Chapter 1

"Who are the Phantomhives?" Allen asked confused of the significance of the family name.

Lenalee and Lavi gasped.

"Have you ever heard of the Funtomhive toy company?"

"No." Allen stated.

Lenalee and Lavi gasped again.

"What's so popular about them?"

"The Phantomhive's are the creators and owners of the Funtomhive company which is the number one toy maker company in the world."

"I've never heard of them before."

"How?" Lenalee and Lavi gasped.

"I really couldn't afford toys and stuff when I was little." Allen explained.

"That's sad." Lenalee whispered.

"Not really." Allen smirked. "So what exactly is my relation to the Phantomhives?"

"You need to see Komui!" Lavi answered, dragging Allen with him to Komui's office.

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Upon Lavi and Allen's entrance into Komui's office, Komui shoved a folder into Allen's hands.

"Komui, what's going on?" Allen asked as Lavi sat on the couch next to Allen.

Komui smiled. "We found who you're related too. We found your real family, but it's not the best of news."

"What's wrong?" Allen asked concerned.

"You are the son of Angelina Durless and Baron Barnett. Angelina is the sister to Rachel Durless who married the Vincent Phantomhive. Fifteen years ago, Angelina and Baron were in a horrible stage coach accident. The husband died instantly, but the woman was knocked into a coma. The woman was nine months pregnant, due the following week. To save Angelina and her unborn baby, the Doctor's performed a c-section. Everything came out fine, but a week or so later a crazed man came and stole some babies and switched a few around. Angelina's baby was switched with a prostitute's baby that was scheduled to be sent to an orphanage." Komui paused to let his story sink it. "The Doctor's thought that Angelina's baby was one that was taken by the mad man, so they told her that the baby had died at birth."

"I was the baby?"

Komui sadly nodded.

"So… I wasn't given away… It was a mistake? Someone did want me?"

"She woke from her coma two years ago to find out the terrible news of the accident and your supposed death. She continued her profession as a Doctor. The day she was released from the hospital, her sister and the Earl Phantomhive were killed when someone burned down their mansion and their ten year old son was abducted. Six months later, the boy Ciel Phantomhive reappeared and became the head of the Phantomhive family. But a few months ago Angelina was found dead, we don't know how she was killed but we suspect that she was an unrecorded victim of Jack the Ripper.

"She's dead…?" Allen's hope began to dwindle away. It hurt thinking that he almost had the chance to meet his own mother. Allen remembered reading newspaper articles about the Ripper and his poor victims, but he never once considered that his mother could've been one. It hurt, knowing that his mother was taken from him by two crazies; the one at the hospital and Jack.

"Are you okay?" Komui noticed that Allen was a bit pale.

"I'm fine. I'm just… I can't believe… I had a mom."

Komui gave me a sad smile. "I'm sending you on a mission."

"What?" Allen asked waking from his daze.

Komui smiled. "I'm sending you to meet your only living family."

"The boy," Allen remembered.

"Yep! Your cousin, Ciel Phantomhive. You'll leave tomorrow so pack your bags. The Phantomhive manor is on the outskirts of London. Be ready tomorrow morning." Komui informed.

Allen looked down at the folder in his hands. He opened it, on the top was a picture of a man with chestnut brown combed over hair with gray eyes and a dark skin complexion.

Komui looked at the photo. "Looks like a certain someone I know." He said pointing to the gray eyes.

I pointed to the man's hair. "Before I was cursed my hair color was that brown color, the same as his. Is he my father?"

Komui nodded. "That's Baron Barnett."

I turned the page to see a woman with red hair and red eyes. She was rather pale and her facial features had a certain similarity toward Allen's. "Is that my…?"

"Yes." Komui smiled. "Angelina Durless."

She was pretty. I flipped the page to see a boy's picture. He had dark gray hair with a blue eye, the other was covered by an eye patch; he was rather pale.

"That's Ciel Phantomhive."

"Why does he have an eye patch at such a young age?"

"When Ciel was abducted by the people who burned his house down and killed his parents, he was abused and tortured. As a result, he came back with an eye patch. I don't actually know what's wrong with his eye."

"How old is he?" Allen asked trying to get all the information he had on his living family.

"He's 12."

"Only 12!"

"Yes, but I've heard that he acts two, no three times more mature than his current age."

"That's sad that all that stuff has happened to him at such a young age."

"Between you and your family, it's like you guys are cursed with bad luck."

Allen smiled a sad smile. "That's true."

"I've already sent a letter to Ciel explaining the situation and he replied accepting my proposal of you two spending some quality bonding time and he even sent train tickets."

"Wait… tickets… as in plural?"

"Yes he sent two."

"Why two?"

"He doesn't want you to get lonely so he sent one if you wanted to bring a friend. So who are you taking?"

Allen felt something nudge his ribs. He looked over and saw Lavi looking at the ceiling, nonchalantly. "Do you want to go?" Allen asked Lavi.

"Well… I don't know. This is such short notice and I don't know what to pack, but sure! I'll go if you want." Lavi ranted.

"Your train leaves at 8:00 am. Be up and in the docking room at 5:00 am with your bags. Have fun!" Komui waved the two out of his office.