Fire. Everywhere. There was nothing left untouched by the flames that danced their way through the town. Each lick of fire bent and waved gracefully, almost in mockery of the screaming villagers. What wasn't consumed lay irrevocably damaged and broken. Children were strewn face down like abandoned rag dolls. The sobbing parents were guaranteed to join them soon. The blackness of the night sat back and watched as everything just seemed to melt away, leaving nothing but dying embers to cackle and occasionally spit out their final sparks, as if in spite of what happened. The only survivor stood and watched from far away. What could have caused this? Why did this happen? She was horrified. And yet she couldn't look away. Who did this? Where did it start? She looked over to see a rather large man who stood grinning at her. Him. It was him. It had to be him. How could it not? His face was so horrifying she actually wet herself in fear, the poor child. He reached out a hand to her steadily. No… This was too much… This couldn't be happening. No… No! The fear that had welled up inside of her finally released in a trembling rush. She screamed.

Doe Shimry sat up in bed and looked around the room in panic. This wasn't familiar. Not at all. She scrambled out of the twisted bed sheets and stumbled onto the floor, with her foot still caught in the blankets. She couldn't help the small yelp that escaped her small mouth, and rose quickly to yank the door open with all her might, praying it wasn't locked. Doe's eyes darted everywhere, but she couldn't process anything as she sprinted down the corridor, and ran through the main hallway. She had to hurry. She had to get out. Her hair streamed behind her as she flew past closed doors and hallways. She was suddenly caught by a strong pair of arms that held her firmly as she kicked and bit, trying to get away.
"Geez, just be quiet, okay? You're safe now, I promise." A masculine voice said from behind her. Only then did she realise she was screaming the entire time. Also, only then, did she realise that she was in her new home…. The Black Order.
"I- I'm so sorry." The small, defeated girl stammered. She looked back to see a pleasant looking man with red hair and an eye patch smiling reassuringly at her. She also saw people rubbing their eyes and coming out of their rooms. "Neh?" Her new friend, Lenalee was clearly not fully awake yet, as she stared questioningly at Doe. The now embarrassed girl quickly got to her feet, bowed, and apologised many times. "I'm so sorry! Really! Please go back to bed! There's nothing to see here…" She began to mumble as people went back to their rooms. Doe turned to the man who caught her. "Thank you," she said shortly, and practically ran to her room. How embarrassing! It was only her second day and she had disrupted so many people! She was so stupid! The brown eyed girl flopped down on her bed and began to worry as the self-hatred started eating away at her. "Just don't make any more mistakes…" She told herself. She got up and locked her door, just in case she had any more night terrors involving the man with the wide smile. Falling back onto her bed, Doe tossed and turned for a while before falling asleep once again.