That butler Has a bad feeling

Story: I will not say I am in love
Chapter one: That butler; Has a bad feeling

Intro:
After the horrifying murders from Jack the Ripper, a new serial killer is loose. He chooses to take young boys as his victims. "Candyman"; is his nickname. Ciel Phantomhive must act on orders from the Queen to stop the killings. But between the private- and official life, something completely different is going on. Ciel is starting to fall in love with his butler, Sebastian Michaelis.

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"I-I am so sorry!" Shouted an upset maid named Maylene. She had tripped and fallen, and broken some plates. Now she was hysterical, as always. The butler of the house sighed; he did not have time to deal with this kind of things.

"Maylene, will you please clean this up, the young master will not like it if he woke up to this mess." He spoke and looked down at the plate he was holding, on it was his master's breakfast. He looked up at Maylene again, who had started to clean up the mess while she was blushing like mad. 'Good.' He thought and turned away and walked to his master's room.

He stopped outside the room and knocked, waiting for an answer.

"Yes..." A little master replied indifferent from inside.

The master was the Earl of The Phantomhive Company, a very known and respected company. Ciel Phantomhive was his name. He was 13 years old and was called the Queen's dog. The Queen gave her orders and Ciel would follow them to the extreme, if necessary. Ciel had just woken up and was still in bed, still tired and not quite ready for a long day.

Sebastian smiled and went into the room quietly. He walked over to the bed where his master, Ciel, was.

"We got a letter from the tailor; your new suit is finished." Sebastian said while placing the breakfast on his master's lap.
"Good, we can pick it up later then." Ciel said with the same calm voice he usually had, as he picked up his fork. He did not bother to look up at Sebastian, his faithful servant.

Usually Ciel had a full schedule for the day, containing lessons and checkups about the company. But today, he was hoping he could escape from that, it was boring. He would rather play a game, test his strategies to see if they were to fail or not. The food on his plate disappeared into his mouth, when he felt he was filled, he stopped. The little master finally looked up at his butler. The gaze was different than what he usually gave others, softer. Not intentionally of course.

"So what is today going to be like, Sebastian?" Ciel asked and sighed low.
"First we are going to get your new suit, and then later Lady Elizabeth will come on a visit." Sebastian answered, still smiling.

He picked up the plate from his master's lap and placed it on a table, so that it would not be in the way of his young lord. When Sebastian turned to face the younger male again, a loud sound could be heard from outside of the room. It sounded like someone broke a huge pile of glass. 'Not this again.' Sebastian thought, but did not move or change his facial expression.

"Lizzy..." Ciel mumbled annoyed. Sure, she was his fiancée and a precious childhood friend, but she had a habit to turn his manor upside down. 'Just endure it... Like all the other times.' He thought, trying to win his spirit back.

Ciel moved, sliding down from the bed, landing perfectly on his feet. The gigantic white shirt he slept in reached down to his slim knees.

"Help me get dressed." Ciel ordered in a more serious tone.
"Yes, my lord." Sebastian said, and walked over to one of Ciel's wardrobes.

He chose some dark blue clothes, and a hat that matched. Before walking back to the young master he made sure that there was no dirt on the clothes, and that they were looking perfect. This took about 3 seconds for Sebastian, no human could be so fast, but Sebastian could, since he was not human. He took of the white shirt his master was wearing, and started to dress him up. This was a normal ritual. Sebastian stood up and looked down at the young boy in front of him, who now was dressed up in dark blue, which suited him very well.

Ciel took on a black eyepatch; he was not blind, but merely wanted to hide the truth of how he met Sebastian and so on. His right eye had no normal colour. It was dark purple and had pentacle sign glowing on it. It was a symbol of their Faustian contract. Sebastian had the same sign on his left hand. Ciel grabbed the hat and placed it nicely on his head.

"Let us go then." He said motionless and turned towards the door.

Sebastian said nothing; he walked over to the door and opened it for his master. He then closed the door behind them. After a few seconds with silence, a high crunching noise could be heard from the floor over them. 'There is no peace in this house.' Sebastian thought and knew that he had ha huge job in front of him when they got back from the town.


The streets in London had not changed much since the last time the Earl was there. They were still covered in a depressing gray colour. The sour wind blew past them as they found the way towards the tailor. Like always, Ciel got to see nervous looking eyes from people around him, they recognized him and always putted him in the same category as a policeman. Although a little higher in rank. Ciel held his head high, as if they could psyche him out with the creepy looks. All he did was walk closer to Sebastian; he knew Sebastian would always protect him until the very end.

The tailor's house was straight ahead. Sebastian did not let his guard down; you never know what could happen. There was something different going on, something was wrong, Sebastian could sense it; something was in the atmosphere. Some of the women were holding their sons extremely close; like they were afraid something would happen to them. Sebastian looked down at the young master, wondering if he could feel that something was wrong too. Sebastian opened the door to the tailor's house, and waited for his master to enter.

Ones entered they were met with a smile. A chubby man with his light gray hair chromed backwards. He wore a brown suit that looked more like a dress and a pair of black gloves on his hands. He clapped his hands together and guessed on who his customer were.

"Little Mr. Phantomhive, am I right, come to pick up your new suit, yes?" The tailor was known to be energetic and loving. "or are you on another business?" He added a slight bit more serious, you could see it in his eyes, but still kept his smile.

Ciel looked up at Sebastian for a second before he turned towards the strange man; he could not believe his suites were really custom made by this man.

"Just the suit..." Ciel answered monotonous.

Sebastian smiled friendly and waited for the tailor to get the suit. When the tailor came back, he held a beautiful blue and black suit, which looked like it would fit Ciel perfectly.

"Here you go," The tailor said and handed the suit to Sebastian. "You want to try it on first, Mr. Phantomhive?" The tailor asked and looked down at Ciel.
"No, I am sure it fits... Besides we are in a hurry." Ciel said and faked a small smile, so that the tailor would not ask any questions. He knew Elizabeth too well; she always came two hours earlier than expected. "Give the man his money and we are off." Ciel said to Sebastian.
"Yes, my lord." Sebastian said and gave the tailor the money before he went over to the door and opened it for his young master.
"Be careful out there, bad things happen to young boys like you. Make sure you are never walking alone." The tailor suddenly said, and looked very serious now.

Sebastian got a bad feeling that he was right when he thought that something was wrong. He looked down at Ciel, to see his reaction, if there was any reaction to see. That boy was almost impossible to read, you never know what was going on in his head. Ciel frowned for a second and chose to ignore the words until they got outside.

"What do you think he meant by that?" He asked, looking around. There was truly something going on in this area. 'I cannot remember any police reports from this district... Maybe the police are tightly holding on to the information or they have not been notified yet.' Ciel thought suspicious, the police officers never liked it when Ciel came snooping around on orders from the Queen. 'In anyway, I cannot do anything yet.'
"I think he meant that something is going on, and that you are in the deferred group, my lord." Sebastian answered, not able to lie to his master. 'I wonder what is going on,' Sebastian thought. He looked around, and it was obvious that the victim for this happening was young boys. Sebastian looked down at Ciel, 'I cannot let anything happen to him, so I must be more careful now.' He thought.

They walked passed a woman who was holding her son tightly.

"Are you crazy, letting that young boy beside you just walk with no protection?! Think if something happened to him!" The woman screamed after Sebastian. That woman clearly did not know who she was talking to. Sebastian looked over his shoulder before he looked down at Ciel, wondering if he should answer that woman.

"Just ignore her... There is no use for us to do anything for now; if it is a kidnapping case then the police are surly on it." Ciel said in a low tone.

He was curious of what made the woman so scared and wanted to ask her, but knew where his place was in the society. Living in the underworld of London and getting rid of possible wrongdoings that led back to the royal family - that was his job as the head of the Phantomhive family. So that meant he had to wait for further notice. Ciel felt uneasy in this street so he begun to walk a bit faster than usual. He was sure Sebastian would notice that, but did not care.

"Yes, my lord." Sebastian said and walked after Ciel.

He took notice of his master's behaviour, but did not say anything about it. It did not take long before they were home again.


"Ah, it is time for tea." Sebastian said and smiled friendly at Ciel, before he walked to the kitchen.
"Ciel-chaaaaaaaan!" Seconds later someone hugged Ciel and was almost crunching his bones.
"Cieeeeel," The person let go of Ciel, it was Elizabeth, Ciel's fiancée. "I have missed youuuu soooo much!" She said and hugged Ciel again.

Ciel looked like he was going to die. Hugs were not something he had grown accustomed to.

"Lizzy." Ciel said as he managed to get away from her hug and created a bit space between them. "You are early, is aunty with you?" Ciel asked, he noticed the mansion had not changed. 'She must have arrived just seconds ago. Hopefully Elizabeth has not had the time to find any costumes to dress us up with.'

"No, she is sick," Elizabeth answered, she looked a bit sad for a second, and then she started to smile again. "I have missed you sooo much!" She said again ad started to hug Ciel again.
"Lady Elizabeth," A voice said, Elizabeth looked up to see Sebastian standing near a table, he looked a bit surprised to see her.
"Sebastian," She said happily and stopped hugging Ciel. She was sure an enthusiastic soul.
"It is time for tea." Sebastian said and looked from Ciel to Elizabeth.

Elizabeth smiled and ran over to the table. She smiled even more, if possible, when she saw the pie and all the tea.

"What pie is it?" Elizabeth asked.
"Blueberry pie, my Lady." Sebastian answered.

Ciel sat down nicely, in his normal seat at the table, trying to co-op with all the energy that filled the room. Elizabeth was sure to give him a headache by the end of the day. If she did not, then the other servants might.

"How ill is she, aunty I mean?" Ciel had seen the change in the expression Elizabeth had.
"She... she cannot even get out of bed," Elizabeth answered. "And the doctor does not know what to do to make her recover." Now Elizabeth was looking very sad.
"Is that so...?" Ciel said low. He had no idea how to comfort the poor girl, so he kept himself silent and concentrated on eating.
"I... I think I should go home," Elizabeth said, she jumped of the chair and walked over to Ciel. "See you later, Ciel-chan." She gave him a kiss on the cheek before she went over to the door.

Sebastian turned away when he saw the kiss, for some reason he felt uneasy by seeing them so close together. Something inside of him just wanted to rip them apart. He walked after Elizabeth to the door, and opened it for her, then closing it behind her. Still deep in his own thought he walked back to Ciel. Ciel sighed from relief and boredom. He stood up and walked closer to Sebastian before he stopped to look at him with his arms crossed.

"Something wrong?" He asked. Ciel looked so small compared to Sebastian, like a midget. A very powerful and controlling midget.
"No, it's nothing, my lord," Sebastian snapped out of his thoughts and smiled to his master. He was not lying, there was nothing wrong. "I was just thinking."

Ciel just gave Sebastian a look; he did not really buy that, but decided not to be bothered by it.

"Good, then I shall get back to my work." Ciel said in a very unenthusiastic voice. The word work was not appealing today, but it was necessary and had to be done. He turned and headed to his office.

Sebastian smiled and began to clean the house, and did his usual work.


The day went on like all the other days, nothing special happened. When it was getting late a letter arrived, from the queen.

"I have been waiting for this." Sebastian mumbled and walked to his master's office. It was almost bedtime, so they could not do anything with the case they, possibly, were given by the queen. Sebastian knocked on the door, waiting for an answer from the lord that was working on the other side of the door.

"Yes, get in..." Ciel mumbled. He had been close to falling asleep in his chair. All the paperwork was getting to him. The little master shove all the papers to the end of the desk, he was ready to call it a night.

Sebastian opened the door and walked in and closed the door.

"A letter from the queen has arrived, my lord." He said, looking at the exhausted boy.
"Let me see it." Ciel said a little more awake and waited for Sebastian to give the letter to him.

Why on earth would the Queen send him a letter this late? It must be something important written inside of it.

"Yes," Sebastian handed the letter over to Ciel.

He smiled while waiting for his master to finish reading the letter. 'I hope we now will find out why the town people are so scared.' Sebastian was convinced that the letter had something to do with whatever was going on in town.

Ciel sighed and sat back in his chair after he had finished reading.

"The woman had a perfect reason for being so protecting... There is a person who kidnaps boys in my age and kills them after he... rapes them." Ciel felt disgusted, a sick person was loose in the streets. Jack the Ripper case had just been solved and now this. "Candyman they call him. The Queen wants me to find him. The police seem to get nowhere in this case..." Ciel left the letter on the desk, open for anyone to read it.

'Humans are an evil race.' Sebastian thought. He could not understand how a man could do such things to small boys. Not even a demon would do something like that.

"May I read the letter, my lord?" He asked.
"Yes, go ahead." Ciel answered, Sebastian had to memorize the details too in order to help his master. 'Wonder what Candyman's motive is... pure pleasure or something else.' Ciel looked up at Sebastian. 'I am glad that I have him around. If he was not here, I would probably been kidnapped and sold on the black-market or killed already.'

Sebastian read the letter in silence, when he was finished he placed it on the desk again. Now he was looking very serious.

"He uses Phantomhive candy to tempt his victims; kids cannot resist Phantomhive candy. Some days he takes up to 5 boys, and some days none. He will be hard to trace, since it looks like his victims are randomized, there is no pattern. The only thing we know is that he takes boys who are alone. Most of the kidnappings happen at night, but some even happen when it is day." Sebastian already knew that this would be a very hard case to solve.

'We are dealing with a needy pedophile... How repulsive.' Ciel thought only to himself.

"We will deal with this tomorrow. Then we can investigate this matter in town. It seemed like those citizens near the tailor knew something that may be of interest, or so I hope." The young master stated before he rose from his chair.

"Yes, my lord." Sebastian followed Ciel to his room, where he made his master ready for bed.


'And tomorrow, the hell begins.' Sebastian looked down at his master who was trying to sleep, smiling to himself. He turned around to leave the room.

"Sebastian." Ciel said when he felt Sebastian's present leave and panicked for a second. His face flushed as he realized he had nothing to be afraid of. He covered his face with the quilt and murmured a good night to Sebastian.

"Good night, young master," Sebastian said; he had heard what the lord said. 'He is not as cold as people think he is.' He thought and went out of the room.