There's been a lot of talk and debate about L's past, and I had this idea and just couldn't get it out of my head. So I typed it down and it was awesome! So this is my own version of L's past, enjoy!
"Lawliet!" someone called. L turned his head from the large basket of leachy nuts. "Yeah Mom?" L responded. His mother walked up to him, holding a once folded piece of paper in her pale hands. "Is this your report card?" She asked, showing him the slip of paper. L looked over it then nodded. "Yes." He said. His mother smiled and nearly started squelling. She squatted down and wrapped her arms around L. "You're so smart! I'm going to make you a special dinner to celebrate!" His mother laughed. L smiled. "Really?" L asked. She nodded. "Get your sister and go to the market for a few thing from this list, and I'll stay here and cook." She said, handing him a slip of paper. L looked at the paper, then at his Mom. "Can we afford to have a special dinner?" L asked, worried for his Mom. "Don't worry about it. Now go get your sister." His mother replied. L smiled and started towards the house and out of the Leachy Nut Patch. He ran inside to find his big sister at the table. L handed her the piece of paper. "Moms going to make a special dinner and she wants us to go to the market." L explained. "Ok then, what are we waiting for?" L's sister, Enie said. L an Enie then started towards town.
They walked down the coble stone road. The town was small, and on an island, off the coast of Japan. No one really used cars in the town, everyone just walked. L and his family lived in a very small house, half a mile into the woods. Everyone in the town knew L, Enie, and their mother well. They were a poor but strong family, and the town's people loved them for that.
L and Enie were about to walk into a store when all of a sudden, they heard shouting. "Thieves! Pirates! Bandits, ruuuuuuuuun!" a man yelled as he ran through the village. Just then, battle cries could be heard, coming from the beach. All the towns people started to panic. "Lawliet, we need to get back home to warn Mom!" Enie said. L and Enie then started running back towards their house.
They ran in, through the front door, to see their Mom cooking. "Mom, Thieves are attacking the town!" Enie cried. Their mother looked at them in shock, dropping her ladle. "Hey! You in there, come out." Someone called from outside. It was the Thieves. Slightly hesitating, the three walked outside, facing the huge, muscular men. "What do you want with us?" Their mother asked, coldly. "Just free supplies." One of the men said. He was the biggest out of all of them, and had a smug grin on his face. She scowled at him. Then out of nowhere, pulled out a gun and started charging for the group. But when she was only a few feet away, the biggest pulled out his own gun and shot her. As soon as the bullet pierced her skin, her eyes became wide and blood gushed out her front. She collapsed to the ground, face first and right in front of the group. Enie and L starred in horror at their mother's corpse. The man that shot her then noticed something sticking out of the mother's back pocket. He grabbed it and read it over. His eyes became wide for a few minutes, but then quickly returned to his smug grin. Except this time, his smile was wider, and he had an evil look in his eye. "You two!" he called, pointing at L and Enie. They almost eimedantly tensed up, fear in their eyes. The man walked over to them and squatted down low, looking hard at them and holding the paper up so they could see it. "Which one of you does this belong to?" he asked. Enie and L were both silent for a moment, until one of them finally spoke up. "M-mine." L stuttered. The man turned and looked at L with his smug grin. "Well then-"The man said. With a swift wipe of his hand, he grabbed L. His hand was big enough, and L was small enough, that he only needed the one hand to trap the small boy in his grip. "I think I'll take you." The man finished. Both of the children gasped. "No, please, let me go! Let me go!" L cried, kicking his legs back in forth, hoping to get loose. But he was trapped in his hand. Enie then became enraged. She ran forward and started hitting the large man, ending out that she wasn't even fazing him. "No, you can't take him! Put him down, put him down now!" she yelled. The man looked down at the girl, frowning. He kicked her from him, knocking her back, hard onto the ground. Enie looked back up in horror, as she watched the men take her brother away.
"So why are we taken the brat?" One of the men asked. The man holding L looked at him and smiled. "A kid this smart could be worth some money." He replied. The other guys started laughed.
Later. . . . . . . .
All of the men, including L, walked onto what looked like a large crater carrying ship. The one with L walked over to a stack of unused animal crates. He tossed the small boy inside one, placed the lid on top, and placed another heavy crate on top of it. He didn't want to waste time nailing it down. "We'll be right back. We have some unfinished business with your town." The man laughed, walking off with the others. L shook inside the small box, fear surging through his body for his town. "I need to get out of here!" L thought. He then got an idea. L started banging against one side of the box reputedly. He did it again and again, until finally. The whole box tipped over, the lid falling off. L quickly crawled outside of the box and stood up. He ran to the long stair case like plank that connected the boat to land. L ran down it and started running to the town. He only got half way there, when he completely froze. It wasn't fear, it was something far worse and much more painful. His entire home town was up in flames.