A/N: Helloooooo Black Butler fandoooooom! My friend recently got me watching Black Butler, and after I finished season 2, I felt... Empty, somehow. I needed a season 3. I still need a season 3. But in lieu of that, I decided to write this little plot that had been hopping around in my head since finishing the show. I've only seen the anime, so forgive any misspelled names (I had to go off the character listings on the BB tab here), but please let me know so I can fix them in later chapters. And I'm not quite sure of all the things demons can do, and stuff about contracts... So if you have any information just regarding the verse, I would be incredibly grateful! Also, this is anime-verse. I've only just started reading the manga, and I adore it, but this plot is for the anime ending of season 2, so... SPOILERS!

Anywho, enjoy!

Oh! Disclaimer (knew I was forgetting something...): Don't own. Probably a good thing, otherwise season 3 would probably look something like this...

Ciel floated, eyes half closed in hunger. How did demons do this, go so long without eating?

"Sebastian, how do you do it?"

"Do what, young master," Sebastian appeared by his side, a smirk playing across his face.

Ciel sighed; he hated when his butler became… Obstinate. "Eat, find souls, whatever it is you do."

Sebastian laughed. "Follow your instincts, young master. You'll find a soul easy enough, I'm certain."

Ciel closed his eyes and let himself fall. Suddenly wishes and desperate cries filled his ears. So many… One cry, however, stood out against them all.

Lady Elizabeth again read the note that had been delivered to her a week ago. And again. And again. She had been reading it over and over again since receiving it, hoping the words would change. Yet they had not. And she hadn't received any communication from Ciel since then. It didn't make sense. Ciel couldn't… He couldn't be gone. Ciel can't die… He's Ciel. Elizabeth squared her shoulders. He's playing a horrible, terrible joke on me. I knew him asking me to dance like that was too good. I'll go to Phantomhive Manor at once to see what's happened.

"Paula," she screeched.

Paula's head appeared around a corner. In her hands were the jingle bells.

"Jingle jingle?"

"Paula, honestly! I need to go to Phantomhive Manor at once!"

"Yes, my lady. I'll ready the carriage." Paula nodded and walked out of the room, the jingle bells jingling dejectedly.

Elizabeth stepped out of the carriage and blinked in surprise. The Manor was almost unrecognizable. But it wasn't how it was physically, something about it felt… Wrong. She sniffed and, trying to hide the unsettled feeling in the pit of her stomach, thought, how uncute… There simply must be something Ciel can do to make it cuter! She and Paula walked to the porch, and Elizabeth stepped out of the way to allow Paula to knock on the door. Tanaka opened the door, adding to Elizabeth's foreboding feeling. Why didn't Sebastian open the door…?

"Lady Elizabeth!" Surprise colored Tanaka's—real Tanaka's—voice. "I certainly wasn't expecting you to come by."

"Lady Elizabeth?" MeyRin sprinted to the door. Elizabeth looked at her clothing in surprise. Instead of the usual uniform, MeyRin was dressed in total black. Not a speck of color on her, except where the light danced off her spectacles. "What are you doing 'ere?"

"I came to see Ciel. Where is he?" Elizabeth pushed past Tanaka—who, by now, had deflated and only said "Ho, ho, ho…" in response—and MeyRin, who looked on in shock and dismay.

"'E's not 'ere, no 'e's not," MeyRin sniffed, pulling out a black handkerchief and blowing her nose loudly.

Finni and Bard crept out of the shadows, staring at the confused Lady in front of them.

"Lady Elizabeth," Finni began. "I thought you received a letter about the young master. He's… He's…" Finni began wailing. Bard inched away from him.

"He's dead, my Lady," Bard finished quietly.

Elizabeth looked around at the four servants dressed in black. "No," she stated. "He's not. This is just a joke. This is horribly uncute of you, Ciel," she shouted, her voice echoing over every inch of the manor.

MeyRin shook her head sadly. It was terrible that they couldn't even tell Lady Elizabeth that Ciel had only gone away. Albeit they didn't know where the young master went, but still. At least they knew he was still alive. Or do we… They hadn't had any correspondence from Ciel since he left, not that they had expected any. She blew her nose a second time and glanced at Bard. She could tell the same thought had occurred to him; his face had paled slightly. Finni was still wailing, but that could just be his normal state of overreaction.

"I'm sorry, my lady, but 'e really 'as gone from us."

"No," Elizabeth muttered. "No. No no no no no! He can't be gone, Ciel can't just—die, don't you get it? He's Ciel. He wouldn't!" Her voice grew smaller. "We were to be married… Can't you see, he wouldn't leave me, not now." She fell to the floor, not even caring that her skirts might be getting dirty—without Sebastian it was a wonder the manor hadn't been blown up. At the very least, it was quite a bit dusty. Come back to me. Please come back. You can't have left me here alone. Please come back. I need you. Bard closed the door and the four servants scuttled away, dragging a distressed Paula with them. They could tell Elizabeth wanted to be left alone for a time.

A/N: So... Review? *she asked hopefully* I wrote this first 3 chapters already, so... I can get them up whenever. I'm going to try to stay ahead in this story, though ^-^