A/n: No I don't hate you guys, the new cover hurts my eyes too.
"Rise and shine, Ariel." Sebastian said as he pulled back Ariel's grey curtains,
"Ngh..." She groaned, and pulled her covers over her face, making Sebastian pull them off of her. Then she put her pillow over her head and rolled over. Sebastian sighed, but tried to pull her pillow away, but... Ariel stuffed her face into the mattress and gripped the bedpost's rails. Sebastian had tried to pull her out of her bed, but she resisted with all of her power (Even the bars had bended!) and would not get out of the bed. (A/N: Me everyday XD)
"Alright..you forced me to do this.." Sebastian walks out the room, and Ariel goes back to sleep...only to be woken up again.
"ARIEL!" DJ screamed and pounced on Ariel..or attempted to...The moment Ariel heard DJ scream her name, she moved to the side and chucked a pillow at her best friend who didn't expect that coming at all, "Ompf!"
"Well that plan failed..." Sebastian muttered to himself, now there was only one thing to do...
"There's a spider above your head." Both Sebastian and DJ said at the same time, and Ariel dashed out of her bed , and latched onto Sebastian, like there was a monster behind her...to her there was.
"KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE! KILL IT WITH SILVERWARE! I DON'T CARE JUST KILL IT!" Ariel screeched with her eyes closed, holding on to Sebastian for dear life, "DON'T LET GO JACK! DON'T LET GO!"
Sebastian made a confused, yet slightly agitated look, and said, "Ariel, calm down. There is no spider in the first place..and...Who the hell is Jack?"
Ariel cracked her eyes open a bit, and noticed that there was no spider at all. Her face became a blood red, and she quickly got off of Sebastian and ran into her bath, locking the door behind her.
Sebastian and DJ stand in Ariel's room for a moment, until Sebastian broke the silence with five words...
"Who the hell is Jack?"
-Night before-
(Sebastian's POV)
I sigh deeply, trying to make sense of what just happened...Ariel started to drink my blood...
'Interesting...'
But the strangest thing was..I liked it. It was one of the most plea- what the hell am I saying? If she attacked me there could be a chance of her attacking the young master...
I rubbed my eyes and played with nearby glasses, "Just what am I to do with you...Ariel.." After she had finished draining me of my blood, she passed out on top of me. I wanted to interrogate her when she woke up and put her somewhere away from the Young Master...but then I realized how peaceful she was sleeping...so calm even though she did lick me...and bite me..and...drank my blood...
(A/N: Now you know why Sebastian's POV is always short lived..because I get too OOC. Please bare with me.)
I stared at her for a while, and kept seeing how her eyes turned a glowing blue.
'Very interesting..'
Shortly after that I carried her to he'd bedroom and tucked her in. I'll ask her questions tomorrow. If she remembers, she'll avoid me. If she doesn't then...she'll act normal. Unless she's acting...but I would be able to tell.
(Present time Ariel's POV)
Drip...drip..drip..
Even though I had already turned off the water for my bath, I was just sitting in it now...staring at all the bubbles around me.
I sighed deeply, not remembering what happened last night, but a song and me getting up...
'Just what happened?'
It felt like a few minutes since I got in here, which it actually was, but the water just started to get extremely cold...
Sure I'm used to the cold, but something was different this time...
Drip..drip...
Wait...the dripping stopped..
I looked up and saw that the water coming out of the faucet was now a frozen droplet, hanging on for dear life..
I quickly hopped out, my toes were getting to cold, and I watch the whole tub freeze over...
"What the...? Not again..." I watched the whole room be frosted over, and I breathed heavily, sending out even more frost.
"I'm not fucking Elsa!" I harshly whisper out loud, for whoever is making this happen to make it stop. But I knew it was only me making this happen...so I quickly dried myself and left the slowly melting or freezing bathroom.
"And when the world's in need of justice. Drowning out in darkness, I will be the light that we can see.." I started to sing to myself as I got dresses in my, it's 'stolen' to Sebastian but for me it's 'borrowed', attire.
I glance at my hands as I continued to sing, "I can't deny this is a calling. Humanity is falling. They need a solution..." My black and red fingernail polish from what? Five weeks ago? Well when we first came here...was still there..no matter how much I tried to peel them off.
Nothing left to do but put some gloves on, 'borrowed' not 'stolen', them.
"It's... Me..." I finish rather reluctantly and sighed heavily...
'Today's going to be a long~ day. '
I tie my boots after finding them and started to stretch. After popping every bone in my body, I headed towards my mirror on the wall. I swear to God if I become some evil queen from freaking Snow White- I'll just stop now.
But I am starting to question my life...
"Love everything you do. When you call me fucking dumb for the stupid shit I do.."
"Ariel are you singing Melanie Martinez again?" DJ asked when she stopped dusting the library we were in. I was putting up misplaced books while DJ did her cleaning stuff. I was supposed to get something so I can start teaching Ciel something, but 'Training Wheels' popped up in my head.
"Take a guess, my dear DJ." I glance over to her and gave her my signature grin.
DJ shook her head, smiling, since we both love her, and went back to cleaning.
I look back to the bookshelf, now done with putting most of them up, and looked for history on London... Since I only knew the United States history, I don't know much for here. But I could just start with math... Or can I?
The servant bell rang, well the new one with my name on it... and I stop what I was doing and went to Ciel's study room.
"No training wheels left for you... I'll pull them off for you.." Nothing really interesting happens in the hallways.. except for the random stuff Finny does, (Which is him throwing a statue at a bee that he 'claims' tried to attack him.) But besides that everything in the hallway is boring.
I finally reached the study room after a few twists and turns and knocked on the door. A 'Come In' was heard and I gently opened the door to see Ciel sitting in his chair and of course Sebastian standing behind him like the shadow he is, pulling out his pocket watch.
"Ariel you are late by one minute." Is all he says.
'I don't give a fuck about you said I gave a shit 'bout you?' I 'conveniently' sang in my head. Cue my evil laughter.
"I'm very sorry then. I was just simply looking for some books. "
Ciel peaked his head up when I mentioned books, and raised his eyebrow, "Nevertheless Ariel, I'm ready for a lesson."
And thus I'm screwed. I have no idea what to teach him... WAIT! Singing is important... Right? Nononononono... Piano!
"Would learning piano suffice for now, Young Master?" I asked a little hesitant.
Ciel looks into my eye, since he couldn't really see my right one through my hair, and I smile back gently towards him. After a while of this, my smile never faltering (but my courage was) he finally muttered an 'Alright' and got up from his chair.
I let out the breath, I didn't know I was holding, out, and held the door open for Ciel as he and Sebastian walked out.
'Rest in peace Me.'
'Has Moonlight Sonata came out yet?' I think to myself, 'If I am correct it came out in 180 something... 1? Right now it's 188 something... ' I fish through one of the musical books I had and found it, 'Thank God.' and pulled it out...
Ciel waited patiently and Sebastian left a few seconds ago, probably to get the Queen's Letter that was supposed to come today.
They don't know that, I do. Cue my creepy laugh. Hehehehehe... Does that work?
But just as I'm about to start teaching Ciel the ways of playing piano, Sebastian comes back with the letter I was expecting...
Yay! I mean... Pity...
"Young Master, you have received a letter. " Sebastian bows, presenting the letter on a sliver platter.
Once Ciel sees the Queens emblem, or whatever that's called, he immediately tells Sebastian to prepare for a carriage.
"Oh and Ariel." Ciel suddenly says, making me jump a little, "Go get DJ, she'll be coming with us."
"At once, Young Master. "
Someone's going to be happy.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I GET TO GO?!" DJ pretty much fangirled since she hasn't really been outside besides the garden when Finny, once again, messed it up. (Those damn bees)
"Yes now hurry up and get-." In a blur, DJ gets everything ready and packed, "Ready... "
DJ breaths heavily and has a ridiculous smile on her face, "All ready!" Then she rushes out to the, still being readied, carriage.
"Oh dear... "
DJ and Ciel sat inside the carriage while Sebastian and Me, mainly Sebastian, drove the carriage to the townhouse.
I looked all around the city of London. To be honest it was really cool to see history in real life whether it was in a anime or not.
But I only did this because the air around Me and Sebastian felt... Awkward... Like I did something to invade his privacy... Sebastian also got really tense when I was near him. So me being up here with him, yeah... he's as stiff as a brick.
I really don't like awkward air between someone I know I'll be seeing everyday, especially since it's Sebastian for Pete's sake.
So I started to talk.
'Listen up here you little punk, why hell haven't you been you're cool motherfucking sexy self lately? Huh? HUH?!' Is what I would have said but I don't want soap down my throat and I also want to live through this case.
So instead of saying that, "Sebastian... What's on your mind?" I said this gently to Sebastian.
He glances at me and then back at the road, "What do you mean?" He responds.
'So he's playing that game I see.' "You've been... tense lately... Is everything okay?" I look over to Sebastian and leaned a bit in, if he couldn't get anymore tense he just did. I had obviously done something.
"Do you... Remember what happened last night, Ariel?" Sebastian asks, then a piercing headache suddenly attacked me when I tried to remember.
After messaging my head in hopes of getting rid of the headache, I answered him, "No... If I did something, then I'm really sorry... " The carriage stops since we have finally arrived at the townhouse. Sebastian didn't answer me, or paid me any mind, just got Ciel out the carriage, then offered me a hand with a look that says 'We'll talk about this later'. Once I was off the carriage, he went to open the door for Ciel, leaving me questioning about what I did last night to him...
'Just what did I do?'
"I hate this.. "Ciel grumbles, "There are far too many people in London."
"Well there's really no helping it, My Lord. " Sebastian smiles as he held the door for us, "It's tradition for the nobility to migrate to town from the country every season."
"The season you say?" Ciel starts to walk up the steps, Me, DJ and Sebastian, after he had closed the door, following closely behind, "Waste of time if you ask me.."
'Well no one asked you, Ciel..' I caught myself from laughing at the little thought that popped up in my head.
"Getting away from the manor could be a nice change of pace. It's a break from those four at least..." Sebastian mentions.
"A break from bees attacking and broken windows, then yes.. It is a break." I added in.
"We can enjoy peace and quiet for a time.."
"Some peace and quiet does sound nice..." Ciel agreed and Sebastian opened the door to reveal a destroyed room with Lau, Madam Red, and Grell...
"'Some peace and quiet' Sebastian said, 'It will be a break' Sebastian Said. " DJ muttered, mainly to me, while the rest stood frozen to their spots.
"There goes out 'peace and quiet' if there's such a thing now.." I muttered back as Madam Red began to complain about where the tea was or something. Lau just flipped over a vase on hopes of finding tea.
"How do you expect to find tea in a vase?" I asked him, but all he gave me was his silly little grin...
****(There's a lot of these lately.. I can hear the theme song playing... )
"'Jack The Ripper'?" I repeat what Ciel said a few seconds earlier, "But why who- prostitutes?" I slightly mumble to myself. Sure I know why and sure I know who... But I can't say anything but try to prevent the death of a friend...
"A frightening name, right?" Lau points out.
"That's why I'm here earlier than expected. So I can end this before the situation could get anymore out of hand." Ciel calmly eats his cake even though he IS talking about a murder case. DJ had left the room a while ago prepping up the town house and setting up our rooms. Sebastian stood next to Ciel while I sat in a chair near Ciel, slowly drinking tea.
"But are you sure you'll be brave enough to stomach the crime scene?" Lau asks Ciel and places his tea cup on the table.
"What do you mean by that?" Ciel slightly glares at Lau.
Lau gets up from his seat, "The site of the dismembered body is enough to make grown men have nightmares. Blood and gore everywhere... Only one could imagine the stench." Lau starts to walk towards Ciel, "It could surely make some men mad. Are you prepared to see such a thing?" Lau reaches out to touch Ciel, "You're just a young boy after all."
I gently grabbed Lau's hand and pulled it away from Ciel, "He may be a young boy but he's certainly more mature than you in many ways." I let go and send back to sipping my tea, "The body of a young boy but the mind and a heart of a man."
Ciel nods his head, whether in appreciation or agreement, towards me and says, "I am the head of the Phantomhives and service to my queen. Don't ask ask foolish questions." Ciel glares at Lau when he was finished.
"You're right. So sorry."
'No you're not Lau.'
A bell chimes in the distance as we arrive at the crime scene. Me, Ciel, and Sebastian walked forward while the rest, including DJ, hanged back.
What's his face, I forgot his name, looked at us with a shocked expression, "Sorry my boy, " He looked down to Ciel, "I'm afraid a crime scene like this is no place for a child. Now how about you can just run along."
I started to snicker, I really just couldn't help it, "Well this 'child' was sent here to help."
"I'm here to see the victim's body." Ciel says quite bluntly.
"The body?!" What's his face voice cracks, almost sending me into laughter keyword almost, "You got to be kidding me!"
"Abberline!" Oh that's his name! Ah I mean Mr. Gumpyface all the time called Abberline.
"Well if it isn't Lord Phantomhive. " Mr. Grumpyface walked out of the crime scene, "What are you doing here?"
"Wait you know this kid sir?" Abberline asks Mr. Grumpyface all the time.
Yes I forgot his name too, deal with it.
"I'm here to help this little case, "Ciel holds up the letter, "It seems that this is dragging behind a bit.. You know who sent me, of course."
Mr. Grumpyface all the time glares while Abberline is shocked to see the Queen's letter.
Ciel swipes (Ciel no swiping! XD sorry) the papers from Abberline and begins to look through them. "It seems you haven't found any major clues yet." Me and Sebastian peer over his shoulder to see the papers.
Well tried until Grumpyface took the papers away.
"We of Scotland Yard are more then capable of handling this case I assure you. There's no need for you to interfere. "
"Splendid." Ciel started to walk away, "Shall we go, Sebastian, Ariel?"
"Yes." Sebastian replies and follows after him.
It took me a moment to realize that Ciel just walked away. "R-right away!" I picked up my pace to catch up with them.
DJ honestly looked confused at to why we left, but Madam Red beat her to the question.
"Now what dear?" She asks.
"Now we go see someone who seems useful. "
Lau gasps, "My Lord, you mean?"
"Yes... Indeed."
We arrived to a shop with coffins and skulls around it. On top of it, in a purple and golden frame, a sign read 'Undertaker' in black letters.
"So..." Lau starts, "Where are we?"
DJ lets out an 'EH?!' while Madam Red scolds Lau for acting like he knew where we were going. Of course I slightly giggled at this, it was funny.
"It's a a funeral parlor run by an acquaintance of the Young Lord's." Sebastian answers.
"'The Undertaker'?" Madam Red reads.
Sebastian opens and holds the door open for everyone and we walk in.
"If we're looking for answer, this is the place. " Ciel mentions as we look around the shop. It was dark, the only light was the few candles around the place..which were on top of coffins. There was a ton those, actually. Well this is a funeral parlor...
"Heheheheheheheh.." A creepy laughter, that made most people's hair on their skin to rise, was heard. An equally creepy voice followed afterward. "Welcome. I thought I'll be seeing you before long."
Grell starts to shiver and Madam Red and Lau look around in alarm. Ciel and Sebastian just stood there, since they were used to it, and Me and DJ...well we were excited! DJ loves creepy things more than me but besides that, we haven't seen Undertaker since we got here. So it's nice to see an old face.
A coffin starts to open, "My Lord.. It's so lovely to see you... " Undertaker, with a face of stars in his eyes and a face that screams rape, was behind the coffin. Scarring Madam Red, Grell (who was on the floor) and Lau. Me, Ciel, and Sebastian stood there calmly while DJ looked like she was going to fangirl so hard she'll pass out.
"Do I finally have the pleasure of fitting you for one of me coffins?" Undertaker now asks as the silly man he is.
"No that isn't why I'm here." Ciel declines, "I wanted to-. "Undertaker cuts him off with his finger to Ciel's lips.
"No need to say, I'm already aware.. Very well aware. One of my recent customers were a bit unusual, shall I say. But I help though! I made her look beautiful again!" Undertaker says with his usual grin... Actually I think that's just his face...
"I would like the details please." Ciel asks politely.
"Oh I see! " Lau exclaims, "The funeral parlor is only your cover business! How much is it," Chibi Undertaker (it's going down for real),"For information?"
Before you knew it, Undertaker was up in Lau's face, "I have no need for the Queen's coins! There's only one thing that I want from you!" Undertaker turned his creepy yet desperate gaze to Ciel and got up in his face, "Please milord! Give it to me! Give me the beautiful gift of laughter! Just one good joke would be good!"
"Talk about... Actually Ariel meet your true twin." DJ mumbled to me, which made me smack her playfully on the arm, giggling and saying "Screw You" in between them.
"Leave it to me my Lord." Lau says and begins his joke, "Which side does a tiger has the most stripes?"
"The outside. " Me and DJ butcher his joke and no one laughed. In all honest truth, we love screwing people's jokes.
"My turn!" Madam Red announces, telling a... Highly inappropriate story that I rather not say but I will say this...
Me and DJ were covering each other's ears and we're trying not to cringe.
After...that was done and over with, Madam Red and Lau had Xs over their faces and Undertaker did not laugh at all.
I couldn't blame him...
"Well my Lord it looks like you're the only ones left. I gave you special discount last time but I'm not gonna do it again."
"I guess I'm next.. Right?" I scratched the back of my head trying to think something... Clean... When DJ obnoxiously whispered out loud.
"But Ariel, you can't tell a joke to save you life."
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"Yes I can! Watch me!" I walked up to Undertakers face and said with a straight face...
"Do you like Male Pregnancy?"
DJ: Ariel's not a vampire actually, and DJ doesn't really get the ability til later on since I already had something planned out. Also DJ already knows Ariel is clearly not human from Protection but refuses to acknowledge it.