I don't want people to tell me about the spoilers if you haven't watched or read death note completely and still read this than I am not to blame. hope you like this! :)
October 17th, 1988
Her death was simple, almost boring.
Nothing too flashy or heroic, a mugger had broke in her small cozy apartment looking for anything of value -which was pointless since she barely had enough money to pay her rent-. She got home from work like usual, humming a small nostalgic tune under her breath while opening the door.
It wasn't hard for him to shoot her in the head - A mugger how ironic-, everything was over before she knew it. A brief flash of pain and then... nothing
She barely had time to understand what was happening before life left her eyes. Death was painless she concluded, too bad most people lived in fear of it. -the unknown...what was truly scary in her opinion-
On the 24th of December at exactly 11:57 pm, at 22 years of age, Maria Smith died alone like she always had been. A few hours later, Misa Amane was born on Christmas crying and screaming with all of her might. For a very different reason than what the new parents and doctor thought.
Embarrassingly, it took her a few months before understanding she had been reborn -she blamed her tiny baby brain- and almost a year to realize she was in the death note universe as Misa Amane -she tried to deny it, she really did-
A joke that was what this was, a very sick joke. Death note wasn't even her favorite anime, far from it. Don't get her wrong she didn't hate it either, it was one of the first anime she had watched and finished. Even going as far as read the manga and all of the novels after. As twisted, dark and sadly realistic as it was, death note always had been a masterpiece in her eyes.
...but it probably was the last anime she would have chosen to be reincarnated in!
Of course, out of all the characters she could have been reincarnated in -or even better yet someone who had no impact on the storyline!- it had to be Misa Amane. The cringe-worthy blond fangirl with a sad past. Of fucking course. As ditzy the blonde was, she had played a critical role in the series. A role she refused to play.
When it finally dawned on her, Misa -Not Maria... Maria is dead- cried like there was no tomorrow until her small baby body could no longer take it and she fell asleep much to her new mother's relief. As cruel as it sounded, Misa did not miss her first mother as much as she should have. That woman was vile and extremely selfish, a trait she had inherited from her.
Yes, the name did not matter, Maria or Misa had always been and will always be a horribly selfish and self-centered woman.
Her new mother was kind and caring, the fact that sleeping on the woman's boobs was the most comfortable thing ever had no impact on her opinion of her new mother!
Yui Amane was probably the prettiest woman Misa had ever seen. -in both lives-. She had long medium blond hair -a color she had passed on to her daughter- and beautiful dark brown eyes full of kindness and love.
Misa was sure her mother had been one hell of a heart breaker with that smile of hers. The total opposite of her first mother, knowing she had stolen that woman's baby girl was heartbreaking.
"Come on Misa say, mama!" For the past hour, her mother had tried to teach her to talk and walk, as embarrassing as it was, Misa loved her mother and easily gave in to her antics.
"Mm-ma! Mama!" Misa was an adorable baby and she knew how to use that to her advantage. She raised her small chubby little arms wanting to be lifted from the uncomfortable floor she was sitting on.
Her mother complied gently taking her small baby body in her arms before kissing her forehead. As she drifted into a dreamless sleep, Misa felt her father wrap his strong arms around them both.
She almost managed to forget the dark future that awaited her, shinigami, notebooks that could kill and the tale of a sad girl who died because she fell in love with the wrong person.
Almost.