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Ciel spent a restless, sleepless, night.
Originally, he was supposed to sleep on an air mattress on the floor, but Henry must've felt sorry for him, since he himself took the air mattress and told him to use his bed. In any case, Ciel mused, he didn't sleep, air mattress or not.
He stared at the wall, until feverish nightmares danced on the surface. He shut his eyes against them, but they continued to persist.
Henry couldn't sleep either. His mind was too active with questions to even consider the possibility.
Well, he must have some connection with this town. Maybe a family member, but I don't think that there's anyone here with his last name, but that doesn't mean anything. Or, Henry began to be nervous at the thought, he could've made a deal. And of course, there's one person who makes deals like that here.
He was going to visit Mr. Gold in the morning.
Mr. Gold was arranging his peculiar objects in his shop when Henry stepped in.
"Umm... Grandpa?"
"And what might be the occasion for this visit, Henry?"
"Do you know who we found last night?"
"A boy. Yes, I know about it."
"Does he happen to have a connection to you?"
Gold smiled inwardly. "I assure you, we do not."
Henry didn't quite believe him, but he nodded. "Okay."
After Henry walked out of the shop, Mr. Gold sat down. "And now all I have to do is wait now."
"Mom, do you think that Ciel might've had a deal with Mr. Gold?"
Regina frowned, "It's likely."
They, along with Emma and Hook, were sitting in the kitchen.
"Crocodile?" Hook remarked, "Then the kid's in trouble now."
"Anybody with a deal with Gold definitely gets more than they bargained for." Emma said.
Ciel was making his way downstairs when he heard there conversation.
"Who is this Mr. Gold?"
They all turned around startled.
Finally, Regina spoke. "No good."
Then, all was silent.
"Your name's Ciel. I haven't heard that before."
"It means sky in French." Ciel didn't realize he knew that until now.
"That's cool." Henry and Ciel were sitting alone.
"Why do you have two mothers?"
Henry replied, "One of them adopted me, and one of them' is my birth-mom."
"That explains it then."
"Are you friends with Violet?" Cael said after a while.
Henry blushed a little. "She's sort-of my girlfriend."
"Are you betrothed?"
"Huh?"
Ciel didn't know why he said that. A faint memory was in his head, of a very energetic girl with blonde hair."I don't know why I said that."
"Did you lose an eye?"
He hand went up and pressed over his eye. "I still have an eye, but I don't understand it."
He lifted up the patch, and there was some sort of marking on it.
This mystery was definitely getting more interesting.
Some years ago...
Rachel could not be consoled. She was getting more upset with each passing day. And the thing that bothered Vincent Phantomhive was that he could do nothing about it.
The reason for her sadness was that even after all this time, they had no child. She wanted nothing more than one, and there was none.
Vincent feared for her.
It was during the middle of the night when the stranger appeared.
Vincent grabbed a gun and was immediately alert.
The stranger giggled. "No need for that dearie! Rumplestiltskin, at your service."
He took a dramatic bow, and Vincent lowered the gun.
"What business do you have here?"
"I'm here to give you a gift! Something that you two want from the bottom of your hearts. A child."
"What do you get out of it!"
"My my, so suspicious! Let's just say, this benefits me. You will find out tomorrow." He disappeared.
The next day, Rachel's spirits had been uplifted. They were going to have a child.
And seeing his wife's joy, Vincent forgot about the visit.
When the child was born, they named him Ciel, and everything seemed alright in their world.