Chapter 2: Of Italian Bastards And Dog-Man Statues

And so after about two hours later of reading in her room and pondering about what she should do to fix Ciel and to find out more about everything that was going on, Amy finally thought of something. It was very drastic, but it nonetheless something.

"If he won't spend time with me then I'll spend time with him… even if he doesn't actually know I'm there listing to everything he says behind a door, but details… details." Amy thought as she quietly opened her bedroom door and quickly poked her head out to check if anyone was walking through the hallway. To her luck no one was, so she quietly slipped out of her room and closed the door behind her. She then made her way towards the stairs but stopped on her tracks when she heard Sebastian's voice as well as another man's voice with a thick Itallian accent. "Bollocks!" She thought before running towards the other side of the hallway and hiding behind the first thing that could cover her which happen to be a weird statue of something that looked like a mix of a giant dog and a man she didn't even know they had. "What in all of the world even is this thing?" She said to herself quietly as she waited for Sebastian and the man to leave.

"The phone room is over there sir." Amy heard Sebastian say from the other end of the hallway.

"Yes thank you. Could you tell the young Lord I'll be there shortly?" Amy heard the other man said.

"Surely sir."

After that Amy heard a door opening and closing followed by Sebastian's retreating footsteps. She waited behind the bizarre statue a few more minutes, just to make sure Sebastian was gone, before making her way towards the phone room and kneeling in front of the door. Why? Some of you may be asking yourselves, well the answer is simple. This man clearly came here to talk about something important to her brother, almost everyone who came her did, the only exception being Lizzy and Madame Red, and she wanted to know what it was. Maybe it had something to do with those weird requests the butler dressed in white came to deliver the other day, or maybe it was something about what Ciel had been doing during the last four years. Either way she was going to listen to whatever this man was saying to whoever was on the other line. And so as quietly and stealthly as possible she pressed her ear against the door and prepared herself for what she was about to hear.

"I am tired of baby sitting this child Earl! And yes… I already sold off the factory. Now all that's left is to bargain the extra cash, in fact I'm trying to squeeze more out of the brat right now…"

Amy's eyes widen at what she heard. It certainly hadn't been what she expected. That man… no that bastard, was trying to steal from his brother? She had to tell him. And so she quickly got on her feet and ran down the stairs towards Ciel's study. But just before she could make it she collided against something extremely hard, almost like a rock. "Maybe I ran into another weird statue?" She thought to herself cringing as she remembered the other one but quickly discarded the idea when she heard the two voices arguing.

"Oh look what you did Finny! You tripped the Mistress! Now Sebastian will surely yell at us!" She heard the first voice say and quickly recognized it as the Chef's, Bardroy, if she recalled.

"I'm so sorry I tripped you young Mistress! I'm so sorry! Here I'll help you stand Mistress!" She heard the other voice say which she recognized as Finny's, the manor's gardener, before Amy felt a very strong arm wrap around her waist and suddenly she was being lift up in the air as Finny repeatedly yelled he was very sorry. "It's okay Finny! Just please put me down!" Amy squealed a little scared from being so high up in the air. "YES YOUNG MISTRESS!" He said and placed her down quickly. "Thank you, Finny." She then said with a sigh of relief before her expression turned to one of confusion. "Why and where are you taking the portrait of my parents?" She asked them when she noticed it behind them resting against the wall. "Sebastian said the young Master said to remove it at once so we were just doing that." Bardroy said and Amy frowned. Why had Ciel asked for the portrait to be removed? It just didn't make sense to her. "Oh alright… where are you going to place it exactly?" She asked then a little worried of what the answer would be as she could only imagine where Ciel wanted to place the portrait if he had asked for it to be removed himself. "Did didn't exactly told us Mistress so we were just going to place it in the library, is that ok?" Finny asked and Amy nodded. "Yeah that's alright Finny." She then said before shaking her head sadly and then continued to run towards her brother's study. She might've gotten a little angry about the portrait but she still had to tell him the italian bastard was trying to steal from him. After that was done then they could talk about him still avoiding her and the portrait, but only then and not after.

And so she finally came to a stop when she reached the door of Ciel's study. She quickly took a deep breath before putting a determined look on her face and knocking on the door. There where a few moments of silence before finally she heard her brother's voice saying that it was okay to come in. She then opened the door slowly and made her way in. The first thing she saw was Ciel sitting in a small table for two. In front of him a board game they used to play a long time ago as he twiddled with dome of the pieces. "What are you doing here Amy? I told you, you were to stay on your room until the meeting was over." Ciel said with a sigh as he turn to look at her. "Ciel that Italian basta- I mean man, is trying to steal from you!" Amy said rapidly and worriedly as Ciel smirked in amusement at what his little sister had almost said. "Also why did you tell Finny and Bardroy to take the portrait of mom and dad off the wall? You can't just do that without asking me how I feel about it…" Amy then added, her voice breaking a little at the last part. Ciel sighed once more, looked at the board game game, and then back at Amelia again. "First of all what make you think that I didn't already know that bastard was planning to steal from me? It was quite obvious. Secondly I ordered for it to be taken down because I am the head of the Phantomhive Household now, so there shouldn't be a portrait of the old head just of the new one. And as for asking about how you feel about it, well I didn't really thought about that though I shouldn't have to seeing as I am the head of the family so I don't have to ask you for permission to do anything." Ciel said and Amy could only stare in disbelief as tears filled up her eyes. "I don't know what happened this last few years Ciel… but I really need my older brother back, not whatever this person in front of me is because I can already tell you that you aren't it." And with that said Amy turned around and walked out of his study, leaving Ciel starring behind her.

Amy then started walking towards her room. "Maybe I should go and stay with Madame Red for a few days…" Amy thought as she climbed up the stairs. "Maybe that's what's for the best right now."

But before she any more time to ponder on whether it was the right decision or not she suddenly collided against something extremely hard once more, and found herself falling. She let out a squeak and closed her as she waited for the impact to come. Except it never did. Instead she felt a strong arm holding her up by the waist. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up to see Sebastian staring down at her. Amy immediately blushed when she saw his face and tried to push herself away only for Sebastian to hold her tighter. "Now you must stop tossing or you might end up falling again and I might not be fast enough to catch you this time, young Mistress." Sebastian instructed and Amy could of swore she saw his crimson eyes turn a glowing pink for a second but quickly dismissed it as he slowly and gently held her up straighter and placed her securely on the stair step next to him. "Thank you, Sebastian." Amy said looking down at her feet sure she was still blushing whilst Sebastian just smirked. "If I couldn't save my young Mistress from falling down a simple set of stairs, what kind of a butler would a I be?" He asked her before continuing to walk down the stairs and leaving Amy staring behind him. "Oh God…" She thought before quickly giving her head a shake and continuing to run up the stairs all the way to her bedroom. Once she was there she quickly threw herself towards her bed and sighed. She stayed there for a few moments starring quietly at the ceiling before hearing a horrid scream from outside her window. Startled she jumped off her bed and ran towards her window to see who it was. But once she saw who it was she gasped, her eyes widening in horror.

It was the italian man.

Not only that but his right leg was twisted all the way and there seemed to be burns all over his face and arms. Had her brother did this to the man because he was going to steal from him? Or had there just been an accident. The man started his agonizing screaming once more and Amy quickly threw herself in bed once more before closing her eyes tight and tried to block out the noise with her pillow.

"I am definitely going to stay with Madame Red for a few days…"

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AN: Hey guys! So here is the second chapter! Again tell me what you think as it helps me a lot with my writing and I would love to improve. Anyways, next chapter soon!