Dolls Part 1
(We're going to say there are three pieces of the Hope diamond.)
(Recap)
"No more falling into frozen rivers. Okay dear?" My father said handing me some hot soup.
"Okay." I said as I started another coughing fit.
"Eat your soup then get some sleep."
"Okay." I ate the soup and fell asleep.
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(Lena)
I finally got over my cold (kinda) and I was working in the shop once again. I was working an a women with brown hair and blue eyes. I looked up to see Aaron sitting at the door looking at me. "Okay, I guess I can take a break." I said. His tail started wagging. I grabbed my coat.
"Dear be careful. Young girls have been disappearing." Father said.
"Yes father." I said as I hooked Aaron's leash onto his collar. "Come on boy." When I opened the door there was a small box. I opened it to see a ring. Wait not just any ring, it had the Hope diamond. "I'll go show Ciel after our walk." I said to Aaron. I slipped the ring on my thumb because it was a little to big for my ring finger.
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I had brought Aaron home and told father where I was going. As I was walking I heard a enchanting tune. I couldn't help but follow it. I soon found myself in front of a doll shop. I walked inside. All the dolls were beautiful. Then another girl with blonde pigtails and emerald eyes walked in. Lady Elizabeth to be precise. "Welcome little ones." A man orange hair and Violet eyes with a purple tattoo under one eye said.
"I'm terribly sorry sir." I said.
"So am I." Lady Elizabeth said.
"I see that you have the rings." He said. The man looked familiar I just didn't know where from. "yes indeed you have them. Unfortunately neither of you have been chosen as the rings new master. However your eyes."
"Sorry sir. But I'm betrothed sir. Ciel is the only man I love."
He looked into my eyes. "Both of you up eyes I like deep green pools. Full of sorrow."
"W-what?" I said.
"Huh?" Elizabeth said.
"You two can't hide it from me. You're both very sad." I felt tears in my eyes.
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We all sat in chairs in a triangle. Elizabeth was sobbing and I silently drank the tea I had in my hand. "I see you Miss are sad from the loss of your mother. And you a birthday present for your betrothed."
I nodded. and Elizabeth said. "Yes, I wanted to make him happy."
"There are many things for sale here. They are all quite wonderful." He said. Elizabeth looked around the shop a smile formed on her face. The music started playing and the clock chimed. "Lovely aren't they? You may have your pick at them. Please choose which ever one you like."I started feeling tired and my eyelids felt heavy. Everything sounded far off and quiet. I heard one thing. "We'll give him you."
'Lizzie.' I thought. 'I'm so sorry.
"And you. So young, so pure. You will make a beautiful doll." The tea cup fell from my hand and smashed onto the ground. And I slipped into darkness
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(Ciel)
"Elizabeth's disappeared?" I asked.
"Yes. Her maid said she lost track of her when they were stuck in traffic in Islington." Sebastian said.
"Then that's where we are going. Honestly what was she thinking? "
"And it has also come to my attention Miss Lena has disappeared as well." Sebastian said. "Undertaker called saying she was on her way here because she found a ring at the front door of the parlor."
"Lena?" I sighed. "Let's go Sebastian."
"First you should look at this." Sebastian held out of tray with a letter with the Queen's seal on it.
I opened the letter. "Scotland Yard has been investigating a series of kidnappings the targets are always young girls. The girls' bodies haven't been found but their most likely dead. The kidnapper sends each victim a piece of the Hope diamond before taking them. The same diamond said to bring the curse to the person wearing it. Jim we recently chasing after. Who would've known we care about it again like this." I said as I read the letter.
"What now, my Lord?" Sebastian asked.
"We do what the queen has asked of us. That's a first priority. No matter what happens." I said.
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Sebastian and I were in the carriage. "What is it?" Sebastian said.
"Are you prepared? I have an order for you." I said.
"Yes?"
"Question everyone who knew the victim, friends family, and make up a suspect list" I said. "names, addresses. Then search the crime scene. It shouldn't take long three hours should be enough. While you're doing that I have some business to take care of. Am I understood?"
"Perfectly sir."
"Then hurry and get on with it."
"Of coarse. As you wish my Lord." That he jumped out of the carriage and into the night.
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I want down the a street. "Paula said she lost it Lizzie someone around here. But why do I have to bring him with me?" I said referring to Pluto. I remembered what Sebastian had told me. "Well, no matter. Your a dog. Which means you can track sense can't you?" I pulled out the ribbon from the box Lizzie had wanted me to open area but took away. "Here's the ribbon from Lizzie's gift." Pluto sniffed it. He didn't do anything after that. "Why you stupid mongrel. Do you intend to only obey Sebastian?" He pulled me into an alley only to see another dog. "why do you have to start looking for a mate now?"
"Oh, a man looking from mate. Perhaps I can help." A familiar, annoying voice said. On the rooftop was Grell Sutcliff. "I am a hunter of love. And that last my pray is before me! Red is a color of fiery passion. And I am flaming."
My eyes widened. "Red..." I mumbled.
"A gorgeous man right there!" Grell said pointing at Pluto.
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"You again." I spat.
"A deadly efficient butler that's me." Grell said. "Though I am currently without a master." He jumped off the roof. "After the Madam Red incident I was temporary demoted and now I'm only getting the lowliest of job. That brute Will told me he won't give me my old post back until I collected some truly troublesome souls! Although I must confess I love rotten fruit every now and then. And those cold eyes could keep me warm on a cool night. And who is this wild one? He's a cutie." Grell said. I was getting aggravated. "Oh dear. You aren't planning to avenge your beloved aunt are you? I mean that would just be silly."
"You shut up."
"Now, now. I don't see Bassy anywhere. What could a brat like you do without him."
"Be quiet." I said. Pluto growled.
"Oh is he your protector for the evening? Why does this little kid get all the good looking men?" Pluto started running toward him. "Oh,he's going to attack me. At least be gentle." Pluto ran right past him and I ran to catch up with him. "Hey what am I?
He ran to a doll shop and in the window were two dolls. "Lizzie, Lena."
"Look what we have here. Number 493 on the 'to die' list : butler and puppeteer to the house of Mandalay, Drossel Keinz."
Pluto ran to the store and I ran toward it. Once I entered the store I saw Pluto with the doll that looked like Lizzie. I bent down to have Pluto give me the doll. I realized the bow around the dolls waist was the one Lizzie had in her hair earlier. 'Lizzie.' I saw a door that was open. I ran through the door to see a mansion. 'Lena and Lizzie are somewhere in that mansion. I know it."
"Goodness, not the most welcoming place is it?"
I looked at Grell. 'This is the man who killed Madam Red. But I need him.' I thought. Images of Lizzie flashed through my mind. Then of Lena. 'What why Lena?' I thought.
"Fine Grell. Come in with me." I said.
"What?"
"Protect me and I'll grant a request."
"How insulting. Earl or not you think I'm just the type of woman you can buy with money."
"Well one Lena is most likely in there. But, I'll give you Sebastian for a day, you can do whatever you want with him." I said.
"Hmm Lena in there ? Sebastian and whenever I want to do? Even kiss him."
"If that's what you want."
"Does that mean I can use tongue?"
"Do anything you please with him."
"Oh my. Yes, that's an offer I couldn't possibly refuse. I'm deadly serious."
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Grell slammed the door open and said. "All right, here we go."There was a girl standing in the middle of the room. I ran up to her. "Oh look, that ring's a lot like yours isn't it?"
'The Hope Diamond?' I thought. 'This doll looks like...' I remembered the photo of a victim. 'Impossible.' The her eyes looked at me and her hand reached out and grabbed my neck as it started chocking me.
"Help...Pluto." I struggled to say. Pluto just sat there. "You stupid....useless...mongrel."
Something hit the girls head and I dropped to the ground. I looked up to see Grell on the chandler. "Now why would you call the puppy when you should be calling me."
"Grell."
"As a reaper I have all the tools needed for harvesting souls. See my Death Scythe." he said pulling out two small scissors.
I stood up. "But aren't those just scissors."
"I can't help it! But Will took my custom Death Scythe away! I miss it so much! I'll show you. I'll snip her into bits."
"Hold on, don't hurt her. She isn't just a doll!"
"Die! Welcome to the afterlife!"
I ran to the girl to see something coming from the girls neck. "Maybe she was a doll after all."
"Wood and clay will wash away, wash away, wash away." A pair of doors started to open. "What a useless doll. she was a udder failure." The man said walking out into view. "So I thought to myself: in order to succeed I must make them stronger." Then he sang. "filled it up with iron and steel, iron and steel, iron and steel. Build it up with iron and steel, my fair Lady." Many more dolls walked out.
"I've seen them before." I said.
"I'm not going to let anyone take away my day with yes dear sweet Bassy."
"Wait Grell."
"Take this dolls!" Grell yelled. He sliced at one of the dolls only to reveal the dolls were made of metal.
"Grell this is an order. You and Plato stay here and keep the dolls occupied. Play with them as long as it takes."
"Huh?"
I gripped the ring I had taken off the first doll. I started running off. "You're going to leave me? That's not very human of you."
"I'm in the inhuman one?"
I ran up a bunch of steps and I thought to myself. 'Those dolls looked just like the kidnapped girls. No, the dolls are the girls. That means Lizzie and Lena.'
I burst through another set off doors. "Ciel Phantomhive. You are indeed a beautiful specimen. I'll have to make you into a doll worth of exquisite beauty."
"What have you done with Elizabeth and Lena?" I barked.
"Now what material should I make use for you. Clay will wash away way to easily, iron is far too crude. So I thought to myself: building it up with silver and gold, silver and gold, silver and gold. Build it up with silver and gold my fair Lady."
I started running an busted through yet another set of doors. The room was covered with masks and they all sang. "build it up with silver and gold, silver and gold, silver and gold. Build it up with silver and gold, my fair Lady. "I covered my ears. "Build it up with silver and gold, silver and gold, silver and gold. build it up with silver and gold, my fair Lady."
I burst through yet another set of doors into a room. on the floor of that room was a symbol that was burned into my own skin. 'That day... My birthday... My life changed. As long as I live. I will never see a happy birthday again. Never.' I thought.
"Truly master, nothing good ever happens on your birthday, does it?" My eyes widened. "You lost your mansion, you lost your parents, and this time, you stand to lose Lady Elizabeth and Miss Lena as a frie...acquaintance."
"Sebastian!" I said.