The Story of a Past Scarlet 2

A/N:
This fiction contains bloody scenes, so if you’re not fond of this kind of developments, please hit that back button now. Keep in mind that, although I am trying to go as faithfully as possible to ZUN’s SDM back story, he is vague with details, so I am filling up the holes with my own version of what could have happened. You may disregard this story if you want... or not. Thank you, and do enjoy the story.

Lives destroyed because of one group’s extreme beliefs in what seemed like good, and retribution due to an uncontrollable rage. A whole village bathed in the blood and ashes of its former inhabitants, left to rot and disappear from history. An enormous empty spot in the middle of a thick forest; a spot where once stood the gloomy castle of Remilia and Flandre Scarlet. This small patch of land used to be so peaceful, and in the course of a single night, that peace was destroyed, along with so many lives. Now the land is left to care on its own, while the two Scarlet sisters and their entire castle move about to an unknown destination. Though to Remilia, the moment the castle settles and the sky outside becomes visible through the small window once more, it’s only been a day since she cast the spell, however, in reality, 3 days have passed since the horrific event took place. Remilia’s face stays as emotionless as ever as she looks out the window to admire a scarlet evening sky, and although she feels something has changed, all her thoughts dwell on her sister. Remilia runs out of the library and heads straight to Flandre’s room, opening the silver door with a bang, smiling and shouting “Flan! We just reached our new home! Come with me!” Flandre hisses and jumps out of her bed to land behind it, then starts to cry while shouting “get away! You won’t kill me! I’m too strong! I’ll break you!” Remilia’s smile vanishes in an instant, replaced with a fearful and concerned frown, and asks “F-Flandre, don’t you recognize me?” Flandre peeks her little head from over the bed, and when she sees Remilia, she smiles very naturally and asks “onee-sama, where have you been? W-we were waiting for you.” Remilia looks around and notices some of the dolls and toys from Flandre’s toy box lie on the ground, torn and broken. Remilia looks into her sister’s eyes, and instead of the kind and innocent little girl, she sees a desperate soul trying to find an escape from reality. Noticing this, Remilia walks toward Flandre, pats her head, then calmly says “Flandre... You can’t just ignore what happened. Be strong, my sister. We can start a new life together now. We... we’ll get new servants, new friends. I’ll even get you a new pet if you want.” Though she was just trying to settle her sister’s worry, the mentioning of a new pet causes Flandre’s mind to play Inuki’s bark over and over, causing Flandre to cover her ears, crying and screaming, banging her head hard against the wall, repeating “no, NO! Shut up! Shut up! NO~ Please, stop barking! I can’t hear you! I can’t hear you!” Remilia runs to her sister, trying embrace her, but Flandre grabs Remilia’s left arm and rips it right out of its joint. Remilia stands awestruck, staring at her sister with fright, while Flandre looks up at Remilia’s face, and immediately start to cry and repeat “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to! NOT AGAIN! NO!” Remilia realizes the expression on her face isn’t helping, so the neutralizes her face and softly says “Flan, it’s alright. I’ll be ok after I sleep. Look, you see? I’m smiling!” Flandre looks up at Remilia’s fake smile, then starts to sob, curling into a ball on the floor while saying “she’s not here. She’s gone. I broke her! I BROKE HER!” Remilia once again tries to reach for her sister, but stops when Flandre’s sobs slowly turn into a disturbing laughter. When Flandre looks back up at Remilia, she whispers “play with me.” Remilia asks “Flandre, what’s the matter? Please, tell me what’s w-“ Before she can finish, Flandre unleashes her power, her aura turning scarlet and looking like wildfire that consumes the entire room, floating just above her bed, shouting “play with me until you break! Come on! I-It’s gonna be fun! It’s gonna be FUN! HAHAHA~” Remilia tries to reason with her sister, but no words can reach her, and soon, she finds herself running to the door as large scarlet orbs fly straight toward her, each with enough power to threaten her life. Closing the door behind herself, Remilia breathes rapidly and heavily as the orbs explode hard, causing a loud noise and strong vibration all over the area. When the explosions stop, Flandre’s insane laughter fills the basement corridor, and all Remilia can do now is look up at the ceiling above her while hugging herself with just one arm, hoping to find an answer.

Three days later, Remilia still lies on her bed while staring at the ceiling, still wearing the same dress from three days before, still covered in blood stains. Her left arm is restored, but her heart still pains her. She looks to her door, hoping to see her chief maid enter and offer her a new set of clean clothes, but like the three days before, all she gets is the harsh reality of her solitude smack her on the face once more. She turns her head back to look at the ceiling, thinking of going back to sleep for a few more hours, but a strange sound catches her attention. She sits on her bed, using her arms for support and listens as quietly as she can for that noise, and there it is again. She jumps out of her bed and whispers to herself “intruders in my castle. They’re in for a surprise.” Outside Remilia’s room, the corridor, though large, doesn’t look as large as it was before. The windows look a little smaller and a little closer to each other, and the ceiling seems to be lower as well. Remilia crawls on the ceiling, keeping herself hidden away from the little afternoon sunlight that enters the corridor windows. As she gets closer to the corner, she hears giggling and wings flapping, sometimes making music, like a symphony of small bells. Remilia doesn’t care about that, though. All she cares about is to kill the intruders and feast on their flesh. She doesn’t want to admit it, but she is famished, and feels weak and very tired. The intruders giggles get louder, which means they are getting closer, so Remilia decides to stay quiet and wait for them to come; strike them down without having to expend much effort. Patiently, she waits, and for a moment, it seems her giggling intruders are going back, but soon they seem to be coming around again, and just as she hears them right underneath her, she drops down fast, clawing without looking, the sound of shredding fabric giving her some pleasure, thinking her intruders are something edible. After pinning down the two little girls, the little light that enters through the windows reveals two frightened fairies with torn wings shivering under Remilia’s hands. When Remilia realizes all the got were mere fairies, her hunger and frustration get the best of her as she screams “dammit to hell! FAIRIES? UGH! And here I thought I was going to be able to eat something decent!” She slowly removes her hands form the two little fairies, who continue to shiver as they crawl away from the vicious vampire, and that’s when Remilia finally realizes it. Gasping, the vampire runs to the foyer and rushes outside the still broken doors, thinking “fairies? I thought these creatures couldn’t live in the human world anymore! Where am I? Where... are WE?” As soon as she is outside, the sun sets, saving her from the blundering mistake of forgetting her parasol, and Remilia notices something more. As she looks at the walls around her castle, she notices it’s scarlet colored now, and seem to be smaller than she remembers them. As she slowly turns around to her castle, she thinks “what’s this? Did the spell cause this..?” Losing her train of thoughts, Remilia opens her eyes wide with surprise at the sight of her castle. She sighs, then says to herself “a mansion. It changed into a mere mansion. But why?” She looks at the clock tower and says “at least that’s still there. Though... everything is red... scarlet. My castle has become a mere scarlet mansion.” She takes flight and flies around her now new mansion to explore. The hole on the back wall she made when her rage took over her is gone, looking like nothing ever happened. The windows sit closely together now, and what was once a frightening architecture has now become a peaceful-looking mansion, though bigger than regular human mansions. She flies back down to the ground next to the front door, thinking “well, there’s no helping it. I wonder why did the castle chose this form anyway? No matter. I need to focus. I need to find out where I am.” Remilia’s thoughts are brought to a halt by a tiny finger that pokes her back. Angry, Remilia turns around and shouts “what’s your problem?” She is surprised to find the two fairies she attacked earlier carrying fruits and vegetables on a large leaf. She looks at the fairies for a moment, then says “you’re offering me this garbage? I need more that just fruits and vegetable to survive!” She scans the area just outside her gates, then smiles and says “wait here”, and in just a few seconds there is a sudden growl, a slash, a gush and finally, a thud, then Remilia returns with the fresh corpse of a youkai boar, saying “it may not be human, but it should sustain me. Come, help me with these.” Obediently, the little fairies grab their offerings from the ground, and follow Remilia back inside.

While Remilia prepares the meal, she addresses to the little fairies, saying “so, you like it here, ever though this is a vampire’s home?” The two fairies nod, then the blue haired fairy asks “can we play here?” Remilia glares at them, yet keeps her neutral expression, then replies “those who live here must EARN their stay.” The little blond fairy with the slightly broken left wing giggles and says “but we can’t work.” Remilia rubs her chin while in thought, then says “hmm, I guess you two aren’t that far behind. You can speak...” After looking at the two fairies for a moment, she thinks “fairies are such useless creatures, but right now I am just too weakened to explore this place. Could be dangerous. Can they really help?” The blue haired fairy flutters above Remilia and removes the large pot from the fire just as it starts to smoke, surprising Remilia. The vampire thinks for a little longer, then looks at the two fairies and asks “would you like to play dress-up?” The two fairies look at each other, then back at Remilia, and giggle as they nod in unison. A few minutes later, Remilia sits on the dinner table at the darkened dining room, a place she used to enjoy being in, and now feels unappealing to her, yet she finds it even less appealing and unrefined to eat anywhere else. The food on the plate, though not as elegantly presented as she is used to, is still to her liking. The two little fairies arrive to the room, both wearing a small brown maid outfit, flying around each other while giggling and playing around. Remilia gulps the food in her mouth, cleans her lips with a small white napkin, leaving a small blood stain on it, then strictly says “that’s enough! Present yourselves to me this instant.” The two fairies look at Remilia curiously, then Remilia sighs and sounding annoyed, she says “get over here. I want to see you.” Giggling, the two fairies fly down, the blonde fairy already fully recovered, then Remilia smiles and says “yes, you two look great. Now, how about you play a little game with me?” The little fairies cheer and repeat the word “game” over and over, while flying around in circles, but stop when Remilia punches the table to get their attention. After they stop, Remilia sighs, smirks, and says “the game is called ‘Being a Good Maid’, and in this game, you have to keep things clean, prepare meals, and obey my every command. Whoever does the best job wins the game. In fact, you can start the game by telling me the name of this land.” The little fairy maids looks at each other, then turn to Remilia with a smile and say “home!” at the same time. Remilia sighs and thinks “so useless”, then says “right... home. Then here’s my next command. Try turning on a few lights around here. It’s really dark, even for me. And remember, the one who does the best job wins.” The two little fairies fly around the area and use their magic to turn on the lamps around the dining room, the blonde fairy saying “I’m gonna win this easily!” The blue haired fairy replies “not if I beat you first!” And so, the two little fairies, after having turned on all the lamps they could find in the dining room, quickly head out the corridor and continue lighting lamps with their magic bullets. Remilia stares at them and thinks “they may be useless, but they sure are energetic about it. Now, I’m going to need more of them in order to keep this place in shape.” She finally looks at her plate, looking at the leftovers, then sighs and says “Shurelia. You used to make these plates look so delectable... now look at this mess.” After looking at her plate for a while longer, she suddenly fires a large red orb at it, turning the food to ashes and breaking a perfect round hole on her end of the table. She looks away toward the corridor and says to herself “I better get Flan some food to her room. She must be starving.” Upon arriving to Flandre’s room, Remilia softly knocks on the door and gently calls “Flan... It’s me, Remilia. I got some food here for you.” When Remilia enters the room, she find Flandre sleeping on her bed, uncovered and looking toward the wall. She places the food plate on the small table next to the door, walks toward her sister, covers her up with her shredded sheets, then kisses her cheek, saying “sleep tight, Flandre. Maybe tomorrow we can explore this land together.” Remilia quietly heads out the door, and as gently as possible, she closes it, unaware that her sister is not only awake, but smiling in a most vile and disturbing manner.

The next day, at midday, Remilia wakes up on her bed, cleaned up from all the dried blood and wearing her sleeping garments. She eagerly gets off her bed, thinking “today, Flandre and I go exploring. I’m sure all she needed was some sleep to calm down, and now she’s all rested up. This will be fun. Me and her, exploring our new home together.” While she thinks this, she slips off her little sleeping dress and slips on another white dress, similar to the one she had before, though this one comes with a pair of frilly wrist cuffs with a red bow. After making sure she’s properly dressed, she heads outside her room, opening her door, then stopping right in front of the two fairies, both still dressed as maids and eager to receive their new commands. The blue haired fairy raises her little hand and says “I turned on the most lamps, so I win!” The blond fairy looks bitterly at her friend and says “you got lucky. Miss vampire, what are your next commands?” Remilia face palms and closes her eyes as she sighs and whispers to herself “so useless”, then looks at the two little fairies and says “first of all, you will address to me as miss Remilia, understood?” The two fairies salute and nod, saying “yes, miss Remilia” at the same time. Remilia can’t help but crack a smile, then says “fine. I want you to find some feather dusters and some cleaning napkins, then I want you to clean all you can.” The two little fairies salute Remilia, saying “yes, miss Remilia!”, then rush away, giggling and challenging each other on who’s the fastest. Remilia looks toward where they are headed, then a thud and a crash make her wince, sigh, then think “this is never gonna work.” She looks away from the fairies and turns her thoughts to Flandre, feeling a little happier after forgetting about the fairies. Struggling with the making of breakfast, Remilia manages to make a more decent-looking meal of red vegetable soup with some meat on the side, and after serving the plates and placing them in the dinner table, Remilia makes her way to Flandre’s room, keeping a straight face while feeling proud of herself. After reaching Flandre’s room and opening the door, Remilia says “Flan, I’ve made us some breakfast, so come to the dining room with me to-“ Remilia stops cold on the doorway after seeing her sister sitting on the floor with her back against the bed, smiling while her eyes glow in the dark. She breathes loudly through her mouth as her head seems to tilt to the right and says “onee-sama! How are you? I’m so glad you came. I haven’t eaten a thing, so I am famished, onee-sama. Te-he, heh.” Remilia can feel a cold chill creep down her spine as she looks at her sister, then looks at the empty plate on the small table, then chuckles nervously and says “I see. W-well then, come on, Flan. Um, are you sure you’re fine with this? I could bring your plate down here if you want.” Flandre suddenly shouts “NO!”, then calmly says “I want to eat with Remilia onee-sama.” Remilia nods, then smiles and says “a-alright. Let’s go and eat, Flandre.” The little blonde vampire stays on the floor, then Remilia says “Flan, come on. You and I are going outside to explore this new home after this, so hurry and get up already.” Flandre sighs slowly and steadily while smiling, creeping Remilia out, then says “I’m sorry onee-sama, but I can’t get up. I’m too tired. You’ll have to help me.” Remilia tries her best to keep a steady face, but worry escapes her eyes as she approaches her sister, and still, she manages to sound normal as she lifts her sister up by wrapping her arm around her own shoulder, and saying “alright, up we go, then. You’ll love breakfast today, Flan. I made it myself.” As they walk out of the room, in a strange undertone, Flandre asks “you don’t say, sis?”

At the dinner table, while Remilia uses her spoon to eat at a slow pace, Flandre devours her meal like a ravenous beast, even throwing away her spoon to just gulp down her plate. Remilia is full, leaving more than half of her own serving, so Flandre eyes her plate. Remilia sighs, then says “go ahead, Flan. It’s yours.” Flandre smiles and giggles the same way she used to, before the terrible incident, and says “yay~ Thank you onee-sama!” She grabs her sister’s plate and starts eating away with her hands, making Remilia turn her face away in disgust, saying “come on, Flan. Use the spoon. You’re a lady after all!” The loud munching sounds stop and when Remilia looks at her sister, she realizes she’s letting her arms hang in the air while looking down at the plate. Remilia, truly worried, lifts her left arm to reach Flandre’s head, and asks “I-I’m sorry, Flan. Are you ok?” Flandre starts to chuckle softly, Remilia thinking she’s going to go berserk again, but when the little sister lifts her head, she holds a spoon on her right hand and playfully says “look, like a lady”, then starts to eat the little bits left with the spoon. Remilia sighs with relief and smiles back at her sister, and just then, the two little fairy maids enter the room, giggling and circling around each other in the air while heading toward Remilia, the blonde fairy saying “miss Remilia, miss Remilia, I cleaned a lot of stuff!” Before the fairies can reach Remilia, the blonde fairy explodes while in mid-air, her wings fluttering down to the floor. The little blue haired fairy cries out for her friend, while Remilia turns her sights to her sister, who has her right hand pointed at the fairies and already clenched into a fist, smiling and giggling while doing so. Flandre turns her eyes to Remilia, as she says “FLAN! What’s the matter with you? Those are our new maids!” Sounding angry, Flandre says “I don’t like them!” The blue haired fairy notices Flandre is looking at her, so she tries to fly away in fright, but Flandre simply giggles and in sing-song, says “I got your eye~, little fly”, and clenches her hand, making the second fairy explode in the corridor. Remilia screams “Flandre, stop, STOP! Don’t do that! We need their help!” Flandre turns her attention to Remilia, glaring at her sister as she says “you were replacing me, weren’t you? You were even replacing yourself! I won’t let you! I’ll kill you first!” Remilia shouts “Flan, you’re not making any sense!” Flandre starts to fly above the table, and sounding maddened, she smiles, laughs, then shouts “so you really don’t like me after all! All those years of FAKE smiles! You never cared for me! All you want is to keep your stupid position as the head of the house! I’m tired of it! I want to be mistress! I want to play outside all day, like you do!” Remilia stands on the floor next to the table, staring back at Flandre, then says “Flandre, don’t do this. You are making a terrible mistake!” Flandre giggles, then shouts “shut up and play with me already!” Flandre points her right hand at Remilia and clenches her fist, but Remilia changes her own fate and instead of having herself explode, her chair does, and while Flandre stares at it with surprise, Remilia jumps up and punches her right in the face, sending her crashing down to the floor.

Flandre stands on the ground, smiling ever so disturbingly while staring back at Remilia, then giggles and says “that hurt, onee-sama. It was a good hit. Now it’s my turn.” Flandre seems to have disappeared, but Remilia knows where she is, yet turns around too late to avoid the red sword that striker her shoulder, leaving a large gash that doesn’t seem to bother Remilia as she stares back at her sister and says “you... used your weapon against me. Oh Flan, why did you do that?” Remilia cuts her forearm and uses the blood to create many large scarlet spears, and throws them all straight at Flandre, who gets too scared to move in time and ends up getting hit directly. Even so, she remains in the air, covering her face with her arms, only getting a few burn marks on her abdomen and face, and a small cut on her arm. As she slowly lowers her arm, she notices the bit of blood tricking down to her elbow, and at the sight her eyes expand and tremble, then she screams to the air and unleashes an enormous barrage of red, green, blue and yellow orbs that cover the entire dining room and start to rain down on to the floor. Remilia dodges the orbs as best she can, feeling great power on every single one of them, thinking “what’s this? She’s really attacking me. She’s going to kill me. She’s really going to kill me! My own sister wants me dead!” Remilia turns into countless bats, and all scatter around the room, escaping the attack. Remilia’s voice echoes in the room as she says “if this is how you want it, then so be it. I never imagined out fates would bring us to this... Flandre... my sister.” Flandre clenches both hands as she snarls and shouts “stops hiding! Play properly and give me the castle!” Remilia’s voice echoes as she says “Flan, Flan, Flan. If you had come exploring with me you’d know, our home has changed. We are no longer inside a castle.” Flandre covers her ears and screams “no more! No more changing! Stop changing so much! I... I don’t wanna~” She starts shooting thin crimson beams in rapid succession over and over, destroying the dinner table, the chairs, the plates, the fairy wings on the floor, trying to find out where Remilia is. Quietly, Remilia hovers from above and charges herself up, creating a giant scarlet fire cross, engulfing Flandre in its flames, making her scream out of fright and surprise, and when it stops, Flandre’s eyes glow bloody red. She starts to float back down to the ground, and as she does, she covers her face with her hands and starts to sob. Remilia, though keeping her neutral and cool face, can’t help but feel some guilt for attacking her own sister with such a powerful attack, so she slowly floats back down to her and whispers “Flan... Flandre, I’m sorry. I thought you wanted to kill me so I... Flandre, I’m sorry.” When Remilia is in reach of her sister, Flandre reveals the twisted smile under her hands, her widely open eyes, the scarlet glow in them is so bright it illuminates Remilia, even with the little sunlight entering the room. Remilia gasps in horror and tries to fly away, but Flandre grabs her arms and sticks her claws through them, then bears a set of large fangs and bites hard on the left side of her abdomen, taking a large chunk of flesh, then rips off both of Remilia’s arms, claws her chest down to the rest of her abdomen, and finally, she rips Remilia’s head off with a quick chop, then kicks her body away, where she uses her blood-covered right hand and clenches her fist to make it explode. After a short while, and Flandre start to hyperventilate, she realizes her sister’s body isn’t fully destroyed, so she decided to finish the job, however, when she sees the lifeless head of her own sister on the floor, and the blood of her own sister all over her hands and arms, she breaks down. She realizes what she’s done and starts to sob for real, then calls “onee-sama. Onee-sama, where are you? Remi, answer me!” By now, Flandre starts to cry inconsolably, rubbing her eyes with her bloodied hands as she cries away the pain in her heart. She lost control, and killed the only one that’s ever loved her; the only one that showed real care for her. She cries “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! Onee-sama! She’s gone, and it’s all my fault!” A strict voice near Flandre’s feet says “Flandre! You are a Scarlet! Show some dignity.” Flandre slowly stops her crying and sobbing, and with tears in her eyes she scans the area around her, asking “onee-sama? You’re alive? ... Where are you?” Remilia continues “you really believe you can kill me that easily? Give me a break, Flandre. I’m much stronger and smarter than you think. I hid my heart away from you, so I’ll be alright.” Flandre continues to scan around, then Remilia says “down here, Flan.” Flandre looks to the floor between her feet, and on the floor is Remilia’s head looking up at her sister. Flandre grabs Remilia’s head and her eyes water again as she says “onee-sama, I’m sorry! I don’t know why I did that! Please, don’t hate me!” Remilia sighs and says “I can never hate you Flan, but for now, I’ll ask that you go to your room. We will talk about this later.” Flandre rubs the tears from her eyes and cheeks with her bloodied forearms as she says “ok. I’ll... go back there. C-come visit me soon.” Flandre sniffles as she places Remilia’s head back on the ground, then walks away toward the basement, unaware that her sister’s head and body turn to ash after she leaves the room. Flandre sniffles and sobs as she makes her way back to the basement, while a lone bat hangs in the ceiling above the basement’s entrance, slowly covering itself up with its wings as a tiny teardrop trails down to its head and falls to the ground.

Six days pass after the incident and Flandre refuses to leave her room, while Remilia slowly recovers. Though able to form her body again, she is severely weakened, her skin looks paler than usual, and one of her wings is yet to grow back, while the other looks small and brittle, and yet even in this state, Remilia has made some progress for the mansion itself. Through the little strength the possesses now, she has defeated many of the leader fairies that were taking residence around her mansion, and thus, has gained the loyalties of many of the fairies. To Remilia, this has been a double-edged accomplishment, as fairies are quite useless for anything other than playing, but with so many, the mansion looks clean enough, and some of the fairies have also learned to cook, though their preparation leaves Remilia questioning her meal every time. Thanks to the fairies, and her own unwavering will, Remilia has managed to keep herself and her sister alive, but just barely, as some of the youkai are trying to take advantage of Remilia’s weakness, trying to enter the mansion to take over, only to end up dead under Remilia’s claws, and the insane bullet barrage from the fairies. All seems well, but Remilia’s rage does not subside, and her hatred for the unknown land is growing stronger. She sits on the roughly repaired dinner table with a fork in her mouth while holding the fork’s handle with her right hand just slightly, and placing her left elbow on the table and resting her head on her hand. She lets out an angry sigh, then says “I can’t take this shit anymore! I want out of here, NOW!” The fairy maid in the room gasps after hearing Remilia curse, but Remilia glares back at her, so she keeps quiet, and simply bows her head. Remilia drops her fork on the table and storms away with an angry face, a face that has taken over her usual calm look, and heads straight to the basement. Reaching the dirty and messy library, Remilia heads straight to the desks, glaring everywhere, kicking the books on the floor around with all her rage, and when she finally reaches the desk, she looks around for the black book she used to take the now mansion to its current location, but it is not there where she had left it. Furious, Remilia kicks the desk and knocks it the ground, screaming “where is it? Where the hell is that damned book?” She looks at the magical circle she had made; it’s dried and disappearing, and thinks it might work in that state, but then she holds her head and claws herself, letting some blood run down her forehead as she says “dammit! Dammit all, I can’t remember that damned incantation! This isn’t possible! It was here, it was here! Where is it now? Where is that damned book now?” Desperate, Remilia runs around, searching through the many shelves and desks, knocking them over, yet she fails to find the book. Finally, she finds one of the tallest shelves and eyes it over, hoping the book is on plain sight, but when she fails to find it again, she stick her claws on the sculpted wood designs on the side and struggles to turn the shelf over. She stops and takes as many breaths as she can before attempting to knock over the shelf again, but it doesn’t even budge. Exhausted, angry, feeling humiliated, defeated and depressed, Remilia surrounds herself in her scarlet magical flames and makes a small red cross of fire, then drops on her knees on the ground and cries, sobbing while keeping her eyes open for anybody that might come into the library, feeling shame in her current weakness. Meanwhile, Flandre sits on her bed with a sad and bored face, her once happy eyes filled with much doubt, confusion and sorrow. The darkness and silence of her room slowly fills her head, her puppy’s memory slowly sinking into the darkness, along with all her memories before the attack. Her old innocence, and her many attempts to control her powers, and only the memories of Remilia remain. Slowly, she lifts her head and smiles, then her eyes glow blood red, then she whispers “play.” Though there’s no answer, Flandre giggles, progressing to a maniacal laughter, and shouts “play~ Play with me! HAH! Ha-ha-ha-hei~ I can hear you, so let’s play... Let’s play until you BREAK!” From outside the room, sounds of insane laugher, explosions and shredding fabric take the dark corridor over, making the small group of fairy maids that were cleaning there flee to the upper floors in fright.

A month later, Remilia has given up on finding that book again, her face showing great discontent and hatred at all times. Though the mansion looks more lively and clean, its corridors have never looked so dark and gloomy, yet the fairies remain, ever loyal to their strong mistress, who has regained all of her strength and power after much rest. A white haired fairy maid makes her way to the main hall of the mansion, where Remilia remains most of the time, as if awaiting for something to happen, always glaring everywhere, looking out the window, still wondering where she is, yet the hatred she feels for the lands keep her from going outside and finding out. The little fairy maid pushes a small and elegant cart with a covered white and gold plate, and a white kettle and teacup with a gold linings on the handles and borders. The fairy maid bows her head and says “your tea, my lady Remilia.” Remilia glares back, acknowledging the fairy’s presence, but not saying a single word. The sound of the tea pouring on the cup covers the entire room, taking over the awkward silence. After pouring the tea, the little fairy maid flies over to Remilia and offers the cup, thinking Remilia might attack her, due to the constant glare, but instead, Remilia gently takes the cup from her hand. Relieved, the fairy maid sighs and flies over to the cart, revealing cookies with red jelly on them, all slathered unevenly and even dripping down to the plate. The maid pushes the cart next to Remilia, who looks at the cookies with grimace, then simply picks one up and eats it in one bite, her lips wriggling at the bitter taste of the red jelly. The maid frightfully asks “my lady, is everything alright?” Remilia sighs and says “no, it’s not. These cookies are too bitter, and this tea is bland!” The fairy maid bows apologetically and says “I’m so sorry, my lady Remilia. We will try harder next time.” Remilia cracks a vile smile, making the little fairy back away with a small yelp, then lifts the cup as high as her arm can reach, then drops it, letting it shatter on the ground. The little fairy maid gasps and looks at the broken cup, then back at Remilia. The mistress’ smile quickly turns into a frown, then she suddenly demands “don’t just float there, you useless maid! Clean it UP!” The fairy yelps and hold her head, repeating “I’m sorry! I’ll clean it up. I’m sorry!” Remilia sighs and watches as the little fairy maid rummages through the underside of the cart, looking for a small broom and scoop, and while the maid picks up the cup’s pieces, Remilia demands “and I want that cup fixed and ready for the next teatime. If it’s not ready, there will be hell to pay!” The fairy maid almost cries as she picks up the last of the cup and says “y-y-yes! I-it will be ready, my lady!” Remilia smiles wickedly as the fairy places the broken cup on the tray and rushes out the door, then shouts “I’ll be waiting for it!” The fairy maid is gone, and somehow, even after her mischievous outburst, she feels angrier than before. She looks out the window, sighs, then says to herself “there no way around it. For now, this place will be my... our home. This cannot wait any longer. I have to go outside... tonight.”

Later, after the sun sets, Remilia goes to Flandre’s room, opening the door halfway, and without looking inside she coldly says “Flandre! It’s me, your sister. I am going outside to find out where we are. You stay here and DON’T come out of your room until I come get you myself... understood?” From inside, Flandre glares at the door with her glowing red eyes and says “you need to make eye contact, onee-sama, or else, I cannot hear you.” Remilia angrily pushes the door open, her rage and hatred evident on her face as she glares inside the room and toward Flandre, shouting “you are NOT to come out of this room until I come get you! Understood?” Flandre’s room is a complete mess. Dolls scattered and ripped open, toys burned, some even turned to ashes, and her mirror, shattered. Flandre giggles as she looks at her sister from the farthest corner of the room, where she sits curled up with her back against the wall, but after seeing Remilia’s eyes her giggling stops, then she says “I will stay in my room... onee-sama. Like a good girl.” Remilia nods and says “good! I won’t take too long.” After Remilia slams the door shut and walks away, Flandre starts to giggle again, saying “u, fu, fu. Onee-sama is angry. Flan will make her happy when she returns.” Outside the mansion, Remilia stands right in front of the fully repaired front door, where three fairy maids stand on the floor, awaiting her orders. Without turning around, Remilia says “if Flandre gets out of her room, stay away from her, but do your best to make her go back. She’s very dangerous, so do your best to do it peacefully.” As Remilia relays her instructions, she looks around the ruined garden and sees the first two fairy maids she had. They look as playful as ever, but when they set their eyes on the rage-filled face of Remilia, they quickly fly away, screaming in fright. Meanwhile, the other fairy maids bow their heads, and the leader of those three says “will do as you say, miss Remilia.” Remilia suddenly lifts her wings, startling the three fairies, then flaps them hard, making a powerful gust that pushes the three fairies back inside. With her angry face, she calmly says to herself “tch! Such useless creatures.”

Though flying low, it doesn’t take long for Remilia to reach the end of the forest, and the edge of a blood-red body of water. She stops and lands right on the shore and whispers “blood? No, this isn’t blood. This is odd.” She scans the area around, thinking “stupid book. That damned stupid spell stranded me on a lake.” She takes flight once more, flying above the trees this time, following the shores as she says “but this is odd. I’ve never seen water like this before. Hmm, it seems it’s healing itself. Well, it should be back to normal in a few years.” Risking herself a little, Remilia decides to fly higher, then finally realizes her mansion is in the very middle of a small island, which is set in the middle of a large, scarlet colored lake. After noticing this, she smirks, keeping her scowl as she says “I see. So that’s why it changed into a mansion. The castle wants to keep a low profile... probably to protect Flan and me.” After coming full circle, Remilia descends after noticing an irregular mist to the west side of her mansion, so she decides to investigate. Flying inches above the water, the confident vampire enters the mist and calmly looks around, thinking “I wonder what could be hiding under such a thick mist? I better be careful. I’m sensing someone strong.” Right after she finishes thinking all that, a large blur tries to tackle her out of the air, but Remilia moves quickly, and manages to kick her attacker to the left. Smiling confidently, Remilia hovers closer to the water, saying “well young lady, trying to take me by surprise? I am sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not planning on dying today.” Remilia stares at the thin womanly figure as she gets up, standing on the water as if it were solid ground. Curious, Remilia asks “who are you, and how are you standing on the water like that?” The woman is tall, and has long scarlet hair that reaches down to her ankles. She wears a dirty grey rag that’s covered with old blood stains. The woman opens her eyes to reveal a pair of scarlet eyes with lizard-like pupils, and after staring at Remilia, the woman calmly, yet sternly replies “I am Scarlet. This is Scarlet. This Scarlet, and this Scarlet work together to rid the lake from intruders. I have nothing against you, but you are an intruder. If you don’t get out of my lake, I will have to kill you.” Remilia smiles and chuckles, then looks back at the woman and says “well, miss Scarlet. It so happens my cas... my mansion... decided to make this place mine, so I’m afraid to inform you that it is YOU who are the intruder here.” The woman widens her eyes and extends her arms, making herself look threatening as sudden wind gusts make the rags on the woman move violently, making a loud flapping sound while doing so. Remilia keeps her cool, yet hate-filled face as she awaits a response. The woman lowers her arms, and the mist that surrounds the area slowly disappears, then says “I see. My time here is almost over, and yet, I have a duty to fulfill. Vampire, if you want to claim this land as your own, you will have to kill me for it.” Remilia smiles and threateningly says “I was hoping you’d say that. You see, I’m a little stressed, and I need to take all this rage out on someone.” The woman closes her eyes and sighs, then opens them to look straight into Remilia’s eyes, lifting her right hand and preparing an orb of energy right in front of it. Remilia continues to smile, then asks “wait! Before we begin. Would you be so kind as to tell me, what is the name of this land we’re on?” The woman blinks once, her cold face getting brushed by her own hair as an ominous wind blows from the left, then says “You are in the land known as Gensokyo. Now die with this knowledge and be at peace.” The woman moves so fast, she’s already clenching her hand around Remilia’s neck, using the energy orb to easily burn her head off, yet Remilia continues to smile, and calmly says “thank you for being so kind, miss. As a token of my appreciation, I’ll give you a little hint.” The woman stares into Remilia’s defiant and hate-filled eyes, then Remilia uses her claws to cut the woman’s forearm and break free from her grip, then says “well, you certainly are tough. My claws alone should have cut that arm of yours off. No matter. As promised, here’s your hint.” Remilia prepares a massive scarlet spear, three times the normal size, using the woman’s own blood on her claws and shouts “you’re going to have to fight harder if you plan to defeat me!” Remilia lunges the massive spear, but the woman intercepts it with her bare hand and pushes back on Remilia’s spear. Remilia smiles and laughs as the battle begins, and the woman in rags simply stares back with that cold face, effortlessly pushing away Remilia and her fiery scarlet spear.

To be continued...

Characters and scenario belong to ZUN -Team Shanghai Alice-
JUL 18 2010
Written by Willie G.R.

A/N:
A real struggle this one. Seriously, for me, it’s not as easy to write things without some comedy on them... but that’s why I am doing this. I need to broaden my skills! And besides, I am sure some drama can be a good read sometimes. Anyway, I do hope you are enjoying this read, and please, leave comments/reviews.