Forgive me. I am about to double the length of this story in one sitting. You see, I've been busy, (not just writing), and I figured "Oh, at the end of the day in the story, I will make it a chapter!" Well, that's what I thought at first anyways. Then the "day" turned out to be really, really long. Like, 36 pages long. That really isn't that long for me back when, but it is for the me of today (different writing style, different mode of thinking.) So, I had to wait to figure out how I was going to cut 'what' up. The result, a long delay, then a surge of materials.

I hope you still enjoy!

On the morning Veronica Belle was supposed to arrive, the mansion was as boringly exciting as ever.

Nagi awoke to the smell of freshly cooked eggs in her own bed. This thought worried her. Didn't I fall asleep playing video games? Did Hayate... Did Hayate touch me in my sleep? Of course, this train of thought was true, but we all know she wanted to believe a different train of thought.

"HAYATE!" She roared with the might of a dragon.

"Yes, milady?" Hayate appeared in her doorway, a cheery smile planted on his face.

"You moved me last night, correct?" Her voice was filled with tension as she grit her teeth.

"Of course. And once I moved you back to your bed, I gave you a spare blanket because you were shivering." The bluenette reported dutifully.

"You didn't try anything on me, did you?" She growled, hugging certain parts of her body.

"'Try anything'? Milady?" Hayate asked, curious.

"Well, when a guy sees a girl when she's asleep, she is defenseless-"

"Ahh, I see. No. Nothing of the sort. I was wondering whether or not I should get your nightgown on you, but decided against that, worrying that you would feel I overstepped my bounds."

Overstepped his bounds? Oh gosh! He knows not to do anything to me without my permission! Hayate! That is so noble! She ogled him in her head, trying to resist letting all of her fantasies be portrayed on her face as a red hue.

"Milady, I cooked eggs for breakfast, would you like to eat before Veronica gets here? Klaus is preparing the main foyer for her family arrives at eleven.

"But it's only ten o'clock now! We hardly have any time to prepare the house for her!" Nagi shrieked.

"Well if you eat your breakfast quickly, maybe we can go after some of your schemes, eh?" Hayate smiled.

Nagi dashed to the kitchen immediately, Hayate walked to keep pace behind her.

She arrived in the dining room very fatigued, plopping into the chair Hayate provided for her.

"I am famished, Hayate, could you get me some of those eggs, and hash browns, if you made any."

Hayate mouth twitched in disbelief, she had hardly run 100 meters.

"Yes, milady. Of course I made those."

What was supposed to be a quick bite ended up being a full course breakfast, with blueberry muffins, sunny-side-up eggs, hash browns, toast with over three styles of jelly including a cinnamon spread, and, at the end, Nagi proudly ate a healthy fruit, a banana. Well, half of it.

"I'll save the other half for later." She promised. Though, Hayate knew better. Nagi jumped when the grandfather clocks in the mansion began sounding in unison. It was now 11:00.

"She could be here any second!" Nagi exclaimed, tugging Hayate along towards the main foyer.

The two made in less than a minute. Klaus had beaten them to the grand foyer. Klaus nodded in acknowledgement at them as the trio approached the door. The massive ornate door creaked open flawlessly, and the trio rushed outside to meet the newcomer.

"They're not here yet." Nagi grumbled.

"Of course they would be mildly late. They have been traveling since yesterday morning using standard forms of transportation! I cannot expect them to arrive at eleven sharp. I mean-"

BZZZT

The sound of a buzzer went off on a box attached to one of the main columns on the patio.

Klaus, shocked, walked up to this device and pulled a phone out of a compartment.

"Yes?" He paused, listening to someone on the other line, "Oh my! Yes Mr. Matthias Belle! I am opening the gates right now. We will be waiting."

Nagi's mouth dropped. It was hardly a minute passed the projected deadline.

At the far end of the long driveway, a black luxury vehicle made its presence known. It was a small car of pewter color with extremely tinted windows. It majestically wheeled its way to the main roundabout at the front of the driveway.

It idled in place, parked, for a few seconds until the engine finally rumbled to a stop. The driver's side door opened, and a tall man in a well pressed suit came out. His long, flowing locks of silvery hair danced down his back as he moved to the other side of the car, first opening the passenger's door. A graceful woman garbed in a rich, oceanic dress, took her first step out of the car. She held a hand to block the light for a moment and then lowered her arm. Her hands darted behind her back as she put on a smiling face. Tilting from side to side, she shifted her weight in her black sandals, as if unsure of what to do.

The tall man opened the backseat door last, and stepped away with the door.

A youthful looking adolescent skirted her legs off the edge of the car, and placed a delicate hand on the car door, holding herself upright. She wore a hat that covered the top of her blonde hair that was a sort of mix between a bonnet and a beret. Once she stood up to her full height, barely above the chest of the lady, she patted her skirt down and let her gaze return to eye level.

There was something terribly wrong with her gait though: she was wearing a pair of roller-skates as shoes.

Klaus turned to Hayate and whispered to him in near panic, "Hayate, why does she have those wheels on her shoes?" He nearly sounded hysteric.

The girl skated her way slowly, shakily, even, towards the main stairs. Behind her, the tall man walked behind the car and pulled forth a large suitcase, just one suitcase, huge and purple, but just one. It looked immensely heavy, but the man held it casually in one hand at his side. His lanky appearance made the scene even more misleading. The lady possessed his left arm, holding it with the strange possession that is love. The two followed the girl up towards the stairs.

At the foot of the stairs, the girl paused. Carefully, she took a step upwards.

Hayate, Klaus, and Nagi cringed. What this girl was doing was incredibly dangerous and foolish.

Her dolly eyes closed, her fists clenched, and she lifted herself up onto one foot, ascending the first step.

The man, who by this point had caught up with her, smiled. The smile was not necessarily pride, but also a hint of amusement. The lady, in much contrast, was rather concerned.

She whispered a series of incoherent mumbles to her daughter.

At that precise moment, Veronica's concentration faltered, and her skates sent her right leg flying forwards into the front of the step. With her obscenely white teeth shining in the late morning sun, she flipped forwards, landing upright on the step above her current one.

With one foot on the top, she looked up at Klaus, Hayate and Nagi, a beaming smile on her face. She spun her other foot to a ninety degree angle and stood up at the top stair as if she hadn't just nearly killed herself. Her emerald eyes were nearly glowing in the shade of the patio as her smile glimmered to the three.

"Mr. Klaus, Mr. Hayate, Mistress Nagi," She curtsied, wheels barely moving, "I am Veronica Quasar Belle. Pleased to meet you." She held out a hand to be shaken.

Klaus was the first to take her hand.

"What an impressive show there Ms. Belle. Is there any particular reason you wear the roller skates?" Klaus asked, shakily. American's were strange in custom, but the roller skates seemed rather extreme.

"When I was off in Europe, they taught me the art of serving my masters while on wheels. I assure you it is a delicacy to have a Roller Maid in your services." Veronica bowed once more.

"Is that so..." Klaus was not sold, "Why didn't you put that on your application?"

"Mr... Klaus, is it?" The man reached the top stair with a jocular smile on her narrow face.

"Yes, Mr. Belle?"

"I can speak for my daughter with all honesty and frankness that she can complete any task your previous chief maid could accomplish with equal, if not better, efficiency, while wearing those roller skates."

The lady held onto his arm a little tighter.

Klaus adjusted his glasses. "Very well. Mistress Nagi, the call is yours."

Nagi smiled wickedly. "I believe that the house could do with a good cleaning, don't you Hayate?"

"Yes, Milady." Hayate agreed, still smiling gaily.

"If I may ask once more, Mistress, you want me to clean all of the floors in the mansion?" Veronica queried.

"Hayate can do it in the small of two hours, and Maria could do it in three." She affirmed.

"Milady that isn't exactly-" Hayate began to interject, but received a sharp blow to his chest by Nagi.

"Shut up, Hayate," she growled.

"Very well, will you be telling me where the cleaning supplies are, or will I have to find them myself?"

"After the first day, Hayate managed to make a room spotless in the matter of 40 minutes without any prior knowledge of the mansion."

"Hmm. As you wish, my mistress." She bowed, and darted forwards through the wooden halls of the second floor.

"Hayate! Let's go after her!" Nagi ordered. In an instant, she was being carried to down the hall.

Before they turned the corner, they heard a mumbling.

"Wood flooring, first remove all particles on the ground, next, treat with a wood finisher." It was Veronica, and her voice got louder as she spoke.

WHOOSH

A blur of red and blonde zoomed past Hayate and Nagi as Veronica rode on the walls to make her turn. In one hand, she had a broom, which was magically sweeping half of the floor as she rocketed down the hallway. In her other hand, she had a vacuum cleaner with a massive extension cord, upright, sucking in all of the dust that she was kicking up.

A wild look was on her face, as if she was absolutely thrilled to be working.

Amazingly, she left no scuff marks on the floor or walls.

By the time Hayate and Nagi turned around, the cord had tripped Hayate, and Veronica had made another turn.

"Whoa." Nagi exclaimed. "That. Is. Fast."

Hayate nodded.

As if on cue, the red tornado turned around, and sped back towards them, now vacuuming the other side of the hall. As she went, she rotated the vacuum, managing to coil the cord onto her arm.

Again, Hayate fell over, Nagi remained upright.

"Hayate, we have a problem."

Hayate struggled upwards as Nagi spoke, "And what," he winced "might that be, Milady?"

"She is good." Nagi admitted.

"Mistress Nagi!" A voice called from the other end of the mansion.

"Yes Veronica, what is it?"

Veronica appeared around the corner, catching herself before tripping on her skates again. "I would like you to see how my first room went."

"Wait, what?"

"I would like to show you the room I cleaned to have it fully inspected!" She smiled at Nagi. Nagi just twitched as Veronica led them across the halls.

Klaus's brow furrowed in understanding as Veronica's father spoke.

"Veronica, sweet and kind as she may be, never really forgave me for marrying Juliana. She went to the academy on her own because she wished to give us our privacy when we took our tour of the world."

"I still can't believe you and Ms. Belle have been so many places!" Klaus added excitedly. "Italy, France, Germany, Brazil, it is not surprising that little Ms. Veronica knows so many languages."

"She has a way to go before she passes her father." He smiled. Juliana, the wife, still clung to his arm.

"I am still confused though," Klaus said, brow furrowing further, "Why doesn't Ms. Juliana speak up about any of her experiences?" gesturing to her.

Juliana Belle looked up, noticing that she was being look at and the topic of the conversation. She opened her mouth, as if to speak, but then closed it. She lowered her eyes a touch dejectedly.

"She does not know Japanese." Matthias explained.

"Little." She piped up, smiling.

Klaus paused, thinking of one of his lesser familiar languages. "Do you enjoy the mansion?" He asked in thickly accented English.

"It is very nice. I apologize for not being able to speak Japanese well. I truly am." She bowed.

"Ms. Juliana Belle, it is absolutely fine."

"Please, call me Julie." She smiled.

Matthias was happy that the language barrier had been mostly averted.

"Ms. Julie. I would offer you tea. However, Mistress Nagi will order Ms. Veronica to serve us lunch soon."

"Oh, we must be going soon," Matthias interjected, seeming urgent.

"I insist. The Sanzenin's are always gracious hosts." That settled that matter. "Come." Klaus added, still in English, "I will show you our mansion."

Matthias helped Julie up, and the two followed the elderly Sanzenin butler out of the room.

Nagi's mouth gaped.

She honestly couldn't believe how obnoxiously clean the floor of the trophy room was. Veronica had yet to clean the trophies themselves, but it already looked as if she had started.

Hayate had once made this room look spotless. He knelt down to the carpet and gave it a sniff, confirming that Veronica could discern the appropriate fabric and treat it in a likewise appropriate manner.

"The wool carpet stumped me for a second longer, most houses have polyvinyl or nylon carpeting. I was impressed."

"Hayate, did she do it correctly?" Nagi questioned sharply.

"Yes Milady, with pinpoint accuracy." He nodded solemnly.

"In that case, I will be off to finish the rest!" Veronica flipped her single, shoulder length ponytail back to her left, and gently rolled out of the room.

Hayate and Nagi began walking outside of the room only to see her with her right hand planted on the ground, bent over and looking up. It was if she was playing American football, about to say "hike".

"Cutiepie ME Boost... ACTIVATE!" She vanished, darting forwards at blinding speeds, turning the corner once more.

"What a Knightmare that girl is..." Nagi grumbled, still wishing for a reason to fire her.

Quickly, Hayate grabbed her, and ran after the new maid.

Ok, that settles one of the chapters. A few more to go.

I hope the references aren't too obtrusive, I work hard to make the story flow like an episode of the anime, this is a lot harder than I initially anticipated.

Chapter added 17:13, 2/20/2012