Hello, everyone! This is my first Elfen Lied fan fiction, and I want to thank the user of deviantart who created a picture of a Diclonius called Maternal Purity Juno. There's a description of the picture, but it gave me an inspiration to make this story. I'm sorry to say that I'll never thank the user personally, even though I want to. I already have the first four chapters written. This is like a huge accomplishment for me because of 8th grade and handling 8 classes. Anyway, I'm a huge fan of Elfen Lied and my dream is to make this story into the season two of the anime Elfen Lied (even though it might never happen, LOL) Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and feel free to give me ideas for the next upcoming chapters!
A NEW GENERATION~
Chapter One
A little girl, no older than 5, was running through an endless forest, wearing nothing but a dirty, tattered lavender nightgown and a frantic expression on her face. Part of the reason was because it was after dark, the trees black against the dark bluish sky. The other reason was because she was trying to find a place to hide for the night. She was always running, always hiding, looking out for herself. The explanation?
One word. Diclonius.
The girl didn't know much about herself, except for the fact that she had bright reddish pink hair and triangular shaped horns. Being only 5, she didn't know why people with blue shirts and hats (S A T team) were chasing after her with guns. She didn't know why scientists were doing brutal painful tests on her.
She was scared.
The little girl tripped over a stone and fell into the leaves and mud on the ground. She felt a throbbing pain in her knee. The girl got up and sat down. She examined her knee, which was wet and dripping with blood. The girl sighed. She was used to this, tripping over stones and logs, and sometimes even her own feet. It was like literally beating herself up. Scratched and cut and bruised, the girl was always weak and tired. She would sometimes manage to find some deserted sanctuary now and then, but she would be mostly caught in the rain, wet and shivering.
The girl heard her stomach growl and tears came to her eyes. She was lucky if she found even a little source of food, like nuts and berries. The girl knew which berries were okay to eat and which were not. She had experienced that firsthand when she got extremely sick from eating of what she thought were blackberries.
Of what the girl knew, she hadn't had any sort of nourishment for months. She did remember that she used to live in a lab room having nothing to do but stare at the walls, sometimes even talking to them. Sometimes, she would be sent to a room where her wrists would be chained to the wall, and her body would be hit brutally by metal balls, considering she had no clothing. Her body would start to bleed from the impact of the balls, and then collapse. Her only clothing was a strip jacket, and she had been fed on some sort of slop through a tube that she wasn't even sure was edible. But somehow, she had escaped by slicing a lot of people, blood spurting everywhere, and jumping off a cliff into a freezing river. Ever since then, the girl had been trying to protect herself, struggling to survive, but from finding little source of food to wearing nothing but a nightgown, somewhere in the back of her mind knew that her survival skills were practically zero.
The girl licked her bleeding knee clean. She tasted the saltiness, and somehow it gave her a little energy. It thrilled her a little. She got up and continued walking. She hummed a little lullaby to calm her nerves. Somehow, the girl heard it from a distant echo, and learned it. The lullaby was called Lillium.
Despite her fear of not surviving and her struggles, the girl loved animals (especially dogs), and in the daytime she loved nature, the way the river was playfully rushing and sparkling against the sun. It was Autumn, and the little girl loved looking at the way the leaves change color from red and yellow and orange, and picking apples. But sometimes, she had to remind herself she was on the run, and that people were chasing her and looking for her.
The girl stopped humming when she saw a flash of light. And then heard thunder. It soon started raining. A sprinkle at first, but then it was a downpour. The girl started running, her hair dripping and her soaked nightgown sticking to her skinny body. She soon found a deserted burrow that some animal had taken shelter and decided to stay there for the night, and then continue the journey at the crack of dawn. But there was a problem.
Somebody was already in there.
The little girl was too surprised to run away. After her scare worn off, she was left with curiousness as she looked at the person who was in the burrow.
She looked to be about 18 years old, her short pink hair in wet strands and tangles and bloody untreated wounds on her face and body. She was wearing a pink T-shirt with a black denim dress, which was covered in blood and dirt and in tatters. She was also wearing black and grey striped knee high socks and on her feet were blood splattered dark pink clogs. She had a sad look in her eyes. She didn't seem to notice the girl.
But the girl's eyes were glued to the woman's head. Instead of horns, there were rough, jagged stumps covered in blood. The girl squealed in fear at the sight of it, and the person in the burrow jumped and cried out in surprise. She saw the little girl, who was scrunching the hem of her wet and dirty, tattered nightgown and whimpering. The little girl had two horns on her head in her reddish pink hair, which was wet and tangled from the still pouring rain. She crawled out of the burrow and crouched down to examine the wide eyed girl.
" Hi there." She told her. Her voice sounded depressing. The girl just stared at her with wide eyes. The other girl smiled sadly down at her and stroked the trembling child's hair.
" My name's Lucy," the girl continued, her smile fading. " You look like you're hurt in a lot of places."
The little girl shrugged. " I've escaped from a strange place where strange people hurt me and jumped off a cliff into freezing water eight months ago. I've been struggling to survive and there are stones and rocks everywhere that I trip over."
The girl called Lucy took the edge of the child's nightgown and rubbed it with her fingers.
" This thing feels like it's about to disintegrate. Where'd you get this?" She asked. The girl shrugged again. She was pretty quiet.
" I don't know. All I know is that it's strange that people are chasing after me. What's wrong with having horns?"
" How old are you?"
The girl held up five fingers. " This many." She said. Lucy nodded.
" Well, you're a little too young to know. When you get older, you'll understand. I don't want to scare you." Lucy sighed and started to go back into the burrow, but the little girl grabbed her dress to stop her.
" What do you need?" She told the girl. The girl blinked and scratched her cheek.
" Could I stay with you? Just for tonight. I'll find somewhere else tomorrow." The little girl tugged at her nightgown and bit her lip.
Lucy grew silent.
" Please!" The little girl looked like she was about to burst into tears. " It's so hard trying to find a place to sleep. I can't find much food and I'm alone." The girl stared up at Lucy and was relieved that the look in her eyes soften.
" I'll tell you what. We'll stay here for tonight. Then we'll see if we can find some proper shelter tomorrow."
The little girl smiled until she felt something wet run down her arm. She looked and saw it was blood from a cut that she didn't noticed.
" You're hurt." Lucy knelt down and examined the girl's arm.
" I've been hurt before." The girl sighed. Then she yawned and rubbed her eyes. Lucy smiled.
" Looks like someone's ready for bed," She said. She got up and took the girl's small hand.
" I didn't ask you this yet, what's your name?" The little girl stared at her possibility of a new parent straight in the eye.
" Juno." The little girl said. " Maternal Purity Juno."
Alright, my first chapter's done! Yay. Sorry if it looks short, I've been really busy with schoolwork and my tablet has been restricted. So, Juno has met Lucy for the first time and isn't sure how to react. Will she stay with her? Will both girls be soon found and captured? And what happened to Lucy, who has been away from home for 5 months? Find out in the next chapter! Feel free to comment and give ideas. Peace out! ;)