"Hello, I was requested by the council of ancestors to present myself." I said with a professional voice but my heart was still beating like crazy. A man with grey hair and a pale white face looked at me with red eyes. He wore a dark green uniform with a white cravat and there were Italian designs on his collar in yellow. He was smirking at me and spoke with a deep voice. He was pretty old from the sound of it. His smile was interesting when his eyes became bright red.
"And you are?" He asked me, amused and leaning forward in his chair.
"I am Aurora Phantomhive." I said with confidence.
"Ah, the newborn!" Another guy with blonde hair who seemed to be middle aged in demon years clapped his hands together with a smile. He was wearing a blue uniform with a white cravat also; his suit had designs in white. Now that I think about it, what they were all wearing was exactly the same except the colors of uniform and designs on them. "Splendid!"
"So you're the new Phantomhive?" A dark brown haired man with violet eyes and a red suit began glowing red and I tried to keep my breathing at an even pace.
"Y-yes." I agreed with a shaky voice.
"How long has it been since you came a demon?" The grey haired man asked me, folding his hands together. I remembered Claude telling me to address them as lord or something along those lines.
"Three years, my lord." I said shyly.
"I see." He said while rubbing his chin in fascination. "Now tell us, how you became one of us." He gestured to everyone who was sitting and to Claude behind me.
"We are all greatly interested in knowing about this." A man with red hair who was wearing the suit in dark purple spoke to me. His voice was so nice, like bells swaying in the wind.
"A reaper killed me." They all gasped in shock and curiosity.
"A reaper?" The brown haired man asked me. I nodded. "Quite an idiosyncratic and enthralled way to die and become reborn don't you think, Isaiah? He looked at the blonde haired man.
"Yes, very peculiar." Isaiah said with a nod and a smile. At least I knew one of the guys' names.
"How did this come about little one?" A guy who had hazel colored hair and was wearing a brown suit asked me with amusement. The one in the middle was still scrutinizing me with a smile. He kept looking back and forth from me to Claude. I continued on anyway.
"Well,-" I was interrupted by Isaiah. He was standing with his hands out as a silence gesture.
"Wait!" He started. "This newborn has come here but she doesn't even know who we are yet." He said and I made a mental note. This guy can read my mind. I smiled faintly. "I assume that you don't know who we are right?" I nodded. "Please everyone, introduced yourselves to the newborn. Also I would like you to introduce yourself as well my dear." He smiled; I nodded. They started from my left to right. The grey haired man spoke first
"I am Rayden Clarke." He stood up and bowed then sat. I curtsied to him quickly. The next man was the brown haired in the white suit.
"Daymien Jones." He stood quickly and sat back down. I curtsied to him too. The introductions went to the other side. The blonde was already standing.
"I am Isaiah Smith little one. It's wonderful to meet you!" He said with a smile and then sat back down. I giggled slightly and gave a curtsy. The tall man with hazel colored hair and a brown suit stood up. My eyes widened a little; it reminded me of my father.
"I am Vincent Collins." My heart was pounding; our father's first name was Vincent. He bowed and sat back down; I bent down into a curtsy. A bald man stood up and he looked very cautious about me but he still introduced himself.
"Regis Lloyd." He sat down and I bent down again. It went back to the other side. The guy with dark red hair and a dark purple suit got up and bowed to me.
"Lucian Evans." I curtsied as he sat down. The last one was the man sitting in the middle of the whole council. He was watching my every move if I even made one, which made me feel terribly awkward. That's when I saw him smile at me, it looked so much likes Claude's. He looked so much like him. He didn't seem bad at all in my opinion. He looked quite handsome in his black suit actually.
"Welcome, I am Ethan Faustus." He gestured to himself and bowed as if he was significant to everyone else. He probably was. I curtsied more gracefully towards him than the orders just in case he was the main honcho of the council. He sat down and watched me again. "Please introduce yourself my dear." He said with a small smile. I took a deep breath nervously.
"Thank you for having me. I am Aurora Phantomhive." I said and I didn't really want to tell them all about me but it would be for the best. "I am 18 years old-" Isaiah interrupted by putting a hand up.
"Were you at this age when you were reborn?" He asked and I nodded. "I'm sorry, please continue." I thanked him and went on.
"My brother, as you know is Ciel Phantomhive and he is my older brother." I said a bit sad, noticing that I called him brother.
"Please darling, tell us how you became a demon and what happened afterwards." Rayden asked and I told him everything from the very beginning. I explained how Ciel became a demon, including the story with Claude and Alois. The whole table looked at Claude for a brief minute with eyebrow lifted. I was hoping that I wouldn't get him in trouble; I kept going, remembering not to say anything about me and Sebastian's time together.
That's when I started going into the story of when I was with Sebastian and ended up finding Ciel in the basement of the mansion. They listened attentively when I told them how I ran in front of the reaper's weapon to save my brother's life. Then I told them about when I woke up in the world of the reapers and how I came to the decision to come to the Trancy estate.
Once I was finished they stayed silent for a while and exchanged a few looks with each other. Daymien talked first.
"So you basically became a newborn by sacrificing yourself for your brother's safety?" He asked me still curious about me.
"Yes, my lord." I said with a nod.
"You have quite a protective nature." Lucian said with his chin on his hand; I flustered.
"She's unique, Lucian." Vincent looked at him and Lucian nodded.
"Very." Regis said, staring at me.
I only listened to what they were saying and I would glance at Claude every now and then. He was glaring at Ethan and when I turned to him, he was looking at me with a smile. A few minutes of torturous waiting, they looked at me; all of them had smiles.
"So you are a very different type of newborn, Aurora." Isaiah started; Daymien finished his sentence with a small smile.
"Compared to all the other demons we have encountered, you're very unique." He said.
"Very and what's strange is how you became a newborn." Regis said. "We've never heard of something like this." He finished.
"I've never heard of such a mistake by a reaper." Vincent said with dislike. Ethan looked at me seriously as when I first saw him. He stood from his seat and walked around the table, over to me. His walk was confident and ready just in case something would happen; I had no idea what that would be. My body was shaking when he stopped in front of me and lifted my face to his. He whispered to me.
"You really are something, Phantomhive." I could feel Claude's glare get worse. I sighed. This is going to be a long meeting.