Update: I changed the ending because I messed up really badly… (Sorry!) XD

Chapter 25

Stonehenge was soon overcome with battle cries, but it was obvious who was winning. Even though there were only three of them, Ciel, Sebastian, and Alois had a definite advantage over Claude's army. His army was partially human, and the others were newborn demons. They didn't stand a chance against some of the most powerful demons in history. In the distraction of Ciel arriving, Claude got separated from me in the panic, so I was left to try to escape.

My hands were bound by ropes on the altar, but I could easily escape them if I could just reach my knife in the skirts of my dress. I could only move an inch in either direction, so reaching it was out of the question. Craning my neck to look at the knots, I was severely disappointed. The knots were very well done, unfortunately, and there was no way I could untie them from here. I was, inevitably, trapped.

But as I examined the knots closer, I could see that the rope was fraying. My eyes lit up, calculating how long it would take me to escape. I started to rub my wrist back and forth, creating friction. I bit my lip as the rope started to fray, the rope making my skin red and raw. Forcing the pain aside, I continued going, ignoring the slow trickle of blood that made its way down my arm.

Soon the rope was on its last strand, and a man fighting for Claude came up to the altar where I was tied. He had a wild-eyed look on his face, and I struggled even harder to get free. Raising a knife above his head, he started to bring it down when I finally broke free.

Using fast reflexes, I threw my knife into his chest, striking dead center. I panted, my chest heaving up and down, as the man fell over. But when he fell over, I could see that there was a knife in his back too. Looking up curiously, I could feel my heart stop for a moment when I saw Ciel staring directly at me. My face broke into a grin, and I would have run towards him, had I not been partially bound to the altar.

Ciel smiled, a real, true smile, and strode towards the altar with determination. I quickly slashed at the three remaining ropes, and I stood up on unsteady feet. It was one of those moments in time where you wished you could take a snapshot, and never forget it. For the first time in a long time, I felt complete.

"Ciel!" I cried, embracing him tightly.

"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly, glancing all over me. I smiled at him, rolling my eyes.

"I'm fine, no permanent damage," I reassured. Ciel visibly relaxed, but continued holding me to him, as if afraid I was going to disappear.

"It's about damn time you showed up here," I scolded, my lips quirking up in a smile. Ciel smirked, before quickly pulling me down to the ground as a gigantic fireball went over us. My eyes widened in shock as I landed on Ciel, straddling his hips accidentally. From this position, I just now noticed that he had both of his eyes uncovered, his eye patch nowhere to be seen.

"We should probably move, shouldn't we?" I inquired rhetorically, raising an eyebrow at him. Moment gone.

"That's probably for the best," Ciel answered, before dragging me by the hand as we ran to the secret entrance. Once were inside the underground base, I paused to catch my breath.

"So," I started, panting, "What's the plan?" Ciel arched an eyebrow at me.

"The plan is to take down Claude, and destroy the facility," Ciel answered casually. I blinked slowly, gaping at him.

"Just that?" I asked airily. Note the sarcasm… Ciel smirked at me, and nodded. "Then let's get to it." I started marching down the corridor, before Ciel stopped me, grabbing my wrist.

"I did miss you," Ciel said, looking at me with something somehow familiar in his gaze, before wrapping his arm around me and kissing me. For once, I let myself melt into him. I hated to admit it to myself, but I had missed him more than I should have. When he released me, I gazed into his eyes, searching for something. I love this man, the thought dawned on me right then and there. For some reason, I wasn't too surprised- I think I had always known it, I just hadn't wanted to admit it. I loved him more than I had ever loved anyone in all of my lifetimes.

I opened my mouth, but soon shut it when a group of five women armed to the teeth came around the corner. Ciel tensed himself, as if ready to attack, but I shook my head at him, and gave him a mysterious smile. With a dark look in my eyes, I marched towards the group, my hands itching to summon magic. I hadn't done it properly in several lifetimes, ever since the Salem Witch Trials. For the first time in all my lifetimes, I felt complete. I finally had all my memories of times long past, of adventures I had, of things I have done. My memories were clear in my head, and I was filled with euphoria because of it.

Stalking toward the group, they raised their weapons, but with a flick of my wrist, they were all flung away from them. Smirking to myself, I levitated their weapons in the air around them. The women formed a small circle, back to back, warily eyeing their swords.

"What the…" One of them murmured. Without a word, I turned their own weapons against them. One by one, their own swords pierced their stomach, again, and again, and again… An aura of power consumed me, and I was high on it.

"Thea!" Ciel said urgently. Snapping out of it, I stared directly into his deep blue eyes. I must have gone into a trance, because when I came to, I was kneeling on the floor, covered in blood. Looking down at my blood-stained hands, my eyes filled with tears.

"Ciel…?" I asked, reaching out a hand towards him, "What…happened?" Ciel looked at me with concern, resting his hand on my arm.

"It's alright," he soothed. Waveringly, a choked sound came out of my throat, and I collapsed into myself, Ciel holding me.

"I- I didn't mean t-to-" I choked out. Ciel ran his fingers through the loose portion of my hair. He didn't say anything, but remained there until I was stable again. What caused me to act that way? As if he could read my mind, Ciel lifted up my chin.

"I thought you couldn't control your magic?" He asked, furrowing his brow. A small smile lit my face.

"I can now." Clenching my hand into a fist, and then releasing it, I made a blue flame dance in my palm. Fascinated, Ciel took my hand in his. I hesitated at first, as I didn't want to harm him, but I allowed him at his insistence. "Three w-witches did something to unbind my magic. I can remember everything, now," I said, my eyes glazed over. Where was my mum now? Was she even still alive? Why did she leave me with only a dagger?

"Thea!" Ciel called, snapping his fingers in front of my face, bringing me out of it. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," I reassured shakily, silently choosing not to speak of my mother to Ciel. At least, not right now. "Let's go." Ciel nodded grimly, standing up and offering me his hand. I ignored it, standing up on my own.

"Where to?" I asked with a half grin, arching an eyebrow. Ciel responded in like, before pointing down the hall to the right.

"That way, we need to get to the center," Ciel ordered. I tilted my head as we began to run down the hall. Strangely, I didn't feel as tired as I normally would while running. Eh, I was marking it up to adrenaline.

"Why the center?" I asked curiously. Ciel partially turned his head toward me.

"You need to take out the heart to kill it," he said, smirking. Arching an eyebrow at him, I shook my head. I was kind of hoping that we would run into Claude so we could murder him. My mind was filled with wonderful ways in which I could kill him.

The underground facility was more chaotic that I had expected. There were people at every turn, brandishing weapons and charging us. Ciel and I made a pretty good team, and we dispatched a lot of people to the next world. In the chaos, I had to work a lot harder to keep Ciel in sight than I normally did. Everywhere you turned there were people running at you. My newly unleashed magic helped me a ton, but it was tiring.

"YAHHH!" A man yelled, charging me while holding a sword. I was panting, but ducked just in time to avoid getting my head cleanly cut off. My head was pounding from using magic so much, and for not having used it in so long.

"Kii-ah!" I gave a cry of my own as I threw a ball of fire at him. I wanted nothing more that to just lay down on the ground and rest, but I couldn't. There were still so many people in the room. I didn't know where Sebastian and Alois were, but I could hear screams of terror and pain nearby, so I had a pretty good idea.

Seeing a person sneaking up behind Ciel, I threw a knife at the back of their head, lightning fast. Not even turning his head, Ciel returned the favor by blasting someone carrying a spear away from me.

"Thanks Ciel!" I called.

"Any time!" I smirked to myself at his answer, and continued cutting through our enemies with ease.

~o0o~

Once we had escaped the chaotic environment, we started to search for the center of the building.

"Ciel," I started. He looked at me, "When I first woke up here, Claude took me to this place with a massive meeting table, and a screen. Could the entrance to the center be there?" Ciel thought about it for a moment, his brow furrowing.

"Perhaps," Ciel said slowly, "Can you show me the way?" I nodded determinedly, I was fairly certain that I remembered the way, especially since I had a near-photographic memory.

I led the way to the headquarters, and strangely enough we didn't see many people. It was almost completely silent, the only noise was the sound of us breathing. I had ditched my heels a long time ago, since running in high heels was nigh impossible. I have yet to meet a woman who can walk- let alone run- in high heels without looking like a newborn giraffe.

We soon reached the familiar large, oak door, and I pushed it open. The room looked the same as I had left it, but there was a feeling of isolation that wasn't there before. I silently crept into the room, Ciel following me. I motioned for him to follow me, not wanting to speak. For some reason, it just felt wrong to speak in this room right now. I don't know what it was about it.

The lights were flickering, making the room appear dim. Ciel and I crept along the perimeter, searching for anything that could be the entrance to the heart. As I was walking around the large room, I noticed a floorboard that was slightly more raised than the others around it. Curiously, I took a step toward it, before kneeling on the floor. Using my long fingernails to my advantage, I slowly pried up the floor board to reveal a hidden trapdoor.

"Ciel!" I called urgently.

"What?" He questioned back, appearing at my side almost immediately.

"I think I've found it," I said, grinning up at him. I quickly pried up the surrounding floorboards, revealing a hidden staircase underneath the floor. It was completely dark, and I couldn't tell how far down it went. The darkness seemed to call to me, wanting me to go down there.

"Should we?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. Ciel nodded gravely. Taking the first step, I went first down the narrow staircase.

The staircase was so narrow that we had to go down single file, unable to walk side by side. The darkness was so thick, that even after the quarter of an hour that we'd been down there, my eyes still hadn't adjusted.

"Ciel?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Yes?" He asked in return.

"How did you even find me?" I inquired. Ciel sighed, sounding almost pained in his answer.

"There aren't many demon residences in England," Ciel said wryly, "We knew exactly where you were, but we couldn't penetrate Claude's defenses." I shuddered at his word choice.

"Never use the words 'penetrate' and 'Claude' in the same sentence ever again," I ordered. I could tell that Ciel smirked at me, even though I couldn't see him.

"Agreed," Ciel said before continuing. "We had to wait until you were transported to Stonehenge to attack." I furrowed my eyebrows together.

"What's so special about Stonehenge anyway?" I questioned. I mean, no humans knew what Stonehenge was originally used for.

"Stonehenge was originally built for a peace treaty between demons and angels, a place that was considered sacred on both sides. It's a place where both sides can seek protection without being hunted, a bridge between the two planes. This, of course, means that if someone starts a war here, it would splinter into all the realms." My eyes widened at his explanation.

"But why me?" I asked as we reached the bottom, "Why would my blood start a war between the realms?"

"Why not you?" An unfortunately familiar voice asked. Claude stepped into the dim light. I froze at the sight, and Ciel tensed as if about to attack and placed his hand on me. "After all, we couldn't just kill a mere human, or a demon, now could we? It had to be someone who had light and dark magic in their veins. And fortunately," Claude gestured towards me, smirking, "You have had both in your lifetimes." I bristled at the subtle jibe at my past. I would be the first to admit, I haven't had a pretty past. I've killed hundreds, perhaps even thousands. But I've helped even more. That I knew for sure.

"You," Ciel snarled, tightening his grip around my arm, as if to stake his claim on me. Claude glanced at him, his eyes glinting with something malicious.

"Nice to see you again, Phantomhive," Claude mocked, "Did you find your little songbird?" Ciel tightened his jaw, and glared fiercely at him. Having been too caught up with Claude being here, I hadn't noticed what was around us. We were in a huge, underground cavern that looked like it had been formed naturally hundreds of years ago. Stalactites hung precariously from the ceiling, making me anxious that they were going to fall on us. But they looked pretty sturdy and they had been there for hundreds of years, I doubt they were going to fall now.

The cavern was bare, save for a rack of blood-coated weapons that looked like torture devices. I suddenly felt sick to my stomach, and I doubted that I wanted to know what this room had been used for. Examining the room, I didn't see anything of importance that would say why this was the 'heart' of Stonehenge.

"What is this place?" I murmured to myself.

"It's where the peace treaty between the realms was signed," Claude answered, striding toward us. Ciel pulled me back, not wanting me to be any closer to Claude than I had to. In his defense, I didn't want to be near him either. "This cavern has more magic in it than half of England." My eyes widened, that much power in one place? It was a wonder that the place hadn't blown up by now.

"It won't work, you know," I blurted out, breaking out of Ciel's grip. Claude turned to look at him, raising an eyebrow. "Your plan, it won't work. We'll stop you." Claude arched an eyebrow at me, smirking.

"Dear, dear Thea," he began, taking a step towards me with each word that he spoke, "Your blood didn't just start a war, it raised an army of demons." My eyes widened with shock, my mouth gaping at him. "Your blood is special. With it, I was able to summon an entire force of demons to destroy this disgusting world. And after it's all over, you will be beside me as my Queen." When he finished, Claude was right in front of me, hardly any space in between us.

"I'll never be your Queen," I snarled, my hands starting to glow with magic from the force of my anger.

"Oh really," Claude taunted, "Well I have someone who may be able to change that." At the snap of his fingers, a tall male in a suit of armor stepped out of the shadows. "Capture her, leave the demon to me," Claude commanded him. The mysterious man nodded his head, before slowly reaching up and taking off his helmet. Once he had taken it off, it revealed a mop of dark brown- almost black- hair, and he had strangely kept his eyes closed. I tilted my head, looking closely at him. He appeared to be my age, and looked almost familiar. As if he could read my mind, the boy opened his eyes, and stared straight into my soul.

I must have gasped aloud, but I wouldn't know. Because as soon as he opened his eyelids, I was rooted to the spot. He had silvery blue eyes.

Just like mine.

Reaching out my hand, "Orion?" I whispered.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(A/N)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If any of you guessed this ending, please review and I will give you a thousand hugs and free admission to Sebastian. I've been planning this out for a long time, and I hope you liked the plot twist. Also, I apologize for the short chapter, because I'm very tired, and- as usual- for the poor quality. But hopefully the next chapter will be up soon! (And all mystery will be cleared!) XD

Reviews:

GMWalcorn2713: I'm sorry! (Don't you dare compare me to Rick Riordan!) And of course I'll kill Claude. Don't be ridiculous.

DesirableDreams: Thanks! I'm glad you like the witch part and the reincarnation theory. I thought it would be good for the story!

Scorpia1029: Don't worry, he will!

Angelaleopard: I'm sorry! (Hope you liked the chapter)

Lady Mary Michaelis: Yay! *Gives cookies* Well, I bet we can arrange something so you can get both.

Awesomealixe: I'm glad I made you happy! (Sorry for the panic attack)

IndigoBlueButterfly: Ciel to the rescue! (BTW, I just typed rescute for a moment, but Ciel is cute too ;) )

Magenta Peace: I'm with you, I hate him too. (And you got me on the Merlin reference) Congratulations on spotting it.) Ciel would make a good disney prince wouldn't he… Hmm… Crossover? (I don't know, will it?)

Hxpelessfxngirl: I'm sorry if I made you cry! :( I didn't mean too! (That's a lie…. But sorry anyway!)

Boo's Castle: I'm sorry! *Throws chapter at you* THERE YOU GO!

Tye-Dye Girl: I think it's hilarious how all of you want to murder Claude int he most horrendous of ways (BTW, I agree with you all the way). And yes, her mother is alive… Or is she?

Esmereilda: Yay! (I love the word comeuppance for some reason…)

Please R&R!