A/N: Hey guys! It's ThatOneAnimeNut! I'm already writing a story, but I'm a little fresh out of ideas for it right now so I thought I'd try one of these! I've always loved these stories and I kind of have an idea of where this would go. So yeah. Also, I always strive to make the characters in character, but because I have some inner turmoil surrounding this area the characters may be more depressed than they normally would be. But hey, they're in a looney bin so it can only get better right? I hope you like this. Also, I'm not going to have service for the next week to ten days, so today through Wednesday will be the last time I update in aforementioned amount of time. Man, life is gonna get exciting trying to juggle two fanfics at once! Ok, enough of my jabber. Enjoy Fixing the Broken chapter 1.

~ThatOneAnimeNut

"Today, I want you guys to write down a list about your family. Just whatever comes to mind. It can be a feeling, a person, a pet even. Maybe an action. Whatever you like, you can't do anything wrong in this exercise."

Hmm. I write down a 1.) On my lined piece of paper. Or maybe I should go with bullets. Yeah, bullets sound good. I erase the 1 and put a neat little bullet.

* Fighting. There was plenty of that at home. At least, there used to be.

* Papa. No, wait. I cross out Papa and put Cheater.

* Papa Cheater. Thats better.

* Anger. Of course. Who wouldn't be angry to find their husband with a hooker.

* Disappointment. Maybe I should explain.

My name is Maka Albarn. I'm 15, daughter of Spirit and Kana. When I tell my story I always ask where to start, and I'm always told to start at the beginning, so that's what I'm going to do for you.

I grew up in east Death City. It's a nice place, with nice parks, nice schools, and nice middle class families. The lawns are fairly well kept and green. Newspapers are tossed on the front steps of houses at 6:30 in the morning on Sundays. There are a couple strategically placed bus stops at the ends of neighborhoods and school starts at 8:30. It's not a place where you'd expect people to be unhappy, but no matter how much Mama and Papa liked to pretend, we just weren't happy. They didn't get along to begin with, but when Mama caught Papa with some other lady it was like a war declaration. Every day after school they were arguing, and by the time freshmen year rolled around I was done. I started cutting myself. Letting out every bad feeling I didn't want to deal with, it seemed like the best idea I'd had in a long time, and with my secret, I was ok for a little while.

A/N: Ok, That was a really short kind of intro, but never fear, I'm working on chapter 2 pronto. It shouldn't take me more than 45 minutes. Thanks for reading! Please offer me authors caffeine by favoriting, following, and reviewing. ^^

~ThatOneAnimeNut