Into The World Of Black Butler

Ch.2 - Infiltrating The Palace

Ivy's POV: (picture above is what Ivy looks like)

I woke up by Pepper shaking me awake. It was still night time. I have an unusual trait of waking up being nice and fully awake in less than 30 seconds. Without coffee, by the way.

"What?" I asked.

"I couldn't fall back asleep, so I ventured out on my own and found a palace. The guards were all sleeping when I got there, and I wanted to go in. I need you to come because I don't want to go alone," Pepper whispered careful not to wake the others.

"Did you think I would agree?" I asked in a firm tone as I sat up.

"No," she replied disappointedly.

I got up. "Let's go," I said.

Pepper jaw dropped. "Really!?" She asked excitedly.

When I nodded my head she fist pumped, and jumped in the air. We left a note to the others saying that we were going to go east until we came up to the 'palace.' If your wondering why I, the smart person that I am, would agree to this 'infiltrating the palace' crap, is because I suck at wildlife in general, but I know my geography and history like a pro. If I saw the castle I would know exactly where we were, or I could at least get an idea of where we had landed, but not the exact spot.

When we got to the palace it seemed that the guards were asleep... Dead asleep. Looking at the castle I identified it as England's castle in London.

"Have you ever considered that they were dead?" I asked.

"No," she replied. "I can't see blood and they don't look dead."

"Psst," someone hissed from behind us. "We're here."

"Scott?" I asked turning around. It was Hollie and him coming up to us.

"What are we doing?" He quietly asked.

"Infiltrating the palace," Pepper whispered.

"Ok, I'm all in for it," he replied. "Now what's the dilemma?"

"They're sleeping," I said.

"I can see that, what's the main point?" he said.

"I think they're dead," I replied.

"They're not dead," Hollie cut in. "They're just knocked out by something."

"Let's go in. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this," Pepper said as she advanced from out of the bushes.

"Yes, let's," Scott replied.

We gotten past the gate easily... Too easily. The gate was open and it felt like we were in Sleeping Beauty saving the princess, but also in a haunted house that wasn't cheesy at all.

I pushed open the heavy door slowly and slipped in. As soon as Hollie had stepped her foot into the castle there was a scream.

I raced up the steps, and turned left, then right, dashing towards the 15th door down. I stopped in time to not slam into the door, and quietly opened it without being noticed. Inside was a young girl, not quiet into her teens, cowering away from a man in a butler suit who was holding a knife. The most distinguishing feature the girl had was, her long, silky caramel brown hair that went down to her waist. She wore a long, light blue nightgown.

"That's no way to treat a lady," I said. "Especially your mistress."

The man whipped around to face me. Scott and Hollie had appeared next to me as he did. I signaled with one finger to attack and they took it head on. It seemed as if we knew exactly what each other was going to do, like we had done this before.

Hollie leaped over the man and swung down to grab the girl in her arms and rush out to the balcony where it was, most likely, safer. As she did this, Scott and I advanced on him throwing punches, kicks, and other moves at him after I had knocked the dagger out of his hands. After about half of a minute of fighting suddenly our opponent fell to the ground and there was Pepper in a throwing stance. In the back of the butler's head was his Aknife.

"Well... That was unexpected," I said looking down at the body.

Hollie came in to check if the coast was clear, decided to go back to the balcony when she sees the body. After a second she came back in and closed the door.

"What do we do with the body? The guards are knocked out," Hollie said looking down at it.

"Leave it," Pepper suggests.

I looked at her and slowly asked, "Why, I thought we're supposed to do something with it?"

"The maid will scream. It'll be amusing," she replied.

"Fine," I said and headed out to the balcony.

We all waited outside on the balcony until the sun came up. And having nothing to do we conversed.

"What's your name?" I asked the girl.

"Amelia," she replied quietly.

"Occupation?" Scott asked.

"That's your job, right? I have only heard that word a few times," she replied.

"Yep," Scott said.

"I'm the princess," Amelia answered.

"...Alright," I said. "How would you want us to treat you? Because I know someone like me would get tired of being treated all formal and polite."

"If you wouldn't mind," Amelia said timidly. "... Could you just treat me like a normal human being?"

"Of course!" Pepper said loudly. "We are totally going to be best friends."

Hollie leaned over to me and whispered, "Don't you think this is a good opportunity for us to get a place to stay and jobs?"

I nodded and spoke up, "Amelia, would you mind giving us jobs?"

"That was a bit blunter than I wanted," Hollie mumbled.

"Yes, of course," she replied happily. "Now I can have friends in the castle all the time if I hire you... Maybe you could be like Ciel, the Queen's Guard dog."

"Huh?" Pepper said in disbelief. "I thought that wasn't... a thing."

The princess looked at us confused.

"Wait right here. Hollie, Scott I'll fill you in later. For now keep the princess safe and talk to her," I said as I dragged Pepper outside Amelia's room.

I shut the door and replied to Pepper's last sentence, "It wasn't a real thing."

"Then are you saying that we landed in Black Butler?"

"So it seems," I replied.

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How was it?
BTW Ciel and Sebastian will come in Ch.4