A/N: For those of you that read my profile, you might be wondering why I had to change the title from Flower of Clay to Through the Magic Window I Shall Go. To avoid spoiling the prologue, the reason will be explained at the end.

Disclaimer:

I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters. I do own myself, though. ...I just realized how wrong that sounded.

Prologue:

I let out a bored groan. Why can't I sleep? I whined mentally. It's not fair…

A light tapping noise came to my attention and I looked up at the window.

This is probably a bad idea…" I muttered as I looked back up at my ceiling.

I threw my comforters off and went over to my window. I looked at it with confusion. There was a faint light coming from behind the white shade covering the window.

"It's light out already?" I said with confusion. I pulled on the bottom of the shade until it lifted from the bottom of the windowsill. "What the hell?"

I put my face so close to the window that my nose was pressing against it. Instead of seeing the small park across the street or the backyard on the floor below me, I saw a dimly light room.

"Okay, this is getting a little weird…" I said to myself.

I pulled my face back from the window and looked at its base. I thought about opening it to go into the mysterious room. I decided that I would go into the room, but first I'd get some of my things just in case something happened and I couldn't come back for them. I was just that paranoid.

I grabbed my choker off the small white stand next to my bed and quickly put it on. I stuck my phone in the front right pocket of my jeans, and grabbed my oversized purse from behind me and slung it over my shoulder.

When I faced the window again, I swore I was going to have a heart attack.

"JESUS!!" I exclaimed, my hand flying to my chest.

Someone was now standing on the other side of the window. It wasn't just anyone. It was Orochimaru, the evil Sanin himself, and he had an amused smile on his face. He motioned for me to come closer and I hesitated. I never realized how scared I was of Orochimaru until I actually saw him face to face.

Wait… This isn't possible! I realized. Orochimaru isn't real!

Then how is he standing outside your window? A voice in the back of my head argued.

Good point… I agreed.

Orochimaru once again motioned for me to come over to him, and I obeyed despite my better judgment. I could feel my heart racing as I got closer to the terrifying man and opened the only barrier that separated us.

"Hello, child," Orochimaru said. That malevolent smile was still on his face, and it didn't help my nerves at all.

"Um…hi…" I said. My voice cracked and I felt my face turn red.

Orochimaru's smile grew. "There's no need to be afraid."

That's what you think… I thought.

"I need you to come with me," Orochimaru continued.

He held out one of his pale hands, and I could only stare at it with fear. That was when I noticed something odd. I looked at the baggy black sleeve and followed it up to Orochimaru's torso. My eyes widened when I saw red clouds sewn into the black fabric.

An Akatsuki cloak! I realized. Wait, why does Orochimaru have one? He's not in the Akatsuki… Not anymore at least.

Suddenly, I felt Orochimaru grab my wrist and yank me with enough force so send me flying. I screeched as I went through the window and toppled on the floor. I half groaned and half screamed as my elbows roughly rubbed against the carpeted floor.

"Ow…" I whined as I forced myself up.

I reached for my elbows and winced when I felt the pain. I looked down at my hands to see if there was any blood. Unfortunately, there was.

That was one rough landing… I thought as I wiped the blood off on my pants.

I was forcefully pulled to my feet and felt a sharp blade being pressed against my neck.

"If you try to escape, you'll cut your own throat," Orochimaru threatened into my ear.

I felt goosebumps rise all over my body, and my heart continued beating faster than normal.

Not a moment later, a hologram of a man with spiky hair wearing an Akatsuki cloak appeared a few feet away. Pein! I thought instantly. What's he doing here? That's when it clicked. Holy crap! Orochimaru is in the Akatsuki still! What the hell is going on?!

"I see you were able to secure the girl," the leader said.

"What should I do with her?" Orochimaru asked.

"Take her to Yoko and get her changed," Pein commanded. "There's been a lot of cleaning to be done ever since Asako…mysteriously disappeared."

I could picture the smile on Orochimaru's face as Pein's hologram vanished.

Orochimaru took the blade away from my neck and grabbed my arm. "Come on." He pulled me towards the door, and I frowned.

I had no idea what was going on, and I wasn't entirely sure I wanted to know. I regretted giving in to my curiosity and investigating that tapping noise from my window.

Okay, here's the deal with the title change... Since Orochimaru hasn't left the Akatsuki yet, that means that it's seven years in the past from where the main storyline of Naruto starts. From what I could gather thanks to the manga and other sources (like google and friends that are obsessed with the show) Deidara hasn't joined the Akatsuki yet. That's bad because I was going to have Deidara and I become friends (and by that I mean Pein was going make Deidara make it seem like we were friends but we really weren't) since we're both artsy people. So, I have to revise what I've written so far so that Deidara isn't in it.