Author's Note: Chapter 2! Alexis finally finds about the mysterious door! Don't worry if you thought last chapter didn't make it seem like a Kuro fic AT ALL, cuz now, it's all clear!


Chapter 2:Time Warp

I locked the door to my room and slumped onto the bed. Shopping with always took up all of my energy. I didn't know what to do other than go to sleep. It was ten p.m., which was way too early for going to sleep. Of course, my family-people go to bed at this hour…'early to bed, early to rise' and whatever the crap that follows it.

I got up to head towards my bathroom, but that was when I noticed my new door.

I don't know why (once again) but the weirdest of things happen to capture my attention. I walked towards the mystery door and opened it.

The rest was history.

I don't know what happened next, cause I passed out.

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"Uhh, what the fuck just happened?" I picked myself up and off the floor of my room, gazing around, just for my mouth to drop open again in a WTF kind of way.

"It's already morning?"

I heard the sound of breaking china outside my door. I quickly ran over to open the door.

"Hey, what on earth broke…?" I looked at a red-haired girl, wearing what looked like an old-fashioned maid's outfit, sprawled over the floor with bits and pieces of shattered china here and there.

"Wait a sec…who are you?" I asked. I don't remember seeing her at my aunt's house yesterday.

She dusted herself and got to her feet, just to look at me and break into a violent nosebleed.

"Hey hey, hey, hey, hey! What's wrong?" I attempted to ask her further questions, but she ran off. "Aahh, whatever…"

I looked around. The house was pretty much the same (if not bigger-I've never been an expert at estimating size), but there were a lot of notable changes. I don't even have the slightest clue how or when they all managed to change all this. It was all so astonishing. The run-down house was all made up with tapestries looking brand new, floors polished well, with carpets lain across. The frames of all the pictures on the walls were clean and shining, and the whole place smelled wonderfully aristocratic.

"Hmm…I wonder where Ella is…?"

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There was a violent knocking on the door. A young boy dressed in blue sat behind a desk. He looked up at the door with an annoyed expression. He squinted with one of his blue eyes; his right eye was hidden behind a black eye-patch. A tall man clad entirely in black served him a steaming cup of Earl-Grey. He also looked upon the door with a frown.

"Come in." the boy replied in a mature-for-his-age sort of voice.

A red-haired girl wearing a maid's outfit stumbled into the room. "Young master! Mister Sebastian! There's a…a…a…whore in the house! Yes!"

The boys' eyebrow twitched in skepticism. "A whore?"

The black-clad man arched a midnight-black eyebrow. "How on earth did a whore get into the manor? Mey-Rin, you must be mistaken."

The girl called Mey-Rin shook her head furiously. "No, no, no! I'm sure I saw her! She was dressed…very scantily, yes!"

The boy looked very irritated. "Sebastian, go and see to the matter at hand, will you?" He sighed in boredom.

"Yes, my Lord." The man named Sebastian bowed to the boy, with a hand over his heart.

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"That way, Mister Sebastian. The girl came out of a room to the far left." Mey-Rin stuttered uncomfortably.

Sebastian walked down the corridor searching for the mystery person termed by Mey-Rin to be a whore. He was quite sure that no whore or any sort of lower caste could possibly make their way into the house.

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"Okay…now, I'm freaking out." I said to myself as I walked down the corridor back to my room. I could see now that this was definitely not the same house. God knows how I got here. This house was like, huge, and everything was so…prehistoric-looking. As for one thing, I didn't notice any central heating panels or air-conditioning. And where was everyone? I was sure Ella would barge into my room, wake me up and drag me out first thing in the morning.

I finally found my way back to my room, after taking a stroll down the entire corridor. That was when I heard quiet steps walking over to me. I looked up for my jaw to drop.

The man who approached me was downright gorgeous. Drop dead gorgeous. He had shiny, smooth raven black hair in trendy gothic-styled bangs, wore a black tailcoat (I think), with a chain hanging from the pocket (possibly one of those pocket-watch thingies). He was made up as some sort of formal…I don't know, butler? I recalled from my Victorian era projects back at elementary school, that big houses in the 1800s had butlers and maids. Butler uniforms were always typically depicted like this, so that's what I assumed he should be.

When he approached me, I noticed his pale beautiful skin, and blood-red irises. Wait, blood-red irises? That's not possible! No one has eyes like that! Genetics denies it! Only albinos have been seen with them, but they are never blood-red and shiny; they're always a light shade of pink. So unless this guy's an albino…no, he's got black hair. I'm confused…

"Excuse me, miss, but may I enquire as to how you happen to be inside the Phantomhive manor without our knowledge?" Aahh, that voice. So deep and rich and arresting. Anyways, I decided to answer his question.

"I…don't really know how I got here…" I scratched my head, blushing and smiling in a goofy way which would make me want to slap myself later.

"And may I know who you are…?" asked the man uncertainly.

"Uhhh…how silly of me!" I finally brightened up a bit. "I'm Alexis. Alexis Adams. Nice to meet you, Mister…" I outstretched my hand.

The man glanced at it, and back at me, one eyebrow arched.

"I wanted your name. And…a handshake…?" I was becoming more confused by the second.

The man took my hand and shook it, still looking slightly confused. "Oh, how silly of me. I'm Sebastian Michaelis. Welcome to the Phantomhive manor, Miss Adams. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm the head butler here. May I know of your profession?"

I guess I was right about the butler-part after all. "I'm an elementary school teacher. Though I also work part-time at a pet-store!" I laughed, unsurely.

"A school teacher…" the man eyed my appearance, making me twitch uncomfortably. "Then why are you dressed like that?"

"Oh, it's vacation time, and I had arrived to spend some time with my cousin and her family at London."

"Where are you from?"

"Los Angeles, U.S."

"U.S…?"

"Wait…you don't know about the U.S.? North America? Where the hell are we?"

"This is London. Phantomhive estate."

"Okay…"

"You still did not explain about your appalling attire."

"Appalling? Since when were shorts and tank tops appalling?"

"It is. The women never wear such attire. Even men don't wear it. At least, not so much leg should be revealed…"

"Wait…now you're going all old-fashioned. That was like, in the 1700s or 1800s." I laughed out loud.

The man, Sebastian, looked severely confused. "But, my Lady…this is the 1800s. The calendar clearly says today is the 2nd of June, 1888."

"Wait…what? 1888? You gotta be kidding me…there's no way in hell…"

"Are you saying that you're not familiar with the date?"

"Yesterday was the 1st of June 2011!"

"I agree, it was indeed the 1st of June yesterday, but it is still 1888."

"Oh…My… God…!"

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"So you're saying that this girl came from the future?"

"Precisely, my Lord. She does not know about the attire trend of women, she speaks about America being well-developed and over Britain by now."

"Have you not heard of Queen Victoria, the British queen?" the boy wearing blue asked.

"Yeah, but she died. The queen of England is Elizabeth II." I said, stating the obvious.

"You mean, in 2011?"

"Yeah."

The boy's eyebrow twitched. "This is…unbelievable."

"What a predicament." Commented Sebastian.

After a moment of silence:

"I am Ciel Phantomhive, Earl of the Phantomhive estate, and owner of the Funtom Company that manufactures sweets and toys." Ciel got up from his desk.

"I'm Alexis Adams, and I'm a math teacher plus pet-shop worker." I cheerfully introduced myself.

"May I know, Miss Alexis, why you are wearing such whorish clothing?" Ciel questioned.

"Whorish? What the hell? Everyone wears clothes like this in the twenty-first century! It's not my fault that you guys don't see such clothes, cause for me, this is the past." I said, annoyed.

"Well, if this is the past, then do yourself some good and change into some decent clothing. Otherwise…Sebastian, you'll know what to do." Said Ciel in a final sort of way. Sebastian snickered and my mouth dropped open.


A/N: Yay! Sebastian and Ciel! Next chapter will be up soon! Until then, review and tell me whatcha think!