Demon's Child Chapter 18

Chapter 18.

Logan’s P.O.V.

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Ugh, the fuck is that? Oh yeah...fuck... I opened my eyes and shut off my phone to see it was 1:55 am. Oh, you’re probably wondering why I’m waking up at this time. Since Me and Melody started working at the George manor, we’ve had to get up so fucking early in order to make it there in time for work at 7 am. It’s not so bad, since we sleep at the George manor during the days while we’re working there. I got dressed quickly, using my demonic speed, and went into the living area expecting to see Melody. However, to my surprise she wasn’t there. Usually she would be sitting on the couch, waiting for me to get up. I sighed and used my key to take me to her apartment. The apartment building was dark, with a single light on at the second floor. But it wasn’t Melody and Ciel’s apartment, since they lived on the fourth floor. I snuck in and went to her apartment, banging on the door, hoping to wake her up. But the apartment was still silent and dark. Seriously Mel!? I sighed and used my key to open her door. I opened the door and smiled at the scene before me. Melody had fallen asleep on the couch, snuggled up to Ciel, both covered by a dark blue blanket. I took a picture of them with my phone to cherish the memory. Then got an evil idea to wake them up. I crept over to them without making a noise then I took in a huge breath of air.

“WAKE UP YOU LITTLE BITCHES!” I shouted, using my screamo voice. The two jolted awake, causing them knock into each other's heads with an audible smack. As Melody sat up, she kicked Ciel between the legs. This all happened within seconds and all of this caused me to laugh hysterically, falling to the floor.

Ciel’s P.O.V.

Fucking Hell that hurt!

I opened my eyes to see Melody rubbing a bruise forming on her forehead, sitting on top of my hips. I would have liked her current position, if I wasn’t in so much freaking pain.

“You okay, love?” I asked her in a pained voice.

“Y-Yeah...Ah! Oh my god, are you okay?!” she asked probably noticing that I had a pained look on my face. I smiled to her, trying to reassure her that I was ok, even though I was far from it.

“I-I-I’m ok, love. Honest.” I told her. I soon started to hear a fit laughter that sounded too familiar. I looked behind Melody and glared seeing Logan in a fit of laughter, rolling on the floor, holding on his side. Noticing this, Melody turned to where I was looking and gave him a more raged filled glare.

“Logan! What the Hell!” she yelled, gaining his attention.

“Oh...don’t mind me. I-I’m just here enjoying...the show”, he said in between laughs.We both glared harder at him, not finding this funny. After while Logan stopped laughing and wiped away a few tears. “Okay, okay now I’m done. But it’s your fault”.

“How is it my fault?”, Melody started, “you woke us up. It’s two in the morning!”

“Yes, but it’s also seven in the morning in London”. Melody was confused at Logan’s statement, but then realized what he meant.

“Oh Hell, we have work today, don’t we?” she said.

“Bravo, she got it.” Logan said sarcastically. Melody scowled as got off of me, then slapped Logan upside the head and walked into the bedroom. Logan turned to me and smirked. “So Ciel, you are getting really comfortable with Melody, huh?”

“What are you implying idiot?” I asked.

“I’m just saying, that I wouldn’t be surprised if you two had sex anytime soon.” Logan replied. I felt my face go dark-red in embarrassment.

“Shut up, you freaking ass!” I shouted. Logan laughed a little at my reaction.

“Hey, just make sure you always carry a condom.” He replied. I growled then Melody came out of the bedroom.

“Alright I’m ready.” she said, lacing up her combat boots.

“Okay, let’s go.” Logan said. Melody nodded, then turned to me and kissed me gently.

“I’ll see you in a few days, okay?” she said. I nodded then kissed her goodbye and watched as the two of them left the apartment. I let out a sigh, then decided to try and go back to sleep.

Logan’s P.O.V.

Once Melody and I got to the manor, we separated to do our assigned tasks, which weren’t that bad. Just tidy up the house and take care of Lady Madeline.  So you could probably guess who had what job. Anyway, I was in the middle of vacuuming the main hall when I heard the door opening. I checked and saw that Lord George had returned from the auction that he went to earlier today, with Sebastian carrying the things he claimed in a large box.

“Welcome back”, I said, “how was the auction?”

“It was alright, won a few things”, he explained simply, “I also got something that Melody could be interested in”. He gestured to Sebastian to take whatever this was out and Sebastian put down the box and took out a really old camera that you would see in old western films (I think?).

“It’s 19th century”, Lord George explained, “and the auctioneers said that this camera had a certain legend to it”.

A legend huh?, I thought to myself.

“Whoever this camera takes, the people who they care about most shall appear with them. Whether they are living or not”, Sebastian explained further.

“Huh, that sounds cool.” I commented.

“Yes, would you please fetch Melody so we can test this legend?” Lord George asked. I gave him a silent nod then went to get Melody.

“Please Melody?” I heard Madeline ask when i came within earshot of her door. “It would look so pretty.” I heard Melody let out a small sigh.

“Alright Miss Madeline.” I heard Melody say. Confused, I opened the door to see what they were talking about. What I saw was Melody kneeling on the floor as Madeline tied a white ribbon into a small bow at the end of Melody’s braided hair. That’s when I noticed Madeline’s hair braided like Melody’s; I smiled at their cuteness.

“Looks like you are enjoying yourself, my Lady.” I commented. Madeline looked and smiled at me, then nodded.

“Yeah, hey what that’s Logan?” Madeline asked, pointing to the camera in my arms. Before I could respond, Melody cut me off.

“Talbot’s camera . . where did you get that?” Melody asked.

“Lord George won it at that auction he and Sebastian went to,” I explained, “I can see that you know of this”. Melody nodded.

“Yeah and its legend, but I don’t know if it’s true or not”, she told me.

“Well that’s what we’re going to prove now, come on let me take a picture of you”. Melody would shake her head which kind of confused me.

“No, you already know who I care about, but how about we take one of you instead?”, she suggested. I let out a sigh and nodded at her.

“Okay, but after me we’re taking one of you”, I told her as I gave her the camera. She let out a sigh and then quickly took the picture. When she took the picture, she left to develop it. Melody came back a few minutes later with a picture in her hand. Madeline and I went to see the picture. What I saw both shocked me and made smile inwardly. Not only did I see myself, but I also saw my mother, Hector, Melody, Annabel, Claude, an old German Shepard, a black cat with maroon eyes and to my surprise a faded picture of Sebastian. I didn’t think that he would show up at all.

“Hey why is there a dog in there?”, Madeline asked breaking my train of thought. I looked to the little girl and gave her a small yet sad smile.

“He was a stray that I found a few months after my mom died. We sort of took care of each other and he was my best friend before I met Hector. However, a year after I found him, he got run over by a car...before I could go cross the street”, I said, muttering that bit, “I didn’t really had a name for him before that, but after that day I found a name for him. Hero.” When I finished my tale, both girls looked at me with both surprise and a little pity.

“That’s really sweet Logan, I’m sorry about your dog though”, Melody told me sincerely.

“It’s okay Mel”, I told her, “Now, any more questions before I take a picture of you my dear?”.

“Just two”, she started, “one, why is that cat there and two why is Sebastian faded”. I took a minute to think about what I was going to tell Melody and then after that I told her.

“Well with that cat, when I was little and when my mom was still alive this cat used to follow me everywhere. I often fed him and played with him. One time I begged my mom to keep him, but she told me no. I was ok with it, but after my mom died I never saw him again”, I told her. Melody nodded to response and then gave me a look saying “ok but, what about Sebastian”. I let out a sigh as to began to explain. “Ok...you see with Sebastian. I-I do care for him in a sense, but….I’m not really sure if I’m ready to forgive him yet”. Once I was done, both of the girls was quiet for a while, which confused me since it wasn’t that hard to understand. Before I could think of anything else, Melody hit me in the head. “Ow, what the hell!”

“That’s for being stupid. Look I know that you and Sebastian aren’t on the best of terms, but you should feel lucky . . at least you have some family left”, she told me with a hint of irritation. Her response shocked me a little, but then I started to feel a little bad. You do have some family Melody….you just don’t know it yet.

“Whatever, now how about we take one of you, my dear”, I told her with a small smirk. She let out a sigh.

“Fine, but it won’t be interesting”, she told me boredly. I quickly took a picture of her and went to developed. After I finished, I returned and showed them what had showed up. In the photo were some people that I didn’t know. Well I knew a few, but not everyone. The obvious would be Ciel, me, Hector, Hannah, Claude and Sebastian. Now to those that I didn’t know. There were some kids about the same age Melody and myself (maybe younger), five to be exact. Two of them were boys and the other three were girls. One of the guys had platinum blonde hair and icy blue eyes and the other had dark brown hair and golden eyes like Claude. The girl next to the blonde-haired dude looked like his older sister. They had the same hair-color but her eyes were stormy grey. The second girl had long dark-violet hair and bronze eyes. The third girl had curly blonde hair and dark green eyes. There were also five adults that I didn’t recognize either. Two women and three men. The first guy was in his late teens, with messy strawberry-blonde hair and turquoise eyes. The second guy was in his mid to late twenties with dirty blonde hair and turquoise eyes. The third guy was elderly, with slicked back grey hair and dark brown eyes. The first woman was in her late teens, maybe early twenties, with cherry-red hair tied up in twin pigtails and hazel eyes hidden behind a pair of thick, circular glasses. The second woman was in her mid-twenties, with long strawberry blonde hair tied back into a complicated braid like Melody’s  . . .and emerald green eyes. Oh . . this must be . .

“My mother, Aurora.” Melody said, seeing that I was staring. “ That's my older brother and sister, Alois and Isabella. That’s Mey-Rin, Tanaka, Bard, and Finny…servants at the Phantomhive manor . . Elizabeth . . she always insisted everyone call her Lizzie. . .” I turned my head to see that Melody was smiling sadly at the photo, and then pointed to the violet haired girl and the dark-brown haired guy. “That's Victoria and Marcus . . they're twins, non-identical and half-demons like us . . .” she continued.

“Hmm . . they sort of look familiar . .” I commented. “ I can’t put my finger on it . . Ah, whatever.”

“Finny’s cute,” Madeline said, pointing to him. Melody gave Madeline a nod, and then smiled sadly again.

“Yeah . . he was really cheerful and funny too . . . .” she muttered. I wrapped an arm around her shoulders, giving her a side hug. Madeline also hugged her, wrapping her small arms around Melody’s waist. Melody seemed surprised by the hugging but she seemed to like it, seeing that she was smiling a bit. “Hey, why don’t we take a picture of Sebastian?” she asked. I gave her a nod.

“Sounds like a plan, let’s see who he cares about.” I said..

“It would probably just be you and your mum.” Melody commented.

“I doubt that, I bet you’re in it too Mel.” I replied.

“Why would I be in it?” she asked.

“Well, even though you may not know it or see it . . .” I said. “Sebastian does care about you.” Melody scoffed.

“I highly doubt that.” Melody replied. “Come on, let’s take Sebastian’s photo.” I nodded, then we left to take a picture of Sebastian.

Melody’s P.O.V.

The Hell . . .what’s with him?

Logan and I were currently taking a break in the living room. We have tried dozens of times to take Sebastian’s photo but he’s so damn fast, the camera couldn’t capture his image correctly. It’s my one chance to get solid proof  . . . solid proof that Sebastian is . . . Ugh, I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around the idea I’m . .  his daughter . . Honestly, the idea is just . . . so . . Grr!. I let out a sigh and turned to Logan. It’ll be one hell of a talk with him . . But I already treat Logan like a brother . . . . which he really is  . . . And he knows . . I think . . . but one question has been bothering me . . . Would he want me . . . . as his half-sister? I let out another sigh and curled up on the couch. Logan let out a small laugh.

“I swear, you act like a cat sometimes . .” he said. I scowled at him.

“Shut up.” I replied. Logan let out another laugh then stood up.

“I’m going to get more film.” he said, then took the camera  and started to go.

“Okay . .” I replied. Logan gave me a nod, then left. I rested my head back onto the couch and I unintentionally drifted into sleep . . .

It was dark . . I couldn’t see anything . . . There’s cold metal beneath me . . . I was laying down in a cage . . . A dark fabric was covering it . . . Why . . why was I lying here . . . Mum will get worried . . No . .  She’s dead . . . That creature . . the white creature killed her . . . The creature killed Mum and set the cottage on fire . . . Alois . . . . Bella. . . If they’re alive . . I hope they’re together . . That’s all I can hope for . . . A beam of light came into the cage and I saw a man’s face . . He was smiling, but it wasn’t a happy smile . . . It was an evil smile . . Like the one the monster had on his face when he was beating a servant . . . . . I-I’m scared . . I-I don’t want to be here . . .

“Melody . . Melody . . ” . . someone was calling my name . . Logan . . “Melody wake up”

I opened my eyes to see Logan’s face.

“You okay?” Logan asked, a slightly worried expression on his face.

“Yeah . . I’m fine . . why do you ask?” I asked.

“When I was waking you up, you blindly tried to slap me.” he replied.

“Oh . . sorry . . .Anyway, did you get the film?” I asked.

“Bad news. When I went to get the film, I saw that it was damaged and unusable.” he replied.

“Damn it!” I groaned, covering my face with my hands.

“I know dude . .” he replied.

“That was my one chance of getting proof . .” I muttered.

“Wait what . . What about proof?” Logan asked. Shit.

“Uh . . nothing Logan.” I replied.

“No, not nothing.” Logan said. “What did you mean by that?”

“It’s nothing, Logan!” I insisted. Logan gave me an unconvinced look. I let out a sigh . . Might as well tell him . .

Logan’s P.O.V.

“I know, okay?” Melody said. “I know what you and Sebastian have been keeping from me . . .”

“Wait . . what . . . how . . when did you . . “ I said, shocked.

“I’m not stupid Logan.” Melody replied. “You made it quite obvious . . I assume you overheard him talking about it or he told you . . am I correct?” I let out a sigh.

“I overheard it in Houndsworth . . and I tried to tell you once but Sebastian stopped me and wants you to tell you himself but . . he’s being a coward about it.”

“Two months . . . “ she muttered. “It makes sense . . . I guess . . . . How do you feel about this?” I let out a sigh.

“I don’t know exactly . .” I began to say. “But I’m happy . . .Happy that I have more family . .” Melody smiled.

“Me too. .” she replied. I smiled back at her.

“Awesome.” I said. After a moment, Melody smirked and got this devious look in her eyes.

“I know that look, what are you planning to do, my dear?” I asked.

“Let’s keep this little conversation a secret . . for now.” Melody explained. “This, little brother, is the perfect opportunity to mess with him.” Knowing that she meant Sebastian, I smirked back at her.

“Perfect.” After our conversation, we both went to our separate duties and went along like we didn’t have it in the first place. Hours passed and the sun had just set. When I was going back into my shared room, I saw that Sebastian was dusting. Perfect. I walked up to him with a slightly annoyed attitude remembering when I developed the picture.

*Flashback*

I decided to go through the porch way to get to where the extra film was stored. As I was walking, I noticed something. Sitting on the steps was Sebastian and he looked like he was playing with a stray kitten. On one hand I found this strangely cute, but on the other it was the perfect chance. Being as quick as I could, I took a picture of Sebastian and headed into the dark room to get it developed. As I watched the photo develop, I could see that both Melody and I were in it. After about a few more seconds, the picture was completely developed and seeing this only confirmed my suspicions. Not only did I see my mother, but also Melody’s which means, he did care for them and it wasn’t just a one night stand. I need to show this to Melody. However, before I could, someone took the picture from my fingers. I turned and glared at Sebastian, who was right behind me.

“May I ask what you are doing here?”, he asked even though he knew what I was doing. I glared at him harder and then gave him my response.

“Just, you know, taking a picture of a coward…” Sebastian just gave me an annoyed look and put the picture in his coat pocket. “At one point, you have to tell her. She needs to know!”

“Logan, you don’t under-”

“I can understand you’re too much of a coward to tell your daughter that she still has a father who cares for her! She’s been through hell, she does need to know that her dad cares for her”. With that, I left the room, too angry to deal with him…..

*End Flashback*

With that memory in my mind, I was ready to bitch at Sebastian. When I approached, his back was turned to me but I could tell that he sensed my presence.

“What do you want Logan?”, he asked, his back still to me.

“What? Can’t I just talk to the biggest bastard ever?” Sebastian stayed quiet to my comment, which allowed me to continue. “Look, I can understand that you’re worried and a little scared, but that’s no excuse why you can’t tell Melody the truth. She’s your daughter and right now, she needs to know that. I don’t care if you neglect me, but don’t do that to Melody”. Sebastian continued to stay silent. “Look, if you don’t say anything, I’ll do it. And that won’t be good . . If you’re afraid to tell her, then show her that picture.” I said, and then went into my shared bedroom. I opened the door to see Melody curled up in bed, probably half-asleep by now. I smiled at her cuteness then sat on my bed and went onto my phone. After a few minutes, Sebastian knocked on the door.

“May I come in?” he asked.

“It's open.” I replied.

“Melody, may I speak to you?” Sebastian asked, opening the door.

“Can’t it wait until morning?” Melody replied in a sleepy voice.

“No . . It’s important.” Sebastian replied. Melody groaned and sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

“What could be so important?” she asked. Sebastian was quiet for a while and turned to me for any help. I just shook my head; he needed to do this on his own. He let out a sigh and reached into his coat pocket and took out the picture. I noticed that he was a bit shaky as he gave her the picture. Melody took it and I saw that she was surprised, like she didn’t expect to see that. The room fell into a deep silence for a while and then Sebastian broke the silence.

“Melody...I’m so so sorry. I-I wanted to tell you so many times and so much sooner but….I-I was terrified….terrified of the thought that you wouldn’t want me as your father...that you wouldn’t want me at all”. When he was finished he put his head down with shame. The room once again was filled with silence then Melody spoke up.

“I already knew . . about you being my father . .” Sebastian looked at her in shock.

“What…when . . “ he asked.

“It wasn’t that hard . . Do you think I’m thick or something?” Melody asked him.

“No . . . .I just . .” Sebastian began to say, then sighed. “I don’t know . . .”

“Well…this does make me a bit happy.” she said, gesturing to the picture. Sebastian smiled a little. “But you’re still a bastard for lying to me for so long . .” Melody continued. Sebastian nodded.

“I agree.” he said. Melody smiled a little, and so did Sebastian and I. “Well, I should probably let you sleep.” he said, standing up. “Goodnight.” He then walked out of the room and shut the door behind him. I let out a yawn.

“Well, it’s getting late.” I said, laying down in my bed. “Night Mel”

“Night, little brother.” Melody replied, laying down and closing her eyes, soon falling asleep much happier than I have been in weeks.