Yes, my Lord...

Evelyn was ready for death. She was ready to feel nothing, except the gold chain and the locket begin to feel cold as she was finally freed. As long as she had it. As long as she had that necklace, Evelyn didn't care what happened to her. Just as long as what the necklace contained was tucked away safely, with the knowledge that only she knew what it was. Evelyn was ready for death.

So why could she still feel a pulse in her veins?

Why could she hear voices, though as if they spoke from a distance? There was screaming, and barking, and voices...

"Oh God, oh God!"

"What do we do?!"

"Get her to the doctor you idiot!"

"Do we even have one of those?! I thought Weston didn't accept government intervention-"

"Oh for goodness sake, SHUT UP!"

"What if she's dead?!"

"Thank God he caught her!"

"How did he even get there in time?!"

"Don't question it!"

Her eyes fluttered open... It took Evelyn a couple of blinks from her eyes made everything focus more, and she found the P4 and Wolfie, towering around her. Some other students from the Houses were gathering at the class doors, curious as to what happened. But what happened?

"You fell from a great height. Thankfully, there was enough time-" A soft voice whispered, answering Evelyn question.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" Screamed a young woman, shoving her way through the crowds of students-not afraid of using her elbows, mind you-and froze at seeing her mistress, "Evelyn! Oh God, are you alright?!" Lottie sat in front of Evelyn, almost reaching for her face, but thought better of it. Still, Lottie's hands were outstretched towards the fallen, "Evelyn...what happened?! I heard that..you..." Her voice was cracking. Evelyn was about to comfort her, to reach out to her friend-

When she found herself bound to the ground. Or, at least, what should be the ground. But gravel and stone slabs should be cold and rough, not cushioned or warm!

"As I said, Miss Ravenne fell from a great height, but thankfully there was enough time to catch her, Miss Lockhert. I trust that you are unharmed, Miss Ravenne?" And Evelyn looked behind her shoulder-as much as she could when she was held by Sebastian, or 'professor' Michaelis. Evelyn stared into those wine colored eyes behind spectacles...

She thought she saw something flicker in them. Something...inhuman. But it had to be her imagination...Maybe it was just the glare of the glasses...

Right?

"I...I'm fine, professor Michaelis. But how did you catch me?" Evelyn was certain that he was in the school building. Surely he couldn't have made the journey from the classroom to the courtyard in time? But...

"Ah, you see, when everyone else was distracted by your predicament, I came down to see if His Majesty would listen to adult reasoning-"

"And that went so well, of course." Lottie retorted sarcastically. Evelyn only gave Lottie a gently warning glare. Though Lottie was her servant, any of the Wardens or the Principal could have her replaced if her friend faster than either could say "it's not fair" and Evelyn wouldn't be able to stop them.

She felt a rough tongue lick her cheek; Wolfie. At least he didn't get stepped on by that...elephant...? Wait. And she remembered clearly now why she was on the ground. She gripped the necklace tightly in her hands in anger. So much so her knuckles turned white.

WHY WAS SOMA HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!

"Will Ravenne be alright?" It was Greenhill. He and the other Prefects saw the way Evelyn clenched her fist and the concern that something happened was rapidly growing. Evelyn tried to give a reassuring half-smile for them, and maybe herself too.

"I'm fine. But I was unaware that there would a new student, especially so soon after Phantomhive. Would anyone care to explain?"

"Of course." Sebastian answered. He stood up, hands on Evelyn's waist and right hand, steadying her, "Can you stand?" And Evelyn nodded. She stumbled, but straightened herself. She tried to ignore the trembling in her legs and hands.

"Now, why is Som-" She corrected herself. At the back of her mind, Evelyn was reminded that she could not use first names unless necessary, "Kadar here in Weston?" She heard a tone of quiet annoyance in her voice. Evelyn noticed only because Redmond fiddled with his fingers out of guilt mixed with embarrassment.

"Well, Kadar is currently settling into...Red House. We thought it best that he should stay there for a bit until you recovered." He tried to change the subject onto her, "And how do you two know each other? He kept saying that you're engaged to him." Redmond questioned.

Evelyn felt the urge to put her face into her hand from the misunderstanding. She sighed wearily, "It's hard to explain. But here we go..."

Evelyn, Sebastian and the P4 were in the medical room, as the doctor checked to see that Evelyn hadn't suffered any injuries, permanent or no. As Evelyn explained how she knew Soma in the first place, each of them had questions for her.

"So he thinks that you are in love with him, because you visited and spent time with him in India?"

"Apparently so."

"And danced and sang in front of him and his family many times?"

"Correct."

"In their people's traditional clothing and tongue?"

"Right on the mark."

"...And because you said you enjoyed his company?"

"...Yes." Evelyn felt the heat rise in her cheeks and ears. There was a knock on the door. When Sebastian gave the one responsible permission to come in, there was Ciel, worry-or what Evelyn assumed was worry-etched onto his face. Evelyn sighed, "I didn't expect Kadar to be in Weston of all places...The fact that he was in England at all surprises me, let alone here!"

"I heard that Ravenne fell, is she alright?" Ciel asked the doctor, and he gave a understanding nod,

"Miss Ravenne should be alright." His gaze turned to Sebastian, "It's a miracle that you caught her in time, otherwise Weston would've had to explain to the Ravenne's why their only daughter had died on their grounds." Everyone, bar Sebastian and Ciel, winced. Evelyn only did so because she could bear to leave her family more alone than ever. It was only a few years ago that her mother started to look like her old self since...

Evelyn shooed away the dark thought into the corner of her mind, "Well, that didn't happen. Let's focus on that, shall we?" And she heard a chuckle, despite the slightly grim moment. It was Redmond,

"That's Evelyn for you! Always looking on the bright side! She's quite right, isn't she, Lawrence?"

Bluer pushed up his glasses in a matter-of-fact manner, "Please stop using the first name basis." making Evelyn giggle at how formal Lawrence was, even at these times...

Greenhill still had that stern look in his eyes "And you shouldn't laugh about the situation, Remond. Ravenne could've died! If it weren't for Bluer's Warden, she..." And he looked away. Evelyn wanted to reassure Greenhill that thankfully, the situation didn't escalate that far.

The doctor explained after that little moment of defusing the tension that Evelyn was to get rest for a while, maybe not even the whole day since nothing was injured, so her company left her. Except Ciel, who left last just so that he could close the door discreetly.

"It was you who asked Soma to come here." it wasn't a question. Ciel nodded.

"Yes. I asked him to come here to infiltrate Red House and spy on Cole." he turned around to face Evelyn, "However, I wrote in that letter to pretend to not know me..." Evelyn thought she saw an almost apologetic look, "Nor had I counted on him knowing you prior to coming to England."

"I thought that may have been the case. Though Soma has Agni, I doubted that they would have been able to find me unless he came for a different reason." She smirked, "Or knew someone who was going here."

"I apologize for the inconvenience-"

"Always so formal, aren't you? I'm not particularly angry at him-at least not anymore." Evelyn waved her hand dismissively, "He kept saying how I was going to bear his children and such...The thing that I was most worried about," She opened up her hand, revealing the locket to Ciel," Was this falling off. Which it did."

"That's why you fell? To get this? Why would you risk your life for a trinket?!"

Evelyn's face fell, her gaze at Ciel but she wasn't looking at him, "Maybe it was nostalgia that made me do it. Or it was sentimentality." She doubted that the first year would understand what was contained in the locket, "Either way, it should be me apologizing...it's all I have left of a person I used to know. I'm sorry that my sentimental attachment to this almost made things worse." Evelyn put the chain around her neck, opening her collar to let it be concealed once more, "However, I should be able to go to Red House tonight. So our 'little plan' is still in motion. This was just a minor setback."

After Ciel again apologized, and was sure that Evelyn was alright, he left her in the medical room before anyone else noticed that he was gone. Evelyn counted up to a minute to hear any footsteps coming, before she knew that no one else would be coming in anytime soon. Evelyn got out of the bed, and made for her satchel, where she kept her books, looking for one in particular.

The dark leather bound notebook. One that she wrote in often. However, it wasn't what it contained that Evelyn was looking for-It was what she hoped was hidden in it that she was interested in.

As she held it, the book opened to where it was bookmarked, with a letter. This time, Evelyn's name was written in red ink, just like what it contained:

My Dearest Evelyn,

Nothing can express my fury after I found out what Cole did to you. It is disgraceful, disgusting and dishonorable. The perfect way how one shows their greed and lust for power or favoritism. If I could intervene directly, believe me, I would.

But I can't.

However, since I cannot, rest assured, Maurice Cole will regret ever disgrace the name of Ravenne. I believe that you can handle things yourself: I've seen how you have dealt with other...problems. I will one day reveal to you who I really am, but if I were to do so now, it could jeopardize everything.

Know that I watch over you always, my Evelyn.

YGA

It was the third time Evelyn read it since Lottie gave it to her. Though it wasn't as long as the first one, it was certainly written by the same person, and even if they didn't spell out their name, she knew that YGA meant "Your Guardian Angel". It left more questions in Evelyn's head than the first one. Who is this person? And what plan do they have for me? Was it some sort of organisation? She did not know, and yet Evelyn was still willing to show no one this. It worried her when she was picked up by the elephant, and dropped her books. What if Violet saw that? Would he have said anything?

What would the Prefects do? Would they tell someone? Her family? Anyone?

They were questions Evelyn didn't want to wait around to find out.

It was evening in Red House, and the students were discussing the day's eventful morning whilst they had they studied in the library. Soma was feeling guilty, but was reassured that Evelyn wasn't dead, but he was given 3 Y's as punishment for "risking another student's life".

He finished them within the day.

Soma was strolling in the library out of boredom, until he came across his "target". Maurice Cole. He strode towards the Red House Fag, and commanded him to be nice to Ciel and Evelyn. But Cole dismissed the idea-after being slightly confused as to who this student was.

"He and Ravenne disgraced the Prefects. As a Fag, I cannot forgive them for something like that."

But Soma was not ready to back down. The next few days were to be hell for Redmond's Fag. Day after day, everywhere he went Soma was there, trying to convince him that Ciel and Evelyn wanted to talk to him and be friends with him. There was never a moment of peace for Cole. Soma even tried when Cole was in, no, on the lavatory!

Cole couldn't take it anymore when Soma asked him for the uncountable time, "GAAAHHHHHH! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" He screamed as he shut the door. Soma took this as a sign for a break as he was briefly reminded of Ciel when they first met. He decided then to visit Ciel in his own dormitory. But to do that, he would need a mode of transportation since Blue House was a bit far away.

So he went to get his elephant at the stable.

Unfortunately, as he mounted the beast, there was a rustle in the bushes, scaring the elephant into running in the other direction. And by that, it was heading for the Red House student bedrooms. Cole was commenting to his friends about quiet it finally was, when he saw something outside. Galloping straight towards him.

"UWAAAAHHHHH! STOOOOOOOOP!" Cole recognized that accent. Oh GOD! Not him!

"WAA...NO WAY?! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

The commotion-and the great gaping hole in the wall was enough to bring Redmond to this side of the bedrooms, "You get 5 Y's Kadar! And I forbid the use of elephants in the school!"

Soma sheepishly scratched the back of his head, "Sorry." Maurice Cole, however, was furious.

"YOU SHOULD SAY FORGIVE ME!"

"This is a problem though..." Redmond commented as he observed the damage, "We don't have extra rooms as of yet..." there was a pounding of feet through the corridors as Evelyn raced down the hall and into the room after hearing the collision.

"What happened? I heard a crash and-" She saw the gaping hole near Cole's bed, "Who would do something like this-why would you do something like this?!" Her glare was directed at Soma, her finger aimed at the hole. She knew only too well that it would be something that was in Soma's unintentional power to do so. Evelyn was about to give Soma a lecture, before Redmond intervened.

"Kadar already apologized, Evelyn, and I gave him 5 Y's too. Maurice, would you like to stay in mine for a while?" Redmond offered, and Cole was about to say yes. Until Soma finally decided to be the bigger man.

"No! You can use my bed!"

"Huh?! What are you saying? Why should I use your bed?!" Cole protested. Evelyn inwardly smirked and had to pretend to cough to hide her snicker at Cole's misery. Maybe it's a good thing Soma is here...A small taste of what you deserve...

Soma innocently gave the reason that he "Was a man who takes his responsibilities!" Oh yes, how could anyone not see that, Evelyn thought. But to remain a lady-like persona, she bit back that comment at the last minute. However, she wanted to scream at Soma in embarrassment, who gave another reason why he gave Cole his bed,

"Besides, while you sleep in my bed, I can sleep in Evie's-"

Forgetting all about remaining a lady-like persona, she shrieked, "LIKE HELL YOU ARE!" And Evelyn sprinted out of the room before Soma could latch onto her like a leech and say otherwise. Soma, Cole, Redmond and the other older year students stared after her. And Redmond decided to take Soma-or decide for Cole-on his offer.

"Well, as long as no one is sleeping in Evelyn's room, Maurice can have Kadar's bed. It sounds fair, so I'll leave it to you."

Soma clamped his arm on Cole, "Good! I'll show you the place!"

"REDMOND?!" Cole called out in vain as Soma dragged him to his temporary bed, lavished with blankets and pillows patterned with all colors under the sun. Soma smiled and presented the bed like it was an honor for someone other than him to sleep in it.

"Use this bed." And Soma, like the gentleman he was, took the floor, while Maurice Cole took the offered bed. And late into the night, all were sleeping. All, except for two. Stirred from hearing something, Soma woke with a quiet start, and saw Cole leave the bedroom, and followed him.

His mind groggy from sleep, Soma was curious as to what Maurice Cole could be doing at such late hours, until he saw his target enter where students could receive letters or notes, in the shape of roses. Just what was Cole doing?

Soma had almost gasped at what he saw next, He's...

GAHHHHH Okay this is probably one of the harder starts to a chapter to write, mainly because I (fortunately or unfortunately-depending on how you look at it) I haven't fallen from a great enough height to nearly die-unless you count a couple of horse-riding incidents, then agree to disagree-so it may not be as good as I would like it to be. I also hope that I didn't make Soma OOC in the last chapter, I was trying to make him seem a little ignorant, but still has good intentions. Please review-and not just say that it's unfortunate that I don't know how to write good falling stories.

When Evie was in the room with Soma, I was reminded of The Big Bang Theory episode when Penny finds out that Lenard didn't like the fact that her ex boyfriend was sleeping on her couch, and that he didn't like some of her tardiness or beanie bears, and he's like "Who told you something like that-why would you tell her something like that?!" when he realizes that Sheldon told Penny all this.

It probably wasn't that funny *sigh*