"SEBASTIAN!" The ladder Mey-Rin stood on began to wobble violently, "Woah... woAH... WOAH!" She came toppling down, books flying out of her hands and down to the floor. She completed the pile with a crash.

Finny came running in, "Mey-Rin! What's going on?"

"Ooh, dear... I dropped the books yes I did, the books the young master needed to study with! I thought Sebastian would catch me, but no he didn't!" Mey-Rin sat up on her knees shaking her head in despair.

"Oh." Finny frowned, "He's probably with that new house maid."

Mey-Rin looked up, suddenly, "New... house maid?"

Finny nodded.

"BWAAAA! Sebastian wants to replace me yes he does! Just because I'm not so well sighted!" Mey-Rin wept.

"Mey-Rin!" The solemn, stern voice echoed from the end of the corridor where Sebastian stood.

The two stood up right, almost to attention.

"We have a house maid to assist you in your chores Mey-Rin." He began to walk slowly along, smiling a little creepily, "This is Serena."

"A-a-a-a-a-asist?" Mey-Rin sniffed.

"Yes. Assist." Sebastian stepped out the way to reveal a young girl in a maids dress down to her ankles, and her hair in two long pig tails, not unlike Ciel's had been when he had to disguise himself as a maid. This young maid had two bun covers over the two buns that the pig tails started from.

"Hey..." Serena smiled a little awkwardly.

"She's got a funny accent!" Finny smiled, "But I'm pleased to meet you, my name's Finny."

"And I'm Mey-Rin."

"You think I've got a funny accent? Look at all you!" Serena laughed, smiling at Mey-Rin before noticing Sebastian's reddish brown eyes staring her down, "Ooooh... ok. Not funny, I guess."

"Now please, do get to work. Finny, water the flowers. Without drowning them this time, please."

"Yes, Sebastian!" Finny dashed off outside.

"And you two." Sebastian looked at the pile of books on the floor, "Tidy these up, and bring the young master the ones he requires."

Sebastian left, leaving the two girls together.

"So? Serena is it?"

"Yep!" Serena smiled happily. "That's me!"

Mey-Rin proceeded to pick the books up, "How did Sebastian find you?"

"He walked out of the front doors!" Serena smiled innocently, "You got all those books?"

"A hand would be nice, and what do you mean, 'he walked out the front doors'?"

Serena picked a book up and began to flick through it, "Well, I was just outside, dressed all posh..." The luna pen couldn't have been more helpful! "And he said I seemed perfect for the job, so here I am!"

"So what's it with you?" Mey-Rin began to warm to her, even going so far as to give her a smile.

"Huh?" Serena frowned, a little bemused.

"With me it's my eyes. My glasses stop me from killing though. That's why I wear them! Finny has super strength from lab testing, and Baldroy, well, he's ex military. What about you?"

Serena smiled trying not to give anything away. She thought about what she could say... Yeah, I transform in to the moon princess when there's danger about and moon dust them! They would think she was crazy! "Oh... You know!" She laughed slightly, "I'm er... Just a regular house maid... Wait killing people?!"

Mey-Rin sweatdropped, "Oh my goodness! I didn't say nothing! Please, I thought Sebastian only hired us special people yes I did! Pretend I didn't say anything!" She picked up a few remaining books, "I've gotta see the young master yes I have!"

"Hey wait!" Serena held her hand out trying to stop her, "Come back!" She gave chase.

Mey-Rin ran headlong down the galleries, until she turned a corner running head first into Sebastian's chest. Serena skidded round the corner and followed Mey-Rin in to the untidy heap on the floor.

"What is going on?" Sebastian glared at the two quaking girls on the floor.

"I was just takin' the books to the young master, yes I was!"

Sebastian looked to Serena.

"Oooooh... I was... er... you know... cleaning something...?"

Sebastian's glare was like a fire, "Then why were you both running?"

"I told her too much, yes I did!" Mey-Rin buried her face in the books.

"I wanted to know why she got so worked up, and why everyone you hire is... special..."

"Except her!"

Sebastian laughed, cutting of Serena's next attempt to speak. "Oh, but she is special. Very special. She has powers I have never sensed before."

Mey-Rin whipped her head round to look at the shaking Serena.

He can't know about my powers! There has to have been a mix up! Play it cool... Serena... Play it cool... "I don't know what you're talking about."

Sebastian's thin smile freaked her out a little, "But of course. Now, follow me and give the young master his books."

The two girls fell back a bit behind Sebastian and lowered their voices to a whisper, "What powers have you got then?!"

"I told you! None!" Serena hissed.

"Well if Sebastian says you've got some then you've got some!"

"Young ladies..." Sebastian stopped without looking round, "I can hear everything you're saying, if you wish to have a private conversation, then please ask to take leave of me first, otherwise, do just continue at normal pitch."

Mey-Rin shook herself out of the stupor Sebastian had put her in, "He never lies! Never."

"Never?!" Serena's eyes widened, "Well..."

"How did he find you?!"

"Well... I was just standing in the grounds in a huge big loopy dress, and suddenly he's there, and he says I don't look like a Nobel women and I say that I'm not! Then he got a little too close to me and told me to come inside. Then he told me I was gonna be a housemaid, and I didn't have much choice!" Serena stamped her foot making the whole house echo.

"Oh..." Mey-Rin shrugged, "Well, I'm sure you'll come in handy one..."

The window smashed, as a huge great white dog leapt through, charging towards Mey-Rin.

"WHAT'S THAT!" Serena dived out the way, missing her fellow housemaid's answer. "I've got to do something!"

Serena raised her hand in the air, "Moon..."

"Pluto boy!" The young boy Finny came running in. "Come here, what have you done?!"

Serena put her hand down again quickly, and tried to look inconspicuous. But she couldn't help notice Sebastian giving her a sideways stare like he knew everything...

"Come along, Mey-Rin, Serena, the young master needs his books."

"Pluto, you gave me a proper fright you did!" Mey-Rin ruffled the hellhound's fur, "This is our hellhound, watch out, he breaths fire."

"FIRE!" Serena leapt back.

Finny just laughed, "He's lovely though, oh look! He's turning human!"

Serena stared as the dog shrank down in to human form, "Ooh! I did not need to see that!" Serena covered her eyes.

"Come on!" Mey-Rin grabbed her wrist and dragged her off.

"Young master," Sebastian knocked upon the door, "I have mid morning tea and your books."

"Enter." A solemn little voice emanated from inside.

Sebastian pushed the door open and ushered the ladies in.

"Whoa! That's just a little boy!" Serena cried, "He can't run the place!"

Ciel looked up over some documents, "Pardon?"

"Serena." Sebastian stepped forward, "It's a Maid's duty to be silent until spoken to."

"A maid? This thing?" Ciel scoffed, "Won't Mey-Rin do?"

"I feel that Serena may come in useful at some point. She seems to have a strange obsession with the moon."

"Huuuuuh!?" Serena stared at him, immaculate in his black suit.

"I noticed the moon earrings you wore with that silvery dress as you stood in the garden. Of course I saw that stick with a moon on, and then you shout to the moon when you fear for your life? A little strange I must say." Sebastian smiled innocently.

"Er... I like the moon! It's er... I'm... er... well, an astrologer."

There was a silence.

"Really? Sebastian you have brought me a maid who has stupid superstitions." Ciel put his head in his hands.

"I think not, young master."

"Exactly!" Serena beamed, "There's a lot of sense in the stars!"

"Ooh! Can you read my palm!?" Mey-Rin turned to her.

"Stop it both of you." Ciel stood, "The stars tell nothing of our future. It's not like our future can be decided before we're even born. That's just not how life works. Life works because of paths and choices. We make the wrong choice, we fail. We die. We lose what we could and might have been. I'm never going to believe that it was the stars that took my parents from me. No. Someone made that choice, and they shall pay for it. At any cost."

Serena clasped her hands to her lips. "I..."

"Come ladies, leave the young master to his studies." Sebastian pushed them out in to the corridor and closed the door, only a little light seeping in, "Might I suggest, Serena, that you keep yourself to yourself." He lowered himself so that his hair hung directly in front of her face, "You know very little of this world, and I could dispose of you at any time. Please. Try to be... considerate."

Sebastian returned back in to the room leaving Serena a little shaken. Mey-Rin had gone, and now she was all alone, in a huge mansion, with no idea where, or how her friends were.

xxx

"Soon your heart will be pure." Ash ran his fingers around her face, "Soon you will be necessary. Soon you will be wanted. Your heart will shine like the driven snow. You shall be the perfect form. The perfect angel."

I will be the perfect Angel. An Angel... Angel...