Shattered Memories (Kuroshitsuji Fanfic)

Ch. 5 Tom Tom the Piper's Son

《Cecilia's pov》
I still couldn't believe that I had done a handstand on the tightrope. I know I had told Ciel that I would help him but I wanted to know about my past.

We practiced performing all day till night. The circus would be closed that night. Me and Melissa met with Ciel and Sebastian during practice.

"I think we need to investigate the first stringers tents." I said. Ciel nodded in agreement.

"We will go tomorrow while everyone is performing." He said.

While we were practicing during the night, Sebastian demonstrated a series of tricks. From tightrope walking to sword swallowing, you name it. He was amazing.

A first stringer, Dagger, came forward and complemented him. "It seems we have another rising star. "

Ciel said,"Another rising star?"

Dagger pointed at the tightrope. "Another fellow joined the circus sometime before you did. Oy, Suit!" There was a man in a jazzy suit with a gardening tool on the tightrope.

He jumped off of the rope. He pointed the long gardening tool at Sebastian. "I thought I smelled something foul, demon."

Demon? What did he mean by that? Ciel looked shocked. Dagger came forward and said, "Quit saying things with a straight face. You'll never make any jokes like that. " He said and laughed.

"You two are our two rising stars so get along okay?" He said and left. "It's doubt it." I heard Ciel say.

I thought I could see a rivalry of some sort going on between them.

Joker called us backstage. "We need to choose the person you'll be sleeping with. Dark, you're with Freckles." I looked at the boy with freckles as he grinned at me.

"Smile, you're with Bird and Black, you're with Suit. " Ciel sighed. I finally noticed the silence between Suit and Sebastian. It wasn't a form of rivalry but hate.

We all left for our tents. "So um Freckles, how long have you been here?" I tried to strike up a converstation. "A while now. You seem very frail but you are pretty athletic." He said.

I sighed. "The people I used to serve didn't treat me very well." I had to lie about it and yet I didn't want to.

He held out three candies from above on his bed. "Strawberry, caramel, or milk?"

I grabbed a candy. "I guess caramel." I heard him lay down on his bed and said, "These are from the company Funtom. I heard they were really good but who knew they were fantastic? "

Funtom must be the company Ciel owns. It did sound a lot like Phantomhive.

"Good night Dark." He said to me before going to sleep.

"Night Freckles." I replied. I was worried about what would happen tomorrow.

The next morning, Freckles woke me up. "Come on wake up. The newcomers have to make breakfast."

I've done this before when I made lunch at the orphanage. I felt bad for Ciel. He got teased because he cut the potatoes wrong.

Luckily Sebastian could make it into fish and chips. When the bell rang for when food was done, I grabbed Ciel and Melissa as Freckles grabbed me. We ran past everyone and got food.

Once we sat down, Freckles had a load of food on his plate. Me and Melissa had a normal amount of food. All Ciel had was a potato.

"Here Smile. You need some energy to practice performing for tonight." Freckles gave him some of his food. "You know you two look like you could be twins." He said to me and Ciel.

I could see why he thought that. Skinny, blue eyes, blue-gray hair. If anyone looked at us, they would think we were siblings. "Well we're not."

I ate very quickly and so did Freckles. "You two are done already?" Ciel and Melissa said, staring at our empty plates.

"We have to start practicing early, you know." I said. Me and Freckles raced off to the main tent to practice.

By the time we finished, it was almost night and we were all sweaty. "You guys do know that there's a shower, right?" Freckles asked.

Ciel looked excited. "There's a shower?"

Me and Melissa had to go to the girls shower. It wasn't what we expected but it was similar to what I was used to. Melissa had a hard time at the showers.

The water was freezing cold unlike the orphanages showers. I shivered every time Melissa poured a bucket of water on me.

When we were done, we met Freckles near the main tent. "Have either of you seen Smile?" We both shook our heads. He hurried off as we entered the main tent.

"There you are Dark!" Joker exclaimed. "Are you ready for tonight's performance? "

"I guess I am a bit nervous." I replied. He gave me a reassuring smile.

I left the tent and found Ciel and Sebastian. "It seems Me and Cecilia will have to investigate the first stringers tents. " Said Ciel. I didn't ask why.

Sebastian must be really good with snakes because he tied them up to let us through Snake's tent.

After we passed the snake tent. We searched each tent, looking for any clues about the missing children. We heard footsteps when we were in Beast's room. We both looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Then Sebastian came in and hid us in a chest. Beast came in and Sebastian threw out clothes for her. She quickly left and I sighed. I didn't realize I had held my breath.

I heard Ciel give orders to Sebastian when we went into the final tent, Joker's. I found a letter under his pillow that said From Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son. I showed it to Ciel and he opened it.

He was as shocked as I was when he opened it. It had the names Ciel Phantomhive and blank Phantomhive. Under Ciel's name, it had male and age thirteen. Under blanks name, it said female and age thirteen.

"We need to take this." Ciel said. We immediately left the first stringers tents. When we heard the voices of Dagger and Doll, we hid behind a box when a snake a tatted hissing at us.

A bright light from a lantern appeared behind us and I saw Doll. "What are you two doing back here?"