AN; Here's another mini-chapter! This isn't a side-story like the previous one with Alois, but it isn't plot centric enough that I'd call it a true chapter.

The flight had gone smoothly enough, Ciel thought.

Apart from being sat next to the encourageable blonde. Thankfully Ciel had fallen asleep through part of the flight, and awoke with a start when the planed landed safely in New York City.

Everyone was ushered off the plane after grabbing their carry-on's out of the overhead compartment.

Alois nattered away at Ciel's ear, while Ciel just pushed on trying his best to ignore everything around him.

They made it into the sitting/waiting area of the airport after leaving the airplane and the long suspended hallway, where Ciel was desperately hoping to see his mother, who was still no where to be seen. It wasn't as if she could have simply vanished from the aircraft.

"I've got to go now Ciel! Call me when you get to your home so we can play out sometime!" Alois wrapped a slender pale arm around Ciel's shoulders. Ciel stiffened at the touch.

There was no way he would ever intentionally speak to this boy again. He was obviously an insane eccentric. And judging by those shoes, had a penchant for crossdressing.

Ciel watched in silent victorship as the blonde began to trot away with only a handbag at his side. While the boy was underaged, it seemed that no one was there to meet him or pick him up. Though he had mentioned something about a butler.

….Butler...

His thoughts were interrupted when Alois suddenly spun on his heals and waved back to Ciel quite loudly,

"Just joking! I know you won't call! So I got your and your mothers numbers out off your phone while you were asleep! Let's be the best of friends! Adieu, Ciel! Mein Freund!"

Ciel was slack jawed as he watched the blonde disappear around a white wall corner.

He made a very large mental memo to change his phone number.

"Aw, did you make your first friend?" Ah. There was his mother. Deirdre looked elegant as always, and not nearly as frazzled as everyone else who had been on the many hour long flight.

"Not even slightly" Ciel shot back. He may or may not have been one of those individiuals.

For the next hour the small family unit spent their time grabbing their luggage from baggage claim, Ciel being glad he didn't see the annoying Austrian boy from the ride here.

They then arranged their ride to their new home. Deirdre wanted to see New York City, but it was decided that could wait and that it would be best to settle in first, especially after a long flight.

As Ciel got seated in their car, a few of Alois's words rang through his head. Thoughts of a butler in a far off fantastical world filled with undead monsters and unknown creatures.

He shut his eyes once more in the vehicle, much like he had done on the airplane. Ignoring the beeps and curses and blustering and boisterous noise of the outside realms.

It was a restless rest. And a sleepless sleep. His dreams usually felt like muddled memories, while this felt like a disturbed nightmare. Almost as if he was watching a play from another persons eyes.

He thought he saw Alois, oddly enough. And oddlier he believed himself Alois for a time. But at the same time it was the face of the Alois he knew, yet completely different at the same time.

And then everything was cloaked in blood.

Deirdre shook Ciel awake. She was smiling softly, but there was a soft crinkle on her brows. She must have noticed something while he slept.

They were home. Or at least, a new home.

I've decided that I will, obviously, be using the second season of Kuroshitsuji canon. However, the only change against the plot is that Ciel did not become a demon. He died, like he was supposed to at the end of the first, having his life only extended, not saved. Alois died, however his demons never really died, because they are demons. I'll get to that later, and hopefully it'll make more sense. I'm not saying much because I don't want to give away things.

I'm getting into writing these short pieces. Yes I know, it'll be even longer before Ciel and Sebby meet, but at least I'm not waiting a year in-between to update right?

Tell me if you like these short pieces!