After my trip to the market I walked home. It started to rain on the way home so I arrived cold and wet. It got worse when I approched the mannor. I tried to open the door but It was locked.
"Oh dear." I thought outloud
My step mother and sisters must have decided to go out to who knows where. The rule was if I don't get home before they leave then I must wait outside until they return. I sat at the door step and waited in the rain.
I then remembered the key I found on the way to the market. I quickly pulled it out and observed it.
"Could this fit in the lock?" I thought outloud again.
I approched the door and shoved the key into the lock and, to my supprise, it fit.
I turned the key and was then faced with an unfamiliar view. A different, larger looking mansion was in the place of our mansion.
I walked in looking around.'This is not our mansion.' I thought. Soon a tall claud butler with red eyes and long bangs appeared.
"May I help you miss?" He asked with a stern voice.
I blushed in embarassment."Um, I'm awfully sorry! It's just, I used this key to get into our mansion and it brought me here." I said showing him the key.
The butler looked at the key that seemed familiar to him."May I ask how old you are?"
I gulped. Usualy when men ask me that question it ends badly, for me."Um, thirteen." I said. The butler then smirked."Please follow me." He said and I did as told.
We walked up stair cases and through halls and a question popped into my head."Excuse me sir?" I asked. He looked at me."May I please ask your name?" I asked him. He smirked."Sebastian Michaelis." He said.
We soon arrived at a door that said 'Master's Quarters'. Sebastian opened the door to an office that had a boy sitting at the desk. He had midnight blue hair and a saphire blue eye and an, eyepatch? I wonder. He looked to be about my age. He had no emotion on his face but looked supprised when he saw us at the door.
"Sabastian, who is this?" He said in a firm but concerned tone."Arisa. My name is Arisa Brooks." I told him and bowed."I found her at the door. She said she got in with this." He said and showed him the key. Wait, how did he get that? Oh well.
The boy looked at the key that also seemed familiar to him. He then stood from his seat and walked toward me.
"How old are you?" He asked."Thirteen." I answered. He then studied my face."Remove the hair over your eye." He comanded. I gulped then hesistently removed the hair exposing an almost dry gash under my left cheek.
The boy looked horrified."What happened to you?!" The boy asked."My step sister found a hair in the crepes I made her and she threw a knife at me." I said and both the boy and Sebastian looked supprised."Sebastian take her to the kitchen and get that gash cleaned!" The boy ordered the butler.
"Yes Young Master." Sebastian said and led me out of the room. As we walked through the door of the kitchen I saw three people. One was a small boy with blonde hair, green eyes and a straw hat hanging of his neck. Another was a woman with red hair and large glasses. The last one was a tall man with blonde(ish) hair, whiskers on his chin and he was smoking.
"Mister Sebastian who is that?" the boy asked."Her name is Arisa. Mey-Rin, go get some bandeges." Sebastian ordered the woman."Uh, yes Sebastian I'll get them I will." She said and ran off. The man came and observed my face."Wow! What happened to you?" He asked. I told him."Oh my that's terrible! My name is Finnian! But you can call me Finny! I'm the gardener." The boy said.
"And you can call me Bard. I'm the chef." The man said and gave a cheeky grin. I smiled at their kindness."It's very nice to meet you." I said.
After Sebastian patched me up the boy came back."How are you doing miss?" He asked voice filled with consern."I am fine thank you." I said and bowed."I remembered that I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Ciel Phantomhive. I am the head of the Phantomhive family." He said and bowed. The head of the family? He looks alittle to young."Excuse me?" I asked."Yes?" He asked."How old are you?" I asked. He smirked."Same as you I am thirteen." He said.
The smirk vanished as I raised my hand to his eyepatch. He stood there in shock blushing then grabbed my wrist and removed my hand."What happened to your eye?" I asked. He sighed."I had an accident. I don't like to talk about it." He said.
"Oh. Sorry." I said taking my hand back."Sebastian make us some tea and, what would you like to eat?" He asked me. I looked supprised an blushed cause I was never treated with such hospitality."Um, crepes?" I said."Good choice miss. I will make it right away." Sebastian said and went to make them.
"Come with me Arisa." Ciel said and he led me to a large dinning room. He the pulled out a chair."Please sit here." He said and I did as he asked. He then took the seat next to mine. At that time Sebastian came with the crepes and tea."Thank you Sebastian." I said and he bowed."You are very welcome miss." He said and left.
"So Arisa, I want to know everything. In exchange I will tell you everything about me." He said. I blushed at the fact that he trusted me like that."O-okay." I said.
I then told him everything. About Father's death, about how my step mother and sisters would treat me, everything. He then told me everything. About his house burning down, about being kidnapped, about Sebastian saving him, everything. We also shared our personalitys. He was very nice and for the first time in my life, I knew what a crepe tasted like. All because of him.
"I would like to thank you for everything Ciel. you are very kind. But I believe I must be going. My step mother and sisters will be home soon." I said. Ciel looked at me with dissapointment in his eyes."Here." He said and gave me somthing. It was the key."Whenever you want you can come and visit me. But you can only unlock the front door of your mansion." He said.
My face lit up and I hugged him."Oh thank you so much Ciel!" I said. I looked at his face and he was blushing. Soon he hugged back.
"Well you better get going. I will see you again?" He asked."Yes definently." I said and smiled. I walked to the front door, put the key in the lock and opened the door and saw the rain stopped. I looked back at the other's and waved. They waved back as I walked out.
I closed the door then reopened it to see our mansion instead of the Phantomhive manor. I sighed, picked up the bag of paper towles I left outside and walked in."There you are Arisa! Where have you been!" Step Mother yelled at me."I was getting paper towls to clean up the blood on the floor." I explained to her."Well go do that then do the laundry. Then make us dinner!" She yelled then went upstairs along with my step sisters. I sighed and did as told.
Back at the Phantomhive manor
"Such a nice girl." Finnian said.
"She is I agree." May-Rin said.
"Sure is." Bard said.
"Ho ho ho." Tanaka said as usual.
"Alright everyone go do what is needed to be done." Sebastian said and the servents did as told. I was still staring at the door waiting for her next visit which I hope will be soon. As I did this I didn't notice Sebastian was watching me with a smirk."You seem to be very fond of miss Arisa." He said with a playful tone. I blushed in embarassment."What are you talking about! Just go clean or somthing!" I ordered him. He did so still smirking.
But alass, he was correct. I was very fond of her. This was the first time I felt a feeling like this since Lizzy passed. I long for her next visit. Anything to keep me away from the edge of insanity. I then stopped staring at the door and went back to my studies.