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Sweet Heart, Sour Mind
Prologue/Chapter One
Whammy's Place
I stood in front of a huge steel gate about two to three feet tall with a dark brick five stories high building behind it. I held onto my grandfather's hand tightly as I watched some kids play in the early winter snow. Making snowmen, snow angels and throwing snowballs at each other. Others sat on the porch to read, play with their toys or either just to be eating something. I heard a deep chuckle from above me as a hand ruffled the top of my head, which was covered with a dark blue furry hood.
"What's this place, grandpa?" I asked
"Whammy's." he replied in a gruff voice
"Whammy's?" I repeated confused looking up at him with my dark grey eyes matching my expression
"An orphanage for the extremely gifted children." he said, "this is where you'll be staying for the time being"
"Why, grandpa?" I asked
"Sadly, because there's no one left to take car e of you, little one." he said
There was a long pause of silence. The only noise was laughter of the children beyond the gate.
"I see." I muttered looking ahead of me
"Come one let's go." he said pulling me towards the gates that were beginning to open
We walked pasted the children that waved and said 'hello' and 'hey' and other form of respectful greetings. I hid behind my grandfather the whole time until we got inside of the building. When I step into the room which was decorated with red carpet and other really expensive furniture, in the middle of the room was a large wooden desk. It was a little above my eye level I had to crane my neck twenty degrees to see another old man that looked to be in his late sixties; he looked a tad younger than my grandpa. in the process my hood slipped a bit off revealing some strands of my lilac hair. He looked down at me confused and slightly annoyed wondering why I was here at least since that's what his face was telling me. He had silvery grey hair also, but no mustache and instead of the black suit he wore a beige suit with a blue button–up shirt under it.
"Watari, who is this?! who is this girl?! What is she doing here?!" the old man asked, more like demanded
"Calm down, Rodger. If you must know she is my granddaughter." my grandpa, Watari said
"Y-Your granddaughter?!" Rodger said loudly in shock
"Yes, she needs a place to stay since her parents died and she's had no other relatives." Watari said Rodger's face calmed down as he looked at me again then back at grandpa
"Is she special?" he asked
"An I.Q. of about three hundred." my grandpa answered
Rodger's eyes were wide was saucers as his jaw slacked
"T-T-Three hundred?!" Rodger stuttered surprise
"She's smart enough to almost predict what's going to happen next in the future." my grandpa said proudly patting my head
"But, her predictions are only correct mostly ninety-nine percent of the time." he added
"She'll be excellent successor with that brain power! Probably smart enough to outsmart the real L-!" Rodger paused, "But we will have to make at test." he again looked at me
"Tell me, what is your name, child?" Rodger asked
"Eto Jin." I replied removing the sour lime I was currently sucking on from my mouth and then placed it back again
"Well, Miss Jin, welcome to the Whammy's Place." he said with a warm smile
"Arig-Thank you." I said returning the smile, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared
"By the way, grandpa." I paused looking at him. He looked back at me
"Hmm?" Watari asked, "What is it?"
"Do you have any more limes?" I asked innocently tilting my head to the side
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