Pandora Forbidden Hearts

Summary: After escaping the Abyss Oz finds himself with old allies and new ones but is it all as it seems? With strange new chains appearing and a power none of the characters would have noticed appears what will happen to the relations between characters?

*Warning Spoilers maybe inside

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Chapter 25- Moon Medallion

It was dark out and the whole Rainsworth household was sound asleep, everyone except for a certain Raven haired man. He was lying on his bed lost in thought of the events of the day.

'I don't understand what Break meant by that...' He thought looking at the medallion that now rested on the same chain as his contract to Raven.

"I believe your master's hiding information from us… Why don't you try coxing it out of him for us…?" Break's voice says softly and Gilbert frowned slightly.

'I couldn't tell Break about that chain after he said that. I felt like I would have been betraying my master. And even if I wanted to cox information out of him, I wouldn't know what to cox out of him.' He thought sighing as he stared at the crescent shaped medallion. It was a simple gray color with a shining blue material on the inside; just looking at it made Gilbert feel a sense of longing as he held it in his hand. 'What is it about this thing that's so familiar…?' Gilbert thought silently dropping it down to his chest, sighing. 'I feel like I should remember it but I cannot.' He thought sadly as he closed his eyes to just rest them. He soon found his self in a dream that he had never had before. At first he felt strange, smaller and extremely cold but soon he was grew accustom to it and just laid there.

"Gil…bert." A voice sobbed as he felt something wet hit his cheek causing him to lift up his hand and wipe it was. He then opened his eyes to see what it was only to realize it was blood and screamed slightly as he saw a shadow move away from him. He then realized he was in a dark place and the only thing he saw was what looked like shards of a mirror floating around him. "I-I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry." A voice whispers sobbing uncontrollably as Gilbert saw a shadowed figure curled up in what looked like a corner and Gilbert tilted his head in curiosity.

"G-Gwen? Is… Is that you?" Another voice questions and Gilbert to notice that it sounded like that of a young child.

"I'm sorry, Gilbert… I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry." The voice continues as Gilbert stood and walked over to the shadowed figure but a shout of fright stops him. "Don't come any closer! I'm a monster!" The voice shouts and Gilbert felt his body flinch before he moved as fast as he could and latched onto the white cloak that covered the figure that was cowering from him.

"You are not!" The child's voice shouts as Gilbert hid his face into the cloak and he took notice that the person smelt of the rare blue roses that Sablier was famous for.

"I am… I am…" The voice says as the person tremble in his arms. "It hurts… You're hurting me." He whispers as Gilbert pulls away with a confused look before pulling the cloak away to see the bloody mess that was the person's legs. Gilbert felt his breath hitch as he pulled the cloak back down to cover them before lowering his head. "See… I should be dead but I am not, I'm a monster because of this." He states lowering its head and Gilbert felt a terrible pain in his chest.

"I should be dead too. If you should be dead then I should be too. You took the blame for me and I let you. I'm horrid, I loved you, and I should have protected you." The child's voice states with sorrow in his voice as he moved foreward and pulled down the cloak to see long blond hair that covered the person's eyes but the smile on the person's bloody lips was so familiar, Gilbert could almost see their eyes and it made him want to cry.

"There's only so much a child can do and I wouldn't have allowed you to die just because your heart was swayed by a demon." He whispers softly and Gilbert frowns.

"You're not a monster or a demon! You're you! You're who you are! You're not evil." The child's voice cries out.

"Ah… Thank you for thinking so…" The voice whispers softly lowering his head to the ground. "I wanted for so long to remember how to feel… So many years went by without feeling anything. No pain… No sadness… No Happiness… No pleasure… Nothing… I got nothing out of my life in Sablier." The voice states softly before it laughed softly. "Until I met you again… Afterwards all I did was feel for you. No one else is in my heart. You were my 'everything'… and you still are." He whispers softly and Gilbert felt a twinge of annoyance.

"What about Alice?" The child's voice questions coldly. "She's your sun… The thing that always shines on you… the one that warms you, what about her?" The child's voice states harshly and the cloaked figure lifts a shaking, bloody hand up brushing the boy's cheek slightly.

"Just a friend, a mother too maybe…But I love the moon so much more. The sun is beautiful but the more you stare at it the more deadly it becomes, you know… The moon may always change, in some people's eyes, but it will always be the same in mine. You can always count on it to do what you expect it to do." The voice whispers softly. "It's beautiful and glows in an angelic way leading me through the darkness which connects us. Gilbert is the moon, that which is so beautiful that it sometimes even shines in the day time along with the sun." It whispers gently and Gilbert felt a laugh form in his throat.

"Gwen's can be so dumb… The moon and sun both don't shine in the day time, silly." The child's voice says with a slight laugh before Gilbert felt his body curl up against the cold body of the cloaked figure and closed his eyes. "But that's alright because I don't mind being your moon and being the light in your darkness here." The child's voice states as the dream faded out and he felt someone shaking him.

"Gil… Hey. Hey Gil… are you alive?" Oz's pained voice says slightly above a whisper as Gilbert felt someone gently shaking him again. "Gil?" His voice continued in an even more pain tone causing Gilbert's eyes to bolt open realizing his master could be hurt and he looked at Oz who was staring down at him with tearful eyes. For a moment Gilbert was frozen, unsure of what to do because he had never seen his master cry before. He watched his master's lips form into a slight smile before wiped his eyes. "Good… You're alive. I'm glad." Oz whispers pulling away slightly sniffling as Gilbert sat up with sudden worry.

"Oz? What's wrong?" He questions his master with a soft tone as he lifted his hand to touch his master's shoulder but pulled back thinking better of it as Oz turned and looked at him.

"I thought you died…" He said with truth in his voice and Gilbert looked at him confusedly.

"What do you mean?" Gilbert says softly and Oz whimpered.

"I dreamt that you had been killed by the Clockwork." Oz says lowering his eyes to the bed sheets as his body shook. "I was so scared… so scared that it was true." He says as if he was in pain and Gilbert felt his heart twist painfully.

"Oz…" He whispers not knowing what else to do because he'd never seen his master so upset before he remembered his dream and shuddered wondering why he'd remember the strange dream while his master was suffering in front of him. 'Doesn't he usually go to the stupid rabbit when he has a bad dream? Why did he come to me?' Gilbert thought with a slightly jealous tone as he closed his eyes not realizing his body was moving on its own until he heard Oz say his name questioningly. He reopened his eyes to see he had pulled his master tightly against his chest and saw Oz staring up at him with curious confusion in his eyes. A bright red blush quickly formed on Gilbert's face, starting to panic because he did not know what to do Gilbert just sat there holding his master. Oz continued to stare at his servant wondering what the man was thinking before he lowered his head and laid it against Gilbert's chest.

"I'm sorry for waking you… I hate waking you… Usually I wake Alice up but Gil was in this dream instead of Alice and I was scared… I was scared for Gil. My other nightmares don't usually have Gil from the present in them… but this one did. I don't want it to come true…" He whispers grabbing on to Gilbert's nightshirt. Gilbert looked down at him with a slight frown before laying his head onto Oz's head.

"It's alright Oz… I won't let some stupid chain get me. Don't be afraid, I'm not dying any time soon." Gilbert states softly continuing to hold his master against his chest. 'Why was I being jealous at a time like this…? My master came to make sure I was okay, he was afraid I was dead. He was worried over me and here I am hating that stupid rabbit. I really am horrid.' Gilbert thought tightening his grip on his master. "You don't have to apologies for waking me…I'm always here for you." Gilbert whispered running his hand up through Oz's hair comfortingly, smiling as Oz's trembling slowed to a stop. "There, have you calmed down enough to realize I won't die." He whispers gently as Oz pulled back slightly with a slight blush on his cheeks.

"Yeah…" Oz whispers, not looking up at Gilbert causing the man to look at him worriedly.

"Are you still afraid…?" Gilbert whispers wondering if something was seriously wrong with his master but Oz simply nodded before looking up at him with a slight shy look.

"I am but as long as Gil's alive I'll be okay." He says softly before pulling away from Gilbert and sitting on the bed beside Gilbert still looking kind of embarrassed. "Hey… Do you remember the letter I wrote to you?" Oz says softly looking down at his hands, not noticing Gilbert blush at the memory of contents of the letter before looking away.

"I do but I'm afraid I didn't read it…" Gilbert says softly looking away not wanting to admit he betrayed Oz's trust back when he thought he was Raven.

"Why not? I wrote it for you…" Oz says sounding a bit sad as Gilbert shifted slightly.

"It was written for the Gilbert of ten years ago…" Gilbert states not looking at Oz knowing that it was a stupid reason but he knew Oz would believe it.

"Gilbert is silly; Gilbert is the Gilbert of ten years ago… no matter what he says." Oz says with a slight chuckle feeling awkward about bringing up the letter.

"That aside, what is it about the letter you wanted to talk about?" Gilbert questions causing Oz to blush embarrassedly.

'I can't tell him that I wanted to know his feelings for me, it'd be awkward and not to mention I would have to tell him first and risk rejection.' Oz thought with a slight nervous look before smiling teasingly at Gilbert. "Nothing in particular… Gilbert should have read it; then he would have known… Too bad for Gil since it was destroyed with the Jackal." Oz says with a slight sigh as Gilbert frowned wondering what part could have been what Oz wanted to talk about. Part of him wanted it to be about the last part of the letter and part of him still didn't want to ask because he felt like he'd betray his master's trust if he told his master that he had read the letter as Raven.

"Yeah it's too bad." Gilbert whispers softly looking at the clock to see it was about midnight before he looked back at his master to see the sad frown on his face. "You should go back to sleep, Oz. You'll need it for tomorrow." He says softly placing his hand hesitantly on the boy's head.

"Yeah…" Oz sighed, standing up and pulling away from the hand on his head. "Sorry I woke you… It's stupid to get so stirred up by dreams like that. Good night, Gil." Oz says with a slight sad tone to his voice, going to leave but Gilbert grabbed him and pulled him back to the bed.

"Maybe… um… Maybe you should sleep here with me tonight." Gilbert states feeling his cheeks burn in how the words sounded to him and Oz looked at him with an eye brow raised before smiling slightly.

"What is Gil implying…?" Oz says teasingly and Gilbert swallowed nervously before giving what he hoped was a serious look and not a flustered one.

"Nothing at all… It's just that if you have that nightmare again while you're here you won't have to be afraid because I'll… I'll be right here beside you." Gilbert says losing the serious tone at the end feeling like he was being too familiar with his master. Oz only smiled slightly not knowing why but the words that were said reminded him of a time that he couldn't remember.

"If Gil doesn't mind…" Oz says softly as he sat down on the edge of the bed with a small blush before taking a breath and lying down beside Gilbert, who moved over so his master could lie down. They then lied there with a tense atmosphere before Oz thought of something that would relax it. "You know… I think Gil is just trying to keep me out of Alice's room." Oz says teasingly as he sensed Gilbert flinch and he chuckled.

"Just go to sleep… yah brat." Gilbert mutters rolling over facing away from Oz and Oz smirked at the way Gilbert blew him off. He closed his eyes to go back to sleep but when he was about half-way asleep he rolled over and felt his hands touch something warm causing his eyes to bolt open and see Gilbert had also rolled back over and they were now facing each other. At first Oz was completely embarrassed at the closeness before he curled closer to the older man's body.

'Geez… that startled me… I didn't think that we were that close.' Oz thought blushing slightly before smiling. 'I shouldn't be doing this but if he wakes up I'll just pretend I'm sleeping.' Oz thought chuckling softly pressing his face against Gilbert's chest only to feel a familiar aura and he tensed. 'What the…' he thought silently as he slid his hands up and found the chain around Gilbert's neck. He pulled the chain up and gasped at the site of the moon medallion. "Where did this come from?" Oz whispered touching the medallion with a shocked look before he tilted his head curiously. 'It looks familiar but… where have I seen this?' He thought as his eyes widened in terror. "A necklace…" Oz whispers with eyes widening as he remembered the nightmare and that Gilbert was wearing the exact same medallion in it. He then grabbed the medallion, to rip it off the chain, only to hiss out in pain because it burned his hand. He quickly let it go and looked at the burn mark on his hand and frowned. 'It burnt my hand… How?' He thought looking back at the chain to see the contract on the same chain. 'Raven will protect Gil… right?' He thought biting his lip as he slipped in back into the man's shirt before curling back up against Gilbert's chest. He gripped the man's sleeping shirt tightly feeling worry fill his mind as he fell back into his dream world. He opened his eyes and he was standing in a garden filled with roses which most were a beautiful blue color, others were a deep crimson red or a brilliant white.

"Oz… You're back." Gwen states standing up from the chair he was sitting in that was placed at a table in the middle of the garden. "That little trick scared you real badly didn't it?" He says with a small smile on his face as Oz nodded before smiling sheepishly.

"Yeah, but it's alright now…. At least, I hope it will be. Gil was wearing the necklace from the nightmare... and I couldn't take it off because it burnt me." Oz says with a slight frown, holding up his hand to show the burn as Seikaku ni appeared with Alice right beside him.

"Alyss will be here in a few minutes… Gwen have you finished the preparations for the tea party?" Seikaku ni questions as Alice moved over to Oz and Gwen nodded with a small frown.

"Yes, but we have more of a problem than cakes not being done…" Gwen states as they all heard a girl's laughter.

"What could be more of a problem than that?" The brown haired, blue eyed, Alyss questions appearing in a door way that had opened up. She entered the room with Zillah right behind her skipping cheerfully humming "Lacie" happily.

"The medallions, which were stolen by that silver haired man is more of a problem." Gwen states with a slight annoyed look and Oz tilted his head slightly.

"The medallions, you mean the ones that have the power to retrieve memories from the depths of the heart? I thought they were locked away with Gwen's memories…" Oz says with a slight frown on his face. 'I never saw them in person but if Gilbert has one then Alice will obtain the other and she might get hurt.' Oz thought looked at the dark haired chain that was partially listening to Alyss and Zillah partially listening to their conversation. "Why would Break take them from here if he didn't know what they were for…?" He asks softly and Gwen closed his eyes to think.

"Maybe the memory that was connected to the medallions told him." Alyss states calmly sitting at the table looking at all the cakes with an excited look. "Will we ever have more guests for our tea parties, Blood-chan?" Alyss says happily clapping her hands together as the three males looked at her with a calm look.

"Of course, my Lady!" The three state with similar smiles on their faces as they heard a clock ring out around them.

"Three o'clock…" Seikaku ni states with a slight smile as he moved toward the table and started to pour glasses of tea.

"Ah, it's tea time…" Oz says grinning ecstatically as he danced toward his seat that was across from Zillah, who was already seated.

"Our usual guests should be arriving soon." Gwen states casually, sitting back down in his chair watching Oz sit between Alice and Alyss.

"We've already arrived, Gwen-sama…" Adriana's voice states as Jet, Samael, and herself all appear in front of the table. "Sei-chan… Let me help you…" She states as she moved over to help Seikaku ni pour tea as the other two sat down beside Zillah.

"So what was this meeting set for? Is the doll maker supposed to come tonight and give us an update?" Jet questions as he looks at Alyss who was sipping away at her cup of tea.

"No… that is for a later time. This is about the matter that Blood-chan has brought up; the illegal contract on the body of Oz Vessalius." Alyss says with a slight serious tone on her face. "It moved when Tokei Shikake kidnapped those people and brought them into this world and we all know what that means, correct?" Alyss says casually.

"Yeah that Oz is one step closer to becoming a chain like me." Alice states and Alyss simply shook her head.

"No, nee-san… If it fully revolves Blood-chan will have to become one again. If we cannot find our memories before then…" She says trailing off as she looked at Gwen and Seikaku ni with worried eyes.

"We won't be able to find the key to unlock Blood's heart and he'll become a slave to the Baskerville Family once again." Samael finishes with a small scowl knowing that the mention of the name would anger Gwen.

"It won't happen! If we can find the heart then we can…" Gwen shouts but is interrupted by Seikaku ni.

"Blood won't become servant to that monster!" Seikaku ni says softly to his friend as the man gritted his teeth, going to say something more.

"If we find the predecessor and ally with him then maybe he won't want to become Glen Baskerville… and help us in our goal." Zillah states licking some of the frosting off of her fingers and she cut the cake causing Gwen to look at her.

"That's an interesting theory, Zillah…" Adriana says smiling a warm motherly smile as Zillah passed out the cake.

"Yeah, how do you expect to ally with someone who has lost their hope?" Jet questions in a serious way causing Zillah to giggle with an amused look in her eyes.

"He hasn't lost it yet! Well I have a friend who says this and knows where this particular person is... I spoke to her and she said that the predecessor's hope has an illegal contract! If we can stop the contract before it fully rotates then that person will most definably ally with us!" She says happily holding the knife she was cutting the cakes up by her cheek.

"The only problem was she wanted her own human body, which wasn't a big deal for making it, since that is what blood was made to do but… She was a Baskerville in the past and that was the problem." Seikaku ni states softly and Zillah pouts.

"I made sure that she was good! I told you that! And I even put a super heavy limiter on her so only the one she had a contract with could unleash it but she said she would let him use her power because he was the predecessor's hope! I also told her that I would kill her straight off if she even tried to betray us!" Zillah states happily to reassure everyone.

"Who in the world did you send?" Oz questioned wondering just who it could be but Zillah simply smiled at him.

"You'll know who when you see her, Oz-Oniichan." Zillah states setting cake in front of him and he sighed before looking at her skeptically.

"You know that's not nice…" Oz says with a slight pout on his lips, watching the girl giggle at him. "If they betray us we'll have a problem on our hands." He says glancing at Seikaku ni and Gwen.

"Let's get off such dreary topics!" Alyss say taking a bite of her cake smiling like a small child because of the taste.

"What would you like to talk about, Alyss-san?" Gwen says with a calmed look on his face and Alyss smiled brightly.

"How are we going to deal with the Mock Turtle?" Alice states with a serious look and Alyss nods.

"Right… That bad turtle seller hasn't even come to see me yet. What should we do to punish it?" Alyss questions with a slight frown on her face.

"Why don't we just kill it…?" Zillah states with a serious look on her face and Gwen sighs.

"We cannot simply kill it now can we? It devoured one of the keys… If we kill it the key will be exposed and the ones attached to it will be affected." Gwen says with a serious look on his face as he looked at Oz who was frowning. "Especially if they are wearing the corresponding sign..." He states grabbing Oz's wrist and showing the mark on his hand to everyone at the table. "Gilbert Nightray had the necklace around his neck and Oz touched it. This proves that while we were trying to save those people they stole something that is extremely important to our survival." He says as Jet rose from his seat and placed his hands of the table with a serious scowl.

"This is serious… We need to retrieve the key and hide it so no one can find it! It's bad enough that Zillah had almost lost her cross necklace there but those medallions are twice as dangerous. If they are awakened Tokei Shikake could use them to destroy the seal that imprisons it." Jet states with an annoyed tone and Adriana looked at Oz worriedly but Alice Jumps on to the table grabbing Jet by the collar of his shirt.

"I won't let that happen! I'll chain that turtle up and drag it screaming back here if I have to. I will not let my chance to gain my memories slip through my fingers." Alice shouts glaring at Jet who simply stared back at her with a calm look.

"Then do so… You two are the only ones who are able to physically leave the abyss anyway." Jet states pushing Alice back so she fell onto her butt, still sitting on the table.

"Why you… Oz, let's go get that damned turtle!" Alice shouts standing back up and jumping off of the table causing a door to appear and Oz stood up with a nod.

"Okay Alice!" Oz says with a small sigh as he walked through the door Alice ran out of. Once they were gone Alyss sighed with disappointment as she looked at the others.

"Adriana, Jet, please take good care of them… I don't think they realize just how serious this is… If that chain is destroyed not only is the key exposed it affects the black haired man because his memories are also missing. He just may mistake Oz for a person from his past." She says as Gwen standing up from his seat.

"What do you mean by 'mistake'?" He says before turning away from them. "I'm sure if he remembers he just may end up killing his master by accident." He adds before walking away from them. Zillah, who had looked at her brother when he stood, now stared at the others with worried eyes before she turned her eyes toward Alyss.

"Alyss-chan… Can we do something? Can't we steal them back? What if Kevin tries to give Alice the other medallion…? It could destroy her." Zillah says anxiously as Alyss stood causing the table to disappear.

"Sei-chan is going to go get the sun medallion for us… We wouldn't want Alice or that black haired servant boy to get a hold of it." Alyss says looking at Seikaku ni who was still sitting in his chair drinking his tea.

"Sei-chan… are you sure? You hate leaving the Abyss…" Zillah says softly and the man simply smiled.

"I am sure… After all, that medallion has no gain for the man so if I offer him more interesting information he just may give it to me." Seikaku ni states standing up from his seat letting the cup and chair disappear.

"I'll come with you…" Jet states with a slight annoyed look on his face. "Who knows what this bastard might try, so it's always good to have back up." Jet says stretching slightly and Adriana smiles.

"That means I get the moon medallion, Oz, and Alice." Adriana says happily and Zillah runs over to her and grabs her arm.

"I'll come with you! If things get messy, Oz-Oniichan can use my help!" Zillah states with a serious look before she looked at Alyss with worried eyes, afraid she'd be lonely without her.

"Don't worry, Zillah. Alyss-san and I shall continue on with her lessons, right Alyss-san?" Samael states knowing Zillah was worried about causing Alyss to nod.

"Yes, I want to learn how to play the piano for Jack!" She says cheerfully as she smiled at Zillah, who smiled back.

"Okay… Shall we go?" Zillah says happily to Adriana, who simply nodded.

"Just be careful you two… Oz and neesan do not understand the seriousness of the matter at hand." Alyss states but the two looked back and saw Alyss and Samael had already left.

"What do you think she meant, Adriana?" Zillah questions looking back at the older woman with confusion and worry in her eyes.

"I don't know but we best do as she says and take caution… for Oz's and our own sake." She says before the two left and the world shattered into darkness.