~ Little Lady ~

- Chapter 6 -

It was raining when Ciel, Sebastian and Violet arrived at the mysterious manor the very next day. Violet huddled close to Sebastian as they stepped out of the carriage and onto the cold London streets. The house wasn't too far away. It was a few minutes from town, and only a small number of houses stood nearby. "Is this it Violet?" Ciel asked turning to stare at the house that loomed over them. It was a very quaint house, it was painted a faded white and its roof was a royal blue. It was larger than most of he other houses nearby and stood out from the dark, damp country side. The gardens were overgrown and the trees were bare.

Violet walked up to the large, silver gates and nodded,"This is my house." She frowned "but it looks different," Violet looked at her home, It was usually such a nice place, but when she looked at it now, it gave her a chill.

"Shall we go in?" Sebastian suggested.

"Its looks empty," Ciel muttered wrapping his coat tighter around him "and there's a large lock on the gate."

"Locks have never stopped us before," Sebastian mused gingerly fiddling with the lock. Violet looked from one side the of the house until the other, she began to walk the length of the house, feeling the mossy wall as she went.

"Violet, where are you going?" Ciel asked leaning on his walking stick. Violet wasn't listening, she was looking for something, a secret entry, she always used it when she wanted to go exploring without Alice knowing. Violet stopped as the wall began to be covered in thick ivy. She dropped to her knees and pulled the ivy away from the wall until a small opening was revealed, big enough to fit a small child. Without a second thought, violet crawled through the hole in the wall and disappeared into the gardens of the manor.

"Violet?" Ciel called as she realized the child had vanished "Where are you?" The little girl skipped over the gate where Sebastian and Ciel stood on the other side.

"Hello!" she giggled poking her head through the thick iron bars.

"How did you get in there?" Sebastian wondered walking over to her.

Violet put her finger to her mouth "secret."

Ciel sighed "Sebastian, please get us over there at once" Sebastian gave a sly smile and scooped his master into his arms "W…what are you doing!" Ciel said scowling to hide his slight blush.

"Obeying my master." He smirked, jumping effortlessly onto the wall and gracefully landing next to Violet. He let Ciel down with a smile and brushed the dust off his clothes.

"Your blushing!" Violet giggled at Ciel

"AM NOT!" Ciel shouted turning away from them both.

"Sebastian! I want you to carry me now!" Violet frowned tugging on his jacket. Sebastian chuckled and leaned down and lifted Violet onto his back. She giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head in his hair.

"We don't have time for this!" Ciel shouted

"Are you jealous?" Violet teased

"NO! SHUT UP!" he said defensively stomping over to the front door. Ciel was about to open the door when he noticed one of the lights turn on from inside. He took a step back. Sebastian, who was right behind him, let violet down and stepped in front of the young lord.

"Let me go first," Sebastian warned knocking politely on the door. No one answered. He twisted the handle to find that it was unlocked, he looked back at Ciel and Violet. The boy nodded once and Sebastian opened the door.

The inside looked pretty normal, the large foyer was a pale blue colour and there were a lot of empty photo frames lining the walls. Only one picture remained. Violet walked over and pointed to it "That's my mum and dad," she said bluntly "but they aren't here anymore, they left us." The pictured showed a young women with dark red hair and a man with pale blonde hair and blue eyes. The women sat curtly on a chair staring intently out of the picture, while the man looked slightly off to the left.

Ciel eyes softened and walked over and put a hand on her shoulder, "Its ok, I know what you mean, you don't have to be sad,"

"Why would I be sad?" Violet said surprised "I'm glad their gone."

Ciel frowned and looked at Sebastian, who's face was full of concern.

"I need to show you my bedroom!" Violet skipped through the foyer and jumped up the stairs.

"Wait! Violet!" Ciel called "Its not safe to go run off!" Sebastian and Ciel ran up the large stair case, They reached the first floor and quickly followed after Violet, she was so fast that soon she was out of sight. "VIOLET!" Ciel yelled. Sebastian and Ciel both went silent. Suddenly they heard Violet's loud screech. They sprinted down the hall until they came to a large room at the end with the door wide open. Ciel pulled the revolver that he had stashed in his jacket and ran in the room, followed closely behind by Sebastian. Ciel aimed the gun at the intruder, but paused.

Up against the wall was a small middle aged woman with a tight brown bun and a business suit. Her eyes widened in fear as she watch the strange boy with the gun. She held a pile of papers in her hands and fumbled as they fell to the floor.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM!" Violet was angrily shouting at her. The women was trembling and moving her eyes from the handsome butler, the angry little girl and the boy with the gun.

"I…I don't know what you mean…" she stuttered

"Who are you? What are you doing in here?" Ciel commanded, moving the gun closer

"Uhhh..! I ehh! I mean, I'm not an intruder, I'm here for the house!" the woman mumbled sweat on her brow.

"Excuse us Mame," Sebastian said with his most charming smile "What was that about the house?"

The woman blushed "Well… I uhh,"

"Stop stuttering and tell us!" Violet yelled

"Yes! Ok, I'm here to make sure the house is set up.." The woman blurted.

"Set it up for what?"

"For the new owners." The lady explained nervously

"New owners? But this is my house!" Violet yelled, tears brimming in her eyes.

"I swear I don't know anything!" the woman pleaded trying to back up against the wall.

"Young Lord, it seems that this woman may be more comfortable if you put down the gun."

Ciel eyed his butler coldly, and gave one last glare at the woman before putting the gun back into his jacket. "Tell us everything you know about this house, at once!" He commanded.

The woman nodded and fumbled with her glasses, "Well, My names Julie Walters, I'm 26."

"The house, tell us about the house!" groaned the very tired young lord "What were you saying about new owners?"

Julie took a big breath and sighed, she was already nervous about starting her new job but she never expected to be interrogated at gun point by a rich boy, his little sister and a rather handsome butler. Everything seemed to be going wrong today, first she was late for work because she slept in, then falling through the wall at one of the houses she was trying to sell, being sent out to set up an old abandoned house for the rich benefactors that had bought it and now this!. The exhausted real-estate agent desperately explained this to the young boy, telling him that the house had been found abandoned and she has no idea who had bought the house.

The three of them looked at each other before Sebastian spoke up.

"Is that all you know?"

The woman nodded quietly, Violet was still upset.

"What did you do with all my stuff!" Violet yelled as she looked around the empty room.

"I swear! I didn't move anything." Julie said trying to calm down the child "It was like this when we came."

"B….but…Alice wouldn't let this happen!" Violet sobbed "she wouldn't!"

Sebastian put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Any way, what are you doing in this house?" Julie said narrowing her eyes.

"This is my house!" Violet sobbed "Alice will be here any minute and she won't be happy with all this!"

"Violet-" Ciel sighed trying to comfort her.

"NO!" she scream ripping away from his grip, "Leave me alone!" she ran out of the room and down the hall crying her eyes out.

"Violet!" Ciel cried, having to call after her for the third time today. He had never been more exhausted in his life, chasing after an unreasonable little girl. "Sebastian-" Ciel sighed deeply "Can you-"

"Yes, my lord." Sebastian smiled turning to follow the little lady.

Violet ran into Alice's room. It was smaller then hers but she knew that Alice didn't mind. It wasn't the same as before, all of her things were gone. Violet climbed onto the large queen sized bed and lay face first into the soft blankets, if she concentrated really hard she have sworn that they still faintly smelled like her. She was tired, never had she ran away from people so often. It wasn't as though she hated being with the young lord, but she felt empty. Incomplete. She couldn't understand why Alice hadn't come yet. She had already been missing for a few days. For a slight second, Violet wondered if Alice had indeed abandoned her. She couldn't explain why every thing had been taken away from her. She rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling, detailed with etching of flowers and fruits, the pattern continued all the way around the room. So perfect, like Alice.

She knew that Sebastian would find her soon, but she didn't feel like going back to the Phantomhive manor. She was grateful to Ciel for everything he had done for her but, Violet decided that she was going to find Alice by herself. The girl jumped off the bed and snuck out of the room, she made a run for the kitchens. She half expected to see Alice working away cooking and cleaning. But like everywhere else the kitchen was empty. Violet could hear foot steps from the net room so she got to her knees and crawled to the little box. She could never remember what it was for but it was big enough for her to sit in and if she pulled on the cord, she could gently lower herself down the shoot into the basement and from there she could climb out the little windows and into the gardens.

She could hear Sebastian getting closer as she clambered inside, quickly and quietly she flew down the shaft. She hit the bottom with a small thud and squeezed out the little box. The basement was full of old junk, it seemed to be the only place that hadn't been emptied. She was always too scared to explore its hidden mystery's. She looked over bits and pieces of broken furniture and old paintings, she managed to hold in a yelp when she saw a massive spider dangling from a single silver thread.

She carefully stepped her way to the little window that was the only place where light could penetrate the dark basement. It creaked loudly as she pushed it open. Before climbing through Violet noticed a book sticking out from one of the many piles of junk. She dusted off the cover to reveal the shiny gold letters of the title, Alice in Wonderland. She could only smile, as the book reminded her of her own Alice. She snuggled it close to her chest and climbed the window out into the withering gardens.

Without looking back, Violet crawled through the secret exit and made her way back to town.

Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry this chapter took so long to update! I had writers block. but now its finally finished!I hope you liked it!

With Violet on her own and lost on the streets of london, and Sebastian and Ceil Searching for her, will she be able to find Alice? or maybe someone else?

Until next time! Sandy Chan.

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