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Chapter Eleven

Christmas Special

"What did you find out?"

Reymond and Ramona stood in the hall by the door, waiting for the carriage to arrive. They were going to a play this evening. The Phantomhives would be joining them and then Young Vincent would be going home with them. Vincent's things and Sebastian, his puppy, had been dropped off earlier. Alois and the others were going to take care of the house while they were gone, but victor was going to join them as well.

Aurora and Vincent had arrived just moments ago and were already set to go, though neither was speaking or looking at the other.

It was just the four of them at the door; Victor was already outside, waiting for the carriage to be pulled up. Vincent would be driving it after James got off it.

"That Edward Phantomhive had not left the town during the time of your parents accident. It seems that he and the Dolsen family are plotting something." Vincent answered them.

"They have ships full of Toys and other devices that they're going to ship all over the place," Aurora told them, pulling her gloves on and wrapping the white scarf around her neck. It had begun to snow and it cooled down her burning skin. "They were also talking about the 'Sign of the Noble Beast'."

"The Noble Beast?" Ramona and her brother exchanged dark looks.

"It seems that you've heard of it before." Vincent was buttoning his jacket up.

"The Noble Beast is a sign burned onto underground slaves of the Nobles in this country," Reymond answered. "Hint the name."

"And how is it that you know this?" Aurora asked, fixing the hat upon the young man's head.

"Mother and Father," Ramona said softly. "We overheard their conversation once. We were supposed to be in bed."

"Our parents were in another group that was trying to put a stop to the Underground Slave Traders. Several had been busted before. But we don't know if it's continuing or not." Reymond finished. He then sighed. "So, the Phantomhives are a part of all that, are they?"

Aurora knelt down and grasped his shoulders. "Don't let it trouble you tonight, Reymond."

"How can I not?" He growled, lowering his head. "If Phantomhive is behind this…" His fists were shaking and she gave him a sad smile.

"If they are behind this, then revenge will be given. But then again, they might not be involved and they were helping your parents try to get rid of them. Rash actions are not what we need right now. Calm down and enjoy the night."

Reymond looked away, rage still on his face. Ramona gave a soft smile before moving forward and hugging her brother as Aurora stood and backed away. "Come on, Reymond. You have to buy me all those gifts, remember?"

Reymond gave a sad laugh as they heard horses outside the doors. "Let's just go."

As the twins left the house, Aurora shot Vincent a look as he followed them. The moment Aaron had fallen asleep she had left the room and entered the shower as soon as she could. She scrubbed away everything that he had done to her and transformed back into her normal form after placing the sleeping Victoria in the bed. It paid off being a demon; she could be anywhere she wanted to in moments.

Vincent had known that she was ready to leave and had done the same. They traveled back to the Drakeford estate together in silence, not even bothering to look at the other.

And it still seemed like he didn't want to spare her a glance.

It's not like he should be mad at her. He slept with Emily, had he not?

No, he had been acting like this to her before Emily and Aaron were even introduced to them. But why? What had she done? She must have done something? This all wasn't because to the puppy that she had given to the twins is it? I mean, she knew he liked cats more that he liked dogs but there was no way that he was dragging it this far. That was just idiotic.

Shutting the Carriage door behind her, Aurora had only been sitting down for a moment when Victor decided to nuzzle into the arm of her jacket and close his eyes. She stared down at him for a moment until Ramona's giggles made her pull her head up.

"It seems that the young children all have a thing for you. First Victor and then Vincent." She referred to Phantomhive's son. "One wonders what they would do when they found out that you're a demon."

Aurora gave her own chuckle. Hadn't she wondered that herself before? "Well, it seems that we'll never know the answer to that question now, will we?"

"Will we?" Reymond asked.

Aurora gave a small smile before turning to look out the window. No. She didn't expect to reveal what she was to anyone else in this land.

"What is the play about?" Reymond asked his sister.

They soon arrived at the theatre and were waiting outside for a few minutes for their companions to arrive before heading inside. Aurora was sure that the twins would keep silent, so she had no worries about anything happening.

"Lady Aurora! Lady Aurora!" They all turned to the shouting and Victor pulled a frown as he placed himself in front of the woman. There were the Phantomhives, waiting for them at the entrance of the theatre. The young Vincent jumped off the stairs, running for Aurora immediately and pushed past Victor to give her a hug. "It's so good to see you again! I missed you!"

"It's good to see you again too, Vincent. Have you been taking good care of Sebastian?"

"Of course of course!" Vincent nodded and grabbed her hand. "You're going to sit next to me, aren't you?"

Aurora went to answer him when Victor grabbed her other hand and tried to pull her away from the other young boy. Vincent looked at Victor in confusion while Victor shot him a mad look. Aurora shook her head with a smile.

"Now, now Victor," Aurora gently held both their hands. "You can both sit by me, how about that?" The boys seemed to argue with that and both had smiles on their faces as she led them through the doors.

Vincent watched Aurora as she was led away by the two boys, a small smile on his face. He knew that Aurora adored young children; much more than teenagers and their stubborn ways. They had had that conversation many times before on their previous events. He felt that burning sensation traveling through him again as he watched her smile and laugh with the children, and he felt like a fool as it suddenly clicked.

How could he not see it before? He was supposed to be smart, but it seemed that even he could be stupid sometimes. But now, how was he going to fix it?

The play was a retelling of the 'Beauty and the Beast'. Everyone was drawn into it, except for Aurora and Vincent. Aurora knew the tale by heart and though she enjoyed it greatly, she just couldn't watch it. Her mind was somewhere else, thinking about everything that was going on and on what they had learned. If the Phantomhives were behind everything then everything in the Drakefords lives were going to fall apart. There had to have been multiple families behind the Phantomhives and their problems would expand. She had to learn more and at the moment there was only one way that she was going to be able to do that. She wanted to go to the Phantomhives and force the answers out of them, but what about Vincent? It would be dangerous for the little boy to be there at the time. Perhaps, while he stayed with the Drakefords, would be the best chance for her to do it. But what if they were the ones responsible for the Drakeford deaths? What would she do then?

After the play, the Phantomhives left, leaving young Vincent with them. The rest of them walked through the streets of shops, looking for something to eat while Reymond and Vincent carried Ramona's packages.

Victor had run off somewhere for a moment but the other boy still clung to Aurora's hand, talking as they all moved down the sidewalk. For another hour they walked along. Vincent had done dropped off all of the packages at their carriage and the four young ones were growing tired. Victor was already making his way to the carriage again as the rest of them paused on the nearby bridge, watching as people below skated around on the frozen lake.

Vincent let go of Aurora's hand and faced her. "Here," The young boy held out a small box to her, and Aurora took it with a smile. "It's you're Christmas present!"

"Aww, thank you, Vincent. You're such a sweet little boy." She knelt down. "What is it?"

He smiled happily. "Well, open it and you'll find out!"

Still smiling, she lifted the top of the box and he smile grew wider. It was a golden locket, open and showing her a picture of the young boy and his puppy, Sebastian. She looked up and opened her mouth to speak just to find that the boy had run off after Victor, both heading for the Carriage. Still grinning, Aurora latched the locket around her neck and stuffed the box in her jacket's pocket. She turned and leaned her back against the railing of the bridge behind her.

"The New Year's Ball," Ramona grinned happily. "It would be delightful to go." She then sighed. "But we're still too young. A few more years and I can go, but not this year." She then turned to Aurora and Vincent. "The two of you should go!"

"What?" Both asked. Aurora removed her hand from the locket and raised an eyebrow as the man beside her looked surprised.

"Yes! The two of you should go to the New Year's Ball! Together, too! Oh, I could make you look so wondrous!" Ramona began to giggle as she spouted ideas and words and Reymond was watching the two of them.

"I think it's a good idea," Reymond agreed with his sister. "It'll get the two of you out and away from us."

Vincent gave a smirk, linking things together in his head. "The New Year's Ball, hmm?" He glanced at Aurora from the corner of his eye. "That sounds entertaining."

Aurora gave him a glare before pushing herself off of the railing and turning to move after the two boys that had run off to the carriage. "We'll see."

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