│ │-Chapter 1 - │ │

" Jane Bourbon"

On a dark night, precisely at midnight, somewhere in England in a small mansion was a child being given birth to. On this very night, the shadows had grown darker and the night colder. The rain smattered against the mansions windows at a livid rate, almost intentionally. Screams of strains were heard in the mansions bedroom chamber.

A couple in their mid-thirties re-located themselves in this small mansion two days ago just for the birth, along with two maids and one fortune teller. The old female fortune teller was unfortunately an undercover witch unbeknownst to the couple.

"I can't… ugh.. It hurts" The woman had cried. She had been lying down on the master bed exhausted, pale and covered in sweat from top to bottom. Every inch of her body was strained because of the then on-going birth.

"I can see the head! Just a little bit more my lady" The female maid had said "Noreen, bring clean towels! Hurry!" she had said sharp to the second female maid who ran out from the room immediately.
"Charlotte, our child is almost here" The male had held his wife's hand tight in his.

"It hurts, Antoine" Charlotte cried in pain.

"Endure it for just a bit more" Antoine had tried to encourage her "The baby is the miracle we have been waiting for, love".

"I c-can't, I'll die!" Charlotte had cried and refused to.

"Don't you dare stop giving birth to his spawn, woman!" The fortune teller had raised her hoarse voice in anger at Charlotte "You both knew the consequences when you two desperate fools came to me!"

A sudden big flash of red thunder appeared at the big window beside them. The sound that followed the disappearance of the red flash had been horrifying. Almost as if the entire ground under them had crumbled into pieces and was sucking them in. The maid and the couple had looked at the big window in utter shock for they had yet to realize what they had brought upon them.

"You have angered my great lord Mammon" The witch had said in anger "Give birth to his spawn immediately before all of us nearby are doomed as well!"

"A-Antoine" Charlotte had looked worried and pale-faced at her husband who had suddenly become very silent. He was almost unreachable, and his hands shook slight. A sudden pain had struck Charlotte's abdominal area which made her wail in pain.

"Breathe, my lady!" The maid had said tensed up "Push!"

The witch and Antoine had not broken their eye-contact with each other. His eyes revealed horror and hers mocking. She had raised up her bony hands up and started praying in Latin:

"Videt! (He sees), non audit! (He hears), quasi clavi in alis suis (his wings are like spikes), regni eius non est iustum; (his reign is unjust) …"

"My lady, push!" The maid had said again and Charlotte had pushed harder than ever before. The bedroom had been filled with a dark smoke coming directly from the old fortune teller's aura. Antoine had tried to look away from her but his body was still and didn't listen to him anymore. He watched the old lady horrified. The second maid arrived with warm and clean towels in a hurry.

"… absoluta eius (his orders are absolute) et (and) Vae qui semel aeternum contra (those who go against him once are doomed)" The witch said and pointed at Charlotte. The black shadows made a swirl around the fortune teller's index finger and then lunged straight at Charlotte.

A baby's first scream had filled the room and another red thunder appeared however, there had been no sound heard after its disappearance.

"It's a beautiful miss, my lady & my lord Bourbon" The first maid cheered but stopped immediately when she saw the lifeless Charlotte. Lady Bourbon's flesh had sunk into her body, as if she had been mummified and soon horrified screams filled the room once again.

The very next day, the child had been put in a basket and abandoned in front of an orphanage with a note. The note had her name on it only: "Jane Bourbon".

(The story continues in the Noah's ark circus)

The sun was about to set for the day. The last sunrays were shining through behind the green hills and several carriages packed with various supplies and necessities were on its way to London. Jane Bourbon was sitting inside one carriage together with her grey cat named Luna, the bearded lady and Jumbo. Jumbo was taking a nap before the next stop and the beard lady was tending to her beard, oiling the roots and combing it neatly. There wasn't much talking because Jane didn't know them that well yet. She had joined them on their latest tour in the last city because of her extraordinary acrobatic skills that Joker had praised so highly of. He had named her stage name for "Elastica" because of her agility.

Joining the line of acrobatic was Jane's new profession. She had been thrown out from the orphanage at age 18 and had from then on worked with anything that would keep her fed at least. She had worked as a maid for an old couple outside of London around age 19 and when they had passed away, she had found herself in Noah's ark circus by the guide of Luna. Time had undoubtedly passed fast because she was presently 21 years old.

The carriage slowed down and stopped. They had stopped again so that everyone could stretch and use the restroom in the restaurant that they had stopped beside.

"Jumbo, wake up" The bearded lady said and stood up from her seat "You said that you needed to use the restroom before"

"Finally, we stopped" Jumbo yawned and stretched light "Let's go, Elastica"

"I'm okay. I want to sleep instead" Jane replied to Jumbo. The bearded lady left the carriage first and was greeted by the other members of the ark.

"You sure?" Jumbo asked

"Positive"

"Alright then" he said and walked down from the carriage as well. He closed the carriage door behind him and when Jane heard the footsteps leave, she felt even more comfortable and relaxed than before. They were all generous, but she was the one who was feeling stiff and somehow alerted around them. It was in her nature to be alerted in her surroundings but especially new places such as the ark.

"Your highness, are you certain that you do not want anything to eat at least?"

"I'm good, Luna." Jane looked at her guardian cat "I just need some sleep"

"Are you still down about the late Goldberg couple?" Luna asked

"That too but also about everything else" Jane sighed "I'm pondering about when the day will be where I will truly belong someplace instead of changing locations on and on again – It's tiresome".

Luna jumped on the small side-table beside the carriage window and sat down on it, in front of Jane. She wanted to form eye-contact with her owner. Her emerald coloured eyes analysed Jane's face who looked clueless back at her. Truth be told, Luna had felt something, she had been pondering about whether telling Jane when it was time or at once. However, after seeing Jane in such a gloomy state, Luna decided to reveal what she had felt to Jane.

"Your highness, I'd like to think that they days of wandering will soon come to an end" Luna said, and her eyes were filled with a secretive hint "Very soon"

"Did you perhaps see or feel anything again?" Jane raised a curious eyebrow at Luna.
"I have been feeling this feeling ever since we joined the ark" Luna said and didn't break eye-contact with Jane "Our days of wandering alone are outnumbered because a black shadow will be coming to us soon"

"A black shadow?"

"A demon, your highness"

"H-hold on for a second, Luna "Jane stuttered reluctantly and was almost sucked out of breath. For a demon to come to them predestined only one thing and one thing only. Jane had been patiently waiting for the day ever since Luna had told her about it. However, Jane suddenly felt like she wasn't ready at all and suddenly felt quite nervous.

"He is ancient and immeasurably powerful, your highness" Luna said, and the tone of her voice changed to a more serious one "You will be advised to be on your guard when he arrives"

"L-Luna, stop frightening me!"

││ 1 Day later ││

" Sebastian, we shall leave for London the first thing tomorrow" Ciel said to his butler "By the commands of the queen, there is a circus in town that requires to be paid a visit"

"Certainly, my lord"

I do not own Kuroshitsuji, I only own Jane, Luna, Charlotte, Antoine, the two maids, the witch and the Goldberg couple. Hope you enjoyed reading the first chapter!

P.S Mammon is written in the bible, he is the 'god' of greed. In the case of the Bourbon couple, their greed for another child is what eventually ruined them (and also because Charlotte refused to give birth to his spawn at the end).

/ Bom-Tokki