A/N: First story ever! Yayy! Hope you like it =]
Disclaimer: D. Gray-man is property of Katsura Hoshina, and I do not own it in any way because if I did, Kanda would be the main character and appear with his shirt off in every episode.=]
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1. A Strange Sort of Girl
A small girl of about 8 years old walked home through the forest. She inhaled deeply, breathing in the thick pine scent of the trees. Diane had always loved the forest. My forest, she thought to herself. Suddenly, she whistled, and a big black wolf came bounding out of the trees. On his forehead, there was a pale green cross that contrasted with his black fur. "Hey, Shadow," she called. The wolf, Shadow, jumped up and licked her face. "Where've you been?" she asked the animal. Hunting, the wolf told her, as Diane rubbed his head.
Diane was a strange girl in many ways. At first glance, her appearance was normal enough, with her long black hair and her sparkling, emerald-green eyes. But when you looked closely, you could see the green cross on her forehead, same as the one on Shadow. Even wierder, she had the ears and tail of a wolf. Diane had been born with there, um, abnormalties, which had caused her parents to abandon her at birth. When she was three days old, the wolf pack living in the forest had found her, alone and dying of the cold and starvation. The alpha female, or boss female, of the pack, Frostfur, had taken her in and raised her as one of her own. That was when she met Shadow, one of Frostfur's pups. He had had the same mark on his forehead as she did, and the two soon found out that they could communicate mentally with each other. Diane and Shadow soon became inseparable, so when Alex and Laura Elkridge found Diane 3 years later and adopted her, Shadow had come to live with her in their small cottage on the edge of town. Fortunately, the cottage was right on the edge of the forest, so they could visit the pack anytime. They had live there in peace for 5 years now, with Diane's foster parents.
"Mom! Dad! We're home!" Diane called, as the two emerged into the clearing where the little cottage stood. Alex Elkridge, Diane's foster father, rushed out of the house to give her a hug. Wrapped in her father's comforting arms, Diane felt safe and content.
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A/N: Okay, so the 1st chapter's finally finished! I know this kinda sucked, but it'll get better(I hope). By the way, Diane's home is somewhere in northern China, though her foster parents have an English last name. o.O Kanda and the others will probably be introduced in the 2nd or 3rd chapter.
Rewiews would be great!!!
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