Yayyy second chapter! *o* Finally! xD
"I am Ciel, heir to the house of Phantomhive," Ciel introduced himself to his audience.
"What do I do now?" He desperately thought. "I only got past the introduction!"
Awkwardly, Ciel stood in front of his new peers. His mind went blank. For the first time in his life, he had no idea what he should do. He'd always thought of himself as a smart person, but he was lacking in athletic skill. As a small child, he developed asthma, so he couldn't say that he was the healthiest, either.
"C'mon, Phantomhive," Alois jeered, "Don't just stand there."
"Yeah!" A small girl named Wendy chimed in. Instead of climbing a tree, like Alois had done, Wendy and a boy named Peter had swung from tree branches, almost as if they were on a trapeze.
Ciel wished that they wouldn't push him like that. "Please, stop," he thought.
"This is a waste of time," Peter added. "If you aren't gonna do anything, then let's just have the counselors choose teams."
"No! I have to prove myself!" In a desperate attempt, Ciel flung himself on a tree and began climbing. Although he knew that he was copying Alois, he needed to show that he was strong as well. Ciel reached for a branch and lifted himself onto it, successfully straddling it between his legs. He then stood on the branch, and reached upwards for another one. Grabbing it, he lifted himself so that about half of his body weight was on it. But then-
CRACK!
The branch disconnected from the tree and Ciel came tumbling down. Branches scraped his legs as he fell in the dirt, clothes muddy and torn. His hand checked his pocket, luckily his phone wasn't damaged. Picking himself up, Ciel heard somebody wolf whistle in his direction.
"Enough!" WIlliam called. "We will now be choosing our groups. Phantomhive, back in line."
Ciel trudged to his place, nobody applauding for him. The counselors huddled together, whispering among themselves. Alois, Peter, and Wendy began talking, forming a little group of their own.
Alone, Ciel wanted to talk to Siri, but suddenly, his pocket lit up. He pulled out his newly turned on phone- YOU HAVE ONE NEW NOTIFICATION appeared on the home screen.
"Notification?" Ciel thought. "I'll check this later."
"Back in line!" William barked to Alois, Peter and Wendy, stepping out of the counselor huddle and back to his place in front of the campers. "We have decided. Please stand behind me if I call your name. That would mean that you are in my group." William stated the obvious.
"Peter, Wendy, Luka, and Edward, you are with me."
The persons in question stood behind William, all looking moderately disappointed.
"Now, if I call your name, come stand behind me!" Grell smirked. "Alois, Jumbo, Ciel, and Doll."
Ciel was surprised that Grell chose him. That anyone chose him. He stood behind his new leader. Alois stuck his tongue out at the blue-haired boy, Jumbo and Doll ignoring his presence altogether, as if embarrassed to be in the same group as him.
"The rest of you, come behind me," Ronald told the remaining four campers. Lizzy, the fencer, boys McMillan and Derrick, and a girl named Sieglinde stood behind him.
"Now that we are all assigned to groups, please follow your team leader to your cabin. You will have the rest of the day to settle in, but tomorrow be prepared, because that is when the activities begin." William then began walking toward the forest, his group trailing behind him.
"Follow meee!" Grell full on ran into the woods, heading the opposite direction of William.
Ciel struggled to keep up with Grell as he avoided trees, dodging left and right. He soon fell to the back of the group, panting. Alois seemed to have no trouble keeping up as he expertly ducked underneath a branch in his path.
"Almost there," Ciel told himself, although they weren't even close.
"Here we are!" the readhead announced. A large cabin appeared through the trees- Ciel could make out a lake behind it.
"Perfect. Now Alois can drown me and murder me in my sleep," Ciel thought optimistically.
Grell opened the door to Ciel's new home, holding it for the campers as they entered.
There were four beds set up against a wall, mostly white except for some splotches of brown on their sheets. Two windows adorned the opposite wall, with screens for supposedly keeping bugs and other creatures out.
Ciel searched the room, looking for an important feature that he deemed to be missing.
"Excuse me, Mr. Sutcliff," Ciel asked. "Where are the bathrooms?"
Grell turned to Ciel in disbelief. "One, Phantomhive, please call me Miss Sutcliff. I am a lady at heart, you know," the red 'lady' batted her eyelashes at the boy. "And two, the whole outdoors is your bathroom!" Upon which Grell opened the door once more and gestured.
"Oh, I'm good, Miss Sutcliff" Ciel mumbled.
"What did I just get myself into…" Ciel thought, the idea of using the 'whole outdoors as his bathroom' thoroughly disgusting him.
Alois face planted on the bed furthest from the door. "Mine!" He claimed the bed as his own. Jumbo and Doll looked at each other.
"I call this bed!" they screamed in unison, each leaping for the only bed next to Alois'. Jumbo eventually splayed his large form over it, preventing Doll from gaining access.
"What, no ladies first?" Doll put her hands on her hips, taking the bed next to Jumbo's.
Ciel climbed into the bed closest to the door, knowing that it was the worst spot available. It was cold at night, and every time the door opened… Ciel shivered.
Alois smirked, happy to know that he was clearly the most popular among the four. He put his hands behind his head, relaxed.
"You know, Phantomhive, cheaters never win," he addressed Ciel.
"I-" Ciel began.
"Ok!" Grell said, clapping his hands. "Now that you are all settled in, I'm leaving. If you need me, the counselor's cabin is about a two mile walk north from here. So, if anything happens, come find me right away."
"How are we supposed to do that if you're two miles away?!" Ciel couldn't believe it. It was almost as if the camp was designed for Alois to murder him.
"Tomorrow morning, I will come to wake you up to begin the activities. Because it will be your first day, all three groups will participate in an activity together. From then on, though, we will be on our own. The goal tomorrow is to beat the other groups- especially Will's," Grell added.
"I have a question!" Alois raised his hand. Not waiting for Grell to respond, Alois continued, "what will the activity be?"
"A surprise!" Grell answered. And with that, he barged out of the door, leaving the campers behind.
Silence plagued the cabin. Doll and Jumbo stared at Alois, almost like they were waiting for orders.
"Grunts."
"I'm going for a little walk," Ciel said, wanting nothing more than to be with Siri. He needed to know what the notification was, too.
Alois, Doll and Jumbo ignored him, Doll and Jumbo stared at each other, probably locked in a staring contest.
"I'll leave you to your childish games, then," Ciel thought as he walked out of the door.
Ciel walked partially around the lake behind the cabin when he finally stopped and sat by the clear water. He pulled out his phone from his pocket and turned it on, brushing off mud that had somehow dirtied its white case.
The YOU HAVE ONE NEW NOTIFICATION alert was still on his home screen. Swiping to delete it, Ciel then checked over his apps, making sure that they were unchanged. His first page: contacts, settings, notes, reminders, etc. Everything perfectly intact. He swiped to his second page, the page he visited every day. The page with only one app on it. The app that was now-
"SIRI?!" Ciel cried, praying that his eyes had deceived him. In place of the one thing that kept Ciel from falling apart, his best friend, Siri, was a totally different app. A new system. Unknown.
"Siri," Ciel whispered.
"I will not cry. Phantomhives do not cry." Ciel thought. He looked closer. The new app was titled, 'Sebby.'
"I might as well open it," Ciel contemplated.
And Ciel clicked on the familiar place where Siri used to be.
Hope you liked this chapter! The next chapter will focus on Ciel and 'Sebby' :)
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