Lucy Demarcho sighed as she stared out of the window, of the speeding train. Opposite her sat her twin sister, Alice reading another one of her science books.
"hey Ali how long is this going to take?" the dark haired girl asked, brushing her waist length black hair over her left shoulder and closing her bright blue eyes in annoyance. He sister raised her emerald green eyes from the pages of her book, and smiled at her twin.
"Not long I don't think" she answered, quietly looking back down at her book.
"I'm so bored" Lucy complained, lying on her back and resting her head on her crossed arms on the red seat below her.
The two girls had been travelling for two days now, heading towards the place that would become their new home, the black order. As the train speeded towards the station, two boys stood in the sunlight waiting for that same train to arrive bringing with it the two newest recruits to their organisation.
"So we're waiting for twins right?" the red haired boy asked his younger companion, shielding his eyes from the bright sunshine.
"yes, Lucy and Alice Demarcho" the silver haired boy answered, stepping back against the wall of the station building and folding his arms, across his black covered chest.
"Shouldn't they be here by now?" the taller boy asked, getting impatient to see what these two young ladies actually looked like.
"Calm down Lavi they will be here soon" the shorter boy said with a laugh, Lavi sighed and leant against the wall as well.
"I know Allen, aren't you curious though?" the younger boy nodded, smiling.
The truth was the order hadn't had any new recruits for a long time, so it was indeed interesting for the two to finally have some. Finally the train pulled into the station and whistled, allowing the steam to billow out of its engine. Inside Lucy and Alice gathered their belongings which consisted of a case each along with Lucy's bag which held all of her important things as she called them, but in actuality they weren't all that important to anyone other than her. The two girls exited the train, and breathed in the summer air.
"Finally" Lucy exclaimed, dropping her bags and removing her short black jacket to reveal a deep red tank top, she tied her jacket around her waist covering up her black studded belt, which wrapped around black trousers. Her sister was dressed more girly, with a pink jumper and darker pink skirt, ending with knee length brown boots. The twins looked around the station until their eyes rested on two boys wearing black coats with a cross emblem on them.
"guess they are our escorts" Alice said, picking her bags up and walking towards the two boys, standing near the wall of the station building, Lucy waited a second before following her sister. Watching the boys carefully she determined that they looked friendly enough, so decided that they deserved a friendly greeting.
The twin's walked towards the two boys, now standing in the sunlight awaiting their approach. Alice, the older twin, reached the boys first and greeted them with a smile and a handshake, Lucy however leant her arm on her shorter sister's shoulder and smiled at the two before her.
"So you two are exorcists?" Lucy asked, looking from the shorter, white haired boy to the taller obviously older red head.
"Yes, how did you know?" the red head said playfully, Lucy smirked and poked his chest wear the cross emblem was stitched to his coat.
"That's how, idiot" she retorted.
"Lavi don't start a fight with them, this soon" the shorter boy said, shaking his head.
"My name is Allen, and this is Lavi" the boy introduced, Alice nodded.
"Lucy and Alice" Lucy replied pointing to herself and her twin.
"You two look a lot alike" Lavi said, as they walked into the station building and out the other side in the street.
"We're twins" Alice replied, from one side of the red head.
"Not identical though" Lucy finished her sisters sentence from the other side of the taller boy.
"I see"
The four of them walked for what seemed like hours to Lucy who was still tired from the train journey, she really hated trains they always made her so sleepy. Eventually however they finally reached the Black orders doors.
"Finally, why the hell is this place so high up, and it's kind of creepy looking don't you think?" Lucy complained, linking her arm with her sisters, nervously.
"Don't worry it's really not all that scary, as long as you don't anger yu" Lavi replied with a laugh.
"Who's yu?" Lucy asked the boy.
"You'll know him when you see him, just look for the guy who's always in a bad mood"
"oh and don't do anything to leenalee or her brother might set his robots on you" Lavi kept on talking even as the doors opened behind him, Lucy gave Allen a confused look and just shrugged his shoulders smiling.
"Welcome back Allen, Lavi" a young girl, slightly shorter that Lucy with long pigtails, stood in the doorway, grinning at the two returning exorcists.
"Are these two the new exorcists?" she asked, Allen.
"Yes, this is Alice and Lucy Demarcho, Alice, Lucy this is Leenalee" Alice shook the younger girl's hand, smiling, while Lucy just nodded in the girls' direction. She was too distracted by the huge building and all the people in it to make any real effort in greeting the girl, she figured she'd have plenty of time for that later. Moments after the doors closed behind the four teenagers, they saw someone heading towards them, he didn't look too happy either.
"Hey yu, heading off again good luck!" Lavi shouted to the oncoming boy, the long haired teenager stopped midstride in front of Lavi and turned in him.
"What did I tell you, don't call me by my first name!" the boy warned, but Lavi just smiled amused at the fact that his friend still reacted that way to his jokes.
"Out of my way" the Japanese boy ordered, before pushing past Lavi and Allen and heading for the door.
"Aren't you going to say hello to our new recruits?" Lavi asked, but the long haired boy just walked out of the order in a huff and headed off to his next assignment.
"Yu?" Lucy asked, smiling, Lavi nodded laughing.
"Why don't I show you to your rooms and then you can meet everyone if you want" Leenalee said with a smile.
"Sounds like a plan" Lucy answered.
"See you later guys" she said, smiling at Allen and Lavi and leaving them at the door to follow leenalee.
As they followed Leenalee up stairs and a long corridors, Lucy took in her surroundings the building was huge, it didn't look nearly as big from the outside. But it was still rather creepy, with its candles and pillars.
"This is your room and Alice yours is next door" Leenalee said, stopping outside two wooden doors.
"I'll leave you to unpack when you're done if you follow the corridor down you'll find the stairs and the cafeteria is at the bottom there, I'll be in there" the girl explained, opening the two doors for the twins before leaving the same way she had explained to the girls.
"Well see you in a bit" Lucy said to her twin who was already standing in the doorway of her new room.
"Ok" Alice replied and disappeared into the room, Lucy entered her own room and closed the door behind her, she looked around the room. The walls were painted light pink, Lucy frowned.
"Ugh pink, guess I'll have to redecorate it" she said to herself, throwing her suitcase on the bed along with her bag and jacket. The searched the room for more changes she would have to make.
"The bed needs moving to the wall, the walls need redecorating, the sheets need changing, and I need a bigger mirror" she listed, grabbing her notebook and pen from her small black bag, which lay on the bed. She noted down her list before dropping the book and pen on the desk which stood opposite her bed.
"Hey Lucy, are you done yet?" she heard her twins voice from behind the door, before it opened and Alice walked in.
"Hey help me move this" she said to her sister, pointing to the bed which was standing in the centre of the floor.
"Why?" Lucy sighed.
"I want it next to the wall, you know I can't sleep without my back against the wall" she replied, her sister nodded and stood at the end of the bed. They pushed the bed as far as it would go, until it was underneath the window and next to the wall.
"Thanks" Lucy sat on the bed and placed her case on the floor.
"Have you already unpacked that was fast" Alice laughed.
"Well, my room is perfect I don't need to change it at all" her eyes glittered as she explained, she looked extremely happy to be in the order at last.
"Ok, then guess I should unpack too" Lucy said, sighing.
The only thing worse than trains on any journey was having to unpack when she got there, it was so annoying.
"I'll help you" Alice offered, kneeling down to her twins' suitcase and opening it.
"Ok, you hand me my stuff and I'll put it away"
After ten minutes all of Lucy's things were safely in the set of draws which stood next to her desk, and the twins were sitting, side by side on Lucy's bed.
The girls sat in silence for a while, side by side. Until a knock at the door made them both jump in unison.
"Can I come in?" Leenalee's voice came from the other side of the dark wooden door seconds after she knocked.
"Come in!" Lucy called, as Alice stood and opened the door for the younger girl to enter.
"So are you ready for your tour?" Leenalee asked, with a happy grin, Alice nodded.
"Sure" Lucy replied, standing from the bed and following her sister to the door.
The twins followed Leenalee out of the door and down the hallway.
"These rooms here are all the sleeping quarters, but I'm sure you know that" Leenalee explained cheerfully. Lucy walked in silence, quickly getting bored with the tour. She ran her hand along the wall as she walked trying to keep focused on the girl who was leading them.
"as I said before at the bottom of the stairs is the cafeteria" the young pig tailed girl explained as they walked down the stairs, Alice and Leenalee in front and Lucy trailing behind, still running her hand along the wall. As they reached the bottom of the stone staircase they met with a familiar red head.
"Hey enjoying your tour?" Lavi asked, grinning happily.
"Yes thank you" Alice replied, Lucy just nodded even though she knew her expression was less than enthusiastic about the whole thing.
"The cafeteria's over there and down there is the science department where my brother works"
Alice's face lit up at the sound of the word science, and Lucy sighed.
"You want to check out the science stuff don't you?" Lucy asked her sister, Alice nodded happily grinning from ear to ear.
"Alright I'll show you" Leenalee said, smiling.
"Are you coming too?" Lucy shook her head.
"No think I'll go eat, I'm starving" she replied.
"I was actually heading there myself" Lavi said suddenly, grinning at Lucy she returned the smile and nodded towards him.
"Let's go then" she said, heading towards the cafeteria with the taller red head in tow.
As the two walked into the huge cafeteria, the first this Lucy noticed was the mountain of food in front of one white haired young boy.
"Hey Allen!" Lavi called from across the room, he shouted so loud that people nearby stopped eating and looked around to see who had shouted.
"Is he really going to eat all that?" Lucy asked her companion looking confused, Lavi laughed.
"Yeah, he eats a lot for a short guy" Lucy laughed walking over to the table filled with food.
"Hey Shorty" she greeted, causing Allen to look up from his food and frown.
"Please call me Allen" he said quietly returning his attention to the plate of food before him.
"Sorry Allen" she said, giggling at the reaction from the boy, beside him she could hear the taller red head laughing quietly. The two sat down at the table opposite Allen watching him consume the entire mountain of food laid out on the table before him.
"So you're hungry?" Lavi asked, turning to Lucy.
"Yeah" she noticed how the red head never stopped smiling, he was very easy to be around it was almost like she'd known him a lot longer than half a day.
"Come on, I'll introduce you to Jerry, he's the chef around here" Lavi stood and Lucy followed, they walked down the centre of the cafeteria to a square whole in the wall were a man could be seen cooking happily.
"Lavi, welcome back!" the darker skinned man greeted from inside the kitchen.
"And who's this pretty young lady?" Lucy blushed slightly at being called pretty, smiling.
"I'm Lucy Demarcho" she introduced herself, smiling at the chef cheerfully.
"So what can I get you, I'll cook anything you want" Jerry said, looking expectant.
"Anything really?" Lucy tilted her head to the left, as the chef nodded.
"Ok then I'll have miso soup and rice please"
"Is that all?" jerry asked, Lucy nodded.
"Thought you were starving?" Lavi said.
"I was exaggerating" Lucy admitted her eyes not leaving the kitchen, she was fascinated by the chef preparing the food, it was the same whenever she would see her mother or sister cook she was mesmerised by it. Before long the dishes were placed on the counter before her, and Jerry smiled.
"Thank you" Lucy picked up her food and left the counter heading back to the table were Allen sat, the table nearly clear of food. Lucy was stunned they had only been away from the table a few minutes.
"Wow you eat fast" Allen looked up from his last dish and smiled, his mouth full of food.
"Allen's weapon is a parasite type so he has to eat a lot to keep up his strength" Lavi explained as the two sat down. Lucy immediately started eating, glad to finally have something other than the horrible train food she had eaten earlier.
"Hey Lucy" Lucy jumped hearing the sound of her sister across the room calling to her, she turned to see her twin returning with Leenalee from the science department.
"Hey sis"
" How was the science stuff?" Lucy asked with her mouth full of rice, as her twin walked to the table and sat down next to Lavi, Leenalee sat next to Allen nodding in greeting.
"Great" Alice said, grinning broadly at her twin sister.
After Lucy had finished her meal, she yawned stretching her arms above her head.
"You look tired" Alice said, concerned.
"Guess I am" Lucy replied, yawning again.
"I'm going to sleep for a while" she said, standing from the table and smiling at her twin.
"Have a good nap sis" Alice answered, waving at her sister.
"Do you remember the way?" Lavi called after Lucy, she stopped turned and smiled sheepishly at the taller boy.
"Not exactly" she admitted, folding her arms across her chest, Lavi laughed slightly.
"I'll show you" he said, taking the lead back up the stairs and along the corridor to her room.
"Well can you remember now" Lucy nodded, hesitantly she really wasn't good with direction her twin was the one with all the map reading skills.
"Thanks for helping me" Lucy said, smiling at the red head before opening her door and leaving the red head in the corridor. Once she was inside Lucy closed the door and dropped onto her bed, she pushed herself back until she hit the wall and closed her eyes trying to fall into a deep sleep. Eventually she did fall asleep but it wasn't a peaceful sleep like she had hoped for, it was plagued with dreams of her home, her mother, lying in the hospital dying, her father long gone.
Lucy tossed and turned in her sleep, dreams making her unsettled, and she woke with tears in her eyes, and sweat on her brow.
"Just a dream" she sighed, wiping her forehead and shaking her head slowly. The girl sat up in her bed and untied her long dark hair, letting it fall round her shoulders, she looked out of the window next to her and sighed again, it was already dark out.
"Night? Wow I was asleep a long time" Lucy stood from her bed and looked at the clock, hanging on the wall of her room.
"10:00pm" Lucy yawned and rubbed her eyes, the walls of the room seemed boring somehow and she decided she needed a change of scenery. She left her room, closing the door behind her and walked down the stairs heading towards the cafeteria. The black order was almost empty, aside from the odd exorcists coming back from their missions and the few science department staff running errands for their chief.
"hey Lucy!" she heard a familiar voice shouting to her from behind, and turned round to see Lavi running towards her holding a pile of books in his arms and a grin on his face.
"Hey Lavi, what's with the books" Lucy asked, smiling at her new found friend.
"Homework" Lavi sighed scratching the back of his head with his free hand.
"You heading to the cafeteria?" Lavi asked, Lucy nodded.
"I'll join you" Lavi replied. They walked into the cafeteria and sat down opposite each other at the nearest table, the room was empty apart from a few finders and scientists.
"Why are you up so late?" the red head asked curiously, Lucy shrugged her shoulders.
"I couldn't sleep" she took one of the books from the pile next to Lavi and opened it at a random page, the language inside was one she didn't understand and she studied it confusion in her face. She heard Lavi laugh and she looked up at him frowning.
"It's Latin" he explained, as Lucy returned the book to its place and folded her arms, slightly annoyed that it was something she couldn't read.
"You can read Latin?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah, plus a bunch of other languages too" Lucy raised her eyebrows, impressed that this goofy looking kid new more than one language.
"I see"
"Can you speak any other languages besides English?" Lavi asked, Lucy nodded hesitantly.
"Well I can speak German kind of, and I know some Japanese" Lavi whistled.
"Wow, so you're not just a pretty face then" Lucy blushed at being called pretty Causing Lavi to smile amused at her reaction.
"Wait a minute you thought I was stupid!" Lucy frowned angrily, at the notion of being called stupid, Lavi shook his head quickly looking nervous.
"No no no that's not what I meant at all, I never thought you were stupid" he explained, still shaking his head frantically, Lucy started laughing.
"Man you freak out quick" she said between laughing and trying to catch her breath. Lucy was starting to relax around Lavi, he was easy to talk to and made her laugh which in her mind was a great thing.
"Back to work" Lavi said sighing, and looking sadly at the pile of books beside him.
"Who gave you them anyway?" Lucy asked, as Lavi took the first book from the pile and opened it to the first page.
"Bookman, I'm his apprentice and he seems to think I don't need sleep" Lavi explained without looking up from his book, Lucy nodded. She took the silence to scan the room, she counted three men in white and one sitting at the back of the cafeteria with his back to them. He was wearing the exorcists uniform and his long dark pony tail looked vaguely familiar to Lucy, she studied the boy a while before she realised who it was.
"Isn't that Yuu?" she asked Lavi pointing to the back of the room, Lavi looked up and followed the direction Lucy was looking before he nodded.
"although I wouldn't call him that, unless you want him to hate you" Lucy smirked getting an idea, it was always fun to annoy people but she decided she should see if the boy named Yuu was pleasant to her first.
"What shall I call him then?" she asked standing from her chair.
"Kanda" Lucy nodded and headed over to the table where Kanda was sitting eating in peace, she took the seat next to him and sat down.
"Hi I'm Lucy, your Kanda right?" she introduced, smiling at him. He didn't look up he just nodded.
"Nice to meet you" again the boy nodded without speaking.
"You know it's only nice that you should speak when you're spoken to" this time Kanda looked up at her and glared.
"I'm eating, kindly leave me alone" he said, Lucy smirked.
"Fine see you later Yuu" she stood before she finished her sentence and walked away as she said his first name, she walked towards Lavi's table holding back laughter as she heard Kanda stand behind her. She heard his footsteps follow her to the table where she sat down opposite Lavi once again, giggling to herself.
"Oh no what did you do?" Lavi asked, concerned and more than slightly scared by the thought of Kanda's wrath.
"You told her my first name didn't you?" Kanda shouted flattening his hands on the table and glaring at Lavi who leant back in his chair and held up his hands in surrender.
"I did, but I told her not to call you by it I swear" Kanda turned on Lucy at this, glaring into her emerald eyes. Lucy threw a glare at Lavi for selling her out before standing once again to face the dark haired Japanese boy.
"Don't call me that again" the boy warned, stepping closer to her.
"Why not?" Lucy asked, she sounded confident but in fact she was nervous, the boy was quite intimidating up close.
"Because I said so" Kanda replied.
"hey now, calm down Yuu, Lucy" Lavi said, once again making him the object of Kanda's anger, who placed his hand on his sword and glared at the red head, Lavi in turn just smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"You win" he said, hoping that would calm the other boy down. Kanda turned to Lucy again, removing his hand from his sword.
"Don't call me that again, unless you want to die" and with that he turned and stormed back to his seat to finish his meal. Lucy sat back down next to Lavi and breathed a sigh of relief, smiling at the other boy.
Lucy sat with Lavi for another two hours before she started yawning again, and rested her head on her arms which were folded on the table before her. She stayed there like that for a while before Lavi dropped his book on the floor, with a crash making Lucy jump.
"Sorry" Lavi apologised quickly seeing Lucy frown at him, she smiled and stood from her chair.
"I guess I should go to bed" she said, stretching her arms above her head.
She looked down at Lavi and noticed him staring at her, as she arched her back and yawned. She could practically see the hearts in his eyes and she blushed slightly.
"Goodnight" Lucy said, walking away from the boy still sitting at the table.
"night lulu" Lavi replied waving in her direction a huge grin on his face, Lucy stopped a second noticing the new nickname the red head had given her, but she shrugged it off feeling her eyes getting heavy. She walked slowly down the corridor towards her room, dragging her hand along the wall as she walked. Her door was a welcome sight when she finally reached it, and the inside of the room was just as inviting. Lucy shut the door behind her and threw her boots from her feet, into the corner of the room, her jeans followed onto the floor before she dropped herself onto the bed, falling asleep quickly.