Clare slowly walked towards the severed head that was of her guardian, Teresa. Tears streamed down her eyes as she slowly reached out and cradled Teresa in her arms as she sobbed quietly to herself as she saw her life crumble around her.
Clare's world had fallen before when she lost her family to a yoma that saw her as a toy, so beat her and made her follow him. Clare lost the ability to speak and even the will to live, until she saw Teresa who saved her from the torture she endured. Clare and Teresa might not have got along at first as Clare couldn't speak and Teresa disliked the way that she had to care for a mute, scarred girl but Teresa learned the true reason for Clare's willpower, making her shed tears for the first time in years.
Clare didn't want Teresa to leave when she was taken into the town of Rokut but came racing back when the vengeful bandits from before came to invade the town. Teresa made the decision to break the Claymore law and killed the humans and went further by escaping her punishment of death and became a criminal. The remaining days of her life were peaceful, until she had to fight the top warriors to escape death. She succeeded until the #2 warrior Priscilla went ravage and killed Teresa, but Awakened during the process. Priscilla allowed Clare to live but killed the remaining warriors, leaving Clare in a daze and blood-shredded world.
Clare slowly walked back through the town, she and Teresa previously stayed in, not caring that everyone was looking at her, watching her carry a witches head. Clare was looking for an organization member known as the 'Men-in Black.' However she never found him; instead she found someone else that was lingering on the edge of the town.
His skin was blue-gray who stood about 7ft with smoky hair and the bottom of his body as he wore a black and gray toga. He could have been mistaken for an Awakened Being himself, that is however if no one knew his name, which everyone did; Hades. Lord of the Underworld.
Clare raced up to him as he remained quiet, looking down at the crying but enraged girl. He waited for Clare to speak as she held out Teresa in her arms. "Please do it!" she screamed. Hades still remained quiet as the wind blew past them. "Give me back Teresa!"
Hades chuckled quietly and rapped his arm around the scared little girl. "I have something better for you," he happily said.
"Nothing's better than Teresa!" Clare bellowed back.
"No sweet-cheeks," Hades calmly answered back as he magically pulled a scroll down in front of Clare, who was still gripping Teresa tightly in her arms. "I mean I have a better deal for you." Clare might have been with Teresa, but she still couldn't read or write. "I'll turn you into a Claymore like your Teresa friend," Hades started. Clare pulled away at his sentence when she noticed him reaching in for Teresa. "And in return I'll allow you to go get your revenge, but I must have your soul."
"Why?"
"Well honey, it's on the bottom of the contract, I can't change it, and so what do ya say?" Hades handed out his hand, ready for Clare to shake in return. Clare stood there quietly, as did Hades, but his flame and skin started to turn red with impatience. Before Hades could scream anything, Clare tightened the grip on her left hand as she shook Hades larger hand.