The griffon Scootaloo called Sebastian smiled disarmingly. "Have I upset you, My Lady?" he asked dutifully.
"I told you I wanted to keep things separate!" she snapped out angrily. "I made that plain, didn't I?"
"But it is your afternoon tea," Sebastian pointed out genteelly. "It is a failure of a butler who does not provide his lady with her afternoon tea on time, wherever she is. Is that not so?" His words were pure polite confusion, but the way his eyes opened slyly on the last sentence indicated a hidden barb there.
Scootaloo plainly didn't miss it, if her wrathful expression were anything to go by. However, her rage soon passed, to be replaced by a beatific smile that looked all the more dangerous. "You're right, Sebastian. And since you have been so punctual in all your duties, I feel you deserve a reward."
Sebastian's playful smile suddenly became strained. "T-that isn't necessary, My Lady," he hastened to say. "I am merely your humble servant-"
"Oh no, I insist!" Scootaloo interrupted. "After all, happy servants are loyal servants. And you have seemed so fascinated by Calicoes when we see them..." She lowered her gaze, as though looking pointedly at Sebastian over non-existent glasses.
Sebastian seemed to shiver with barely suppressed fear. "O-of course, My Lady. I shall stop by Miss Fluttershy's on the way home to collect one for the manor. You are too kind." Though his voice and manner showed hesitance and worry, his eyes sparked with an odd excitement.
"Uh...Scoot?" Apple Bloom asked nervously. "What's goin' on? Who is this?"
"And what was that talk about servants?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously. "That sounds like something Diamond Tiara would say...well, if she were a nice pony, anyway."
Scootaloo winced. "Right...well..." She rubbed the back of her head. "Girls...this is Sebastian...my butler."
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle stared at their friend as if she'd grown a second head...which, given this was Ponyville, would have been easier to believe. Sweetie Belle finally expressed what they were both feeling. "What?"
"Perhaps the discussion would be more pleasant over tea?" Sebastian suggested. "I have prepared a delicate broccoli quiche topped with tomato roses with spinach leaves, carefully seasoned to be sophisticated enough for high tea and yet simple enough for a less stuffy dining experience, served with chamomile tea. There is plenty to go around." Two very loud growling stomachs weighed in on that discussion. "Would you care to clean up before you dined?"
Scootaloo looked like she was about to insist on eating dirty just to spite Sebastian, but Sweetie Belle's fidgeting put a stop to that. "Rarity would never let me hear the end of it if I messed up anything this fancy," she pointed out, looking from the silverware to the china to the tablecloth nervously.
"Sounds like ya put a lot of work into this," Apple Bloom observed. "Be a shame if it got ruined cause ah couldn't taste it over a dollop of tree sap that dropped on my fork."
Sighing, Scootaloo gave Sebastian a nod, and he whisked the trio out of the Clubhouse. Less than a minute later, he whisked them back in and to their seats. All three were so clean they almost sparkled, their manes and tails were expertly brushed and styled, and Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked a bit shell-shocked. Apple Bloom was the first to find her voice. "Are ya a butler, or an Indianappleoosa 500 pit crew?"
Sebastian chuckled indulgently. "A Wingshadow butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt," he observed calmly, making Scootaloo wince again.
"Wingshadow?" Sweetie Belle asked in surprise and shock. "Isn't that the family behind the big toy company?"
"Among other things?" Apple Bloom added curiously. "Granny used ta tell stories about th' Wingshadow 'concealin the fate o' the truly vile', whatever that meant."
Scootaloo sighed irritably. "Go ahead, Sebastian," she grumbled. "Introduce me."
Sebastian smiled softly. "It is my honor to present the Countess Sunrise Wingshadow, Head of the House of Wingshadow, the Royal Watchdogs."
Scootaloo braced herself for her friends going off on her about not telling them about her being nobility, really not looking forward to that discussion if they were angry about it. Instead, she heard Apple Bloom struggling to stifle snickers.
"No...no wonder ya go by Scootaloo!" she gasped out, managing to quiet her amusement with a mouthful of quiche.
"Wait..." Sweetie Belle suddenly spoke up. "Head of House? But what about..." Her voice trailed off at the sharp look from Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's lowered eyes. "Oh...Scoot..."
"Do...do you wanna talk about it?" Apple Bloom offered comfortingly.
"Not really," Scootaloo responded. "I...it's bigger than it sounds...and bound up in that 'family responsibility' I have to take on now. And...I don't want to drag you two into it. ...heck, I didn't want to be dragged into it..."
Awkward silence fell over the table as the trio continued to eat, Sebastian tending to each of them as he made sure cups remained full. Finally, Sweetie Belle spoke up. "Fair enough. We won't press about any of that...on one condition!"
"Name it," Scootaloo responded quickly.
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom glanced at each other with a smirk. "We're havin' a sleepover here tonight," Apple Bloom explained. "Ya can stay for that, right?"
"Absolutely!" Scootaloo assured them eagerly. "Is that the condition?"
"Nope!" Sweetie Belle countered. "The condition is...tomorrow, you take us up to spend the day at your place, and while we're there you tell us why you didn't tell us any of this before!"
"We'll get permission ta go in the morning," Apple Bloom added.
Scootaloo managed a smile. "...yeah, I can do that," Scootaloo confirmed. "It'll be good to be able to tell the whole story, and not have to hide so much from you both."
With smiles all around, the trio fell to the food with a will. They hardly noticed Sebastian stepping out for a few moments only to return with Scootaloo's sleeping bag and other sleepover gear.
Long after the sun had set and the moon had risen, Scootaloo lay awake, staring at the roof of the clubhouse. She could hear Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were both snoring away, exhausted from a day of playing together and a tinge of hysterical relief. Scootaloo briefly glanced over at her friends, two ponies she valued almost above all others. If...if anything happened to them because she opened them up to the other world she had to live in...no. She wouldn't let that happen.
Reaching up, she shifted her eyepatch aside and opened her right eye. Instead of a pupil, the iris was filled with a glowing runic circle, a Symbol of Contract. "Sebastian," she spoke firmly.
Sebastian was instantly at her side in a low bow. "You called, Master?" he asked politely, his voice distinctly different than before as he pulled off his right glove.
"This is an order," Scootaloo stated clearly. "Should Apple Bloom or Sweetie Belle become exposed to our world, you will protect them as you do me."
Sebastian smiled softly. "Yes, My Lady."
"You can handle it?" Scootaloo demanded insistently.
"But of course," Sebastain confirmed as he lifted his uncovered talon, showing the Symbol of Contract marked on his flesh there that matched the one in Scootaloo's right eye. It, too, glowed with an eldritch light. "After all, I am one hell of a butler."
Smiling softly, Scootaloo slipped the eyepatch back on and started to snuggle up for sleep. Slipping his glove back on, Sebastian tucked the covers up under Scootaloo's chin. "Sleep well, My Lady," he whispered softly.
Quite interesting! Can't wait to see where this ends up going!
Anyone that can be a decent Butler is a class apart from 98% of the worlds population, those that can be good are the elites of those people and THEN we have those kick-everyone's asses while not stepping out of a straight line like Sebastain and Alfred. Of course, Sebastain is cheating a tad bit with being not quite human but hey, details.
Waiting for more
Yay
And Sebastian is as he says
Guess trying to describe fancy food is like a quiche to the teeth eh Tat?
So... Contract demon...
I know you normally don't do tragedy but the tag combination gives me a bad feeling about what is going to happen in the future...
I binged the heck out of the anime, so I do have a firmer grasp of what's going on with Scootaloo and Sebastian. I'm fully looking forward to what dark paths this filly starts treading.
hmm...any chance Sebastian does the glass thing he did in Book of circus?
Ahhhh, he said the thing, he said the thing
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8023612 Please keep in mind that there is only one season and one OVA of the anime adaptation. Anyone who says otherwise is making things up/imagining things.
Another fine work from Tatsurou - a trusted name in crossover fanfiction business. Like and fav.
Will Rarity be the Wingshadow's exclusive tailor?
Does Twilight know about this? (she is one of the Royal after all, or at least a Noble)
i havent watched the Black Butler anime but after reading the first two chapters of this story i think i gonna watch it whenever i got the time.......
anyone knows a good site to watch full episodes subbed and hopefully not censored that doesnt need any accounts?
A tatsuru story with scootaloo as the main character and it's a crossover with an anime? It feels like Christmas came early
8024083 dub happy or gogo anime are what I use
8023580 Walter wa's like that as welluntil he betrayed hellsing.
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I watched it on Crunchyroll just recently.
8023586 I wonder if one hell of a butler can handle one hell of a trio.
8024692 Don't underestimate the butler... but you do have a point
Fair enough on the meals. If, however, there is a moment where you feel the scene requires such a description, please do not hesitate to request it from your readers. It's unlikely that I'm the only one with a flare for the culinary and a family addicted to food network.
8025009 Thank you.
I'm///I'm gunna have to go and watch this anime now. I am definitely looking forward to more of this though as it's a Scootaloo story and i simply just love the little thing to pieces. another like on one of your story's and an almost guaranteed fav when its done considering how good you are at this type of story
I've only seen a couple of episodes of black butler thus far... but this sounds pretty damn good.
You're a big fan of MythrilMoth's "Scootaloo's Sunrise Surprise", aren't you?
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...I'd actually forgotten about that story when I came up with Scoot's name for this story.
I just didn't want to use Citrine again, like I did in "Breath of Dragons 2".
Goddammit, I read the first chapter of this and then I watched the first season of Black Butler, before promptly forgetting why I started to watch it in the first place. Now I remember, and I don't know how I forgot.
I think Sunrise is a great name, don't know why Apple Bloom thought it funny. I mean, I guess it's a bit girlier that Scoots would like but putting Wingshadow after it makes it sound awesome. Beautiful too, I think Scoots will appreciate that when she grows into a mare.
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Apple Bloom laughed because 'Sunrise Wingshadow' sounds so edgy.
This is wonderful... but upon first reading the description, my brain broke for a minute... just a major moment of "Do what?!?!?!"
If that makes any sense at all.
Also, you can easily make most dishes sound expensive, decadent, and refined by adding truffles or truffle oil to the description. Watch some of the "Worth It" playlist by buzzfeed on YouTube.
So... could Scootaloo technically buy out Diamond Tiara's family??? Because I would love to see Tiara's reaction if Scootaloo casually mentions her net worth.
I know nothing of Black Butler, but these chapters were amusing, can't wait to see more.
8026351 Ah I see. That's okay though if she's awesome enough to live up to that name, which I think she is.
What does Sebastian have against Calicoes? Is he scared of them?
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Just the opposite. He adores cats, and in the original material the sight of one would drastically distract him from whatever he was doing until Ciel called his attention back. He was very embarrassed about that.
And Scootaloo ruthlessly takes advantage of that by adding a cat to the manor house anytime he does something that seriously upsets her, since he still has to do most of the work maintaining the place despite all the cats running around wanting to play with him.
Scootaloo is fiendishly evil. Which is why he was both dismayed and happy.
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Ahh... Thank you for explaining that, and I agree on Scootaloo punishing Sebastain for getting carried away. Hee! Hee! Hee!
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So how many cats does the manner house at this point, counting the calico that they just gained?
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Especially if this story delves into anything similar to the source Anime, I may not know a lot about Black Butler, but I do know that it concerns fighting literal grim reapers. Yes reapers, as in more than one.
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You'll find out next chapter.
Yes, it isn't like the writers of the show got lazy and though scotophobia= fear of darkness... during a three day meeting when someone pointed out 'I'm looking at this script, but twistaloo already got her cutie mark. Why would she hunt for henrietta and a cockatrice' And then someone in marketing said, 'we need more ponies to market. Why do you keep using the same background ponies for everything?' then a number cruncher said 'Rainbow Dash is our most popular character... then Pinkie Pie interrupted the meeting and pointed out they needed 'party balance.'
Best. Crossover. Ever. (Okay I may be exaggerating we'll see if it can beat Turnabout Storm) I can't imagine Sebastian EVER being dismayed by getting a cat, even if he has ten thousand in this already! Scootaloo will make for a much less angsty young master. With friendship.
This is interesting, i'll keep on reading it. but I'm gonna be blunt honest, I have no idea what this is a crossover of. can someone please tell me
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The anime 'Black Butler', also called 'Kuroshitsuji'.
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My sister watched some of that.
A shame Scootaloo ended up mixed up in that.
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Huh I thought this was like Walter from Hellsing
Oh well, it was nice try to guess
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More deadly, less chance of backstabbing.
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I believe Rowan also makes this list.
I don't get it. Is this a joke?
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The first part is pointing out just how 'edgy' her name sounds.
The second part is drawing attention to why a child would be 'head of house'.
I’m curious why Wingshadow over Phantomhive.