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Chapter 10… to celebrate 1000 VIEWS! Thank you people!
A lot of the next while will be setting up plots… moving things along and such…
Xavier POV
"Served… only to discover… si-… sights of woe. Regions of sorrow, dol-…doleful shades, where peace, and rest… can never dwell. Hope never comes." I stutter over the words, trying my best to read the book. The leather bound volume rests in my hand as the carriage moves along slowly. I quickly glance up to see Sebastian watching me, looking slightly amused.
"You read quiet good for someone who looks…. about six." Sebastian then turns his both bored and amused gaze out the window. I blink, surprised. This is the first thing he has said during the ride. I'm not sure why I'm with him… all I know is that Grell insisted I be with him. For the entire night, since it was evening. My father approved… well, actually seemed to just tolerate it. So, I was going with Sebastian… somewhere. We sat in this moving carriage alone.
"My daddy taught me…." I look back at the book to resume reading. "For those… rebellious…. Here thir… thir...? Thy...? Their prison ordained…. In utter darkness, and t-their portion set. As far-"
"As far removed from God and light of Heaven." Sebastian finishes that verse, his clear accent moving pronouncing the words cleanly. I look back up at him.
"You know this story?"
"Yes. I think Milton was interesting. A human though. But still, amusing." He looks back at me. "I am surprised to see you reading it…. a philosophic poem lover wasn't what I dubbed you as."
"I like it."
"Do you even understand it?"
"Does it matter?" I look back down at the book, swinging my short legs. Sebastian chuckles.
"Perhaps it doesn't, if the only purpose was to entertain you." Sebastian immediately goes quiet again, and I sigh with relief. At least I can try and get back to my book. I look down at it, flipping calmly through it as I read the words. It is true that I can't' entirely understand it all. I just got the basic idea; the fall from heaven for certain people, like Lucifer, Eve, Adam. It aroused my curiosity.
"Sebastian?"
"Yes?"
"Why did Lucifer fall? He had a choice… why didn't he choose the right one?" I look up at him, tilting my head to the side. Sebastian laughs.
"Why? He went against his God, his king. His ultimate ruler. A chess piece doesn't go against their king."
"But…. If one calls the other only as a chest piece… why would a person listen to their king? It makes no sense…."
"Different reasons. A compromise perhaps. A mistake. A truce. An agreement. In Lucifer's case, he disobeyed his king out of greed. And so he fell."
"Oh…. Alwright…" I look back down at the book to read it, my eyes reading a bit more. I get lost in my own world, while trying to understand it, when the carriage jolts to a stop. I shudder as it does so… I've decided that I don't like carriages. At all. I set the book on the seat as Sebastian climbs out, turning back to help me out. I grasp onto his hand, choosing not to let go as I take a look at our surroundings.
We've stopped in the middle of a dirt road. In front of me lays an old looking building, seeming to crumble and fall apart on the far right, but generally nice and fancy in the left. The building itself is in the middle of a small valley… rather, between two hills opposing each other. The sun is already low in the West, the cold breeze blowing down the hills. I pull my black jacket tighter around me, walking towards the house in curiosity. It looked huge…
Bam. I fall to the ground, wincing. Sebastian merely picks me up again, and pulls out a cloth to wipe some of the dirt off my face, then dusts off my pants. "You should be more careful."
I pout. "I'm sowwry. Where are we?"
"A manor."
"Where?"
"Just on the edge of London. It is secluded... exactly what we need." He glances at the driver. "Thank you for the ride. You are not needed anymore." The driver nods, and then takes off. I frown, and turn to look as Sebastian, but he has already taken off to the place. Curious, I hurry to keep up.
"Why are we here?"
"I am going to teach you basic things… and watch you for the time being." He opens the large oak doors, and I rush in behind. The inside is dark, and I take a cautious look around. Just a large, normal hall. I can see a room straight up ahead, two more too my left and right. I start to go to my left, wanting to check it out, when Sebastian chuckles that deep sound again. I look at him.
"What is it?"
"So… you can see?"
"Of course…." I stare at him, wondering what the point was, when he moves past me into the room I was just heading into.
"Normally… a Shinigami can't see in here. Because it is absolutely pitch black. Yes, they can see to some extent… but not well." He disappears around the corner, leaving me to chase him.
"Why? I'm a shinigami…." suddenly, I grin and bounce in my spot. "Oooohhh am I special? Like, I have awesome powers or something?"
He looks back at me, smirking slightly. "You could say that. Now hurry up, I promised your care-givers I'd feed you, seeing as we left quite abruptly." Pouting some more, I follow to head to the room, walking into a large kitchen. In the middle is… an island, they call it? I go and attempt to sit on a chair, letting him lift me up into it, before he begins to make a meal. I begin to wonder why we're here more….
Then again, as long as I get to eat it doesn't matter…. I smile and watch the meal be prepared, the smells teasing me, so tantalizing. I wait for him to finish, wondering what the mysterious man Sebastian had planned.