October 30th (Evening)

Chapter 2: Black Butler, The Meeting

"Young Master Ciel, since it's my day off, can I go out on the town?"

"Sure, Melony, go right ahead, but be careful, the crazy people come out the night before and the night of Samhain." He replied.

"I will." I said, putting on my coat and leaving the mansion.

When I got to town, I told the buggy driver I'll be maybe two hours and if I'm more than 15 minutes late, go back to the mansion and alert Master Ciel. I walked through London for a while before I went into a shop; a bakery.

"Une Brioche, s'il vous plait." I said.

"Oui, Mademoiselle." The French Baker replied.

He gave me the Brioche and I paid him. I walked around for a while longer when I realized someone in a hooded black cloak was following me. I stayed calm and ignored him, heading into an ally so I could confront him. If it didn't work, Sebastian said I screamed so loud it made dogs howl and cats run away. I was near the back of the ally when I stopped, my muscles tensed to jump into battle. The man following me continued towards me as I heard him pull out something. I whipped around just in time to dodge some weird saw or something. I did a back flip and went into an offensive stance watching this man's every move.

"Hmmm… hehe… Sebby-kun never said you were trained in combat… I no longer wonder why he was looking into your past in the Demon Archives…" The man said, removing his hood.

I almost gasped at his appearance. He had very long red hair and shark sized teeth.

"Wha-what the hell are you and what did you mean by demons?" I inquired.

"Hmm….well, since I'll be killing you anyway… My name is Grell and I am a Shinigami, or Grim Reaper, the popular term. And Sebastian is a demon under the control of that Phantomhive kid. Sebastian asked me to look into James or Melony in the Demon Archives. I found no James last names, but I found 1 Melony; Melony Willowhive; daughter of Martisia Willowhive and Semantrain Willowhive. That's all I'll tell you; you'll have to figure out the rest."

He said no more as he fired up the saw thing and swung it towards me. I dodged it and kicked him square in the jaw with heel boots on. He growled in anger and swung again, clipping my shoulder. I yelped and jumped out of the way. He kept attacking and the wound on my shoulder slowed me down a bit. In just minutes I was cut up severely and he had a broken arm and a gash on his cheek. I breathed heavily, trying not to pass out. Grell went for me again and I knew I couldn't dodge it. I braced myself to die, closing my eyes. When the killing blow didn't come, I opened my left eye to see that someone had stopped the saw with his bare hands! I opened my other eye and recognized the man - well demon, I guess- Sebastian.

"Sebby-kun, what are you doing here? I thought that you'd want me to kill the wench!" Grell protested.

"I wanted you to look her up, not harm her. Besides, do you know what Semantrain will do to you if he finds out you harmed his daughter? I should think Grell won't exist anymore." Sebastian replied.

"GUHH! Sumimasen, Melony-san!" Grell said bowing to me.

"Humph. I should think so. Be glad I don't notify my father of your incompetence." I hissed.

"Shall we leave, Melony?" Sebastian said, holding out his hand.

I nodded, taking his hand and leaving to the carriage. When we got home, Sebastian called me to his room, since Ciel didn't need anything. I looked around at his room, not surprised it had nothing in it, just a bed, desk, nightstand, and lamp.

"So now you know what I really am." He said sighing.

"Yeah… Do you know why Grell was so afraid of just the thought of my mother and father learning of him harming me?" I inquired.

Sebastian sighed deeply and replied.

"Your father, Melony… is a very powerful man in the demon world; as is your mother."

"How powerful? Why'd they abandon me? Did they love me?" I asked anxious.

"They were very powerful; rulers. They had to abandon you; de- humans in the demon society are prohibited from bearing children and yes, they did love you. Now you have to go or Young Master Ciel will get suspicious." He said opening the door to find Bard, Maylene, and Finnian listening to the door.

I sighed and walked over the three and went to my room, locking the door. I sat on my bed and sighed. 'Sebastian, why did you want so much to know about me? I wouldn't harm Master Ciel in any way at all…' I sighed and turned out my light, falling asleep uneasily.