(First and foremost I wanted to thank everyone who has been kind enough to keep reviewing my work and you are the reason I'm returning to ffn and to my long dead account. Furthermore this fanfic is a gift to all SebCiel lovers so please enjoy ~)
Love AiRubyMichaelis.

Sunlight, voices of children laughing in the warm summer day, calling to each other, running around playing hide and go seek, so thought a small teal haired boy curled up in a dark spot under a tree, pushing against the trunk as if attempting to become one with the oak. A single saddened cerulean eye was fixed on its owner's delicate fingers and arms, all black and blue from the rocks and soda cans the happy children were throwing at him only minutes ago, the other hand was desperately pushed against the other eye as if trying to hide its existence, yet not bearing enough strength to gauge it out. Ciel, for that was the boy's name sat in the shadows trying to keep the tears from trickling down his muddy face as he buried his face into his knees covering his head with his arms in an attempt to block the happy laughter of the other children. "Look! Look there! There he is! Get him!" Ciel's eyes widened as he struggled to get up and run towards the forest away from his pursuers. No they mustn't catch up to him, they mustn't hurt him more or his mother will cry, those where the only thoughts the little one had as he run fighting back sobs and whimpers. On and on and on he ran not stopping to think about where he was going til he stopped, frozen, frightened only to realize that he was in the deepest part of the forest. Slowly Ciel walked onward listening for any sound that would betray one of his pursuers. "Hush child the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep…" Ciel jumped as he heard a soft deep voice singing his favorite lullaby. Eagerly Ciel followed the sound of the voice finding himself in a clearing, his eyes falling upon an older boy sitting under a tree, a raven perched on his fingers watching him as he sang.

Ciel approached the boy slowly though his body wanted to run, what if this boy wanted to harm him as well? Yet once those mature eyes gazed at him Ciel knew that the stranger meant no harm. "Its hurt…" The boy said suddenly an alabaster hand moving to caress the raven's injured wing softly. "…Much like you are" He added giving Ciel a barely visible smile. Ciel looked down remaining silent, his little hands forming into stubborn fists. "None of your business …don't you dare touch me!" Ciel's voice rang out like a lion cub learning how to roar. The boy simply smiled and looked at Ciel questionably. "Might I ask who did that to you?" His voice was soft almost kind and gentle. "I have band aids if you like" He added holding up a box. Ciel thought for a moment, though he was scared he needed what the strange kid had to offer. He sat close to the other and held out his hand. "Give them to me!" He commanded quite sternly. To his surprise the other chuckled handing him the box. "What a temper you have, like a little kitten. No, like a royal kitten" He added laughing. Ciel's cheeks reddened as snatched the box and proceeded to tend to his wounds. "I am not a kitten" He argued turning to finally get a good look at his host. He was greeted with a beautifully pale face graced with a soft yet mysterious smile, raven locks falling neatly around the boy's face as soft as the wings of the raven now resting in his lap, yet what was most intriguing about the boy where his eyes. A deep hypnotic shade of crimson now fixed on Ciel's cerulean eyes before finally darting to his hand still covering his right eye persistently. "Why do you hide your eye?" The crimson eyed child asked after a long pause. Ciel simply shook his head and looked down still pressing his palm firmly over his eye. "Mind your own business" He hissed trying to keep the tears from forming in his eyes. The older boy cocked his head to the side "I want to see it." He stated simply moving slightly closer to the younger one. "No! Stay away…I don't want anyone to see it anymore its ugly and…and its…" Ciel started, his visible eye widening in a panic. "Shhhh…" The other said moving to lower Ciel's trembling hand. Slowly Ciel opened his right eye to reveal a magenta orb with a glowing pentacle of the same color surrounding his iris. By now Ciel was in tears as his horrible marked eye was revealed to this strange boy. "….It's beautiful, don't hide it." The boy murmured turning his eyes back to the raven as he continued singing the lullaby in his soft deep voice. Ciel looked at him in astonishment yet said nothing. It seemed like years had passed until Ciel gathered the courage to speak. "What is your name? And what are you doing here all alone?" He asked very much interested. Without turning to look at Ciel the other answered softly. "My name is Sebastian Michaelis…and I enjoy being alone. The forest doesn't seem to mind me…" He finished somewhat sadly. Much like his little companion, Sebastian had been driven away because of his own eye color and had taken to being alone. Ciel kept looking at Sebastian curiously, the boy reminded him of something out of a dream yet his crimson eyes did not scare the little one, rather they made him feel safe from harm's way. "May I know yours?..." Ciel snapped out of his thoughts blushing lightly and avoiding eye contact. "Its Ciel…Ciel Phantomhive and I'm eight and a half years old" He mumbled quickly. "Ciel…" Sebastian repeated softly laying back against the tree trunk. "I've never heard that name before" He turned to look at the younger male, his eyes shining brightly. "I'm nine! I'm going to be ten in a month" He added cheerily. "Do you want to play with me?" He finally asked Ciel hopefully. As if breaking free from a curse a wide smile came to settle on Ciel's lips as he stood. "Yes! Let's play the King and the Knight!" Sebastian chuckled standing up, he was quite taller than Ciel. "Hmm…Then you must be the King since you have such a commanding presence". Slowly he klent down and plucked a wild blue flower the color of Ciel's eyes. "Allow me, my Lord" He said placing a ring with the brilliant blue plant as its gem on Ciel's thumb. "Your royal ring." He said bowing with a smile on his lips. Ciel smiled looking at the ring before grabbing a loose branch. "Kneel down my loyal subject" Ciel said in a regal voice. Sebastian obeyed dropping to one knee. "I hereby name you Sir Sebastian" Ciel said knighting Sebastian with the scepter branch. "Arise, Sir Knight" He added watching Sebastian stand once more.

"Name your orders my Lord" Sebastian said bowing once more, a smile on his face. Ciel thought for a moment before speaking once more. "Do you swear on your loyalty to me that you shall never leave my side?" Ciel asked rather hopefully for a mighty King. A single smirk formed on the raven head's lips as he spoke the words that would be engraved in the other's heart forever.

"Yes, My Lord". Sebastian said in his alluring voice placing his hand around Ciel's own and giving it a soft kiss his eyes fixed in his Lord's mismatched ones. "Ciel…"

"Ciel….Cie….Ciel! HONEY WAKE UP YOUR GOING TO BE LATE!" Rachel Phantomhive chirped loudly in her son's ear. "Mhff…Mom! Damn it! Its six in the frikken morning don't frikken shout in my frikken ear!" Ciel shot up wagging his finger at his cheerful mother. "Ah ah temper temper my little prince~" Rachel said through a giggle as she walked to the door of her son's room. "Breakfast is in five so hurry up hun." Ciel Phantomhive groan and flopped back on his bed burying his face in his big soft pillow. "Uh..did I really come out of this woman? Impossible." He grumbled standing up and stretching before his mind darted to the dream his mother had interrupted. Sebastian…the red eyed boy Ciel had befriended all those years ago. He had grown to expect Sebastian being there in the clearing to play with him on weekends and weekdays after school, was that why the boy stopped showing up one day? If Ciel had noticed the growing gushes and bruises on Sebastian's wrists and legs sooner maybe he would have been able to…."Tch.." The seventeen year old shook his head not wanting to remember those years. The teal haired boy made his way to the bathroom getting ready to hide his magenta eye with a sapphire blue contact lens however today he stopped to observe said eye. "….It's beautiful, don't hide it." Soft words of the past echoed in his head making Ciel sigh. "It isn't beautiful" He said to his reflection as he covered it up like every morning. Deep inside him there was always a sadness in his heart whenever he thought of Sebastian. Ciel had ran to their Kingdom, the clearing in the forest and waited there, but his loyal Knight never came. And the days of their glory together never returned leaving Ciel with an empty place in his troubled heart and a hard time in learning to fight off his bullies on his own without Sebastian's strength to aid him. But what pained him most of all was that the promise he gave him was not kept, no matter he was seventeen now, and Sebastian was a permanent figure of the past up til his eleventh birthday when the mysterious raven stole Ciel's first kiss and disappeared without a trace. Slowly Ciel traced his lips with his finger trying to recall the feeling of the crimson eyed boy's lips against his own…How did it feel back then…? "Ciel! Honey! Your very very late!" Rachel chirped from down stairs. "Shit!" Ciel cursed under his breath pulling on a dark blue V-neck and black skinny jeans. "I'm coming!" He shouted grabbing his bag and turning to leave his room, his mind travelling to his dream once more.