Ch.4

I woke up in an unfamiliar room, and I could faintly here voices outside the room. My head was throbbing like hell, and my neck still burned, but I noticed, I had a bandage wrapped around my neck, and my clothes that I had been wearing were on a nightstand next to the bed I was lying in. I got up to look into the mirror that was on the nightstand, I was wearing a nightgown, my dark hair was damp and fell in waves, my brown eyes looked a little red and bloodshot. The voices outside had gotten softer and softer until they were non-existent. I decided to unwrap the bandage that was around my neck.

Now that I think about it, Ciel did say something about my neck earlier didn't he?

I slowly unwrapped the bandage, and it became more and more visible. Once the bandage was off, my neck no longer felt like it was burning, which was the most relief I had felt so far. Until I saw a black marking, it glowed red. I thought I was still half asleep, but the marking seemed too familiar, like I'd seen it somewhere before. As I squinted my eyes to focus more attention and blinked the sleepiness out of my eyes, once my vision was focused on the side of my neck, it was clear. A rose, surrounded by thorns, horror spread across my face, for I knew exactly what this was, Derrick had placed the seal on me when he grabbed my neck.

That sneaky bastard!

"Damnit! What am I supposed to do!?"

I then heard rushing footsteps, getting closer by the second.

Crap! Probably shouldn't have screamed so loudly.

My bedroom door opened quickly, but to my surprise it was a stranger.

"Thank goodness! You're awake, I have to inform Young Master of this. He's been worried sick ever since you arrived." said a lady dressed in a maid's uniform.

She walked over next to the wall and rang a bell.

I guess she's a housemaid or something?

"Sorry for barging in." said the overjoyed maid turning to face me again.

"Thanks, I hope I wasn't troubling…"I said as my voice trailed off.

I quickly covered my neck to make sure she didn't see the seal. I didn't know if I could trust her or not, luckily she didn't pay much attention to it.

"Oh, by the way, I'm the housemaid, Mey-Rin. I'm sure Young Master Ciel, will introduce you to the rest of the staff here shortly but for now I'm sure he wants to check up on you" She said as she smiled brightly.

So there's more people here? Oh that's right, he doesn't have parents either, so I'm sure he has a gigantic amount of servants.

"I'm coming!" said a voice echoing through the hall.

"Ah, that was quick, considering he was probably in his study" said Mey-Rin

"Oh, did Sebas- err Mr. Michaelis come back yet?" I asked since he dissapered along with that other damned demon.

"He hasn't returned yet, I wonder what's taking so long. Well you don't have to worry I'm sure he'll be back soon." She said.

"Why is this house so god damn big anyway!?" Ciel said as he ran into the room catching his breath.

"Well, glad to see you awake. How are you feeling? Don't, you think you should rest, a little while longer…just in case?" Ciel said practically breathless.

"I'm actually more concerned about you at the moment" I chuckled.

"How did you even know to come?" I asked. "Oh Mey-Rin rang that bell, it is connected to my study, so I just came here." Ciel said calmly.

I can't talk to Ciel about this problem with Mey-Rin there, how do I get her to leave?

I started to rub my neck with the hand covering the seal, trying to signal for Ciel to dismiss Mey-Rin. He looked at me with a confused face at first, but to my surprise understood.

"Mey-Rin thank you for your assistance, you can go back to work now." Ciel said clearing his throat.

The maid left and I made sure not to say anything until I knew that she left completely.

"So, got any ideas on how to solve this problem?" I said removing my hand and pointing to the seal on my neck.

"Shouldn't you be more worried than just casually thinking that I'd know of a way to solve this epidemic?" Ciel asked wondering why I was so calm about this situation.

"Woah, slow down, let's not forget I barely woke up, so, don't throw around extensive vocabulary at me, second, internally I'm freaking out. I am literally screaming internally and thrashing around ideas, and worse things that come to mind. Obviously I will freak out more later on, but right now I just have no more bit of effort left in me." I said as I fell on the bed face first.

"So then, got any ideas?" I mumbled through the sheets.

"When are you going to start being useful? God, just get dressed and meet me in the study." Ciel groaned as he left the room.

Uh, maybe I should've asked where all my stuff was at. Oh wait, I left them in the rain at the school, of course. Oh yeah.

I got up and looked at the nightstand near the bed, my clothes were still there.

Yes!

I quickly took a shower and put on my clothes, then I looked out the window.

When did this room have a window?

The sky was gray, and I could feel the cold air through the crack that was left open. Then I looked at myself, I was wearing shorts, and a t-shirt.

Perfect attire for the freezing cold am I right?

"Oh well, guess I better go meet up with him." I said closing the window and heading out the door.

Well what I said was true, What the hell am I going to do! Crap!Crap!Crap! This isn't good! Can't I just, I don't know, run away or something!? I reaaaalllly shouldn't have done this! Damn, why did he choose me? He never told me why!

Before I knew it, I was in a labyrinth of halls, rooms, closets, and stairs.

"Well then…..this isn't good." I muttered to myself.

It seemed like I was walking around for an eternity, although, I'm sure it was only a few minutes.

"Hmm, let's see, haven't I passed this door before, or was it that one?"

"Ugh! I guess judging by my view out of the window I'd have to say I'm upstairs. So all I have to do is find a staircase going down! Then again, how high is this place?"

Maybe I should go back to my room and ring the bell like Mey-Rin did.

I turned to head back to my room only to remember that by now, I was nowhere near it.

"I really hope I'm going down the right path."I said to myself as I heard a muffled sound from behind me.

"What was that? I must be hearing things I guess."

"Ah I think I see something, I guess I can work my way around here after all."

I heard it again, but this time, it sounded like a hiss.

There it is again! What is that, I'm pretty sure that was the same sound I heard before, where is it coming from.

I saw a shadow fly across the floor as fast as lightning.

"W-What was that?"

"Alright, just don't look back, it's just your imagination." I said in attempt to calm myself down.

I saw it again this time I heard another hiss.

"Okay, not my imagination." I ran as fast as I could down another set of stairs.

Crap! Crap! Crap! I gotta run faster!

Then something wrapped around my legs, making me trip down the last couple steps.

"Ow! What was that! AHH!"

Wrapped around my legs was a pure white snake with piercing red eyes.

A-A-A SNAKE!

Then the shadow of a man was coming closer and closer, I opened my mouth to scream, but nothing came out, then out of the shadows, was a thin, slender man, with snake-like skin.

"I caught the trespasser, says Wordsworth." the man said.

"W-W-What?" I replied still stunned by the snake constricting my legs, and the man that was in front of me.

"Wordsworth? I-Is that your name?" I asked trying to show that I was no threat to them, and I meant no harm. "No, says Wordsworth. He is Snake, I am Wordsworth." The man replied.

"S-So then this, um, snake right here, he is Wordsworth?" I asked pointing to the snake who tightened it's grip.

"Yes, says Wordsworth." The man replied.

"So, your name is Snake?" I asked the man.

"Yes, he is Snake, says Wordsworth." The man said.

"Would you mind, releasing me? I was on my way to um, Ciel's study, a-and I got lost, m-my name's Clary, and I'm not a trespasser by the way."

The snake released its grasp around me, and left a read mark around my legs. I got up and brushed myself off.

"Wait, says Wordsworth, Aren't you the girl that was brought here this morning? Says Wordsworth" Snake said.

"Y-Yeah, Um say, Wordsworth, does Snake ever talk? F-For himself of course."

And then Ciel wonders why I'm so calm when out of the world situations happen, I'm talking to a snake. God, will I ever be normal!?

"No, says Wordsworth And I'm sorry for hurting you, says Wordsworth."

"It's alright, I'm getting into situations like this more and more often, but, can I ask for a favor? Do you think you and, um Snake show me to Ciel's study?"

Well might as well have someone who is actually familiar with this place show me the way.

"No problem, says Wordsworth."

After a series of twists and turns we finally managed to get to Ciel's study, it didn't seem like a long time, if anything, it was pretty fast since someone showed me the way.

"Thank you very much."

"No problem, if you ever get lost I'm sure we'll find you, says Wordsworth"

We'll? Does that mean there's more?

"U-Uh okay, thanks for the heads up."

Snake and his erm, snake went back upstairs shortly after. I knocked on the door to Ciel's study.

"Come in" Ciel said.

"H-Hey Ciel, your manor is pretty big isn't it." I said as I shut the door.

"You got lost didn't you." Ciel said as he smirked.

"Are we going to start a war about this or try to find a way to get rid of this damn demon seal?" I asked irritated at his comment.

Ciel chuckled at the fact I was pissed off already.

"Well back to reality, the one way to get rid of a demon once you've contracted, is fulfilling your goal. Which would end your life in the process." Ciel said.

"Well then…this is off to a bad start. Any other options?"

I asked brainstorming about possible ways other than having to I don't know DIE!

"Well, you could always kill him, but demons are hard to kill-"

That's when I cut him off

"So then could I just drown him in holy water or something!?" I asked.

The look on his face could kill puppies.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT, THAT IS HOW YOU KILL A DEMON?! AREN'T YOU AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS IN ALL OF YOUR CLASSES?! I MEAN YOU AREN'T THAT BRIGHT IN MOST SITUATIONS, BUT SERIOUSLY?!" Ciel yelled in rage.

"Look, I am trying to find a way to get rid of this, I honestly don't have time to get lectured by you, now how do we kill Derrick? More importantly how do we find him. Also where the hell is Sebsatian! I'm sure he would be a much more help than you."

"Sorry it's just that you ask the stupidest questions at times and I know you're just trying to figure out a way to solve this, either way we do indeed need Sebastian here to help us. Sebastian come now!" Ciel sighed while taking off his eye patch showing his glowing seal.

"Once he gets here, I'll tell you how summon Derrick." Ciel said.

"Well you also have to tell me the basic knowledge of this contracting stuff. Derrick was no help there." I said regretting that I had agreed to the terms of the contract.

What would I have even gained from finding the murderer? Yes I want to find whoever did it and kill them, but, I don't even know anymore.

"I'll be back, I just have to go and clear my head a bit." I said as Ciel was looking through a pile of paperwork.

"Sure just please be careful, oh what happened to your legs, they're red." Ciel asked looking at the marks I had gotten from one of Snake's snakes.

"I had a run-in with Wordsworth, nothing bad I can manage." Ciel looked at me with a confused expression, almost as if he were shocked.

"You saw Snake and weren't freaked out?" Ciel asked still surprised at my calmness.

"No not really why? I was mor freaked out that I actually got away with only a few bruises, I did fall down the stairs after all. More like I was tripped though." I said.

"Never mind, you really are something special, you know?" Ciel said almost like a laugh.

"Well Sebastian should be here any moment I don't see any problem with exploring just be careful." Ciel said.

"Don't you think Sebastian should've gotten here by now though?" I asked as I started to exit the room.

"I'm sure it's no big deal." Ciel said flipping through paperwork.

"Okay." I said as I closed the door.

Here's a longer chapter, it just bothered me that I left such a short one before. Enjoy and keep reviewing!