The Lady Shadowhive and her demon butler Lucius Dracovich

The Pirate and The Witch

Ciel's POV

I never thought i would be wearing this silly outfit again, and yet here i was on my way to pick up a beautiful girl for a costume ball tonight. I wonder what she'll be dressed as? Hopefully nothing too frilly and embarrassing. I wonder if she'd dress as a fox? No that would be too obvious, even i wouldn't dress as a dog, or something to resemble one. Then again, almost everyone in London knows who the Guard Dog really is. I can barely see the front doors of the manor, its a good thing we came by coach instead of walking again. Exercise may be good, but for a lady i do not see it proper to have her walk such an incredible distance. Besides, when we first came Sebastian drove the carriage halfway and let us walk to the entrance, this time we shall drive all the way to the entrance to greet the lovely Shadowhive. I can't stop thinking back to that day when she kissed upon my cheek, what prompted her to do something like that. I suppose i should ask her tonight, but for now i can clearly see the outline of the doors.

"Young Master, we have arrived at the Shadowhive Estate."

I heard him say as he stopped the coach and opened my door, he was dressed as a white rabbit. It was quite amusing he wore spectacles and a white bushy tail over his coat. His head was adorned with white rabbit ears and he seemed to hop about just like a rabbit would with his steps. I held my cane as i exited the coach and proceeded towards the stairs. I wonder if she made her butler dress for tonights occasion as well, and if she did what costuming would he be in. I knocked on the door and waited in the fading sunlight of the outdoors for her butler to appear. As the door opened and i saw her butler i couldn't help but be stunned in silence at his costume. His hair spiked in different angles as if to mimic the wind whipping it here and there. His shoulders were bare as the rest of his arms were covered in a long extended leather black glove that cut off at his fingers. The shirt he wore had its collar flared out as a white borderline shape spread to his stomach as it faded to a reddish black in color. His pants where as black as Sebastian's fingernails as black buckled boots allowed them to be tucked away within. His eyes though, they were a deep sea green, but before they were blue like a rivers. Glass lenses, that must be how its done, perhaps i should have one made for my eye so i do not wear this eyepatch as often.

"Welcome back Lord Phantomhive, Lady Shadowhive is waiting for you in her study, she is just finishing some paperwork. If you would allow me to escort you to the study."

I nodded my head and entered the large estate once again, and waited for the butler Lucius to close the large wooden doors. He led us through the hallways, but something set me on edge about his costume, i could see black ink barely being shown through the skin at the edge of the glove but why would a lady such as Jade have a street person as her butler. I had only seen underground scum with tattoos it must be a trick of the light, I need to stop staying up so late with my work, it's starting to affect my head. He stopped in front of dark wooden doors and turned the handle opening them to reveal a large study. It was quite impressive with the walls a deep crimson red and the lighting scattered so as to provide a warm atmosphere. A wall of books was on one side of the room as two couches placed near a fireplace faced a small table with an elaborately decorated chair facing them. A great ebony desk was covered in paper's as the light from outside flooded in from a large window casting shadows of the window panes over the lady shadowhive as she stared down not even acknowledging we were in the room with her. She was busy writing something on the papers scattered about her as she muttered to herself.

"Mistress, the Earl of Phantomhive is here."

She looked up quickly and smiled as Lucius gave our introduction. She pushed all the papers back in folders and then put them away as she spoke sweetly to us.

"Ciel, i'm so glad you invited me to accompany you to the costume ball. I apologize for not greeting you myself, but i got caught up in some research and i seemed to have let my thoughts take my full attention. No matter, i can always return to them later for now let us be on our way to the ball. May i add how dashing you look as a pirate, it fully compliments the eyepatch that you wear."