A/N: Hi guys! This is the first time ever typing out any possible imagination that has wormed its way inside my head. Originally, this story was about…well, you don't need to know about that laughs nervously. Also, this started out as its own story and my whole thinking process went haywire because it was motivation off of CC fics but the character personalities just didn't fit. Besides, it was a made up story and characters making it "illegal" to post it onto because its just not a FANfic. Even though I prefer the original story and names, I decided to replace them with none other than the artistically beautiful people of CC! XD I mean…who wants to post a capable story on fictionpress when you're a total fan of something you based it off of. So after rewriting my a/n a billion times, I've decided to alter all the names and shoot out some personality and original appearances since it just won't work. I hope you guys enjoy and if you don't like my horribly long ramblings, please ignore all future notes.

P.S. - any person or event that seems familiar is purely coincidental, unless you've been stalking me ¬.¬

another Note: um, just a reminder, the characters may not be the same as how you liked them in the original series. Like I said, they were extremely distorted and altered to begin with.

Disclaimer: I do not own Chrno Crusade or its characters, or anything else mentioned that belongs to someone else….or whatever I hope I didn't write illegally ;;.

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Golden Mirage

Chapter 1: Prologue

The room was dimly lit by melting candles as countless sheets littered the floor. Situated in the middle of the room was an enormous silk-laden bed. On it laid a scantily dressed young blond woman with a man in strange clothing. Deep violet strands of hair fell over his blood red eyes as he shifted his body over hers. The bed creaked, followed by a lustful giggle.

"Chrono..." gasped the woman as he slid his hand up the right side of her face and brushed a strange hook mark under her azure eye. She reached up and cupped his face. Her sapphire embedded ring glinted for a moment before she pulled him in to steal his breath. A moment before their lips touched, the grandfather clock on the wall behind them rang out a tinkling sound signaling the five second countdown before midnight. The woman began to shudder. (Ding) 5….

(Ding) 4…

(Ding) 3…

She smiled lovingly up at him.

(Ding) 2…

(Ding) 1…

Suddenly, the man's face broke into a malicious grin.

DONG!

The windows snapped open, drapes fluttering in the moonlight breeze. A flash of gold slipped through the barely open door as the candles blew out. Another breeze flowed around the room before the door clicked shut. In response to the bolt slipping in place, the woman's arm fell limply to the side of the bed, drawing a line of dark liquid down her pale blue skin.

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"AHHH! IM LATE IM LATE!" a girl screamed in agony after glancing at her alarm clock. Springing up from her comfy bed covers she whipped into her walk-in closet. Her blonde hair flew violently right when the sun rose over the horizon, its rays shining through her mussed strands. For a moment, the strands seemed to light up, creating a wannabe super saiyan effect. Throwing on anything that would cover her decently, the girl ran to the bathroom in time to hear her brother, Joshua, screech out.

"Rosette! Get up now! Are you up yet!"

Damn brother. Talking in his sleep again huh? 'Maybe I should let him be late today'. Smiling evilly to herself, she replied, "I'm up already." Sighing as she brushed her teeth, she mumbled on, "Get your ass up or your in for it punk."

'Hm…that's strange,' she thought, 'Since when did I start dreaming again?' Staring at her reflection, she vaguely remembered a man and woman, and…

"MUAHAHA!" Joshua sped down the stairs and skidded in the hallway. "Somebody's a slooooowpoke!" His laugh faded away as he ran further from the staircase. Rosette jerked out of her thoughts and looked up at the conveniently built-in clock on her mirror and violently spat out the toothpaste. Jeez, she was so late this time! Looked like she'd have to endure another day with her hair untamed.

HONK!

Oh no…not again. Rosette grabbed her backpack and tumbled down the stairs. Cursing loudly, she bolted for the door only to see Joshua speeding away, cackling maniacally.

'Agh fudge! Why does he always do this!' she thought retchedly.

HONK!

"Just kiddin' sis," Joshua smirked through the open window, "Get in."

Eyes beaming dangerously, Rosette lunged at the open door and kicked her brother to the passenger seat.

"YOU get out!" She punched him into his seat leaving him cowering. "Who said you could drive anyways!"

"Well it's not like I drive any worse than yo-"

"WHO!" She shot him a death glare and jabbed her foot on the gas pedal.

"Slow down!" he cried.

"I told you, we're LATE!"

"I'd rather live!"

"Too bad sucker." Rosette stuck out her infamous tongue at her cute little brother's teary face as she swerved around some snail old lady.

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Lightly closing her edition of the math book shut, the teacher announced, "Alright class, that's enough today, you may start on today's homework. If you need help, I'll be walking around." Putting their notes, drawings, cell phones, and anything else they were doing during lecture, the students pulled out their math books and began scribbling numbers and chatting with each other. However, unlike the rest of the class, someone wasn't working or talking to others, or even alive for that fact. Noticing this, the teacher irritatedly walked over and slammed her hand down on the girl's desk

"Rosette!" the lanky woman barked. Groaning, the girl rolled up her head and squinted at the teacher.

"Can I…get some roast beef?" Rosette mumbled. Being breakfast-less and broke during lunch did not help. The woman shot her a venomous look. A moment passed before her eyes shot open.

"I-I'm sorry Ms. Valentine!" she screeched, pricking up her back like a perked bunny. Up until this point, the whole class whom were staring at this daily event, roared with laughter.

"Everyone get back to work," Ms. Valentine ordered before eyeing Rosette "And as for YOU Ms. Christopher, you'll be roast beef if you continue this habit of yours. This is your LAST warning. And I mean it. Or else."

"Yes, I understand…" She looked down sheepishly, stomach growling. Peeking out from the corner of her eye at the class, she thought, 'They'll pay one day.." Apparently, this was also a disruption in all of her classes. They were just so darn boring. 'Oh great, now I have to deal with wannabe Derek next period', she complained as the bell rang. Her next class was absolutely easy. Chemistry. "Chem-is-try," as her French teacher had always said. 'Hah, as if. I'll still pass even if I try or not. First, however, it's time for lunch', she walked out smiling.

She walked across the bridge between her campuses with her head bowed. School was so boring. She never got along well with anyone. Seriously, why were all the girls so...girly! Couldn't any of them walk a day without high heels or cosmetics in hand? As for her, she thought anything was fine as long as it was comfortable. All the boys at this school had such low standards. Only going for slutty, brand named chicks which was basically the whole female population except for her. Then again, it was nice to dress up from time to time. Agh, she was thinking that way again. Rosette sighed at the thought as the lunch bell rang and walked onward towards her last class. Yet again, she snuggled her face into her arms and went on snoozing.

Then strode in a tall skinny boy laughing out loud, "Hahaha did you see that kid! Man what a sucker."

"Dude, Derek, you totally smoked him."

"Well duh. I'm not some whiny little fob." Rosette glared at him while the guys laughed. "YOU'RE the whiny little fob you bastard", she silently mumbled, pulling out of her sleep.

"Say something drool face?"

"…."

"Yea I thought so…FREAK!", he laughed at his not-so-funny joke. She groaned as he sat down. The late bell rang, signaling the beginning of the 45 minute torture of hearing his constant gibberish about just how cool and smart he was.

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After her brother's constant nagging for her to shower so he would have hot water later, Rosette grabbed her pjs and headed for the bathroom.

"Jeez, I never get a night without him nagging like a broken record", she fumed. Suddenly, her bladder jerked. She sighed, "At least I can finally have peace." Setting her clothes down, she turned around and lifted the toilet lid. At that moment, all her thoughts stopped running and her face paled.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

Downstairs, a crash could be heard. She gasped for air staring at her toilet, frightened at the shiny coils in the bowl. Joshua rushed up the stairs, yellow gloves on hand with a dripping plate in the other.

"WHAT HAPPENED!"

For some odd reason, Rosette quickly closed the lid and flushed the toilet as he ran in.

"A-ah….it was nothing. Just a reeeeaaaally big spider!" she lied. Her eyes were bugging out like she had really seen an ultra big spider.

"That's it? THAT'S IT..!" he gaped.

"Er, haha yea." She looked apologetic.

"What the heck! I just broke my favorite coffee mug just for that? Jeez!" he moaned before looking up again. "So where is it?"

"Um, I flushed it." She clutched her hair and held her face in mock humor.

"Oh really now.." he teased sarcastically. "Maybe it'll come back to life and," Joshua reached out and attacked his sister with a wave of tickles, "BITE YOU!" he suddenly pinched in her sides as she hit the edge of the table and fell in breathless laughter.

"Ok ok I'm sorry Joshy. I'll get'cha an even better mug k?"

"You better" he pouted.

"Nosey promise then." Rosette held his shoulders and touched her forehead and nose. She breathed for a moment before letting go. "Now….

..get out."

Joshua scuttled away before any harm could be done. Turning back to the toilet, Rosette grabbed a measuring stick and slowly shoved it under the lid. Lifting it shakily, she gasped again at the sight of the most beautiful snake she had ever seen. It was pure black obsidian with violent splashes of gold all over its body. It slowly slid from the bowl and onto the tile flooring. She stared wide eyed at it, questions racing through her head. How did it get here? Why is it here? What do I do with it? Her eyes swirled until it slithered to her foot and looked up at her.

Something in her gut told her it wasn't dangerous. Now that she thought about it, it was the same feeling when she lied to her brother about it. As if an invisible force was pulling her towards the serpent, she unconsciously reached down and tapped its nose. Its amber eyes flashed quickly, unnoticed.

'Hmm...doesn't look dangerous..' She frowned, looked around and inspected the tail. 'Looks longer than it should be. Probably male?' After a minute of thinking, Rosette smiled lovingly at her new pet.

Seeing that only she and Joshua lived in this house, it wouldn't be a problem. Standing up again, she shut the door and stripped herself before hopping into her tub. To the snake's dismay, she grabbed him and set him in the tub too.

'If he can swim in the sewers, he'll definitely live through this.' She thought. "Whew you're such a stink bomb."

Rosette reached over and plugged the bathtub before turning on the water. She hadn't had a bath not shower in ages. It was something to really look forward to today since tomorrow was Saturday. After a few minutes, she turned off the water and slid under the surface of bubbles when a slippery body swam past over her leg and tried to escape the tub. Staring wickedly at him, she grabbed his tail and dragged him back in.

"Oh no you don't you poop roll. I'm not letting you wander after you touched MY toilet water." She grinned widely before dipping the poor thing under the water and scrubbing him until his gold spots could reflect her image. The creature all the while tried to escape from her grasp but she held tight enough to keep him in check. Finally, he reared back and bared his fangs.

"Don't even think about it." She reflexively shot her hand out of the water and snapped his mouth shut and held it there. The unfortunate thing continued squirming until it gave up. Sensing defeat, Rosette let him go in the water and busied herself with her hair. While thinking about what she would do this weekend, she reached out and petted the snake's scales before he twirled around her arm and stared her out of her thoughts. She stared back unable to break the gaze. The longer she stared, the more his eyes seemed to glow brighter.

"What?" she asked faintly. Finally snapping her eyes off of his beautiful eyes, Rosette turned around to grab the shampoo bottle. Hearing a low hiss, she whipped around in case he was rearing up again but saw him lying comfortably on her knee. She smiled and decided to share a part of her life with him.

"Hm, I'm Rosette Christopher by the way. Nice to mee-"

Her face blanked. Her sight became fuzzy. Dropping her gaze, she saw red pooling out from the right side of her front. The snake tightened his jaws on her neck before she slumped to the side. Her body then slowly slid under the surface of tainted bubbles.

-End Prologue-

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A/N: WOO finally done with the prologue. :D One thing I have to say about dialogue…….quotation marks are a PAIN in the bum! No wonder I failed language arts and my essays were crap. Ah shoot, I just scrolled up and now it looks horribly short. Please take it easy on me. I'm seriously a first timer at this and I've never actually expressed my zany brain generated fantasies before. (rambles on) ;-; sorry, I just had to get this story out of my head before I spent excess countless hours thinking about it in the shower. Anyways, please R+R. I would love to see if my friends lied to me about my stories. Oh yea, since I've been super drained already from school, hope that I get enough willpower to actually type out the first chapter. Well, that's if people actually read this. I mean if you're reading this line right now, I'm sure you read it right? right!

Question: Ah, sorry I talk too much! Anyways, I've been wondering. What does OOC, AU, or those other abbreviations people use mean? shows just how new I am to this

ALSO, just as a mental note for you guys, earlier I read about an abandoned snake that ran away into the sewage system. Apparently this snake would pop its head out of random people's toilets from time to time and it was considered common. Freaky huh? Imagine trying to take a dump…