His Master Preoccupied

Happy Birthday Tom Marvolo Riddle! Also Happy Holidays, Christmas, Hanukah and every other holiday that takes place oh and let's not forget New Year's! I'm so happy! I got Kuroshitsuji for Christmas! Also I have another plan for Ginny, even though she'd make a decent Mey-Rin I wanted to try a different angle. I've been trimming my A/N's What I said about every fifty reviews. I changed my mind I don't like bribing people.

Ciel stared forlornly out the window. So much snow, but at least he was going home in a few days. He and Sebastian had agreed that the case had reached a dead end and that he'd have to wait till May to get further in the case. Finnigan didn't require as much paperwork as he had thought, since he was a half-blood and was burnt off the family tapestry the ministry didn't care. Since his mother was the one with custody, she hadn't registered Seamus into the muggle government. Ciel had been dragged down to breakfast by Finnigan. He had been flipping through spell books in the library when out of nowhere Seamus had run in and dragged him towards the Gryffindor table.

"You do know that I've already eaten, and that I'm a Ravenclaw, right?" Ciel asked with a sigh

"But its Christmastime, where's your spirit?" Seamus asked

"In cinders. It burnt down right with my past lives cheer." Ciel replied eyes dark, it was December 14th. Horrible things always tended to happen to him on this day. When he lived in the 1800's that is, this life time it seemed that October 31st hated him.

"Oh." Seamus said at a loss for words. Ciel couldn't blame him, his response did create a rather awkward break in their conversation, not that Ciel actually wanted to converse with the boy, but for the sake of being polite he was down here.

Ciel turned his attention to Draco Malfoy, the blond Slytherin was laughing boisterously as he showed off whatever expensive trinket his family sent him, as an early Christmas gift. He was most similar to Alois Trancy, from the people he had crossed in the 19th century. But there were just as many differences as there were similarities between the pair.

They may be similar in appearance but their personality was debatable. They maybe bratty, however Draco hadn't caused anyone bodily harm, preferring to break others self-esteem. Perhaps Draco was someone else, that played a small insignificant part in his life, maybe the Italian mafia boss, or perhaps he crossed Draco in Weston College. After all there were quite a few students, there.

"Hey Ciel, look at that owl! It's a snowy, I heard their extremely expensive birds." Seamus said tugging on Ciel's sleeve.

"So it is." Ciel said as he saw the bird circle around the great hall before gliding towards the Gryffindor table. Ciel raised his arm and an eyebrow as the snowy perched on his arm.

"Hello, is that letter for me?" Ciel asked looking at the letter tied to the owl's leg with a navy blue ribbon.

"Oh, it's from her, is it?" Ciel asked seeing the queens seal engraved into the wax.

To my cute little boy

How are you celebrating Christmas this year? We're making a pudding, we found a lovely recipe. We're even getting the new butler William involved, he needs to relax, always so stiff and proper. I've decided to gift you with this lovely owl. We have no need for another owl in the palace, we already have so many. Consider Hedwig a gift. She was quite particular with her name, and wouldn't accept anything else.

Have you found anything new? The families are quite worried. Over the winter break I'd like for you to shut down one of the larger mafia dealings, they're currently the largest mafia family and deals in drugs. Here's the key to the warehouse, good luck.

"So your name is Hedwig?" Ciel asked the bird and received an affirmative hoot.

"So . . . do you like bacon?" Ciel asked holding out a strip, which was immediately snatched up, by the snowy.

"I guess you do." Ciel said dryly as the snowy flew away, towards the owlery.

"Well I'm off, books to read magic to learn. Cases to investigate." Ciel said muttering the last part under his breath. Nothing added up, and Ciel was sure that the guilty person was Professor Thanatos.

That man drops off the face of the Earth when he's not teaching, and only sat at the head table once according to Seamus, and that had been on the first day of school. Now all he needed was to find the location of the missing students and the identity of Thanatos who was eerily familiar.

-o~O~o-

Ciel entered the library and ignored the death glare he was receiving from the librarian. That woman looked at everyone as if they were there to defile the rows of books. With a sigh Ciel headed to the back of the library and grabbed a book about curses and counter curses.

It would be nice to enter the restricted section, as it did hold hundreds of obscure books. It may even hold records that they wanted to keep hidden, but to access it you needed a slip of paper with a professor's signature on it.

Yes he would get a teacher's permission to enter, but what would be his excuse? Perhaps Professor Flitwick? He could just say he wanted more reading material. Believable enough, seeing as he did spend every morning in the library, not necessarily reading but they didn't know that. Stretching his back with a yawn Ciel dusted himself off and walked towards the dormitories to grab his cloak, maybe fresh air would help. His last walk had been nice.

-o~O~o-

Breathing in the crisp winter air Ciel gave a slight smile. Perhaps this year was looking up, much better than the last, although anything would beat last year. With that thought his lips turned down.

Ciel gave a soft sigh, he had skimmed several books but none held any indication on the properties and abilities of a rememberall. The texts held nothing, other than the fact that it told you if you were forgetting something. But never what you were forgetting. The strange thing was that rememberalls were from an early period in wizarding history. So why hadn't it been discarded?

Ciel tilted his head to the sky and looked at the clear blue. But as they say there's always a calm before the storm.

-o~O~o-

"Finally, I was getting sick of that place! Home sweet home." Ciel said as soon as he saw Phantomhive manor's gate.

"You, live here?!" Seamus asked in shock

"Yes, it's the ancestral home of the Phantomhive's, Potter manor was burnt down during the war. I'll have to get that rebuilt later." Ciel said blankly.

"You have more than one of these!? How rich are you?" Seamus asked eyes wide

"There's an old townhouse in London, a home in Germany, a property at Godric's Hollow which also needs to be rebuilt, a chalet in France, and a few others, I think." Ciel said ticking the properties off on his fingers.

"R-right." Seamus said as they walked into the manor. As soon as Ciel entered the door way he was tackled by a blonde and blue blur.

"Hello Luna." Ciel choked out

"Hello, Ciel! I've been so bored without you, all Ginevra talks about is Harry Potter. Why she doesn't even know your name, and she thinks she'll be your future wife. Of course she doesn't know about the betrothal. I didn't want to break it to her, without someone taking pictures that is. She makes the funniest faces when upset." Luna said with a sunny beam.

"Hey Sebastian, who is she?" Seamus asked

"She is the young masters betrothed, Luna Elizabeth Midford-Lovegood. Although more commonly known as Luna Lovegood." Sebastian replied calmly

"B-betrothed, but they're eleven! Is that even legal?" Seamus questioned

"It is a popular occurrence in the pureblood circles. Their marriage contract was made a century back, every century a Phantomhive and Midford would be wed to keep the family ties and loyalties strong. They of course require two heirs so as not to be too deeply inbred as the Blacks are." Sebastian replied

"Let's play chess Ciel, and did you now father found new evidence of a Crumple Horned Snorsack! We found a strange horn made of gold that was similar to a rams! Unicorns have silver horns and no known animal has gold! Not to be confused with an Erumpent horn which has a gold sheen and a jagged pattern." Luna said cheerily.

"Oh and I made you this! Isn't it lovely?" Luna asked as she handed Ciel a butterbeer cork necklace.

It was different then Luna's, where hers held multiple corks and had multicolored glass beads woven in, his held a single cork and was on a silver and blue thread, with tiny blue and green glass beads woven in.

"It's lovely Luna. I will think of you when I wear it." Ciel said honestly, the fact that it was handmade was lovely, and he would think of Luna when he wore it, as it wasn't large and clunky. It would also be incredibly rude to not wear something his fiancée made for him.

"It'll keep the nargles away. However to keep the Wrackspurt's out you need to wear radishes in your ears, but they wouldn't look that nice with your hair. I'll find you a substitute though." Luna said with another sunny beam

Ciel placed the necklace around his neck and let Luna drag him off towards the sitting room.

"I'll show you to different rooms, and you'll be able to choose from the selection." Sebastian said as he led Seamus to the servant quarters. The young master had wanted to see if Seamus was a reincarnated Bardroy, therefore if Seamus felt a connection towards his old quarters it would be a confirmation that Seamus was Bardroy, as there were several, more luxurious bedrooms.

-o~O~o-

"So which room did he choose?" Ciel asked as Sebastian prepared him for bed

"Bardroy's, he said something about not taking advantage of your generous hospitality." Sebastian replied

"And Luna?" Ciel asked fingering the butterbeer cork.

"I called her father, he'll be arriving tomorrow afternoon. Also this arrives for you in the mail. An invitation to go to a Christmas ball on the 23rd of December. Another party who received the invitation was your prime suspect, the head of Scotland Yard will also be in attendance."

"I suppose we'll be attending then." Ciel huffed falling into the soft cushions.

-o~O~o-

When Ciel walked into the ball he immediately walked to the side. No way in hell was he dancing.

"Young Master, aren't you going to dance?" Sebastian asked a smirk playing on his lips

"I would prefer to enjoy the other features if the ball, such as these lovely snack platters. Oh look there's some lemonade." Ciel said trying to avoid the topic of dancing

"Honestly it's no wonder you're such a wallflower bocchan. Perhaps the pool room will be better for you. I've seen no sign of your target, in the main ball." Sebastian murmured

"You're probably right, well off we go." Ciel said with a sigh

As the duo entered the room Ciel eyed the Dursley's with complete disdain. Why were they even here? They weren't extremely rich, although with the way they schmoozed it was possible they had the connections.

"Ah Earl Phantomhive a pleasure." One of the men whose name slipped Ciel's mind at the moment said.

"You haven't attended any parties, I'm quite surprised you came." The host said cheerfully

"I was ill, and then I had boarding school. Oh hello inspector, how's that case of yours going for you?" Ciel replied taking the pool stick that was handed to him

"Well enough that I don't see why her majesty decided that we need your assistance." The Chief inspector of Scotland Yard sneered.

"Of course." Ciel replied patronisingly, eyes glinting with amusement

"Wait, he's the Earl of Phantomhive?" Vernon questioned

"Problem?" Ciel asked

"No not all, I was just expecting someone older, from the tales I've heard. Your no older then Dudley here." Vernon said quickly his face flushed shoving his son towards Ciel.

"Will you shoot Earl?" One of the men asked

"No, it's not my policy to shoot if I know I'll miss." Ciel replied

"It's been a while since there's been an Earl Phantomhive, where has your family been all this time?" Another asked

"My parent's died when I was young, when I went to take a blood test the results were sent to the queen, and I was informed of my position." Ciel replied watching as the suspect Vanel missed the cue ball and scowled.

"Really, did you uncover any family secrets?" One of them asked

"Why yes, I found out that my mother was adopted. After all no one in her family had emerald eyes like that, they were pure Elizabeth Midford, and the auburn hair was from Angelina Durless." Ciel said watching Petunia stiffen and eyes grow wide in horror, Her eyes travelled up to his forehead which he flicked his bangs to the side, showing the infamous lightning bolt scar.

"Was your name any different?" Another asked as Ciel once again passed his turn.

"Why yes it was. I had actually been going by Harry Potter. The Potter part was my father's last name and the Harry was a variant for my middle name." Ciel replied watching gleefully as Vernon turned a pasty grey and Dudley's eyes widened in realization.

"Enough of this if you want to interrogate the Earl interrogate him later. Now are you sure the warehouse key is safe with you?" The Chief inspector Randall asked

"Of course, the rats will soon come looking for the forbidden cheese." Ciel replied watching as Vanel once again missed

"How long will it take you?" Randall asked

"How soon can you secure the payment?" Ciel countered

"You vulture!" Randall growled

"Be careful how you smear my family name!" Ciel said coldly his words laced with venom

"Oh you're in trouble now!" One of the men laughed

"You'll have it by the end of tonight." Randall sighed

"Then I think it's time to put an end to this worthless game." Ciel said hopping off his perch and aiming the pool stick.

"You pass your turn twice and now you going for all of them!" Vernon growled

"Your greed will undo you!" Another said

Ciel shot the ball and watched as he hit his mark, and asked softly

"Am I undone?"

-o~O~o-

"Explain Boy!" Vernon growled as he man handled Ciel into an empty hallway, Dudley and Petunia had rejoined the party.

"Explain what Vermin, Oh I'm sorry Vernon." Ciel said with a smirk

Vernon raised his hand and swung at Ciel's face only to be stopped an inch from contact.

"I apologise but the young master ought to be heading home now, he has several lessons and business deals to complete tomorrow. Also should you attempt to harm my master again I'll have to break your wrist and every bone in the offending hand. Have a good day Mister Vermin." Sebastian said before picking Ciel up bridal style.

"Put me down! I am perfectly capable to walk on my own!" Ciel growled at his butler

"Why young master, you must be tired, and we have a busy day tomorrow."

"This is demeaning!" Ciel scowled as they approached the car.

-o~O~o-

"I'll go and prepare this afternoon's tea." Sebastian told Ciel who was doing paperwork.

Ciel gave a nod and let his head fall onto the desk. So much paperwork he groaned.

Lifting his head up Ciel's eyes widened as a cloth was placed over his nose and mouth. Chloroform! Ciel thrashed a bit, knocking papers to the floor before collapsing.

-o~O~o-

"Young Master, today we have a chocolate cream pie. Oh dear it looks like the rats came, and what a mess they made." Sebastian sighed before he saw Seamus running towards him waving a letter.

"There was a letter at the door! It's addressed to the house of Phantomhive." Seamus said before tripping

"The letter please." Sebastian said noting that no bullets had been fired yet.

"Right here." Seamus said rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"What a dreadfully written letter. Now Mr. Finnigan should the manor fall under attack while I'm gone use your magic, the house is warded against the ministry's trace. Now could you clean this up?" Sebastian said handing Seamus the pie.

"Wait by clean it up does that mean I can eat it?"

"Mr. Sebastian?" Seamus asked seeing the empty hall

-o~O~o-

"Now little Phantomhive, tell me where the warehouse key is." Vanel said one hand holding Ciel's face roughly.

"So I was right, it was you, and here I was hoping that something unexpected would happen. This game is no fun at all." Ciel sighed ignoring Vanel's question.

"Now no need to be rude, just tell me where the key is and we can pretend this never happened. There are so few jobs available, and how else could I make money. Not murder, not smuggling, not women or organs, which leaves drugs yes?" Vanel asked

"It's in the pharmacy act of 1868. Honestly it's no wonder you have to resort to crime, you're clearly below average intelligence. I bet you left a note stating our location. When you could've just left a note stating a trade-off location." Ciel said with an eye roll before getting kicked in the face

"You little brat! Negotiations are off attack the manor!" Vanel shouted into his cellphone

Ciel gave a laugh at that. The manor had inbuilt defences that would ward off muggle's and unwanted guests. Once Seamus was able to protect himself and the manor then he would have some of the wards taken done.

"What's so funny you little rat?" Vanel snarled

"It's highly unlikely you'll find the manor and if you do well, we'll see how far they get." Ciel said with a smirk, tilting his head to the side.

Vanel looked like he was about to kick Ciel once more before his phone rung

"Hello? What do you mean something's following you? What are you a bunch of pansies?"

And then Ciel heard Sebastian's voice on the other end. "Woof!"

The phone fell from Vanel's hand and he looked at Ciel in fear before kicking him in the ribs. Then the shots rung out causing Vanel to give a broad smile.

He grabbed Ciel from behind and dragged him away from the door, placing his pistol to the bluenette's temple. Ciel grinned inwardly as Vanel stiffened at the sound of footsteps. The door flew open and Vanel scoffed.

"I was expecting more than just a dandy in a tailcoat." Vanel sneered

"I have come for the young master, I have the warehouse key right here." Sebastian said before several shots rang out. Ciel choked slightly just to give a good show.

"I wasn't going against the self-proclaimed lord of games without a back-up plan." Vanel said with a laugh.

"Gun these days have so much more firepower." Sebastian said coughing up several bullets.

"Why do you always feel the need to do this? You could have dodged those easily." Ciel said not even batting an eye as Vanel's men fell at the hands of his butler.

"I thought it would make for a good game young master." Sebastian replied

"St-stop right there or I'll blow his brains out!" Vanel shouted

"Will you hurry it up, my legs fallen asleep and he smells revolting." Ciel scowled wrinkling his nose

"But young master if I step any closer he'll blow your brains out. Now ask, like how I taught you." Sebastian said

"Sh-shut up!" Vanel shouted eyes wide

"In the name of my defiled family I order you to put an end to this!" Ciel commanded

"Shut Up!" Vanel screamed pulling the trigger only to see Ciel look at him both eyes bright.

"AAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!" He screeched arm twisted unnaturally

"It's time to put an end to this worthless game, don't you agree Sebastian?" Ciel asked head tilted to the side, the purple contract seal glowing in the dim lighting

-o~O~o-

"Merry Christmas Ciel!" Luna said giving the Earl a bear hug.

"Oh hello Luna I thought you weren't coming until later." Ciel said

"Daddy said it was okay to come early. Here I got you this." Luna said shoving a small silver box into his hands.

"You didn't have to Luna." Ciel mumbled giving Luna a box as well.

"I know, but knowing you, you'd have a gift for me. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I need gift's silly! Well open it!"

Ciel opened the box and saw a silver charm bracelet with a radish charm inside.

"You already have a necklace, but it doesn't keep the wrackspurts out of your brain." Luna told him before unwrapping her own gift. A fencing sword that Ciel had found while searching the Phantomhive vault.

"Mm, I take it you've begun to remember." Luna said with a slight smile

"What do you mean?" Ciel asked

"Last year while my mother was experimenting in her lab, she made a mistake in her calculations. The result was an explosion that rocked the house. The room had filled with a gold smoke after the initial explosion, probably shattering other vials. The smoke caused me to remember things that had never happened to me. Reoccurring figures were a girl with blonde ringlets named Elizabeth, her mother, her father, her brother Edward, her fiancée Ciel Phantomhive and his butler Sebastian Michaelis." Luna said eyes flicking to said duo. Seamus looked up in surprise.

"I have an explanation for that." Ciel said

"Yes I know reincarnation. Oh hello Bardroy have you seen Finny or Meirin yet? Anyways as I was saying that doesn't explain the fact that you once again have only one eye." Luna said

"Another run in with another cult. They have eye fetishes." Ciel said causing Luna to raise an eyebrow and Sebastian to smother his laughter with his hand. Seamus however watched wide eyed in confusion.

"I can understand how you're still a Phantomhive but I don't get how Sebastian is still a Michaelis considering that your namesake's butler fell off the map right after you died." Luna said with narrowed eyes.

"Can we have this confrontation, without others in the room, or on another day? I promise to explain this all to you before I return to Hogwarts." Ciel squeaked.

Um alright this chapter didn't want to be written. But here it is. I figured the Wrackspurts would be synonymous for memory loss. Seeing how it's usually used by Luna to explain confusion. The mafia gang scenes were from the manga and are owned by Yana Toboso. Me no own that. Any suggestions or questions. I split this chapter in half in order to get it out by today. Watching Deathly Hollow's and this took me a bloody long time to come up with!

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