Troubled waters(Ronald Knox) (Black Butler)

All at once

"We're.... Well I don't know where we are..." Ronald said.

At first I didn't register what was going on, it was as if we had slipped into another universe with no recollection of what we had just experienced.

We stood in a pale green field, tree's towering in size, while some were dramatically smaller, some with leaves and some stripped bare, like the cruel unforgiving winds of autumn. Down a hill was a pale body of water, the sky was grey.... but almost a bright white, a top the hill stood a moderately sized wooden structure... A gazebo perhaps?

We certainly didn't look the same though. We were dressed in green. I wore a plain green dress while Ronald wore a Green dress shirt and dress pants... I kept looking at Ronald, especially his chest area, and yet I couldn't put my finger on what I was missing...

"I'm dead aren't I?" Ronald smiled sadly and just like Tha the memories raced through my mind like a cinematic record in my eye's. When it ended I looked up in shock. My eye's welling up as Ronald smiled at me.

"This is all my fault!" I sobbed. Ronald put his arms around me and held me close, offering a warm sense of security I hadn't felt in months.

"This isn't your fault.." He said, tenderly kissing my forehead.

"No! It is my fault! I didn't trust you, and that hurt you! But you came back for me anyway! Even though it meant you were in danger! And you got hurt because of me! I didn't make sure Darina was properly put to rest, and now she's out of control and she's suffering! And she's hurting people now! A-and... And.." I could even speak anymore. My sobs coming out in short gasps.

"It's not your fault, no one could have foreseen this... But it can still be fixed, you know what to do Elanora. You've always known.." He said.

Elanora looked up in confusion, Ronald stepped back slightly, his face turned from a sad smile to pain and blood started to seep through his shirt. His eye's rolled back and he gasped in pain, as he fell backward, jerking on the floor fighting for breath.

"Ronald! No!" I screamed falling beside him, trying to grab hold of him, just do something.

"Elanora!?" He gasped, his eye's staring almost through me.

"Ron, hold on! Don't let go!"

"Elanora... Wake up... You must wake... WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled a voice over taking his own, sounding more sinister.

I gasped suddenly and opened my eye's to bright lights and people standing over me. I sat bolt upright.

"Elanora!?" A familiar voice rang.

I suddenly realized I didn't have my glasses on so I squinted trying to make out faces. I was suddenly handed a pair of glasses and put them on, blinking as I adjusted to my improved sight.

"Alan?!" I said dizzily rubbing my head, which now appeared to have bandages.

"What exactly happened!? You've been out for a week and a half!? When they first brought you and Ron in-""OH GOD WHERE'S RON!?" Panic completely took over my body, as I felt like I was about to rip the drip in my arm out to leave my bed.

"He's here, he's okay! He woke up about half an hour ago actually... He was pretty bad when he came in..." Alan said.

"How bad... I remember all the blood, and..."