The Birth of the Phantomhive Army

At exactly one year, Tanaka came home from London General Hospital on Ciel's 11th birthday.

On Ciel's tenth birthday, enemies of the Phantomhive attacked, killing Ciel's parents and the other servants who fought to the death, and the manor burned. Only Tanaka was the survivor if only because Lady Durless found him on time while she desperately looked for her relatives, and Ciel made into a slave for Devil Worshippers and he nearly died by being sacrificed to summon a devil who'd grant the wishes of the insane worshippers who are also in fact, low-ranking aristocrats who wants to make it 'instant big' without putting an effort.

Tanaka is the most trusted House Steward of the Family and a master Fencer and master of Bartitsu. He used to be the Butler, but his injuries since that day cost him that he cannot be at top form for long. So a month before they left, Sebastian took her to St. Mungo's, a hospital for witches and wizards for treatment for her eyes because as Head Maid, she cannot afford to be handicapped. With magical treatments at the cost of 10 Galleons, her eyesight is perfect and she no longer has to wear glasses ever again. Too bad that since nearsightedness is in her genes, her children or grandchildren may need to visit the hospital again for this.

She was also shown Diagon Alley by Sebastian and considering she is a witch, he also opted for an Inheritance Test...showing she is a half-blood descendant of the Potters. Her information is shown...and Sebastian has to make it clear she wound up in the past out of powerful accidental magic to run away from her abusive human relations while her parents died when she was a baby. Considering she was born 1980, her time can definitely be traced backwards even though her closest relatives' names aren't shown as they have YET to be born. Her closest relation would er...not be ideal for her but she can still inherit a 'great deal of gold', which Linnea planned on taking, and had her massive cut of fortune put into her own vault as she opened a new account. And she made it clear she would live with her new family and have nothing to do with her relatives or Hogwarts, and she'll only come and go for shopping purposes. She then took some money and purchased beauty, hygiene and medical products that even Ciel can use.

Good thing Sebastian can sniff which one is 'badly made' as wrongly-made potions, pastes and creams...can cause disasters.

So for Linnea who's a terribly malnourished girl and Ciel who was damaged by his ordeal in slavery, these products made them look damn good. And Linnea is in fact, of magical noble stock, but given her community's prejudice to 'half-bloods, half-breeds and humans', she was better off taking her cut of the family fortune as her rights to as a Potter, and remain with the Phantomhives or it'll be the Dursleys all over again.

'You must be our Head Maid Linnea.' he said. 'My word, you're as young as the young master indeed!' he choked out as this little maid, is only 11 years old. Sure, Ciel gave him information through a letter but seeing her in person is mind-blowing.

'Well, some things just can't be helped.' said Linnea with a sad smile. 'I got a horrible family before I ran away from them. Does the young master have orders for us while he's out?'

'Yes...I am to fulfill my task.' said Tanaka. 'I am to train you as a Fencer and in Shurikenjutsu as well as the art of hidden weapons and usage of Firearms. As a Head Maid, versatility even in combat is a must.' he smiled. 'This will be a long three years.'

Linnea gulped as training is indeed, arduous and Tanaka is very strict. During the mornings, they do chores together and he teaches her the proper manners of a maid. She was also taught who's affiliated with the Phantomhives. But after lunch until dinner, its training she was glad she worked out a lot last year or training will even be rougher on her.

But in random times of the year, Ciel and Sebastian brought back an Ex-American Soldier, Bardroy. He was once a Sergeant on the front lines, and Ciel decided that he is to be the family chef.

'Linnea, while Sebastian and I are finding more Household Employees, you are to Educate Bardroy as his role as Chef of the Family. Bardroy, meet Linnea, our Head Maid.'

Bardroy's jaws dropped as his eyes fell on the tiny little very cute girl dressed in a maid's outfit and wore her long hair in two braids.

'Head Maid?! Her?! This tiny li'l girl?!' he squawked in disbelief as despite her sweet smile...cue an angry vein and cue her angrily wrestling him to the ground. Painfully.

'Yeeeees I'm the Head Maid~' she said sweetly as she made it painful. 'Gotta problem with that, you damn Choppin' Yank*?!'

'I-I'm sorry!' Bardroy wailed as she made it damn hurt. For someone so small, she flipped him over!

'Well, she's Head Maid for a good reason Bardroy. She is second to both the House Steward and Butler in authority.' said Ciel in amusement. 'She will train you in your job.'

'Yessir!' Bard saluted while still on the ground.

'We'll take a one week break before finding a new one.' said Sebastian as they went into the manor.

'Tanaka, give me one month off of training for now so I can teach him Cooking Techniques within that very month.' Linnea told Tanaka. 'Then he can just read off of Recipe books afterwards...and uh...you can plan how I make up for that one month.' she stated nervously. Normal training is hellish enough as it is, what about Make-Up Work?

'Of course, Linnea. Expect double the training when Bardroy's education is over.' Tanaka smiled before walking away.

'Er, is one week really enough?' Bardroy asked her curiously as she led him by hand to the kitchen.

'In regards to teaching you patience, creativity and cooking techniques, as well as getting to know the pantry, yes.' Linnea told him. 'I asked Sebastian to have the recipes I modified compounded into a book complete with pictures, so it'll be easier for you to learn recipes from. I have no idea what your former occupation is, but patience and creativity is a must, hence you are assigned to be a Chef of this Household.' she told him in a very serious manner. 'Once you learn patience and creativity, you will become a deadly force to be reckoned with once enemies of this house dares to come in here. Our law is if enemies dare to pay a visit...they shall receive our brand of hospitality that they can never leave.' Bardroy was sure he felt chills because, well...he's pretty sure no eleven years old should utter those words!

And so, she taught him all about the kitchen. The tools and equipment segregated for each purpose, cooking techniques, the ingredients and how to use and handle them well as well as knowing when they expire, food sanitation, preservation...and he was taught some basic dishes and order of meal courses before he can study the recipe book she wrote on his own. During cooking, she has to whack him because he gets antsy and fidgety during the time needed to wait for steps in cooking, and actual cooking itself.

He was also taught how money works in Britain as Bard is an American and Bard was surprised with how high the value of British Money is.

'So that sums up our month.' Linnea smiled. 'And as a cook, you must wake up at 5:30 while Sebastian and I wake at 5:00 because of our jobs. So just to be sure, wake at 5:15 so you have time to wash your face, drink strong coffee, and get cooking.'

'Yes ma'am!'

'That doesn't mean you'll neglect your training in your skills in your previous occupation though...' Linnea smiled darkly. 'If any, you must always work to be stronger, faster and more agile than your previous level. Keep your instincts, reflexes and reaction time always sharp. What's your previous job?' she asked him curiously.

'Er, I was a soldier...Sergeant.' Bardroy sighed. 'But my platoon died because I knew what's going on and I planned a way to win, but my superior didn't listen to me and pulled rank on me. So yeah, everyone died.' he said gloomily.

'I see...but remember that your opinion counts as you are a member of this household. We always listen to experts of their fields. So include fast and quick reloading skills, and learn the art of Shurikenjutsu, Improvised and Hidden Weapons from Tanaka.'

'A what-jutsu?'

'Shurikenjutsu. Tanaka's Japanese you know. Its a Japanese martial art, I hear.' Linnea took some knives and with accuracy, threw knives into a straight line.

'Whoa?! And what's YOUR previous life?!'

'Well, I was a girl abused by her maternal relatives. I ended up with them because my parents died when I was a baby from a carriage accident.' Linnea scoffed as Bardroy paused. 'I ran away from them when I had enough. Under their roof, I had no human rights whatsoever, so essentially I, their clearly unwanted niece, is an abused slave treated worse than a mangy dog.' she said to his anger as he gazed at her haunted smile. 'I get beaten if I don't finish tasks in unfair time schedules, and if I excel in my studies because I'm forbidden to outshine their spoiled son who's more interested in bullying the neighborhood kids with his gang, and food than studying. He's terribly lazy and as obese as his father I often think they're piggy balloons with blonde wigs.' she told him. 'Being hired here was the best thing that happened to me because I was able to have human rights and because I'm good with chores, I became Head Maid. And I can study as much as I wanted and excel as much as I wanted with no fear of a beating ever again. Because nobles want competent and capable Servants. The respect you get here depends on how educated and strong you are, so you must raise your level before we start receiving noble guests. The young master gave us time while he goes hiring servants with Sebastian, raising a private family army.'

'Oh...'

'Speaking of education, what's yours?'

'Er, just enough to get by because the army wants more skilled soldiers than educated soldiers.' Bardroy scratched his head. 'Reading your written recipes is as far as I can go and good thing you used easy words.' he admitted sheepishly.

Linnea blinked before twitching.

'...you'll have to learn more than that...so I'll give you a series of tasks as well to master.' She taught him how to groom himself neatly to be of presentable appearance, have neat and legible handwriting, practicing on his own, expanding his vocabulary by having him read a dictionary, mathematics, and gave him a list of books he must study from the family library...as long as he doesn't damage the books! Once he masters his studies while doing his job as a cook, he will undergo intensive training from Tanaka once he's done with her.

And yes, Tanaka came at her with double the force to her inner dismay. This was along with secretly practicing magic. Troublesome...

Soon, Ciel and Sebastian came back with a blonde boy older than them.

His past was that he was a test subject in Germany, experimented for developing superhumans as living weapons of war so through numerous treatments, he has superhuman strength he really has to be under Sebastian for education and training because he CAN kill Tanaka and Linnea should he get too excited. He was the only survivor as they were found out, and Ciel and Sebastian saved him from getting killed by smuggling him away and hired him as a family gardener. His name was...S-012...so Ciel gave him the name Finnian, a name inspired from an celtic mythology. But before he can function as Gardener...yeah. That one needs a lot of work. That, and he has to learn English.

Three months later, there's a new maid. Her name is Mei-Rin. She may be a British girl, but she was adopted and named by a Chinese Criminal who decided to explore her incredible far-sightedness as a trained marksman and sniper, using her as his personal assassin. Her range even impressed Bardroy. However, she needs correction glasses in order to function as a maid of the house. She was taken to an Eye Doctor in St. Mungo's and her memories have to be altered so she thinks she went to the General Hospital in London. And she was given five pairs of magical glasses that will never break and shatter, and as long as she has it on, her vision is 20-20. Well, while Sebastian is busy with Finny and Tanaka busy with Bard, Mei-Rin, given the english name Maylene is educated under Linnea.

It was then Ciel decided to start up a business. Target Market: Children and young teenagers. Tanaka is to be his public face as Ciel is too young to officially lead a company...even if he created it!

He founded Funtom Corporation...

It sounds like 'Phantom' from his name Phantomhive. So its a Punny Name. Based on Present and Future Knowledge, it specializes on toys and confectionery. The recipes for confectionery, Linnea makes. Everything else is left to Ciel, Sebastian and Tanaka. With Ciel's mastery of Business and Economics, he was able to make a real money-spinning company that rakes in profits as the customers are both the wealthy and commoner alike. He also started receiving jobs from the Queen when he built the company.

As for servants like them, training continues as they do their jobs...as Ciel decided their numbers are enough, as he called for his family's tailor Nina Hopkins to give them uniforms.

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1. Chopper- An American Derogatory Term referring to the fact that Americans have high circumcision rates.

2. Yank/ee- yet another Derogatory Term for an American