BLARG! I've been have brain bubbles get in the way of my plot bunny's work spot.
Anyone else starting to think the second season of kuro is starting to get a little out of hand with the gaudiness O.o
Anyways... back to the story...
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I spun experimentally.
The new gown flowed away from my legs and danced on the air currents my movement had created.
I liked the deep indigo color much more than the blinding pink or the bright white. The seamstress had been odd, yes, but her work was good.
I walked out of the door that led to my room and headed towards the library, I was almost done with the books.
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I sighed and shut the leather bound book and glanced out the small window set away from the book shelves.
That was the last one. Now what would I do during my time here?
I heard a high pitched shriek from outside that could only have come from Maylene.
If it was that girl again I would go right back in, I told myself as I approached the door.
I opened it just as Sebastian sighed.
I glanced up and saw him standing just a little ways down the hall.
"Just what exactly are you three doing?" Sebastian asked, his brows furrowed in a partly irritated partly confused position.
Maylene continued to run along the hall shrieking in pain as mousetraps cut off the blood flow to her hands.
As she ran past I pushed open the traps and pulled them off. She didn't seem to notice.
"Huh? What you say. We are capturing the mice!" Bard told Sebastian grumpily.
I noted the untouched charcoal soup pot in his arm and guessed he had been dealt a blow by the fact that even mice wouldn't eat his food.
"Sebastian."
Ciel came walking down the hall, seemingly oblivious to the chaos surrounding him.
I glanced at Finny, who was running away from several cats who in turn tried to bite and scratch at his cat suit, which smelled like a large amount of catnip.
"Finny, over here." He looked at me blankly.
"Come over here." He ran over, tears pouring down his cheeks as a cat bit his arm.
As he came closer, several cats jumped off, but continued chasing him.
He didn't slow down.
"Um, Finny…"
I trailed off as he grabbed me around the waist and sobbed into the silk waist line.
The cats had stopped around a foot away and watched warily.
I gave them a sharp look.
The cats scattered, fur on end, dashing down the hallways.
Sebastian had been turned away from the commotion, watching Ciel walk down the hall.
"Now then," He said, agitation evident.
Then he jumped, snatching the mice, which were running from Bards cooking.
I blinked in surprise, trying to make sure that I hadn't had some sudden illusion.
The mice were still in his hand as he regained his balance.
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I straightened after snatching the mice.
Really now, they weren't that fast, even a human should be able to catch the small creatures if they concentrated.
I heard claps from further up the hall.
I glanced over.
Ches stood, Finnian sobbing into her. Calm expression, clapping as she looked at me.
I gave her a small smile as I tossed the mice into Tanaka's net.
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I knocked on Ciel's study door.
"Ciel," I called from the other side when I received no response. "I wanted to read the books in your study, I finished the ones in the library."
Still no answer.
"I'm coming in." I pushed open one door.
"Oh…" Papers from Ciel's desk were scattered all over the floor, blown off by the wind from the open windows.
I was sure he said he would be in here all afternoon… and he wouldn't leave the window open like that…
I stiffened as the wind pushed air past me into the hall.
There had been someone in here, someone besides Ciel.
Whoever it had been, smelled of fear and overconfidence.
They also had to have a close companionship with drugs.
I heard the sound of a tea cart.
I leaned back and watched Sebastian come calmly towards me with a snack and tea.
"Sebastian." He glanced at me.
"Ches, sorry could you move, I need to serve the young master-"
I cut him off. "He isn't here."
Sebastian looked confused. "Pardon?"
I walked back a few steps and pointed into the study.
Sebastian peered in.
"How terrible." He said, a hand to his mouth. "Now the tea I worked so hard to prepare has become meaningless."
I tilted my head to the side and looked up at him. "You're a strange guy, you know?"
He smiled. "I know."
He took the pie from the tea cart, looking over it with a pondering face.
"Se-Sebastian!" Maylene ran up the hall. "A letter, just now, arrived, main hall…" She pushed out between gasps.
I leaned against the wall next to the study as Sebastian turned and walked slowly towards Maylene. "Who is it addressed to?" He asked her.
"Ciel Phantom-" Maylene cut herself off with a shriek as she tripped over herself and toppled head first into Sebastian.
As the two fell to the floor, a bullet smashed through the window and into the wall on the far side, Sebastian caught the pie as it fell from the air.
I glanced outside as a shabbily dressed man jumped from his perch in a fir and dashed further into the forest surrounding the estate with a rifle grasped firmly in his left hand.
Just how many enemies did this kid have? I wondered as the other servants came running.
Sebastian handed the cake off to Bard and whisked quickly down the nearest hallway.
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I let out a soft sigh and slid down to the floor.
After Sebastian had left so quickly, Bard had demanded that we search the mansion for him, to ask if we could eat the pie.
I thought on the other event that had happened too.
I had… on Sebastian's lap… It had been an accident…but still…I mean…I sat on it... and...
My thoughts were interrupted by a meek knock on the door.
"C-coming!" I ran over to the door, tripped over my lace that I had forgotten to tie, and smashed into the door.
I stood up, rubbing my smarting nose, and opened the door.
A small girl, who appeared to be around the young masters age peered up at me.
"Um, are you okay miss?" She pushed her long ginger hair back from her eyes.
"Huh?" I realized I was still rubbing at my nose and scrambled trying to figure out where to put my arm instead, I went for behind my back. "Y-yes, but, more importantly, what are you here for?"
I smiled kindly at the girl. There was no way such a sweet thing could be a threat, though her eyes spooked me a bit. They were bright orange-amber and gave her an intense look, like a cat.
She smiled happily. "I'm looking for my sister, and I think she might be here."
"Oh…" I thought for a minute. "But as far as I know we have no guests besides Ches…"
She beamed. "Ches! That's her! She has short black hair and bluish black eyes right?"
Really? This young happy child was Ches's sister?
I looked closer. There were resemblances. Through the child's small brown freckles I could see the same pale, almost translucent skin that Ches had. Their eyes were the same despite the color too, though her eyes were filled with innocence, I could see a crafty glint in her eye.
"Do you want me to take you to her?" I asked.
She shook her head and her long thick hair slid once more into her eyes. "Can you fetch her here for me? I have something important to tell her."
"Ye-yes of course." I told her, and then thought for a minute.
"Um, who should I say it is… should I just say that her sister came or…" I twiddled my fingers as I asked her.
"Oh! Tell her it's Dinah!" The girl smiled once more.
I nodded then ran off to find Ches.
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As Maylene turned from the small girl, the smile slid off her face.
"Sis…" Dinah whispered, looking despairingly at the retreating maids figure. "Please just come back without a fight…"
Tears of inky black ran down her freckled cheeks.
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I gave you readers a hint as to what I'm using for the other numbers in this fiction, lets see who caught on.
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