Chapter 7 – Did I forget to say I hate boats?

Ok, so I'm deciding to skip the murder arc and write that as extras later. Also I'm starting a new arc! I would like to thank everyone for supporting me! Especially to the reviewers who give me advice and I thank you all for your wonderful comments!

I DO NOT OWN BLACK BUTLER!

Alice: you boats?

Me: Yes

Sebastian: Why is that?

Me: Because I get sea sick….it's not pretty. I also hate planes, cars, buses…literally transport.

Alice: wow, I pity you….

~Alice's P.O.V. ~

"There will be an increase in servants in this mansion…" Sebastian was reading out the list of jobs when he announced a new servant.

"Really? Who?"

Then snakes came pouring out of the door. Bard was screaming and yelling and hid behind Finny while I held my ground and Mey-Rin jumped onto the counter.

"Please calm down, they won't attack unless ordered to…"

"Wait…This wouldn't be 'him' right?" I asked as Snake peered out from behind the door in a similar uniform to Sebastian and a snake around his neck.

Sebastian went up to him, smacked him hard in the back and lectured Snake, new and being told off already…Harsh!

"Straighten up! Introduce yourself loud and clear, Since you are here, you must obey our rules!"

"I-I am Snake, n-nice to meet you…says Oscar,"

Finny asked before I could,

"So your name is Oscar?"

"NO," he points to the snake on his neck, "This one is Snake and I'm Oscar, says Oscar!" then in order he points to the striped one near Mey-Rin, then a earthy colour one near Bard, a yellow one near Finny and a black one near me,

"That is Emily, Bronte, Wordsworth-"

but before he could finish introducing us to his friends, Sebastian interrupted and ended our chat,

"We'll talk about the 'servants' another time…anyway, he is the footman in this household from now on, please work well together."

So Sebastian and Bard went to prepare dinner for Ciel while Snake was peeling potatoes with Finny and Mey-Rin watching him and cheering him on.

"Wow, he's pretty good!" Mey-Rin complimented him and he smiled slightly,

"Thank you said Snake, says Bronte,"

Sebastian yelled at us to do our chores and leave Snake alone so Mey-Rin and Finny left but I wanted to talk to Snake for a bit. To my surprise Sebastian tsked at me but allowed me to stay. Usually he would pick me up and throw me outside and lock the door. He did this because I kept sampling the food and annoying him when I should be doing my jobs.

"Let's get along ok?" I said sitting with Snake and helping him peel the potatoes.

"Ah, I remember your smell, says Bronte, It's you Lacie!" Bronte, the snake, slithered onto my neck as I stroked her gently and smiled at Snake,

"My real name is Alice, so please call me that from now on!"

Clumsily, I accidently cut myself with the knife and blood trickled down my finger onto the floor. Snake looked at me with concern and he grabbed my hand and sucked on my finger.

"Snake, it's ok…I'm used to cutting myself accidently and it wasn't bleeding that much," I pulled my hand away and blushed slightly, Sebastian growled slightly and I took that as my cue to leave.

Later that morning, someone arrived at the door and I went to get it for Mey-Rin who was troubled by the huge mess in the laundry because she put in 30 cups of cleaning product instead of 3.

"Good Morning, Welcome to the Phantomhive Man-"

"HELLO LITTLE MAID!" I jumped back as Lau and Ran Mau stepped inside.

"What are you doing here?!"

"I'm here to see the Earl about something!"

And then, with Ran Mau, he ran up the stairs into the room where Ciel was having his dinner. I chased after him tried to stop him but they both ran over me and entered the room with a bang.

"EARL! HOW ARE YOU!"

"Lau?!"

"Sorry young master but I tried really hard to stop them…" I was out of breath as I dusted myself off and got off the floor.

Sebastian picked me up and told me off for lying on the floor and not stopping Lau.

Lau went off babbling and talking to Sebastian until Ciel got annoyed and yelled at him,

"OI! LISTEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING!"

Finally Lau stopped talking and they listened to Ciel.

"What on earth could you want at this hour?! Surely you didn't come all that way to snatch my breakfast?"

"A hospital that revives the dead?"

I listened in even though I wasn't supposed too.

"Karsten hospital seem to be doing lots of stuff at the docks the Earl has given me charge of…"

"Drugs?"

"No, people. They shop for foreign slaves illegally but lately, they've been taking lots more. I highly doubt a hospital can fit that many…"

Sebastian stroked his chin and smirked at the thought, "In other words…your saying that there is a way to revive the dead through human experimentation?"

"That's right!"

"Sebastian investigate this immediately!"

Sebastian left to do some research as I stayed with Ciel just in case something happens, like a maid should do. While sorting some books, my head started to throb and images popped into my head which I couldn't get rid of.

Ciel's fiancé, Elizabeth, would come bursting into the room very soon and jump on Ciel. She would talk to him about a trip to somewhere and…..

I was snapped back into reality when Bam! The door swung open, almost leaving them hanging off their hinges. And I totally forgot what I was thinking about.

"CIEL~ we're having a family trip in April to New York on a luxury cruise ship for 3 weeks from the 17th! And so, Father was wondering if you'd like to go!"

"T-that's impossible..." Ciel managed to say but the girl was speaking way too fast and way too much, my ears were about to fall off and the sound of her voice was giving me a migraine. Strange, this feels like it's happened before…but I can't remember when?

"It's a ticket for the Campania' Maiden Voyage! They say it's the most luxurious ship in the world!"

"Sorry but…I can't take that much time off. If it's something short, I'll go."

She pounced on Ciel and began to cuddle him as Ciel blushed, then she left just as quick as she spoke.

Sebastian who left to gather info came back and popped out of nowhere.

"What are you grinning at?"

"Argh! Don't sneak up on me like that!"

Ciel finally calmed down and we talked business. Some guy called Ryan Stoker opened up an association called the Aurora Society. I got bored listening to the rest and dozed off for a bit.

I heard screaming, yelling, wailing. It was horrifying and yet I could do nothing to stop it. All I could do was stick with Ciel and protect him. There were lots of bodies, blood and water. I saw flashes of red, black and silver as they clashed together, causing lots of ear piercing noises.

Then something grabbed me and the last thing I saw was a gaping mouth and my blood…

"ARGH!"

I bolted up right, sweating as Ciel and Sebastian jumped and faced me on the couch.

"Sorry, I dozed off for a bit. I had a horrible dream. Care to know what it was about?"

"No, continue Sebastian,"

"Their next meeting is on a passenger ship departing on the 17th of April,"

Suddenly Ciel slammed the table with a shocked face and stood up, which surprised Sebastian and I who jumped,

"What is the name of the ship?!"

"The Star Line's Luxury Ship, the Campania…why?"

~On the 17th of April~

"Wow, what a huge ship! SO this is the Campania!"

Finny, Mey-Rin and Bard looked at it in awe as I turned the other way, and pressed my hand against my forehead as crouched on the floor.

"Damn! For 3 weeks on this?!"

Sebastian walked over to me as I looked up at him with an annoyed look,

"What?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"I hate boats!"

"Well, unfortunately you are coming with the Young Master, Snake and I on this mission,"

"Damn, I hate you! I hate this!"

I pounded the floor a couple of times, leaving dents and cracks in the floor.

"Done yet?"

"Yeah, I feel better."

So I got on the ship with Sebastian behind me to make sure I don't escape.

"I got it! You don't have to follow me everywhere!"

"Is it wrong to stay with the person I like?"

"Yes, if they don't like you!"

I fell to my knees as a wave of pain hit me. I held my head as it began to throb and I saw images.

I was falling then Sebastian went to catch me when he got stabbed by something. It happened in slow motion as I gasped in fear as I felt something touch my arm.

And I turned and threw my knife whatever was in that direction. Sebastian caught my knife with his pointer and middle finger and my mind snapped back into reality.

I was still trembling though as he approached me.

"Are you alright?"

"Huh? Yeah… it happened again."

"….what happened again?"

"I've been getting weird dreams lately, sometimes even when I'm not asleep. And everything feels like déjà vu as the day progresses, like I knew it was coming. It happened when Lady Elizabeth came into Ciel's office, I sort of knew that she was going to burst in and tell him about her trip on this boat. But whenever it happens, my head hurts and I lose track of what I'm doing."

Sebastian looked at me with a I-see look as he smirked and leaned over me who was lying on the ground,

"you've developed quite an interesting trick, Alice~"

"What do you mean? Doesn't everyone get this? And get off me!"

"No, you're unique…I believe it's what humans call Seeing into the future. You, my darling, can see into the future and predict what happens soon. Usually humans don't have these abilities but then again…there are always exceptions…."

"Sebastian!"

Ciel stared at me who was on the floor and Sebastian on top of me,

"Oh sorry, I seem to be interrupting you…"

Snake blushed as he turned around and I went red as I pushed him off and stood up quickly,

"No, wait you got it all wrong! Don't get the wrong Idea! I collapsed and Sebastian hel-"

I suddenly got dizzy and fell again, this time i couldn't get up.

"My head hurts!"

I clutched me head as all these images poured into my mind and I started screaming in pain. Snake, Ciel and Sebastian ran towards me as I went black and lost consciousness.

When I came back, I was lying on a bed and had Sebastian was sitting next to me. I sat up slowly and Sebastian smirked at me.

"Good morning Alice~"

"Hmpf….what happened?"

"After you went crazy, you lost consciousness and I carried you into your room and looked after you while the Young Master and Snake went to meet Lady Elizabeth and the Midford family."

"Sorry…It's gotten worse."

"When did this begin?"

"Sometime during our mission with the circus but it wasn't as bad and it only seemed like dreams so I didn't take heed to them."

"I see….feeling better yet? We need to go to the young Master before he gets into trouble,"

"Yeah, my headaches gone, let's go,"

"Oh, and there is a dress for you to blend in. But I don't want you to wear it yet."

So we caught up with Ciel and Snake who were confronted by the Midfords.

"Ciel! You came!"

"I wanted to surprise you…" he sweat dropped as she pounced on him and squealed. A stern and feminine voice called out to her as I turned to see a very strict, sort of young woman who was also one of the many nobles. Behind her was a young guy and an old man, most likely Lizzy's brother and father and the scary lady was her mother.

"Elizabeth! Please do not display such behaviour in public!"

"That's right Lizzy…besides…"

The brother glared at Ciel and pointed at him, yelling,

"I STILL HAVEN'T ACKNOWLEDGED YOU AS MY BROTHER –IN-LAW YET!"

I tugged on Sebastian's sleeve and whispered in his ear,

"Who are they?"

I knew who they were but I wanted to know their names,

"That is Francis Midford but you will refer to her as Marchioness, that older man is Marquis Midford Alexis Leon and the young man is Marquis Midford Edward,"

Marquis Midford suddenly embraced Ciel just like Lizzy did and Ciel was now a teddy bear. The Marchioness went berserk,

"DEAR!"

After everyone calmed down, the nobles sat down and began talking to each other. Of course the Marchioness made Sebastian and Snake comb back their hair. I laughed so hard and Sebastian glared at me but for once, I was laughing too hard to care that he was probably going to bite my head off after.

Snake didn't seem to mind but I knew Sebastian felt really uncomfortable and so did Ciel in this situation. The Marchioness looked at me and I suffered the same fate as Sebastian. She also combed my hair and tied it up into a bun which wasn't too bad but because my hair was layered, badly I might add, the bun had hair sticking out everywhere.

"Ciel~ Escort me to the dinner party ok?"

Lizzy clutched onto Ciel like a barnacle on a rock as Ciel agreed sweatdropping. I felt a malicious aura and turned to see Edward, Lizzy's older brother glaring at Ciel with jealousy and somehow I read the air as 'I was supposed to escort her!' and I'm guessing Ciel thought the same.

"Alice! Can I dress you up for the party?! Edward can escort you! Please come!"

"Lady Elizabeth, I don't think a maid like me would fit in, besides I am here to look after the young Master and work…"

"It's ok! Once I dress you up, no one would even recognise you!"

"Elizabeth! If the maid does not wish to go, then you should not force her to!"

The Marchioness was on my side but I sensed that she didn't except that her son was escorting a maid to a super high class party.

"Thank you for the invite Lady Elizabeth,"

"You're welcome!"

After we all split up, I went with Ciel to his room.

"My god! This ship is huge!"

"Tsk! Alice, you're being too loud!"

"Sorry, but this is like every street rat's dream! I wish my sister could have seen this…She always wanted to be a princess and go to fancy parties like this. Every time I see Elizabeth, it reminds me of her…"

Ciel sighed and opened his mouth to say something but I jumped up and fist pumped the air,

"BUT…it's alright! She's always with me so right now she must be enjoying herself here!"

"QUIET!"

Ciel told me off again as I blushed and took care of him instead of Sebastian who was with Snake organising how we were going to infiltrate the ship and get to the bottom of this mystery.

~3 days later~

I followed after Ciel who was being dragged away by Lizzy at the dinner party.

"CIEL~ Look! Isn't this cake so CUTE!"

Before Ciel could say anything, she dashed off to get him and herself some cake.

Without the Marchioness around, I let down my hair which brushed down to the bottom of my butt, Sebastian loosen up his hair to how it was before and Snake went back to normal too.

"Young Master, it's tonight!"

"Yeah… it seems that the Aurora Society will be doing their 'act' tonight later on."

I was walking by Snake who was looking around at this new environment when we both heard people talking about him,

"Look, did you see that skin? It looks rather much like a snake doesn't it?"

"Since when did this place turn into a freak show?"

"giggle…giggle….Oh my, I think he heard you!"

Snake tightened his fist as the words pierced into his heart and hurt him.

"Snake, don't listen to them! You are much more special than they are, they are the real freak show around here with their crazy hair and clothes!"

I pat him on the back and fiercely smiled at the women and they whispered something again before retreating.

Ciel approached him,

"Not used to large crowds?"

"I look different and since I'm with you, they're going to laugh at you…says Dan."

Snake looked down in shame as if he was the reason why Ciel was being laughed at,

"So what? You're another person so of course you'd look different. There's nothing to be ashamed of…Besides here, I am free to be who I want to be!"

Ciel fed himself a slice of cake and I smiled to see that Ciel was still head strong as usual.

"That's right. Right now, you are the footman of a very distinguished noble family, so straighten up and have confidence!"

Sebastian, for the first time in forever (NOT A DISNEY QUOTE by the way!), was encouraging someone and being nice for a change and I smiled at Snake who blushed and smiled slightly.

Then we saw a man grab a glass from a waiter and walked up the stairs. Ciel and Sebastian were after these people so they handed the food to Snake and Sebastian dragged me along after him.

"Snake, you clean that up!"

And we left poor Snake alone and confused. Before we disappeared up the stairs and around the corner, I saw Snake confused as to what to do with the food so he ate it.

"Great, there are people guarding it!"

I hissed at Sebastian and Ciel who were hiding behind a corner as we stared at the room we were trying to enter.

"I've got an idea!"

And Sebastian's idea was to disguise ourselves and try to get in there. But there was a twist to how we got in.

Ciel wore a blond wig with a long fringe which covered his eye patch, Sebastian wore a long black wig with a side fringe which was similar to his teacher hair style and tied it with a bow while I wore a brown wig and tied it up into a very nice bun, leaving two strands of hair at the front and leaving my side fringe to cover my right eye. I wore a very fancy dress, which I had kept from the Viscount party with Madame Red and brought along.

"SO this is what we have to do. When we enter and someone questions or talks to us, to get in undetected we have to say this…."

"No way! Do we have to do that?!"

Ciel trembled with fear as I trembled with laughter,

"OMG I can't wait to see you two do this…hehehe…."

"Alice….you are doing this too."

"I know, but I'm not afraid to do it!"

"Anyway, let's go!"

So we got in and it was like a secret party within a party. Some old fat man walked up to us,

"Are you newcomers?"

Ciel started us off,

"The complete flame in our chests…"

I continued for him,

"Shall not be extinguished be anyone…"

Lastly Sebastian finished us off,

"For we are…."

All together we lifted one leg, raised both hands into the air and bent our hands like we were trying to lift ourselves out of something and yelled,

"THE PHOENIX!"

We held the position for awhile and Ciel's faced showed that if anyone other than Sebastian and I knew about this, he would kill himself.

Then the old man did the same position and yelled,

"THE PHOENIX! Welcome to the Aurora Society!"

Then he handed us our memberships badges and left us.

"HEHEHE that was awesome!"

"I'm not doing that ever again! Thank god no one else saw that!"

Then we heard very familiar cackling getting louder as the voice got closer,

"hehehehehe…EHEHEHEHE TO THINK THAT I WOULD EVER SEE YOU DO THAT!"

Undertaker walked up to us, face red and huffing and puffing with laughter. He began to cry as he kept laughing and laughing. For some reason, I felt embarrassed too.

"Undertaker?!"

"Saying 'THE PHOENIX' with such a straight face! AHAHAA"

"YOU BASTARD!"

"Now, now Young Master…Moreover, why are you here?"

Sebastian went serious as Undertaker calmed down and answered him seriously,

"My job…the hospital is a regular customer of mine."

"We are investigating the illegal human experimentation going on here… do you know anything about this?"

Ciel finally got over his embarrassed state and asked Undertaker, who tapped his pointer finger on his chin and giggled slightly,

"Just a sec….if you want information, you need compensation… Let's see…. How about you do that pose once more."

"WHO THE HELL WOULD?!"

Suddenly a very loud voice called out from behind us and the same glittering, shining that I hated so much approached.

"Sorry, I arranged the pose in my own style."

The Viscount of Druitt was doing a very stylish and Viscounty version of the pose as Ciel and I back away in shock as the weirdo got closer,

"SHIT! IT'S THE VISCOUNT OF WEIRDNESS!"

"What is he doing here?!"

"Ciel! He's coming over here!"

He finally got up to us and Ciel hid behind Sebastian and I who were brave enough to encounter the Viscount.

"Are you beginners?"

"Yes,"

Suddenly he spotted Ciel who was poking out from behind Sebastian and the Viscount attacked him with his 'charm'.

"Have I met you before?"

"NO. THIS-THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MET!"

He cupped Ciel's chin and Ciel sweat dropped in utter shock and fear,

"Indeed, I would never forget the face of such a beautiful boy such as yourself, what a pitiful bandage…"

Ciel stuttered and rushed a lie,

"M-My f-father said that if I came here, they could heal it!"

"That's right…I'm sure Ryan will heal it for you. I'm already looking forward to staring into both of your eyes…"

I giggled as Sebastian smirked along with me as we saw some guys walk out with a coffin and some other guy in a white uniform waving to everyone.

"That's the founder. Ryan Stoker!"

After the same introduction with the weird pose, he went onto some speech before they opened the coffin to see a rather young looking girl with stitches covering her body and a sleep mask over her eyes. She was very much dead, so dead that I could smell the death off her.

Her family, were in black and her mother wept as they stared at her corpse. So they plugged her into some machine and with some electricity and bright lights, the girl began to twitch. Then very slowly she rose up as her family hugged her, filled with joy and happiness as their daughter has come back to life.

Suddenly, my head began to hurt again and I clutched onto Sebastian's sleeve to brace and steady myself.

"Sebastian! It's happening again!"

"Are you alright?!"

"Lots of screaming! Blood everywhere! I don't like this Sebastian… something isn't right!"

I pointed at the girl as Sebastian nodded,

"I agree, Young Master please get far away from there, I have a feeling something bad is going to happen,"

Suddenly, the girl's mouth opened as wide as a python's and bit down onto her mother, blood going everywhere as the girl began to feed. Her mother died and she went onto her father who also suffered the same fate. As the parents were dead, the girl began to climb out of the coffin to look for more prey.

There was chaos everywhere as people ran out the room, screaming and fearing for their life as Ciel, Sebastian and I stayed behind to dispose of her.

Sebastian threw some knives at the girl's chest, aiming for her heart which seemed to have an effect as her whole body bent 180 degrees backwards and her bones broke but she slowly got up again.

"Sebastian!"

"I'm sure I got her in the heart. It is a being a do not understand."

"Well you better because here she comes!"

"Get the young master out of here!"

"Right!"

The guys from the Aurora Society tried to shoot her but she killed them, the Stoker guy escaped leaving us to deal with this maybe immortal zombie.

"you've got to destroy the head ya know!"

Some guy in a black suit with the top of his head blond and the back of his head black and a huge lawn mower jumped out of nowhere and shredded her head to bits, blood spilling everywhere and she was silenced, finally.

He faced us and I saw the same piercing green eyes that Will and Grell had.

"A grim reaper!"

He spoke and closed the little book that he and the other grim reapers carried around with him,

"The Shinigami Dispatch Association Collection Division, Ronald Knox!"

End Chapter 7

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