A/n: I'm back! With the sequel to Strange Circumstances. I was originally not going to do a sequel but many people wanted one and there were a lot of unanswered questions that I failed to answer in the prequel, so please, enjoy Strange Circumstances 2: Back to the Past. I apologize in advance if people thought this was going to be rated T but I need it to M for mature themes in later chapters. Oh,and just so you know, this story will be jumping back and forth between Michele and Ciel's perspectives.
Warning: Language and mature themes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroshitsuji or its characters. I only own my OC Michele and the plot.
Chapter 1: Back to the Past
(Three weeks later)
"Hey, Michele, how are you feeling?" Mom asks me. You'd think after telling her what happened would answer her question, but…
"I'm fine. So, do you believe me now?" I ask, my tone clearly showing annoyance.
"Believe what?"
"Why I was in the coma in the first place!" I yell at her.
"Oh, that. Well, I talked to your pediatrician and he said that it's normal for someone who just came out of a coma for so long to be…hallucinating about the time they spent in that coma. Some say they were vacationing in Hawaii, others say that they were in a dark room. It's kind of hard to believe you with all this evidence against you."
"But, what about the pocket watch?" I bring it out from my pocket and show her. "I didn't own a pocket watch before then. Pocket watches don't just appear into people's hands out of no where. This proves that what I told you was true!" I'm practically in hysteria now.
She stares at me with disappointment in her eyes. She still doesn't…
"You…still…don't believe…me, do you?"
"Michele, I made an appointment with a psychiatrist-"
"What?!"
"She's an excellent psychiatrist. She can help you with your…wild fantasies."
"Mom! I'm not making this up! It really did happen! I woke up in a white bed in the body of a noblemen. I worked in his manor. I was HIS DOUBLE IN THE JACK THE RIPPER CASE! I SAVED HIS SCRAWNY ASS FROM CERTAIN DEATH! And a shinigami cut my torso," I emphasize by drawing a line across my torso with my finger. "with a CHAINSAW and that's how I came back."
"But Michele-"
"BUT WHAT?!" I scream at her, my voice cracking. By now tears are streaming down my face.
"-there was no evidence of a chainsaw cutting across your torso. In fact there was no trace of a scar whatsoever on your body period."
"But…but.." By now I'm hyperventilating. My own mother doesn't believe me! I'm telling her the truth! Why can't she believe me?!
"Fine, be like that. Don't believe me. I'll be in my room. Call me when dinner's ready."
"Mich-"
By the time she says my name, I'm out the door and upstairs in my room.
I fall onto my bed, crying.
"W-why?" I say in between sobs. "W-why can't she just-"
"Michele! Dinner's ready!" Mom yells.
I don't bother moving from my bed. Instead I fall into a deep sleep.
"Michele, time to get up!" Dad yells from outside my door. I get up and dress for school. School, something I WANT to avoid. Ever since I woke up from my "coma", school's been a living hell. People avoid me, like the plague. They think that I'm some psychopath. They call me a crazy bitch and tell me that I said all that just to get attention. Everyone believes I made everything up as an elaborate hoax to fool everyone into thinking that I went back in time in the body of a thirteen-year old nobleman. It's not like I WANTED to tell them but my mom loves to gossip and she told the mother of one of the students here my "wild fantasy" and everything spiraled out of control after she told her daughter and her daughter told her friend who told her friend who told her friend who told her friend. I lost many good friends because of that. They thought I wanted to join Jessica and her gang by making up something so far-fetched that they would accept me. But like always, they were wrong. These days now, I sit at my usual bench for lunch and break.
By the time I get to school, it's almost time for the first bell. "Can't I just stay home? Please?" I ask my dad. "Now, Michele, I'm not paying this much for your education just for you to ditch whenever you feel like it. If I wanted you to do that, then I would have send to you public school." My dad replies. Why did I ask? "Fine. I'll go." I head onto my school's campus, semi-prepared for another day on hell-on-earth.
"Hey look who it is. It's Miss Phantombive." Jessica sneers at me, her gang right behind her. "It's Phantomhive. And my name isn't Phantomhive, it's Michele." Bitch. "Whatever." She just waves the comment away like it was an insect bugging her. "What do you want Jessica?" I ask, as politely as possible. "Nothing." She says innocently. "Whatever, bitch." I say and turn back to my lunch. "Excuse me, what did you just call me?!" Jessica exclaims. "A bitch?" I reply, as if it's the most obvious thing in the world. "It looks like we need to teach 'Phantomhive' a lesson on manners." She says with laughter in her voice. "Get her." Her gang, which consist of two girls and five boys, go after me. Two of the five boys grab my arms from behind and the other two boys grab my legs. "Where should we take her?" The boy that's grabbing my right arm asks Jessica. "Leave her here. Let's show this school what happens when someone crosses me." She pulls out a pocket knife and splits my shirt in half; my bra out in the open. After she split open my shirt, my pocket watch somehow fell out of my pocket and landed on the floor with a klank. "Oh, what's this?" Jessica picks up my pocket watch. "It's mine. Please give it back." She examines the watch. "I like the detail done on the watch, I think I'll keep it." "What?! No! Give it back!" That pocket watch is the only proof I have. Without it, I have nothing! "Hmm…No." "Please! Give it back!" Tears are falling from my face. "Fine. Since you ask so nicely here you go." She tosses it to my direction. Unfortunately I wasn't able to break free from the people holding me back and the pocket watch falls to the floor, in pieces. I slump to the floor, defeated. The people restraining me release me once I fell to the floor. I pick up the pieces of the watch and reassemble it. Amazing, only a few pieces needed to be put back to together. Once I finished, I checked the time. 2:38. Well, it's almost fixed. The time is two hours ahead. I turn the dial on top of the watch twice counterclockwise. All of a sudden, I felt like I was falling. Fast. Down a black bottomless void. I see a bright light then nothing right after.
"Miss.. Miss…Hey! Wake up!…Miss!"
I wake up to a middle-aged man with a beard and glasses bent over me, telling me to get up. "Hey, miss, are you alright?" He asks. There's a huge crowd around me, wondering what I'm doing on the floor. I get up from the floor and check my shirt for the rip. No rip. The shirt is as good as new. That's weird. Why isn't the rip there? "Ye-yeah. Wh-where am I?" I ask. "Why, London, of course." he says as if it's the most obvious thing in the world. I look around at the busy streets and the people walking on the sidewalks. This place…Something tells me I'm not in Kansas anymore. "And, if you don't mind me asking, what…year is it?"
"Wow, you must've hit your head hard. It's the year 1889, under the rule of Queen Victoria."
"Thank you, my good sir." Then, I hear a very familiar voice. "Set aside, now." A young noblemen, about thirteen, comes walking towards me. He's dressed in navy blue attire with a top hat and cane to complete the look. He also has blue hair and is wearing an eye patch on his right eye. The young boy also seems to be accompanied by a butler dressed in black. Ciel? "Ciel? Ciel Phantomhive. Wow, I didn't think I'd be seeing you ag-" "Excuse me? Do I know you?" What? He doesn't remember- "Uh, no. I'm sorry. I thought you someone else." "Ciel, what are doing here?" The bearded man asks. Ciel holds up an envelope. The Queen's seal is on the envelope. "Her Majesty sent me a letter stating that a strange girl was found in the streets of London, so she sent me here to investigate and escort her to the Palace. You should know about this as well, Sir Arthur." Sir Arthur just stares at Ciel, with a lot of rage showing on his face. Ciel just smirks. Ciel turns to face me. "You, come with me." I follow him.
(Ciel's POV)
"Young master."
I look up from reading the newspaper to find Sebastian holding a tray with an envelope on it. I open it immediately. It's from the Queen. Wow, a new case already. I just finished the Jack the Ripper case. The letter reads:
"Ciel, how are you? I hope you are doing well. I have a favor to ask of you.
A favor? That's new.
"A mysterious girl was found on the streets. I would like you to go the scene and escort her to the Palace. I would like to meet this girl. Here is her location.
Sincerely yours,
Queen Victoria"
"Sebastian."
"Yes, bocchan?"
"Get a carriage ready, we are headed for London."
"Yes, my lord."
We arrive in London just in time to see that the young girl is standing. Unfortunately there is a huge crowd around her, so it is kind of impossible to get through. "Step aside, now." I yell at the crowd. I walk towards the young girl. She has short, brown hair and wearing what looks like a school uniform but I don't recognize the school and strange white shoes that need to be cleaned. She is also wearing what looks like thick framed spectacles. "Ciel? Ciel Phantomhive. Wow, I didn't think I'd be seeing you ag-" she says. "Excuse me? Do I know you?" How does she know my name? I don't even know her, but her speech pattern seems familiar. "Uh, no. I'm sorry. I thought you someone else." she says, apologetically. "Ciel, what are doing here?" Sir Arthur asks. He seems to be very annoyed with me. I hold up an envelope with the Queen's seal on it. "Her Majesty sent me a letter stating that a strange girl was found in the streets of London, so she sent me here to investigate and escort her to the Palace. You should know about this as well, Sir Arthur." Sir Arthur just stares at me, with a lot of rage showing on his face. I just smirk. I then turn to face the girl. "You, come with me." She does.
(Michele's POV)
Wow, Buckingham Palace is amazing! I think to myself as we enter the gates. Ciel, then stares at me with a strange look on his face. "What?"
"Did you say anything by any chance?"
"No, why?"
"Nothing." He remains silent as we enter the palace. I, however, have a feeling why he asked that question. Let me guess, you heard me say, 'Buckingham Palace is amazing' but not through your ears but in your head. Am I right?
Ho-how did you-
It's a long story.
We were escorted to the throne room, where Queen Victoria was waiting. As soon as we entered, Ciel bend down on one knee. I just stand there. Don't stand there like an idiot, bow!
Oh! Sorry! I immediately bend down on one knee and lower my back with my right hand over my heart.
"Your Majesty, you requested that you see the girl." Ciel tells the Queen.
"Yes, I did." She tells Ciel. "Now," The Queen turns her attention to me, "Why don't you start with your name and where you came from."
"Yes, Your Majesty." I start, "My name is Michele Rodriguez and I come from the United States of America."
"Oh, so your from one of the colonies?" She asks.
"Well, not exactly…"
"Where exactly do you come from if it's not from the colonies?"
"I come from a city called Los Angeles, which is located in a state called California."
"I've never heard of such a place."
"That's because Your Majesty, California wasn't established as a state until the early twentieth century and Los Angeles wasn't established until many, many years later."
"I don't understand. You're speaking as though you come from the future."
"I am. I come from the year 2012."
The room becomes completely thick with silence.
"Yo-you're pulling my leg, right?" Queen Victoria asks.
"No, Your Majesty, I would never-"
"Apparently, this girl has hit her head a little too hard. Ciel, please take this girl under you wing. She needs to be taught that lying to the Queen is a serious crime."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ciel turns to me. "Come with me." I follow him out of the palace.
"So what now?" I ask when we get to manor.
"You can work in my manor until I figure out what to do with you or if I get any additional orders from Her Majesty."
"Okay. Got it."
"Though I must come up with a reason for why you were hired in the first place..." Ciel says.
"Leave it to me."
I enter the manor and head to the servant's quarters.
As I'm settling in, there's a knock at my door.
"Come in." I say.
"Sebastian, why did you close the do-Oh who are you?" Mey-Rin asks.
"Mey-I mean, whoever you are, my name is Michele and I was recently hired."
"Why?" She says.
"Oh, I was an assassin sent from a terrorist group to eliminate the Earl of Phantomhive to gain access to connection and the money needed to take over England. My job was to kill Ci-the Earl of Phantomhive and become the 'new' head."
"W-What you were sent to kill the young master?"
"Yes, more like I was forced to and the fact that they killed my parents a year before."
"That's terrible."
"Yes it was...but luckly the mission failed otherwise England wouldn't be here anymore."
"I have one question." Mey-Rin says.
"What is it?"
"Can you explain why you have that mark on your right eye?"
"What mar-" The contract symbol! "Oh, the terrorist group branded that onto my eye to show that I belonged to them."
"Oh, well,I'll leave you be to get settled in. Welcome to the Phantomhive household!" She leaves.
"Thanks." I turn to the mirror to the right of me. Sure enought the contract symbol was on my right eye,clear as day. Wh-what, h-how? This doesn't even make any sense, much less be possible! I came back in my own body, not in Cel's!
I turn away from the mirror and head towards Ciel's office.
"Ciel we need to talk."
"About what?"
"This." I show him my right eye. He looks at me with an unreadable expression.
"How is this possible?" he asks.
"I don't know."
"Sebastian!"
Sebastian enters the office. "You called my lord."
"Take off your left glove and show me your contract symbol."
"Yes my lord." He takes off the glove. Sure enough the same symbol is on his hand, Ciel and my right eye.
"Yup. That's the symbol on both of our eyes."
"I still don't know how this is possible."
"How what is possible my lord?" Sebastian asks.
I show Sebastian my right eye. Again I get an unreadble expression. Sebastian turns to Ciel. "How is this possible?"
"I DON'T KNOW YOU IDIOT!" Ciel yells at Sebastian.
"Now, now Ciel. Stop acting like a child and take it like a man."I tell him.
"Leave this instant before I throw you out!" I open the door leading to the hallway.
"Sorry, you can't do that. You're under the Queen's orders to 'take me under your wing'."
He throw a book at me. I easily dodge it and it lands on the floor in the hallway. "Get out!"
I leave laughing. Oh, man. It's been a long time since I've had this much fun!
As I'm making my way down the hallway, still laughing my head off, something stops me from laughing. A thought from Ciel: Why do I feel like I've heard that line brfore?
I crack a smile. Welcome back to the Phantomhive's Michele.
A/n: The first chapter is done! Just a bit of warning, a lot of plot points from the prequel will be used in the sequel and some things will be taken straight from the prequel as well, like for the next chapter. Please review at the bottom and tell what you think. And I promise this will be longer and I won't end it so fast like the prequel.