My head is saying

Fool, forget him.

My heart is saying

Don't let go.

Hold on to the end

That's what I intend to do.

I'm hopelessly devoted to you.

But now there's nowhere to hide

Since you pushed my love aside.

I'm out of my head

Hopelessly devoted to you.

Hopelessly devoted to you.

Ciel wiped a tear away from her eye as Arran finished his emotional number. Unshed tears were shining in his eyes as well.

"For a warrior, he's a rather emotional person" Alois commented as Arran walked off to his seat.

"Since this is the last class of the year before Christmas break, I've been told by the headmaster that I need to give out a project" Sebastian said.

Most of the students groaned at this.

"You can do this project in groups of five. Since everyone in this room knows about musicals, each group has to put on a musical from Broadway. Whichever one is the best, will be acted onstage as the Spring musical" Sebastian said.

"We have to act out the whole musical?" Rhiannon asked.

"A minimum of one song complete with choreography, costumes, the works" Sebastian replied.

"What if two groups do the same musical?" Alois asked.

"There are only three groups. Listen for your names. Group 1 Lisa, Amanda, Ray, Tamara and Terrence. Group 2 Alois, Rhiannon, Kyle, Faith and Lisa. Group 3 Ciel, Arran, Alan, Edward, Ginny, Michael. Does anyone want to switch groups?"

"Can I switch with Faith?" Edward asked sticking up his hand.

"If Faith doesn't have a problem with it then sure" Sebastian replied.

"So what musicals will we be doing?" Lisa asked.

"Group 1 will be doing The Lion King" Sebastian said and the members of Group 1 seemed to like the choice.

"Group 2, you'll be doing West Side Story and Group 3 will be doing Grease"

Ciel smiled and then went to meet up with her group.

"I think we should do The One That I Want. That's always a crowd pleaser" Faith suggested.

"We have two singers so it will be great. Who wants to be in charge of costumes?" Michael asked.

"I can do costumes. I just need your sizes" Ginny replied.

"So when should we practice?" Ciel asked.

"How about the week before Christmas break ends? Everyone will be at home and we can meet up in auditorium to practice" Arran replied.

"Okay Danny Zuko" Ginny said and everyone laughed.

The Christmas break began. Everyone had a quiet time at home. Sebastian and the rest had decorated the entire house and brought in a large tree.

"I wanna put the star on top!" Luke said holding the star in his hands.

"Let's put the lights around first" Ciel said untangling dozens of trail lights.

Alois hung them around the tree and then lifted Luke on his shoulders so the younger boy could put the star at the top.

"Done!" Luke announced and Sebastian turned on the lights.

"It looks amazing" Ciel said with a smile.

"Our first Christmas in the mansion" Alois said.

"Only four more days to Christmas. I can't wait" Luke said.

"It's snowing too. It feels like Christmas" Ciel commented.

"So what did you all do for Christmas?" Sebastian asked.

"My family and I would go to the Santa in the shopping malls. I would sit on his lap and then ask for whatever I wanted. I couldn't really do that anymore so we all would go to the neighborhood pub and I would sing Christmas songs there. We used to have hot chocolate every night since my dad and I are allergic to eggnog" Ciel replied.

"We used to go to some place where the temperatures were high. Mom never really liked the cold around Christmas so we would go to Hawaii, Malibu, South Africa" Alois replied.

"That sounds like fun" Sebastian admitted.

"But other than that, after my parents died I never really celebrated Christmas much" Ciel said.

"It kind of got boring. Most of the time, both of us go out and play with the snow. Then we exchange gifts or even go to amusement parks" Alois said.

"Should we go out and play with snow?" Luke asked.

"Sure, let's grab out coats and go out" Alois replied.

"Before all of you go gallivanting off, we have a letter from the Queen" Claude said stepping into the room.

"A letter during Christmas?" Ciel took the letter from Claude's hands.

She sat down and Alois sat down next to her to read the letter. They both sighed and then placed the letter on the table.

"What did it say?" Luke asked.

"A body has been found under the ice of River Thames" Ciel replied.

"Isn't the Frost Fair being held around this time? It must have been frightening for the visitors" Sebastian said.

"I suppose we have to go and find out what happened to the guy" Ciel said.

They reached the Frost Fair to find almost all visitors gone. Most of the stalls had closed up as well. New Scotland Yard police were wandering around as well.

"No civilians at this side of the fair" One of the police said to Ciel.

"I'm here on orders from Her Majesty" Ciel said holding up the letter.

The police let her and the group through. Ciel winced at the sight of the body. The man had drowned under the ice and his skin had a sickly blue tinge that came with being frozen to death.

"Any belongings on him?" She asked.

"His name is Park Ki Won, he's a student from South Korea studying at LSE. He was reported missing from his dorms last night. He and a group of friends had come to the Frost Fair yesterday afternoon and had gone for drinks afterwards. He didn't come back to the dorms and after recovering from hangovers did the friends find that he was missing" The inspector, Will reported.

"Could he have fallen into the ice?" Alois asked.

"That would be impossible since temperatures dropped below zero last night enabling the ice to stay frozen. Someone must have broken the ice and then thrown him in. The ice refroze again because of the low temperature" Will replied.

"But who would throw him in?" Luke asked.

"If you get any leads, please inform me" Ciel said.

They walked away and Ciel made a beeline for a small Chinese restaurant.

"Kang, where are you?" Ciel asked.

"You called, my dear Countess?"

Kang looked so much like Lau, the resemblance was astounding. Ciel sat down at the table and glared at Kang whose serene smile never lifted from his face.

"To what do I owe the pleasure after you so rudely rejected my invitation to my party?"

"You know I have a reputation to uphold. Now, to business. The man who died under the ice. Why was he murdered?" Ciel asked and Alois raised his eyebrows.

"How the hell would Kang know?" Alois asked.

"Your gambling base is right near the River Thames in the basement of the building closest to the river. If you didn't know anything or hear anything, then I'm the Queen of Sheba" Ciel replied.

"It is true the base is there but we were inactive last night. Heating in basements is rather expensive, you know" Kang replied.

"How do you know where his gambling bases are?" Luke asked.

"Who do you think is protecting me from detection by the Queen?" Kang replied.

"You're protecting this scum? For what?" Alois asked.

"I have my reasons" Ciel replied and Kang smirked.

"Since you have nothing to say, we'll be on our way" Sebastian said.

They trooped out of the restaurant and drove back home. The radio was on and the weather man was rather enthusiastic about reporting the weather.

"I find it strange that Kang was inactive last night out of all nights this month" Claude spoke up.

"I find it strange as well. I can't dig into his alibi though. That would be breaking my side of the deal" Ciel said.

"What did you make a deal on?" Alois asked.

"He wanted my machinery, I wanted his contacts. He knows the entire underworld of London and he's a part of many foreign gangs. If anything happens, I would be the first to know. In return, I give him my machinery and protection as long as he is discreet. One of the clauses in our contract is that I turn a blind eye to what he's doing and vice versa" Ciel replied.

"That's a rather dangerous deal. What if he gets caught? You'll get roped into this as well" Alois pointed out.

"It's this or losing my number one informant. It's a win win for both of us" Ciel replied.

"So about Park Ki Won. Why was he murdered?" Luke asked.

"What was happening around the time he was murdered is what we need to know. Lots of gangs have their bases in the basements around the river. Maybe he heard something he shouldn't have heard" Ciel replied.

"That would be difficult to find out since Kang was inactive last night" Alois pointed out.

"Why don't we just confirm his alibi?" Luke asked.

"Because it would be breaking my part of the deal!" Ciel replied.

"I think I just found a loophole" Sebastian said.

"How?" Alois asked and Ciel smirked, having understood.