"Holiday, holiday! We're going on a holiday! Holiday, holiday! We're going on a holiday," Mey-Rin, Finny, and Baldroy cheered out as the carriage lurched down the dirt road, following after Ciel's carriage.
You listened to the servants cheering with a smile on your face, as you curled up even further in your seat. You peered over the side of the wagon to see it heading further into the country landscape. A long winding road slithered ahead of both of the carriages and it had been a long journey just to get here. The servants continued to cheer at your side, happy that they would get to go on another vacation, not knowing what Ciel was really bringing them into.
This was the beginning of the episode His Butler, Merrymaking and this would slowly begin the deal with Angela/Ash and you knew that there was going to be a lot of deadly possibilities soon to come. Though you couldn't care less for you were going to be meeting Pluto! He was so cute even if he was naked the entire time.
"This is so exciting, I can't believe it!" Finny exclaimed out to the others.
Mey-Rin nodded enthusiastically, both the palms of her hands touching her cheeks as she said, "Spectacular! He's actually bringing us! We get to go on holiday at the queens own resort!"
"It looks like the young master can be quite generous when the spirit moves him aye?" Bard said and the others nodded their head in agreement with a humm. "I'm just surprised that he actually considered to take us on a vacation, heck even go on another one especially since we went on a picnic just a couple of days ago."
"I'm just glad we get to get away from that suffocating mansion," you said out loud as you stretched in your seat, your body stiff after sitting for so long. Readjusting your position, you pulled up your legs underneath you, not caring that your dress was sorta high on your thighs. "I've had enough of all the work i've been having to do and it's even worse with Ciel ordering me around since the picnic," you said in a despairing tone.
"Well hopefully with this trip, you'll be able to relax and rest," Finny said happily.
"Maybe so," you said, however you knew for a fact that you would be getting no rest at all during this trip. A slight tensing in your scalp, made you wince in uncomfort and you reached a hand up to lightly rub it. Every since you had woke up this morning, the top of your head had been giving you slight pain and you were confused as to why.
"Indeed. It seems we've arrived at the village everyone," you heard Sebastian's from ahead and you and the other servants looked ahead to see a giant dead tree and a broken sign in front of you. But the thing about this tree was that every one of it's dead branches was filled with hanging dog collars and you couldn't hid your disgust upon seeing the skulls and bones of dogs littered at it's base.
The servants screamed out in horror upon seeing the sight in front of them.
Ciel was unaffected as he said, "Oh yes, I forgot to mention something: the resort that the queen is planning is yet to be constructed."
The servants were downcast as tears streamed down the faces, their bodies hunched over in disappointment as they replied, "Yes master," to him.
"Ho ho," Tanaka said.
Sebastian started up the carriage once again and with that, you guys continued on your way down the road, the town getting closer with each distance traveled. The more you got closer to the place, you couldn't help but get a weird vibe from the atmosphere (probably because of the fog) and you didn't like it at all. It seemed somehow.. that there was a vibe of death in the air and you were sure that is must have been because of the reputation of the place.
Having dogs kill dogs was a horrible thing to do and you hated it. You heard Finny cry out something and you snapped your head up to find out what he was talking about.
"Look, someone actually lives here," he said as he pointed down the road and you peered over the side of the carriage to see a hunch figure heading this way. The figure got closer and you could clearly make out an old lady, pushing a baby carriage as she hummed a small tune under her breath. "Ah Tanaka stop!" He cried out and the carriage rolled down to a stop besides her.
As soon as the carriage stop, he immediately hopped out and raced over to the old lady. 'Finny no!' You cried out in your head. 'It's not what your expecting.'
"Let me help you granny," he said as he skidded to a stop besides the baby carriage. The others looked surprised and shocked at this, as they gazed in horror at Finny. "No you shouldn't do that Finny!" Mey-Rin cried out to him. "If you aren't careful, you might hurt the baby!"
You sweatdropped at this, 'There is no baby," you thought to yourself as you watched as Finny reached down and lifted the baby carriage over his head. He turned back to look at Mey-Rin, "What did you say?" He asked her and you could only shake your head at this. Well it wasn't his fault to begin with, he just didn't know how to control his own strength.
Finny quickly realized what he was doing, and placed the baby carriage down quickly, crying out, "Uh, I'm so sorry!"
Mey-Rin looked over the side of the carriage into the baby carriage, a flustered look on her face, showing that she was clearly worried about the 'baby' that was in it. You peered over unnerved, not bothered by anything as you knew that there was nothing to be bothered about in the first place. You couldn't help but let out a laugh inwardly as you watched as the servants freaked out wondering if Finny had somehow harmed the baby.
"This is awful is the baby okay?" Mey-Rin urgently asked the old lady who stood by saying nothing. Both Mey-Rin and Bard peered into the baby carriage, before letting out a shrill shriek in horror as they realized what laid in the blankets of the carriage. You chuckle underneath your breath at the shock look on their faces, before your expression turned into one of disgust upon seeing the dog skull wrapped in a blanket in place of the baby.
It was clear that the people in this town had gone insane because of the demon hound. Practicing dog fights and sorta in a way worshipping a demon hound was just beyond the word sane.
The old lady let out a cackle, making you turn your gaze over to where she stood at. "There is no baby, there is no baby anymore," she croaked out and Finny leaned away from her as she grabbed back onto the baby carriage. "The child was eaten by he," she rambled on. You could see the look of horror on the servants face as they watched the old lady.
Turning around, she began to head her way back down the road, mumbling out. "The white dog is a good dog, the good dog good. The black dog is a bad dog, the bad dog bad. He'll eat your flesh..."
Her voice faded out as you and the others watched as she and the baby carriage vanished into the thick fog, never to be seen again. You could clearly see the others shaking in place and you felt a little horrified at what you had seen and what you knew you were going to see later on.
Along with the look of fear, the servants gazed sorta perplexed in the direction she had vanished, her words playing out in their head.
"Huh," Mey-Rin said.
"Eatin," Bard repeated what the old lady had said as he scratched his head.
"What?" Said Finny.
You glanced over to look at Ciel to see what his expression would be, but all he did was stare in the direction of the lady with a blank expression on his face. "That's why we're here," he said and you could tell that he was speaking to Sebastian. "Apparently a lot of the villager's have been violently killed or gone missing. The village has shrunk down to a third of its size in the last ten years. A part of my task is to find out why and put an end to the problem."
'And by putting an end to that problem means bringing a demon hound to the manor, then I'm all for it.' You thought enthusiastically in your head as you watched as Finny climb back into the carriage, Bard hoisting him inside.
Ciel turned back around and seated himself back into his seat and Sebastian urged their carriage on as if nothing had happened. You could tell that they were still having a conversation with each other and remembered from the show that Ciel had let out a woof after Sebastian telling him that he hated dogs, though that was later on. You let out smile at this, for you had found this funny when you had been watching the episode.
"Maybe this trip won't be as good as I thought it would be," you heard Bard say and you turn around to face him.
"Why do you say that?" You asked him, though you had a good idea as to why.
"Didn't ya see the things we saw back there. The old lady and the bloody tree we saw with the bones and collar." he exclaimed out.
You nodded your head in response. "The trip may get better. We still haven't got to the town yet, so we don't know what to expect."
Bard rubbed the back of his head, "I guess."
"I just hope it isn't anything like what we saw back there," Finny exclaimed out and Mey-Rin nodded in agreement. "It would be a shame if it was, yes it will."
Finny glanced up ahead and you could see his eyes widen up in delight and he stood up in the carriage in an attempt to gaze over the hill that you guys were driving up on. "Guys i think I can see the village!" He exclaimed out enthusiastically and the others all stood up to peer over his shoulder. "Ahh," they all exclaimed out as the carriage finally made it over the hill, to show a giant lake and a small village besides it further down the hill.
"I take it back (Y/N), it's starting to look like a place worth staying!" Bard declared as he gazed down in glee.
"See I told you, that it may not be that bad." you told him with a laugh.
The carriages began to make its way toward the village and as they got closer, you could make out the ringing of the church's bell as the carriages rolled their way over the small bridge and into the town. From what you could see from here, the houses were very dull in color, ranging from the light and dark hues of gray, brown, and white.
As the carriages rolled their way further into the village, you could hear the noise of several dogs barking out in what seemed like aggression and you looked over to your right to see a man standing outside of his house as he trained a dog, another five of them locked in a cage. 'Cute,' you thought and couldn't help but stare at the two of them knowing that this would be their last moment of happiness with each other.
It seemed the others had also noticed the man with his dog and was looking on at the training the two was doing with each other. The man reached down and hugged the dog, petting him as he did, and Mey-Rin squealed out upon seeing this action between the two of them. "Oh my!" She said in a lusty tone. "I'd let him pet me yes i would ahh!"
You laughed out as you playfully swatted her arm. "Mey-Rin!" you exclaimed out and Mey-Rin let out a laugh as well. "What I would."
The carriages headed past the house, the man and his dog fading back into the distance as you guys continued going your way toward the manor you would be staying at for this trip. Heading past all the other barren houses, the carriages traveled down the road and to an extensive manor that rested on the tall hill in front of us. The carriages pulled into the front of the manor and you could see figure coming out from the manor to greet Ciel.
The carriages pulled to a stop in front of the manor and a lady with short silver hair (you instantly recognized her to be Angela) came up to the carriage to address Sebastian. "I presume, this is the Earl of Phantomhive?"
Sebastian glanced over to look down at her, "Yes."
Upon hearing that, Angela bowed down to him. "Welcome to the Barrymore castle. My master awaits your arrival."
You could tell that Sebastian was eyeing her down as if there was something unusual was about her. 'And there was, she's a fucking fallen angel who can also turn into a male.' You looked around to see Mey-Rin, Bard, and Finny gazing down at her with looks of awe and what seemed to be admirement in Finny's expression.
"Heey," Bard said once his eyes had laid onto Angela's figure.
"She's lovely yes she is!" Mey-Rin exclaimed out, her eyes hidden behind her large round glasses.
And let's not forget the look on Finny's face when he first saw her. A doe expression crossed into his expression as a light blush came over him and his eyes grew wide in admiration. "Ahh!"
With everyone turned away from you and you knew that they couldn't see you, you made a gagging motion in the direction of Angela, quickly stopping when her gaze landed on you. You held what you thought was a fierce stare at her until she looked away, however it was more like you were stupidingly staring at her as your eyes twitched as you tried to keep a tough composer.
"Follow me," she said to Ciel once he had gotten out of his carriage. Ciel nodded his head before turning his attention to where you stood along with the others.
"I want you all to go bring all of the luggage into the house this instant," he told you guys and you all replied back to him, signaling that you would. "Good and i don't want to hear of any problems got that. We are here as guest and we don't need any problems."
"Oh that's right," Angela said out softly as she turned back toward you and the others. "You can bring your bags to your rooms which are located toward the back of the manor. Just head back and follow the hallway which would lead you to the servant quarters and kitchen. You can take your lord's bags to his room which is located directly to the left of the manor. First room on the left."
"Thanks for the info," Mey-Rin cried out to her and Angela gave her a smile as she turned around and continued on showing Ciel and Sebastian to where her 'master' was.
"Alright guys, lets get everything," Bard said as soon as Angela, Ciel, and Sebastian had left into the manor. You and Mey-Rin helped to hoist the large bags down to him and you hopped off of the carriage, Mey-Rin following after you. You grabbed some of the bags - including your own - and began to follow after Bard, Mey-Rin on your tail as you guys headed to the manor.
"Quite acting like a loon Finny!" Bard shouted to the gardener who was daydreaming about something, most likely Angela. "We got bags to carry! Hurry it up!"
Finny instantly snapped out of his daze, his gaze swiveling over to look at Bard. "Oh that's right my bad," he exclaimed out as he raced over to go grab the rest of the bags that was lying besides the carriage. He picked all of them up as if they weighed like nothing and raced his way over to where you guys stood at in the doorway waiting for him to come.
"Is that everything?" Bard asked Finny who nodded to him in reply.
"Yup that's everything."
"Well then I guess I guess we can continue on then," Bard said and he began to led the way into the manor. The second the five of you got into the manor - don't forget Tanaka - you all looked around in apprehension and bewilderment at the place. Sure it was smaller than the Phantomhive Manor, but it was still elegant.. well in its on way. To one side of the the foyer, was a stuff bear, propped up as if it was almost learing at people who walked by. Not to mention the dog collars that littered the walls as well as the tables that were against the wall.
"This place gives me the creeps," Bard said out loud as the five of you begin to head further into the manor. He then turned to look at Finny and Mey-Rin who was walking behind the two of you. "Why don't the two of you go and put the young master's bags in his room. I'm sure he'll appreciate it if you do that for him."
Both Mey-Rin and Finny quickly nodded their head in agreement. "Great idea Bard. Since we already have his bags, it would just be easier if we just already place it in his bedroom," Mey-Rin said.
"After your done with that, you guys can just arrange things in your rooms and then we can just meet up in the kitchen," Bard told them and you and the others quickly agreed to it. Mey-Rin and Finny headed off toward where Ciel's room would be at - with Tanaka on their tail - after discussing where his room was.
"You ready," Bard said addressing you and you replied back with a yes to let him know that you were ready to continue on heading to the servant quarters. The two of you headed your way to the back of the manor, entering a hallway that led to a small opening with several doors. You could only assume that each door led to its own separate room that you each would be staying in.
You followed Bard into each of the rooms, placing everyone's bag down besides the bed, not caring at all for the decoration of the rooms for they were nothing but dull and boring. It seemed that each one of you guys would have your own separate room, however it seemed that Finny and Bard would be having to share one.
One of the doors were locked in the hallway and you could only assume that that room most likely belonged to Angela. There had to be a reason as to why the door was locked. What could she possibly be hiding in there? Well then again, it wouldn't be surprising if there was a silver haired naked man dog inside the room as of this moment.
"Well i think that's it," Bard said after coming out of one of the rooms and coming to a stop in front of you. His eyes glanced down to your luggage which you were holding in your hands. "The last thing that just needs to be put away is your stuff and I'm sure your able to do that," he said.
You nodded your head at his words. "I'll just go put this up," you told him as you began to make your way over to the room you would be staying in.
"Well then, do you want me to wait for you to put everything up before I head to the kitchen?" He asked you, with a curious expression.
You gave him a smile as you shook you head, "It's okay. You can just head on to the kitchen i'll meet up with you guys later. Besides i'm sure that Mey-Rin, Finny, and Tanaka are waiting for you there as we speak."
"If you say so," Bard said. "Well then I guess i'll see you in the kitchen. I'll be sure to let the others know that you will be coming in later," he said as he turned around and began to head toward where he assumed the kitchen was at.
"Thanks," you shouted out to him, watching his figure disappear down the hall. You turned around and entered the bedroom that you would be staying in, closing the door behind you as you entered inside.
There was nothing really interesting at all about this room. The entire place was a sickly brownish gray color, a retched shade that was making you feel sick. A small bed laid in front of you and you set your bag besides it as you flopped down onto it.
'Great it's hard to,' you thought as your back hit a brick hard mattress and you got yourself up from it. You knew for a fact that you wouldn't be sleeping good at all during the entirety of this trip. Propped against the corner of the room was a full body mirror and you could fully see yourself from where you stood.
Suddenly, the same tensing in your head was felt once again and for the first time this was the worst it had ever been. Your hands quickly went up to your head and began rubbing it, hoping that it would soothe the area, however this did nothing but only aggravate it. You squeezed your eyes shut as pain washed over your head, heading further south of your body and then it vanished just like that.
'I'm glad that's over,' you thought to yourself, but then you realized that there was something that felt sorta off. It seemed that there was now a heavy weight resting on your head and you reached up to see what it was. Your eyes widened when you felt a soft velvet texture on the top of your head and you felt something brush the side of your ankles and you glanced down to see what it was. 'Was that a goddamn tail!'
You swiveled around to face the mirror, letting out a soft gasp at what you saw being reflected back. Black fluffy ears twitched on the top of the head and a black tail whipped back and forth from behind you. Were these even real! You reached up and grabbed a hold onto one of the ear tips and pulled it, but only wince in pain and quickly released it. 'So i guess these are really real.'
'How did this happen though,' you thought as you styled in different poses in the mirror as you glanced at the cat ears and tail. They were soft at touch, not to mention sensitive as well. Well it shouldn't really be much of a surprise. It was known that some magic users were able to shift into creatures, however you didn't think that it would happen to yourself.
'I can't let anyone see me like this,' you thought to yourself as you backed away from the mirror. It was then that you remembered that you had brought a coat along with you and that it was currently residing in your bag. You spun around from the mirror and took a step toward your bag, only to stumble and trip over your own feet.
You looked back toward the tail, realizing that it must have been the thing that had caused you to trip. 'This tail is throwing me off. I can't keep my balance with it.' Making your way back onto your feet, you began to stumble your way over to where the bag was and kneeled down besides it.
Rummaging through its contents, you pulled out the long vintage cape that was nestled along with the rest of your things. You draped the cape around your body, pulling the hood up that way the ears wouldn't be seen. Looking back toward the mirror, you were displeased to see that there was still a slight bump where they were at. 'Well this will have to do,' you thought with a shrug.
'I did promise Bard that I would meet up with him and the others, i should keep my word.' Pulling the hood further down, you made sure that your tail was fully hidden in the cape and you staggered your way over toward the door, slowly managing to get use to having the new balance.
Opening up the door, you slipped your way into the hallway and you looked up and down it wondering where the kitchen was. The aroma of spices was smelt in the air and you realized that it headed down the hallway. 'It must be these cat senses,' you thought as you headed in the direction of the aroma.
Your ears and tail kept on twitching under the cape and you did your best to keep them still, however this proved to be difficult. You still weren't use to controlling them and you did all that you could to control them.
Your ears perked up when you heard the sound of footsteps heading down the hallway, and by the way that they were getting louder, you could tell that they were heading toward you. It couldn't have been the servants, you knew that for a fact. The others were in the kitchen and Ciel and Sebastian were probably in their room. There was a good chance that it was Barrymore, though it could also be Angela.
From the light, high pitch sounds of the steps, you could conclude that the person was obviously a female and soon grayish-white hair was seen, making you realized that it was Angela.
Should you hid somewhere or should you stay and confront her. You shouldn't give her any reason to let her find out that you knew that she was a fallen angel. She was capable of doing anything and even though you could use magic, you didn't know if you were able to go up against her.
Just as you were about to decide on what you were going to do, Angela's eyes glanced up noticing that you were there. A small smile came onto her face as she came to a stop in front of you. "Your one of the other servants for lord Phantomhive aren't you."
"Yea I am," you said curtly to her as your eyes glanced into her own.
It was only for a moment, but you saw that her smile had faltered for a moment before returning to back to the small smile that was there earlier. "I don't think we've ever officially met. I'm Angela," She told you.
"The names.. meow," you froze upon hearing what had just exited your mouth and Angela's face instantly collapsed into one of confusion.
"Excuse me, what was that?" She asked you.
"The.. meow.. names.. meow.. (Y/N)," you managed to choke out. What was this!? First the tail and ears and now meowing. It was like you were turning into an actual cat.
"Is everything okay?" she asked you.
Afraid that by some chance you were going to mew in the next thing you would say, you just nodded your head to her question.
"I should be going, my master called and I don't want to keep him waiting. It was nice to meet you," she said before heading past you and disappearing down the hall.
You had no idea what was happening to you. Your ears began to poke out from underneath the hood and you stumbled back as you felt a weird feeling race through your body. Stumbling back, you closed your eyes as you felt a cool feeling - almost like water - wash down your body from your head to your feet.
You kept your eyes closed as you felt as if you were slowly getting smaller and that you were decreasing in size. Things stopped and once you were sure that you were back to normal, you cracked your eyes open only to be shocked at what you had seen.
You were down to the floor level and everything that you once looked down on now was towering over you. You felt smaller than you did before, not to mention that your torso felt longer. Being so close to the ground, you could clearly see all all the dirt that was in the carpet beneath your feet.
Wait these weren't feet. You stumbled back with a shocked mew and raised both your black paws up to look at them. The hell, you had turned into a cat. You swiveled around, to look at your new body. A long tail lashed behind your furry behind and sleek black fur covered your entire body.
What were you going to do about the others? They wouldn't possibly know that you were a cat and its not like you were able to talk to them either. You attempted to speak a word, but only a mew came out in its place.
You unsteadly got to your feet, tripping forward and tumbling over yourself. 'This is a lot harder then it looks,' you thought as you urged your four feet forward, making your way down the hall. The entire place gaped in front of you, and the path forward seemed to be a lot farther than it was before.
'I thought being a cat was cool before, but right now this is complete torture.' You managed to get adjusted in being in this new body and began to trot forward down the hall. 'What should I do know,' you thought to yourself as you turn around a corner. 'Should I go to the others or should just turn around and go back to my room?'
You trotted down the hallway and soon found yourself standing outside of a wooden door. You spun around trying to figure out where you were, but you didn't recognize your surroundings. You must have been to coped up in your thoughts to fully realize where you were walking to.
The door suddenly opened up, surprising you and making your fur go on end. Out walked Henry Barrymore and you instantly backed away from him in fear. He had a pissed look on his face and you knew that you shouldn't bother him.
However this prove difficult to do as he was right above and you did your best not to get trampled underneath his feet. He ended up stumbling over you and you let out a cry as you darted away from him.
"What the! What the hell is a cat doing in my manor!?" His eyes twisted into one of rage as he shot you a vile look and stomped over to you.
You quivered in place before twisting around and darting down the hallway. You heard footsteps steps from behind you and kept on running, to avoid getting caught.
You found yourself running around in the foyer area of the manor and you began to run in the direction of your room.
"That's not happening," Barrymore said as he blocked your way and ushered you toward the door. 'No I'm not just a cat.'
You were backed up toward the door and you hissed at him, swiping a clawed paw in his direction.
"Cats are not allowed in my manor," he exclaimed before kicking you out of the door that he had opened. You flew out of the door, landing down on the stoned steps with a lout crack. Your slitted eyes looked back up to see Barrymore glaring down at you in disgust. "Damn vermin," he hissed out as he slammed the door shut, locking you out of the manor.
You painfully pulled yourself up, tasting blood in to your mouth as you did so. You wince during the effort, before managing to stand once again. 'Damn bastard,' you thought as you glanced back in a pissed expression.
'What do I do now?' You glanced back at the house. 'I don't think there are any ways back into the manor. And it's going to be a long walk to go around the entire thing to look for one.'
You were suddenly jerked up from the ground and you let out a yowl in surprised. A hand was clamped around your scruff and you swung your legs around to try to get them to release you. "Well I'll be damned. Never thought I'd see a cat in these parts," you heard a male voice say and you knew it belonged to whoever had you in his grip.
"Yo Angela, you think it'd be alright if I keep this thing," the guy said in a gruff voice. It was then that you noticed Angela coming from around a wagon with several supplies of food in her hands.
"A cat? Here? Well I don't see no harm in that. Besides I don't really think Lord Barrymore would be pleased to see a cat here," she said after a thought.
'I already found that out,' you thought gruffly as you attempted to scratch the guy.
"Well thanks a lot Angela, you've been a real help to this village," the man said as he hopped into his wagon, bringing you along with him.
"I should be thanking you," Angela responded back to the guy. "You always been the one to provide this manor with food and the things we need."
The guy let out a laugh. "Well it's been no problem all," he told her. "Well I'll see you next time," he said as he pulled the wagon off and away from the manor.
'No this can't be happening! That's where I need to be!' You screamed inside of your head as you watched as the manor got smaller in the distance.
It was then that the guy tossed you down against the floor of the wagon, causing your head to crack on it. He sneered down at you, and a disgusting grin came across his features. "I'm sure my dogs will love tearing into your fragile body when I get home."
Your body froze in horror at the thought of several dogs tearing into your body, ripping you to pieces until you were nothing left. 'I have to get away from this psychopath,' you thought. The guy kept on looking down at you, making sure that you remained where you were.
Your gaze drifted over to the stack of supplies that sat in the wagon, held by several ropes to keep it from falling off. 'I wonder if I can still use some magic in this body.'
You directed your full attention toward the stack and you could feel a force of magic energy rush through your body. Your fur began to sparkle in a (F/C) color and you watched as a rope snap, sending everything it was holding down to the ground.
"Holy shit," the driver exclaimed out, before bringing the wagon to an abrupt stop. He immediately jumped out, heading around the back of the wagon to see what had fallen out.
You took this as your chance to jump out of the wagon and you landed in a mud puddle. A disgusted look cross your face as you shook some mud off your paw, but you ignored the icky mess and darted forward. 'It seems that I can only use small spells.'
Buildings of the village towered above your head as you swerved between the legs of people, getting in the mud in doing so. "Get lost vermin," a lady yelled out to you as she kicked your side, sending you to a bunch of dogs. Your fur bristled up as they began to bark at you and you dashed away from them
It felt like hours had passed as you trudged through the village, the mud on your fur weighing you down. You had no clue as to where you could go, as a cat the village was a giant castle and you couldn't really ask people where to go, not like they would even of you were human.
It was then that you realized that you were standing close to the edge of the village, one of the places you had passed when you had first came. You glanced to the side to see a house, instantly recognizing it as the house with the nice dog owner you had seen when you had entered the village.
With a shrugged of your shoulders, you padded your way onto the house's property. A loud yell was heard, causing you to flinch as swivel your head to the side as you noticed a guy forcing a snarling dog back into it's cage. He let out a small yelp as the dogs teeth sank into his arm. He managed to get the dog into the cage and be closed it with a sigh of relief. Brushing his hands together, he began to head back toward the house and it was then that his eyes caught sight of you quivering on the ground.
"What are you doing here?" He said as he bent down to your level and stuck a hand out to you. Your body froze and trembled, but he didn't seem as if he was going to harm you so you rubbed your head against his hand.
His hand stroke your back and you were surprised to realize that you were purring. "Here kitty, let me get you some food, you look hungry." He picked you up and began to bring you into his house and as he closed the door behind him, he set you down. "I'll be right back," he told you as he disappeared further into the house.
'I always figured that he was a nice person,' you thought as you padded your way after him. The heavy breathing of another animal was heard and in the next second, you saw the large bulk of a dog charging at you. Your fur bristled upon seeing the dog, remembering what had happened earlier, but the dog did nothing but smell you and slowly wag it's tail.
'Your a good pup aren't you,' you thought as your fur laid back down flat and you licked it's nose. 'Unfortunately I won't be able able to save you, however the opposite things can be said for your owner.'
"Hey kitty I got you some food," you heard the young male said and turned your head to see him carrying a plate of some meat, his arm now wrapped with a bandaged. "Oh it seems that you two have met," he said upon seeing you there with his dog. "Here," he said as he placed down the food in front of you.
You gazed down at it. It didn't seem like anything bad for our such a dog food or something like that. it was clearly some kind of meat, but it didn't look like the things that you usually ate.
"It's rabbit," the guy said and you took a small bite of it. A burst of flavor sparked up in mouth and you felt yourself drool over the taste. You began to wolf down the food and the guy let a laugh out upon seeing you do so. "You must have been hungry huh."
He settled himself besides you watching you eat. "I can keep on calling you kitty, why not Willow."
You shrugged your shoulder, sure it was a pretty name, but it wasn't yours. You finished the food and looked at him with wide eyes as if asking for more. He just let out a laugh and shook your head. "No more for you," he said.
'But it was so good,' you wailed in your head. His movement caused you to widen your eyes as he reached down and picked you up. "Why don't we wash you. You most not like having all that mud on you."
Upon hearing his words you began to squirmed. There was no way you would allow a guy to wash you, even if you were a cat. That was just against your code as a girl.
"Quite squirming it's not like I'm going to hurt you," he said a he dunked you into a small tub of water. Throughout the entire wash, you sat there in a pitious state, glaring at him as he washed you. "Was that so bad," he said as he rubbed you dry with a towel out in his living room.
'That was complete torture,' you thought as you nestled yourself into the towel. 'I wonder if the others are worrying about me now. I've been gone for such a long time they must be wondering where I'm at right now.'
"Hold on I have to get something," the man, James said. You had managed to remember his name when he was washing you and it was such a coincidence considering that the shop keeper's name was also James.
James got up and raced toward the back of the house, possibly needing to get something from another room.
You burrowed yourself into the towel. You knew that you had to find a way to save the guy. Someone so nice shouldnt have to be murdered like he was in the show. 'I don't think I would be able to save his dog though. He's the only thing that can be used as evidence to show that Barrymore was the one who attempted to kill James. I'm not sure how James is going to like it though.'
Suddenly the cool water sensation was felt again and in the next second, you were once again human, however you still had the ears and tail. But that wasn't important, you were naked! What surprised you was that your (F/C) necklace was still hanging around your neck.
Upon hearing footsteps heading back toward you, you wrapped the towel quickly around your body just as James came back into the room.
"Holy shit," he yelled out upon seeing you.
"Don't look at me!" You yelled out and threw a pillow at him.
"How the hell did you get in the house? Not to mention where was the cat that was here and why are you naked?" He paused, his mouth wide open as his eyes zoomed in onto your ears that were twitching in top of your head and to the tail that was lashing out from underneath the towel. "Don't tell me.." he started to say.
"Surprise," You said guilty.
"You're the cat aren't you," he said bewildered. He stumbled backward and dropped down to the floor. "I must be dreaming," he whispered underneath his breath.
"Please don't freak out," you pleaded out to him. "And no you are not dreaming," you told him and you made your way over to him and pinched his arm.
"Oww!" He yelped out. "What was that for," he cried out as he rubbed the sore spot. Then a look of realization crossed his face. "Oh. Never mind. It seems that I'm not dreaming." He rubbed his head as a confused look came across his face. "How is this possible?" He asked.
You sighed out as you sat next to him. "it's a pretty complicated matter to explain. Umm how can I say this. There is some people that is able to use magic and i can hence the ears and tail and everything."
"And you are able to turn into a cat as well?" He asked you as you nodded your head in a yes. He leaned against the couch that was behind him, however you stayed where you were. "And you can really use magic huh."
"If you want I can show you," you told him as you shifted forward toward him, causing him to tense up when you touched the arm that the dog had ended up biting earlier. 'Don't worry I'm not going to hurt you," you told him.
His body relaxed at your soft touch and you unwrapped the bandaged from his wound. A bloody gashed laid underneath it, the skin torn and broken and you could see the blood vessels pulsing underneath. You softly said, "Symbol of healing, there are no dark dealings. I ask you to feel the pain, I ask you to detain the pain. Heal this wound and do not doom."
The wound instantly began to heal, the skin closing up as if nothing had happened. James pulled his arms up to him and glanced down at the newly healed wound. "You actually healed it," he whispered out and he glance up at you with a look of shock and thankfulness.
"So what are you doing here at my house to be exactly?' He asked you.
"Well," you said with a sigh. "I was actually lost in the village and I happened to find my way to to your house. But I guess that was actually a good thing that i found myself here."
"What do you mean?" He asked you as he got up and sat on the couch. You glanced up at him. "There's something I actually need to let you know about Barrymore,' you said.
"Lord Barrymore? What about him?"
You bit your lip, wondering if you should tell him. "He.. he plans on killing you."
"What!" He said as he lurched to his feet. "Ive done absolutely nothing wrong. Why would he plan on killing me?"
"They say it's because you have one dog more than you are suppose to, but I'm sure he's just trying to prove himself superior than everyone with this whole demon hound curse. He plans on killing you and saying that it was the demon hound that ended up killing you."
James began to pace back and forth as he began to stress over what he should do. "So what am I suppose to do? Let him kill me? When does he plan on killing me?"
"Later on tonight," you told him with a grim expression. You wrapped the towel tighter around your body as you watched James pace in front of you. "I believe that it would be better if you leave this town, i already have an idea as to what to do to prevent you from dying."
He paused and turned around to face you, "What was it that you were planning?"
"Well we would still need Barrymore to kill you that way the village people will find out what he's really planning," you told him.
"So your saying that I should let him kill me then," he protested out. "Are you really here to help me or are you just working with him!?"
"Of course i'm here to help you," you exclaimed out. "I'm saying that we use a decoy."
"A decoy," he whispered out as his pacing stopped as he took in your words. "That could work," he exclaimed out.
"Like I said and think that you should leave now. It would be safer for you to do so. Pack your things and leave. Don't tell anyone where your going or let them see that your leaving. Just get everything and leave without looking back," you informed him.
James nodded, then looked down at the dog that was at his feet. "C'mon boy. Let's get out of this gloomy town." The dog barked at him in response and you let out a bitter expression at this.
"I'm sorry, but he won't be able to go with you," you informed him with a sad tone.
James swiveled around to face you with a grim expression. "What do you mean I can't bring him."
You let out a sad sigh. "The only other way for the villagers to know that Barrymore did it is all because of your dog sacrificing his life for you and having the evidence that would prove that Barrymore is guilty. I'm sorry it's either the both of you dead or just your dog. You have a choice to live this all depends on you."
James was silent for a moment as he closed his eyes and you knew that he was thinking what you had told him over in his head. A look of sorrow came onto his face and as he opened his eyes you could see pain reflecting in them. He bent down to his dog, who was wagging its tail, and began to hug the animal who licked his face
"Your such good boy," he told the animal as he hugged it, his face buried in its coat. "You've always been a good boy," he whispered out. "I'm so sorry." The dog licked his face and whined as if he could since the grief that his owner was going through. James stood up from the ground and looked toward you. "Why can't you just also make a decoy for him as well."
You shook your head sadly. "Unfortunately, I can only make one decoy at a time, so I won't be able to make one for both you and your dog. I'm sorry I wish there was more that I could do."
James let out a sigh, "You've done all that you could. You came here and warned me that was enough." He had a gloomy expression on his face as he headed toward the back of the house telling you that he would be back soon. You could only assume that he was going to gather his belongings in preparation to leave.
'I wish that i was able to do more,' you thought to yourself as you waited on the couch in the towel. 'Oh that's right i'm still don't have any clothes on.' A door closed and you looked up to see James standing in the door frame with a large bag in his hands. The dog ran up to him and James knelt down to rub the animal's ears.
"I'll miss you bud," he said before he looked up at you. "Thanks for doing everything that you can," he told you and you nodded your head to him. James took a second to look around the house, before letting out a sigh and leaving, closing the door behind him.
The dog whimpered and pawed at the door as if wondering why James has left and was confused at this. Without the presence of another person, the house felt cold and empty and you couldn't help but shudder thinking of this. "Might as well get started," you said out loud as you stood up with the towel wrapped around you.
"Of the person i want, come make another, right before me stands, that person's doubles." You watched as a fuzzy figure blurred in in front of you, the figure filling in to create a double of James. The doppleganger stared down at you and soon began to do the daily activities that James would usually do when he was here. The dog ran up to him and let out a small growl, but soon relaxed as the fake James began to pet him.
You watched the two for a second before getting up and heading to the front of the house and exiting it. You were done with all that you could and everything else relied on the decoy and the dog. A decoy was like an outer shell of a person that had no soul and no thought. It would do the wishes the creator has for it and the creator could control if ever needed to. The decoy was usually mute, but if needed to speak to others, then it would have short statements it would say to another. People were also able to interact with the decoy such a touch them, though the thing you hated was that you could only summon a decoy for little over a day at best.
'Oh crap, i forgot that i was only in a towel,' you thought as you glanced down at the table that served as the only protection to covering your nude body. But it didn't really matter for you once again felt the feeling of cool water race over your body and in the next second you were once again a black cat and you let out a growl in annoyance.
The sun was just started to get darker and you made your way down the street and back toward the Barrymore manor even though you had no idea where it possibly was. You made sure this time to stay away from every mud puddle that you saw in the street, not to mention every dog that littered the village. 'Why did I have to be a cat of all creatures, especially in a dog invested village.'
You were about on the opposite end of the village and you could just make out the tips of the Barrymore manor in the distance. The sky was completely dark out, the moon about halfway up in the sky. You were gasping for breath due to the fact that you had been walking for what seemed like miles. 'The pain,' you thought in your head.
Suddenly a howl echoed out in the night sky, soon followed by the out rage yells of the villagers and you knew that Ciel and the others would be heading the hill to see what was the cause of the sound. You turned back around and began heading toward where the noise was, your ears allowing you to locate where they were.
In front of you, a large group of people stood gathered around something and you could make out something lying on the ground between their feet. You made out Ciel and the others in the crowd and headed in the direction that they were at. Ciel was leaning over to look at the body closer, looking at the teeth marks that were in the body. "So that's it then," you heard him mumble out to himself.
"Stand back, don't touch," Lord Barrymore said as he pushed his way through the crowd to get to the inner circle of the group. Everyone turned back to look at him as he said, "I see it was James then, he was the bad dog."
You made your way over toward where Sebastian and the others stood at, stopping besides their feet, however they didn't notice that you were there.
"Yes," an older man from the crowd said. "He broke the legal restriction on dog ownership. He had six dogs, one more than is allowed."
"A sixth dog. Then this was inevitable," Barrymore said.
You glared up at him in anger. This damn bastard didn't care a single thing about people it seemed, well he was the one who had ended up killing him so that just goes to prove it.
You could tell that Bard was upset at hearing the words that Barrymore had spoken. "That's all you can say!?" Really!" He shouted out, one arm clutched around a pillow he must have been sleeping on.
It was obvious that Barrymore was upset upon Bard speaking out against his jurisdiction. "This village is under my rule and no other," he said gruffly. "The demon hound protects that rule. As the guardian of the Barrymore family, it punishes anyone and everyone who dares to challenge me!"
You let out a hiss. All lies! How can anyone of these people even believe the words that he spoke. He's caused them so much pain and told them so many lies, they were wrapped around his fingers doing everything that he demands them to do.
The villagers instantly began to chant in unison, "The white dog is a goof dog, a good dog good. The black dog is a bad dog, bad dog bad. He'll eat your flesh down to the bone, down to the bone. He'll gobble you up till you're gone, till you're gone. Lullaby the sun sets. Lullaby and good night."
A shiver raced down your spin upon hearing the villagers chant that together, their face blank of emotion. They lifted up the fake James body onto a stretcher and carried him off into the distance, somewhere you didn't know.
Barrymore glance backed toward where you guys were at. "I was sure you outsiders were going to be its next prey. You were lucky to have escaped." He walked out following after the villagers, Angela on his tail.
You guys watched as as the villagers along with Barrymore and Angela walked off further into the villager. "Well master?" Sebastian questioned Ciel who only narrowed his eyes after the villagers.
"For now we'll head back to the manor," Ciel told the others. Not wanted to be left behind, you rubbed your side against Sebastian's legs, causing him to look down at you.
"My my what a surprised," he said as he reached down and stroked your back. "What are you doing here especially in a place like this." You let out a meow as he reached down a picked you up. "Your such a beautiful creature," he said and you let out a purr upon hearing this. "So so soft, not to mention your eyes are such a wonderful color,"
By then, he and the others had began to make their way to the Barrymore manor, Sebastian carrying you toward it. "Why don't I bring you with me," he said. "It would be better than staying out here in the beast ridden village. You let out a purr in agreement and you rubbed your head against his chest.
"Now what do you possibly have Sebastian?" Ciel asked him.
"Why probably the most gorgeous creature in the world," Sebastian told him and held you out toward Ciel. Ciel nose began to twitch upon you being so close to him. "Ah ah achoo," he sneezed and backed away from you.
'That's right I forgot that Ciel was allergic to cats. That sucks, but then again now I can mess with him because of this.' You guys had managed to get to back to the manor and as soon as Sebastian had entered the place, you squirmed out of his grasp and raced down to where your room was. 'Sorry Sebastian as much as I love you fawning over me, I'm afraid I must return to my room.'
You were happy to find the door to your room was cracked a bit open and you nudged it fully open with your nose, closing it behind you with your hind leg. Exhaustion overwhelmed your body and you trudged your way over to the bed, jumping up into it and curling up into a ball.
'Today was eventful,' you thought as you drifted off into a sleep state.
You let out a yawn as you woke up from your sleep and lifted a hand up to brush back the hair that had gotten in your face. Wait hand! You looked down at your to find yourself back in your human form, once again nude. Your necklace dangled from your neck as you pushed yourself up in a sitting position, letting out a hiss when you sat on your tail. 'C'mon! Why are they still here!?'
You decided that it was best if you got dress and headed out to see what the others were up to. They must have been worried about you do to the fact that you had been missing for a good half of the day yesterday. Throwing on a casual dress, you also put on the black cape knowing that it was the best thing to help hide the ears and tail.
You tiptoed out into the hallway, coming to find that it was empty. You remembered from the anime that Bard, Mey-Rin and Finny would be somewhere outside the manor. You headed toward the nearest exit, circling around toward the back of the manor where you were sure that they were at.
Your guess was correct for you could see them in front of you, moping together besides a several wooden barrels. Upon getting closer to them you could hear Bard complaining. "This has got to be the worst holiday ever."
"Oh c'mon Bard, there may still be some things that may make this trip better," you said as you came to a stop in front of them.
"(Y/N)!" They shouted out and both Mey-Rin and Finny raced over to your side. "What happened to you yesterday? Bard told us that you were coming, but you never did show up," Mey-Rin exclaimed out. Finny nodded to her statement. "Not only that, but we couldn't find you at all for the rest of the day yesterday."
"Things sort of complicated happened yesterday. I'll have to explain it to you guys later on." You returned their affectionate hugs and pulled away from them.
"But Bard is right," Mey-Rin said with a sigh. "This really is the worst holiday."
"What's the matter?" A voice was heard from behind you and you swiveled around to see Sebastian standing behind you guys. Holy crap. How was it that you weren't able to hear him approach. With these cat ears, you were able to hear a lot better than you were when you didn't have them. "Oh (Y/N), I was wondering where you had disappeared off to. Good to see that nothing bad had happened," he continued to say. "You guys were so excited on the way here."
"Yeah well, that was before," Bard muttered out in a dull tone.
Sebastian let out a chuckle. "Don't look so gloomy. We're on a holiday, it's a time meant for relaxing." He held out several bathing suits in his hands and the others instantly brightened up upon seeing them.
"Yay! We get to go swimming!" You cheered out.
In the next moment, you as well as the others including Sebastian, Ciel and Angela were at the large lake you had seen earlier. You and Mey-Rin were currently in the small changing building and you could hear Finny and Bard outside having fun.
"Oh my I'm so embarrassed," Mey-Rin exclaimed out once she had put her swimsuit on. You glanced over at her white and pink swimsuit like dress in awe.
"Mey-Rin you look lovely," you told her.
"Really isn't it a bit revealing?" She asked you as she glanced down at her outfit.
"Nope not at all," you exclaimed. Then she glanced over at what you were wearing a a light blush came across her face. "(Y/N) isn't what your wearing too revealing," she squeaked out.
You glanced down at the that you were wearing with a sly smile. "Not at all, it's common to wear things like this where I come from. Besides I have this and on so it doesn't show much." There was a reason as to why you had worn them because they were the only things that helped to hide your ears and tail. You had wrapped your tail around your waist that way it wouldn't be noticable.
"Aren't you all coming in?" You heard Finny from outside the tent and you knew that he was addressing you and Mey-Rin.
"We would but Mey-Rin's having inner conflicts," you said out loud with a laugh.
"I can't go in it's to embarrassing," Mey-Rin said as she poked her head out from the tent, making sure to keep her body covered by the drape.
"C'mon now, you don't get a chance like this every now and then," Bard said to her, trying to coax her into the lake.
"Ugh fine," Mey-Rin said and she threw open the drape and you and her walked out onto the board walk, giving the guys a good shot of you guys in your bathing suits.
"Hohoho!" Bard said in a semi perverted way and swam closer up to the tent to get a closer view of you guys.
"Oh this is so humiliating," Mey-Rin exclaimed out as Bard, Finny, and Tanaka came up to you guys.
"No worries Mey-Rin," Finny said once he had came to a stop in front of you guys. "You look lovely, same for you as well (Y/N)!"
"Thanks Finny," you exclaimed out to him. "And Finny's right, you look amazing Mey-Rin!"
Mey-Rin shifter around in place as she glanced down at her outfit. "You aren't just saying that?"
"I'm telling the truth Mey-Rin. You really look amazing!"
"I'd bet you look even better without the glasses," Bard said as he reached forward as if he was going to take off the glasses that Mey-Rin had on her face.
"No no no! I can't the master gave them to me!" Mey-Rin said as she started to back up and away from Bard. "Ahh," She began to run through the water, trying as much has she could to get away from Bard who began to chase after her.
"I'll save you Mey-Rin," you cried out to her as you raced your way after her, water splashing underneath your feet. Mey-Rin turned and began to splash Bard and you followed suit, splashing Finny who did the same to you.
"It's a shame that the young master and Ciel couldn't join us," Bard said after a while and he glanced over to where Ciel and Sebastian was off on the shore of the lake, Ciel in a chair reading a book and Sebastian standing next to him.
"I tried to convince Sebastian to join us, but he said that he had to attend to Ciel," you informed him as you watched Ciel and Sebastian. From here, you could see their mouths moving and you knew that they were conversating with each other.
"Hi Angela," Finny shouted and waved to Angela who was sitting on the shore on a picnic blanket. Angela smiled to him and gave him a small wave of a hand.
"You guys ready to eat?" Bard asked you guys and everyone nodded to his question. "Well then why don't we head back shore." Everyone splashed back toward the shore, coming to a stop before reaching Angela and the array of food.
You shook the water out of your hair, before sitting down along with the others on the picnic blanket, Angela at your side. Your mouth drooled just by at looking at the delicious array of food before you. 'This looks like heaven,' you thought to yourself. 'I wish there was rabbit here though.'
"Please, help yourself Angela," Finny told her as he gestured to the array of food that was placed before you guys.
"You guys don't mind sharing some of your food with me?" Angela said and you could tell that she was uncertain as to whether she should really take some.
You let out a sigh and nodded your head to her question. "It's fine, there's plenty of food to go around."
Mey-Rin nodded. "(Y/N)'s right! Go on, it's delicious. Sebastian's really knows how to cook."
'Damn right he does,' you thought as you reached out and began to eat some of the food.
It was then that you heard ruckus from further upon the hill and you looked up to see several villagers running in a certain direction.
"We got him! The bad dog's been caught! We got James dog! Hurry, the punishment is about to begin!" One of the villager's yelled out to the others.
Hearing the commotion, you and the others quickly got up from your blanket and raced after the villager's (after returning to your normal clothes) along with Ciel, leaving your food behind. 'I'll be sure to finish you later,' you called back out to the food. The villager's led up further up the hill to a large structure that was made out of wooden trunks. The trunks formed a half circle and you could see a crowd of people forming in front of it.
You and the others stopped behind the villager's, listening to them yell at something that was tied to the wall and you knew that it could only be James's dog.
"He's got something in his mouth," you heard a man yell in the crowd. You watched as he walked up to the dog and grasped onto the object that was in his mouth and began to pull at it. "Bad dog, let go! Bad dog give it to me! Let go! Let go!" He yelled out as he began to hit the good with a plank of wood attempting to get the dog to give it to him.
You watched in sorrow as the dog was beaten before you and you could tell that the others were stricken on horror at what they were witnessing, especially Finny. James's dog still wouldn't let go of the fabric in his teeth and the guy back away, having given up on getting it. Barrymore pointed a hand in the direction of the dog and shouted to the people that were holding snarling dogs on leashes. "What a bad dog. He deserves punishment. Get started."
Upon hearing these words, the people released the snarling dogs from their leashes and the dogs darted forward to tear their teeth into the flesh of James's dog.
You heard a sharp intake of breath and you looked over to see Finny staring at the scene before him in horror. You realized that he was remembering the time when he had been tortured in his past and you placed a hand on his arm in reassurance. "This is wrong," he whispered out and his eyes were wide and you realized that he was holding back tears.
"Someone," you began to say and looked at him while doing this. "Should stop this."
Another cry echoed throughout the place, having caused by the dog and this immediately caused Finny to snap and for him to race forward. He darted into the crowd and pulled up a jagged tree trunk from the ground. Running to where the dogs were at, he swung the trunk at the attacking dogs, causing them to be knocked away.
As soon as Finny had done this, a loud cry echoed throughout the air, having come from the old lady you had seen when you had first entered the village. She had fainted and several villagers had to catch her as she fell toward the ground.
"Finny!" Bard and Mey-Rin shouted out as they raced their way over to Finny who was standing besides the bruised body of the dog. You followed after them along with Angela, Tanaka and Ciel and the second you guys reached him, the crowd took a threatening step toward you long sticks pointed in your direction. "They interrupted!" They snarled out as they glared at you. "Punish them!" A lady screamed out.
You shifted into an attack position, ready to fight them if ever needed to. 'Everybody here is crazy,' you thought to yourself as your eyes darted through the crowd of people. The next thing you knew, Ciel as well as you were chained up to the wall, while the servants had been tied together against the same wooden pole Finny had used.
"Not so powerful now, are you?" Barrymore growled out to Ciel and Angela stepped up to Barrymore pleading to him. "Master I beg you, show mercy this time."
"I'm hoping that you have an idea to get us out of this mess (Y/N)," Ciel said to you and you wrung the chains around your hands. "It seems that Sebastian is still preoccupied in the request I asked him to do."
You stopped shaking the chains and turned your head over to look at him. "As much as I want to do something to get us out of these chains, it seems that i am unable to do so because of something I may have ended up doing earlier this evening," you told him, your thoughts thinking of the decoy that you were still keeping up.
"And what would that just happen to be?" He asked you.
You let out a sheepish laugh. "I'll tell you about it later. Don't worry Sebastian will get here in time trust me," you told him and looked back to Barrymore who had turned to face you to to speak.
"You have a point. This little Pomeranian, is the queen's guard dog after all. If he can be made to see reason, perhaps I'll decide to let him go. Leave this village immediately and advise her majesty never to send her minions near it again!"
Ciel face lifted into a taunting smile as he replied to Barrymore's statement. "You're so pathetic! You rely on lowly tricks to retain your meeker power. If there's a stubborn dog here, I'd say I'm looking at him."
"Ciel's right. Your nothing but a lowly bastard who controls people because you place fear in them!" You yelled at him. "These people need another leader, someone who's better than you!"
Barrymore's face scrunched up in anger upon hearing your's and Ciel's words. "Fine! If that's your final choice, you can learn what happens to a dog that challenges me! Get them!" He ordered to the dogs that were sitting in front of him and they instantly began to charge in the direction that you and Ciel were chained up at.
'Hurry up Sebastian!' You yelled in your head as the dogs got closer toward you. It was just as soon as the dogs were about to bite you, a white object came flying out of nowhere and into the mouth of one of the dogs sending it flying back.
A figure which you knew had to be Sebastian, landed in front of you and Sebastian knocked the other dogs back with a single swipe. "You cut that close," Ciel told Sebastian.
"It won't happen again, trust me," Sebastian said as he rearranged one of his gloves.
The dogs got back up, and started to growl at Sebastian and you could see that at this point, Barrymore was pissed. "You dare to interfere dog!? Well what are you mangy mutts waiting for? Kill all of them now!" He ordered to the dogs
"Shameful, what course noisy growls they have," Sebastian muttered out. "One of the reason I despise these creatures." He glared down at the dogs, his eyes turning a gleaming pink causing the dogs to instantly crouched down and wag their tail as they whined.
"What the hell! What did you do!?" Barrymore exclaimed out.
"Your pitiful farce ends here Barrymore," Ciel said from where he was chained, "Listen, there is no demon hound! It's all a lie! There's just him, an old man obsessed with power determined to keep it no matter what!"
"He was the one who murdered James, not the demon hound!" You added in after Ciel, causing the villagers to gasp and murmur among themselves.
"What! What evidence do you have!?" Barrymore shouted at the two of you.
You writhed your hands around, trying to readjust the way that the chains were digging into your skin. This was just plain uncomfortable ad you desperately wished that Sebastian would hurry it up and release you from their grip.
"There's this," Sebastian said as he kneeled down besides one of the and took out a white object from the inside of its mouth. He held the object out for crowd to see and it just happened to be the skull of an animal. "We found it in your mansion. I took the liberty of confirming that the teeth marks on James match the teeth in this skull," he said.
His words caused the villagers to murmur louder as they looked between the skull and Barrymore, their face full of confusion. A projection of a dog's head was seen in the sky and you followed it to a projector that was on the ground. "Do you see it now; the truth behind the demon hound? Its shadow is noting but a projection. Just a transparent trick. the glowing is phosphorescent dust, sprinkled on a normal dog," he said as he poured some of the green glowing dust onto the ground.
"Don't you see now," Ciel said. "The demon hound is merely an illusion, a story made up by an evil man. The man you let rule your village. This man, Henry Barrymore."
"And do you really want a man like this to continue to rule y our village?" You asked the people, your eyes glancing around at them.
"No! It's all nonsense!" Barrymore shouted out as his eyes darted around. "You can't fool them, where's your evidence," he yelled out to you guys.
Ciel let out a grin as Sebastian walked over to the injured dog and crouched down to its level. "You can rest, your duty is done, I'll take it from here," he told the dog which then closed its eyes. He reached down and took out the fabric that the dog had been holding in it's mouth, raising it up so that the villagers could see. "What fine material. I wonder why the dog was eager to hold onto it until the last moment. Interesting behavior, don't you think?"
"Wha, what the hell?" Barrymore shouted when he noticed the pattern on the fabric.
"Yours, a scrap of cloth from your pants. torn off by James dog when you attacked his master. You recognize it, yes?"
Realizing that his secret was revealed, Barrymore turned to leave from the area, when the villagers circled him, rage evident in their faces as they muttered under their breath. "Give up Barrymore, it's all over now!" Ciel shouted out to him.
'Now this bastard deserves to be punished,' you thought to yourself.
The villagers held Barrymore up as they marched him down the village and away from the structure. "Punish James' killer! Punish James' killer! Punish James' killer!" They chanted out.
Sebastian had finally managed to help get the chains off of both you and Ciel, Angela doing the same the others. "My goodness, I'm glad that's over yes I am," Mey-Rin exclaimed out and Bard shouted out in agreement.
Finny headed over to the dog, kneeling down beside it and began to stroke it. "You were one amazing pup, a loyal dog defending his master until the very end." He scooped the dog up in his arms and hugged it as tears began to pour out of his eyes. "You were such a good boy, such a good boy."
Sebastian looked disgusted at was he was seeing. 'What the hell Sebby, this was suppose to be a sad moment.' Sebastian let out a frown as he said, "There you go, yet another reason I hate dogs."
You nudged his side and gave him a 'really' look and he just shrugged in response.
You sneaked your way over to Ciel and gave him a light tap. He turned around and gave you a questioning look as if wondering what you were doing. You leaned in and whispered to him, "I have to go do something. I'll be right back." Without waiting to get his response, you began to head off back into the town. Looking around for a quick second, you headed toward a building that seemed like a likely morgue.
'This must be where it is,' you thought to yourself as you entered your way into the dark building and as soon as you entered, the smell of something rotting and death overwhelmed your senses. You held your breath as you went further into the morgue and you let your senses lead draw you to where you needed to go.
You stopped before a bed, a white sheet draped over an object and you knew for a fact that it had to be a body. You threw back the cloth to find the fake James underneath and you were glad to find that he had clothes on. You went over to his side and reached up and touched his cheek. 'You did good,' you thought. 'You were able to help save a life today and now your job is done.'
You watched as the body disappeared underneath your touch and you waited there for a couple of moments before heading back to the manor for you knew that the others were probably wondering where you were at.
You wandered your way through the Barrymore manor, heading to go see Ciel and Sebastian. Barrymore had been locked in the dungeon at the lowest level of the manor. You were on your way to to their room when you suddenly heard a scream coming from the lower floors. You ran your way through the hall, almost colliding into Finny, Tanaka, and Bard. "What was that?" You asked them even though you knew what it was.
"We're not sure," Bard said as he gave Finny a glance. "It obviously came from the dungeon and it sounded a lot like Mey-Rin. We should check it out."
You ran with them down through the manor and darted down the stairs that led down to the dungeon. Upon getting to the bottom, you saw Mey-Rin collapsed on the floor, her face etched in horror.
"What the hell is going on down here? Mey-Rin what's wrong," Bard shouted out to her.
Mey-Rin raised a shaking hand to the cell in front of her, "Uhh, whha," she cried out.
You looked into the shadowy cell to see a gaping hole in the wall of the it, debris knocked inside showing that it had been busted from the outside. A puddle of blood was splashed across the floor of the cell as well as on the debris. Even though you knew that someone had just died all you could think about was, 'Yay! Plu Plu! I can't wait to see you my little puppy!'