Don't start a new story, don't start a new story, don't start a new story— GAH! Too late.

Snake strode wordlessly through the gardens with Finny, nodding his head when the teen spoke about their surroundings. He appreciated the younger boy's enthusiasm with his home and surroundings, and only snapped back to attention when he heard the blond mention Sebastian. "Oh yeah, and if you mess up, you gotta apologize to Sebastian immediately. He doesn't get mad often, but just be careful, k?"

"Understood, says Wilde."

"So now there's…" A firm gust of wind blew through the area, seeming to twist around them as it whistled through their ears. Finny brought one arm up to block some of the wind out of his face and turned to Snake, shouting above the loud whistling, "What's happening?!"

Snake shrugged his shoulders, keeping a calm exterior despite the uneasiness itching underneath his skin. The gust tightened firmly around them and their surroundings whirled to black before they were unceremoniously dropped on a hard wooden floor. Bracing himself on his forearm, Snake looked up to see a female figure standing above him. He blinked again, his vision clearing and revealing a girl with short blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin wearing a navy blue dress. A dress far too revealing for any woman of his time (except for Ran-Mao, but all he knew about her was from Master Smile's description).

She smiled down at him and offered a hand to help him up. "You okay? Sorry I had to use such a rough method to get you here, I'm still not fully in control of my author powers."

"Author powers? asks Keats." Snake questioned, taking her hand and letting her help him up.

"Yep, I brought you guys into this thing called a fanfiction, but please don't ask about it too much, the fourth wall is very fragile and I don't know how much more it can take before it shatters altogether."

Fanfiction? Fourth wall? What?

"And… they should be here in a minute. Oh, speaking of which, where's Finny? I want to meet the cute little cinnamon roll." The nameless girl scrambled off, going to check on the boy who had landed in the corner and knocked one of the Victorian armchairs over.

"Who should be here in a minute? Says K–"

There was a swoosh followed by several loud crashes and an indignant yell of, "What the devil?!"

"Young master, are you alright?" Sebastian's unmistakable smooth voice rang through the well-lit room.

"Quite fine, now get off me!"

"My, my, alright then."

"Have you seen my glasses? I can't find them!"

"Here you go, Mey-Rin. They're not shattered, they landed on the carpet."

"O-oh. Thank you, Baldroy."

"Hoh!"

So the other members of the manor were there too. They had been brought into this… fanfiction… to do what, he didn't know. But where was this place, and why did he feel as if there were other eyes watching him somewhere beyond the room?

"HEY! STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!" Snapped the girl before running over to the others and hastily introducing herself, helping them up and being swatted on the arm by Ciel when she tried to check on him. Snake recoiled slightly, Emily licking his ear in reassurance while keeping an intent eye on the very bipolar blonde.

After everyone had gotten themselves situated in a chair or on the floor, the girl stood over by the wall, crossing her arms and sweeping her gaze over all of them. "Okay, sorry for not introducing myself earlier, but I was very distracted. My name is– wait, oh boy. Look, guys… and gals… and non-binary pals, promise me that no matter what happens, you'll keep calm."

Ciel angled an eyebrow skeptically. "Why?"

"Cause things are about to get crazy."

"We will." Sebastian said before Ciel had the chance to open his mouth and say something stupid that would probably end up with them hurt.

"Okay, thanks. Uh-oh, R.I.P. to the expensive floor."

"Wha—"

There were several 'oofs' and crashes and out of nowhere, a pile of human beings in bright clothing collapsed on top of each other. Ciel sprang up instantly while Snake and Sebastian's eyes widened. It took the other four servants a minute to figure it out, but soon they too recognized the members of the Noah's Ark Circus.

"What the hell? You're supposed to be dead!" Spluttered an outraged Ciel, slapping one hand over his mouth when he realized his mistake.

The blonde girl whistled quietly. "Ciel, you done messed up."

"THEY'RE WHAT?!" Shouted Snake, too shocked to even think about speaking through his snakes. They all hissed the same outraged message anyways. Everyone flinched, even Sebastian. Snake was someone you'd figure would never raise their voice.

Ciel took a slight step back, nipping his lip and swallowing thickly. "Uh… dead…"

"You lied to me!"

"BOYS!" They both turned to look at the blonde girl, who glared fiercely at them. "Sit down and shut your traps." She broke into a fit of coughing, thumping her chest with one hand and looking as if she was about to throw up a hairball. "Sorry, I'm sick."

She turned back to the members of the circus, who by now had gotten up and dusted themselves off, snapping her fingers and making seats, stools and beanbags appear. "Sit wherever you like, just hurry and sit down so I can explain. And no fighting!"

Dagger smiled slightly and sat on a chair beside Snake. "Nice to see ya again… I never really got the chance to say goodbye before…"

"It's alright, says Oscar."

The blonde stood back where she had been before, clearing her throat. "Alright, now that we've got that settled, I may as well introduce myself. I'm Valliren, but you can call me Val. I brought you here-" She gestured around at the warm, cozy surroundings. "To introduce you and clear things up, and then we'll be moving to a different room to react to what the fans want you to see."

"The fans?"

"Yes, your fans, do I need to—"

"I know what fans are. I'm just curious as to how the fans will see us."

"Oh, that." Val laughed. "There's a video camera, a camera that takes a film of us, set up in here. Wave hello!"

The others did as she asked, some muttering bewildered greetings, some enthusiastic and some were dead silent save for a slight wave of their hand. Ciel looked around, curious as to what else might be in here and if he needed Sebastian to destroy anything. Then again, that would be against common courtesy, if such thing even existed… wherever this was.

"So, you'll be reacting to ships… do you know what ships are?"

"Boats, duh." Doll scoffed, leaning against the wall with her legs folded. The others nodded and Val mentally facepalmed.

"Well, in this context, ships is a relationship of two characters and people give their opinions on it. If you ship it, you say that you like that couple. If you don't ship it, you don't."

"Ships, like… a short version of relationships?" Joker asked, tilting his head slightly to the side. Val nodded before referring to her typed-up speech on her phone. "Wait, what's that?"

"A modern device called a mobile phone." She turned it off again, facing her confused audience. "I'll also be showing you funny videos about you guys called 'cracks' and basically moments of your private lives that you don't want others to see."

The room instantly got about a thousand times more tense.

"So anyways!" She gave them a cheery smile that seemed very sinister and nearly vampire-like. "Let's get right to it, starting off with shipping!"

Before the room spun into inky blackness, Ciel voiced what was on almost all of their minds. "I don't like this already."

This should be fun, considering I've never written something like this before. You guys can send in your requests for what you want to see them react to, but it must have to do with the Black Butler Book of Circus arc. Any ships, or crack videos, moments, even episodes, let me know and I've got it down.

See ya whenever.

-Val