~III~

Harriet had stared up at the man with gleaming magenta eyes that never seemed to waver from peering into her soul. Just maybe a minute or hour ago, he would have loved to rip her open and discard her body in a trench.

"Miss? Can you hear me?" He asked. He seemed concerned for the moment, but she never knew if it was truly genuine. After all, his looks were clearly deceiving.

Slowly, Harriet stood and untangled herself from the sheets that never wanted to let go. She was visibly trapped. The strange man blocked the door and the only means of escape seemed to be the window behind her. Should she leave?

If she did, the man would only find her again. Harriet knew that she couldn't run that long. "There is no need to escape you know. I will not hurt you." He said smoothly. He straightened out his neatly fitted suit and held a gloved hand out to her.

Harriet hesitated before slowly placing her small hand in his. Again that day, she smiled like there was no tomorrow. Her smile so vibrant that it seemed to outshine the sun.

The man led her out into a very large hallway that seemed endless. Her eyes were wide like that of a child and she kept peering around at all the pictures on the walls out of pure amazement and curiosity.

"Welcome to the Phantomhive estate," said the man who was still currently leading her, "I am Sabastian Michaelis, head butler of Earl Ciel Phantomhive. The master welcomes you with open arms." He said seductively smiling at her.

He was a mystery, that butler. It was always like he knew a secret of hers that no one else knew. It seemed like an inside joke that you never understood.

As they passed two large double doors, a huge explosion came out of nowhere surprising the both of them. Sabastian quickly pushed in front of her and protected her from the large unusual blast.

Harriet didn't scream or flinch like any normal human girl would. She just stood there blinking away at the mess that was made. It confused Sabastian just a bit before he realized it would be him who would have to clean up the mess.

He glared to the side as Harriet watched him with wide eyes of amusement. Sabastian sighed in annoyance and pinched the bridge of his nose, a sign that a headache was coming on.

"Excuse me for a moment, miss. I have very important matters to attend to at the moment. They won't take long so please wait here." He said to her. His eyes were like slits and turning that angry red that she remembered.

Harriet slowly nodded. She was glad that she wasn't the reason for his anger. He seemed very scary.

As she was waiting for the butler to come back, Harriet heard squeaking resounding throughout the hallway. Coming towards her with no breaks was a woman about five inches taller than her. Harriet put her hand out to stop her and they collided. They both ended up on the floor with boxes all around them. The woman she crashed into laying on her chest, making it hard for Harriet to breath.

Eventually, the busty woman was lifted off of her by none other than Sabastian himself. Harriet was helped up by a large man with blonde, bushy soot covered hair. His blue piercing blue eyes seemed to suck her into a void until that was interrupted by Sabastians harsh and loud scolding.

Feeling pity for the poor girl, Harriet gently touched Sabastians arm with her fingertips. At the touch, electricity jolted throughout her body and caused shivers of tension about her skin. Harriet dismissed the strange yet amazing feeling and shook her head at the raven haired butler. Immediately, Sabastian had let the girl down on the ground, "I'll leave you of with warning this time Meyrin," He replied to the stuttering mess barely able to keep herself up on her toes, "No more running in the mansion."

She blushed heavily and let out a squeaky, "Y-yes mister S-Sabastian!" as her rare colored hair fell over the rim of her glasses.

"Now," said Sabastian as he cleaned off his uniform from the soot and ash, "Where were we? Right, come along." he replied to himself. This time, he didn't hold the seemingly delicate girls hand for he had felt the jolt of electricity also.

A few hallways and a gigantic staircase later, the butler had brought a confused Harriet in front of a cherrywood oak door. He knocked two times before a muffled, "Come in." sounded and he opened the door. Inside was a blue haired pirate.