I sneezed as me and my brother, Ragnarok, both sat on a bench in Death City. It was snowing softly, dark clouds overhead, spots in between clouds showing the twinkling stars. I whimpered, feeling nervous, and feeling the anger burning off of Ragnarok. He looked at me and shook his head. "God dammit Crona. You couldn't obey your mother, could you?"

I looked down and felt another wave of tears coming on, but I bit my tongue and kept my mouth shut, not making eye contact. Just like Medusa taught me. He sighed and looked away. I tried to keep the tears from coming out, but they poured down my face like a waterfall. And then they couldn't stop. Ragnarok groaned and got up. "I'm going into a store. Stay here. You leave, I'm gonna beat the crap out of you."With a punch to my head, he got up, and walked towards a store down the block.

I looked up again, rubbing where he punched. My lavender hair dotted with white specs, a warmth welcomed me, as a family walked out of the bakery I sat in front of. A little girl with black hair, tied into pigtails with light blue ribbons, and two guys with her. One wearing a red cap, the other with some sort of nose ring. Despite the weird appearance though...

They looked like a family.

The tears kept pouring, and I covered my eyes with my small hands, too embarassed and ashamed of myself. I listened to their conversation.

"Daddy, do we have enough cookies for Gopher?"

The man with the hat chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, we should have enough. Hopefully."

And then the man with the weird looking nose ring nodded also. "Better have bought extra. I'm a sucker for chocolate chip cookies and beer."

The girl had looked up at him and pouted. "Daddy! Noah said no more cookies and alcohol!"

He laughed and ruffled her hair. "Yeah. Your right. But don't get pissed if I sneak some."

"Daddy!"

I cried harder then before. "W-Why can't my family be like that? W-Why can't...why can't we all be happy, laughing together...why?"

That's all I kept crying to myself, why why why why why why why why. My fingers were going numb. My legs were ice cold from the dress I wore. Medusa always wanted a girl, she would say. Not another little boy to disobey her, she would say.

I laid my head back and stared at the clear spot in the sky, at the shining moon. I sniffled. "We're alike...floating all by ourselves, brighter things surrounding us, and we can't outshine them...it's like how I'm surrounded by bigger people, and I can't stand up for myself..."

I looked up again. And I saw another little girl, with two adults again. She also wore pigtails, tied with a red bow, and pretty colored blondish brown hair. She had these really big green eyes too. She held the adults hand, a young looking guy with red hair tied into a ponytail, and soft looking blue eyes. And a women with the same colored hair and eyes as the girl.

"Mommy...look at that kid...he looks so sad."The girl had said, not realizing how loud she was. Immediately, a blush covered my face, and I looked down, fidgiting with my fingers. I tried not to notice that she was walking towards me.

"Hi!"

I stayed silent, avoiding eye contact, like I was taught.

"I'm Maka. What's your name?"

"Pass."

It was just like how me and my imaginary friend talked, the only friend I had...if it could be considered a friend. All it did was question me.

"Pass? That's a funny name. Now tell me your real name."

I sighed. "C-Crona."

"Crona? Well, hi Crona!"

"Hi..."

"Hey, don't be so rude, mister! Look at me when I'm talking to you!" She didn't seem to be demanding in a rude way...she had this certain tone to her voice. And she was smiling.

I looked up at her, feeling like a mess, my hair messy and wet with snow. My face red, nose running, tear tracks on my cheeks. My eyes red from the crying.

She didn't seem to pay any mind though, and reaching in the small passenger bag she carried, she pulled out a plastic bag, sealed shut with a pink ribbon. Small little treats inside it. I could already smell the sweetness of it. And feel it's warmth, without coming into contact with it. My stomach growled.

"Here, cheer up."She smiled and took my hand, placing the bag in it. I looked closer. Little cookies with faces on them, what I could make out right now was a bunny, bear, elephant, and monkey. I'm sure there was more.

"...T-Thank you..."I smiled very slightly, but it disapeared as quick as soon as it came. She giggled and pat my head. "Smile more. I'll see you around Crona!"She quickly ran back towards her family, the man picking her up and carrying her, them talking and laughing as if they never stopped and came to me.

I looked down at the bag.

I smiled and held the bag close to my chest, and suddenly, I didn't feel so cold. I had this slight warmth inside me, I was unable to describe it...but I wasn't shivering. And I wasn't crying.

"...Maka..."

I couldn't wait for the next time I would see her.

A remake of my old story on my old account, a lot better and less rushed, in my opinion at least. BTW, the little girl with Giriko and Noah, that's just a cameo with my OC Lynn. It's hard to explain.

Anyways, yeah. Here it is. :) Hopefully it'll turn out a lot better, I have a great feeling with this story. I hope you enjoyed, drop a review telling me what you think ;D