Sebastian started to laugh again. Ciel, now understanding the joke, started to chuckle, too. Just great. Tom put a hand on my shoulder and led me to a chair near Ciel's desk. I sat down and he sat in a chair next to me.
"First," said Tom, looking at Sebastian and Ciel, "Thank you for helping Rose, and allowing me into your home."
Ciel said, "It was no trouble, we just hope to help the keeper in her quest to do whatever she needs to in this dimension."
Tom nodded. "So let me start at the beginning," Tom said to me, "For centuries Camazots has obsessed with getting the amulet. Then one day a baby was born with the hope of a new future. She also possessed the power of the amulet." Tom stopped. "That baby was you, Rose. Camazots saw that it was his chance to take the amulet. It would be like taking candy from a baby. The only exception was that your mother was too smart for Zots games, but your father chose to believe him instead of your mother. Without any choice, your mother brought you to the witch counsel. Even though your mother had been banished for being in love with a vampire, they agreed to help her save you since you were the keeper. Using all the power of the counsel and the Witch Queen herself they were able to conjure a portal that opened to a world where no magical beings and magic existed. With you in this world you could be safe from Camazots ever finding you. That didn't stop him, though. When you hit the right age, the powers of the amulet became known to you, and you fulfilled your duty as the keeper. As you found out, though, Camazots was always there trying to con the amulet out of you. Before I met you, I worked for Camazots. My coven and I served under him faithfully, not knowing that he was only using us for his plan to take the amulet. He taught us how to travel through the dimensions using only our minds, that way we could follow you. I was sent to a dimension you were in to try to trick you into giving me the amulet. I was heartless back then with no purpose other than to serve Zots." Tom looked away, ashamed. "You befriended me, like everyone. I started to see the good in me and what else in life there was to live for. You trusted me… I eventually, after some time, betrayed that trust and Camazots trapped you…" He paused. "All in all, I realized that I had deeper feelings for you and saved you. Since then I never heard from my coven again and have traveled by your side helping you here and there. It took a long time for you to trust me again, but I waited. We got closer and closer… Then one day I proposed to you." He smiled. "You were so happy, but then you found your father, and he didn't like me at all. He had made some kind of promise to Zots that Zots could marry you. You didn't care, though, and we were set to get married, but then….. Then one of our close friends was killed and Camazots had threatened that he would rein his vampire army over all the land, killing everything if you didn't show up to fight him one on one-"
"I know what happens from that point on," I said, thinking about how it all led here to this moment now.
"After I escaped and you were teleported to this world I went back home and started to heal. Everyone thought you were dead, but I knew that you weren't. Then I got that call from you. It let me know that you were okay, and I had to find you before Zots did," he finished.
"He's already found me," I said, "but I've managed to avoid him for the moment."
"Well, all we can do is be prepared for a fight, and try to keep away from him until you're done with this dimension," said Tom.
I nodded. If we couldn't get rid of Camazots the only thing we could do is stay away from him. I can't imagine what he would do if he ever got his hands on the amulet…
I stood and walked over to the window. The night was so beautiful and it was starting to rain. I asked, "Why is it that Camazots wants to destroy everything so badly?"
"Because who is to say that anything deserves not to be destroyed." The voice came from the shadows beside me. Camazots.
It took us by surprise. Before any of us could move, he dashed forward and grabbed me. Swooshing his hand, we disappeared into darkness.
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I kicked and screamed, but it was useless. Using my magic I tried teleporting, but it wouldn't work.
"Stop struggling," he said, frustrated, "you will only end up hurting yourself."
He put me down. I didn't recognize my surroundings, but it looked like a graveyard. Why were we here?
Camazots sighed. "It looks like she's not here yet."
"Who? Why did you bring me here?" I asked, starting to panic. My powers weren't working. No weapons, no teleportation, and no magic. "Why can't I use my powers?"
"I brought you here because there is someone that wanted to talk to you," he said, "but I honestly have no problem coming and kidnapping you whenever need be." He was smiling evilly. "The reason you cannot use your powers is mainly because of those magic repelling handcuffs you have on right now." I looked down at my now handcuffed hands. How did he manage to get those on without me noticing?! They were pretty strong, and were gauntlets with a chain in the middle. I didn't like the vulnerability.
"Why can't you just leave me alone?!" I shouted at him. My voice echoed throughout the empty graveyard.
"Well, mainly because you won't hand over that damned amulet of yours," he said.
"Well, you're never, EVER going to get it," I shouted, "when is that gonna get through your head."
He sat there thinking to himself. "I have been searching for the amulet for thousands of years, and for some odd reason…. I never had any fun till you were around, my dear Rose." He looked up at the sky, thoughtfully. "You know, I wonder sometimes what I would do with you when I do finally get the amulet."
"You'd kill me, like you would kill everyone else," I muttered, trying to get out of the handcuffs.
"That is what I am not sure about…" he said. "There is just something different about you… Since the moment I saw you as a baby I just knew that this would be an ongoing battle between you and I. Now you are all grown up, and everything about you seems to both infuriate and enchant me. That is why I asked your father to marry you so long ago. I knew that you would make a nice queen to rule beside me."
"Your serious?" I asked, disgusted, "After everything that you have done to me and my friends, you seriously think that I am going to marry you and rule the world by your side?"
"It may sound cheesy right now, but in time you will understand that you cannot deny fate," he said, still looking off into the distance.
"I don't get it, you're a vampire. Didn't you make the rules yourself that vampires can't fall in love with anyone but other vampires?" I asked.
"Yes, but that could be easily changed," he looked at me with blood red eyes, and I suddenly became afraid. "Unlike in the storybooks, vampires can't just change anyone. In the real vampire society, only the six vampire elders have the right venom to change a human into a vampire. When a regular vampire tries to do so, though, their venom is not strong enough to change a human and ends up killing them instead."
Camazots had drawn really close to me, and I was still staring into his deep, red eyes. "I must say, Rose," he said, "you look really scared right now."
"I'm not," I said, trying to look away from his eyes.
He chuckled. "That's what I love about you. Always pretending like you're in control…" he was inches away from my face. "When you're not."
He moved in closer, and I could feel his breath on my neck when he said, "I could change you into a vampire right now…and you could become my queen." I was starting to shake. I couldn't imagine the thought of his fangs piercing my skin.
"Do whatever you want," I spat at him.
He lifted his head to look me in the eyes again. "Is that an invitation?" he asked with an evil smirk on his face. "Because it is very tempting."
I didn't answer him.
He sighed. "It is so sad you lost all memory of those wonderful times that I fed on your blood," he said, "I must admit that your blood is very….very delicious, and I loved to make you squirm..."
I tried standing. I had to get away from him. Instead, he pushed me on the ground and hovered over me, pinning my cuffed hands above my head.
"Just thinking about it makes me thirsty," I felt him say on my neck. I felt him kiss my neck, and for a second I thought I felt I sharp point against my skin.
I started to fight against him, but it was no use. I felt him bite into my neck, and everything around me stopped. There was no sound or movement, just the feeling of my blood leaving my body. I couldn't move or speak, just stare at the dull, white moon in the sky. There was no sense of time, so I had no idea how long it had been until Camazots lifted his head with a little trickle of blood, my blood, running down his mouth. It had felt like a hundred long, agonizing years. The sound and motion of the world started up again. I couldn't move. I felt so weak.
"How long have you been here?" asked Camazots, but it wasn't towards me.
"Only a few seconds," I heard a woman say, "Is this the girl?"
"Yes," he replied.
"Then stop wasting her energy, you stupid vampire," I heard her say, then a woman bent down next to me and seated me against a tombstone so I could face her. She had pure white hair that was cut just above the shoulders, and a fair light skinned color. She was also wearing a long white dress.
"Hello, dear," she said, "My name is Angela." The Angela from Ciel and Sebastian's conversation? That would make her… "I am an angel, and I need your help with something."
I was sort of out of breath because I was so weak, but I still said, "No way….am I helping….you….or Zots…"
"I have nothing to do with that wretched vampire," she assured me. I could see Camazots roll his eyes. "I just needed him to fetch you from that mansion that the demon guards."
Not knowing what else to say, I just gave in, "What….is it you….need help with?"
She smiled sweetly. I didn't trust her. "I need you to give this dog treat to Pluto, the dog that they brought home a few weeks ago."
"Why…?" I asked.
"Because he deserves a treat for being such a good dog," she said, smiling.
"I'm…not buying it," I said, glaring at her.
The nice smile turned into a more solid look. She was caught in the act. "Fine," she said, "I have been trying to lead Ciel on the path of righteousness for a while now, but he just won't see that he has a chance to break the contract and be free from that soul-sucking demon."
I felt kind of odd hearing Ciel and Sebastian's contract being talked about that way. I hadn't really thought about it.
"By giving the dog this treat, a chain reaction of events will set off, making Ciel clean once again," she said. She held out a bone shaped dog treat in her hand.
I didn't really understand how giving a treat to a dog would do all that. She could see my doubt. "Do you really want Ciel's soul to be devoured by a demon?"
No, I didn't, but I promised that I would not interfere with Ciel and Sebastian's contract. But if Ciel could somehow realize what he was doing…. I looked at the dog treat. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to take it.
I lifted my hand, and the angel, smiling, put the dog treat in my hand. I put it in my pocket.
"Ciel's soul is now in your hands," she whispered, and then she got up and nodded at Camazots.
Camazots then picked me up and in seconds we had teleported to the front room of the mansion. He took the cuffs off my hands and lay me on the floor, then disappeared. I started to fade into sleep. Right before I fell asleep, I saw a terrified Mey-Rin screech and run down a hall.