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Chapter Three

Fun

"Miss Rush, please," Alois, the elderly man from before walked towards the woman in red. "The Lord and Lady would like to see you."

It was later that night. Everyone else was either asleep or gone. Aurora had expected the two children to be sleeping by now as she sat on her bed, reading one of the books that she had taken from the library.

"Please, just call me Aurora. Miss Rush makes me feel-" ~Human~ "-old."

"Of course. Please, this way."

Following the elderly man down the hall, Aurora could tell that she was getting closer and closer to the other demon in the house. Was she being led to him? Or was he just with the twins? Did the twins know that he was a demon or was he just waiting for the chance to get them? Either way, she was just about to find out.

Alois opened the large door and Aurora entered. The room was large, built for two with two of everything. Beds. Mirrors. Chairs. Dressers. And two separate doors that made Aurora think that they led into two separate bathrooms. The two children sat in chairs before the fire, reading books while that demon from the dining hall stood behind them, a platter of tea and sweets for the children in his hands.

"Ahh, there you are," Reymond set his book aside as Alois shut the door behind her, leaving just the four of them. "We were waiting for a chance to speak with you." He closed his book. "Vincent."

The demon moved quickly. The tray was set on the table and he lunged at Aurora. She smirked and jumped back before swinging her own fist at him. He caught hers, and she caught his.

"So, Vincent was right." Ramona sighed. "You really are a demon, not Lady Aurora."

"Hmph." Aurora dropped her hands and watched as her nails turned to claws again before returning. "No, I'm not. Not the Aurora Rush that you are thinking about, anyway."

"Before Vincent kills you," Reymond glanced at her, his face blank. "Tell us why you are here."

"Oh, I highly doubt your friend here can harm me," She exchanged a look with the smiling cook. "Besides, your mother would feel…very displeased. Giving me her and your father's souls all for nothing if you attack. Until my mission is done, I'm afraid you'll have to refrain from trying to kill me."

Ramona stood up in definite anger. "How dare you! My mother and father would never-"

"Make a contract with a demon, so says her children who did the same?"

Aurora reached up, unbuttoned her black vest before following it with the white shirt just far enough to pull down the collar. A Faustian symbol was there on the bridge between her neck and shoulder, black lines forming a star in a circle. "Though your parents souls are all ready mine, I have to keep to the contract until the two of you succeed to the contract rules." Aurora buttoned up her clothes again and glanced Vincent over. "I'm surprised to see that children could summon up one of us," She shook her head. "I don't know whether to say pathetic or foolish."

The other demon let out some chuckles. "I knew that I recognized you," His eyes opened with a slight red glow. "Cat."

"Cat?" Both children asked in confusion.

Aurora raised an eyebrow and then it lowered as she smirked. There was only one that called her Cat. She knew that she recognized that demon before. It was strange on how she didn't realize who he was beforehand. "Indeed. Tell me…what contract is it holding someone like you to these Children, Crow?"

Vincent smirked. "Why, I believe that you already know the answer to that."

"Wait," Reymond stood himself. "You two know each other?"

"Of course." Aurora buttoned her vest back up again. "After all…we are the same."

Vincent continued to smile and turned to the Drakefords. "There is nothing for you to worry about, My Lord and Lady. She is not here to harm you."

Ramona nodded, seeming to take Vincent's word and sat back down. Reymond sat back down as well and continued to look at Aurora. "What are you here for?"

Aurora turned to the painting on the wall before closing her eyes. "Your mother summoned me while she and your father lay in the hospital. In exchange for their souls I'm afraid you're stuck with me until you are of age. You may not have noticed yet but the moment we met the Marks that your parents held when they died are now somewhere on your bodies. Though I've never heard of two marks from two of my kind being on the same body, but I suppose noting is wrong with that, seeming as how nothing has happened."

Ramona looked surprised. "How did you know that we have a contract with him?"

Aurora glanced back at the trio in the room. "Why else would he be here? Crow rarely does anything else, after all, and only for the…purest…of souls. Oh, excuse me," She gave the other demon a look. "It's Vincent right now, isn't it?"

"Yes," The demon nodded. "As yours is Aurora now, Cat."

"So…" The twins looked at each other. "We didn't need to call him after all, did we?"

Vincent and Aurora looked back at the twins. Reymond placed a hand over his chest where his heart would be. She hid a slight smirk behind her hand. Foolish humans.

"So, what exactly is it that you called Cro-Vincent here for?" She asked, taking a seat on the trunk at the edge of one of the beds.

"We wanted revenge for our parents' death. Mother told us that they had to have been hit on purpose. So we want to find out who did it and even the score."

"Have you any idea who it was yet?" She asked as Vincent just stood and listened. They would be talking after they left the room, you could count on that.

"No, but we'll be starting soon after everything settles down again with the family. We can't go out looking for murderers a month after it happened. It'll have to be a little while."

Aurora nodded in understanding before she stood up again. "I understand. You should feel lucky," She told the twins. "You have not one, but two, here to help you on your revenge. I can't let you get hurt anytime soon." She gave Vincent a look. "It looks like we'll be working together again, my friend. Do you think you'll be able to control yourself?"

Vincent smirked at her teasing. "Of course. And if I remember correctly, it was you who needed the controlling, not I."

"Hmph." She turned back to the twins. "Now, if you'll excuse me," She turned to leave but paused. "If you need me…just call. You know I'll come running."

She left without waiting for a reply and headed back to the room that she had been given.

So…it was Crow, was it?

God, that brought back many memories. She had wondered where her neighbor had disappeared to. After all, he had left his 'pets' for her to take care of over half a year ago and she had yet to see him again since.

And now they were going to be able to work together.

Infact, the last time that the two of them had even been together was almost 500 years ago in the 1340's.

She smiled at that. The destruction that the two of them had spread was given the name 'Black Death'. Ah, such entertainment in remembering things like that.

Coming to a stop just outside her door, she smiled. Crow was already there, waiting on her. Not wanting to waste any more time, she opened the door and entered the dark room. Closing the door left the room in complete darkness; she could see nothing but the pair of glowing red eyes that were peering at her from the bed she had been given.

"You know, sitting in the dark in a Lady's room like that can result in suck terrible actions and thoughts."

She heard his give a soft laugh. "Let these humans think what they want."

"I do not think drawing attention to the fact that we know each other around others in such a good idea."

"Hmm, seeing you so nervous over things from the past being exposed," The red eyes closed and opened again right in her face. "Is quite strange. Has something happened while we were apart?"

Aurora sighed and began to move around the room. The light was not needed. "And what makes you think that I am nervous about something?"

"More annoyed than nervous, then." Vincent moved to her bed again.

"Annoyed, yes." She nodded her head as she began to take her vest off.

"Because…?"

She grinned. She always loved making him practically beg for an answer. "I had only been wondering when you'd be coming home. You did leave your 'pets' with me, did you not? Or had you forgotten about them?"

She heard a 'Hmph'. "Of course I haven't forgotten about my pets. You have been taking care of them, haven't you?"

"If I hadn't, I'm sure I wouldn't be here in one piece. They can get rather hostile when hungry." Aurora replied.

Vincent chuckled. "That's how they are." The eyes were now by her door and so she made her way to the bed herself. She wasn't going to sleep, she didn't need to. A book would probably be what she would occupy herself with. "I am most please that we are working together again." She bit her tongue to hold back a laugh as the door opened. "It has been a while; nearly 500 years."

"I look forward to it." She called to him. The door shut behind him. They had never really talked; understanding each other without words.

Aurora turned on the lamp beside her bed and reached for the book again.

This was going to be fun.