EARL TRANCY'S HER WHAT!?" Ciel glared at me again. I had no idea what Sebastian was talking about I did not even know an Earl Trancy until I actually got to think of it.

"Alois Trancy? Is that the young Earl's Name?" I asked.

"Yes the Earl Alois Trancy, Congratulations My Dear princess, but if I'm not being nosey, might I ask why you're in the changing room with my young lord?" Sebastian asked. I slowly stumbled out of the small room and walked out the door. Oswn helped me into the carriage.

"Rosie dear, are you okay?" She asked as I sat down. "Rosalie darling?" She asked again.

"I'm fine auntie; got some interesting news… did you know I was to get married to Earl Trancy?" I asked flatly. She looked appalled.

"No, who's the Earl Trancy," She asked pretending not to know; or maybe she was just that stupid. "What took you so long Rosalie?" She asked to change the subject rather quickly. I hung my head watching the hair fall in my face.

"U-uh oh there's no reason in particular" I felt my face heat up.

"Cousin Rose? A-are you sure you might not have run into Earl Trancy?" Lilly asked with a pleasant smile. I nodded quickly and stared at the floor.

"Her majesty ran into Earl Phantomhive and he had some wardrobe malfunctions for the ball tonight at the Phantomhive estate!" Oswn answered for me. "Don't blame the young lady for it, it was my fault. I was helping the young Earl with something in the change room." She lied through her teeth. "I'm sure that the young lady is just tired or maybe angry about the fact that she was deceived by her own family, about not knowing the Earl Trancy,"

"That's enough Oswn, learn your place!" I snapped. "You haven't a clue what I'm thinking, do you? Because that's not at all what I was implying at all." My aunt put her hand over her mouth she had never seen me react like that. I glared at her and put my head back to calm myself down. "I'm fine Auntie, Oswn just learn to know better… that's all." I said flatly.

"Well than how do you explain your reaction from yesterday? I'm glad you don't have a sword right now!" Lilly replied.

"Don't worry about it I apologized and that's all that matters. Quit living in the past Lilly. Now someone tell me whose idea was my engagement!" I asked.

"It was your grandmother's we begged to her not to whereas we knew you loved Earl Phantomhive, ad when she got the necklace this morning she didn't know what to make of it, didn't you tell her that you loved Earl Phantomhive. Are you really breaking the promise you made all those years ago to Earl Trancy?" She replied.

"When I ask a question I expect it to get answered without any other questions following. Now thank you for answering my question. I will let it slide this time; to answer your question, what question are you implying?" I asked.

"You promised to marry the young Earl when you were four. Ciel and he are the same age; however, both Mr. and Mrs. Trancy, and your parents planned to have you married." Maria added. "You two are perfect for each other, and now with his return as the head of The Trancy estate in his rightful position as the Queen's loyal spider! You two can get married and carry out your parents' wishes."

I bolted forward. "No I won't… I can't, I love Ciel!" I covered my mouth quickly. Lilly and Maria's mouths hung open I was as shocked as they were. I did not even think before I spoke. "I-I didn't mean it, honestly I really didn't mean to say it!" I exclaimed with my mouth covered.

"Sure you didn't' I see the way you look at him, Rosalie, you only get that little shimmer in your eyes when your around him I've never seen you with Alois so I can't say if your eyes shimmer or not. But I can presume from when we were much younger you were always happiest when you were around him." Lilly said with sincerity.

"Fine I'll meet with Alois tomorrow; I'll have Alastair clear tomorrow's agenda." I said with a tedious tone. My Cousin and aunt's faces lit up.

"Oh he'll be so excited to see you again!" Lilly said. "I can't wait to see him either; he's quite the cutie you're one lucky girl Rosalie." She said blushing like crazy.

"I hope you remember that I have a very jealous personality, and if you try and take what is rightfully mine, I will kill you!" I replied. Their mouths hung open. "If you sit like that for much longer you'll have bugs fly in, now close your mouths." I said in another sarcastic tone. They closed their mouths and the carriage stopped.

"Lady Rosalie, we're here," Their steward said happily.

"Auntie are you and Lilly coming to Ciel's ball tonight?"

"No sorry Rosie we are busy designing outfits tonight and I need Oswn; she's quite tall and I have some designs to show her and have her try on!"

I stepped out of the carriage and sighed. "Yes alright then," I walked off. I walk into my manor and close the door firmly behind me. "ANTHONY!" I screamed. My older brother came running down the stairs. He stood in front of me.

"Yes milady." He said.

"I swear if I hear the name 'Alois Trancy' with 'Congratulations on your engagement' in front of it I am pretty sure that whoever said it will have a very early death… that isn't a threat it's a promise!" I snapped. "Tell Alastair to bring me some tea, I think I'll go for lady grey today," I said calmly. "Tell him I'll take it in my drawing room!" I walked up the stairs and into the drawing room. I fell back into my chair and slammed my head against the desk. "Why!" I exclaimed. I pulled up the daily paper and began reading it.

Her Majesty in waiting Rosalie Alicia Leanne Clark has finally returned as the rightful heir to the throne of England, with her return she brings in many strange people to the Clark estate. She returned with the help of her able butler Alastair Langstaff Cutler. Alastair is in allegiance to Rosalie and only Rosalie. Now as of her return, the Earl of Trancy approached The Queen aware of the promise her Lady in waiting had made to him several years previous. Queen Victoria remembered the promise her granddaughter had made to the young Earl, and in agreement with the young Earl, she had accepted to give Rosalie's hand away in marriage to Alois Trancy. I read. I slammed my head against my desk once again. "Why? Why? Why?" I asked as I slammed my head down.

"Your highness,"

"What!"

"Your tea is ready,"

"Come in!" I snapped. My older brother entered the room and pushed the cart toward me. He stopped in front of me.

"Where's Alastair?" I asked with relative concern. Anthony stared at the floor and put the tea on my desk.

"He's being held up with Miss Wetherell, she wants to stay here, she didn't mean to freak out you have to understand that Rosie, I mean she just can't really stand the fact that you turned to the help of a demon when you could've solved your own problems!" Anthony replied. "Look your majesty, I don't know how to tell you this, but what you did wasn't really that smart, you're a good kid, you don't do bad things and not to mention you're the queen's granddaughter, you're better than a demon, you're human, and I want you to live a long happy life! You cannot do that if you have a soul-collecting butler at your side. I know you need to have that safe feeling, because of everything that has happened. I should have come for you, I feel like it's my fault, I'm your big brother and you need to have someone to protect you with their lives, and you have someone now who will do it it's just I don't trust that demon, I don't trust him at all, you're just going to end up getting hurt!" Anthony replied.

"I don't care about that, did you know that Nana got me engaged, Look at today's paper, Nana must be so confused about the necklace Ciel gave me. I don't even know what to think of it Anthony." I said passing him the daily paper. I watched his eyes scan the newspaper; he slammed it against my desk.

"That damn runt, I can't stand this, this is way too much for my baby sister to handle, Well Rosie do you know who you to choose; obviously you have to make the decision don't you?"

"I don't know who, my head is telling me to go with Ciel, and my heart is saying Alois, I mean, Ciel wants to keep me safe which is why I can't be seen with him. But Alois, he wants to be seen with me and he doesn't care what happens to him, but I thought that Alois had disappeared all those years ago." I said, picking up the paper. I turned the page and saw the full story.

Her majesty in waiting, Lady Rosalie Alicia Leanne Pritchard-Clark has finally returned from her long absence from the throne, it's been eleven and a half long months since we last saw our princess, she has been seen with a few more shady characters, Her Butler Alastair and a young maid resembling her late nanny, Dawn Knox. Claiming that her name is Oswn Longstaff, However the resemblance no one seems to mind, Rose also has been seen with a young man around eighteen maybe twenty, he has red hair, and dresses like a steward Her majesty has been seen with the young Earl Phantomhive, no one is too sure what is going on between the couple. They seem to be quite friendly. Her Lady in waiting has finally tied the knot with the Earl Trancy, as you previously read about the promise, if you are wondering what that promise was, we asked the Queen.

"Well that promise I still remember it like it was yesterday, it was so sweet they were standing on chairs in the kitchen, when Rosalie was only a mere age of four and Alois at the age of seven. They were staring on either sides of a china cabinet. They were looking in on the teacups. Earl Trancy started asking her about the different kinds, with her father being one of Britain's biggest teacup importers Rosalie knew much about them. Alois was interested in how much she knew; Rosalie began to list off a bunch of different makers of teacups without looking at them, Alois was getting more and more impressed. It was then when he asked a four year old, "Hey Rosie you know what? One day we're going to get married, I can tell can't you?" That was when Rosalie smiled up at the seven-year-old Earl and said "Yeah I can tell I can't wait I promise I won't love anyone else Alois!" Queen Victoria said in an early interview at her estate.

There you have it folks a new breed of young love, we have the twelve-year-old Earl Ciel Phantomhive and thirteen-year-old Lady Elizabeth Midford. Now we have fourteen-year-old Earl Alois Trancy, and the eleven-year-old Lady Rosalie Clark!

"He's been missing for four years, and now he's back, what's going on Anthony? And why did they call you, Oswn, and Alastair shady?" I asked.

"Who really knows sis, I still can't believe this; do you remember the number to the Trancy estate?" he replied.

"Somewhat, I know where this is going, so I'll go call him," I picked up the phone and called the estate.

"Hello?" he asked. "Who is this?"

"It's Rosalie Clark, I'm looking for Earl Trancy," I replied.

"Oh his fiancée, this is his steward Timber, I can go find him if you want," He replied.

"Yes do go get him, I want t speak with him about our engagement," I exclaimed.

"I'll be right back with the Earl," He put the phone down and walked away. A few minutes later, I heard footsteps coming toward the room. The door squeaked open and someone picked up the phone. "Rosie, I didn't forget what you promised me! I really hope you didn't either!" Alois said, happily.

"No I didn't forget, you're birthday is pretty soon isn't it?"

"Yes in a couple days actually, you want come, you don't bring anything! Besides I have something to give to you!" He said. I went silent. "Rosie, are you okay? You seem kind of… distant," He asked.

"I-I'm fine, Alois, I'm sorry I can't lie, Mother always told me not to, I did forget, a lot has happened, I was kidnapped eleven months ago, there was a reward to find me, but after a few months, they all stopped looking. The man who I now call my butler rescued me from hell. He only has one wish, and that is to keep me safe until I fulfil my wish to have the same people who humiliated me to go through the same humiliation they put me through. However, in return I must give him whatever he wants; even if it means my own death." I replied.

"Rosie, please tell me you didn't make a deal with a demon that's something you can't get out of, please tell me you didn't!" Alois exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Alois, but I did, I don't know how to tell you this, but the Earl Phantomhive was one of the people who helped me through everything after you disappeared. After he disappeared I had no one, Mother and father started fighting more and more and then a few months later he finally came back, and then only a year later, mother and father were murdered and I was kidnapped, that was eleven months ago. Now I am back and I have no plans on leaving again, but Alois, its Ciel. I-I don't know how to tell you this but I've been seeing Ciel for a while, he gave me a necklace this morning when I went to his manor after my palace was attacked… I really did not forget about that promise until I went through hell, I am sorry, I want to see you, please do not hate me… I'll tell Ciel tonight about us tonight but I have to go, I'll spend all day tomorrow with you, I promise!" I said as I hung up the phone.

I sighed heavily, and put my head on the table and shooed my brother away. He bowed and left me alone. It had already been a long day and when I set my head down, I just passed out. I slept for three hours and it was when Dawn walked into my drawing room and woke me up.

"Milady, it's time to wake up you have to get ready for the ball tonight," Dawn said with a faint smile. I lifted my head and groaned.

"Fine I'll get up," I said as I stood up. I dusted off my dress and followed Dawn to my room. "I don't want to leave Ciel, but I made that promise, Ciel's going to be so mad at me and I don't want to explain all of this. Dawn I trust you, even though I was told to never trust reaper."

"Thank you for trusting me milady, you are doing the right thing, I won't let anyone touch you I promise, but I was told to not go to the ball, I'll get Oswn and Sephronia to help you get dressed." She opened the door I walked in; she bowed and ran off down the hall.

I sat down at my vanity table and stared back at myself. My eyes looked puffy and my nose was running. I thought back to the dream that I had, had. I shivered at it and refused to think about it. Oswn came in my room and smiled at me.

"Hello milady you look better, you look, healthy but we can help with the puffy eyes, and the runny nose; Dawn, Sephronia come in!" She hollered. The girls ran in and started putting fixing my makeup and hair. I reached up toward my neck.

"No, where is it, where's the necklace, where'd it go, I got it from Ciel, please, someone tell me where it went, NOW!" I ordered.

"Here it is milady; Anthony took it off of you so you wouldn't get hurt while you slept he didn't think you would mind but let me put it on you." Oswn said pulling out the necklace. She put it around my neck and latched it. I smiled as the small blue diamond shimmered in the candlelit room, the girls gasped at the beauty of the necklace.

"I should never wear anything less than this, that's what the letter said that Ciel sent me." My eyes shimmered. They exclaimed, and giggled.

"You're so lucky, you have two guys falling head over heels for you milady, I only wish that I could find someone who would fall for me!" Sephronia replied.

I flashed a fake smile, "I must say ladies you are amazing, you made me look a lot better, my nose isn't running and my eyes don't look puffy any more thank you girls, now everyone except Oswn leave please because I need to get dressed." I replied.

Sephronia and Dawn left the room and I took off my dress. I stood in my underwear, she pulled a red corset out of my closet, and she slid it over my head. She began lacing it up.

"Oswn, stop it, it's too tight." I exclaimed.

"Calm down milady,"

"You-You're killing me Oswn!"

"Please milady, you didn't have a problem with it yesterday,"

"It wasn't this tight, stop it Oswn, it's too tight!" I winced. She finished lacing up my corset and then she helped me into my dress. Oswn smiled and did a few touch ups on my hair and makeup. I stared at myself in the mirror and just about gagged.

"No Oswn take my hair out of these dreaded pigtails at once, I look too much like Elizabeth, and I can't stand it, now, take it out!" I replied

"Yes Milady" she said, as she bowed and pulled my hair out of the pigtails. We watched the hair fall over my shoulders; her eyes widened and she smiled herself. "Wow your hair looks amazing like that milady," she said with a glowing smile. "And the necklace lord Phantomhive gave you works perfectly with everything, and compliments your eyes!"

I looked back at her and the door opened. "Good you're ready; the Earl wants you there now so come!" Alastair said. I walked out the door.

"Good luck milady," Oswn mumbled. I followed Alastair quietly out to the carriage that was sent for me. Alastair helped me in and closed the door firmly behind me. I saw him cringe as the carriage took off down the path.

"Hello milady!" Finnian said.

"Hello Finnian, how are you today?"

"I'm fine milady, the young lord sent me and Barderoy to get you, he told us as you as make you as comfortable as you can before you get there, he says you two have much to talk about before the ball,"

"Yes I suppose he wants to talk about the Alois Trancy ordeal doesn't he?" I said staring out the window. Finnian was quiet the rest of the way there. Suddenly the carriage came to a halt; Finnian opened the door and helped me out.

"Thank you Finny," I said with a fake smile. Finnian led me into Phantomhive estate and showed me to the Parlor. Finnian left the room t go get Ciel. I heard knocking at the door to the parlor; the door opened and Ciel entered.

"Hello Rosalie," he said as he sat down.

"H-hello to yourself milord," I replied

"Rose are you okay?"

"I'm fine, look I'm wearing the necklace you gave me," I said trying to change the subject.

"Yeah, and it really does bring out your eyes doesn't it?"

"I guess," I said. Ciel stood up and grabbed my wrist, "Ciel stop you're hurting me," I exclaimed. He dropped my wrist and his eyes went from cold and hard to warm and inviting.

"I'm sorry, I don't know my own strength" he smiled. "But I hate it when the love of my life is sad and I can't help because she's not telling me anything." Ciel said, with a warm tone.

"I'm sorry Ciel," I said. He pushed against the chair I was sitting at, and he grabbed my chin and tilted it just enough so I could look into his dark blue eyes, I felt my breathing speed up and my heart rate increase. I think he did too because he smile and leaned into my face he was just kissing distance from me when Sebastian started knocking at the door. Ciel stood up and went back to where he was sitting. "Come in Sebastian," he replied in the same tone he always had.

Sebastian entered with a cart of tea and snacks. He set them down in front of Ciel and me. I sat staring into space and Sebastian introduced the tea and the snack that was sitting on the table; Ciel quickly shooed him away. I picked up the plate and began eating the Foret Noire that Sebastian put in front of me. I sat with a blank expression on my face and dug at the cake.

"Rosalie, are you sure you're okay, you seem very distant, I'm worried about you?" Ciel said kindly.

"No I'm not okay… I'm not okay at all; it's about everything going on right now!" I exclaimed. "About Alois, about us, I don't know who to choose."

He stood up and held out his hand. "It's quite cramping up in this room don't you think, I have to stretch out my legs. Won't you come with me Rosalie?" He asked. I smiled and took his hand.

"Yes Ciel, let's go." I said. Ciel was the only one I could fully be myself with, and I was happy about it but I don't know if he feels the same way about me. He makes me so nervous sometimes. I followed him down the halls and into his drawing room. I sat down in front of his desk and he sat behind it.

"Rosie, you have to understand what I'm about to tell you, I can't be seen with you," he started staring at the floor. "It's nothing personal, I promise, it's for your own safety, I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you at my fault,"

"C-Ciel," I whispered my voice strained.

"I'm sorry, it's for your own safety, I don't want to do this at all, but you have to know the truth, the full honest truth. Rosalie Alicia Leanne Clark, I was going to ask you to get rid of Elizabeth so that I could spend my life with you, but the queen would not want that. You may not know this but I am working for the underground and if anything happened to you, on my behalf, I could not live with the guilt… and there is a reason for that Rosie… It is because I-I-I Love you I always have, I was always jealous of that Trancy brat. He won your heart and then he disappeared and then you turned to me and we hit it off after that I disappeared and then you did, I am sorry Rose, and we can still see each other, just not in public, they think we're too friendly" he said. I glared at him and I pushed the chair back,

"FINE I SEE HOW IT IS!" I screamed. I ripped off the necklace that he had given to me and I threw it against the floor. "If you never want to be seen with me in public then I never want to see you again!" I ran out of the room crying.

"Rosalie, come back! It's for your own protection," he hollered. I ran out of the manor and started to cry on the stairs to the Phantomhive estate. Ciel ordered Mey-Rin to go after me; she ran off after me and sat down beside me on the stairs.

"Milady, you are going to get sick if you sit you here like that," Mey-Rin said.

"I knew that he'd never come after me, 'for my protection' please I'm just as far into everything as much as him, if not more, no one wants him dead, I'm at risk just sitting here, the people who wants me dead Ciel is lucky, he isn't wanted dead by anyone, he doesn't know what he's doing to me," I replied.

"Well then tell him what he's doing and maybe he'll learn, but me young lord can be stubborn." She said.

"Okay, Mey-Rin, you wear those glasses only because lord Phantomhive gave them to you, but I that the only reason, you're just so very pretty, and I want to see you without the glasses on,"

"No Milady, that's not the only reason I wear me glasses, I'm very farsighted which means I can't see anything up close, and it gets to be quite the bother sometimes. Although I'll show you my eyes, because I understand how important you are to Lord Phantomhive!"Mey-Rin said taking off her glasses.

"Your eyes are beautiful Mey-Rin; you shouldn't keep something so beautiful under glasses so thick. They're the most beautiful hazel coloured eyes I've ever seen." I saw awestruck.

"Thank you milady" Mey-Rin replied happily. She put her glasses back on and stood up "Well Milady. Let's go back in., okay?" She asked.

I stood up, dusted my dress off, and walked back into the manor, she walked me into his drawing room and I sat back down. He showed me the necklace and frowned. "Look Rose, I don't want you to hate me, but if you do it's going to be easier on the both of us. I don't want to hate you; I hate Lizzy and that damn Trancy brat. I wish that you would choose me but I'm not going to flatter you with fancy things I'm only going to give you this necklace, well once I get Sebastian to fix it, I never got a chance to tell you why I gave it to you. It was my mother's she had it in a drawer locked away with a not attached, saying "Take good care of this, and give it to the girl you will one day call your own Good luck my son, I love you" I gave that to you for one simple reason. I was going to call you my own, one day, get rid of Elizabeth tell her I did not want to see her again. However now you probably will not want to see me again because of this." Ciel said with a warm tone.

"Ciel I don't hate you, but you just dry my patients level, I'm always very calm with everyone, except you, you just make me so mad. Ciel, I have one question for you, if I stayed with Alois, what would you do to him," I said staring at my feet. It was then when Sebastian walked in.

"My lady, Alastair was wondering if you were alright"

"She's fine Sebastian… You guys are in need of a vacation, so leave and go on one," Ciel said.

"As you wish milord," Sebastian exited the room and Ciel stood up.

"Rosalie won't you come with me I want to take you some place where we can be alone," Ciel said, his arm extending. I took his hand and he helped me from the chair. "Follow me,"

"Okay," I said with a slight smile. We walked down the hall and into another. Finally, we stopped at a giant door, he looked back at me and he opened the door.

"No one comes in my room, so this is a perfect place to stay," he said.

"So I didn't come for a ball did I?" I asked

"No, a very private party,"

"Okay," I said flashing a rare real smile. We walked into the room and Ciel pushed the door closed. Ciel pushed me against the wall, "C-Ciel." He put his finger up to my mouth.

"Shh, don't talk." He said, closing in on my face. Ciel's lips met mine; my eyes closed and I wrapped my arms around his shoulders; Ciel lifted me into his arms and began to walk slowly toward the bed. Ciel and I were standing in front of it, we lay down on the bed and we were kissing when we heard a loud crash downstairs.

"What was that?" I asked in a hushed voice.

"Get under the bed and don't come out until I say so! Got it Rosalie?' Ciel replied in a harsh whisper. It was then when I noticed Ciel was serious, I got off the bed and hid under it. Ciel left the room and the door latched behind him. I heard loud booming voices; they were screaming indistinctively. It donned on me then, I knew what was going on, the Phantomhive estate was once again under attack and Queen Victoria's granddaughter was in the middle of it all!

I quieted my breathing and tried to stay calm. On a day when Sebastian isn't here wonderful, I am going to die! Wait Ciel will not let that happen he promised to keep me safe no matter the consequence…I thought. I heard footsteps approach the door and I heard gunshots go off. Finally, the door opened and someone walked in.

"Come out kitty cat, you can't hide from me sweetie." The voice said cutely. I watched the feet walk around the room. "Come out; come out, where ever you are kitty cat… You can't hide from me." He sang. "Are you in the closet? Or maybe under the bed" I saw an opening in the wall where Ciel always hid during the games of hide and seek. I crawled in the hole as I heard the voice approach the bed.

Please don't look, I begged. I saw his face look under the bed but he never saw me.

"Well then Kitty cat… it was nice looking for you… however, you don't want to be found… maybe if I told you that we could kill that young kid downstairs… after-all, He is just a kid." He sounded happy. He almost put me in tears, Ciel wouldn't let anyone kill him; I couldn't come from hiding. "Well, do you really value your own life over that little punk's? Well I agree with you… your life is simply better to live than his is so I'll see myself out! Don't worry milady I won't touch that little kid! I promise!" he exclaimed. I heard the door open. "But that doesn't mean anyone else will!" he said as the door closed. As he did I heard gunshots go off and the door to the manor close. I heard thudding come up the stairs; the door opened and closed.

"Rose you can come out now," Ciel said. I crawled out from under the bed, crawled over to Ciel, and started to sob.

"Thank god you are okay Ciel… but why are you covered in blood?" I asked.

"Gunshots, there were so many of them but they're gone now… they're all dead" he replied with a slight smile. "Now where were we?"

"I have to go… I'm shaken up about this… Can you help me?" I asked. He stood up.

"I'll take you on a date in a couple days see you then sweetheart," He replied, pressing his lips against mine. He took me downstairs and took me out to a carriage. "Tanaka, take her home now!" Tanaka bowed and the carriage took off.

I remember watching the trees pass by my window as we took off in the carriage; I was terrified that night I had never been more scared at that time when that man said that Ciel and I were never going to be safe again. I was staring up at the stars as we left the driveway to the Phantomhive estate and before I knew it, I was asleep. The carriage came to a slow grueling halt. The carriage door squeaked open and I was lifted from the small enclosure. I tried to open my eyes to see my surroundings.
"Thanks for bringing her home safely Tanaka," Anthony exclaimed trying not to wake me. The barking from my fire breathing demon hound woke me completely. She ran out of the manor along with Oswn, Anthony took me into the manor and took me to my room. He set me on my bed and left; Alastair entered the room and helped me out of my dress. He put me into my freshly cleaned nightclothes. I flopped against the bed and passed out.