Lover to one, daughter to the other. A black butler fanfic

Chp.16 Good Memories

I can't sleep, more of I refuse to sleep. I lye in the lumpy, old bed of the room I am in, and watch the sky through the window. I don't want to have those dream memories again. I don't need to return to the past, I just need to move forward. I stay there, still and breathing softly as to fake sleep. Shifting on occasion for realism. I don't know why I agreed to come on this trip, mainly because I wanted to get to know my father, and partly to get away from Sebastian, who is honestly the most annoying and self centred demon I have ever met. But I miss being around Ciel and him, it felt like when I was around the reapers for that while, minus the cute and loving Will. Now that I have that in my mind I can focus on that and give my brain a break. I slowly allow myself to slip into a memory of my first meeting with the reapers...

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I was walking along after a training session with this nice half demon-human, who was so kind as to teach me useful skills to get by in the world, like cooking, being a maid, service, assassination skills, and other various things. As I walked, I took a turn and walked along the base of a cliff. I sometimes came here to practice wall scaling. I was just about to climb when I heard screaming coming from above me, I look up in time to see someone throw one person over the cliff then throw themselves off.

I jump into the air and catch both people with some difficulty because I am small and they aren't, but I manage to get them onto a platform on the side of the cliff easily enough.

"Why would you save us? This is what we wanted!" The man said, who seems to have been the one who threw the other person, a woman, off the cliff.

"It's what you wanted, why would you force me to do the same, I am in love and he is waiting for me! You only ever think of yourself, father!" The lady said, striking a nerve in me seeing them fight.

They continue bickering as I hear someone land behind me soon followed by another. "Why would you save them, they were supposed to die it's even in the book... OH LOOK YOUR HAIR IS RED I LOVE RED WILL LOOK ISNT SHE THE CUTEST!" A undistinguishable voice calls from behind me, stoping the fight in front of me.

I turn around and face a red person, still confused about male or female, and a handsome, somewhat formal looking man who seems bored but also interested in the situation.

"Who are you guys?" I ask confused.

"We are reapers. We have come to collect the three souls you saved, but you saved them. Why?" The obvious boy said, a slight red tinge on his face, but at the time I didn't notice.

"Because they were falling, I don't know. I just did. Wait, three?" I answered.

"What are you all talking about? You are all crazy people!" The father screamed before pushing his daughter closer to the edge. "You can't stop this. We won't live to see the horror she has caused on our family."

"Dad! Please stop this! I told you, we plan on getting married! No one will know! Please father, let me be happy!"

"No! This is your fault! You ran around like the harlot you are, and this is the only way to save our family's name and honour!" The girl was crying and sobbing now, I steps up to go help her but this long contraption stopped me.

"What are you doing? She needs our help!" I turn on the dark haired boy.

"You cannot change fate. This needs to happen. I am sorry, I would help if I could, but it is forbidden for a reaper to stop a death." He said not watching the scene, while the red haired person was laying down its chin in its hands and feet swaying, loving the show.

"You won't have to do anything! Please let me, you won't get in trouble." I beg and he turns to look at me, eyes shimmering with tears. He slowly retracts the item he used to stop me. "Thank you."

I run over and just before the father pushes the daughter off the cliff, I pull her to the side and the father goes over the cliff.

"Oh no! Father! Oh god!" The girl collapses in my arms and sobs. The reaper looks at me in confusion and joy.

"Shh. Stop crying, he was trying to kill you, but look you are alive and can go back to your love." I said as I rubbed her back. She slowly stopped crying and looked up at me.

"Thank you, you saved two lives by helping me, the reason my father was like that was because I am with child and unwed. But I plan on marrying very soon." She stood on shaky legs and smiled at me. I nod and take a step back, to go talk to the reapers.

"Wait here, and I will help you down." I say and she nods.

I walk over to the reapers, the red head runs over to me and rubs my head, moving my head band off my ears and as they pop up I hear a scream. I flinch and turn to see the girl looking at me like I am a freak, which is true. I go to say something to her and she backs up toward the cliff and falls. I run to the edge and see that I am to late, I tried to save her, but I couldn't stop fate. I sit there crying, because I just killed another person because of what I am.

I am taken by surprise when a hand touches my shoulder. I flinch from the touch, and hear a shushing sound.

"You don't have to be afraid. We aren't going to hurt you." The dark haired reaper says. "What's your name? We can take you with us and clean you up and keep you safe."

"My name is Rouge. How are you not repulsed by me? I am a hideous freak." I pull farther away.

"Ouch... If your a freak what does that make us? We collect souls, we live forever, we can't even be killed." He chuckles, I look over at him, and he seems sad.

"Yes, but there are others like you. You are around people like you. I am alone, abandoned." I reply, curling in on myself.

"Well you don't have to be, wait here." He disappears over the edge of the cliff and three flashes appear. The red head comes up over the side and picks me up.

"You are the cutest thing I have ever seen! You are coming home with us." He/she says before launching themselves off to someplace I don't know along with the other reaper.

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I wake in the morning, just as my father walks through the door. "Good morning. I see you are already awake. Let me help you get ready for the day." He walks over and pulls a new dress out of nowhere. This one is a beautiful black and blue gown with silver threads that is designed to be form fitting and not puffy. It looked like spiderwebs and had a queen Anne's neck line.

"Oh papa, it's beautiful! Though I find it interesting how you don't want Alois to drool all over me but you keep putting me in these superbe and flattering dresses." I stat, not really caring, but still curious.

"I don't want him talking down to you, a little drool is messy, but worth it." He smirked at me.

"Oh so you want me to control him?" I ask, teasing.

"No, I just want people to see what a beautiful creature you are and know that they can't have you." He answers, pulling me into a hug. "I want them to be jealous of the person you choose to be happy with."

I smile and let him help me change. He is just putting my corset on when a cutting tool on the end of a pole goes through the window. I know this weapon... Oh god no...