Hey fanfiction, I'm back this is my 3rd story, but my second on Black Butler.
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I promise to do good on this and there is more to come in this triumphant tale.
To my audience, if you like this story check out my other stories Carnival of Love and Laughter with Undertaker and Broken Life on Star Wars category.
Ch. 2 Fiancée!
Flashback
Pepper walked into the dimly lit dining room. She took a seat in the middle of the table as the family butler, Vick placed her breakfast in front of her. Pepper used her fork to mix the food into one big pile, while glancing at the other end of the long table.
Her father, Lord Herbert was balancing the budget, while her mother, Lady Fulda was deciding which curtains matched the interior of the hallways.
Pepper's older brother, Maxwell was immersed in a chess game with his pet monkey Oden. Her sister, Olivia was admiring her reflection in a small mirror that was being held by one of the maids.
Pepper rolled her eyes at her sister's display of vanity, before taking small bites of her toast. The girl wasn't afraid to show that she didn't feel like eating.
Yesterday Pepper's older siblings, Greg, Hannah, and Donna left for college. Out of all the residents in the house, those three gave her the love and attention she so desperately lacked.
Now that they were gone, she was disregarded, no better than the lowest in the house. She could disguise herself as a ranch hand and no one would notice her disappearance.
Pepper was the youngest of six children.
Her parents never intended on having another child, until Lady Fulda was found to be pregnant. This incident left the pair frustrated, after Pepper was born she was raised by the nursemaids.
As a child, she rarely saw her parents and her siblings, Olivia and Maxwell despised her existence. As a wealthy family, everyone upon their parents' demise received a share of wealth.
With Pepper in the picture, everyone's share was cut down to hundreds. The family still retained immense wealth, but Maxwell and Olivia were very greedy. That hunger for money and material things led to them disowning their sibling.
Pepper used her fork to poke at her eggs, today was her birthday.
She assumed the foreigners on the other end of the table knew this, but like always chose to disregard it, along with her existence.
She moved to escort herself from their presence but was blocked by Vick who produced a large cupcake with a candle.
The cooks, her nursemaids, and other servants came out singing and cheering loudly.
Pepper allowed happy tears to fall from her eyes, then blew out the candles.
Olivia huffed furiously at the attention Pepper was receiving and hurried to her room. Maxwell followed, taking Oden and his chess game, along the way muttering something to his sister about "the ungrateful help having favorites."
Lady Fulda frowned at the sight of her children leaving the table and silenced the servants, ordering each back to work.
Lord Herbert glared in distain at his youngest daughter.
" Was that noise really necessary, Margret?" Pepper turned from him refusing to make eye contact.
"Pepper. It is my birthday, father. It is alright for the servants to make a fuss. You and mother didn't remember, now you have a reminder." She replied not caring for the angry stares of her deadbeat parents.
"How old are you, Alice?" Lady Fulda asked, ignoring what her daughter had said.
"I am officially eighteen." Herbert smiled at her declaration as he met his wife's equally thrilled gaze.
"Good, you can be married off."
End Flashback
Pepper awoke from her deep slumber, moaning vocally and rubbing a large bump that was beginning to form on her head.
Groggily, she laid perched against some pillows as her eyes adjusted to the red interior walls of the room.
"Wait, red walls!" Screaming Pepper fell from the king-sized bed. The girl struggling to stand, her legs felt like gello.
"Where am I?" she questioned continuing to rub her head when the memories of the previous night replayed in her mind.
"I've been kidnapped." Pepper muttered, forcefully pushing herself off the ground and ran over to the locked door.
"You know darling. I wouldn't call this kidnapping."
She gulped, slowly turning back to the room.
Pepper saw in the dark corner, sitting on a love seat was the stranger she saw from last night. Since it was dark, Pepper could not see the stranger clearly but as light peered into the room, she could see the figure.
The guy or what she assumed was a guy was wearing a red vest with a white shirt underneath. Dangling from his elbows was a beautiful red leather jacket.
His eyes were a bizarre yellow-green combination and his dark red hair almost reached his feet.
He skipped over to her with a wide grin upon his face.
Pepper shivered when she saw his teeth it reminded her of sharks, the animal she hated most in the world.
Immediately, Pepper was hoisted bridal style into the stranger's arms. She struggled in his grip.
"Let go of me!"
He ignored her pleas and set her down on the bed, leaning forward, until he was near her ear.
"Quiet down my princess. It is six o'clock in the morning, everyone's still asleep."
Her eyes widened, as Pepper shoved the weirdo away from her ear.
"Where am I? Who are you?" He grinned again.
"You are in the Shinigami headquarters." Pepper gasped she assumed grim reapers were just a myth.
Apparently, they were real.
"I, my princess am Grell Sutcliff or you can call me your fiancée."
He reached over taking Pepper's hand in his, giving it a chaste kiss.
The girl squeaked crawling, until she reached the headboard. She pressed her body to it for dear life.
"W-what are you talking about?" Grell sat on the end of the bed. His arms and legs crossed, giving him a feminine appearance that disturbed Pepper.
"The ring, love."
Pepper glanced down at her hand, sure enough a gold ring with a bright red ruby was settled upon her finger. She moved to pull it off, but it would not budge.
Grell watched in amusement as she tried to remove the trinket.
"I'm afraid that ring won't come off anytime soon. A good thing to, that ring not only symbolizes my claim on you, it makes you equal to the other Shinigami."
Pepper looked at Grell in confusion, he noticed and groaned in irritation.
"Since you are so naïve. It means even as a human, you have the powers of a Shinigami." She stared at Grell, her expression unreadable.
"That's cool I guess, but I can't be your fiancée. I don't love you, I don't know you and you kidnapped me!" Pepper yelled.
The male reaper stood walking to the headboard, harshly pulling Pepper to him.
"Listen girl, you have no choice. Stay here until I return. If you need anything, try not to."
The red reaper slammed the door shut, while Pepper screamed trying to get anyone outside the room's attention.