Mysterious Maid

3- Her Mistress

Sabrina went inside to see how the servants were doing. The yard was destroyed, the trees and grass burnt. The plates, cups, and other silverware were broken on the floor, along with the giant cabinet. In the kitchen, all the food Sabrina had prepared was destroyed. Burnt.
"How exactly did this happen?" Sabrina turned to the servants, no anger in her voice but disappointment.
"I thought it would go faster if we used extra spray weed killer!" Fionna, the Gardner, says fast.
"I was trying to reach the tea set for the guests but I tripped and the cabinet fell!" Cern explains, a few scratches on his glasses.
"There was a lot of meat to be cooked for dinner and I thought it would take a long time, so, I used me flamethrower." Brinley says, grabbing a cigarette.
"We're so sorry Sabrina! Please forgive us!" Cern and Fionna say at the same time, pleading for forgiveness.
"Our guests will arrive a little after six," Sabrina opens her pocket watch, it showing the time is 3:52, "At most, we have two hours left."
"Not enough time to replace the tea set or meats. What shall I do?" Sabrina mumbles to herself, while the servants are whining.
"Calm down, all of you. You should try taking a page out of Tanik's book and start-" Suddenly an idea pops into Sabrina's head. Her gaze shoots over to Tanik's cup, still perfectly intact.
"Everyone listen closely to me and do exactly what I say, understand? We must be quick about this," Sabrina walks over and grabs Tanik's cup out of her hands, tea still in it, "We might save this night yet."
- - - - - - - - - - Later - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A black carriage is pulling up to the Phantomhive mansion. Pulled by a carriage driver with a hood on and lead by two brown houses. It has bright blue curtains on the inside.
Sabrina walks over, opening the door for their guest.
A woman steps out, wearing fancy clothing. Once she sees the yard, her mouth drops.
"How impressive!" She smiles, looking over the garden. There lays a lake of water, with rocks here and there, flowers dotted around the edges. A little dock leads the way into the household. Magnificent.
"Welcome, Miss!" All the servants, except Sebastian, do a curtsey or bow.
"This is called a stone garden. It's a traditional feature in Japan." Sabrina steps in, hoping the servants don't mess things up.
"Prodigioso! Wonderful! Truly an elegant garden!" The woman says, mesmerized.
"We thought it would be appropriate to serve dinner out here tonight," There is a slab of cement in the middle of it all, obviously where they are expecting to eat, "Allow me to escort you inside."
Sabrina takes the lady's jacket. Tanik leads the woman inside, while the woman goes on about how she should have known they would do something like this this.
"We actually did it!" Brinley says with a smirk, after the woman was gone, and she put a cigarette in her mouth.
"Who would've thought a dozen blocks of gravel could turn into an amazing garden?" Fionna says in relief.
"Of course we were able to handle this. We serve the Phantomhive family, after all. There's still work to be done. Go do your jobs." Sabrina says, while the others run off to do they're duties.
- - - - - - - ELSEWHERE - - - - - - - -
Seva moved her character two spaces forward. She and the guest are playing a board game.
"The progress we've been making with the east Indian factory is truly astonishing, we have the makings of a top notch staff!" The woman says with a smile.
"'You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead'.What bad luck. I apparently lose a turn." Seva explains what happened on the game.
"Now is the perfect time. We need to expand the company and start building a strong-"
"It's your turn." Seva interrupts. Silence fills the air.
"I just spin this then?" She spins something apart of the game, "Okay then, five spaces. Now, I wanted to ask if you could contribute another 12,000 pounds to support the expansion. I believe it will make alot of profit and I would love to help-"
"You lose a leg in the enchanted forest." Seva reads. "It's still your turn, I lost my turn before."
"Oh, I see," She spins the thing again and it lands on 6, "Okay I move six."
"You move three."
"What?"
"You lost a leg, now you only move half the number of spaces you would normally."
"Oh, my! This is a gruesome board game, isn't it? Is there no way to regain my leg?
"I'm afraid once something is lost, that one can never get it back again." Seva grabs the woman's character for the board game. She moves it for him.
"Your body is burnt by raging flames." Seva wins. The woman just sits there, confused and afraid.