Yay! I finsihed my one shot and it wil be up soon if anyone is interested in reading. Anyhow, school starts tomorrow D: and I'm gonna end up being really busy today. Driving, getting my hair done, getting my stuff ready for tomorrow, etc. After school starts, I may not be able to update as much, but I will try after school to get the next new chapter up.

I do not own Pandora Hearts in any way.

Sigh, where has the summer gone? :(

Chapter 6: Melody

"Leo...?"

Through my half closed eyes, I could just barley see Carrie. She was looking at me with worried eyes, the light blue spheres shining with light. I was laying on the side of the carriage, my head resting promptly on a small pillow. My coat had been placed over me and the collar of my shirt was unbuttoned.

"Leo. Thank God you're awake." She sighed. My whole body shook as I coughed again, making my chest hurt. Carrie noticed and handed me a bottle of water.

"Drink." She plainly said. I didn't hesitate to accept her offer, and especially such a offer for something to try and relieve my burning throat. The water felt good as I drank it, somewhat dousing the burning. Still, it didn't help much. I gave her the water back and groaned, closing my eyes.

"Where are we?" I weakly asked.

"Almost to my house." She took my hand and put her fingers to my wrist. "Your pulse is fine, which is good."

She let go off my hand as I raised it to my forehead. "I'm tired."

"Well, you can sleep all you want once we get to my place. In truth, you're not looking too good."

'Maybe she has a point.'

(Flashback)

The sun had risen again onto this land. My eyes winced at the sun coming through the trees. I sat up and rubbed the back of my neck. There was a low throbbing in my head, painfully pulsing with every second that went by.

Wait, forget that last part. Sun? That means...I'm out of the Abyss? I don't really remember how I got out, but for all I know, this could be an illusion. But, this doesn't seem like an illusion, so I'm most likely back in the real world.

I pulled my coat closer to me, although it was different that my usual one. Ah, I remember now, it was so torn and I found one in the Abyss, so I left behind my old one and took this one instead.

Getting up, I felt a stab of pain in my side. I clutched my side, but I pulled my hand away to see blood on my hand.

'Damn. Like I didn't have enough problems already.' I put my hand back on the wound and looked around. This place looked like a grove of trees, ether that or a small forest. I don't think there's any place like this outside Reveil, but there has to be a town somewhere nearby.

I took a few steps forward, but I ended up falling to my knees, a wave of nausea sweeping over me. I ignored it, remembering that I had to find a way out of here, if there was one.

After what seemed like forever wandering around, I felt another sharp pain, this time in my chest. I looked down at my shirt, and saw that there was blood on it.

"Ah." I briefly saw a memory of Elliot, before he died. The wounds that had been sealed by that wretched Chain, Humpty Dumpty, had unsealed, and soon he too became stained with blood. My guess, the same thing was happening to me. These injuries I might of sustained in the Abyss, even if I don't remember, and when I escaped, they might have sealed for some time, but now they were staining my clothes with that crimson color.

If this keeps up, I might just end up the same way.

Suddenly, there was a rustling of leaves on the ground. I stupidly hid behind a tree, but when I looked back behind me, I saw a girl. Her long hair flying around and she gracefully danced. She wore a lovely red dress that twirled when she did in the same motion.

But then, her foot caught on a root sticking out of the ground, and time seemed to go in slow motion.

Where we were was on the edge of a gorge, a river at the bottom. She was falling in that direction, and she would fall to the bottom, and most likely die.

Time sped back up and she continued to fall, but I reacted to the situation and ran up to her, quickly catching her before it was too late. My arms ached from keeping her in place, but I managed to pull her up, and she stood upright.

As she glanced at me, I whispered something I don't remember, and then, with all my strength gone, everything shattered into darkness once more.

(End flashback)

"Hey, Leo!" Carrie's sudden call made me snap out of the remembrance.

"Sorry." I apologized.

"It's okay. I'm a bit distracted too."

"By what?"

She took a deep breath and laid back in the seat. "You're not from this time, correct?"

I almost forgot. The year was supposed to be 1811, but instead, it was 2011. I felt dizzy again, unable to believe it, but Carrie reached out and put a hand to my chest, making me blush slightly.

"Calm down. Your heartbeat just rose for a second there."

I looked at Carrie. Now that I look at her, I can see through her eyes that she is caring yet a shy little girl, even if she didn't show it. Behind that warm smile though, she hides a sad past deep inside her.

"Carrie," I said, getting back to the current conversation. "The Tragedy of Sablier, it was 300 years ago, right?"

Her eyes widened slightly in surprise, but then relaxed. "Just about. The 300th anniversary is in a few weeks."

300 years ago to this year. If it was 1811 when the battle between me and Oz-kun happened, then...

"Then I've skipped over 200 years when I was in the Abyss."

"What?" She exclaimed, as if unable to believe it ether. "You escaped from the Abyss?"

I nodded. "I think so."

She must know some things about the Abyss, like knowing that it's a prison, just like in the book she gave me.

Just then, the carriage stopped and a few moments later, Sasha opened the door.

"He's awake then? Anyways, we're here."

I got out of the carriage first, then Leo followed, his coat draped over his shoulders. He swayed a bit, so I took his arm to steady him.

My house is a two story house that from the outside, looks like a castle, but it's not. It was just built beautifully. It was a nice pattern of septa and parchment. Inside were different rooms, and even a spiral staircase.

"Your house was finely built, I can tell." Leo said. "It almost looks like some of the buildings in Reveil."

I smiled as Sasha stepped inside our house, me and Leo following her.

Leo seemed fascinated with the interior. He glanced around the living room at all our items, collected from various corners of the world. It was almost like seeing a kid in a candy shop. Just watching him look at every single object, it made me smile, like a warmth I ever hardly felt.

Soon, he disappeared behind a corner, and I knew he must of found our library. I walked in to find him looking the books on the shelves carefully, taking in each title. I couldn't help but let out a laugh at his curiosity.

"We got a lot of books here, like I said."

He nodded, but then started taking various books from the shelves.

"Wha-?" I exclaimed. He took about 5 of them, which made 6 if you count the book he already had. Don't get me wrong, he still didn't look well and I wanted him to rest, but seeing him take these books, glancing at each title with a smile on his face, it seemed to overrule what I wanted.

"You must love to read." He cast his smile back at me, a stack of books in his hands.

"Hey, Carrie." Sasha called, her head peering though the doorway. "I gotta head back to work, alright?"

"Now?" I whined. It was almost like an excuse. I know she didn't really like Leo staying at our place, but if she's trying to avoid him because she's mad about that...it's just mean.

"Yeah. You can make dinner for yourself and Leo if you get hungry." She said, grabbing her things. "I'll be back in a few hours."

'Sure, and by that, you mean five.' I thought as she walked out and closed the door behind her. Sometimes, it seemed like she only wanted to go to work to avoid me, or Leo in this case. But he was here this time, and I wasn't alone now, which is better than roaming an empty house.

I sighed and started to walk back into the living room. "I'll go make up your bed for you. If you'd like you can stay here and-"

I was interrupted by the sound of books hitting the wooden floor. I turned around and my eyes grew wide when I saw Leo laying on the floor, books strewn all around him.

"Leo!" I knelt down next to him and tried to coax him awake. Finally, he stirred and gently took my arm. I helped him up and then took him over to a couch we had in our library. As he laid down, I put my hand to his face.

'His skin feels clammy.' He might still be in shock to the year, considering he'd skipped over 200 years. However, that shock had seemed to fade from him. Then I thought back to when he first woke up at the hospital. He did have a fever and he had said the next day that he felt dizzy. I never thought much of it.

'Leo...' He suddenly took my hand, which made me blush instantly.

"So sleepy." He said, his voice more strained. "Hey...Carrie, why is your face all red?"

That only made it worse, but I willed myself to calm down.

"Um, nothing. I...back at the hospital, why did you call me Elliot?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

He seemed to be thinking of something to say, but it didn't take long. "It's...you look somewhat like my master."

Oh, so he must of been a servant in his time. "And just who would that be?"

"E-Elliot Nightray." He answered before his hand let go of mine and he slipped into sleep again.

The sun was setting outside, but I was woken by a soft tune. My head still hurt, and I felt a sickening feeling in my stomach, but I sat up and found my glasses on a little side table next to me. Putting them on, I saw that I was in the library still. Turning my attention back to the song, it played almost like a calm river, and whatever this song was, it flowed though the room. Such an angelic and familiar...

Lacie.

I sat at the piano, playing the composition carefully, each note echoing under the keys I played, the smooth surface feeling cool against my agile fingers. This song was the only way to relieve my already confused mind.

Leo had been asleep for three hours and counting, and that was already making me worry. But something else, another thought, floated around in my mind.

Just before he passed out earlier, he had said I looked like his master, and I was utterly taken by surprise when he said it was Elliot Nightray. I thought back to the records, which did indicate that he did have a servant, but that servant's name was Reo.

What troubled me more, there was also mention that Reo was the 'container' for a malevolent spirit's soul, Glen Baskerville, 200 years ago, exactly in Leo's time.

I know their names are similar, but that couldn't be Leo, there's no way. He doesn't look like anything the records have ever said, which is very few.

I sighed, letting my fingers guide themselves over each key. This song I knew very well, but it sounded so familiar, as if from somewhere long ago.

"C-Carrie? You know how to play the piano?" I heard a voice ask. My fingers froze, interrupting my thoughts and the song. I turned and saw Leo standing in the doorway to this small room. From outside, the sunset came in through the window, shadowing, yet letting light on us both at the same time. It made him look, well...argh, stop it Carrie!

"Not much, but, um, you should be resting you know."

"I know, but...that song." He said, staggering slightly as he approached me. "You know it?"

"What this?" Did he know it too? But, this song, it seemed to make him a bit happier, but sad at the same time.

"Lacie."

So, he did know it. "Uh, yeah. You know it then?"

"I should be asking you the same, but yes, I do." He replied, sitting down next to me, and then picking up the music sheet to look at it. "Me and Elliot would play it all the time when we went to Lutwidge."

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask, but...can you actually see through those glasses? Do you have a problem with your sight?"

He coughed and put the music sheet back where it was. "Not at all, in fact, I can see perfectly. These glasses..." He paused. "Elliot gave them to me."

"Oh. Just curious." Now I felt like a total idiot. "It just seemed like they were one-way mirrors."

"Hmm. Maybe they seem that way, but I assure you, they're just glasses."

"Then why is there any reason for you to be wearing them?"

"It's...I don't want to see the world."

I blinked, knowing those words were laced with a confusing meaning. Who wouldn't possibly want to see the world? To hear those words from Leo, it was confusing. What in the world was that supposed to mean? However, it appeared as if it was something he didn't really like talking about, so who am I to continue with this.

"Well, in response to your earlier question about the song, it's quite odd how me and my sister obtained this wonder." I said changing the subject.

"Hmm?" I recalled an old story in my mind, one that me and Sasha knew very well.

"A long time ago, a lady of the Rainsworth Dukedom was in love with a man from the Nightray Dukedom." I explained. "He wrote up a copy of the composition and gave it to her because she loved it so much. Ever since then, it's been passed down through our family. Me and my sister received it...before our parents died."

I slowed on the last words, reminding myself of that day. I had cried no tears, but just stood there with an apathetic look in my eyes.

"Sorry."

I turned my eyes downward. "I know, but that day has passed, although, sometimes, I still miss them."

This wasn't like me. I don't get upset over these things. I won't cry, but I'll just have that same expression. Suddenly, I heard the keys of the piano being played. I looked up to see Leo playing the song. His hands moved more swiftly than mine, and it's like he could play without even looking at the music sheet.

"You're very good." I said, my own voice becoming more light at this.

"Thanks. I taught myself how. You want to play too?"

I was puzzled at first, kind of surprised by the fact that he taught himself how to pay piano and he was really good at it, but then I figured it out and smiled. "Yes."

Both of out hands lightly moved over the keys, of fingertips gently touching each of them, a simple practice evolving into a four handed preformance. Everything was in perfect harmony, in sync with each other.

'Heh...what was I thinking earlier? There's no way this sweet boy could of been that 'container' 200 years ago, even if their names sound similar.'

Carrie kind of taught herself how to play piano too, but only how to play the song Lacie, that's all she knows how. She deosn't nesicarily know about Leo being the 'container' for Glen's soul, because she thinks it was someone else just from what she learned in the records. So, she's kind of clueless to this. Plz feel free to leave a reveiw, I really apreciate them.