DISCLAIMER: Ok I honestly do not own anything related to Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji. If I did I'd have a lot more money and wouldn't have to worry about student loans for college but anyways, this story is based on the anime and I know I do not give worthy discriptions of things for that's something I kind of need to work on. Kurshitsuji/Black Butler belongs to the people who created it. i only claim owning my oc.
"madam" I said holding a coat for a woman I am serving
"now, now I've told you before you are not my servant anymore I have chosen to make you my child" she said calmly taking the coat from me and putting it on. "come now Alexis we shall have to go out to get you some new clothes to fit your new life style. You are now a noble my dear girl. And as a noble you will look and act like one with all I will teach you"
"yes Madam" I said calmly
"no, no call me mother" the woman said hugging me and my eyes went wide in mild surprise
"m-oth-er" I said slowly
My name is Alexis. I was once a maid for the woman known as Madam Red, but recently she has taken a liking to me since I have served her since I was much younger she has decided to adopt me even though I am in my late teens. I am quickly approaching my 19th year. To be honest at first I thought the madam was joking for she had always told me that my long black hair was rather beautiful and it complemented my porcelain skin, as well as my eyes that resembled the embers of a flame refusing to extinguish.
Yet even when her husband was alive she had taken a shine to me and had insisted that I learned how to read and write like a noble. And then after her husband perished as well as her child, her sister, her brother in law and supposedly her nephew as well she started to insist that I learn everything I needed to become a lady of high society. Yet it was during that time that the Madam hired a new butler though he was rather clumsy and lacked many desirable skills in a butler he was rather interesting and could make me laugh sometimes.
A few months afterwards the madam's nephew reappeared along with a butler clad in black or so the madam had said for I was unable to leave the madam's manor for I needed to continue my studies.
But now the day is different
"come Alexis" Madam red said
"yes ma…mother" I said shyly and she smiled at me
"oh you're so cute" she said hugging me as I blushed "greil you will stay by her side while we are here"
"y-yes madam" greil the butler said nervously but I smiled at him
"do not fear Greil I'm sure we'll manage to stay out of trouble" I said smiling and he nodded as he blushed slightly.
Eventually I was left in the library for after madam I mean mother finished with the business she could not be accompanied to, she went to the library and took greil with her and informed me that she would send someone to fetch me when she requested my presence so I made myself comfortable reading a book while managing to sit on a ladder while wearing a dress and heals.
Madam red insisted that I wear something with red to symbolize I was her daughter now.
Any who as I was sitting there reading about the occult and various types of demonic symbols when a man clad in black with ink black hair walked in I assume he was the butler of the phantomhive family so I started to put the book I was reading away but as I was about to step down the latter I lost my footing and with a small squeak I began to fall only to be caught by someone
"are you alright my lady" the man said in a smooth voice and I nodded as I blushed out of embarrassment
"ah thank you very much" I said about to bow to the man but then I remembered that I had changed status so I looked nervously to the side instead
"my, my it would seem the madam was correct in saying you have much to learn about your new status" the man said and I shyly looked at him as he smiled and I noticed his eyes were so similar to my own.
"I assume mada… mother sent you to fetch me?" I asked and the man smiled again
"indeed she did" he said offering me his arm and I genteelly rested my hand in his elbow as he lead me to where the madam and the young earl were no doubt.
"so this is my new cousin?" the young earl said upon my arrival
"It is an honor to meet you" I said curtsying to him
"oh isn't she the cutest thing" madam red said hugging me and I blinked "so what do you say will you allow her to stay with you for a while to help her learn more about her new rank in society" at this my eyes widened out of shock and fear and I saw a slightly saddened look on greil's face.
"judging by the look on her face I assume you never mentioned this plan to her" the young earl said taking a sip of tea
"no I didn't yet but I thought that I would take her home with me today and then in a few days I'd send her back with all her things so that she can live with you for a while." Madam red said smiling
"very well" the young earl said and I looked rather nervous
"Than can I ask if greil can come with me as well" I asked and madam red and the young earl looked surprised as did greil and the butler clad in black
"I see no problem with that what about you madam" the earl said taking another sip of tea
"oh yes that would be fine than Greil can learn how to be a proper Butler under sebastian's care" the madam said smiling at the butler in black
'so his name's sebastian' I thought as I looked at him 'yet he doesn't seem like he's human.' I thought as I looked back at madam red
A few days later I sat at the table across from the young earl Ceil Phantomhive my new cousin as we prepared to eat breakfast yet the peaceful yet silent mood was soon disrupted by Greil's screams and soon he burst into the room riding a tea cart with hot tea and several pieces of fine china on it but he soon crashed in to the gardener Finnian, aka Finny. The crash caused hot tea to land on finny and greil tried to grab a napkin from the table only to grab the tablecloth with it dumping several of the dishes.
"I'm so sorry for causing all this trouble. I simply don't know how I could apologize enough" greil said and I looked at him with an apologetic look since I was the one who asked for him to come along with me. "Wait. That's it! The only thing I can do now is die!" greil said pulling out a knife. "I shall atone with my death" but as he position the knife to his throat I stood up and walked over to him
"please don't speak like that" I said with my hand on his as he held the knife
"lady Alexis" the other phantomhive servants said as I looked rather sad
"not only with it cause a mess and even more trouble for the people here but I would miss your company my friend" I said
"oh miss alexis"
"Alexis you are not to make friends with your servants" Ceil said sternly and I looked down the ground sadly
"y-yes" I said timidly
"and you must learn to be more confidant in yourself otherwise other nobles will take advantage of your weakness" Ceil said
"yes young earl" I said
"call me Ceil we are cousins now" Ceil said and I looked at him surprised
"I must decline that request young earl." I said with my bangs hiding my eyes
"why is that" he asked narrowing his one eye at me
"I have yet to act like a proper noble and so fare I act no better than a commoner. I feel I have much to learn and much to earn before I have any right to call you by your name. I have yet to prove to myself that I am no longer a servant girl but the adopted child of the noble Madam Red." I said with determination in my voice
"my, my, it seems there is a noble woman in you somewhere behind that timid shell" Ceil said and I looked up at him surprised "very well but the moment you have proven to yourself that you are no longer what you were you are to call me by my name and not my title"
"Yes young earl" I said smiling
"you should smile more. You look better that way" ceil said and I blushed.
"young master" Sebastian said checking his watch "it is time to go"
"right" Ceil said "sebastian and I will be heading to town for a while. Alexis, do you feel that you will be alright without us?"
"Yes, and I thank you for your concern" I said curtsying to the earl "I shall await for you return young earl" I said smiling with my hands clasped in front of me and the earl smiled slightly as he and sebastian made their way out of the room yet I swear I felt someone else watching me
"my lady would you like to see the garden" Finny asked running up to me and I smiled at him
"that sounds wonderful. Would you all accompany me there then to make the trip seem far less lonely and to make sure I don't get lost" I said and the others smiled and happily agreed then I walked up to greil "what about you greil will you join us?" I asked him and he smiled as he stood up
"it would be an honor my lady" he said happily and I smiled
Later though as we were in the garden I had brought a book out with me for once the others said they needed to get back to work I sat by a tree and began to read. Yet eventually I managed to make my way back to the library were I'm afraid I fell asleep reading a rather intriguing book about the dark secrets of the world.
When I eventually woke up I found the mansion covered in overly cute decorations and pink and other pastel colors. I felt rather out of place to be honest.
"oh you're so cute" I heard someone say so I turned and saw a girl with long blond hair in curly pigtails as she wore an orange Lolita dress. And she looked up at me with her big green eyes "I'm Elizabeth who are you?" she asked
"I am Alexis. I am the adopted daughter of Madam Red" I said curtsying to the young noble
"Aunty An?" Elizabeth said happily "oh how wonderful to meet you" she said hugging me and then she started to drag me away "come on I'll make you look even cuter than you already are" she said giggling as I blinked in confusion.
Later that day
I now stood in a pink with white accents frilly dress that was in a bit of a Lolita style with a pink rose in my hair which was curled in ringlets near the ends as half my hair was up and half was down. My bangs framed my face elegantly as I also had a pink rose chocker and long white gloves
"you look so cute" Elizabeth said hugging me and I smiled shyly at her but then Ceil and sebastian returned "hid in here ok" she said pushing me into a separate room
For a while I just stood there blinking out of confusion but then she opened the door again and pulled me out
"what do you think" she said happily and I heard several people gasp as my eyes adjusted to the light as I saw Finny, Bard (the cook) and May-rin (the maid). All gapping in shock as Ceil was blinking in surprised and sebastian was just staring at me with a surprised look on his face and Greil had a similar look only he was blushing as well.
"is it that bad?" I asked blushing as I clasped my hands in front of me again
"NO" finny, may-rin and bard yelled running up to me
"you look so pretty miss" may-rin said
"I never knew you could look so nice" bard said
"you're so cute miss" Finny said and I blushed all the more
"it's rather lovely on you miss Alexis" Greil said and I looked at him shyly and I eventually walked up to him with a worried look on my face
"You're not lying right?" I asked him and he looked surprised
"of course not miss I promised you a long time ago that I would never lie to you!" Greil said and I smiled slightly
"thank you Greil" I said
"Alexis" Ceil said and I winced as I nervously looked at the young earl "you look rather cute" he said looking away slightly embarrassed as I looked surprised then I smiled.
"may I ask you something young earl" I said as I smiled
"what?" he asked
"may I hug you" I asked and he looked surprised
"do what you wish" he said looking away and I smiled as I knelt down and hugged him
"thank you" I said before I let him go "for everything" I said as I stood up
"my lady" Sebastian said and I looked at him confused "that dress really does suite you" he said and I blushed
"w-well to be honest I'm normally not very fond of pink but since it's a gift I chose to make an acceptation" I said Elizabeth tackled me with a hug
Later Elizabeth managed to get ciel to have a ball so she asked me to help dress up Greil yet she dressed him in a pure white dress and matching accessories but I decided to switch the white accessories with red ones and I gave him some other red items and he hugged me.
Once the ball actually started to begin with Elizabeth and ciel dancing sebastian started to play the violin and greil grabbed my hand as he smiled and I smiled back as we ran over to the stair way and began to sing along him with a tenor/base tone of voice and me with my soprano/alto tone of voice all together it was rather beautiful.
Yet eventually as the night went on greil was given the task to return Elizabeth to her home and then he was to return to madam red while stayed behind
"you sure you'll be alright my lady?" Greil asked and smiled at him
"I thank you for your concern Greil but I'll be fine." I said smiling "I have much to learn so I doubt I will find any moment to utterly boring but I will miss you my friend" I said happily and he smiled as well
"well then I shall be going my lady" he said before he left
"Alexis, why do you insist on making a friend out of that man?" Ceil asked me and I looked off to the side for a moment
"because he was one of the few who could make me smile after years of despair" I said smiling as I thought of a memory
"there is much I don't know about you. Tomorrow I would like for you to tell me your past" ceil said
"my past" I said as a saddened look crossed my face "very well" I said as my bangs hid my face "I shall retire for the night them young earl, I shall see you tomorrow" I said walking away from him and back in to the house with may-rin following me to help me change for the night.
The next day I sat in the library reading once again when sebastian arrived to escort me to breakfast.
Once at the table everything was silent other than our utensils tapping our plates.
"did you sleep well alexis?" ciel finally said as he continued to eat and I paused
"yes" I said after a moment deciding that I shouldn't mention my frequent nightmares
"sebastian informed me that he heard you scream a few times in the night are you sure you're alright?" he asked and I looked saddened
"you could say my past is not one that is easily forgotten which I will explain to you later I assume" I said looking him in the eye and he nodded before he had another bite of food
"very good" he said
Later in ciel's study
"now care to explain?" he asked as I sat in a chair across from him as he sat at his desk
"I am Alexis a girl with no last name at birth. Born when and where are unknown. I remember very little about the time between when I was born and when I turned thirteen. What I can remember is on my seventh birthday there was so much fire and blood" I said with a distant look on my face "there were dead rotting and burning corpses in front of me yet I don't know who they were, were they my birth parents? Where they someone important to me? I don't know. What I do remember is when I was taken in by madam red as a servant girl."
"You said before that your past is one that is not easily forgotten yet you said just now that you don't remember much, what did you mean then?" Ciel asked
"glimpses of the past appear in my dreams and then they vanish shortly after I wake they plague my mind yet remain hidden as I search for them." I said looking down at my lap and the young earl sighed
"how problematic" Ciel said with a sigh
But as the day passed May-rin joined me in my quarters saying that Ceil had received a letter from her majesty and was needed in town for several days and since I was in his care he would take me along so I needed to pack.