{not gonna lie, I just got lazy}

~A Year Later~

"Sebastian, could you make the teas? I have to much on my hands right now"

"Of course, I'll be right there"

I put the stuff down to continue what I was during earlier.

It's been a year. A whole year since C/N disappeared, and yet there's been no trace of her. That man... he never came back either.

I think by now we've all given up, we can't find her. Which is funny, the Queens Guard Dog.... and this is the one time we can't solve a case.

I pick up the supplies and begin to clean the dining room, there's a special event apparently. Although I wasn't aware of it until now.

The door creaks open, I look behind me, Aurora.

"Yes Mistress?" I ask. "Y/N, I need to ask a question" she says walking in. I wait for her to say something.

"Do you miss C/N?" She asks. I'm surprised by the sudden question but, I have to answer it.

"All the time, sometimes I wonder what it would be like if she was here, just imagine her running around laughing and smiling, helping me cook and clean..." I say. "Yea... why did we just give up though? Yea I understand that we couldn't find her after a year but, we can't just give up" she says.

"Aurora, I'm scared to say this but, maybe we are looking for something that isn't there" I say. "What do you?... wait... are you saying she's, dead?" Aurora looks shocked.

"I don't know for sure but... it's a possibility" I say.

"Why would you say that?! She's your own child! You can't give up looking until you know for sure she's gone! If you have proof that we should give up, tell me now" she says.

I have nothing...

"Exactly, I say we start looking again, there has to be clues somewhere, have you checked roof? Or maybe even just around town? Come on Y/N! We can't give up!" She says.

"Aurora-"

"Y/N! Come on!"

"Aurora we-"

"Y/N!-"

"Aurora! Shut up!"

She stops and stares at me.

"We won't find her, I know it deep down, just stop okay? You aren't making this feeling any better" I say, trying not to cry.

"But-"

"Aurora, I suggest going back to your office and to get work done" I say. She just sighs and looks at her feet.

"Your probably the worst parent I've ever seen, and my parents are dead" she says leaving the room.

I ignore her and continue cleaning the room. Sometimes I wonder why I haven't just got up and left. I'm tired... tired of everything.

*CRASH*

I jump at the loud noise. "Aurora? Sebastian?" I ask. No answer. "Ciel?" I ask. No answer still.

I walk toward the noise expecting just some stray cat again.

No one here... this plate just fell on its own. No ones in here with me, I think.

I stay quiet waiting for another noise.

At the blink of an eyes the candles all blow out. I jump and make a run toward the door. It's locked!

"Open the door!" I yell. I keep banging on the door, trying to open it.

"Damnit!" I yell.

"Mom... help"

I stop in my tracks and turn around. I stay quiet...

"C/N?" I ask. She's standing right in front of me, right there.

"Mom... help me, please"

"Where are you?!" I ask. She doesn't say anything other than 'help me'.

"The man... that man that took me... you know him, you've known him for a long time, since you were a baby"

"I knew him?" I start to think of all the people I knew as a child.

"I mustn't stay to long... he's coming, he's going to be here, please stay safe"

She begins to disappear. "Wait!" I yell as I try to grab her, but I'm to late. She was all grown up, she was beautiful. The first time I'd seen her in a year...

*knock knock*

There's a knock at the front door. I drop the supplies and go to answer the door.

I open the door but... no ones here. I look down and see a note on the ground. I pick up the note and read:

"For the Phantomhive Manor,

How's your time been? Have you given up already? Y/N... don't give up, I know you know better. Come find me, come find your daughter, I'll be waiting

Peach

Sincerely, an old friend"

I put the note down.

"Sebastian!"

~....

"At least C/N is still alive but... how do we find him? He hasn't given any clues" Sebastian says.

"What does Peach mean?" Ciel asks. "Peach is a type of food mas-"

"I know what a peach is! But why did he write it here?" Ciel says.

I try to think... Peach. I heard that somewhere, not as the food but as a nick name...

Peach, Peach, Peac-...

Wait.

I remember now.

The only person that called me Peach when I was child was... my father.