My older brother and the butler of our mansion have always been inseparable. I mean don't get me wrong, he's not a bad person or… anyway, he's like a god basically. I never thought that the terms of him and my brother's relationship would be that serious. Sebastian Michealis is someone who is absolutely perfect. He's handsome, strong, fast and a great butler. His job in our manor seems to come so easy to him. My brother and I run the company together. We manufacture toys for kids and such. His name is Ciel Phantomhive and I'm his younger sister Aurora Phantomhive. My brother is the Earl and of course I am the lady of the house. Our servants are Meyrin, Bardory, Finnian, Sebastian and Tanaka.

Besides the other servants our advisor, Tanaka, is the only one who doesn't really talk much. Though he is very funny; he makes me laugh at least once a day. Anyway Sebastian is our most loyal butler and the only one of the mansion. He has black hair parted so one side is longer than the other. His skin is almost snow white and his body is well-built and beautiful. His eyes, god those eyes, are such a lovely color of a golden brown. He really is a god. My brother and I look very much alike. We both have a light shade of grayish hair and blue eyes. His hair is long enough to cover one eye and so is mine but my hair is much longer. Sebastian says the lady of the house should have a nice appearance so I never wear my hair up in a ponytail despite the fact that I want to. My brother is 19 and I'm 17. Ciel and I are basically always together, even if Sebastian has to come in and give paper work to my brother, but let me start from the beginning.

It was in the middle of spring and the birds were chirping a beautiful song. My brother and I were in the lounge, talking about the company's finances when we heard a knock at the door.

"Come in Sebastian." How did he know that he was there? Sure enough he was there with a cart. I turned my attention to the window and watched Finny chasing Plu Plu around in circles. He was breathing fire like it was nobody's business. Maybe I'll play fetch with him later.

"I have prepared this afternoon's tea." He smiled and set the cup down in front of me.

"Is everything alright my lady?" His face tilted so his hair covered one of his eyes. Ciel leaned his chin on his hand. I could tell he was really annoyed at something.

"Sebastian, take care of that."

"Understood." He bowed and walked out. Ciel smiled and took the documents from my hand.

"You've been dozing off a lot lately. Everything alright?" His brow was cocked.

"Yeah, just a little bored. Anyway what is the situation with the transfer?" I smiled back. My brother rarely ever smiled like he used to when we were kids. Our mother and father died in a deadly fire and ever since that day, his attitude's changed so much. The only person he actually smiles truly around is me. It makes me happy to know that he can relax when we're together.

"We'll extent the company to Japan and Egypt for now. I'm not so sure about Ireland and Bolivia." He pondered and sipped his tea. Wonder how Sebastian's doing? I ignored my thoughts and continued. I pointed to the map on the table tracing invisible paths from one place to another.

"I'll contact the head of the branch in Egypt and discuss the current expansion. If Ireland or Egypt refuses to expand from there, we can shut the factory down and have another factory open in Austria. I highly doubt that they would refuse something that would help their economic failures rise to a substantial rate." I said before taking a sip of tea. The scent was strong and sweet. I inhaled the warm feeling and looked at my brother who was impressed by my sudden suggestion. He nodded, looking at the documents and gave his signature on the top sheet. Ciel got up from his chair and walked to the window with his hands behind his back.

"Ciel?" I looked down. He didn't smile or turn around to give me a look. Why did he have to turn out this way?

"Listen Aurora, I know you're worried about me. I want you to relax," He finally turned around and gave me a sad smile. His blue eye sparkled in the sunlight from the reflection of the window. My brother was someone I could always look up to but the things he does drives me to the point where I get sick from stress. He walked to me and kneeled to my side of the chair.

"Please relax and smile for me. I don't want the only thing in my life that's actually made me happy, worried over something so irrelevant." His hand held my cheek. I smiled to his touch.

"Ok, but can we take a break from this?" I made a face and he laughed.

"Sure." His hand laid on mine. He was the only one I had left. Something that I didn't lose and it was a reminder of something so tragic but something that gave me the impression that I really did have something worthwhile. That something was Ciel.

"Are you finished with your tea young master?" Sebastian picked up the tea cups and put them on the tray. "Shall I make a quick snack before lunch my lady?" I looked at him in surprise. He always asked my brother these types of things. What's possessed him to ask me this anyway? I shook my head and saw my brother still smiling from the corner of my eye. Sebastian bowed, giving a godly smile.

"Yes, my lady." With that he left, leaving me and my brother alone for a few more hours.

A little later came and I was wandering around the mansion till I found something to do. I was so bored. I ended up running into Meyrin. She was cleaning around when she accidently bumped into me. What a clumsy thing she is. I giggled.

"I'm so sorry my lady! I didn't mean to!" She bowed so many times that my head was getting dizzy and her Lolita dress kept flailing around.

"It's fine, really. Don't worry." I gave a smile.

"Meyrin, young master wishes to speak to you." Where the hell was he coming from? His uniform was crisp and clean. His hair, nicely done as always and his body was straight with the perfect posture.

"Yes Sebastian!" She ran down the hallway and tripped on her own feet. "Sorry!"

"My lady, I hope she didn't cause any inconvenience." This conversation was amusing him a lot.

"No, I wanted to talk to her about something." I said. He leaned in closer, whispering to me.

"About what exactly?" My heart started beating at a fast pace.

"Something that a butler shouldn't know."

"But a maid should?" His smile grew. I looked away before I could show my red cheeks. God he's so close to me! I shook it off and faced him with one of my brother's expressions: pure annoyance and boredom. He chuckled and lifted my chin to him.

"Why can't you tell me? Meyrin is a house maid but I am simply one hell of a butler." His finger gripped my chin firmly. My heart was about to break out of my chest. Damn this man! Was this his signature quote or something? And he's always grabbing my chin like this! I took a deep breath.

"You are a guy and I doubt you would want me to tell you about girl stuff," I put my hands on my hips. Sebastian straightened my hands so that they were at my sides again. I huffed. "Besides Meyrin understands me more than you."

"A lady of the Phantomhive manor should always have a perfect posture," He gracefully ignored my statement and waved his finger at me. "I don't know why you never listen."

"I am in my own house so I am allowed to have any posture I like." I jumped back and sat on the edge of the wooden frame of the staircase. I kept my legs crossed and my arms. The corner of Sebastian lips twitched up.

"My lady." His eyes gleamed something that looked like lightning. I hopped down with fright.

"Fine." There was a silence that I did not enjoy one bit. I stared at his smile. He's way too confident.

"Now if you please my lady." His hand was out for me to take.

"Where's my brother?" I tried turning the tables on him and ignored his request. He scowled and leaned back. Thank god!

"He's doing important work as you should be doing right now." He said.

"I do like to take a break every now and again." I snapped back at him. It didn't seem to bother him; he only smiled. His finger took hold of a lock of my hair and twirled it around.

"Yes. I suppose you do." He quickly took my hand and shoved me into his arms. He was warm and he had his own scent. He was intoxicating.

"Now my lady, you should not be too clumsy as to trip into my arms." He chuckled and smoothed out my hair. He was tall and lean. My cheeks turned a bright pink like Meyrin whenever this happened to her.

"Forgive me, I didn't mean to." He's the one that made me fall! Why the hell am I asking forgiveness from him? My face was still lifted to his. Sebastian lips gently touched mine. I felt that I just got slapped in the face. What was he doing? My brother would be upset and we would both be in trouble.

"Sebastian, you can't." I said.

"Why not? The young master is not here. Besides," He chuckled. "I've had my eye on you for quite some time."

"Oh." I blushed, looking down. His arms let go of me and he turned to my brother's office.

"I have to go. We'll talk about this later." I nodded, still stunned as he walked away.

What was he thinking? Did he honestly think he could mess with my emotions? He knew…I sighed and walked up stairs to my brother's room and sat on his bed. I laid down and cuddled with the comfy pillow my head was on. It carried my brother's scent. It was only 3 in the afternoon and I was sleepy and bored. Usually I was busy till 9 and I went to sleep around 11 after several lessons by Sebastian. Sometimes I would doze off from the lesson and Sebastian would leave me a huge stack of homework and when I actually do it he'd say I didn't have to, which annoys the crud out of me. He would just laugh and pat my head. Then he would continue on with the lesson and act like it didn't happen. He's such a teaser. I pulled the blankets up to my chin and snuggled in the bed more. My eyelids got drowsy and I fell asleep.

"My lady?" I shifted to the other side and tried to go back to sleep. That melodic voice haunted my mind constantly. His hair tickled my face; that's when I realized that he was leaning over me. This bastard!

"What do you want Ciel?" I said muttering.

He chuckled. "It isn't the young master." I jerked up out of my brother's bed and fell back down with a head rush. He felt my head for anything unusual.

"You seem alright. Young master has sent me to look after you." He smirked.

"I can take care of myself, tell my brother that. I am not a child anymore that needs constant protection." I muttered still trying to wake up.

"Sebastian is going to take care of you Aurora." I saw my brother smiling with his body leaning against the door frame. His arms were crossed when he stared at us. I sighed.

"Why?" I said.

"I am going into town to talk to Aberlaine." He waved a letter with a red seal. "Another case."

"Oh," I got up slowly and tried not to think about the headache. "I can't go with you?" I already knew where this was going.

"I don't want you getting into danger." Worth a try I guess. I bit my lower lip. Ciel never let me go with him on cases even if he needed help. All he needed was Sebastian. Looking down, my bangs covered my eyes.

"Ok." I heard footsteps coming to me and waited till they stopped. My brother's arms circled around my waist and he dragged me closer into a hug. His hand moved up to my head, stroking the back of my hair. His lips found my forehead.

"I'm sorry. I know you really want to tag along with me but I can't risk losing something precious to me again," He said. I smiled sadly. He really does love me. He let me go and headed to the door after kissing my cheek. "So I want you to stay here and Sebastian will stay here with you."

"He can go with you and the others will be here." He made a face.

"I trust you more with Sebastian." He said.

I pouted. "Fine, I'll wait here." He walked back to me and lifted my chin and smiled.

"How about this? You can come with me, but if something that I don't think you'll be safe in comes into play I will make Sebastian take you home. Do you understand?" I nodded with my attitude full of excitement. I was already dressed and Sebastian was already putting my coat on my shoulders. My smile was big.

"Let's go!"

The crime scene was filled with a huge crowd of people. We saw Aberlaine with Lord Randall examining a body. The stench was strong and fresh of blood. I hated seeing corpses; it reminded me of our parents. I clung to Ciel and dug my head into his chest. He hugged me back whispering into my ear.

"You want to go back home?" I shook my head against his chest. He still held me. "Alright."

My stomach turned inside out and I felt dizzy from the smell. Sebastian took me from my brother and held me the same way Ciel did. I heard only what they were saying; I didn't bother turning around again.

"Aberlaine what's the situation?" He said. He was so confident.

"Phantomhive," He looked at me. I don't know why but I could feel his eyes on me. "Finally brung her?"

"She insisted she'd come." He shrugged. I looked from the corner of my eye and watched them. I knew he never really liked my brother but we didn't like him either so it didn't matter. I took another glance at the body on the floor. His eyes were wide open and his body was torn from the inside out.

"Isn't it Ciel Phantomhive!" His blonde hair and his purple jacket gave it away. People gasped. It was Alois Trancy and the black shadow behind him, like Sebastian was to us, was Claude Faustus. I never formally met Earl Trancy but I've heard numerous things about him. First off, he was always smiling, which didn't seem like a lie to me, because the smile he was carrying was real big. Second, he had a rough past just like me and my brother. Third, our butler's are the same; I don't understand how they could be. I mean they do look alike, at least to me they did, maybe they were relatives, I had no clue. His sky blue eyes shined when he looked at me.

"I didn't know you had a sister, Ciel!" He ran to my side and tried looking at me fully. He eyed my body and the white dress I was wearing. I didn't look at him for too long. He leaned to me trying to get a better look. Sebastian tightened his grip around me.

"Please excuse Lady Phantomhive. She isn't too comfortable around things like this." He said.

"Oh it's fine," Alois kept trying to see my face. "She's so frail." He chuckled to himself.

"Aurora, Sebastian! Let's go!" Ciel sounded really annoyed by the presence of Trancy.

At the moment I walked out of Sebastian arms and bumped into Alois. He grimaced and rubbed his head. His eyes widened when saw my face. I blinked, god who knows how many times, at him. A smile grew on his lips. He bowed swiftly and took my hand in his, kissing it.

"What a lovely girl I have been destined to meet. I am Alois Trancy of the Trancy Estate. This is," His butler stepped forward and bowed. "Claude Faustus." I curtsied and blushed.

"Aurora come one." My brother was at my side and gave a bored face to Alois. He was happy to see my brother.

"Ciel how have you been?"

"Very busy Trancy." I nudged my brother's arm. He was not happy about this.

"Hmm well I am hosting a ball and I was hoping to invite you," He looked at me and winked. "Of course I would like to invite your adorable sister. Are you younger or older than Ciel?"

I squeaked out that I was younger. He laughed. "How cute!" I looked at my brother. He was making a face. Oh boy here we go… I grabbed Ciel's shoulder. He kissed my forehead.

"We might be busy. It depends on the date Trancy, besides Aurora has been slacking in her lessons from working with me on the company." He brung my head under his chin. Alois made a whiny noise.

"How sweet," His voice lowered. "You must really care about her." He leaned in and whispered to my brother. "Wonder how much." He stepped closer with his shadow following.

"Don't worry I'll send an invitation. Hope you come." He lifted my face to his and gave a seductive glance. "I especially hope you come too." I was being dragged into the carriage while Sebastian was stepping into the driver seat. I wonder why they're so…hmmm I can't even describe it but Ciel seems a bit uneasy around Trancy. Is he hiding something from me? My eyes couldn't rest off him. He assured me by dragging me onto his lap. "It's alright." He said.

I nodded listening to the sound of his voice and the noise from the hooves of the horses. It was relaxing. When we got home we heard an explosion in the far east side of the mansion. Sebastian knew all too well who that was.

"Forgive me but I must go." He bowed and went inside. I went and followed him anyway but my brother went to his office. He never did like adventures even though he's had so many of them. I lost Sebastian in the hallways and wandered in the kitchen. Wow… The entire room was destroyed and everything was turned into rubbish. Ashes and soot covered every inch of the walls and equipment. There I saw Bard with his hair in a dirty blonde afro and his clothes torn and black. I couldn't help but laugh. Sebastian had gotten there before me and his face was terrified with anger and annoyance. Bard and Meyrin saw me and gave an apologetic smile.

"At least we made her laugh." He pointed to me. "That's got to be worth something!"

Sebastian shook his head. "My lady you should not be here. This man might accidently kill you. I don't want you in danger."

"You're the one who's going to be in danger with the way you've been acting." I muttered to myself. He smiled and carried my chin. What the hell is this man doing? He laughed and walked to Bard.

"Clean this up!" He yelled and actually scared him. Hilarious… Bard grabbed something that looked like a tank. It's a flamethrower. Oh Bard! I laughed and fell down. Sebastian helped me up and dragged me out of the room.

"Put the flamethrower down and clean this. Now." He said before we went down the hall.

"Leave him alone. He was only trying to cook." I said. I was muffling my laugh when I saw Sebastian face. He was so annoyed by Bard and it was funny. He coughed and deliberately changed the subject.

"Your schedule tonight is a French lesson and discussion of the Company's expansion. You are supposed to contact Mr. Lau and Ms. Bailey tonight. Tomorrow you will need to inform Mr. Adofo on the current situation on-"

"The current expansion and finances on manufacturing products throughout the middle east. Also tomorrow I need to contact Viscount Druitt on the sudden gesture of the loans he inquired on just recently. Though I am a bit impressed by the sudden note of the manufacturing process in China." I thought long and hard to get where I stood in the company with Ciel. My brother was happy and greatly impressed by everything I did that regarded the welfare of the company.

"I intend for it to be that way." I said. Sebastian smiled.

"What is it my lady?"

"I would like to send out gift bags for the head of the branches but there are things that I need. Tomorrow I'll go to town and –"

"I'll will come with you." He took a step closer.

"No offense but I prefer to take Meyrin with me. She has an eye for these things." I smiled thinking t about the last time we went to town together. It was like a girl's day out and I always enjoyed those moments with her.

"I could be of assistance. At least to carry your bag and other items so you won't need to carry them yourself."

There's no winning with this man. If I do reject his offer then Ciel will make me take him with us. It's not what I wanted but I guess it's what I have to do. His brow quirked up.

"Fine but do not tell Ciel about this though." I pointed my finger at him.

"Why not?" He said.

"I…," I looked down and bit my lower lip. He was my brother and I wanted to impress him. Since the moment I was born I've wanted to, even from the littlest things but I could never admit it to Sebastian. "I just don't want him to know. It's a surprise for him and the head honchos."

"Understood." He bowed and we walked to my brother's office. He was talking on the phone with probably a client. When he saw me he gave his goodbyes and propped an elbow on his desk.

"Bard?" He knew.

"Yes. There's something that my lady would like to say to you." He moved behind me.

I told him exactly what I wanted to do but it technically wasn't all a lie. I only told him that I needed to go to town and help Meyrin with a few errands. He was upset of course, at first, but he got over it the second I mentioned his shadow's name. He reluctantly agreed to the terms but only cause he was tagging along. I gleefully ran around the entire mansion looking for Meyrin. I found her ironing clothes and curtains. I told her everything and she was full of excitement. We decided that tomorrow afternoon we would go and that I would later tell Sebastian the same.