Just before you start reading here's some things I should tell you:
Grell's surname in the present day timeline is Michaelis (Like Sebastian), Sebastian acts as a sort of demon representative to the reapers, try to just go along with the whole 'peace between demons and reapers' thingy and Ciel is not there at all (not until later at least :D)
Chapter 2: The Reaper realm (3rd Person POV)
The reaper realm was, to Scarlet, possibly the dullest place imaginable. Since she wasn't old enough to be considered a reaper or a demon there was literally nothing for her to do but wait for her parents to be done talking to William T Spears.
"Hi!"
Scarlet looked up to see a young blonde haired reaper smiling at her. 'This must be Ronald Knox' she thought, having heard bits about him when her mother had occasionally talked about work.
"Yeah...um...hi I'm-"
"-You must be Scarlet Michaelis" Said Ronald "Grell, Your mum, talks about you quite a bit"
"Really?" Asked Scarlet, not really surprised by that fact
"I was told to keep you out of trouble" He admitted "Because you're probably bored...So why don't I show you around for a while?"
"Really? I can look around?" Asked Scarlet, now slightly happier about being there. She'd never been allowed to look around before, she'd always had to just sit outside and wait. "Can I see my mum's office first?"
"Sure follow me!"
Ronald led the way down the corridor to the red reaper's office and pushed the door open, waiting for Scarlet to look inside. There was paperwork in two tall, slightly swaying, piles on the desk and a few picture frames. Scarlet walked around behind the desk, glancing at the top part of the paperwork.
"So mum really doesn't do her work then huh"
"It gets done but just not on time"
Scarlet chuckled slightly and looked around the rest of the office, pausing to examine the death scythe leaned against the desk. She'd never seen it up close before. Scarlet sat down in the chair behind the desk and started looking at the photos.
There was a photo of Grell, Sebastian and Scarlet standing together in their livingroom on Scarlet's tenth birthday, a photo of Scarlet in her uniform when she'd first started infant school and the other photos were ones that Scarlet had never seen before.
"Ronald?" She started, picking up one of the photos "Were my mum and dad there when 'The Peace Treaty' was established?"
"Of course they were" Replied Ronald "It was Grell's idea and she somehow got William and the demons to agree to it"
"My mum created the treaty?" asked Scarlet "But why?"
"Demons and reapers always used to hate each other, it'd always been a fight for who'd get the mortal souls" Ronald smiled "Come to think of it now, You were actually the first kid to be born because of this treaty...I mean you would have been killed otherwise"
Scarlet picked up another photo, it appeared to be some sort of a selfie but the picture was in black and white and was slightly faded, as if it were hundreds of years old. The picture was of Grell, smiling widely as she held out the camera to take the photo while Sebastian stood next to her looking like he'd rather not waste his time on photos.
"How and when did my mum first get the idea for a treaty?"
"It was years ago" Laughed Ronald "She came to me first and asked what I thought it would be like if all demons and reapers could get along, Everyone knew she'd fell in love with a demon so it didn't really surprise me that she wanted everyone to accept that"
"When did all of this happen? The sixties? The seventies?"
"Yeah I guess so, the 1870's that is..."
"WHAT?!" Yelled Scarlet "You mean the Victorian era?! My parents have known each other since the Victorian era?! That's insane!"
"Well for your father it wasn't exactly love at first sight" Sniggered Ronald "All I can say is that he tolerated her. But I guess he didn't really get a chance to try and know her until he managed to get out of that contract he was in"
Scarlet put the photo down and stood up "Can we go somewhere else? Maybe you could tell me more about what my parents were like back then while we walk"
"Sure, I guess it'll be fun! Besides there's something I think you'll be interested in!"
"MORE overtime, Will?!" Demanded Grell "This is ridiculous, we're all doing the normal work load of three reapers! It's not fair to push more work on everyone, especially ME!"
"Calm down, Michaelis" Said William "Besides we, demons included, have no other option now. With this now 'Ebola virus' and the sudden increase in global shootings and other violent situations more people are dying in large groups, We have no choice but to increase workloads to help manage this situation. We'll be lucky if any of us get a day off at all for a LONG time"
"I have a daughter, William! Or are you forgetting that I can't just come here whenever it suits you!"
"I know it seems like an inconvenience to you but we don't have a choice..."
"I'm NOT going to leave my eleven year old daughter at home alone!"
"I'm afraid I'll have to agree, Spears" Said Sebastian "This increase in deaths means that demons like myself will also have more work to do. If demons choose to take the same course of action that you're suggesting for reapers I will almost constantly be running back and forth for souls"
"I appreciate the warning, Will, but..." Grell sighed "Things have changed and you can't expect me, as a mother, to put work first"
William nodded "it's difficult" He agreed "But we have to come to some kind of solution to this or-"
The door burst open, slamming loudly against the wall to reveal an out of breath and extremely panicky Ronald Knox "Scarlet's gone!" He gasped
"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE?!" Shrieked Grell "IF I HAD MY DEATH SCYTHE I'D-"
"Knox! What did you do?!" Demanded William
Sebastian produced knives, seemingly out of nowhere, and held them up between each of his fingers "I think you'll agree that things will end better if you start talking"
"Alright alright alright!" Yelled Ronald. He was panicking at the fact that he was in a room with two reapers and a demon, all three of whom were angry with him. He gulped "Well I was showing Scarlet around, she seemed really interested and-!"
"-Where did you take her?" Demanded William
"Well first she asked to see Grell's office so I took her there and she asked a load of questions and then I showed her the library..." Ronald paused "You know that weird necklace in there?"
"What about it?!"
"She asked about it so I told her what little I know, which is that you found it and shut it away in the library" Replied Ronald "I thought I'd get in trouble for taking in there without asking so I suggested that we go look somewhere else. Then I heard her yell but when I turned round she'd gone!"
"YOU IDIOT!" Yelled William "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE!"
"What's happened?!" Shrieked Grell, tightly gripping onto Sebastian's arm
"Where's my daughter, Spears?!" Yelled Sebastian
William turned to Grell and Sebastian, not looking forward to telling them what had been allowed to happen.
"She's been sent to the past..." He said, regretfully "Back to 1876"
"I was contracted to Ciel Phantomhive..." Said Sebastian
"That's before the treaty was established!" Shouted Grell "Your past self-!"
"-Would try to kill her" Finished William "I know..."
"We can't just leave her there! How do we get her back?!"
"She'll have to find the other necklace, the past version of the one that sent her there"
"But we have to go and get her!" Shouted Grell "You have to send me and Sebastian back to-!"
"NO!" Yelled William "I...I can't send anyone back"
"Why not?!"
"Because you can't send someone back to a time frame in which they already exist..."
