Welcome, to Phantomhive Manor.

Good Morning, Ciella.

"Young Mistress, it is time to wake up."

Sebastian walks into the dark room, and opens the curtains. Ciella mumbles, covers her face, and turns onto her right side.

"For breakfast, I have prepared some light scones with blackberries on the side, corn and parsley soup, and a cup of black Assam tea. Your morning newspaper has arrived, too."

The butler smiles and places the tray down on a table. Ciella sleepily gets out of her four-poster bed, wraps her silk dressing robe on and sits down on a grand leather chair that Sebastian pulled out for her. She takes the cup of tea and slowly sips on it.

"I trust that you remember I'm having guests over, Sebastian? Please prepare whatever you think will suit them. This tea is very nice as well."

Ciella bites lightly into a scone, and flips the page of the newspaper. She smiles slightly, because the scone is delicious.

"Of course, Lady Ciella. The ones coming over are Vania and Sunatri, am I right? From Russia and India, how exotic."

"I've always wanted to go to India, but it is facing some difficulties. Sadly, I don't know if I ever will. Oh, and Sebastian? Please make sure that the servants don't interrupt."

"Whatever you wish, Young Mistress."

With that, Sebastian waits for Ciella to finish, and he neatly sorts out the now empty tray. Ciella stands up, and leaves the room to go and get ready. Sebastian takes out the tray, walks down the stairs into the kitchen and hands it to Maylene to wash it up.

Meanwhile, Ciella returns from the bathroom, and is looking through her dresses, as a maid simply known as Anna, stands beside her. She picks out a dark navy blue ballgown, outlined with golden designs and fancy-looking Venetian lace. Ciella slips on some navy heels with diamonds on top, styles her hair in a sweet bangs-bun, and poses.

"Anna, how do I look? Is my makeup alright?"

"You look very nice, Lady Ciella. Your guests are arriving in a carriage together, and they shall come at approximately 11:30 am. The time is now 9:45, so you should most certainly have enough time to prepare. Perhaps you should finish up some work, so it does not interrupt the event."

Maid Anna picks up Ciella's bed clothes and went down to the laundry room.

Now, Sebastian is scolding the servants for breaking a plate, although he easily fixed it back together. He quickly walks to Ciella's study, where she was flipping through some letters and signing papers. He places a hand on her shoulder, and smiles as he puts down a glass of water.

"You look a little tired, my Lady. I'm sure you've done enough working for today, and it would not do for you to be deprived of energy when the guests arrive."

"Thank you, Sebastian."

Ciella takes the glass of water and sips it slowly. Sebastian looks out of the window and his eyes widen.

"Young Mistress, they have arrived. Please come with me to the front of the Manor, we must greet them properly."

The two walk out of the mansion and watch as the carriage door opens and two young ladies step outside. Ciella smiles as she walks towards them, holding her arms out in an embrace.

"Vania, Sunatri. How I have missed you two so."

Vania is wearing a Versailles-themed dress, and her blonde hair is styled into a perfect bun, with her bangs hanging loosely at the side. Sunatri, on the other hand, is wearing a beautiful turquoise silk sari with a golden sash, her bindi being red and gold, and her long black hair woven into a lovely long braid.

"Ciella, I haven't seen you since the January of two years back ago. Sunatri and I both agree that this is a wonderful arrangement."

"We have brought you gifts, mine is a silk headscarf and Vania's is a set of Russian Dolls, painted by her fellow rich toymaker. We hope you like them."

Sebastian bows at the two, and smiles.

"My ladies, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Sebastian Michealis, the new butler of the Phantomhive family residence. Please, follow me to the drawing room. We have spent a while making sure that this is a perfect place for you to relax with Lady Ciella. If you request or need anything, please feel free to be calling the maids."

The three reunited friends smile at each other, and follow the dapper butler into the drawing room.

What shall happen next at Phantomhive Manor? How will the meeting go? Find out next time! (Holy crap, that's cheesy. Also, I'm sorry if there was too much dialogue, I just like making people speak in my stories. There'll be a lot of speech in the next few chapters, so just to let you know.)