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The Tale of a Baskerville Ch 1

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(A/N: :D I'd like to thank applepie1989 for their review. It made my day~. Also, my thanks go out to mamoru3193, One of No Importance, and pur angel4 for either putting me on their alert list or putting my story in their favorites. One of No Importance: Thank you thank you thank you! I haven't gotten such an enthusiastic review for a fanfic in a lone while, so, for you, I decided to post early. ;D Seriously, it makes my day to know that my stories are loved. (A very big thanks goes to my sort of beta reader, Crys-nee-chan. I forget her name on here, but she and her sister are cosplayers of Pandora Hearts (Gilbert and B-Rabbit) and I've been showing this to her.)

As for the Deviant Art Thanks, I thank oz-bezarius-fangirl. Your comment made me happy~. As to junniperjazz44, thanks for faving~ I get super excited when I get favs. :D

Now, onto other news. My next college semester starts on Mon, Feb. 7th, which means that I am going to be busy on Mondays and Wednesdays, as well as the day in between probably. Most likely, if I post, it'll be on Thursday or Friday, or the weekend. If I'm in a good mood, I'll post sooner but otherwise I'll try to post weekly, but I don't know if I will be able to. My laptop went kaput, and my computer is getting there, so I'm taking my computer/desktop to get fixed.

Anyway, sorry for rambling. Chibi Gil reminds you that I don't own Pandora Hearts and that I only own the story idea and Chibi Oz reminds you to review/comment.

Allonsy!)

During the Prologue: Alice, though, couldn't be placated by Break's excuses that Oz was only playing a joke on them and that he would be ok. Instead, she had snuck away from the man, and went back to Liam, stating that she wanted to help. Liam looked at her and knew, almost instantly, that she wouldn't give up so easily. Giving up wasn't in her nature. So, he accepted her help, the help of the teary-eyed B-Rabbit.

Maybe his sense of wrongfulness was wrong in and of itself….

Chapter 1 – Finding out the Truth

Gil sat up quickly, panting. He'd had a night mare sometime during the night, but couldn't quite remember what it was about. All he knew, was that it startled him, made him want to go back to the simple days.

Running a hand through his hair, he attempted to wake up. In the earlier morning light, every shadow seemed to be a demon or an illegal contractor or even Break. The last one scared him for some reason, but he couldn't figure out why. He shook the confusion in his head away, concentrating on waking up. After a few minutes of trying not to fall back asleep, he stood up, letting the blanket fall back onto the bed. Why was he naked? He shrugged and went to take a bath. He didn't seem to be injured, so he figured he'd just gotten hot late in the night and undressed himself. Sitting in the bathtub, he let himself soak, thankful that the warm water was there.

Wait. How had it-

He was suddenly aware of the sounds of movement in the kitchen, and stumbled out of the bathtub, quickly grabbing a towel. Stumbling out into the kitchen, he stiffened. "Break!" He yelled, so high pitched it was almost a girly scream. "Ah~! You're awake!" He said cheerfully, the blind man looking in roughly his direction. Wasn't hard to hear where Gil was, seeing as he was panting. "Why are you here?" Gil said, frowning. Break blinked, confused and showing it. "What do you mean, why am I here? I'm here because Liam knew you needed someone to watch you and you agreed to it." Break explained, continuing his set up of the tea set. Break trusted Raven not to do anything drastic, and so had practically turned his back on him, in which Gil took the time to look at the tea set, his head suddenly throbbing. With the suddenness that the headache had come, came a brief flicker of memory, of Oz having tea with Break on a balcony, with the same tea set.

"Stop screwing with me Break and get out." Gil said finally, almost glaring. Break looked taken aback. "But Raven! Don't you remember what happened?" Gil shook his head, confusion coming back with his headache. "Just tell me already!" He shouted, already terrified about the news he didn't know but felt he should know. Break rolled his eyes and gave in to the other. "Fine fine, Raven. Seeing as you don't seem to remember, Oz disappeared." Break said, totally serious now, which was known to happen every so often.

Gilbert seemed taken back, and confused, the pounding in his head throbbing harder. More flashes divulged a few other pictures: Gil himself practically throwing a tantrum as Break broke the news to him(he saw this in third person for some reason), Alice crying as she slept, and Roses. He didn't know why the roses figured into the picture but he made a mental note of them. "No. No. He promised that he would drag me out shopping today. Me and that rabbit." He said, voice quiet and cracking. It couldn't be…

His night mare came back to him with full force, of Oz having tea with Break and some how falling off the balcony they were on into a bed of roses, of Alice disappearing in front of him, of all the other bad things happening, and of the worst, which was of- (Authoress: Can't divulge everything right off the bat ;D)

"Raven!" Break practically snapped, waking Raven up from his nightmare. Gilbert had passed out and started spasming, obviously in pain. "I hate to do this, but I'm going to give you some sedatives. To help you sleep. You haven't slept much recently." Break said, sighing. Gilbert nodded his head mutely, not knowing what to say.

He realized now that Break was right, that Oz had disappeared while they were rooming at one of the Nightray houses, Break finding this out since he was about to have tea with him. Alice hadn't disappeared yet, so he had to have been alive still, but they didn't know what had happened. Alice had also seemed to have gotten sick, complaining of aching all over and some other things. Break, pretending to be the resident doctor, forced her into bed with tea and soup, and some how convinced her to stay there.

Mean while, Liam had started a desperate search of the Nightray grounds, worried. Disappearing without a trace wasn't something Oz would do. He would disappear for a day, but never a few weeks on end. Never. "Now, off to bed, before Liam gets mad at me~!" Break sang, picking Gil up and depositing the naked man onto his bed. Moving away to grab a cup of water, he handed over some pills, Gil taking them without a second thought. He was out cold almost instantly.

The next few days were much the same, though Gilbert woke up at some point with the knowledge of what had happened and so mornings were a bit easier on the both of them, seeing as Gil didn't need the sedatives after that. Break eventually moved in, taking the spare bedroom as his sleeping quarters, much to Gil's annoyance. He claimed that that room was Oz's and that Rabbit's and that he shouldn't stay in there, but Break refused to listen to him. Gilbert got used to seeing the blind man around his house eventually, though he still asked on a daily basis for him to at least drape himself in a towel after bathing. He suspected that Break just enjoyed torturing him, even though he claimed to not have known that Gil was in the room. (Using his blindness as a excuse.) Gil himself got so out of it sometimes that he wandered around the shared house without clothes, Break taunting him for it by saying that he liked this look on him. Gil usually changed right away after those instances, having "woken up."

(Break Time! Sorry, but I had to mention this. I was writing this part at about 10:30 on Monday, and happened to be watching TV as well. Somehow, my mind connected the fanfic with the commercial I was watching and ended up with the image of Break as the Old Spice guy (Izayah Mustafah). I started rolling with laughter practically. Gawd, I'm random. In any case, back to writing. ;D

Oh, and sorry if the next few paragraphs are a bit bad. They are just filler paragraphs, to get things going. And, as my favorite late night host says, I look forward to your letters.)

Soon enough, Gil was able to function on his own, waking up every morning in a sort of trance and going to Pandora to help out. Once there, he had large amounts of coffee, which woke him up, and he proceeded to help Liam out, mostly with Break's paperwork. Anything to distract him. Break moved out a few days after figuring out that Gil wasn't going to do anything too drastic, settling in a house a few doors down from him. Pandora seemed to be every where.

There were a few times during the weeks before everything really started when Gil swore he saw Oz, but chalked it up to nerves and usually went back to what he was doing. He had tried to follow the body, usually ending up in a dead end with someone giggling on a roof top. They usually got away after that, leaving Gil pissed off and even more depressed, so he gave up. Alice took up hanging around Gil, mostly pestering him, but in a sort of kind way. He knew she was hurting just as much as he was.

And then, there was the pain. Gil got it in his left hand, the hand that he used to break the seal on Oz. Alice had it as an ache, all over her body. That was, of course, after she got sick. Even after she got better, she was still sickly. She threw up every few days, and coughed a lot. They wanted to just blame it on Bronchitis, but both Alice and Gil knew it was something more. Something was happening to Oz and they were powerless to stop it. Gil revealed to Alice, at one point, the dream he had every so often, the Rabbit admitting that she too had seen it every once in a while, but never as much as Gil did. But life continued on for a few months after Oz's disappearance, Pandora searching endlessly for him.

Then, almost suddenly, it happened. A waking dream, you can call it. Pandora had called a meeting between Break, Sharon, Alice, Liam, Raven, and the four house heads, thought the Vessalius family skipped out, when, in the middle of it all, roses started appearing. One by one until they were piled the middle of the room. They were piled on top of each other, offering no peek inside, offering no clue as to what was going on. Gil's heart ached, practically screaming at him that there was something off. Alice had a look similar to what Gil was feeling.

Standing up, Rufus Barma called for attention. Taking the role of leader, he ordered one of the lesser Pandora members, a woman by the name of Angeline, to clear away the roses. She nodded reluctantly and moved forward, pausing mid step when a hand appeared through the roses. It was small, and child-like, and beckoned to her. With a nod from Duke Barma, she took it, screaming bloody murder when she was pulled inside. Her scream stopped suddenly, being replaced by a giggling. The pile of roses fell finally, revealing the poor woman now sitting on the floor giggling. In her arms was a toy, a life-like one, that she refused to give up. Break though, was able to sneak a look before practically tearing it from her arms. The toy was a perfect replica of Oz Vessalius, down to the pores. The toy was wrapped in rose vines, the only roses on it being around his neck and forehead, imitating a sort of crown. His clothes were a mix of red and black, the black being the biggest color, besides the redness of his cape. The cape he wore was of a dark red color, imitating blood almost. But those gathered knew what it meant.

The Baskervilles.

The toy jumped from Break's arm suddenly, laughing hysterically. "What a lovely welcome from Pandora!" It said, even imitating Oz's voice. "I certainly hope that Oto-san will get an even better welcome!" It said, giggling loudly. Gil stood up, almost snarling. "Who are you and what have you done-Mmph!" He was tackled by Liam, who looked nervous. Break glared at Raven before turning to address the thing dancing in front of him. It felt like Oz, but at the same time it didn't. "Who is your Oto-san? And who are you?" He asked politely, the thing grinning. "Good Question, Break-chan!" It said, dancing over to the blind man. "I am Oz Baskerville, formerly Oz Vessalius." It said, nodding its head.

To be continued…

Pandora Postscript! *Pandora Chibi's parade around, Break in a towel only, Oz dressed the same way as last time, but joined by a toy of himself dressed the same way*

Ah~ Another chapter finished! I hope it lives up to your guys' standards oAo. It was typed up in two days, a Sunday and the Monday after that.

Some information about upcoming chapters: Soon, I'll be using music in the chapters (stuff like Sonatas or Minuets or Fugues and stuff like that) so, if I do, I'll post a link for it at the end, and make a notice of when to listen to the song. I wanted to see if I could attempt something like this, just to get people more into a mood. (I hope it works. Leave a review telling me what you think about my idea.)

In any case, I should stop typing. I hope this was a good chapter. Only about half of it was beta-d, so I tried at least. See you next time!
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This came out good. Well, at least I think so. Comment? For the chibis? ~oAo~

And, if I forgot to thank anyone, I'm sorry. leave a comment telling me so and I'll edit your name in or something. x3
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Yaerdley's avatar
Hi there!! ^^
i read this fic on Fanfic and was hoping that maube if I looked on your DA profile that I could read new chapters. Sadly... No :-(
You're going to update, right??