For Better or For Worst

Chapter 17: Trials (Part two: The Maze)

Me: Hai!! Sooo its a very special someon--

Lucy: YO! WHAT THE FUCK BRAH?! ITS MONDAY!!!!

Me: *laughs nervously* Uh, yeah about that. I had a bunch of dialectical journals and I finished at like 10:00 p.m and it like fried my brain cells so excuuuussseeee me princess.

Lucy: Excuse accepted. Go on.

Me: Soooooooooo as I was saying, TODAY'S XxHero_Of_OlympusXx BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN GURLLLLLLL!!!! Heart you!!! So lets just start cause this is going to be pretty long too. Please excuse if I took ideas from maze runner but made them better which is easier than it seems. BEGIN!

(Sebastian's P.O.V)

   I walked down the stone maze, my polished shoes clicking and sending echoes all around me. I've been walking around like this for what seemed like hours. I sighed. This wasn't like anything I've tried to deal with before.

   At first, I began sprinting at demon speed, but the more I tried to use my powers, the more I realized this maze wasn't just a maze. On my final try at running, it had hit me, that I was going around in circles. But that was impossible!

   And thats when it hit me. The maze was...changing. Whenever I tried my super speed, trying to scale the walls, the maze would stop me. At that moment I had to sit down and think before I lost my mind. I hadn't realized that as just a human, I...I could be here for years.

   Driven insane by running around in circles and never finding a way out. I took deep breaths, realizing just sitting here and thinking of the worst would only kill me. I stood, taking a shaky deep breath and began walking. And here I was now.

   Three hours later, still walking around. But hey, at least no running circles. Running my fingers through my hair, I continued walking. I was exhausted despite not being human. I exhaled shakily, raising my lidded crimson eyes to the sky, watching the as sun began to set.

   Cursing silently, I began to speed up my pace. Something was telling me, that once nightfall hit, things weren't going to be so peaceful anymore. My eyes widened in joy and I began to jog, the maze finally changing to another maze; the walls in the new one were thinner, something akin to a razor blade, and pitch black, faded markings imprinted into one side of each of them.

   I squealed silently when I saw a large horizontal wall on the other side, a singular tunnel running through it. I was about to run through the maze of razors when a large buzzing noise roared through the maze, shaking the stone beneath me and causing me to fall to my knees a few feet before the razors.

   Suddenly, the marks glowed a bright red and the razors turned from vertical, to horizontal, all of them fitting together to form rows upon rows of the things. "No, no, no!" I cried, looking up and seeing that the moon had risen. Panting in exasperation, I looked up to see it had completely closed itself off to me.

   Dammit...I'll have to wait until morning when it opens again. Sighing shakily, standing and walking to the actual maze, sitting down and resting against some moss, looking over at the wall of razors before me. Might as well rest. Right as I was closing my eyes, I heard the creaking of moving metal.

   Slowly opening my eyes, I looked forward to see myself face to face with some sort of grotesque insect its thick and gooey saliva dripping onto my neatly pressed tailcoat. My eyes widened as it bared its yellow sharp fangs to me, releasing a sharp shriek. I kicked it in the chest and sent it sprawling away before standing and trying to keep myself from slipping as I ran back to the maze. Well so much for a peaceful night.

(Ciel's P.O.V)

   I exited that God awful prison and walked back to the carriage. "Tanaka wait," I said as I sat in the carriage, stopping him before he went to join the driver at the carriage.

   "Where could I find a panther heart?"  I asked innocently. Tanaka stared at me for a few moments. "Uhh..." he said. "Why do you ask, young master?" He tried to sound as supporting and calm as possible, trying to ignore the fact thst I had probably gone crazy.

   I saw this and sighed. "Tanaka, please...I-Its for Sebastian..." He sighed, sitting beside me in the carriage. "Young Master...I thought we talked about this..." I looked up at him, determined. "Please, Tanaka," I pleaded. "I love him so much, and I...I just want him back. I know this sounds strange and bloody mad, but its all the hope I can hold onto."

   The old butler sighed deeply, smiling softly. "Alright young master," he said, patting my head gently. "I'll drive you down to the black market. Their sure to have something there." I nodded, a rare smile appearing on my lips. "Thank you so much, Tanaka."

   He nodded in return, shutting the door as the carriage began to move slowly after. I decided to shut my eyes and rest for the remainder of the ride. I was shaken awake a what seemed to be only a few minutes later.

   My eyes fluttered open as I came face to face with Tanaka. "Young Master, we've arrived," he said. I nodded and exited, stretching and following him out to a very sketchy looking street. The floors were damp and run down, bad smelling shops--more like shacks-- were lined against the streets.

   Tanaka brought me to an especially smelly one, almost gagging when I saw the contents in the shack. The shelves were lined with what seemed like hundreds of hearts; human hearts, animal hearts of all kinds. They weren't even being kept properly; soaked in a warm tub of blood, flies and maggots all around each tub.

   Too busy shuddering in disgust, I wasn't aware that I wad being pulled away. "E-Eh?!" I said, immediately tensing. "Relax, my lord," said Tanaka, holding a brown plastic bag swarming with flies. I gagged. "I-Is that..." I trailed off as he nodded. "I'll do anything to help my Master get his love back."

Me: Daww Tanaka, you big old dummy dumb.

Lucy: Dude, I love how the first part was like super intense and you wind it down.

Me: Like a storm trooper dick.

Lucy: O.O uh...

Me: I am so sorry that was too far.

Lucy: ....PLEASE JUST VOTE AND FOLLOW SHE NEEDS HELP!

Me: Well fuck you too then.