Quest for the Lost--Sebastian's Daughter Sequel (A Black Butler Fanfic) COMPLETE

Chapter 2

Maria helped me into the cab of the carriage and then she got into the front. She drove us toward the ten year old tracks and blood, and followed my father.

This was one of the times that I questioned Maria. Why was she so willing to help us? Is she not human? If she was angel or demon, I would know by now, and so would my father.

I didn't have time to question her loyalty. I had been hit by anti demon bullets, and we were tracking down my mom. I'd have to save the questions for later.

My father was traveling at demon speed, so we wouldn't catch up to him in the carriage. We went as fast possible, though, and that would have to do for now.

We eventually found my father, standing at the end of the tracks, where a pond stood in the way.

I opened the door and hopped out, ignoring Maria's protest. My father didn't say a word as I approached him, trying desperately to not let my pain show. If it did, we would be back at the Phantomhive Manor or Maria's house in an instant.

Once I reached my father, I put my hand on his arm to steady myself. He shook my hand off and instead put it around me. I gratefully leaned into him and looked at the pond ahead of us.

"I don't understand," I said. "Why would the tracks lead to a pond? Mom said that her body was in the U.S."

Dad held me tighter. "I'm not sure," was all he said.

Maria walked over. "Selena, don't you think you should be resting? We haven't even had time to treat you yet."

My father and I responded at the same time.

"I'm fine."

"She's fine."

Maria took a step back.

I leaned on my father more as the pain in my chest grew. He noticed, but didn't do anything. He knew how important this was to me.

After a moment of scanning what was around me, I unfurled my wings and glided over the pond. I landed on the other side, the folded my wings and sat down hard on the ground.

I looked up to see my father and Maria looking at me worriedly. It had probably appeared to them that I had fallen. I waved to show I was okay, and then returned my gaze to the ground.

There were no more tracks, no blood, and no more dying grass. it was warmer over here. I blinked, and when my eyes flashed open, I was no longer by a pond or sitting on green grass. It was no longer warm, but burning hot.

I looked around and saw that everything was on fire. I saw my father and Maria looking at me, confused. Was I seeing things? Was this really happening?

Suddenly, a cloud of smoke surrounded my face, and I couldn't breathe. Then, it was like I was seeing into the past. There were three black carriages, all full of hunters. One of them held my mother. I could see her motionless body.

All of the sudden, there was a loud crash. I looked closer, and saw two of the carriages had collided. The two not holding my mother.

There was fire, screams, blood. Everything was covered with a giant black cloud of smoke. The guy pulled out a phone from his carriage, and stretched the cord as far as he could. He was calling for help.

No one saw me. The man in the carriage with my mother's body hung up the phone and immediately left. I guess having a dead body in the carriage when the police arrived would look a little shady.

The vision fast forwarded to a few days after the accident. There was now a pond. Someone was saying that the pond was in honor of the people lost in the tragic accident that had occurred. Why? They were hunters. They protected the town from unwanted supernatural monsters that no one wanted.

There was that word again. Monster...

Soon the vision faded, the fire stopped and the smoke cleared. I was lying on the ground and finally able to breathe again. I sat up, coughing, and saw that my father was no longer on the other side of the pond. I looked around and saw Maria next to me, but still no sign of my dad.

"The hunters caught up with us," Maria said. "Your father went to hold them off. We have to get out of here."

She helped me up, but I protested. I wasn't leaving without my father. I wasn't going to lose him as well.

"Maria, I'm not leaving him!" I yelled.

"Selena, he's going to catch up with us, I promise. But what he wants right now is to get you a safe distance away from here."

"And what I want right now is my father!" I screamed at her. Then I looked up at her. She seemed hurt that I'd yelled at her. I quickly wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly.

"Maria, I'm sorry. I'm scared. I want my dad..."

She hugged me back. "It's okay. I'm scared, too. We have to get you back to the carriage. Once we do, I'll call for your dad and get us out of here, okay?"

I nodded, and let her help me up and back to the carriage.