Green Butler

Black Butler and all related characters belong to Yana Toboso. The Mask and all related characters belong to New Line Cinema/Dark Horse Comics

Chapter 1: His Mask, Mysterious

It was warm summer day as one Ciel Phantomhive and his butler, Sebastian Michaelis, walked through the busy streets of London. Soon they reached their destination, a small antique shop. As they entered, Ciel began to look around the shop. The reason for his visit to this humble little store was a rumor that an interesting Scandinavian artifact had found it's way to this shop, and Ciel wished to own it. At this moment the elderly owner of the shop came out from the back room and walked up to the counter.

"Hello, I'm looking for something along the lines of Norse antiquities and I believe you are the man to see?" Ciel asked then man, who scratched his head before reaching under the counter and pulling up a box.

"Yes sir, I have something I think you'll like very much." The elderly gentleman then opened the box, revealing a green wooden mask. The mask had a metal rod that resembled a Norse helmet and had an L shape at the top of the rod, and seemed to have a smirk like mouth hole.

"I present, The Mask of Loki!" The old man said, with a little showmanship. Normally Ciel wasn't one for such trinkets, but he had heard tales of this particular artifact. It was said that it could grant unimaginable power to those who possessed it. Now the average person would chalk these stories up to the barbaric myths of the Norse, but Ciel was far from average. If the mask turned out to be harmless then he'd have a nice addition to his art collection, but if the stories were true then he'd be preventing some maniac from getting their hands on it.

"It certainly looks interesting Master." Sebastian commented. Ciel nodded and paid for the mask, which was fairly cheap for such a rare item. As they walked out of the store, Sebastian said,

"Are you going to try it on Master? Perhaps gain some of that unlimited power?" Ciel scoffed and replied,

"Don't tell me you believe that nonsense. I'm not going to deny that this mask may have some kind of power, but I highly doubt that it can grant that kind of power." Sebastian smiled and replied,

"Of course not Master, though if even half of the myths are true then that little mask is very dangerous." Ciel looked down at the mask in his hands, eyeing the rather unimpressive hunk of wood. Slowly Ciel brought it up to his head, and before long the mask covered his face. He waited a few moments and nothing happened. The head of the Phantomhive estate scoffed as he pulled the mask away from his face and handed it over to Sebastian as he said

"It's just a mask."

It was nighttime as Ciel worked in his study. He sighed as he looked over the last paper of the night. The young Earl looked over at the wall next to his desk, where the Mask of Loki was mounted. Sebastian had talked him into displaying it in his study, saying it had a certain artistic value. Ciel got up and walked over to the mask, half glaring at its seemingly smug smirk. Ciel took it off the wall and stared at it.

"You really are just an ordinary mask aren't you?" Ciel said aloud, running a finger over the mask. He turned it over, looking at the back of it. He began to pace around his study, looking at the mask. Suddenly he froze when he passed the lamp on his desk and the back of the mask seemed to glow slightly with a green energy.

"What in the world?" Ciel whispered as he inspected the mask with a very critical eye. He scoffed and put it to his face mockingly, but the wood began to stretch around his head. Ciel quickly pulled it away from his face, his heart beating a mile a minute, and threw the mask down on the rug covered floor.

"Master is everything alright in there?" He heard Sebastian call from outside the door. Composing himself, Ciel replied,

"Yes, everything is fine, now go away." He then heard Sebastian walk down the hall. Ciel glared at the wooden mask on the floor, but stopped when he remembered that a power seemed to be coming from the mask when it began to stretch around his head. He walked over to the mask and picked it up. He eyed it warily before he brought it up to his face, the wood once again stretching around his head. Suddenly he began to spin in a green tornado, causing his papers to fly around the room. Soon a clap of thunder was heard, causing Sebastian, Bardroy, Finnian, and Mey-Rin to come running to the study. When they got there all they saw were papers strewn about the room and the window being smashed. Suddenly they heard maniacal laughter echo from the grounds outside. Sebastian walked over to the window and narrowed his eyes as he looked into the darkness outside.

"Was Master kidnapped again?" Mey-Rin asked as she picked up the scattered papers. Sebastian replied,

"I don't believe so."

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I know this is a little short, but the next chapter will be longer.