A Light in the Black (Ein Licht in der Schwarze)

A/N: Second fanfic in general and first Elfen Lied fanfic. So please, r & r and help me on what to improve. More chapters coming soon. As usual, I don't own Elfen Lied except for the OCs in the story.


January 1945

Outside Kraków, Poland

"Against the wall! Schnell!"

The major shouted out the order as one of his soldiers pulled the girl out of the truck and shoved her to the side of the barn with his rifle. "Move it, fucking cunt! You fucking piece of degenerate shit who called yourself human!" the soldier often said as he violently shoved the girl to the wall. It was a dark and cold night, and the element of the Waffen-SS were preparing to execute the girl.

"Marcelina Wójcik, you have been found guilty of crimes against the General Government such as committing murders, committing thefts, resisting arrests, escaping the authorities, as well as assisting the resistance movement and the degenerate population. The punishment is death."

Marcelina looked straight into the fire squad, tears streaming down her face. Is this the end? She thought. Is this what I deserved just for living in this cruel and horrid world?

"Make ready!"

She remembered all the things that happened that led to this moment. How she met the family. How she spent time in the research facility and escape. Most importantly, how she came to know of someone she loves.

"Take aim!"

Alex, I am sorry. The girl the closed her eyes and prepared for what's coming…


December 24, 1938

Warsaw, Poland

Marcelina had been searching for food and shelter for a few hours now. It won't be long until sunset and she would have to endure the cold and the hunger for the third night if she doesn't find them quick enough. This isn't fair, she thought. The humans care for each other and would help each other, but they refuse to help me. Why does this even happen?

Marcelina was from a working class family. Before she ran away, she had to endure her abusive mother and her drunken father. Often at school, she was alienated and bullied by her peers at school and no teachers would come to her to help. And now, no one, not even the police, would help her, even though she was abused numerous times. This was not because of her personality, but rather her appearance.

Marcelina is not an ordinary human. She is a diclonius, which is believed to be a mutated form of human, and the first from Europe (other diclonii are from Japan). Unlike regular humans, diclonii usually have horns on the head. They also possessed invisible arms known as "vectors". These "vectors" are sharp enough to cut even steels clean, which make them very lethal against humans.

Diclonii would have violent relationships with humans, with the reason being unknown at the time. As a result, they were heavily discriminated by the humans often to the point of extinction. Marcelina was one of the victims.

As she ran on the sidewalk, she accidently collided into a boy and fell.

"Oh, I'm really sorry", said the boy. " I didn't see yo—" He stopped mid-sentence after he noticed the girl's horns.

Oh no, he noticed them, Marcelina thought. She then felt the urge. The urge to—

"Those horns look so cool!" the boy complimented. "Are they real?"

"Yea, they're real", Marcelina replied. She then realized something. The urge suddenly ceased to exist. "Wait, you mean it?"

"Yeah! I actually like them", the boy said. He noticed Marcelina's torn clothing. "Hey um, it looks like you're actually having a hard time. Want to stay over at my house for Christmas dinner?"

"Really?" Marcelina asked in surprise. She never had anyone ask her to come to their house before.

"Yes, you're welcome to come over", the boy said happily.

"I would love to," Marcelina said joyfully. She had never been so happy in her life before.

"Let's go then! Oh, and my name is Aleksy, but you can call me Alex," the boy said.

"Oh, my name's Marcelina", Marcelina said in return.

"You have a nice name Marcelina," the boy complemented enthusiastically. "Come on, my parents are waiting at the house."

Marcelina then proceeded to follow Alex to the house. For the first time, she no longer felt alone.


To be continued...