None of this picture is made by me except My Ocs. And in this chapter, will reveal Madam Red's past. So I will use her real name (Angelina) for told her past~
"Ann! Angelina!"
"Sister." A girl with braided red hair who sat inside gazebo realized the call, and saw her sister who's calling her name.
"You're still here? Father called for you." Said a woman with a waist-length amber hair, and flower accessory on her hair. "He said he's going to introduce a guest to us. It wouldn't do for us to make the guest wait." Continued her while holding Angelina's hand.
"EHH!? But I'm dressed like this... I haven't even put on any makeup..." Said Angelina panicked.
Angelina's sister looked at her, then quickly fixed Angelina's hair, and dress . The she put her flower accessory from her hair to her sister's. "This is okay. You're really cute, so this is okay!" Said the amber hair woman winking at her sister.
"Are you reading again?" Asked her to Angelina while they walking at the garden.
Angelina nodded "Yes, I'm studying hard. I'm going to be a doctor in the future. So I can find a way to cure your asthma. And I'm not pretty, and I'm no good with going to parties, so I might not even able to get married..." Said her pessimistic about herself.
"What are you talking about Angelina!" Said the woman then smiled at Angelina. "Ann is so lovely, and you're smart. So you should have more confidence in yourself! Also..." The woman evil smirk and grope Angelina's breast teasing her. "You're breasts are so big too~! I'm so jealous~" Continued her evil laugh while teasing Angelina.
"SISTER!?" Angelina shouted in surprised at her sister's act, and they laughed together.
My frail sister, Rachel. Was a gentle and extremely beautiful woman. But she never put on any airs, and I loved her the most. I loved her amber hair the most, that was just like our mother's. I admired it so much. And I first encountered "that man" when I was 15 years old.
The amber hair woman who is known as Rachel, and Angelina finally inside the manor and meet their father and the guest. "Rachel, Angelina, come and greet Earl Phantomhive." Said their father introduced the gentleman who sits in front of them.
Angelina and the man known as the Earl Phantomhive looked at each other, and the earl smiled at her. "How do you do..."
Angelina blushed at him and begins to feel love for the first time.
I used to hate my red hair, that was just like my father's. I used to hate red.
At the garden, The Earl talked with Angelina inside Gazebo. Almost everyday, The Earl visited her house.
"Why are your bangs so long?" Asked the Earl, and Angelina tried to hide her hair and shy face with her bayonet.
"Because I'm not beautiful like my sister... And my hair is so red too..." Answered Angelina shy.
The Earl smiled at her. "There is nothing shameful about being different from others. This is your character!" Said The Earl. "Ann's red hair is really beautiful, just like a the color of red spider lilies in their bloom. Red really suits you. You should have more confidence in yourself." Continued him with a little smile complimented her red hair. And Angelina blushed when he said like that to her.
An so I cut my bangs. I came to love my red hair, that was just like my father's. I came to love red. And I fell in love with "that man". When "that man" came, I would wear the red that he said matched me the most.
A few months later, in Angelina's room. She wore a beautiful red dress, and tied her hair in pony tail with a ribbon. While the maid fixed her dress, the other maid knocked the door from outside. "My Lady, Earl Phantomhive has arrived."
"Alright~" Answered Angelina happily. And before she went out from her room, she put a powder on her face, and she went out from her room to the living room, to meet the man she love. "Will he compliment me?" Thought her in happiness.
Angelina opened the door, and saw Rachel, her sister sat beside The Earl. Rachel saw Angelina and smiled at her.
"Ah, you're here! Ann, I have some good news to tell you. I'm going to get married with The Earl." Said Rachel happily, and Angelina who heard that just smiled in surprised.
"That man" I loved most was going to marry the sister I loved most. And I wore red, the color I loved most, to the wedding. If the two people I loved most were going to be happy, then I would be very happy too.
It should have been this way...
A year later, Rachel give birth a healthy boy with her sister's help. And Angelina saw her first nephew.
"My Lady, it's a healthy boy!" Said the nurse carrying the baby and gave him to Rachel.
"That's wonderful... You've finally arrived!" Said Rachel with tears of happiness, and looked at her sister. "Ann, you hold him! He's your nephew!" Continued her smiling at Angelina.
Angelina carried her sister's son, her nephew for the first time. "He's so cute..." Said Angelina while looked at her nephew sleeping on her carry.
My most beloved sister and "that man's"...
"When he grows up, you have to play with him!" Said Rachel to her sister. And Angelina nodded as her answer.
"Fufu~ His nose is just like him." Said Rachel giggled while touched her son's nose. And something snapped inside Angelina after she heard that.
I began to hate red again... From that point onwards, I began to frequently attend many parties I hated the most. I attended these parties dressed in the most lavish long red dresses and make up. I don't remember when it started, but people started to call me "Madam Red". On the other hand, I studied hard. And against the wishes of my parents. I obtained a doctor's license.
"Auntie Ann~ come and read to us!" Said little Ciel in happiness with little Elizabeth.
"GRRR~~! Ciel! Elizabeth! I told you before not to call me auntie! Call me big sis!" Said Angelina with a fire came out from her mouth. Ciel and Elizabeth just laughed and ran happily with Ciel's dog from Angelina.
Angelina caught Ciel and Elizabeth happily, and she told her older sister that it was okay to her for always playing with Ciel. When she were talking with Rachel, suddenly the dog bark and little Ciel called his father welcomed him. Angelina who saw the moment, feels sad for some reason.
My gentle sister and others, my cute nephew. They were all the people I loved the most. However, I've always felt it. That feeling of burning passion. Eventually, I married a man I met at a party. He was an honest and pure man. I told him I had a man I could not forget. To this, he said he doesn't , I became pregnant.
At night, in living room. Angelina sat on the sofa giggling at her husband act to her swollen belly.
"A boy? Or a girl?" Asked the husband while lay his head on his wife swollen belly.
Angelina giggles. "Men are so impatient! We don't know at the moment!"
He treated me very well, and I was very happy. But... He died because of an accident. A horse carriage went out of control and hit me and my husband. I was saved from dead, but my baby who's still inside my womb... Could not be saved.
"Madam..." Called the doctor. "Your husband died at the scene, and your organs were damaged. We've removed your ovaries, in order to save you. We had no choice but to do this... Forgive us."
Angelina heard about the information, and she just silent in sadness.
... It should have been like this.
My sister came and cried while hugged me. Then she came often to visit, and she cheered me up greatly. Few months later, I recovered from my wound and will be out of the hospital. She insist to celebrate my recovery together with her son's birthday. In the end, I couldn't refuse... Soon enough, this day arrived...
Angelina sat on the carriage while thinking something, she actually didn't feel like going. Because she still have a feeling for her sister's husband. And while still on her mind, suddenly the carriage stop, startled her.
"Why did you suddenly stop?" Asked Angelina confused while get out from the carriage.
"Ma-Madam! Please... Please look over there..." Answered the coachman shocked with what he sees.
Angelina looked at the coachman pointed, and shocked to see her sister family's house burned.
"Sister! Brother-in-law!" Shouted Angelina in shocked.
And, what I see was the color I hated the most. Crimson Red...
That day... The whole Phantomhive family was murdered by someone. The house was completely destroyed by the fire... The bodies of sister and her husband were in a horrible state, but there was no sign of their child's body. I lost everyone that I loved, everything disappeared to the place where I can't reach. I was devastated, but I was envious of my sister. Because she can die together with someone she loves. And I as a survivor, still have to carry on living. However...
"Having a child will only cause problems! I have no wish to raise a child whose father I am not even sure of. How do you expect me to get customer with a child in toll? And abortion isn't cheap either..." Said the woman who is a prostitute with annoyed sighed.
Angelina who heard that is surprised and she keep doing an abortion operation to the prostitute. After finally done, she washed her hand and thinking something with a face hold her furious feeling.
I was filled with hatred with them, the prostitutes. They have something which I can never hope to have, no matter how much I desire for it... The things I yearned for. The things I treasured. The me who lost EVERYTHING. And "they" who obviously have everything I desired for... But yet they choose to throw everything away. Those prostitutes...
What wrong have I commited?! Why am I the only one cursed with this unfortunate fate? All I did was...
In midnight, the prostitute who already had abortion walked home after she done her job. When she arrived at her house, she saw someone familiar behind her.
"Oh? You are the doctor from that time..." Said the prostitute. And she saw that familiar figure came closer to her while holding a knife, made her terrified. "What... What are you going to do...?! STOP! STOP IT!"
But that figure didn't stop and began to stabbed the prostitute brutally and taking away her womb. The moonlight illuminating the figure, and showed Angelina with her face covered in blood while holding a bloody knife.
I HATE I HATE I HATE I HATE I HATE I HATE! And just like that, I murdered the prostitutes who approached me for abortion. Since all of them don't want it, then I shall granted their wishes in taking it away, including their wombs, happiness, life, and everything.
"Oh my, oh my. What a complete job have you done. I have been observing you. And thanks to you, the death list in this area is filled to the brim. Makes me real busy indeed..." Said the man with long red hair, and wore red frame glasses looking at his report on the top of tower. "I can totally understand your feeling, it's only right that women like them should die." Continued him while jumped down from the tower.
Angelina saw him and just silent didn't do anything.
"Like you, I also want a child. But I can't since I am a guy. We actually share the same fate." Said Grell then hugged Angelina, and he smirked. "Allow me to assist you."
At that time... The death god who was covering in red, smiled at me. And I cut away my red long hair that was stained with blood. Several months later, my missing nephew suddenly reappeared. I ran to meet him, When I arrived at the room he is waiting, I saw him together with butler cloaked in black.
Angelina cried and she ran to his nephew, then hugged him.
"Oh, Ciel. Thank goodness... You're alright. Even though there is only you left." Said Angelina in relief and joy seeing her nephew known as Ciel still alive.
I'm really surprised that Ciel is still alive. Even thought I persistently asked him what happened during the time he was missing, he refuses to tell me anything. However, I didn't mind. As long as Ciel returns, that is enough. But, when I saw his face who resemble my sisterso much, I feel uneasy instead of happy.
This child is back, but why isn't "that person" back? Why is this child alive, but "that person" dead? Why can't the person who becomes one with "that person" be me?
Thereafter, Ciel, who inherited the job of "that person" finally came to nab "Jack the Ripper" with a woman named Laura. He came to caught the murderer with the same look and appearance of my sister.
Sister, what else are you trying to take away from me? This time around, I won't give way. I WON'T!
Cinematic records from Madam's red body ended, and Grell let her body fell to the ground. "I love the way you are being dyed by the red blood spurting out. Madam Red! But I'm not interested in you... Who got carried away by meaningless emotions." Said the reaper annoyed. "You've disappointed me, Madam Red. In the end, you are no different from the ordinary woman! You are not fit to wear red." Continued him and pulled Madam Red's coat from her dead body, then wear it to himself.
Laura let her tears came out from her eyes, and she got up from her healing process and stand beside Ciel who kneeling beside Madam Red dead body.
"Yvet... This case is not over yet. Hurry up and finish him!" Said Laura ordered her butler while looking at him and wiped her tears.
Ciel looked at his butler too. "Sebastian, helped Yvet and finish Jack the Ripper, don't hesitate!" Said him ordered Sebastian.
Yvet and Sebastian smirked, and charged at Grell who swung his chainsaw at the butlers.
"Since the four of you want to die so much... I shall send all of you to heaven!" Said Grell almost slashed Sebastian who ducked from the chainsaw.
"Heaven? We don't have an affinity with that place." Said Yvet while lifted the box near the alley and kicked it to Grell.
"I'm in an bad mood right now! I won't go easy on you two!" Said Grell slashed the box until it crushed and surprised there's nobody in front of him.
For a moment, Grell felt there's someone step on his chainsaw, and he turned around to see Sebastian charged his kick at Grell's face. And Grell quickly step back from the kick which almost hit his "beautiful" face.
"Wait a moment! You aimed my face on purpose! That's the place which young girls like me are most concerned about! You are not human!" Said the reaper in anger.
"That's right. I am but a butler." Answered Sebastian.
Yvet charged his punch at Grell, but Grell realized it and quickly backed away from Yvet's hit. "And now you too, Vetty! Don't you have manners, not to hit lady's face! I thought you love me!" Said Grell in anger and pouted at Yvet.
"First of all, even you are a lady or not. I will hit you and kicked you for protecting my lady. And the second one... I don't love you at all." Said Yvet looking at Grell in anger and goosebumps all over his body, didn't care about Sebastian who snickered at him.
"Tsk! Do you two really think that a demon can win a god?" Asked Grell annoyed, then he charged his chainsaw again at the butlers.
The butlers backed away from the attack, and Yvet opened his black coat, then throw it to Sebastian who caught the coat.
"Use that, Sebastian. Don't waste my favorite coat for nothing!" Ordered Yvet while keep avoiding Grell's chainsaw.
"Yes, your highness..." Answered Sebastian with a fake smile.
"Oh, you think you can win with just that coat? You are going to die, my little Sebby!" Said Grell then he charged his chainsaw to Sebastian.
Sebastian ran toward Grell, and quickly he stopped the chainsaw with the coat. He then punched the chaisaw away from Grell. The reaper now paled and frightened. Sebastian smirked and walked closer to him. Yvet standing behind Sebastian, and tap his shoulder.
"You better amuse me with your act toward that reaper. And I will forget about the coat which you owed to me." Said Yvet ordered Sebastian with annoyed face, and Sebastian just smirked and nodded at him.
Sebastian looked Grell again. "Now, Mr. Grell... If you are just a mere defenseless person. Then I am confident of what I am going to do." Said the butler with a wide smile and killing aura behind him
"Ahh… Wait a moment... My face..." Grell frightened and before he can run away, Sebastian began to beating him up. "AAAAHHH! Don't hit my face! Ahhh! NO!".
A few moments later, a bruised up Grell was soon found laying on the floor. Yvet walked toward Grell. He picked up the chainsaw and turned it on with an evil smirk.
"Grell, earlier you said that the Death God's scythe can slice through everything. So... In other words, Death Gods themselves are not exempted." Said Yvet with a pink eyes and evil smirk while walking further to Grell with chainsaw.
"W-What are you thinking of doing... Stop it..." Said Grell in fear and dragged himself, but his face got stepped by Sebastian. "Argh! It... It... It HURTS!" Shouted Grell in pain.
"My, my, Mr. Grell. The sounds of your crying in pain is pretty good on the ears." Said Sebastian enjoyed stepping on Grell's face. "And as a reward, your highness will send you on your way to heaven, using the toy you like so much!"
Grell shocked and in his fear, he saw Yvet have a sadistic smile on his face. "Please... Please, Little Sebby, I beg you... Stop Vetty!" Begged Grell to Sebastian, and he got a smile from the raven butler who stepped on his face. "I do not want to." Answered Sebastian.
Yvet immediately lifted up the chain saw and was about to slash the Reaper's neck. But, suddenly something stopped him for doing so. Ciel, Laura, Yvet, Grell, and Sebastian surprised and looked up to see a man with a short, neatly-combed black hair, and a yellow green eyes. And he wore rectangle-shaped glasses, which had four decorative lines on each side of the frame. He was dressed in black suit, black tie, black gloves, and formal dress shoes.
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation. My name is William T. Spears of the Dispatch Management Division of the Death Gods" Said the new reaper who is known as William as pruner in his hand retracted. "And, I'm here to pick up this death god." Continued him with serious face.
"William!" Said Grell in happiness. "William! You are here to save me..." Continued him while saw William jumped down. "I'm so hap- AAAGHH!"
Grell screamed in pain when William landed on his head with all his might, which caused Grell's face to make a contact with the ground. And William opened his book with his other hand. Laura and Ciel sweat dropped when they saw what happened with Grell, while Sebastian and Yvet just silent looked at William.
"Dispatch member Grell Sutcliff. You have broke the rules." Said William and he started to kicked Grell few times for his punishment. "Firstly, you have killed people whose names are not listed on the Death List, and also, you used your scythe without permission and even modified it without following proper procedures." Said William while continue kicked Grell's face, didn't care about Grell's explanation then closed the book before looking at injured Laura and Ciel who still sweatdropped. "And finally, you tried to kill a beautiful innocent black swan."
Laura who heard that just bit blushed, make the butlers jealous with the reaper, because he made the young duchess blushing. William hit Grell's face again with the heel of his shoes, and walked away while dragged Grell on the ground by pulling his hair. "Now, please return to the main branch to submit your reflection letter and report." Said him while read the reports.
"Hey! Wait a moment! I was almost killed and you are so cold and unfee- AGHH!"
"Shut up!" Said William while slammed Grell again on the ground, make Grell unconscious.
William leaved Grell unconscious and give his new cards to Yvet and Sebastian. "Oh, this is my new card. And forgive me for not watched this thing, because this thing have caused you a lot of trouble this time around. Specially with the young lady there." Said William while looked at Laura, giving her a small smile. Then he looked at the two butlers with a dark aura. "But, really... I actually have to bow to a creature like you two who only brings harm. Even if you choose to tarnish the Death God's reputation, there must be a limit."
Yvet throwed the card and put a fake smile. "In that case, please keep a close eye on him, so as to not trouble a harmful creature like us. Specially me..." Said him with a smirk. "I'm sure you don't want to get a trouble from my father." Continued him. "Oh, and this is the toy. Don't forget about it" Said him, give the chainsaw to William.
William just sighed in annoyance, Then walked away after receive the chainsaw. 'Thank you, and in that case, I shall take my leave. Take care that young lady. She's too beautiful to die today." Said William then he vanished with unconscious Grell.
Laura sighed in tiredness, and then she offered her hand to Ciel. "Can you stand, Ciel?" Asked Laura worried.
"Yes, thank you Lady Laura..." Answered Ciel while hold Laura's hand and get up. "Let's go back now, the case is over." Continued him and Laura nodded.
A few days later, at the Church. Madam Red's funeral has begun. Everyone dressed in black and mourned her. Laura who is alone without her butler, wore a mourn dress, with a black gloves, and black hat with black veil. She walked toward the coffin where Madam Red's body sleep and she put a lily flower inside the coffin.
"Madam Red..." Laura hold her tears, and she took out a ring with a crimson diamond on it from her dress pocket, then put the ring on Madam Red's right ring finger. "This is for you, I forgive your sin... And I won't forget you. Rest in Peace..."
Laura walked away from the coffin and she saw Elizabeth crying and walked passed her, and then she sat on the bench. "Ciel... Where are you? You said you will come." Thought Laura while she saw Elizabeth put a lily inside Madam Red's coffin.
Suddenly, the church door was opened. Everyone inside the church surprised and they saw Ciel in black suit with a crimson dress on his hand. Laura saw him with a sad little smile, and she saw Yvet and Sebastian standing in front of the door. Everyone murmured when they saw Ciel walked in to the church, but the young Earl doesn't care about it and keep walking. When he arrived in front of the coffin, he put a red dress in there and he sat beside the coffin with a little smile on his face.
"You know... These white flowers... And plain dresses do not suit you at all. What suits you can only be, a passionate red. The color of Licorice that burns the earth..." Said Ciel while he take out a rose from his pocket then put it on Madam Red's hair. "Aunt Ann." Continued him lean closer to his dead aunt face.
Elizabeth who standing beside the coffin, held the tears and saw a rose petal fell down. And with a blink of second, rain of rose petals scattered around the church make people inside surprised to see it, Including Laura. She looked at the outside, and saw her butler, Sebastian, and a man with a long white hair standing in front of the carriage which full of rose petals. She silent for a while then smiled at them. Ciel stand up from the coffin, and saw his aunt for the last time. "Rest in Peace... Madam Red."
On the evening, after the funeral is over. Ciel, Sebastian, Laura, and Yvet stand in front of Madam Red's grave. Laura put a bouquet of roses on the grave, then stand up and looked at the men.
"It's nice to working with you, Ciel. Forgive me, if I didn't much help you." Said Laura with a gentle smile on her face.
Ciel shook his head back and forth. "It's nothing, Lady Laura. You did much help for solving this case. And I hope I can work together with you again in another day." Said Ciel with a little smile.
Laura nodded at him then smiled. "Me too Ciel. I hope we can meet again. Now, if you excuse me. I will go back to my manor, if you don't mind come visit my manor to having a tea with me." Said Laura curtsey to Ciel, and then she walked passed him. Laura saw Sebastian, and smiled at him.
"Sebastian, as his butler. Please protect him from anything, specially from the bad people who wanted to take his life." Said the young duchess, and Sebastian smiled at her with a genuine smile.
"Yes, my lady." Answered him bowed to her, before looked at her with a worried look. "My lady, is your wound already healed?" Asked Sebastian remembering that Laura just got stabbed on the stomach few days ago.
"My wound already healed. Yvet healed my wound after I got stabbed on that day. But I still have to rest because of the blood loss." Answered her smiling at Sebastian. "Thank you for worrying me, Sebastian. And thank you for protected me that day."
Laura hugged Sebastian, make the butlers and Ciel surprised. Sebastian bit hesitant at first, but he hugged her back after a few moment of hesitant. Laura released the hug and smiled at Sebastian, then she looked at Ciel and Yvet. "What? Why are you two staring like that?" Asked her confused, and just got a sighed from Ciel and a fake smile from Yvet. Sebastian chuckled, and smirked at Yvet. Yvet who saw his smirk just gave him a death glare.
"I have to go now, Good day Ciel and Sebastian. Let's meet again in another time." Said Laura with a wide smile, then leave Ciel and Sebastian back to her manor with Yvet.