This popped out of nowhere! Kinda sad in the beginning but I like it. Enjoy!

My life has been centered around learning and discovering. My life's goal has always been toward creation. The creation of a new potion is sometimes an antidote to heal or a poison to kill. There is always a buyer so naturally, I make anything useful to anyone. What they do with my work has no effect on my own morals. In any case, this is just a side project if anything. The real creation is what I long for. The creation of life. Not merely making life as a man and woman would, but truly creating new life from nothing.

"Monster!"

Can they really call me a monster? Can they really call my Homunculi monstrosities? Homunculus…my life's work. I do not bring death to anything, only life. I do not go against "God" but rather with him. People do not understand what I do. Believe me, I've tried to make them understand but they act as if they have no capacity for accepting something greater. How many can say that they have given a gift as magnificent as existence to a new breed of humanoid?

"You're a mad woman!"

No. I am far from mad. Why can't they understand? My beloved children, they have to leave. They must remain safe, far from the hate and cruelty of humanity. I love them dearly so I need to protect them.

"Dorian, my dear, I told you to leave. You must take the others as I have said."

"Mother…we'll stay with you. They don't care how scared they feel. How scared I feel. You are our mother and we can't leave you to an angry mob to die."

I was silent. Yes, there was an angry mob outside my home and yes, they would kill me this evening. I wish it wasn't so, but I have reached my objectives and even surpassed them. Now, I have to make a choice. Die or die with my children. They were so loyal and Dorian, my most treasured, had always exceeded my wildest expectations. I could never sentence them to death with me. How selfish would that be? My loves, my life. They have made enduring the malice of the dim all the more bearable. No, I cannot give them death.

I smile and wrapped my arms around my child. He was a full-grown man in appearance and I was a mere 26. It didn't matter, by giving him life I became his mother and he my child. My six surviving children, Dorian being the oldest, could easily pass for human but in truth, they were so very far from human. They had not yet become a victim of hate. It angers me every day I think about my murdered children.

"You must take the younger five and leave. They need you," I said as I released him.

"We can't leave you."

"Do as you're told, Dorian." Oh how loyal he was. Dorian was by far the most intelligent and experienced though he was a mere eight years old. I don't know why, but my homunculi grew faster physically than humans did. His growth and capacity for learning was unbelievable. The other five were still very young and naïve and needed to learn so much.

"But—"

"Dorian! I can't let them take any more of you from this world, as wretched as it is."

I sighed, tears beginning to form. They didn't have long and I had to get them away from here. "Please, love, just do this one thing. I've never asked anything from you other than your love. Just do this."

He nodded with a sad, knowing expression. He could not hide the pain in his vivid green eyes. I went to my desk and pulled six envelopes from a small drawer. A letter for each of my children containing my secrets and my last gifts to them."

"Here, take these. Do not open them until you know that you and the others are safe." He nodded and pulled something from one of his pockets. Something glittered under the bright moonlight filtering through a window. He took my hand and placed a necklace in my palm. I held it up, admiring the simple beauty. A thin gold chain with an emerald yggdrassil leaf dangling at the end.

"It's from all of us as a thank you. We wouldn't be here if not for you." Ah, yes. The yggdrassil leaf meant life. How thoughtful they were. I motioned for him to lean down, as he was quite a bit taller than I am and I kissed his cheek and stroked his silky hair.

"Thank you. Now go. You cannot drag this out any longer."

He lingered for a moment, perhaps getting one last look at his creator before he left. I could hear him speaking gently to the other children, ushering them out of the house. It broke my heart to hear one of them crying. My sweet Elotaya, she was strong physically but so very fragile emotionally.

"I love you all…" I whispered to the now empty house. I put the lovely necklace on and I walked slowly to my lab and began to busy myself with some random potion. It was only a matter of time before the mob broke in.

A short time later, I heard the loud cracking of wood as the mob broke through the front door and began to scour the house, breaking anything and everything they saw. I ignored them and paid attention to only what was in front of me. My heart naturally started beating faster and my hands shook furiously. Oh I was terrified.

Footsteps pounded on the wooden floors and I knew it would only be moments before they found me. I put down the vial I had been holding and softly toyed with the little yggdrassil leaf around my neck. It was comforting to me.

"You! Mad woman!" some man yelled. I ignored him, thinking only of the joy I had experienced with the family I made. I was their mother, their teacher and the one person who loved them for what they were. Two people roughly grabbed me and spun me around to face the crowd in my home. I looked at them and smiled. How sad that they didn't realize that they were the monsters, not my homunculi.

"Do your worst, I am prepared to leave this terrible place. I only hope that in time, you will learn to accept the things you don't understand." There was quiet consideration and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my back. I gasped and felt my legs give way underneath me.

I lay on the floor, my breathing shallow and my heart faltering. There were murmurs as they stepped back from my dying body and left the house. I was left utterly alone but I dis not feel alone. It was an odd thing that I noted how I was dying. Then again, I suppose as a scientist, I would. My body weakened all over and I couldn't breathe. I was dizzy, fading in and out of darkness. It seemed to take an eternity but finally there was sweet release.

My last thought is of you, my darlings…Dorian, Elotaya, Briah, Lori, Mikel and Toren. I loved you in the beginning, I love you now and I love you forever. Please stay safe…

A/N: So sad...
Next chapter will be the real start of the story! Homunculus XD I love that word. Lol

R&R is greatly appreciated as it sustains my happiness and helps make me better!