~VIII~

A week had passed since the new arrival of Harriet. So far, she had found her place in her new home. She fit in nicely with the staff, and made friends with them despite the fact that she hadn't ever spoken a single word. Finally, Harriet felt as if she were at peace, despite the chaos the other servants made around her.

Everyone had a job and a place in the house, even Harriet herself. Her job was to try to prevent chaos whenever she could, and in the event of chaos, try her best to clean up the mess before Sebastian could find it. Though, it usually failed everytime.

Even in the the rare times of peace, Harriet always found time to observe her environment and be free. Even though most of that time was spent observing Sebastian.

Sebastian was a mystery to the woman. Everyone else seemed to have a pattern of reason in their life. A reason as to why they regularly did things.

For example, Meyrin always falls and forgets things because she has a hard time seeing through her glasses and is a forgetful woman when it comes to trivial everyday things.

Bard never listened to Sabastian because he assumes that since he has experience, he knows more and can understand more. He also tries his best to find the quickest way out because he's scared of running out of time. For what reason, was unknown to Harriet, because it seemed that being only the cook, he had all the time in the world.

Finny sometimes destroy's things because he's had no real training in agriculture as a gardener.

Even though they mess up a lot and seem to destroy more than they help, those three make up for everything by their enthusiasm and willingness to try harder and a little something else underneath.

There was also Tanaka, who didn't do much but sit and drink his tea, but even by just looking at him, Harriet could see that this man was wise and knew many things. She hoped, that one day, he would be willing to tell at least one of his many secrets.

So far, the only person she couldn't find any type of human pattern on, was Sabastian.

When she thought of Sebastian, she got this weird feeling in this gut as if she knew him from somewhere. It was as if he was somehow the same as her but also different. Harriet couldn't figure out what it was.

The young woman made her way down one of the many halls of the Phantomhive mansion. "He must be in Ciel's study." she thought to herself. It was very rare for Ciel to be without Sabastian for too long. Those to stuck together closer than any other bond she had seen, which in her case wasn't many.

Harriet knocked on the door to the study and waited for a signal to enter. Much of her behavior of etiquette she learned from none other than the butler himself.

"Come in." said the muffled voice of the young earl.

Harriet opened the door as quietly as she could. She smiled at Ciel and waved in her usual "Hello" greeting.

"Hello, Harriet." came the quiet monotonous voice. Ciel was sitting at his desk in the middle of reading documents.

"Those seem important." thought Harriet. She felt a little bad for interrupting the poor boy not knowing that he would do anything for a break. Ciel was working all morning and it was almost lunchtime.

Ciel's stomach growled, suddenly alerting the whole room to his present hunger. The boy sighed and ignored the betrayal of his belly. "Is there anything you need?"

Harriet snorted out a little laugh as her smile got wider, much to Ciel's annoyance. She nodded and looked around for the clad in black butler only for him to be missing from the room.

Harriet frowned and her brow furrowed in confusion. She stared at Ciel once again with a confused look and made a hissing noise like a snake to indicate as to Sebastian's location.

"Oh, your looking for Sebastian?" Ciel in slight disappointment that went unnoticed by the young woman. He was hoping she would save him from this mountain load of work the butler had left him with but his plan failed. "He's probably in the library, or maybe tidying up the parlour." He replied with a sigh.

Harriet nodded and gave the young boy a look that seemed to say "sorry for bothering you", and bowed in thanks and quietly closed the door.

Harriet made her way down the long hallways. Everything seemed quiet. Unnaturally quiet. That didn't ode well at all. Something was going to happen and harriet could feel it.

As she made her way to the parlour, she felt herself being watched. It felt unnatural and cold. "Bah, Harri you're just being a scaredy cat. I bet if you turn around there will be nothing there."

Harriet turned around quickly and stared into the magenta eyes of the butler. Sebastian was just standing there, starring at nothing. It was if he was on high alert for something.

All of the sudden, Harriet smelled something strange. Something foreign. It coiled in her nose and circled itself around her brain.

Sebastian could smell the intruders from a mile away. They didn't seem to be searching or anyone really, just scoping out the are. The question is, who we're they there for? There have been no scheduled meetings and not many visitors come unannounced."Were they scoping out the area to come back later for the young master?"

Harriet recognised the smell. It was the smell of the hospital. They were after her again!

Instinctively her eyes turned blood red and fangs elongated from her mouth. A growl rose from her throat.

Sebastian was brought out of his thoughts by the young woman, sniffing and growling at the window. This is the second time he's witnessed her transform. "Just what is she?" Sebastian wondered, "Is she can't be human, but she can't be demon. Just who is this interesting woman?"

A whisper like growl escaped Harriet's lips alerting Sebastian. "They've come for me"

Slowly, Sebastian walked towards the transformed woman. "Just what are you?" he asked calmly.

The woman only growled at him in response. She sighed and whispered, "Soon."

With that she sped of in the direction of the familiar smell with Sebastian followed at her heels.

The girl smelled like a demon to him. Not completely one yet, but he could also smell the stench of human. Could she be a half breed? Could a demon have broken the pact?

His questions went unanswered as he followed the girl outside. He watched harriet work as she sniffed the air, hunting for her prey. "Interesting." He thought.

Harriet ran after the two men who had been hiding in the treeline. They had been scoping the area out for the woman, who was now running at them like a true wild beast. Usually, Sebastian handled things like this, but he wanted to see what the half breed would do.

Harriet ran faster than a wild cat on four legs. "I am not going back!" she thought, "I refuse to go back and they won't stop me!"

She screamed her battle cry as they shot bullets from their pistols. Some hit her in the shoulders and arms but they didn't aim for the heart. Their orders had been to bring her back alive.

Harriet ignored the bleeding wounds and continued to run at them full speed. When she got to the tree, she jumped from branch to branch. Looking the two henchmen in the eye, she threw both of them out of the tree with unnatural strength.

The fall from the tall tree broke their legs. "You should have ran when you had the chance." The young woman whispered eerily. She jumped from the tree landing on the heads of both men. Each foot crushed their skulls in, instantly killing them.