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Ciel Phantomhive was sipping his morning cup of tea, Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler at his side, when it came. The letter that brought news that would perhaps affect the young earl greatly. It was Mr. Tanaka who brought it in and Sebastian who read it first.

"Milord, it appears that a Valerie Durless is expected here in less than a week."

Ciel nearly choked on his tea upon hearing this. "Did you say Valerie Durless?"

Sebastian nodded. "Someone you know, milord?"

Ciel nodded as he wiped his mouth. "Yes, she's one of my distant cousins on my mother's side. The last I heard of her was that she was sent away to finishing school or something. Even now it'd be too early for her to graduate though."

"It says here that she's being sent to your care since the finishing school she's been attending, Ackleford Finishing Residence for Young Ladies, has been closed down due to low funding."

"I've heard of that place before," Ciel said. "They were never that good with funds and they always asked for donations. But never mind that, what else does it say?"

"Nothing else except that she's in Phantomhive's care until she reaches the age of eighteen in three years."

"What about her family?"

"There is no mention of them."

Ciel sighed, but supposed that there was nothing he could do about it. "Very well, I'll accept her. Not like I have much of a choice anyway," he mumbled. "As long as she doesn't cause trouble, it should be acceptable to keep her here instead of sending her over to our townhouse with Soma."

"Indeed," Sebastian coughed as he picked up the tea tray while setting the letter down at Ciel's desk. "But did she usually make trouble when you last met?"

"Not...exactly..." Ciel thought, leaning back in his chair. "Then again, the last time I met her was years back at one of my parents' parties. The only thing I remember is that she was extremely energetic, with her bright hair swishing back and forth as she ran from place to place. She's got one of my uncles for a father, but I think an Irish woman was her mother."

"Shall I prepare a new room for her?"

"I suppose you must," Ciel waved off his servant and then took a look at the letter himself.

A week passed by quickly and the arrangements were quickly made to greet the new 'Missy' of Phantomhive manor. Bart, Finny and Meirin had come up with the name somewhere along the way from when Sebastian told them to expect a new mistress was coming to stay at the manor. He told them no more than that and all of them set about their work. Meirin organized a new room on the third floor overlooking the front gate, Finny moved in the furniture and Bart attempted to make the fireplace permanently stay lit by using a new device of his.

The usual mistakes followed as Finny banged the furniture into the walls, Meirin wet the bed mattress and cracked the mirror and with Bart it was just an explosion. As soon as Sebastian arrived at the third floor and saw all the chaos, he just shook his head and quickly began to organize everything back to the way it was supposed to be. Of course the room looked perfect after that.

Finally the day of the new Missy's arrival came and everyone assembled at the front of the mansion to greet her. Ciel was the last to come out just as a carriage came to a stop in front of the steps. The door opened and out stepped a tall, slim figured girl with long orange hair, sparking blue eyes and the biggest smile that could fit on her face.

"Ciel!" she cried, immediately running towards him.

She's just like Lizzy! Ciel thought, before she had even reached him.

Unlike his fiance, Elizabeth Midford though, Valerie managed to pick Ciel up and spin him around as if he weight nothing.

She's strong too! Ciel thought, as she finally put him down. For a moment he'd thought his lungs would get squeezed out. It was almost as bad as wearing the corset!

"Hello Valerie," he sighed.

Valerie didn't seem to be convinced though. "Ciel, where's that smile you always wore? See?" She reached out and bent Ciel's mouth into a wide smile, causing everyone, even Sebastian, to chuckle.

Ciel pushed her hands away. "As you know, you'll be under my care from now on so..."

"Your care? But where's Aunt Rachel and Uncle Vince?"

Ciel didn't answer.

"The former Lord and Lady of Phantomhive manor have been deceased for quite some time," Sebastian answered. "Haven't you gotten the news?"

Valerie shook her head. "No, they never sent us any word down at Ackleford. But anyway, I'm just glad to finally be back in London! It wasn't fun one bit back at that school and anything's better than living around boring people. But you're not boring, right Ciel?"

A few chuckles sounded from the servants.

Ciel yawned. "Yes well, you should follow my butler, Sebastian, to your room. Everything's been prepared for you in advance."

Valerie smiled. "Thanks Ciel!" She patted him on the back but even from a distance, it looked more like she smacked him over the back.

And so the new 'Missy' of Phantomhive manor, was led upstairs to her new room and to her new life.

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