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I slammed my hand on my alarm clock to silence the creation that did the honors of waking me every day at five thirty am. I rolled out of my bed and double looked my room. Junior year of college and each dorm room I had didn't differ in decor. My bed was always closest to the door and against the wall with the cheap wood night stand that had my alarm clock, my charged iPhone, my iPod and headphones,my calendar hanging by a pin on the dark beige ( almost brown ) monotone walls, and my laptop. But what made my room different was all the corny pictures along the wall of the photos of me, Donatello, Beatrice, and Luke from all of these earlier years of college.
Another thing that never changed about my dormitory was that I never had a room-mate. Sometimes, Luke and Donatello would sneak in my room and we would have a movie night, but even knowing that I wouldn't have a room-mate again, my decor had still not yet migrated to the empty twin sized bed and unused side of the medium-sized dorm.
Snapping back to reality, I walked to my closet and got my black jeans, sneakers, white tee-shirt, and my black sweater. I walked to the bathroom and brushed my teeth while noting how that I was only two weeks into the first semester and I was already complaining on how I should have spent more time outside that summer. Because I was as pale as a piece of paper! I used my hair gel and spiked up a few of my raven black strands up. I stepped back and double took myself before gathering up my laptop, my cell phone, headphones secure on my neck with my iPod connected in my sweater pocket, and my assignments in my black shoulder book bag. I looked at my calendar: I have an assignment due today for History... but why do I feel as if something big is happening today as well? I decided against my assumption, I was usually good about marking things in my calendar. Even the hot chick in English classes birthday!
I heard two knocks at the door... than another one, "Hey girly, I know it takes you so long to look all fabulous today, but ya need yo hurry up for I'm leaving your ass behind!"
I opened the door to view my grey haired friend with his brown and white cap on top of his red bandana. He wore his usual bracelets that support cancer, breast cancer, suicide, autism, etc that all show his support and caring for the world even though he dresses in black skinnies ( that sag sometimes ), red Jorden shoes, his cross necklace, his white tank top, and his brown leather jacket.
"STFU Luke," I say closing my door behind me stepping into the hallway.
"Oh~, is someone on their period?" Luke laughs, "And I told you! Lucius! It sounds way cooler than Luke!"
"Yeah, and DumbFuck fits you better than Dumbass." I snap back, letting my metal of sarcasm show.
We made our way down the hall and a couple more turns before taking the main staircase down to the main lobby. When we get to the bottom of the millionth step, Donatello is already standing there looking over the railing that overlooked the main stairs turn left for the girls dorms, and right for the male the bottom, it let;s you off on to a round platform with big glass windows that look out to the parking lot and courtyard outside. In the center of the floor is a circle railing that shows down to the main lobby which has the front welcome desk, security center, and of course, hallways to class rooms. It also had large columns to lead to the courtyard ( considering this is a University. So doors would be too crowded to get through with all the students that walk in and out everyday ). Lucius ran up behind Donnie and smacked him in the back of his brown cut hair. Donatello quickly reached one hand behind his head to ease the sting, and another to hold his glasses in place, "The fuck Luke?! Mother I have glasses!"
"I thought we established that I don't care if you have glasses, cause I'm still gonna hit you!" Lucius laughed.
I walked closely behind both of them before lightly smacking Lucius upside the head, "Knock it off."
"Speaking of 'knock off', where's Miss Knockers?" Lucius laughed again, but quickly stopped when I raised my hand.
Soon enough, the girls came flooding down the stairs ready to start the day. No matter what, girls are always last the get down those steps. Specifically, one stood out. Bark brown curly hair with outrageous eyeliner, mascara, and red lipstick. Her body was curvy and on it was short dark blue booty shorts, a red tank top that showed some of her huge breasts, and high heels. "Beast!" We all shouted, waving our hands like we were flagging down an airplane.
She saw us, and shoved her way towards us, occasionally saying, "Move it bitch!" or "Big bust comin' through!" When she finally reached us, she fluffed her hair and high-fived each of us, "Hey guys, sorry about that! Everyone's all bitched up cause the new guy."
"Since when do we give a fuck about new guys?" I asked.
"Were you not listening when I told you this a week ago?" Donnie asked.
I tapped a finger to my chin, "You mean initiation night?"
"Yes."
"Than no. I believe I was wasted."I responded.
"Well this new kid, he's not normal, he's" Beast started, but was stopped by a loud shout of:
"He's here!"
Suddenly, crowds rushed to the railing trying to get best views, people in the lobby stood against the main entrance columns, and others that I could see from the railing through the big luxurious windows were crowding around:
"What the fuck?! He get's a Lamborghini?!"Lucius asked amazed by his dream car that he never got.
"Fuck..."Beast awed.
"Sweet."Donnie said.
Quickly, campus guards came by the front entrance parking lot where the black hell car went into park. The guards went to the passenger side and opened the door, "That car is from the U.K or something. The passenger side is really the driver's seat." Donnie informed us, letting his infinite amount of nerd show.
"Well other countries have the driver's seat on the left as well." I said, trying to out smart him.
It proved to be a bad idea as always when he responded quickly with, "I heard that's where he was born before he came here in LA to live with his Aunt."
"How do you know?" I asked in a monotone voice knowing already that he knew everything and everyone.
Beast stood on her tiptoes as best as she could with her heels trying to get a good view from the window to overlook the commotion outside, "Everyone knows."
The guards crowded around the car for a moment before encircling the person and walking towards the big university.
"Everyone knows." Beast stated standing on her tip toes to get a better view out the window.
Everyone immediately moved out-of-the-way as the guards made their way into the giant place escorting the newly known rich kid. As soon as they pushed their way through the college students, they stood right in the middle of the lobby and we could finally get a tiny glimpse of the student. He had greyish blue hair and was on the shorter side. He wore a black jacket buttoned up completely to the top with matching black dress pants ( in the August heat too! I wasn't even wearing the freakin' outfit and I was starting to sweat! )
For once in my three years of attending college, everything was silent. Everyone was completely focused on this new kid. The one thing that intrigued me to actually care though, was when he looked up at what I imagine for him to be a giant crowed hovering over the railing and piled up on the spiral staircase down to the lobby. I caught what looked like...
"Is- is that an... eye patch?" I asked.
"Uh-huh... " Lucius responded just as astonished as me.
"But why?" I asked to nobody in specific.
"I don't know. This is the first time he's been seen in public besides a few rare family portraits with his parents before they died." Donnie, of course, responded as a matter of factly.
"Dead?" I asked.
"You don't know much about this kid do you?" Beast asked me.
"No, cause I'm not a stalker." I responded darkly a little annoyed that I was the only one in the dark.
"All I know is he looks... "Lucius started,"Total badass! I love it!" He exclaimed clapping his hands together in excitement, his golden eyes swirling with excitement like his adrenaline in Dance Class.
"He may look young, but it's new... and it's hot hot hot!" Beast exclaimed moving a couple strands of hair out of her face.
Soon enough, everyone caught on to 'how cool this new guy is' and
how mysterious he looks' ect. By the time I looked back over the railing, he was gone. Like a shadow... or.. "A phantom." I accidentally saw out loud.
"That's his last name." Donnie says.
"Huh?"
"His last name. Phantomhive." Donnie says before mumbling, " At least you know that much..."
"What's his full name? What happened to him that he wears that eye patch? How's his parents die? Why is he living with his Aunt here in LA? Why is he attending a half ass shitty community university when he own a fucking Lamborghini?" I ask, again, to no one in specific.
"That's a lot of questions that you should ask yourself." Beast said.
"How the hell am I going to talk to him when he might not even be in our grade? He might as hell not even be in the Fine Arts!" I say as a matter of factly.
"As far as I know, he's a Freshman. But when you're locked up that long... who knows how much you can learn and do..." Donnie says again, but fading out quietly almost in pity.
"Maybe we might see him in the halls! For now, let's not be fucking late to first cause if we're late to Mrs... er Mr... S's class we be fucked!" Lucius says in a goofy voice before sprinting down the spiral stairs with the rest of us laughing behind.
We ran into the it's class three seconds before the bell. we all sat along the wooden floor when the teacher walked in with his white collared shirt and bow tie. He walked to the white board and picked up a red expo marker. He put on his glasses that hung from his neck with beads on it and moved the marker slowly, stroke-by-stroke as if he was in a suspense movie. Or maybe even a corny RomeoXJuliet movie where final results are being posted. Once he wrote 'Auditions' on the board, he turned around and smiled his wicked rotting teeth, "Class, the University shall be holding the annual Hamlet play this year-"
Groans and moan of protest pervaded the large Acting room as soon as the teacher said Hamlet. The past three years of college were always the same: lonely dorm, friends, new hook up, practice for Hamlet, break up, Hamlet at the end of the year, summer, repeat. All I wanted was something fresh. Perhaps new... new...
"Ah~ I new student I assume?" The now established male teacher, , asked.
Dean Victoria walked in with her white hair pinned up in a bun, but her kind and fierce eyes smiling with the same shine her pink lip colored lips smiled at us, "Good morning everyone!"
"Morning Dean Victoria!" Everyone yelled in unison.
"Hello, Dean Victoria, and... kid..." greeted awkwardly which earned a couple giggle from the back of the class ( that's where Lucius, Beast, Donnie, and I were sitting by the way :3 ).
"No, I'm just taking him on a tout of the University and I figured I'd introduce him to some teachers as well! Ciel, this is , he's the acting teacher and takes some part in the annual plays." Dean Victoria said while putting a hand on ( Ciel ) Phantomhive's back, moving him slowly and gently towards our creepy ass teacher. But he took his right hand and shook 's. I noticed when he did so, he had a blue gem ring on his thumb. I also noticed many more things. He was pale and had blue eyes... or a blue eye. His face was also a bit cold and dark... a bit emotionless. "I'm Earl Ciel Phantomhive, it's a pleasure."
"Nice to meet you Ciel! I've heard very much about-" stopped at the look Dean Victoria gave him. That was odd... "So, are what are looking to get a degree in Ciel?"
"Business, possibly trade, and a special agent. I hope to return to England one day and serve the Queen like my Father once did." He said.
Everyone's jaws dropped, what the living hell, again, is he doing at a university were a mass majority of the school is in fine arts?! A rich kid could have gone to a better school! His choice of life is almost... boring.
Apparently, thought the same, "Do you at least, have an interest in arts? You can plan out something to do you're... business and include fine arts-"
"I don't think fine arts would be of any use to me." Ciel said in a bit of an angry tone.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm saying that if the Queen assigns me to a case and I try to persuade other world leaders to lower their tariffs or something, is singing or dancing to them going to solve anything?" He stopped for a minute then moved his left hand, which had a gold ring on his middle finger, to pick up a deck of cards. He opened the box and shuffled the cards without looking at the them. Then, he continued in a voice that..."The game I'm playing is chess... I need all my pieces: The King, Queen, The Night, Bishop, even my Pawns. If I get a checkmate, or get checkmated... what will a King come in?" Ciel asked flipping a king on the floor, "Or a Queen?" He then flipped a Queen on the floor.
He went through the deck, naming each card one by one and throwing each card on the floor, "Or a-"
Some idiot bastard named Joker, which Beast went out with and broke up with last year, stood on his feet and interrupted the magic show, "Oh let me guess, A Jack?" He looked over at all the blank faces of awe below him and at the blank expression of a new faced student holding one more card. Joker than chuckled a bit in maybe anxiety, "Right?! That's the only card left in the 52 card deck! You did Ace, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Queen and King! You did all thirteen of hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds! The only one left is a Jack! "
Everyone seemed to look back at Ciel nodding a bit knowing that Joker was right. Ciel's face changed for the first time... he grinned, and when he did, some people scooted away from the now dark student,"Or, it could be..." He once again flipped a card on the floor to revel that he had one more card in his hand but it was hidden by the card on the floor that caused some girls to scream in terror and some guys to laugh in amaze, "A Joker."
Joker lowered to the ground picking up that never even existed in a deck before, but there it was in all it's glory, a letter J and a joker right in the middle. Then Ciel chuckled, "I think what you need is..."
Whispers erupted through out the class, "What could it be?" "Who could it be?" "Joker was right! The only one left was a Jack!" "Maybe the one he's holding is the Jack!" "Maybe he has some kinf of powers where he changed the Jack to Joker!"
Ciel flipped the last anticipated card which had the amount of cards in that deck, the kinds of cards, how many of each cards, and some games you could play... "An instruction manual." Ciel said before walking out of the class room. Dean Victoria smiled weakly and excused herself before going after the boy. just mumbled nothings to himself and everyone else refused to go near the cards, for the rest of the day.
But during acting courses, I heard what sounded like, "That Phantom hive kid? What he did, my Dad says that people who can do tricks like that, are demons. I've never heard or see of that trick before! He's like, The Devil's Child."
Hey Guys! SO I'm stopping here cause it's late and I gotta get up early to go see the PHAAAAAA!ntom of the Opera! But anyways, yes I am aware that a Joker is not in a card deck, but when I was a kid, I watched an episode of Spongebob where Squidward was the Joker to King Crabs and I thought that the card the Jack was a Joker because the card looks like it had the outfit Squidward was wearing! So I was all, Hey! Why not turn my childhood into some creepy Ciel P Shit!? So Um, yeah =) let me know what you think of this cause I actually attempted to use the FF profreading system ( cause I'm stupid and don't know how to search for Betas, ) and yeah! It will get more clear as I go along! I promise! I was planning on making this longer, but decided against it. Review and I might be generous and update tomorrow! ( not this week though cause I have SATS. ) Bye guys!