A/N: This was 2,221 words before the author note, and it was five pages. I just have so much inspiration now that Alice has learned Ciel is alive and such. Also Sebastian and her butt heads a lot in this fanfiction. They just can't get along at all. By the way, thank my friend Hailey for this being so long cause I wanted to torture her since she can't read fanfics over the weekend and she loves this one... So this is for you Hail.


Alice steeled her nerves as she felt Sebastian turn her around. When she faced the older male demon, she noticed his eyes were not exactly the ones that she had seen in her memory. Sebastian's eyes were more copper than red, unlike the ones from her memory which had glowed red with a hint of copper. Realizing that maybe this man was just as confused as her as why she lived as a demon, she raised her head higher. "Are you sure you want to go through this memory? Most demon turnings come from violent events." He asked, almost daring her to back out and prove she was weak. Clenching her jaw, Alice sent him a glare. "Are you sure you aren't afraid that I will kick your ass again?"

Sebastian glared at her, and firmly reminded her that she only won due to surprise. Alice laughed, and replied, "Whatever helps you sleep at night, demon boy." That earned her a hard punch to her face, which didn't hurt as much as hearing her neck snap from the force. Gripping her head, she twisted it back into place with a murderous look. "Must you be so uncivil and resort to violence?"

"When insulted, it is only right to prove the insulter wrong." Sebastian replied, ducking out of the way as Alice tried to return the punch. Growling, Alice pushed him, sending him through the wall. Stepping through the newly formed hole in the stable wall, the blonde found Sebastian rising from the mess of wood and metal. "Now, it would be improper for a lady to not teach a servant right from wrong." With that comment to two had made up their mind that someone was going to either call Uncle or end up dead by the end of the fight. "I win, you teach me how to be a demon, and I teach you how to be a proper servant. You win; I leave and never bother Ciel or you again."

"Deal, now let's see who teaches who." He replied, quickly setting off at his inhuman pace. Alice set off in the same direction, her eye adjusting to the speed. Throwing a punch out, she felt air and heard Sebastian chuckle. "Damn!" She yelled, forgetting her proper training. Not like it would do her a load of use, if she was an evil creature. Feeling a swift kick connect with her gut, Alice gasped and doubled over. Looking up when she caught her breath, she saw Sebastian a few feet away grinning. Feeling angrier at herself for letting him get a hit in, she tore off the ground and to the left. By the time Sebastian realized what she was doing, she had him pinned. "Do you shout Uncle?"

The blonde received her answer by Sebastian flipping their current situation into a more improper one. "I don't, but you may if you feel your honor has been tainted." He drawled his mouth close to her ear. Feeling disgusted by his actions, she brought her knee to his groin. demon or not, that hurt any male. When he moved to with his rather hurt body part, she quickly kicked him off her body. Standing up, she watched as he didn't stand. Chuckling to herself, she walked over to him. "Need help there demon?" She asked, reaching out a hand. This was the wrong move as he grabbed her hand and used her body as a hammer, like in track and field. Feeling air whip past her body, she tried to straighten her body, but ended up crashing into a tree gut first. Feeling a tearing sensation, she screamed as blood soon found its way onto her hunting shirt.

Falling to the ground, Alice gripped her abdomen trying to staunch the bleeding. After a bit the bleeding stopped, and she lifted her shirt and found her scar had healed over again. "Any scars from our human lives are weak in our demon lives. Despite your lost, you have potential thus I accept your offer. First things first, we must change your clothes or Ciel will worry." Clenching her jaw again, Alice stood the healed scar still shooting pain as the nerves repaired themselves. Sebastian walked slowly next to her as they made their way to the manor, with a happy smirk on his face. If Alice wasn't worried of hurting herself again, she would have smacked it off his face. Entering through the back door of the Manor, Sebastian whisked off saying for her to go to her old room.

Climbing the stairs, she noticed that there seemed to be no other servants in the household. Making note of it to tell Ciel later, she headed down the hall she remembered from her memory. Alice wasn't exactly sure which door was hers though, so she had to open each one. Four doors later she found her old room, and quickly stripped her shirt off. Making sure she did not rip her scar open again, she then removed the small corset that went with the outfit. Heading into the adjacent bathroom, she dampened a towel under the faucet of the sink. One good thing of being a royal was running water that the poor did not have, she thought to herself as she cleaned the dried blood off her stomach. Once it was cleaned, she headed back to the bedroom. As she slid her shirt over her body, the door of the room opened. "I see you cleaned up. I have brought you clothes to change into since yours are bloody. I will wash them and you can change if you wish to return to the Midfords."

Alice nodded and looked at the dress he had brought her. It was simple by make, something a royal would never wear in public; however it was a beautiful blue green color. Taking the dress she headed into the bathroom as it seemed he would not leave, she removed her hunting pants and soon laced up her own corset. Alice had learned to be self-sufficient when she was younger, as she felt off in the Midford household, thus did not let Paula help dress her. However, as she slipped the dress over her head, she found maybe she just got used to feeling off in the house. Heading to the mirror, she looked at how the dress fell upon her body. The color complimented her complexion, which was naturally slightly colored due to her time outside hunting. Also the dress gathered at the hips, and created padding there; however it still fell straight down like water where it wasn't gathered. The neckline was modest, just showing the teasing amount of her chest, and the bodice was decorated with black embellishments.

Deciding that maybe she needed the color in her wardrobe more, she headed back to the bedroom. Sebastian had left the room, and Alice was glad. He didn't need to see her dressed like this, even if he had chosen the dress. Opening the door, Alice decided to find her brother to ask him some questions. He certainly remembered their family, but she did not. Walking in the opposite direction of her room, she opened doors on her way. The girl found drawing rooms, sitting rooms, guest rooms, and a library, but not Ciel. About to give up and ask Sebastian despite her dislike of the idea, she opened one more door. "What have I told you- Oh Alice, when did you return? And what are you wearing?"

Ciel looked up at her from behind a desk about five times his size, and stacked with paperwork. "I arrived a while ago. I had been riding after I left and injured myself somehow. I would have returned home as I was not welcomed here. However the manor was closer than home, thus I came here, as was found by Sebastian. He sent me to clean myself up and gave me this dress to wear." She half-lied, realizing Ciel probably wouldn't be welcome to her and Sebastian almost killing each other. "Oh, I see. Do sit though; I was taking a break from my work. Do you want to play a game?" Ciel asked, the inner child in him shining through. Alice sat across from him as he pulled out a board game. After he explained the rules they set out playing it, till Alice broke the comfortable silence. "Ciel, can I ask you questions about our family? I don't remember anything from before the fire, and I just barely remember the fire due to that evil man you call your butler."

Ciel made a sound at her comment, but decided to honor her request. "I honestly have no idea what happen in your life before I was born, as you are three years older than me. However, mother and father were unbelievably lovely people, which seemed to be light of the party. However, I barely have memories myself as I was only 10 when the fire happened, and your memories start to slip away to new ones at that age. If you truly wish to know mother and father, allow Sebastian to unlock the memories that you have blocked." Alice shook her head, and quickly picked the game back up. Ciel did not press her farther, however he did not like that she and Sebastian did not get along, despite being the same. "My Lord, dinner is ready." Sebastian's voice sounded, and Alice visibly tensed.

The blonde watched as Ciel rose to go eat, and shook her head when he asked if she was coming. Alice had never been really hungry since she woke up years ago, but it was expected for a lady's stomach to be trained to eat less, to stay small. However she realized, maybe the fact she wasn't hungry ever was due to her change of life. Getting up from her seat, she rounded the desk and sat in the chair Ciel just occupied. Turning it to face the windows, she watched as a slight breeze blew the trees gently. Ciel seemed like a great young man, who had obviously been through some hardships. However he was human, thus a fragile being and was going to have an end to his life. Alice had enough knowledge of demons from her fights with Sebastian to learn it took extreme force to even injure a demon, thus made it unlikely that she would die like Ciel would. So why was she here, why did she stay with the Midfords?

"Why am I surrounding myself with eventual pain and grief?" She asked aloud more to herself, trying to figure out why. "It's because you act human, but if you embraced your demon nature…" Sebastian's voice sounded from right next to her. Alice kept herself from jumping and just grounded out a curt, "No." A chuckle sounded from the man next to her and Alice had to turn her head to see why. Sebastian had turned his head too, to look down upon her, yet had a cordial butler stance that belied nothing about what was going through his mind. "Would it hurt to regain my memories?"

"Not that I know of, however you may have had a harsh past that Ciel does not remember." He clarified, watching as she shook her head. "As you teach me, and I teach you, could you… no."

"I could." Was the only answer she got, and she knew he understood what she was trying to ask him. "I can start now if you would like." Alice nodded, and felt his hands against her temples. Soon the room melted away she was met with the darkness that she had felt before, and she waited. After a bit, the darkness gave way to her watching a younger version of herself being held by a woman who looked exactly like herself. Alice guessed if she didn't fight the memories, she was a watcher and not a participant.

"Rachel, have you seen my paperwork?" A male's voice asked, and the woman laughed. Setting Alice down, Rachel headed to a stack of papers that had ink scribbles on it. "Sorry Vincent, but Alice got a hold of them and a quill." She said, handing them to a lean dark haired man. He was definitely who Ciel took over, Alice noted, however she had his eyes and beauty mark. Vincent laughed and hugged Rachel before crouching down to Alice's smaller level. The blonde had to guess she was only four at that time, as she watched her father ruffle her untamed short hair and kissed her forehead. With that the memory shifted and she was back in the chair, facing the windows. "They were so happy together." That was the only thing she said, as she came to her senses. Sebastian moved to start another memory trip, but Alice shook her head. Sebastian nodded, and he left the room.

It was there that Alice broke down, and started to cry. She was sad such lovely people did not live anymore and yet she did. She was the daughter of Angels and yet here she was a twisted demon. She was no better than Sebastian after all, she realized, and that made her stop crying.

In that moment, she realized she was destined to fall from Grace.