First update in a while. I apologize! I've been swamped. This is set in Heaven now, so now Elizabeth, Soma, and Agni can be omniscient.


Elizabeth blinked, as she saw a blinding light emanating from all around her. She shielded her eyes with her arm, as she sat up. She could feel two people sitting, cross-legged on either side of her. When her eyes became adjusted, she looked at them. Next to her sat Agni and Soma, dressed all in white. Elizabeth couldn't believe it. Her two best friends were sitting in front of her, smiling sadly at her. That was when she realized that she could see again.

"Soma, Agni," she breathed, as if she was scared that if she spoke to loudly they would disappear.

"Elizabeth," Agni said, placing a hand on her shoulder. Elizabeth felt the pressure in her eyes from her on-coming tears. She smiled widely, whipping at her eyes. Soma pounced on her, giving her the tightest hug she had ever gotten.

"I love you two, I love you!" Elizabeth sobbed into Soma's shoulder, as he stroked her hair calmingly. She stayed like that for a moment, breathing in the smell of them, curry and cinnamon, and rejoicing in their presence. But there were questions gnawing on the corner of her mind- what was going on? Why were they alive, why was she alive? Where was Ciel? She broke away from Soma's embrace to ask her questions.

"What's going on here?" she asked, looking from Soma's to Agni's face. They grew solemn, looking at their knees.

Soma looked up sheepishly, "We're in Heaven, Elizabeth." Elizabeth drew a sharp breath, her eyes growing wide. She could hardly believe it. After all that happened, she had made it to Heaven, and so had the so called "heathens." She laughed at the thought! If only the people who had rejoiced in their burning could see them now! Immediately they went to Heaven! No stop-over at Purgatory, and not even a step into Hell! Then she thought again of Ciel, and something must have changed in her face, because her two friends grew grave. She looked at them, as they looked at each other.

Then Agni cleared his throat, and looked Elizabeth in the eyes solemnly. "Elizabeth," he paused, glancing at Soma. "Ciel is not in heaven. He's- he is in Hell." Elizabeth didn't understand. Ciel wasn't in Heaven? Ciel was in Hell? How- how could this happen? She made it to Heaven, and he didn't? Her beloved Ciel, in Hell?

Elizabeth snorted, "your joking. But it's not funny, Agni. Seriously, where is Ciel?"

"You can look for yourself, Elizabeth," Agni said gravely, as a hole appeared in the light that seemed to hold the three of them up. Elizabeth looked at them, then looked through the hole. There she saw him, her husband, Ciel, retching in pain as his body was licked by hell-fire. Elizabeth nearly fainted and just barely held back the vomit that was threatening to exit her stomach. She wanted to scream and cry, and rave, and hurt, and kill, and die. But Elizabeth, through her distress, realized something. Ciel was not in Hell. He was in Purgatory. It was still distressing, but it gave her solace. She held back her tears with effort, convincing herself that she was jaded enough to hold back her tears. She looked back at Soma and Agni, setting her face.

"Elizabeth, I'm-"

"Don't," Elizabeth interrupted, holding a hand up to silence him. "I'm okay, let's just let it be the giant pink elephant in the room, okay?" Elizabeth pleaded, smiling in distress.

Neither Soma nor Agni said anything for a moment, confused looks on their faces. "What's a giant pink elephant have to do with this, Elizabeth?" Soma asked, his brow knotting together in thought. Agni looked at her as if she had lost her mind, and chewed on his thumb. Elizabeth laughed, throwing her head back, and basking in the happiness that came over her for the first time in many months.

"It's just an English saying, Soma, it means let's just ignore it, okay? For me?" Elizabeth said, smiling. Soma and Agni's faces lit up in understanding of the phrase, then darkened again, understanding everything she'd said.

"Yes, Lady Elizabeth," Agni said, as Soma nodded his head vigorously. Elizabeth smiled brightly at them.

"Good, and Agni? We're in Heaven now, everyone is equal in Heaven, everyone is equal in the eyes of God, and we are all equal at birth. You needn't call me lady."


I put Ciel in Purgatory because he doesn't really deserve to go to Hell. I just think that no one is truely evil, except maybe Sebastian, and everyone is a product of their lives. Ciel's life sucked, so he was a "bad guy" but he can walk the path to redemption.