AN: I don't own! This will be my disclaimer for the entire story, I will not repeat this over and over as it gets really, really annoying! Buut... welcome! This is the prologue to my Death Note story! I hope you enjoy! I won't be updating this until I've got at least half of the story written however, because it really pisses me off when an author updates two chapters and then forgets about the rest... so to make sure I don't do that this is my solution. If you think it sounds even remotely interesting, you can check out more info and updates on my profile! SR
Have you ever heard of the legendary detective, L? Maybe not directly, but I'm sure you've heard about some of the cases he's solved, like the OJ Simpson and LABB Murder cases. What, you thought those were done by normal police officers? Not a chance. It takes a special kind of detective, a genius one, to solve these kinds of cases. Even though it seems L could never fail, even he knew that death would eventually claim him. That's why Watari, or Quillish Wammy, started the Wammy's House orphanage. All of the kids who entered were chosen specially, for these kids would be raised to take on the L title.
The first group selected consisted of just two kids, both orphaned in tragic ways, and both handpicked by L personally. They were known as Alternative and Backup, or A and B. However, the pressures and seclusion were too much. A ended up committing suicide, which happened shortly after B ran away from the orphanage to become the world's greatest criminal. Watari and L decided that the orphanage needed to seem more like a boarding school for orphans then a training ground for a detective.
In the summer of 1996, Mr. Wammy went to orphanages all over the world, searching for those who fit in the category of 'genius'. Seven kids were chosen, their ages ranging from just two, up to six. Each was given an alias and escorted to their new home. Word spread of the 'genius orphanage' that Mr. Wammy was operating, and in February of the next year an officer called Mr. Wammy asking him to come check if a child could be accepted. The officer explained that the boy had been inside of a church in his country, which will remain anonymous, when terrorists started bombing. Being the only one in the church, he was the only one wasn't killed on impact. He managed to find a phone, and call the authorities. A special team came and apprehended the bombers, the man explained, and listened as the little boy explained his story. Mr. Wammy was impressed with this six year olds intellect, and immediately accepted him into his orphanage. He became known as Mello.
Eight months later, in October of 1997, Mr. Wammy received another call. There had been a terrible car wreck in the middle of a rarely traveled road. A boy of only six had managed to wiggle out of the wreckage, and make it to the nearest town to inform a police officer. Because of his efforts, there were several survivors; however, the boy had been orphaned. Mr. Wammy gladly welcomed this boy, and he became known as Krater.
April of 1998 brought Mr. Wammy a third call, from yet another country. This time the seven year old boy had been brought into hiding with his convict of a father. The authorities had been looking for him for several years. The child had recognized his father's face on the television and called the number shown. His efforts got the murderer arrested, and he accepted into Wammy's House. His name is now Matt.
Mr. Wammy thought that his orphanage had finally been filled, when just the next month L told him to check into some kids who had been involved in one of his cases. L had been following a serial killer for the past three months, when the police called him and told him a picture of the culprits had been brought in. The seven year old daughter of the murderers had followed them one night into the house of their victims. Their five year old son was woken by the noise, and managed to get a picture of their murder. When the killers turned on him, their daughter had rushed in and saved the boy, taking him to the nearest police station. Mr. Wammy brought them in that very night. They are known as Jax and Near.
Quillish Wammy looked at his group of L's heirs, and smiled. His orphanage was complete.