All was darkness. Nothing else mattered, not the pain, not the shouts, not the mob… only the darkness. He knew he was dying, but why was everything so dark?No. He thought. I need to see her once more… I need to see her smile again.

HI GUYS!

This is my first fanfic, I just wrote the intro separately. I don't know whether my writing is good (I don't think it is), so sorry if the story is bad. Thanks to Kagamine Hana for convincing me to write. Read, Review (even if it's just flames), and advice is appreciated. Thanks!

*Gasp* Len sat up. Wait, aren't I dead? Hmmmm. Where am I?

"Oh, you're awake!" said a voice. Len turned. Next to his bed sat a man wearing glasses, a doctor. "Where am I?" he asked. "And aren't I dead?" The doctor looked shocked. "Why would you be dead?" he asked. "We just found you unconscious in a tree, my lord. Maybe you were exhausted, but not dead."

Len blinked. "Why would I be in a tree?" he asked. "weeeeeell," said the doctor. "Are you not a Dragoneye, my lord? You may have exhausted yourself flying, or sprained your wing."

Wait. WHAT?! WINGS?! Len quickly checked his back, and there they were. Huge, tawny wings,streaked with gold feathers, seeming as if taken from the back of a great eagle. Oh my god. I'm going to freak out now...

Accept it. Said a voice. Who're you? Thought Len. I'm the author. I don't exist. But you should listen to me. Okaaaaay... Len thought. "Anyways," he said turning to the doctor. "Where am I?"

The doctor responded with a reverent tone. "My lord, you are in my humble abode, in the town of Icar. We treated you with the best medicine we could afford." "How can I repay you?" asked Len. "I don't have any money, but I dislike debts." "Sire, you are most generous, but you are a Dragoneye, my lord. You have powers beyond the understanding of a peasant like me, and I should show you proper respect."

"It still feels wrong not to repay you, though." "Just... hand me that pail of water, my lord." The doctor's voice trembled, as if he was afraid that Len would blast him to ashes. "Okay?" said Len, still confused about not being dead. He handed him the water. "There, my lord. Your debt is repaid." that's dumb..., thought Len.

Oh well."I'll be taking my leave, then." he said. "Which way to Kague?" Rin would be at the capitol. They weren't related by blood, but Len still felt her to be his twin, and it didn't matter to him that he was just the adopted servant boy. The doctor gave him a strange look. "I apologize for my ignorance, my lord, but what's Kague?"

Len was flying for the first time. The air felt perfect under his wings (It was still strange to have wings) and he was determined to find Rin. Also, to avoid clouds, because he had found that they were cold and wet. Very wet. He experienced a new feeling of freedom in the sky, seeing a world of possibilities below him.

Now, time to review the facts that he had discovered about this country. It was almost seventy years from the year he remembered dying in, and, if he had been sent here, Rin would be too. The Dragoneye were some sort of revered nobility, with powers like gods. He had discovered that he was immune to, and could control, fire, when he had fervently wished to be dried off from the cloud he had flown through (it was a scary experience).

Everyone contested for swords of power, the strongest of which was the mysterious Excaliber, which was buried in a dungeon and encased in stone.

Only the one who was worthy of wielding it was able to dispell the stone, and only the bravest would venture into the dungeon. That was where he was headed first; Rin might be there, and he would need power to find her, anyways. Hopefully, the crowd that always showed up every year would contain someone to help in his search. Also, he had a strange craving for bananas...

As Len was pondering bananas, he didn't notice the stone gargoyle looming out of the clouds... Until he nearly ran into it.

"WHOA" said Len. I almost died...wait. This is the dungeon's cap, so I should fly away... I need to land outside and hide my wings. Otherwise, I would stand out.

Len landed in a copse of trees, and found a pond. He took off his shirt and jacket, pulling his wings out of the slits in the back. Then, he used the convenient zipper to sip them up, and, folding his wings tightly, pulled his clothes back on. He used the pond as a mirror to check his work.

And found someone strange staring back at him. This person was beautiful, with his handsome face and feathery hair. His irises, which he expected to be cerulean blue, were gold, with pitch black pupils, and the edges of the iris were fringed with the same black.

Ugh. Thought Len, I'll definitely stand out like this. And what happened to me? Will Rin be altered too? How will I find her then?

His feet squelched in the mud, which gave him a brilliant idea. Maybe if he put enough mud on his face so that he wasn't so distinct, but not enough for people to notice?

One Mud Session Later

Len was pissed. The mud had just made him look strange, and he had to wash it off. *sigh* Oh well. He looked as normal as he could get. Time to go.

OKAY! I'm done with the first chapter of my first fanfic on the first day that I actually don't want to go to sleep on. Sorry that it's short. Remember, review, cuz it feels like it would be lonely if no one reviewed. BAI!