your POV

we were back in the carriage, on our way to watch this circus thingy. Ive been to a fair few circuses in my life time. all quite dull and tasteless. I must say though, I rather enjoy watching the beast taming performance- partially because of when I went with Sebastian, he went positively love struck when they brought out the tiger and lions! my older brother always had loved cats of any kind... I smirked and called out to him from inside the carriage, "oi! Sebastian! remember the time you went cookoo for those kitties at that place we went too?! the old circus in Greece?!"

there was a few seconds of hesitation before a muffled reply was heard, "no." above the clip clop of horses hooves on the stone road.

"Greece, eh?" master Ciel smirked.

"mhm. the city of Athens held a circus in the Temple of Athena to celebrate the city's grand opening. I was still a child at that point and I persuaded my brother to take me. until then, it was absolutely boring."

"i had never heard of a circus in Athens' opening ceremony before now."

"that would be because History only records the big things."

"does it, now?"

"from my experience? yes."

"fair enough." after the short conversation, I decided to do a little reading of my book, (f/b). I was about halfway through it at this point and I had hoped to finish it by next week. so that I could borrow it to Mey-Rin, she seemed really interested in this story! my master was just staring out of the window, watching the grass and dirt and trees as we passed by in this slightly rickety carriage. I tucked a stray strand of hair away behind my ear and continued reading.

***Timeskip brought by rEaDiNg***

I had began singing softly, "Tom, he was the pipers son. he learnt to play when he was young, and all the tune that he could play, was 'Over The Hills And Far Away.'..."

Ciel spoke and I looked up from my book, "i recognise that tune. is it.. Mother Goose?"

"why, yes." I smiled. he must of heard this song often before his parents died tragically in the fire tat burned down his the old estate. poor Ciel.

"master, we have arrived at the Noah's Ark Circus." I heard my brother say as the carriage slowed to a stop and the horses grunted and whinnied. I stood and closed my book. "come master." I said after the door opened and my brother bowed, holding his hand out for our Master.

we walked through the crowds and fair stalls hurriedly with master Ciel in the middle and myself behind. brother seemed to know where we must go to take the tickets and where abouts in the vast tent our seats were. I wish I was that awesome at everything...

we sat with Ciel in the middle and Sebstian to the right. a man with bright orange hair and a skeletal hand came out the stage in the centre of the tent. "welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls; to the fabulous Noah's Ark Circus! I am your ringleader for tonights show, Joker! and quite a show it shall be too!" he cheered while bowing to the audience. I noticed the small streak of blue paint just under his left eye and the purple coat with golden buttons and lining. he wore a white shirt with large, black diamonds in the fabric (A/N: or is it.. a black shirt with large, white diamonds?.. we shall never know...) his hair was tied messily behind his head. just then, the lights dimmed and a spotlight lit just above Joker's head. "if ye look above ye, ladies and gentlemen, ye'll see a magnificent tightrope performance by the amazing Doll!" sure enough, there was a girl with a white afro hair style that covered one eye, the visable eye was a pale blue colour. she wore a pale, blue, strapless dress with a waistline of white ribbon. the skirt of the dress was of a tutu kind of design with what seemed to be white roses made from fine silk all around the edge. in one, delicate, gloved hand was a small carrying umbrella that matched the colour of the gloves and roses. she had white tights and a single golden hook that swirled from under her hair to just lower than the cheekbone painted upon her face, her shoes were the same shade as her dress with a large, snow white pompom. (a/n: basically picture tinkerbell's shoes but the green is an icy pale shade of blue. still a white pompon though!) she was quite pretty.

she walked casually along the tightrope for approximately 5 steps, umbrella leaning on her shoulder, before she slid down into a perfect splits. she now held both arms out to the sides- presumably for balance. the girl then placed her hands behind her, on the wire, and leant back using her arms to support her weight during the handstand. she performed a handstand splits before landing on her feet again and making her way across the tightrope and Joker announced the next act as a 'knife throwing' performance by a young, blond man (about 18-21 years of age I assume) who goes by the name of Dagger. he had a few locks of dark hair at the front and green eyes. he had a spot of red paint beneath each eye and wore a black and white striped shirt with black overalls. kinda cute if I say so. he was spectacular- for a human! he never once missed his target.

there was a trapeze act by 2 young children, a blond boy in green and yellow with brown eyes named Peter and a hazel, brown hair and eyed girl in pink and black with long eyelashes and pink eyeshadow named Wendy. they flew and flipped in the air and reminded me of a rather new book called 'Peter-Pan' I found I quite childish; a story about boys that can fly, a place of which children may never grow old an fairies and mermaids and pirates scared of crocodiles. according to my brother though, our young master enjoys the story. he is still young, so I suppose it is expected for him to read such tiresome fairytales.

next came a snake whisperer whom goes by Snake. he conducted the poisonous creatures in such a graceful manner that I couldn't help but enjoy!

and then, the embarrassment...

Ciel's POV

the circus ringleader seemed normal enough.so did the acts and performers, despite them mostly being children, I don't think that they could be the missing that I have been instructed to return to their families. there also aren't enough acts including children in the first place!

the next act was a 'Beast Taming' performance conducted by a woman with black, short, curly hair which was held back from her face by a red headband. she had brown eyes and painted red lips and wore black heeled shoes with lace stockings, dried blood red shorts and a black bodes with lace at the front and back. very revealing.

she went by the name of Beast and 'tamed' a large, Bengal tiger named Betty. the tigress leapt through blazing rings of fire and was -seemingly- trained to react with the sound of the whip cracking in the air. sometimes, if Betty did anything wrong, she may be lightly hit with the whip.

they asked for a volunteer and Sebastian stood and walked to the stage area. "perfect," I whispered to (y/n), "he must be going up to get a closer inspection of the unusual troop and the best way to do that at this current moment without seeming suspicious would be to volunteer for the performance."

however, my butler walked right past Joker and Beast to kneel in front of the creature and start rubbing its cheeks muttering about fur and eyes or something? he lifted one of the huge paws and began to examine the pink pads. "GOD DAMNIT! OF COURSE, TIGERS ARE CATS!" I whispered angrily. (y/n) had hid her lovely face but I could see her blushing fiercely but also trying to hold in laughter, especially when the tiger bit Sebastian's face.

"Betty! spit that man out this instant!" shouted Beast, whipping at the tiger. of course though, Sebastian caught it, turned and smiled.

"theres no need for punishment. as I was captivated by her exquisite beauty, it caused me to behave rudely." he stood smiling like an idiot (as he is) when the tigress jumped up and bit his head once again.

"Betty! Drop him right now!"

idiot...

howdy! sorry that it has taken me ages to upload again but homework just keeps piling up at my feet! high school, you know how it is... XD (p.s. the fanart at the top is by me. it has terrible lighting as I am taking the pic on my laptop and it is currently 1AM here in England. tell me what ya think!)

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