Ciel woke up the next day in her bedroom. For once, her sleep was devoid of dreams and nightmares. She suddenly felt complete for once. There was a sense of peace in her mind. Then she remembered what had happened the night before. She had nearly been raped and Mr. Michaelis had saved her. She had shouted his name.
'No I didn't call for him. I called out for Ciel Phantomhive's butler. The great protector who stood by Ciel's side until he died and Victor Phantomhive was born' Ciel mused as she went downstairs and grabbed a slice of cake that Claude had given her.
She munched on the cake as she went upstairs and then stopped short. Mr. Michaelis had told her that if his mistress called he would come immediately no matter what the case. Why had he said that? Ciel set down the plate of cake and fork on the bedside table before sitting down on her bed. It couldn't be a coincidence that Sebastian had turned up right when Ciel had called him, could it?
"Argh!" Ciel threw up her hands in frustration.
She finished off the cake and got ready for school. Alois was waiting for her as usual and his mindless chatter distracted Ciel from her thoughts. They walked into the music room and sat down in their usual seats.
"Today we're doing something different. All of the music students will be working in the school play this semester. The play is in three weeks so everyone has to practice hard" Sebastian said.
The class seemed excited at this but Ciel looked disgruntled at the sound of a play.
"The play will be Shakespeare's Hamlet" Sebastian announced and the class seemed even more excited at this.
"I don't want to do any play. I hate working with everyone" Ciel complained and Alois chuckled.
"Why don't you try out? You're great at acting" Alois asked.
"The freak of the school acts in school play. Yeah right" Ciel replied and saw Mr. Michaelis's hat heading their way.
Alois pulled out his chit and then Ciel grabbed the last chit from the hat.
"I got violin" Alois said.
"Cello" Ciel said and they switched chits like they always did.
"Report after school to the auditorium for rehearsals" Sebastian said and then dismissed the class.
"Ciel, stay back" Sebastian said just as Ciel was about to walk out the door.
"I'll wait by your locker" Alois said and he left.
The class emptied until only Ciel and Sebastian were left.
"How are you doing after last night?" Sebastian asked.
"Fine, I guess. It was lucky that I called out for Sebastian and you were right there" Ciel replied with a nervous chuckle.
"Who were you calling for?" Sebastian asked.
"I was calling out for my ancestor's butler. Silly, I know. He must be dead already but I really thought he would come and save me" Ciel replied rubbing her arm uncomfortably.
"It's not silly. It was instinct and everyone should rely on their instincts" Sebastian said.
"I should be going, I'll be late for World History" Ciel said and she ran out of the classroom.
Sebastian sighed and leaned her head on his hands. When Ciel had called out for him, he had moved on instinct to save his master. But it wasn't his master calling him, it was his lookalike mistress. He wondered if Ciel had ever had any memories of her past life. Probably not, since she didn't even notice that the description in many history books showed that Sebastian the butler and Mr. Michaelis looked exactly alike.
Ciel hurried into her World History class and submitted her report on the fall of the Goryeo dynasty. She sat down next to Alois and instead of listening to the teacher, she began doodling in her notebook.
"Mr. Phantomhive!" The teacher shouted and Ciel looked up.
"Yes sir?" she asked in a dull voice.
"Pay attention!" the teacher said and Ciel nodded.
Ciel sighed and continued doodling. Soon enough she had drawn a picture of herself in one corner of her empty notebook page. She sighed and began rubbing it out only to have the eraser fly from her hands and hit the teacher right at the back of the head. Ciel quickly looked down at her empty notebook so as to escape the teacher's wrath.
"Who threw this?" He asked annoyed.
Ciel said nothing and neither did the rest of the class.
"Phantomhive!" The teacher suddenly yelled, his face beet red.
"Yes sir?" Ciel asked with a poker face.
"Detention after school" The teacher said and Ciel groaned.
"Guess you won't be able to attend rehearsals today" Alois said.
"I never wanted to" Ciel shot back and then glared at the back of his teacher's head.
Sebastian assembled the orchestra and then noticed a space empty.
"Where's Ciel?" He asked.
"She got detention, sir" One girl replied and Sebastian sighed.
"We'll continue without her then. Mr. Trancy, please inform Ciel to come by half an hour early tomorrow so I can rehearse with her before she joins the group" Sebastian said.
The rehearsal went on and Sebastian soon concluded that the orchestra was perfect. They just needed Ciel to make it even better than it was supposed to be. He walked out of the empty auditorium and then began walking down the hallway to exit the school. He stopped short for a moment when he saw Ciel in a classroom. He entered the classroom and then saw what was written on the whiteboard.
"Detention, four to six pm" Sebastian checked his watch and then saw it was already seven.
"Ciel, detention's over" Sebastian said and a snore was his answer.
He chuckled and then took Ciel's bag. He picked her up gently, bridal style and began walking out of the school.
On behalf of Her Majesty, and by my own dirtied name, I order you; dispose of them!
Yes my Lord!
At this moment, my body and soul, to the last hair, belong to my master. As long as the contract exists, obeying his orders is my duty as a butler.
Sebastian glanced over at Ciel who was twitching in her sleep.
Red, it was red everywhere.
It splattered the walls, the dirty ground and then the body of the dead woman who was also dressed in red.
Madam Red, how beautiful you were dyed crimson, covered in your victims' blood. I loved you so.
"No, don't kill her" Sebastian parked his car on a side street and then turned to Ciel.
"Red...everywhere" Ciel murmured and Sebastian shook her shoulder.
"Ciel, wake up" Sebastian said and Ciel's eye shot open.
"Where am I?" Ciel asked looking around wildly.
"In my car. You fell asleep at school so I decided to take you home. Did you have a nightmare?" Sebastian asked.
"No. Just a really weird dream" Ciel replied.
"Come, I should take you home" Sebastian began driving to Ciel's home.
Ciel didn't speak but began thinking about the dream. This time there was a new voice in her dreams. It sounded strange like it couldn't belong to a man or a woman. Also there was all that red in her dream that was sickening.
"We're here Ciel. I'll see you tomorrow" Sebastian said.
"Thanks" Ciel got out of the car and entered her home.
Sebastian drove off and entered his own apartment in the city. He sat down at his computer and typed in the name 'Ciel Phantomhive'. A few pages popped up mostly old newspaper articles
'Phantomhive family heads die in house fire leaving daughter as sole heir' Sebastian read and then clicked on the link. The article opened and a picture of Ciel came up first. Sebastian's eyes widened. Ciel was dressed in a blue dress and had long waist length blue black hair. Her right eye was still covered with an eye patch but it was hidden behind her long bangs.
"She looks beautiful" Sebastian murmured staring at the picture.
He began reading the article and then saw the picture of what Ciel looked like after the funeral. Her long hair had been cut up and it transformed her into her ancestor Ciel Phantomhive. She also was wearing loose clothes in the picture and her frown was plain visible to everyone.
"And so she turned into my master" Sebastian tutted and then began finding articles on the Phantom group.
The company had expanded a lot since he had been a butler for them. It was now one of the world's largest conglomerates and was in competition with the Trancy group. It was said by one reporter that if the two groups joined together, their profits would fly through the roof. Ciel was a very lucky girl to be close friends with Alois Trancy.
The small, white-haired dog is a good dog,
The black dog is a bad, disobedient dog.
Ciel groaned as she woke up from her sleep again. This time the dream was different. Usually it was just someone speaking up this time she could see herself tied up to chains and about to be attacked by ravage dogs. And then someone had come out of nowhere and thrown all the dogs away by the swipe of his arm.
Ciel shivered. No one she knew had great strength like that. Except...she looked out the window. Mr. Michaelis had got rid of those men yesterday so easily. No one would have been able to do that. Ciel sighed. This was a mystery to be solved. How exactly had Mr. Michaelis become that strong? He was lean but he didn't look like he had that much muscle.
She sighed and tucked herself into bed. There was no point in straining her brain over this.
