuttered.

Sebastian's eyes narrowed a tad bit as he leaned towards her and grabbed her face in one of his hands. "You might've been a nineteen year old human before but now you are nothing but a young demon. Compared to me, you are a child in the sense." Aurora's eyes widened as the lights flickered and she immediately fell out of her chair in fear when Sebastian released her face. The demon butler blinked down at her body in confusion as she started to crawl away from him in a panic.

"Stay back!" she screeched. The figure from her dream was back. It had taken over Sebastian's body. Shadows had enveloped the entire room leaving her in pitch darkness. Aurora clenched her eyes shut and gasped as her wrists began to burn again.

The figure was moving through the darkness towards her. He was getting closer to her. His hand rose up and Aurora swore she could see the same shimmering dagger that had killed her brother. In fear, her eyes flashed pink and she brought her own hand up to punch the figure. The figure in response grabbed her hand and twisted it until Aurora heard a snap. The demoness's mouth opened up but nothing but a silent scream escaped her lips when the hand then covered her mouth.

"Lady Aurora!"

The demoness's eyes instantly opened and stared up at Sebastian. "You…I…my hand hurts."

"I am sorry, my lady, but you were attacking me and I had no choice."

"So you broke my wrist?" Aurora exclaimed. She jumped to her feet and shoved Sebastian away. "What is wrong with you?"

Sebastian merely blinked at her. "You wouldn't stop when I tried to restrain you so I figured that maybe a bit of a pain would bring you back." Aurora glared at him with blood red eyes. Sebastian's eyebrow rose up in return. "Is there a problem, my lady? Your hand should soon heal up and become as good as new within minutes."

Aurora didn't answer but instead just spun on her heel and stormed towards the door. Sebastian frowned at her and quickly moved in front of her, blocking her from exiting the room. "What, Sebastian?" she angrily asked. The demoness tried to step around the butler but he just kept getting in front of her. "This is not how a butler is supposed to act towards his mistress!"

"At the moment though I am not a butler nor are you a mistress," he quietly told her. "I am the teacher and you are the student." Sebastian gripped her non broken hand and led her back to her seat. "Now, would you rather tell me what just happened a moment ago to you, or would you rather train yourself for when your friends come to the Manor?"

Aurora sighed and cradled her bad hand to her chest while she picked up the toast with the other. "I'll go with the toast," she muttered, bringing the horrible food to her mouth.

"Very good, my lady," Sebastian told her. He gave her one of his famous closed eye smirk just as she took a bite of her food…and gagged.

"I amuse you," Aurora muttered angrily. She glared up at her 'teacher'. "Don't I?"

"I don't know what you are talking about."

As soon as the toast and water were gone, Aurora immediately covered her mouth as she felt everything that she had just eaten preparing itself to come back up. She jumped out of her seat, past Sebastian and out of the room, and ran towards the closest bathroom. When she returned to the dining room, her face was whiter than usual and her bluish grey hair was in a messy ponytail. She pressed her good hand to her stomach and leaned against the door once she shut it.

Sebastian sighed. "At least you were able to eat all of your food before it decided to come back up."

Aurora glared at him. For some reason she had the strangest urge to attack him.

The demon butler brought one of his hands to his chin in thought. "It seems as if your body is still in the process of growing used to souls."

"And what do you mean by that?" the female Phantomhive snapped.

Sebastian looked up at her as if he just remembered she was still there. Aurora's glare hardened somewhat. "What I mean is that because you are so young, your body is still getting used to your change in diet. You are still adjusting from human food to the diet of a demon, in other words human souls. Anyway, as your body grows accustomed to the taste and digestion of souls, it is harder for you to go back to eating human food like you once did."

"Wait, what?" Aurora's eyes turned confused as she stepped away from the door and retook her seat. "I still don't quite understand."

Sebastian picked up her plate and began to pile on some more 'simple' food. "Your body is still in the process of changing from human food to souls, but by eating human food while your body is still in this process is confusing it. Your body knows it needs to be eating souls now to survive and that human food is but pointless, yet here you are trying to eat it anyway. Because of this, your body is rejecting the food since it quite doesn't understand what is going on. The only way you are going to be able to stop this process is by practicing, or in this case eating as much human food as possible. That way you will be able to eat the human food without your body trying to reject it." The demon placed the new plate of food before Aurora and gave her a closed eye smile. "In other words, it is going to take a little longer for your body to be able to handle human food again to a certain degree."

Aurora stared at her plate. Her eyes flashed red. "I have to eat more?"

"Only if you wish to stop rejecting the food, my lady."

"…I may need a bucket then."

Aurora stumbled out of the dining room with her hand to her mouth again. Her other hand, the one that Sebastian had broken, had finally healed and was pressed against her stomach. Sebastian followed her after a moment and glanced down at her. "That was horrible!" Aurora exclaimed.

"You at least improved, though I admit you rejected almost all the plates of food you were given," Sebastian said in a thoughtful tone. He had his gloved hand once more to his chin as he stared down at Aurora.

"Any person would've been rejecting after all the food you gave me!" Aurora growled at him, moving her hand from her mouth. "What the hell do you think I am? Even as a human I would never had been able to scoff down all that food! Just thinking about how much you gave me makes me want to throw up." The demoness pressed her forehead against the wall and sighed at how relaxing it felt. She slowly slid down to her knees while her head was still against the wall.

"My lady?"

Without looking up at Sebastian, Aurora brought a hand up for him to see where she had her pointer finger up in the air, indicating that she needed a moment. She held her hand there for a few minutes before finally deciding to stand back up to her feet. She took a deep breath and exhaled it before motioning for the Phantomhive butler to continue whatever he was going to teach her next.

"Alright then. What's next, Sebastian?" the demoness asked him.

"Scenting others," he explained. "Besides the eyes, a demon's senses are much more heightened than a human's. The next lessen you are be doing is learning to distinguish scents. Every demon, every human, every being has a unique scent about them to help distinguish them from the others."

"Every being?" Aurora asked confused. "Is there such a being that happens to smell like a deceased corpse?"

Sebastian smiled and placed a finger against her lips. Aurora blinked up at him puzzled. "That's a lesson for another day, my lady."

"Umm, okay?"

Sebastian pulled his gloved hand away from her. "Close your eyes and take a deep breath." Aurora nodded and did as he told her. "Release the air now and tell me what you smell."

The female Phantomhive exhaled the air that she had breathed in. She stood in silence, breathing softly as she sniffed the air around her. Aurora lifted up a hand and pointed towards the direction of the garden. "I can smell grass, flowers, sweat, fertilizer, blood…is it Finny?" The female Phantomhive opened her eyes and looked up at the butler.

"You are correct. Close your eyes again," he quietly told her. He continued when she did as he asked. "Good…now come and find me," he whispered in her ear.

Aurora shivered at the close proximity. When she opened her eyes, Sebastian was nowhere in sight.

This chapter was quite interesting for me to write. It took me a bit, even though it's not as long as some of my others, but along with the seriousness in the beginning, there's a few funny moments. I don't know. Review and let me know your thoughts.