Ugh. I hate projects from Bio-Engineering. THEY DRAG ON FOREVER. I stayed up very to finish this for you guys!

Thanks to JPVortex for the kind words!

So, without further ado, Chapter 3!

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I had no contract these days. I was my own Master for once and rather content with my free time. I danced around in a field in the mountains, a place now called Sweden. It was late-Victorian England times. The flowers were beautiful! Snow was all around me, but since I commanded all things water based, including snow, I made it warm in this large field in the middle of nowhere simply because I could. Who wants to relax in the cold? The sweet-smelling, little blue flowers surrounded me. I walked through the field in my showy, tight, blue dress and flat shoes. Let it be know that all demons have a flair for fashion. We are never seen poorly dressed unless absolutely necessary.

At this particular time, I had chosen a new form to take. It made it easier to fit in with the locals, so I didn't look like my normal human state. I had long silver-blonde hair, in a long braid and hazel eyes. My body was not as curvy and my lips were a light pink. To a human I would appear 25. Again, this was not at all my natural human state, but it was interesting to explore.

I came to a crystal clear stream and sat myself down in the warm, dry grass. I looked at my reflection and pondered.

Holly. I thought, I've decided that's what I want to be called whenever possible by humans. It's a beautiful name under any circumstances. I sat back and allowed my mind began to wander further…

I had been keeping tabs on Michaelis. When a demon says they want to talk with you, they don't usually give up easily. I knew all about his current whereabouts. He was now serving the youngest of the cursed Phantomhive family. I had recently found out that the sole survivor, the young boy, had been turned into a demon himself in some strange string of events. And, due to some unforeseen loophole, Michaelis was going to be this child's servant for all eternity. Serves the bastard right. I laughed about this to no end. The only way out for him now was the Pairing, and even then only under certain circumstances.

What's the Pairing, you ask? It's a demon award that few male demons receive. It's basically, eternal happiness through love, true love, forced upon the female, who is of course the award-receiver's choice. But, the only way to receive it is from one of the four, the four highest demons. They contained power on par with the fates themselves. The fates were and are still the rulers of all. Under them are the four demon lords and the higher angels and the administrative reapers. There is a whole hierarchy that branches out under that. Lucifer, Satan, Kahless, and Apotamkin are the four, and that is all that's important for now.

I studied my reflection a bit more, enjoying the lovely shade of hazel I chose for my eyes. Usually I went with blue when I was in human form, as it reminded me of my domain, but this was nice too. I had been there for a while, when I a light breeze rolled in. It had begun to grow dark and was cold, not that it mattered. I couldn't be affected by something so petty as temperature.

So, I remained sitting, laughing at Michaelis' predicament, when a very familiar "oof" came from the nearby woods. I stood and brushed myself off, smiling. How long had it been? I couldn't recall. I was simply delighted when one of my best friends of all time, a flamboyant gay in crimson red, erupted from the trees.

"Lankana!" screamed the man. Grell Sutcliffe ran to me and hugged me tight. I laughed and returned the hug full-force. Grell was a shinigami, a grim reaper, a soul-collector, and a dear friend.

"Grell, my soul-snipping friend! How are you?"

"I'd been reduced to safety scissors, so the snipping was a little rough. But now I'm off that punishment! So, I've been wonderful, darling! Simply wonderful! But, my question is, how are YOU?"

"I'm fine." My eyes narrowed. "Why do you ask like that?" I was suspicious of the way he had said it.

"Oh, dear. You haven't heard, have you?" He said, pity in his eyes. What was this all about?

"Heard what, Grell?" I asked, determined. He got a worried look on his face and bit his lip.

Suddenly, he spun and waved his hand around, blowing it all off. "Oh, nothing. I'm sure you'll hear about it soon. Anyways, it's not my place to speak about such things! Remember, a slip of the lip can sink the ship!"

I smiled, plotting a way to get this…whatever it was… out of him. "But Grell, I need my gossip! I'm so out of the loop! Please!"

He frowned. "Normally, dear, that would work, but not with this. Sorry, love!"

He waved my annoyed look away and plopped down in the soft grass. I knew I would get no more from him on the subject… whatever it was. So instead we spent at least a week just sitting in the meadow discussing how we had been, what we had been doing. After all, we didn't need to eat or sleep or anything. He told me, actually, that he had been doing some business recently in Michaelis' area. It was very interesting stuff.

Apparently "Sebastian", as he was going by now, was still as handsome as ever. We talked about him. Grell undid and brushed my hair. We talked about other things. He re-braided my hair with little flowers. We talked about gossip from the human world. I did his hair. We talked about hot guys. I painted his nails.

Eventually, the fun had to end. Grell's pocket glowed and he pulled out his little black book.

"What's happening?" I inquired.

"New assignment." He moaned. "Punishment for 'wasting' such time here. Paperwork!" He shuddered.

I nodded, understanding his life style. He had to say good-bye for now. But, he said I could visit him soon, for he now had office duty in the shinigami library of cinematic records, very boring stuff. So I promised I would visit, and he hugged me again.

"You may be coming to visit me sooner than you think…" He whispered in my ear during the hug. I nodded, confused, but knowing he would reveal nothing on the subject. Finally, he whipped out his new death-scythe (his punishment had finally ended and he got a real scythe) and cut a portal back into the shinigami world. He waved and said "Ta-ta, love!" and stepped through the portal. It closed quickly behind him. I smiled and sat back down.

I tried to relax more, but was on edge from the mystery topic with Grell. I eventually found myself back at the little stream, contemplating the cosmos. I grew tired of that and went for a run. I encountered a small town and walked through slowly.

Heads turned. Females began whispering, spreading rumors already. The males began drooling or staring wide-eyed. Creatures with more instinct, such as dogs and squirrels ran for cover. A cat poked its head out from a cabin and meandered over, rubbing up against my legs. I smiled and bent over, scratching its ears. It purred and went off.

A rather handsome young man came over to me. I stopped and noticed he was wringing his hands nervously. I could see what appeared to be his friends on the side of the path quietly whispering him words of encouragement. He swallowed and spoke to me.

"Ahh…Fröken, du är mycket vacker. Kanske, skulle du vilja äta middag med mig?" For those of you who don't speak Swedish, he told me I was beautiful and he would like me to have dinner with him.

I really had no interest in engaging in such a façade at that time, so I let him down nicely, "Ah, Jag är ledsen, jag kan inte. Jag bara passerar." (I told him that I was sorry, but I was just passing through and did not have time.)

He bowed his head and apologized for taking up my time. I smiled at him and went on my way. I had eventually gone all the way through the little town and grew bored. I decided to go back to the same little field.

When I got there, I sat by the same little stream, playing with a ball of water in my hand. I was always mesmerized by how it conformed to whatever I wanted it to mentally. I froze the ball into an ice dagger with my power and threw it at a tree. The tree shuddered under the force of the blow. I laughed and continued playing with the stream. Eventually, I fell into a peaceful trance...