Chapter 11
"Encounters"
Bird sings above her, the green grass was a clean scent filling her lungs with intoxicating freshness.
The moment she opened her eyes, she realized that she was in a rabbit hole, she got up and patted her dress and climbed up the hole.
When she was on top, she saw a different forest, the forest that was once dark and foggy became alive with bright colors and more alive and health that before.
"W-what happened here?" she said aloud and was surprised to hear someone answer her.
"You're finally awake! Thank goodness, I though you'll never wake up" this unknown stranger cheerfully said.
She looked behind her and was surprised to see her own face staring at her. Same golden curls, same azul blue eyes, but only this one is wearing one of those blue lolli-shota dresses with ruffles and big ribbon headband.
"W-who are you?" Ciela shouted out of shock
"Hehe, I'm Alice, how about you? What's your name?"
"It's none of your business! And why should I tell you mine?" she said as she backs away
"Because I told you mine, so it's just fair to tell yours too" she said while smiling.
"I refuse to tell you."
"Aww, what should I call you then?"
"You're not calling me anything because I'm getting out of here"
"Ohh? Where will you run then...Ciela" she said as she smirked letting her eyes glow a bloody red color. Ciela screamed and run through the forest as far as she can no! No! This is not happening to me! Where is Sebastian?
"It's no use running my dear, I'll find you sooner or later" she heard Alice's cheerful voice echoing behind her, Ciela looked back but then she saw nothing. Nothing was there but wind and fog. The forest seems to be darker and scarier than before; the trees seem to have eyes that follow her everywhere she goes, it was like their watching her, toying with her mind until she goes insane. But she was too smart to be fooled and let herself down; she filled up her courage and started running even faster.
She saw a cave and went inside it hoping that Alice won't find her there and buy herself some time to escape. Tired and worn out, she sat behind a large rock and hugged her knees, regretting that she wandered off without Kairi.
~xXx~
Sebastian did a magnificent job on building their shelter, it was a two floor house made out of chopped logs and secured by vines to connect the joints.
The inside was marvelous, it was so detailed and complete with different furniture, and you can mistake it as a vacation house.
"Well, my job here is done" Sebastian said satisfied with his work
"Hey, Mr. Sebastian, is Ciela inside already?" Kairi said walking out of the foggy forest and towards Sebastian
"No, my mistress is not here yet."
"That's strange, it's been two hours already but she hasn't been at our meeting spot." Kairi added.
Sebastian was partly shocked and worried that Ciela was missing. What if she got deceived by the illusions? What is she fall somewhere? What if she got lost? What if some animal chase her? Different questions flooded in Sebastian's mind, confusing feelings filled his heart. He couldn't take this anymore, why is he so confused about Ciela? He let out a sigh and put a hand on his head.
"I'll go look for her, please stay inside the house my lady"
"Ok…please find her Sebastian-kun." Kairi said obviously worried about her friend
"Yes my lady" as the words were said, Sebastian flits into the dark forest in search for his missing mistress.
~xXx~
It was getting dark, and Sebastian haven't found Ciela yet, he was getting worried, ever since he got in this world, his powers were lessen, but her didn't let Ciela know about this, and now, the thick fog was like a blanket preventing him from tracking down his mistress, but this doesn't stopped him for looking for her, he needs to find her, no matter what he needs to go with the contract. And nothing else.
Several hours passed and he still hasn't found Ciela, he was getting impatient every passing minute, he felt that he was just going in circles.
Leading him nowhere, he decided to sit and rest for a little while. He sat under a huge decaying tree near a dried up river, a perfect scene for a demon.
He was tired; the fog was getting thicker by the minute making it a little bit hard for him to breath. He thought of his young mistress again and an image formed in his mind. His mistress gasping for air, suffocating because of the thickness of the fog, her asthma attacking her and there's nothing she could do. The thought of it made him worried more, he then realized that this is no time to be sitting around and doing nothing. His mistress is out there somewhere, cold and alone. He needs to find her, he must. But just before he was about to run, a voice caught his attention.
"Sebastian…"
That voice, that utterly sorrowful yet sweet voice. It can only belong to one person. He turned around and what he saw shocked the very soul of him. Standing right in front of him was someone he would never thought he'd see again, his beautiful young master, Ciel Phantomhive.
~END~
Blacklili29: hello ^^ hehe chapter 11 is finally here! Oooooooooh Ciel appeared! Oh what will happen next? I'm exited myself, the suspense is killing me! Oh well, you just need to wait for the next chapter then. Hehe
Extra: if you rearrange the name Ciela, it would form the name Alice.