~The Maiden in Red~{Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji II}(Red Hood Diaries 2/3)

Ch. 2 ~His Maiden, in Search of the White Deer~

The sun shone brightly and the clear blue water's surface glittered from the sunlight. Out of the brightness of the sun, Sebastian rowed a boat down the river. The surroundings were peaceful as the birds chirped and the sound of water moving when Sebastian moved the long paddle to move the boat across the river.

 'This feeling... feels nice... I hear water.... the brightness on my face.... It's the summer sunshine. ' Ciel thought to himself as he slept in the boat while the soft breeze moved his bangs. 

 'Am I dreaming?' 'This is the next chapter of the story. A brilliant golden afternoon.' Sebastian thought to Ciel's mind. 'What would I see if I woke up? 'Ciel opened his eyes. "Sebastian..." Sebastian smiled at him. "You slept well." Ciel sat up and rubbed his head from tiredness and looked surprised to see Elizabeth was there holding an umbrella to block the bright sun. She turned to him and smiled while giggling. Ciel blinked and looked over to see another boat on the side of them. Mey-Rin, and Finny were there while Bard was paddling their boat. The smiled and laughed happily at him.

 "Boc-chan, we are almost there." Sebastian said as the boats continued down the river. Ciel looked around and didn't see a certain someone. "Where's.... Mystery?" Ciel asked. Sebastian still smiled at him. "She will arrive soon, Boc-chan. You will see her again..." 

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 The city of London was crowded and content as ever. All of the buildings were no longer burnt and everything was restored and no one seemed to notice the past events. Children were laughing and playing on the sidewalks and parks, people entered and exited through shops with smiles on their faces, and either couples or single people walked down the sidewalks. Carriages pulled by horses trotted down the streets. Among those people was a familiar girl that wore a memorable red cloak.

 However, a little boy and his little sister had walked away from their mother and walked around in different alleys. They soon got lost in the maze of alleys and couldn't find their mother. They began to get frightened and the little girl was about to cry. "Where's momma?" the girl whimpered. "D-Don't worry. W-We'll find her." the boy said trying to sound brave. "Are you two lost?" a soft feminine voice asked them. The two children looked and saw a girl wearing a red cloak an she had her hood, but they could see her beautiful features. She safely approached them and bent down to their eye level. "U-Uh Yeah..." the boy said as he backed up a bit not knowing the girl but stopped and became not nervous when he saw the girl's concerned expression.

 "We lost our momma and we can't find her!" the little girl said almost crying. Mystery sadly smiled as he wiped the girl's tears away and then rubbed her hand on the girl's head. "I know what its like. To feel lost," Mystery said and the girl looked at her curiously as did the boy beside her. "But I found my way and you can too. Come on, I'll help you find her," Mystery said standing up while grabbing her bag of groceries and her basket full of food. She motioned the children to follow her and the three of them were out of the alleys and on the sidewalk. Mystery looked around while the two children were close to Mystery and held on to her dress while looking around for their mom. 

 "Is that your mother over there?" Mystery said looking at a woman that looked around worriedly. "There's momma!" the little girl said happily and started to run to her. The boy turned to Mystery and bowed his head. "Thank you, miss!" then he ran to his mother and the girl came back up to Mystery. "Thank you!" she said happily while bowing her head then following her brother. Mystery watched from across the street as the two children ran to their mother.

 "There you two are! Don't go running off like that! You had me very worried," the mother said while hugging them both. The children broke their embrace and smiled up at their mom. "A nice woman helped us find you!" the boy said. "Yeah she looked like the character, Little Red Riding Hood and she was very pretty! She's over ther-?" the little girl said excitedly and when they looked at the spot where Mystery was, she wasn't there. The children's smiles were wiped off when they saw that the nice girl had vanished. The mother looked at the spot as well then looked back at her children with a smile.