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Edit: Welcome to my redone, remastered, rewrite, whatever you want to call it, If the Ring Fits. I'm glad you took an interest in my story and hope to see you in the sequel Ciel Phantomhive's Stupid Coronation after you are done reading this.
Please note that this is my version of Cinderella and due to my dark, twisted mind, this will be be completely different from the original story and movies. Also note that this story has abuse in it and is very AU and sometimes, the characters will be OC but I've tried my best to work with it.
I hope you enjoy the story and hope to see you reading the sequel and the future prequel.
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Once upon a time...
In a faraway land, there was a large kingdom that was rich in soil and gold.
In the distance, on the outskirts of the kingdom, there stood a large mansion. In the mansion, lived a widowed gentleman. He was Earl Vincent Phantomhive. He had a small son named Ciel and to tease his son, he would call him Ciella.
Although he teased his son, he was a kind and devoted father who gave his boy every luxury a boy could hope and want. Still he felt that the boy need a mother's kindness and care. So he married again.
She was a woman from a good, wealthy family. She was called Angela. She had two children of her own from a previous marriage as well who were near Ciel's age.
The boy was called Alois and the girl was called Elizabeth, though she was often called Lizzie for short.
However, not long after the marriage, the father died from an unknown illness and the true nature of the stepmother was revealed to the first son.
She was cold, heartless, and only cared about her own children. She grew jealous of how handsome Ciel was growing to be and she became angry at the stubborn streak he had inherited from his father.
Soon, Ciel was abused, humiliated and became a servant in his own home. He was forced to live in the attic but through it all, Ciel remained stubborn and he continued to grow handsome and actually grew a kind streak that would be hidden by his anger.
For each morning, at dawn which he was forced to grow accustom to wake up at, he had new hope that he would eventually push his stepmother down the stairs and throw his stepsiblings out of his manor
He had a dog called Pluto, a gift from his father. He also had two cats that he was also allowed to keep, Mey-Rin and Finni. There was a cook in the house called Bard, though Ciel did most of the cooking himself.
Now we begin our classic story...
Ciel groaned as the morning sun shined into his room. He glared at Finny and Mey-Rin who had pulled the curtains back to shine upon him.
"Alright, Alright you silly cats, I'm up!" Ciel sighed. He sat up in bed, grabbing the brush on his bedside table, brushing out his bed-hair.
"Meow~" Finny meowed, jumping onto the bed.
"You two are silly. Remember what to do, right?" the cat nodded. Ciel pushed the blond cat off, getting out of the bed. He took off his nightshirt, grabbing his work gown.
"Ugh...I really wish they would give me some boy clothes. " he sighed out.
He pulled on the white under gown and then the blue work gown. The white gown was longer so it lined the blue. He placed his father's family ring which he had hidden from his stepmother and step-siblings on his thumb. He tied an apron around his small waist, putting in his apron pocket a small pot of water for his asthma.
"Curse asthma. At least I'm not allergic to animals, right guys?" he smirked at them. They smiled at Ciel in their cat-like way and followed him as he walked down the long attic stairs, tying his white handkerchief around his head to keep his hair out-of-the-way.
"Ciella! Hurry up and bring breakfast!" A female voice cried out from the bedrooms.
"I'm coming, Elizabeth! Hold on!" Ciel called back, running into the kitchen. "Bard, please tell me you didn't burn breakfast again!"
"Not this time, little Ciella." Bard smirked at the small maid, handing him three platters of tea, crumpets, eggs, bacon, and a bit of butter and milk.
"Thank you, Bard. " Ciel said with a smile. "and it's Ciel."
Ciel carried the three trays expertly up the grand stairway to the three bedrooms. He opened the first door.
"Good morning, Alois. Did you sleep well?"
"I slept fine! Like you care, Ciella." Alois huffed as he shimmed into his booty shorts.
"Please, Alois. It's Ciel. Here's your breakfast. " Ciel sighed, placing the meal on the coffee table.
"Hmf...thank you, Ciella. "He grinned at Ciel who just sighed. Mey- Rin poked her redhead in to the room, smelling milk. "Keep your nasty felines out of my room!" Alois snarled, throwing a shoe at the cat.
"Please, Alois, don't throw things. Stepmother will be upset if you ruin another pair of your boots." Ciel said patiently though he wanted to strangle the boy with his own coat tie.
"Do not tell me what to do, little wench. Now off with you. I have to get ready for the day and can't be bothered with the likes of you." Alois snipped.
"Alright, come Mey-Rin. Let's leave his majesty alone." Ciel snickered under his breath. He opened the next door.
"Good Morning, Elizabeth. Sleep well?" he said, putting the girl's food on to the coffee table.
"Like you would care, Ciella. I need my best night gowns washed and ironed before tomorrow and also my yellow ball gown. And do be quick about it this time." Elizabeth sneered.
"Elizabeth, please call me Ciel. " he sighed, picking up the bundle of clothes the girl had instructed. He noticed Finny peeking into the room.
"Finny! You know you are not allowed in Elizabeth's room. Out! I'll feed you later." Ciel ordered the cat. The cat nodded in understanding. Ciel's eye twitched. He silently wondered if he had gone made through out this.
He went to last and final door and opened it.
"Good morning, Stepmother. Did you sleep well?" Ciel asked.
"Yes, I did. Pluto is such a dear dog, isn't he?" Angelina asked, petting the white dog that laid on the floor. The dog licked her hand before going to Ciel and rubbing against his leg.
"Yes, yes he is. He certainly likes you, stepmother." Ciel said, petting Pluto's head as he set the last and final tray on the coffee table.
"Alright, Ciella. I need you wash the main room, sweep the stairs, the kitchen and the dining room. Wax the floors and wash the windows on the second floor."
"Yes, Stepmother." Ciel grunted out. "Please call me Ciel."
"Also, tell Bard that tomorrow's breakfast will be pancakes. Not these 'English Breakfasts' he keeps making for us."
"Yes, Stepmother." Ciel muttered, walking out. "Come on, Mey-Rin. Come on, Finny. Pluto, don't you want breakfast?"
The dog followed Ciel out the door and down the stairs back into the kitchen.
Ciel poured milk into two dishes, giving the dishes to the cats and gave Pluto some biscuits and some beef.
He told Bard what Stepmother wanted and went straight to work.
He worked hard all day without a bite to eat till the night came and the family went to bed.
Bard and Ciel would stay up a bit past nine, sipping milk and eating cookies and leftover tea cakes.
"Ciella, I heard from the witch and her minions that it turns out that the milkman was actually a girl all along!" Bard exclaimed as Ciel entered the room with Finny and Mey-Rin at his heels. The moon was growing to be full but shined enough through the window to enlighten the room a bit, along with the tall candle on the wooden counter in the middle of the kitchen.
"I care...so much..." Ciel muttered, walking to the sink and begin cleaning the dishes that his so-called 'family' had given him to clean.
"Ah, I remember when you were younger and your father was alive, Ciella. You were so kind and smiled a lot back then. Why not now?" Bard said, taking a drag on the cigeratte on his finger.
"Bard, back then I was treated like a human being, not a slave or a servant. I wore nice clothing, ate fine cakes and cookies, slept in comfortable beds with my father and mother. Now I wear a dress, eat leftovers and sleep in the attic with a mattress filled with hay. Care to make a connection?" Ciel said, his tone turning a bit sharper than he would've liked.
"Alright, Alright, calm down. Still can't believe they gave you a dress though."
"Well I'm not wearing Alois's old booty shorts now I am?" Ciel growled out.
"Alright, Alright. Calm down. Hurry up and eat, you don't want to over sleep now."
"Alright. "Ciel sighed. He ate a few cakes and cookies with Bard before heading up to bed.
The next day, there was a knock on the front door. Ciel was in front of it when it was knocked upon, a basket on his small hip with Finny in it and Mey-Rin purring at his feet and Pluto behind him, barking.
"Hush, Pluto, hush!" Ciel scolded, putting the basket down and opening the door.
"Yes?" At the door was a small, smaller than Ciel, chubby man with a bag of letters on his hip. He looked very official, despite his small size.
"The Phantomhive household?!" the small man shouted.
"Yes, sir." Ciel answered, smirking a bit at the shorter man.
"An important notice from the King! Make sure your master gets it!"
"Um...I am the Master." Ciel said quietly, so the man couldn't hear him. He took the letter. "Thank you." He said in a louder voice.
"Good day!"
"Good day." Ciel shut the door, sighing. He looked at his thumb, wear his father's ring was lying.
'As long as you wear this ring, my boy, you'll be the Master of this house'
"Ha, what a joke." Ciel scoffed. Finny and Mey-Rin shared sad looks while Pluto whined.
Ciel headed up the stairs into the music room where the 'Prince and Princess' were practicing.
He knocked and opened the door. Elizabeth was singing and Alois was trying to play the violin. Hint; 'trying'.
"Stepmother. A letter has come from the Palace." He spoke quickly before his stepmother could snap at him. He raised his arm high above his head so the two blondes couldn't rip the letter.
Angela took the letter and opened it.
"Dear fair maidens far and wide,
There shall be a ball three days from today that will last three days. All eligible maidens must attend. It is to celebrate the Prince's coming of age and he a suitable bachelor to all maidens (males are allowed too)
sincerely,
THE KING." Angela read, her eyes widening.
"Oh...oh my god! We gotta get ready! Ciella, clean my best booty shorts, NOW!" Alois screeched.
"O-okay...but.." Ciel said slowly, tapping his fingers together slowly and nervously. "W-Would...would it be alright if I can go? I-It said eligible maiden and males...and Alois is going and we're the same age, though I am older...so...May I go, too?" Ciel asked quietly.
"..." Angela stared the boy down, making him shift nervously. "If you help your brother and sister and still have time to get a decent piece of clothing, then yes, you may go."
"Oh, thank you Step Mother! Thank you!" Ciel said, a bright smile suddenly appearing on his face, causing the hearts of ice in the room to melt. "I better finish my chores quickly!" He left the room in a hurry.
"Mother! How can you let that foul thing go?!" Elizabeth screeched.
"Ah, Ah...my dears...I said if. You know exactly what to do." Angelina said.
"Oh...right." Elizabeth giggled. Alois's face had a small tint of red on it as he remembered Ciel's smile. He decided he liked Ciella's smile.
It won't matter though, for his sister and mother would surely break it down.
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