EVERYTHING I POST IN THIS COLLECTION WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON MY DEVIANTART.

So this is the new thing I'm starting even though I already have enough going on. Oh well XD

OK. So in celebration of the new season of Black Butler, *quick fangirl squeal* the first three chapters of this will be dedicated to the Noah's Ark Circus members. More specifically, Dagger, Joker and Snake. By the way, Snake's MINE. *glomps Snake*

The thing that I like most about one-shots is that most of the time they could be turned into a full story, even if it's just a few chapters long. So unless I say I can't, if you want to these extended into more, just request it.

Chapter Notes: You work at the Phantomhives.

Not Her

(Dagger/Reader)

"So I hold it like this?" You asked, looking over your shoulder at Dagger.

"Loosen your grip some. If you hold it too tight, it won't go as far." He said, fiddling with your fingers to loosen them up a bit.

Noah's Ark Circus was back in London and Ciel let you take off work to come see them. Whenever they were in London, or a close enough distance you could travel, you would come to help with backstage stuff. Joker was always grateful for the extra set of hands and keeps offering to pay you, though you kindly refuse. It was payment enough just to come here and see everyone. They were always so much fun to be around. Especially Dagger.

You slightly blushed at the contact with Dagger, but let him move your fingers. Joker didn't have anything for you to do right now, so Dagger was teaching you the basics of his knife throwing act. He grabbed your elbow, bending it at the right angle then moved your wrist back some.

"Now, when you toss it, flick your wrist forward at the same time you move your arm. By doing that, not only will it go further, but it also makes it do a cool looking spin." Dagger smiled down at you.

You quickly looked away to try and hide your spreading blush, "So do I get to throw it now?"

Dagger took a step back, "Go ahead."

You looked at the practice board. It was just a regular wooden board that had a target painted on it. Dagger had set it about thirty feet away, which though extremely simple to hit for him, seemed near impossible to you. You yanked your arm forward, flicking your wrist like Dagger said, and let go of the knife. It spun past the board and landed about five feet behind it on the right side.

You slightly pouted and Dagger stuck an arm around your shoulders, "Don't sweat it [name]. Try again." He handed you another knife.

"Hey! Whatcha two up to?" Joker came up with his usual smile. That was another thing you liked about being here. Everyone almost always had a smile. It was like it was glued to their face or something. It always made you want to smile as well.

"Trying to teach [name] knife throwing." Dagger replied.

"Joker, what's with the hat?" You asked.

"What, this old thing?" Joker pointed to the top hat he was wearing, "Found it in one of the prop boxes. Like it?"

You laughed, "It suits you wonderfully, Joker."

"Thanks. Well, I better be off. The tightrope snapped earlier and I need to go help Doll replace it." Joker said.

"Is she alright?" Dagger asked.

"Yeah, thankfully she wasn't on it." Joker said, walking away.

"At least nothing happened to her." You said, the worry you felt quickly vanishing.

"Yeah." Dagger agreed, his smile returning, "Alright, let's try this again."

You nodded and started practicing again. You tossed three more knives, none of which hit the target. Well, one did, but it hit with the handle, so it didn't stick. One went into a nearby tree and the other hit Joker's hat when he was walking by with Doll, sticking the hat to the tent.

"You know, if you really didn't like the hat, you could've just said so." He said, pulling the hat off the tent while Doll was laughing at him.

You and Dagger burst out laughing as well. Dagger looked at you, "At least you hit something."

"Hey! I hit the target!" You said.

"With the handle. It doesn't count if it doesn't stick." Dagger said, pulling out another knife and handing it to you. You pulled your arm back and got ready to toss it when Dagger grabbed your hand again, "You're still holding it too tight."

"Sorry." You said. Dagger positioned your fingers correctly and nodded at you to go ahead. You swung you arm and felt the knife leave your hand. You watched it spin towards the target until it finally hit it, blade in. Though it still didn't make it in the ring, you were still excited that you hit the board with the right end of the knife, "Dagger, I got it!"

You looked up at him and saw that he wasn't even paying attention. He was looking over your shoulder at something, "What? Oh! That's great [name]! Here." He handed you all the other knives he had with him, "You keep practicing. I'll be right back."

"Huh?" You looked at him confused.

"Big Sis! Wait up!" Dagger yelled, running off.

You looked behind you and saw that Beast was walking out of the practice tent and Dagger running after her. You sighed and looked at the knives in your hand. This happened every time. You and Dagger would be doing something, just the two of you, then Beast would walk by and Dagger would tell you he'll be right back. He never comes back. Sometimes Beast wouldn't even be in the area, somebody would mention her being in the practice tent or something and Dagger would make up some silly excuse to go see her.

You sighed again as you dropped the knives by the target and began to walk towards the exit. You looked up at the sky and let your mind wander. Why would he ditch you when you make time out of your busy schedule to come see him? You loved everyone at the circus, but honestly, Dagger is really the only reason you come see them whenever they're near. As you made your way up the stairs leading to the Phantomhive manor, you knew the answer to your question.

It's because you're not her.

I already have Snake's chapter done and will post it either tomorrow or the day after. Joker's chapter I just started about ten minutes ago, so I don't know when that one will be up.

I do accept character requests, but I won't get to them until I'm done with these three. Also, I would like to ask that you don't request Ciel, Sebastian, Alois, or Claude. I will write for them eventually, but I read stuff for them everywhere. It just gets a little old to me.

This one-shot is one I could probably turn into a short story. But only if I get enough requests from both here and my Deviantart.

Last thing I would like to say is that right now my laptop is messed up. Sometimes it will let me on the internet, and sometimes it won't. It also won't let me get into any of my document folders. So until this issue is fixed, I can't promise frequent updates. Sorry.

~hugs n kisses~