Mom left when I was 9. It was hard for sure...but I didn't want her to be unhappy, so I let her go. Dad started drinking again...and then some weird people came and took me away. And for the first time in my life, I was happy.

The people who took me were nice, they gave me cookies and milk as we drive into who knows where. I was just happy to finally have gotten out of that house. I didn't think I would last another day anyway.

"Mom?", I asked the lady sitting next to me. After my milk was done, I had enough time to think and conclude that we must be going to Mom's house. Dad always said she was living happily with her new family and that one day he'd send me there too.

"No sweetheart. We're going to take you to Wammy's house", she says smiling and then takes me into her arms as if I needed comforting.

I smiled. She didn't say the name I had thought...and for that...I was thankful. It was finally a new beginning for me.

"Sweety? We're here now...It's time to wake up", I hear someone say in a soft whisper. I quickly jump up from my seat, thinking that maybe mom was back, that maybe she came to get me. Once I saw the same woman from before, my heart was at ease as I stepped out of the car.

"This is Wammy's house, Your new home", she says cheerfully.

Home. finally...I had a home. I smile warmly and take her hand as she escorts me inside.

The wonderful warmness and overflowing love that emitted from that house was enough to make me forget about the cruel past I had overcome. No one questioned where I had come from, no one had to know. It was as if I was reborn or finally gone to heaven. And then I met him. The Angel himself.

"Sayuri...", the lady beside me starts.

"This is Watari, your caretaker and provider. He will see to it that you are well looked after", she says smiling.
I stare in awe as the elderly man outstretches his arm for me to take. His kind eyes welcoming me as I've never been welcomed before.

I bow my head and shake his hand.
"Sayuri reporting Sir", I said
"I promise to serve Wammy's house without fail"

He smiles at this and nods his head.
"So you've figured it out then?", he asks not at all surprised.

I nodded my head. I knew this was no ordinary orphanage. It was an organization built to take in the unwanted, to provide for them shelter and food. And of course, as payment, they would have to work under Wammy's name.
I could tell from the way the building was devised to the way the orphans, or should I say, students, payed no mind to my entrance. They were calm, collected, and far too engrossed into their studies to have any other ambitions. Their only ambition was to avenge the wronged. To serve justice. And to make whammy's house proud to have taken them in. This was the ultimate heaven for gifted children. Children like me.

"I hope you do well in your classes then", Watari says cheerfully.

I nod and smile. I was determined.
"I'll do Wammy proud!", I exclaimed and bowed again.

"Of course, we'll have to change your name...", he says suddenly and pulls out a folder from seemingly nowhere.

"How about Sparrow?", he asked flipping through the pages.

"Sir I don't think-"

"But we'll spell it Sparo", he adds still flipping.

"Meaning hope in Latin", I said nodding approvingly.

"Yes", he says smiling at his defeat.

"I accept", I said bowing.

He shuts the book and sets in down.
"Sparo it is", he says patting my head and motioning me to follow the woman who was to escort me to my room.

Passing down the halls and watching all the students so focussed in their work filled my heart with excitement. This is what it's going to be like from now on. No abusive parents. No yelling. No distractions. And finally a home.

I suddenly bump into a hard shoulder. The aura of this person was something different. Something strong and admiring. Looking up, I watch as the black haired boy stares awkwardly at me.

"I'm sorry", I apologized and bowed my head.
He nods and looks away as he sets back on his path.

"Who was that boy?", I later asked the nice lady who tucked me into bed.

"That's the smartest and most achieved boy at Wammy's", she says smiling at my interest.

"Watari says he found him abandoned in a jailhouse 2 years ago. Poor thing has probably been through so much", she continues sighing heavily.

"Probably?", I asked. Wasn't it obvious enough?

She nods.
"He never talks about his past. No one knows why or what happened at the jailhouse. Watari has even taken him overseas to many doctors but they were defeated by his unexplainable condition", she says.

"That's oddly strange", I said.

She nods.

"A scenario like sounds like it caused him some trauma. Maybe a difficult past he's trying to hide", I added.

"Watari thought so too, but the boy shows no sign of mental instability. On top of that, he's the best student Wammy has ever had. Watari is even considering to send him away to America to study there because His IQ is higher than the difficulty of our tests", she exclaims enthusiastically.

I smile in admiration. From that moment on, I remember setting a life goal for myself. It was the first goal I'd ever felt so much passion towards and it was the one I was going to achieve no matter what.

"What's his name?", I asked just before she shut the door behind her.

And I can distinctively remember her smiling face as she said his name. Although I didn't hear the first part of his birth name, I remember she said that he goes by the name,

"L"

The next morning I heard the children talking amongst themselves during breakfast. Not wanting to eavesdrop but also wanting to know what happened I listened on.

"Really?", someone asks

"He's so lucky!", another exclaims

"Yeah, they left this morning in Watari's jet", someone adds in quietly.

"I heard Roger is taking over until they return"

"If they return", a quiet voice squeaks worriedly.

Apparently, Watari and L had departed for America earlier that morning when everyone was asleep. Watari left a note-issuing Roger in charge until further notice. Even the staff were alarmed even though they all knew it was bound to happen sooner or later.

And that was that. My first day at Wammy's and I got to meet two of the greatest men this world will ever know. Little did I know that fate would bring us together years later, in the most unexpected way imaginable.

(Guys I know In the manga and anime it says L was raised in the UK but I went according to the part in the anime where Light asks L if he was raised in the Uk and L says that that information won't help him figure out L's true identity. I'm just improvising here according to my version of the story so bear with me please, I'm sorry if you don't like it)