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Disclaimer: I don't own Pandora Hearts, I just ride the Jabberwock... You heard me. Only true bosses ride that Chain.

I'm wandering through the dark abyss as I see swirls of blue floating around. Am I dreaming?

"Lucinda," a voice calls out to me. I look towards the sound and I see a familiar face. A white wolf glaring back at me with his ice blue eyes. I rush towards him and embrace him in a hug.

"Somina!" I bury my face in his soft white fur, "I've missed you so much!"

He laughs, "I've missed you too. It's seems you're feeling better."

I pull away and face him, "I am, and thanks to you I've met some great people. Plus I'm getting closer to answers I need."

He smiles, "I'm glad." He was silent for a few minutes, "Lucinda would you be my contractor?"

Surprised, I step back from him. "But wouldn't that make me an illegal contractor?"

He nods, "Yes it will but you have to trust me Lucinda."

"But...," my voice trails off. "Trust him...trust him Lucinda. It will be alright." That voice it was the same one I heard in the Abyss. I nod my head, "Alright, I agree."

Somina smiles, "Wonderful! Now let's begin..."

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I wake up to the shining sun beating against my face. I leap out of bed closing the curtains.

"Good morning!" I jump from the sudden voice. I turn around seeing Somina behind me.

"Somina!"

He shrugs, "What?"

I stare at him dumbfounded, "What are you doing?"

He smiles, "I'm your Chain aren't I?"

My eyes widen, it just wasn't a dream it happened after all! I scurry and lift up the collar of my nightgown to see my chest. I see a contractor's seal but strangely enough there's no hand. I look back at Somina who is just smiling and wagging his eight fluffy tails. I smile and scratch his head, making his tails wag faster.

"OZ HURRY UP OR WE'LL LOSE MY HAT!" I jump from the sound coming outside my door.

"Well it's already lost Seaweed Head," says a young girl's voice.

I rush to the door, my hand on the handle about to open it. I look back at Somina and put a finger to my lips to say 'shhh'. I open the door to reveal the same group from last night. A raven haired man, a young dark haired girl and a blonde teen. They all stare at me.

"Morning," I say with a huge smile in my face.

The teen smiles, "Morning Miss Ghost!"

He seems to be in a better mood. I extend my hand, "My name is Lucinda. I'll be staying here from now on."

The teen's eyes widen, "Sharon never told us."

I rub the back of my neck, "Well I just got here last night. I guess with all the commotion happening she forgot to tell you."

He nods, "That's understandable. Oh! My name is Oz Vessalius by the way and this is Alice and Gilbert." He points to the others. Vessalius? That names sounds so familiar, where have I heard it?

I wave politely towards them, "It's nice to me-." Gilbert suddenly grabs Oz and Alice.

"Come on we have to hurry or we'll lose my hat," Gilbert shouts as they dash down the hall.

"Gilbert that was very rude of you to cut Miss Lucinda off!" Oz shouts.

They travel out of sight. Somina comes walking next to me, his eyes narrow. "They are strange human beings, and that girl was a Chain," Somina grumbles.

"Huh? I wondered why I could feel the power of the Abyss around her," I say. Somina nods and my stomach growls. My cheeks turn red from embarrassment as Somina sweatdrops. "Sorry, I haven't eaten in days."

"Or years," Somina corrects. I raise an eyebrow, but I just shrug it off. Somina starts to walk down the hall, I dash ahead and block his path.

"Where do you think you're going?" I say sternly.

"To get breakfast," he tries to walk around me but I block him.

"They don't know I'm a contractor so you have to say hidden."

Somina pouts, "Fine." And with that he disappears in a form of blue mist.

I continue on walking until I hear the sound of talking. I walk out unto a balcony and I see Break and Sharon sitting there drinking tea.

"Morning Lucy," Break says in a cheery voice as he read the newspaper. Sharon just drinks her tea quietly.

I smile back at them, "Morning! I hope you two slept well."

"We did thank you," Sharon replies.

I notice something in the distance and my eyes narrow. Something doesn't feel right, and I see the golden specks of light from the Abyss coming from the horizon. It looks like a town. I walk towards the edge of the balcony and gaze up ahead in worry. "What's wrong Lucy?" Break asks.

I snap out of my gaze and turn to face him. Sharon and Break both have concerned looks on their faces. "I'm fine," I say in a low voice, "It's just that something is worrying me."

"And what would that be?" Sharon asks.

There is a strange energy coming from that town over there, but I don't want to tell them that. They'll probably think I'm a freak that I can see the Abyss's energy. I gulp down my courage, "It's just everything seems different from the last time I saw it."

"Well the Abyss is a different dimension than this one so the time is different there," Break answers.

"Oh," I reply, "Well what's today's date?" Break shows me the cover of the newspaper, I lean in to see the date. My eyes widen and I start to shake. Break lowers the paper and sees me shivering. "Six-" I shudder.

"What was that Lucinda?" Break asks.

"Sixty years..." I make out. Their eyes widen, Sharon puts down her tea. "I've been in the Abyss for sixty years." I take a deep breath and try to calm down. I walk towards the table and pull out a chair and take a seat. My hands shake and I grab onto the white table cloth. My hands stop shaking and I take another deep breath.

Break smiles and starts laughing, "Well someone is an old lady." My eyes narrow and I kick his leg from under the table. He flinches in pain. Suddenly the door opens to reveal a man with long blonde hair in a ponytail with glasses. "Lady Sharon, Break! Oz and -," he stops when he sees me. I stare back him with my bangs covering most of my face (I have really bad bed head in the mornings). "Hello there," he says to me. I smile and wave at him. "I don't believe we met," he continues to say.

"I'm Lucinda," I tell him.

"Oh you're that girl! Well it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Oscar Vessalius," he says. There is that name again! He looks similar to Oz, maybe they're related?

I make a puzzled face, "Are you related to Oz Vessalius? I met him earlier today."

His face lights up. "That's right," he turns to Sharon and Break, "Have you seen Oz and Gilbert?" I sweatdrop, he completely ignored my question.

Sharon nods, "Yes. Master Oz and Master Gilbert went out to town already."

"Don't forget Alice," I add.

Sharon smiles, "Yes, thank you Miss Lucinda."

"Huh," Oscar says, "They went out? This early?"

"Yup," Break says, "Oz said that Raven's hat was misplaced because of him and the three of them went out happily." They didn't look happy to me. Wait a minute…Break said Raven.

"Wait, Raven like the Chain?" I ask him.

Break nods. He opens his mouth to answer me but he is cut off by Oscar's sigh, "I thought after these ten years, I could finally have a little chat with him." Ten years? I'm so confused. I look at Break with a pleading expression, he just sighs and opens his mouth to explain to me.

"Oh?" Sharon interrupts, "Then would you like to join Break?" My interest is peaked.

"Where are you going?" I ask in a playful manner. I hope he says what I'm hoping for.

"I'll be going out in a while. I'm going into town," he replies. Yes I'm correct!

I get excited, "Can I tag along?"

He nods, "Of course." Oscar walks up to Break and puts his arm on Break's head, like an arm rest.

Oscar's expression is serious, "What are you plotting, Break?" I glare at Break as he has a smile plastered on his face.

"Ha ha ha, you're mean," Break replies. His expression fades into a mysterious manner. He looks to the horizon, "It's just that the prey took the bait quite nicely." I raise an eyebrow, he is definitely up to something. Well that's a good thing, because so am I. Oscar removes his arm, Sharon and Oscar give Break puzzled looks.

"What was that about?" Sharon asks.

"Nothing," Break says cheerfully.

I reach over and grab a scone, shoving in my mouth. I get up and walk towards the door. I shallow the scone, "I'm going to get ready. Meet both of you downstairs at the carriage." And with that I was gone.

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We arrive at the town, and I get out the carriage. I dust off my yellow sundress, and look at Break who just got off. The carriage bolts off leaving a trail of dust behind. Break and I cough. Oscar is long gone by now, he jumped out before the carriage even made a complete stop. That man is very strange.

"So where to," I say. Break smirks and loops his arm through mine. My cheeks flush, what is he doing! He starts to walk into the busy streets of people, dragging me beside him.

"I have an idea in mind," he starts to say.

"A lot of ideas start in the mind," I comment with a laugh.

He shakes his head as he tries to hold back a laugh. We dodge a couple zooming by. Break grabs an apple and throws a gold coin on the table. He holds out the apple to me, "Hungry?"

I rip the apple out of his pale hand and take a huge bite out of it. I notice out the corner of my eye a huge crowd has gathered over there. I stop in my tracks, forcing Break to stop as well. I nod towards the crowd of people, "What's going on over there?" I look back at Break as he stares at the crowd with a serious expression. He just shrugs and moves on with me looking back at the crowd. Suddenly Break wraps his arm around my shoulder pulling me close. My heartbeat quickens. "This way," he whispers. He pulls be into a new street leading away from the crowd. This one has fewer people than the last.

"Why are we here?" I ask, trying to hide my embarrassment.

"I have an errand to do," he says cheerfully.

"I see," I say in a low voice. A feeling comes over me, it's the Abyss! I see the specks of light floating around the area but when they float near us they move away from Break. Like he is the negative side to a magnet and they have the same negative pull thus canceling out each other's force. Strange. I wonder why it has this effect on Break? I take another bite of apple. Break digs in his pocket and pulls out a necklace. He hands it to me, it has a cross looking pendent on it. I finger it gently, "What is it?

"It's the Pandora pendent, every member has one," he tells me.

"So does this mean I'm official?" I felt Break pull me closer to him, if that was even possible. I guess this guy really likes his human interaction...

He shrugs. "I guess," he smirks. I play with the chain of the necklace and try to put it on. But Break stops me, he takes the necklace out of my pale hands. "Allow me," he says in a soft gentle voice. He unwraps his arm from my shoulder and we stop in our tracks. Break goes behind me and puts the necklace on me. I gently touch the necklace hanging around my neck. Break comes around and stands by my side.

"How does it look?" I ask.

He puts a thinking expression on and strokes his chin. I roll my eyes. He finally smiles, "It looks official."

I smile back, "What were you about to say earlier before Oscar interrupted us?"

Break looks startled, but he keeps his cool. "Gilbert is the contractor to the Chain Raven. That's why we call him Raven."

I nod in understanding, "And what happened ten years ago?"

"Oz was sent to the Abyss ten years ago, he just got out a few days ago. Like yourself."

I lower my head and try not to make eye contact, "I see." Poor Oz, he seems like a nice kid.

Break smiles and takes the apple out of hand. I shoot him a look, but he just gives me a mischievous grin and bites the apple.

"Great! You just gave my apple weird cooties," I say with a hidden laugh. He gives me a carefree laugh. I notice a familiar aura in the air, and a ringing of a bell. My eyes widen, I turn around looking for the sound of the bell. "Did you hear that?" I look around frantically.

Break takes another bite of the apple, "Nope." Everything goes quiet, but I see a black shadow in an alleyway. All the lights of the Abyss surrounding the shadow. My eyes widen at the sound of the bell. I jump when I feel a hand on my shoulder, I look back at Break's concerned expression. I shrug his hand off, "I'm fine."

"I never said you weren't," he says with a smile.

I eye him, and walk on ignoring him. Suddenly I feel the lacking of his presence. I turn around and notice that he's not behind me anymore. Panic surges through me. He's gone!

I look around frantically for him, but I just hear the sound of that stupid bell ringing! I notice the shadow again and bolt toward it. I run down the stairs to an alleyway. I walk cautiously, watching any signs of attacks. Something catches my attention on the ground, it's a bag of apples and Emily?

I kneel down and pick Emily up from the ground, what is Emily doing on the ground?

But more importantly where is Break?!

CLIFFHANGER! Whoop! Whoop!

I'm evil I know! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I hope you enjoyed that little fluff I put in there :). So before I go...REVIEW DO IT! Like..now!

Also Gilbert has made it to the semi-finals to Sexiest Men of Anime 2012 Whoop! Go Gil!

Dictator Out! Because I own all our souls xD