I added something in this prologue, since I accidentally forget it when I originally wrote this. ^^'

Mama and I sat down on a wooden park bench after a hot afternoon of playing in the park. "Lala, La la~" I sang, as mama brushed my long black hair, which I just got cut.

"You've got a great voice, Ri." Mama smiled. "I'm sure you'll be able to do something with that nice voice of yours."

My blue eyes sparkled at Mama's compliment. "Thank you, Mama!" I giggled, giving mama a big hug. "I like your voice too! I love everything about mama, you're perfect." I smiled.

"You know, Ri... You've got your father's eyes. Those beautiful blue eyes that I fell in love with so many years ago." Mama sighed happily as she looked up to the blue sky before softly mumbling something under her breath.

Since mama had mentioned Papa, I remembered something that had happened last night.

"Olivia, you know she's too much to take care of! Especially with your medical issues, We have to give her up to foster care." Papa screamed at Mama, throwing his hands in the air with frustration

"Daniel, are you insane?!" Mama screamed back at Papa.
"You can't be that selfish! She's our daughter. Our child. How could you just give her away to foster care like that?! I don't care about my cancer! She's my daughter, and I want her to have a good life!"

I walked towards Mama and Papa, confused. "Mama, Papa, why are you yelling? What's foster care? What's cancer?" I asked.

Mama's angry look switched to a small smile. "It's... I-It's nothing. Don't worry, Ri." Mama promised, tripping over her words.

"Mama... why was papa yelling at you yesterday?" I asked, as I swung feet that were too short and stubby to reach the grassy ground. "You love papa, right?"

Mama's eyes suddenly bolted open, as she didn't say a word for a moment, except for a few hacky coughs. "Ah..." she hesitated. "Of course. I'll always love papa." she put on a weak smile, trying to reassure her child. "Just sometimes... well... we don't always agree on everything. But don't worry, everything will be okay."

I put on a big smile. "Yay!" I cheered, before continuing to sing. I was glad that nothing was wrong.

I was in a dark forest. There was no one in sight. Suddenly, I heard a scream, and then a deep voice.
"Ri... Where... Are... You..." the voice called.

I felt a small tear roll down my cheek. "Wha... What do you w-want?!" I screamed.

"Come... to... me..." the voice called again.

I felt more tears run down my face. "N-No!" I cried, as I began to run away from the voice as fast as my tiny legs could go.

I suddenly saw mama in the distance. Her beautiful black hair. Her bright brown eyes. "Ri..." she smiled.

"Mama!" I yelled, as I started to run towards her. Although, just as I was about to grab Mama's arm, she suddenly disappeared, as I heard another female voice call me.

I turned to the right, where the voice was coming from, and saw a red-headed woman with green eyes, who I've never seen. "It's okay, Ri!" the mysterious woman smiled at me.

"Who... Who are you?!" I screamed, as tears began to quickly flow from my eyes.

As the red-headed woman disappeared, another figure appeared. A bald, middle-aged man with blue eyes and an accent.

"Leev me now!" he screamed at me. "You're not welcome heere!"

More and more figures started to pop up and then disappear. Most of them I've never even seem. 3 girls, a brunette, a blonde, and a black-haired girl. A plump man in a suit. 2 ladies around mama's age.

I began to cry harder. "L-Leave me alone!" I cried, as I dropped to my knees and cried into the grass.

I suddenly bolted out of bed in shock. I looked to my side, seeing mama's sleeping body to my side. I quickly gave mama a big hug.
"I'm so scared, Mama..." I whispered.

Mama didn't reply to me, she didn't move or open her eyes. Her body was so warm, almost hot. I could barely even feel her breathing. "...Mama?" I whispered. "Are you awake?"

Mama didn't answer me. "Mama...? Mama!" I yelled, trying to shake her awake. "Mama!" I began to cry. "Why aren't you waking up?" I shook mama's sleeping body more rapidly. "Mama..." I cried, my tears hitting her sleeping arm. Suddenly, I saw Mama's hand was covering something. I slowly moved Mama's hand away, as I saw a small little wooden box.

I wiped away the tears and opened the box. A figure of a withered red rose appeared. A dreamy, nostalgic yet dark song began to play from the box. The box was a music box. I noticed a small, folded piece of paper that was stuck inside the box. I quickly grabbed the paper and unfolded it.

On the paper, were some letters that I didn't know. Sadly, I couldn't read any of it, except the last 2 words.

Love, Mama.

I began to cry again, as I closed the music box with the folded paper inside. "I love you too, Mama... why did you leave me?" I whispered, placing my hand on Mama's sleeping body. "Why won't you wake up?" I knew I had to tell someone.

I rushed out the bedroom and into the living room, where I saw Papa standing by the door. "Papa! Mama... Mama, she won't wake up!" I cried.

Papa ignored everything I said. "Come on, Ri. Get in the car." he commanded, not bothering to even look down at me or smile.

"Papa...? Why? What about mama?" I asked.

"She'll be fine." he answered, still frowning. "Come on, let's go."

I followed Papa outside to the car. We began to drive down a road that I wasn't familiar with. "Papa, where are we going?"

Papa didn't look back at me or smile at me like mama did. "Foster care." he answered quietly.

"What's foster care?" I asked.

Papa didn't answer me at all. "Here we are. Now get out." was all he said as he stopped the car. I stepped out slowly. "What about you-" Before I could finish my sentence, Papa drove away. I wouldn't cry, I couldn't cry. I was 6 years ago. I'm a big girl.

As I turned around, I saw a plump, brunette woman standing behind me. "You must be Ri! Welcome to Miss Hattie's Home for Girls! I'm Miss Hattie. Come on, Follow me." the lady smiled, grabbing my hand, leading me inside "foster care".

As I was in foster care, I saw a younger girl was brown hair and glasses. She was the first to greet me. "Hi there! I'm Margo! Are you the new girl?" she asked.

I raised an eyebrow. "I think." I replied. "Are Mama and Papa going to come back?" I asked Margo.

"I don't know about you, but I've been here for a year, and my mama and papa haven't come back." she replied.

I lowered my eyes and frowned. "...Oh." I mumbled. If foster care meant that Mama and Papa were never coming back,

I hate foster care.

Well, this is the prologue to my first fanfic on this site, so sorry if I screwed up on something. ; A; If you want to flame it or write bad comments, well... umm... okay? But I prefer constructive criticism. If you have an idea for my story or want to see something in the story, just tell me. ^^ I don't always have ideas! I get writer's block, pretty often sadly .-.

Anyways, this Chapter was based of the song "Rockbell", but I did add some of my own touches. And BTW, Ri's mom wasn't "sleeping". She died in her sleep because of cancer, just she looked like she was sleeping in Ri's innocent eyes(Yes, I got this idea from Ib).

NOTE: I know a lot of people don't know this, but a red rose in flower language means love, unity, respect, etc. A withered red rose meant that love is gone. So in case of Ri's music box, the withered red rose figure meant that since her mother died, some of their love has been lost.