Teach Me To Smile Again ➳ Black Butler

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Chapter One - Meet Another Trancy

     Behind a polished, white door, lies a peacefully sleeping Trancy. Lost in the depths of her dreams, she hasn't realized that her butler, Claude Faustus, would wake her up momentarily.
     A clear knock can be heard on the door, meaning Claude has already arrived. A quiet creak of the door filled the room.
     "Young mistress, please wake up. It is morning now." he says as he walks over to the large window, and pulls the curtains open, revealing the morning's sunlight.
     (Name)'s eyes slowly open, and adjust to the sudden brightness of the room. A steaming cup of tea had been sitting on her nightstand, next to her belongings.
     She sways her slender legs over the edge of the bed as she carefully picks up the tea cup and sips her tea.
     'Earl Grey tea, a classic.' (Name) thinks. She smiles as the bitter, yet, satisfying taste of the tea enters her body. It's distinct aroma reminds her of happiness.
     "Young mistress," Claude spoke up. "You have a meeting with the Earl of the Phantomhive estate."
     "You mean, Earl Ciel Phantomhive, correct?" (Name) softly asks.
     "Yes, him. The meeting is in the afternoon, so you will be able to take your piano recital today."
     (Name) sets down the cup back to its original spot as she gets up and goes into her wardrobe.
     She brings out two sets of clothes; one being an elegant yet simple (Favorite Color) dress for the meeting, the other a simple black dress suitable for her piano recital.
     Claude fixes the bed and sets down his tray of breakfast. Soon after he ensures that (Name) is satisfied, he shall leave to go to Alois's room and do the same.
     "Young mistress, will you be fine now?" he asks while standing by the main door.(Name) walks out and looks at Claude, and smiles sweetly.
     "Yes, Claude. Thank you for your service." she chirps. "You may tend to my brother now."
Claude respectively bows and walks out of the room, quietly closing the door, then starts heading towards Alois's room.
     (Name) does her normal routine for the morning. She finishes her tea, eats her breakfast, bathes, and changes into her black dress.
     She maintains her lifestyle, as England's instructor in many categories.

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     "Again." the piano conductor ordered. Once more, (Name) played the chromatic scale gracefully on the sleek, black piano.
     "Very good. Now, play 'Moonlight Sonata', begin." the man ordered as he stood behind a music stand, carefully watching (Name)'s fingers on the keys.
     Without any hesitation, (Name) begins to play. The music echoes within the estate, filling it with only the sound of music.
     The conductor, seeing as he had a smile on his face, he was impressed. Within two months, (Name) has been able to successfully complete her piano lessons. Today was the final day for her current song.
     "You've gotten better, young mistress. But it's no surprise, you're successful in many categories."
     After her successful recital, she hurries back to her room to bathe once more, and changes into her (Favorite Color) dress.
     Lunch is already prepared by Claude and Hannah, as they stand by and wait for the two royals to come and eat.
     As if on cue, the two Trancy siblings walk down to the dining area, side by side, but split off to the other side of the table.
     Silence filled the room as the two siblings ate, their forks clinking as they ate.
     Finally, Alois spoke up.
     "So, you're going to see that brat Ciel Phantomhive, right?" he said as he props his head up with his arm.
     "Yes, after lunch Claude will have the carriage send me to his manor. I believe it's professional business so no need to worry." she replied hastily. The increase of speed in her words made Alois a bit curious.
     "Why are you rushing? Are you going to be late?" he asks. (Name) sets her fork down and carefully wipes her mouth.
     "I will be late if I stay here any longer. The Earl has his manor far out." (Name) looked at Claude, signaling for him to get the carriage ready.
     "Very well. I'll stay here, have fun dealing with that brat." Alois says, a hint of jealousy laced in his words. (Name) rolled her eyes playfully, knowing that her brother can get too overprotective sometimes.
     (Name) walks out of the manor and put to the front, where Claude is standing by red carriage. Clause opens the door and gladly helps (Name) get on board.
     Once she is settled in, the carriage sets off, towards the direction of Ciel Phantomhive's manor.

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Author's Note: First chapter out of the way! And for those people on Fanfiction.net and have seen this story on their, yes, I am the actual owner of that. I'm only re-writing the story for it to be a more smoother. Just wanted everyone to know that.

~xMysticWriters