This is my first fanfic! It will have many chapters to it, and I hope you enjoy! :)

"I honestly don't know how I got here." I thought to myself, wandering the streets of the Soul Society. I guess I remember being a lonely spirit in the World of the Living, but that was a really long time ago. I basically grew up here, the Soul Society. I sighed and kicked a stone. Raised by strangers I call my family. Yeah, real entertaining. When I walked into here as a young girl, I thought this was the world of the gods, but I guess not. I looked down. But, my world changed.

"Hey you. Spirit there." A voice called. "Yeah, what about me?" I asked turning around. "Oh it's only an old man" I thought.

"You should become a soul reaper. You have very large spirit energy. Here, take this entrance exam and hand it back to me at some time." He handed me a paper. Soon after, he disappeared.

"Okay?" I said and looked at the paper. "Soul Reaper Academy, huh? I think I'll give it a go." I filled out the paper and soon, I was in the academy. What was even nicer was that I was in the advanced classes. In the first few days, I had already mastered fighting with a zanpakuto. I also mastered Kido quickly too. Finally, I was able to graduate. They had a hard time picking a squad for me, but I ended up being placed in the thirteenth squad. Next thing I knew, it was time for me to meet the captain. I was just sitting there when a man with white hair walked in.

"So you're the spirit I've heard so much about." I was so confused.

"What?" I asked.

"Perhaps I should introduce myself. I'm Jushiro Ukitake, Your new captain."

"Oh yeah, and how have you heard so much about me?" I asked.

"Easy. There were rumors going around that old man Yamma found a spirit with huge spiritual pressure, one that basically grew up here. And yet he only noticed you now huh?" Ukitake smiled at me. I couldn't help but smile back.

"You know, you seem like a really nice captain. I'm sure we'll get along." I said and held out my hand. He reached out to shake my hand, but suddenly, he collapsed, coughing and looked like he was in some kind of pain.

"Captain Ukitake!" The only voice I recognized was my own, the other two I had no clue who they were. I followed the strangers (Who were surprisingly carrying Ukitake) to the squad thirteen barracks. They put him in a small little room that looked rather comfortable, then they stepped out.

"Sorry about that." The girl said. "The captain is very sickly, and he is recovering most of the time."

"Oh, will he be okay?" I asked, clearly worried.

"Oh, he'll be okay. He always is after this stuff happens."

"Kay…" I said still worried for the captain.

"And by the way, I'm Kiyone. Nice to m-""And I'm Sentaro." Sentaro cut Kiyone off. I blinked.

"Oh Okay, I'm Patrina. Nice to meet you guys." Soon after that, I took the time to start wandering the Soul Society. I was wandering until I heard someone speak.

"So you're the newcomer huh?"

"Has everyone heard of me?" I thought as I turned around. There was no one there. "Strange, I was pretty sure someone was there…" I felt someone breathing behind me and turned around again. No one there either. I was getting mad and aggravated.

"Haha I'm fooling you." The person said again. I turned around, but still, no one.

"Shuhei, stop tormenting the poor girl." Came another strange voice. The blonde boy came up and put his hand on my head.

"Can't you see she's frustrated with you?"

"But Izuru, I was only fooling around with her…" Protested Shuhei. By now I was biting my cheeks.

"I apologize on behalf of Shuhei's behavior. I'm Izuru, lieutenant of squad three." He smiled down at me. I found myself blushing and smiling back at him. I mean, behind his really, really long bangs, he was pretty cute.

"Heh, she's blushing."

"AM NOT!" I yelled at Shuhei, who was now laughing loudly at my face. I sighed. "I will beat you Shuhei….."

"Yeah right, beat a lieutenant?" he was still laughing. "That's impossible." I turned so that his face met mine.

"Now listen here Shuhei, this is Patrina Leeon, top of the best class. So unless you want to be severely hurt, back off."

"Oh, is that a challenge Patrina?" asked Shuhei.

"Maybe." Izuru sweatdropped.

"Please not now you two….." He said.

"Sorry." We both said and turned away from each other. "Hmph."

"Well, we should get going now." Said Izuru, who had now grabbed Shuhei's ear.

"Ow! Izuru! Let go! Ow!"

"Bye now!" Izuru said, and dragged Shuhei away. After that, I found myself giggling to myself about everything that happened. I started to walk to my house with the spirits to tell my "family" the good news. When I arrived, my "little brother" greeted me.

"Big sis! Big sis! We've heard! You're a soul reaper now! Congratz!" he hugged me.

"Yuichi," I said and hugged him back.

"You won't be seeing us as often since you'll be staying at the barracks." Said my "older brother".

"Is that true?" asked Yuichi

. "Yeah…. Hey where's mom and dad?"

"Out shopping."

"Oh….. I just wanted to say bye. Thanks for caring for me. I'll visit once in a while." I said.

"Bye" they both said. I then left to go back to the barracks. On the way back, I heard a dog barking from the seventh squad barracks. Never expecting anything, I approached the barracks and got attacked by a dog. Or a wolf. I wasn't sure which one.

"Dasily! Down!" cried the captain of the squad who I met once before.

"Sajin…." I said as the doggy wolf got off me

. "Sorry Patrina. Dasily got too excited when you came by. She doesn't really attack strangers. Must've recognized you from when your class came here for training." Said captain Komomura. Dasily was staring at me, tongue out, wagging tail. I reached over and pat her head.

"Hahaha guess I'm no stranger to you then." Dasily responded with a woof and pounced on me once more. "Ah! Dasily!"

"Dasily, sit!" commanded Sajin. The dog wolf got off me and loyally sat at his side. "Good girl." He said, and pet her back. "You should get back now. What squad were you assigned to again?"

"Squad thirteen." I responded.

"Oh you have a good squad there. The captain is very sickly though."

"Yeah, I noticed. He's very nice though."

"Yeah, you'll enjoy it there."

"Should probably head back now. Bye!" I left the barracks and headed to my own. I arrived, went to my room, and sat there. I listened into all the rooms around me. Silence in all rooms but the one next to me. I sat there and listened to the steady breathing of the captain. "Sounds like he's recovering after all." I thought. "That's good." I curled up under the cool night. The floor was stone cold, like the room was covered in ice. I was stuck shivering. Close to sleeping, the door opened.

"It's cold out. You don't have a blanket?" the girl walked in. She was very pretty with black hair and eyes that were stone grey and gentle.

"I-I don't really have anything….." I sat up.

"Well you'll catch a cold. Do you want one? I don't want you to catch a cold." She reached out her hand and shook mine. "I'm Rukia. I am also in this squad."

"I'm Patrina." My cold hand was shivering, but I felt all warm for some reason. Maybe it was her kindness that warmed me. Either way, I was half cold, half warm. She left for a little while after that and got me a blanket. We sat there, chatted for a while, about the Soul Society and Chappy (Who she seemed to be a big fan of). I liked her better than the other two bickering idiots in this squad. And to think they are lieutenants…. Something about that didn't seem right. I was thinking about why they didn't have a lieutenant, I didn't want to ask, in case there was something they didn't want me to know or that there were any unwanted memories. So, we just continued talking. On and on, we could not stop. We were entertaining each other with our words. I recall nearly talking the whole night with Rukia. Being friends since that day.

This ends Chapter 1! Please read and review, I would appreciate it!