Here's the second chapter. Last time, Ciel has woken up from his nightmare and tried to avoid Sebastian as much as he could. Then Alois decided to come by for a visit and introduce his new butler, Claude. What will happen next? Enjoy. ^-^


Chapter 2: The Visit

"This looks like a quiet place to talk," Alois said as he dragged Ciel into the game room which has been untouched for a while now, signaling the dust bunnies floating around. "Now, sit." He forcefully made Ciel sit on a comfy chair which only became uncomfortable from the sudden force applied to it.

"Alois, must I remind you that you are in my mansion meaning I have control over everything in here," Ciel said as he glared at the blonde.

"Oh blah blah. Why must you always be so distasteful when I come over to visit? It's almost like a once in a lifetime chance, a chance that I just can't let it go to waste," Alois grinned as he crossed his legs in a seductive manner after getting himself a chair, something that bothered Ciel very much.

Claude only stood behind his master's chair with the same expression he had since he came.

"Well, it doesn't look like I can escape this time," Ciel began. "So, you have my full attention. Is there something urgent you want to tell me?"

"Why of course, Ciel. It is very urgent for you see, we're going to help you," Alois said.

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "Help me? In what sense?"

"I heard from people,that I will not name for they wanted to be kept anonymous, that you have become rather...mad."

"Mad?"

"You know, as in insane. Completely bonkers."

"What the bloody hell are they talking about? I'm completely sane."

Alois smirked. "Are you? Tell me, is someone who creates a world called Wonderland and falls so deeply connected with it to almost make it as real as this world, a sane person?"

Ciel hesitated. Did Alois just say what he think he just said? Wonderland? But how? How did he know about such thing? More importantly, who told him?

"W-where did you heard that from?" Ciel stuttered, cursing himself mentally for showing a sign of weakness.

"I told you, from people wanting to be anonymous. I wouldn't be a man of my word if I spilled their identities," Alois said. "But it does appear that they were right about it. You do know about a fantasy world known as Wonderland, right?"

Ciel glared, trying not to show his anxiety. "I might or might not know. You'll have to tell me more about it."

Alois chuckled a bit. "I wish I knew more about the topic. I just know that it is a world other from the real one that some mentally unstable people create themselves to escape this real world. I believe it's just completely strange and insane. It's like living in two worlds at the same time yet you take the imaginary world just as serious as this one. But I'm one to talk for Claude here knows quite a bit about these worlds called Wonderlands."

Claude put his glasses into place. "Indeed."

"But wait just a moment," Ciel spoke. "Why would you two believe anything the other people tell you? They could be the ones insane for telling you such nonsense." He was trying to convince not only Alois but himself that Wonderland didn't exist. He had tried to make it seem like a dream, a repeating illusion toying around with his mind. He actually thought it was only himself dealing with such a strange thing, but now the blonde boy was telling him that Wonderlands do exist for other people, "mentally unstable" he had said.

Alois, loving the fact that he was right on target, chuckled. "Seems like you're getting really uncomfortable with this sort of talk meaning you must have something similar going on with you."

Ciel growled. "Whoever told you this sort of information are liars. They know nothing."

"Would you be so kind as to tell us then what your Wonderland is like, Ciel?"

Ciel frowned and turned away. "Why would you both care in the first place?"

"Oh ho! So it's true."

"N-no! That's not what I was trying to say."

"It's alright, Ciel. That's why we're here to help you. We don't want you to become a mad man and get sent to the asylum. That wouldn't do good on your part."

"I am not mad."

Alois smirked and turned to Claude. "Claude, don't you see how poor Ciel is suffering from a world that doesn't even exist? Because I take him a close comrade, I want you to help him with his problem and cure him. I order you, Claude."

The man placed his hand over his chest and bowed slightly. "Yes, your highness."

"No! Stop! Both of you are out of your minds!" Ciel trembled as he began to stand up. "Don't do anything to me!"

Alois smirked. "We're not going to do anything to you that will hurt you. We're trying to save you, Ciel. Calm down."

"N-no! None of you know anything! You both wouldn't understand! I-" Suddenly, Ciel got grabbed by the chin by the cold hand of Claude as he was pulled closer to his face, almost being able to feel the warm breath of the demon. The golden eyes stared blankly inside the boy's only visible eye.

"Seems as the poor boy has fallen into a small sense of madness. Claude, please do help him," Alois said.

Claude leaned forward towards Ciel's ear and whispered in a no toned voice. "Come now, Ciel. It's only a dream."

Ciel, without consciously knowing, had lost his senses and fell into a somewhat hypnosis state. "It's not a dream...it's a memory...

"Forget it, Ciel. Abandon that memory. Go to Wonderland."

"I can't...I'm trapped within a memory...one so cruel and disgraceful...I cannot go back...the train will run over me..."

Alois, pleased with what he was getting out from the Phantomhive boy, slouched down on the chair with his legs kicked off to the side. "My, will you look at that. I guess you were right after all, Claude. Wonderlands do exist. Who would've thought someone like Ciel would have such a need for it. Poor boy."

Claude merely frowned and kept his thoughts to himself. "No, Ciel. Discard that memory. Go to Wonderland."

Ciel trembled as he held onto Claude's arm. "My Wonderland is shattered. It's dead to me."

"Don't struggle, Ciel. Let the new Wonderland emerge."

Scenes of the destroyed Wonderland and the horrible train made Ciel shake terribly and caused him to scream out. "Wonderland is dead! My mind is in ruins!"

"You are now Alice. Go to Wonderland, Alice. Go now before it's too late! Run Alice! Run to your Wonderland! Save it! Go!"

From horror and sudden shock, Ciel fainted and collapsed into Claude's arms. Almost immediately, Sebastian entered the room to save his young master from whatever may be happening to him.

"Young master!" Sebastian said as he noticed the young boy laying limp on Claude's arms. He rushed over to fetch him and backed away from the spider demon with a growl. "What have you done to him?"

Alois laughed and stood up. "Now don't you worry bout a thing, Sebastian. We were only doing our best to help out your precious piece of meat. I can't believe you haven't noticed." He began to walk away with Claude close behind.

"What are you talking about? Answer me!"

Alois stopped short. "Ciel is going mad. His Wonderland is in ruins." With that, both the blonde and demon exited the room, leaving a confused butler to hold onto his knocked out master.

"My young lord...mad?"


And that was that for this chapter.

Alois explains to Ciel that he knows about Wonderland and wants to help Ciel overcome his insanity about thinking about such thing. Alois stated that Claude knows about these Wonderlands and started out with an experiment. Ciel falls from horror and shock. Sebastian enters a bit too late as Alois and Claude leave the scene.

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