Chapter 3: Remembering

A smile slowly spread across Alena's face as Sebastian placed his other hand against her face as he cupped her face. Sebastian held her face in his hands as she removed his masquerade mask and set it gently on the ground.

"How?" he whispered once his mask had been removed. He found that he was unable to take his hands away from her face.

She did not say a single word as she leaned forward and placed her head against Sebastian's shoulder. Without hesitation, Sebastian wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her close against his chest. As he held Alena in his arms, more memories presented themselves to him…

Their first kiss.

Secret afternoons spent together without her father knowing.

Running away from their village once her father had found out about their forbidden love for he was a son of a peasant farmer while she was the daughter of the village leader.

Starting over on their own. It had been hard, but it was worth it to be together. Especially when they had learned that Alena was pregnant.

Lastly, her death and his spiral into darkness.

Sebastian tightly closed his eyes as the images of her death and pact with the devil, which had allowed him to avenge her death presented themselves to him. Yet the cost of this revenge had been his own soul…

"Why Sebastian?" Alena softly asked as she looked up at him. "Why did you make that pact with the devil?"

"Because you had been taken away from me. You were the only reason for my being."

Alena looked at him with such sadness in her eyes. Sebastian placed a hand against the side of her face once again as his crimson eyes met her vivid blue ones. "But the question remains, how are you here?" he asked again.

She was about to answer him when she suddenly found herself being pulled to her feet before being shielded by Sebastian from another figure that had moved into the garden. Alena peered around Sebastian's tall form to see who had walked into the garden.

It was Ciel Phantomhive.

"What are you doing out here Sebastian?" the young Earl demanded.

Alena felt Sebastian stiffen slightly, yet he did not answer his master. That was when it dawned on Alena what was going on. Sebastian was struggling against two very different bonds that he had. The contract with Ciel Phantomhive and the bond with her, which had never been broken since she had never stopped loving him – even if he had become a servant of darkness, which was the opposite of what she had become.

"Answer me Sebastian!" Ciel demanded. "That's an order!"

"Excuse me," Alena said as she stepped around the protective form of Sebastian. "There are simply some bonds that even a deal with the devil cannot even break, my Lord Phantomhive."

"And just who are you?" Ciel demanded again as he clinched his hand tightly as he glared at her.

"My name is Alena. I am…"

Yet before she could answer Ciel, Alena found herself once again being scooped up by Sebastian, who had also with his demon speed, grabbed ahold of Ciel and moved them both out of the way as something landed with a thud against the garden's stones.

Ciel and Alena both peered around Sebastian to see who had joined them in the garden.

"Bassy! I've missed you!" came an all too familiar voice that caused both Sebastian and Ciel to cringe.

"Why is he here?" Ciel asked, getting annoyed.

"I do not know my lord," Sebastian answered, still standing in between Grell , which still shielding Ciel and Alena. "Shall is dispose of him?"

"Please do! That is an order!"

"Yes my lord," Sebastian said kneeling a bit, revealing both Ciel and Alena to Grell.

"Oh Bassy! What do we have here?" Grell said pointing at Alena with his death scythe. "You do know what she is right?"

Without hesitation, Sebastian dashed towards Grell, pulling out several knives from his coat, just as Grell hurled the death scythe towards Alena. Sebastian let his knives fly from his hand as they impaled themselves into Grell's red coat and pinned him against the garden wall. Without a thought, he turned towards the path of that the scythe had taken only to be greeted with a blinding light.

Out of instinct, Sebastian lunged for his young master and pulled him into his arms as the blinding light subsided. Sebastian hit the ground first, with Ciel in his arms. "What was that?" Ciel asked.

"I am not sure, master." Sebastian said as he stood back up and helped Ciel to his feet.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Grell squealed from where he was pinned against the garden wall. "She's a watcher!"

Ciel and Sebastian both turned to look at Alena who was standing in the middle of the garden. Her masquerade dress had been replaced with a shiny, white dress that glowed in the darkness. Her right hand was outstretched as it grasped the blade of the scythe. "A reaper's scythe can't hurt a watcher!" Grell happily said. Alena simply glared at Grell. Why was this reaper so annoying?

"Where did you find her Bassy? I have always wanted to meet one! I have heard that they are some of the most heavenly creatures ever!" Grell said as he managed to pull himself free from the wall and looped his arms around Sebastian's waist.

"She's my wife." Sebastian said without taking his eyes off Alena.

"Your wife?!" Grell said in shock as he collapsed to the ground and began to wail. This was so unfair!

"Yes, his wife," Alena said. "Now get back to your assigned task and stop being so meddlesome!"

Without hesitation, she hurled the scythe at Grell. It struck the reaper and caused him and his scythe to disappear in a flash of light. She then turned to look at both Sebastian and Ciel.

She moved closer and knelt down in front of Ciel. "Once again, let me introduce myself Lord Phantomhive. I am Alena. Not only am I the wife of Sebastian Michaelis from the time when we were both mortal, but now I am known as a watcher."


AN: Whew! I should really be in bed, since I have to go back to work after almost a week of snow days, but I really wanted to get this posted for ya'll! Of course let me know what you think and leave me some loving! =)