"Welcome to my world that's painted with sadness
There's no light of sun, there you can't hear any sound at all
Here I'm waiting silently for you, father
Why you were so cruel to left poor Mary alone?" 

I silently sing to myself as I am dragged down the street with a collar around my neck and a chain leash attached to it. "Come on." My Master tugs on my leash, having me walk a little faster. 

I am not wearing any shoes, but I'm wearing clothes underneath my cloak. My clothes are nothing like these noblemen are wearing. It's basically a long brown gown. My face is pretty bruised up, so that's why I'm wearing the hood over my head. 

While I was walking, I find myself staring at a basket of apples on the food stand. I stop in my tracks and stare hungrily at the basket full of apples while I feel my collar being pulled on by the leash. 

"What's the matter with you? Let's go." My master glares at me as he tugs on the leash a little harder. 

"Master... Please?" I point to the apples in the food cart. I haven't eaten since yesterday morning. 

"What? You want that?" He looks at the apples then glares back at me. "Tch. You don't need that." He said while scoffing at me. "Let's go." My master tugs on the leash again. I quickly grab an apple from the stand, but I wasn't quick enough to hide the apple inside my cloak. "You little rat!" Master growls and stomps over to me, and I recieve a slap across the face. 

My head faces to the left as I drop the fruit on the ground. I ignore the pain and dove on the ground to grab the apple.

"Drop that right now!" My master shouts and kicks me in the stomach. I grunt hard, making me drop the apple again. "You don't get to disobey me, you drowned rat!" He shouts me again and grabs my collar, lifting me up. He aims a punch to my face and I take this opportunity to fight back. When he is about to hit me, I bite down on his hand hard enough to draw blood. "Ugh!"

I pull away and make a run for it, but I don't get fair since the leash was dragging behind me. I know my master will grab it and yank me back. As I ran, I bump into something hard, making me fall to the ground hard, making me grunt in pain. Did I just hit a wall? 

"Goodness, are you alright, Milady?" My sit up from the ground and look at the voice who was concerned about my wellbeing. I look up to see a man dressed in black with raven black hair and ruby red eyes. "That was quite a fall. Are you injured?" The man holds his hand out for me to take. 

"Thank you..." I take his hand and he gently pulls me up from the ground. Beside him, I notice a blue with navy blue hair, a deep blue eye as the other was covered by an eyepatch, and dressed in fancy clothing. 

'He's a nobleman... They both are.' I think to myself. The small boy is looking at me closely, almost like he's glaring me. "Um-" 

"Jane!" My eyes widen as I hear my master calling for me. The back of my cloak is yanked from behind me and I feel my shoulder being gripped on. "My dear girl, are you alright? You know better than to run off like that. I was so worried." My master frowns, pretending to be concerned. 

"Is this your daughter?" The boy questions. 

"Yes. She likes to wander off a lot." Master dusts me off while covering the collar around my neck with my cloak. "Look at you, Jane. You're filthy. I told you not to run off like that. Now you've gone and caused trouble to these two gentlemen. I'm truly sorry about her." 

"There was no trouble at all." The man smiles at my master. 

"Well, I hope you both have a wonderful day. We'll be off now. Come along, Jane. Let's go home." Master turns me around and I walk with him down the street as his hand continues to tightly grip my shoulder.

~Ciel's P.O.V.~ 

Sebastian and I were walking around town to buy a vase since Finny, with his incredible strength, broke one while him the other servants were trying to catch mice in the manor. I rather not be out in this time of day. I'm already busy enough with paperwork. 

As we walk, I hear a small grunt come from Sebastian. But it wasn't him who had grunted. I turn around to see a young girl, around the same age as me, on the ground. She had long, messy white hair and her skin was pale. "Goodness, are you alright, Milady?" Sebastian asked the young girl. That was quite a fall. Are you injured?" Sebastian holds out his hand to the girl. 

"Thank you..." The girl took Sebastian's hand and Sebastian gently pulled her off the ground. She was wearing a brown cloak and I could see the gown that she is wearing. It was a bit messy. Not only that, she wasn't wearing any shoes or socks, and she was wearing a black collar around her neck with a chained leash attached to it. Where did she come from? "Um-" She was going to speak until someone called out to her. 

"Jane!" An older man with blonde hair and green eyes ran over to us. He grabbed the back of her cloak and pulled her to him. "My dear girl, are you alright? You know better than to run off like that. I was so worried." 

"Is this your daughter?" I question the man. 

"Yes. She likes to wander off a lot." The man smiles at me as he dusts the dirt off Jane's cloak, then covering the collar with her cloak. 

'She's a slave.' I state the obvious. 

"Look at you, Jane. You're filthy. I told you not to run off like that. Now you've gone and caused trouble to these two gentlemen. I'm truly sorry about her." The man smiles at Sebastian and I. 

"There was no trouble at all." Sebastian assures the man with his fake smile. 

"Well, I hope you both have a wonderful day. We'll be off now. Come along, Jane. Let's go home." The man turns the girl around and I watch them walk down the street. 

"Is something the matter, young master?" Sebastian asks me and I turn my head, and continue walking. 

"It's nothing. Come, Sebastian." 

~Jane's P.O.V.~

"You ungrateful swine! How dare you embarrass me in public like that!" My master shouts at me while cracking the belt against my bare back. I grit my teeth tightly together due to the pain as my I'm on my hands and knees. 

The moment we got home, Master grabbed a fistful of my hair and shoved me to the ground, then ripped the back of my gown to expose my back. I heard him unbuckling his belt and suddenly felt the stinging sensation on my back. 

"After everything I've done for you! I take you in! Feed you! Clothe you! Put a damn roof over your head, and this is the thanks I get!? You are nothing more than a rat, picked up off the streets! You're lucky to be alive!" Master cracks the belt against my bare skin again, earning a painful grunt from me. 

"F-Forgive me...M-Master..." I pant heavily as my body trembles from the pain. 

"Apologizing won't help you this time, you rat! Mary! Where's that hot water!?" Master calls for his wife. 

"Here." His master's wife, Mary, also my Mistress, walks into the living room with a pot of boiling hot water. "This should teach her a lesson." Mistress glares at me with disgust. "You will learn to be obedient." She scoffs and slowly pours the boiling hot water on my back. 

I scream to the top of my lungs as I feel the steaming hot water on my body. A bowl of cold water was placed in front of me, which left me in confusion, until my collar was yanked on, having my head in the freezing cold water. 

I struggle and claw at the floor, trying to lift my head up for air, but Mistress has my head in the bowl with her foot on my head. After a whole minute, I feel her foot off my head and my hair being pulled on, lifting my head up from the cold water. 

I gasp for air while coughing as my body trembles once again from the pain and cold air. "That should teach you, you filthy rat." Master scoffs and kicsk me, having me lay on my side. 

My master and mistress walk away as I continue to lay on the ground, easing into my punishment. 

"My tears are falling, why it's so painful?
I did nothing wrong, so why do you hate me so much?
This burning canvas became your cruel answer
And now flames unsparingly kiss me goodnight..." 

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