UntiedGeneration: Uh… ettoo….*hides*

Kanda: stop hiding already! –Pulls her out-

UntiedGeneration: But… But… eeek!

Lenalee: Relax Kanda, it's her first time writing.

Lavi: Yuu-chan is bullying!

Kanda: che.

UntiedGeneration: T-t—this is my first fanfiction! I-I don't own them. P-p-please enjoy –hides back-

Everyone: -sighs-

I sometimes dream that I have a guy like him, but I would never expect that I will meet him.

It was already morning. Before I went to school, I went back to my room and grabbed a few my favorite D. Gray Man volumes and a few letters that was from my close friends and family, especially my grandfather who died three years ago.

I barely made it inside the school if I hadn't run and eat at the same time. But regrettably, that was a bad idea.

My stomach growled even more after I wasted my energy on running. I took my seat and slouched on the table, wishing my stomach to shut up. I sighed as I continued to hear the growls of my hunger. I wanted to stop it, so I opened my bag, hoping I left a few snacks. But woe, all I could find inside was a few pieces of candy. Since it wasn't much of a choice, I unwrapped one and placed it in my mouth to savor it.

"Ugh, this is so annoying." Thinking that I wasn't the only one who was having a bad day, I looked up and saw my friend. She had long black hair and fair skin. As always she looked pretty despite being vertically challenge.

"Let me guess, you didn't eat breakfast again." I jokingly said.

"Well, What about you?" she pouted.

"I just slept late" I said, but looking at my friend, she wasn't convinced.

"You were going through those stories weren't you?" she said.

"Come on Arianne" I scoffed. "You know how that really affected us before. And besides…" I took out something from my bag. "I've been reading this for the 'nth' time."

"D. Gray-man… again? You must be really in love with Lavi" Arianne said as she took her seat.

"What can I say? He's hot" I said and the front cover of the manga. "Oh yeah… we have to finish the research—"

"About that… "She interrupted. " I wanna talk to you after class"

I had a feeling that she was about to say something important to me later, so I nodded and smiled as my response.

It was after class; I grabbed my bag and went to the meeting place. I went up until I reached the sixth floor. Then I went to the balcony of the school to meet Arianne. I saw her alright, but her expression made me feel anxious.

"Hey, you want to talk to me about something?" I said as I walked towards her. Not long I noticed that she was holding a locket. It was the same locket that we made a promise with. My eyes widened and my body began to shiver, then I knew what would happen next.

"I don't want to become part of this anymore." She said with a bit of annoyance in her tone. "Maybe it's time for me to let go… you should too."

I wanted to cry as I heard those words, but I understood her right away. I knew from that very moment—no, even before that; she never really wanted that. I gathered all my strength to make a smile on my face. It was the least I could do from all that she endured.

"Alright then… it's understandable." I said. "But understand that I can't just let go at the moment."

"I want to leave it alone! I can't do this anymore! GOD why can't you—"

"Dude…I got it." I said as I held her hand and took the locket away from her. "I'll do it for you guys. Don't worry about it okay?"

It was a small lie that I needed to keep.

After that she went to our usual hangout. She invited me to come, but I declined. I needed to go back home to finish my D. Gray-man dolls. Silly as it sounds, it was the only to keep me from being insane from getting one on the internet. (The prices)

"Almost done… there" I said as I place the last stitch on my Lavi doll. "Wow! It's not so bad." I said cheerfully. I then place the doll along with the others, but not realizing that the locket was still on the table.

"You must be really in love with Lavi." Remembering those words, I began to wonder of what she said was true. I remembered the time how I was introduced to the series. I was force by my siblings to watch, but I never regretted it. More or less, it sort of saved my life. I met people like my bestfriend and Arianne because of the series and that secret vow that had for so long.

"I'll accept it" that was inside one of the letters that Arianne wrote. But from what had happened today, all I had now was a broken promise.

"Ugh, stupid flashbacks" I shook my head really hard to forget even for a while. After that, I sighed as I took the locked and placed it in my bag. As looked at the contents of my bag, I noticed that I haven't opened a single letter from my grandfather.

"hmmm… I haven't read it even once." I took out one of the letters and raised it up to see the contents from the envelope. Then, I carefully opened it, making sure that I didn't crumple it along the way.

When it was finally opened, I took a peek inside. But to my surprise, it was only a blank paper with dust all over. "glitter?"

"Is this the result for not opening it for a long time?" I said and noticed that the dust landed on my D. gray-man manga.

"Oh no…" I quickly took my manga and dusted it with a dry towel. "Aww, it's my favorite volume too." I said and gazed at the picture of the kid version of Lavi in the front cover. I looked that the wall clock and was astonished that it was already 5pm.

"Shit! I completely forgot about the Anime sale at the mall." I took my bag and rushed through the door.

I was happy that I made it in time. I bought a lot of D. Gray-man poster and anime keychains. While I carried all that stuff in one plastic bag, I thought a best route to go home. Since it was the fastest way to get to my house, I took the alley.

It was dark, but I was glad that electricity and street lights were invented. I was about half-way to the other end, but something stopped me from behind. I felt a hard grip from my arms as someone pulled me back and pushed me against the wall. I was about to scream, but my mouth was already covered by the man's sweaty hand.

"Oh shit! A rapist?" I screamed in my head and struggled my way out. However, I froze when he pulled out his knife and placed it near my left cheek and whispered near my ear.

"Don't struggle or else, I'll hurt you…" I couldn't move a muscle, his queer smile made it even worse. "Now, let's get to know each other."

"As if I believe that!" Then I heard something that was being unzipped "oh no, he didn't!"

It was now or never. He gave me no choice at all. My man-hating side was really convenient that without a second thought, I kicked his balls to release me from his grip, and punched his face to take time for him to recover. But he wasn't going down that easily. From that very moment, he pulled me back and stabbed me on the back.

I fell on my knees as the man took the opportunity to escape. The sensation of hot and cold was already coursing through my body. I had hard time breathing; I couldn't stand up. But… but I didn't want to die I didn't want to give up. I didn't want to throw my life. I wanted to have a great time in my first year as a college student. I wanted to look forward the ongoing series of D. Gray-man. I wanted to know the truth about the letters. I… I wanted… not to die in my uniform.

It was right there, my thoughts became my will. I was shaking as I pulled out my handkerchief from my right skirt pocket and placed it on my wound for compression. I felt a sting of pains, but it disappeared after a few seconds. I needed to stand up, so I used the wall as support to hoist myself up while holding my wound in at the same time. So far so good, I took one little step at a time. I was sweating a lot and I was wobbling while walking. But I couldn't stop there; I was almost the end of the alley.

I was about to reach the end when I heard weird gunshots. It was weird in a sense that I wasn't familiar to the type of gun that they were using. And it wasn't long when I heard something.

"Come out come out Exorcists!" said one.

"Time to destroy that hateful Innocence!" said the other.

It felt so wrong yet so familiar. I wanted to know it myself. I looked up and saw a swarm of akuma flying towards north.

"Man, I must be losing a lot of blood now. I'm hallucinating." I thought as I compressed my wound a bit harder.

"Oww… Just a bit more..." But I stopped, the ground began to tremble. It became stronger that I couldn't bear to stand up anymore. I fell on my knees once again and felt the intensity didn't stop there. I heard something crashing from above. The next thing I knew, I was already lying on the ground covered in rubble.

My body was sore. I couldn't move my legs. I was losing blood. I fractured a few of my ribs; I could tell from all the blood that I choked. I felt blood trickling down from my forehead. I wanted to cry so hard from the pain, but not a single sound came from my mouth.

My vision was blurry, but it was clear enough to see the situation. I saw a wasteland of buildings that you normally see in war movies. To make things weirder, I could've sworn that a level one akuma was going to me. I squeezed my eyes close, waiting for death to arrive.

But something was wrong; I wondered why I wasn't shot yet. I opened my eyes and I realized that I was already in the arms of my savior.

"It's alright. You're safe now." He said as I only saw nothing but a blurry figure right before me. His voice was so familiar. He sounded like a person I know who had white hair and pentacle on his left eye, but it couldn't be. Not in this reality that I lived in.

"Miss… Miss…"

It wasn't good for me anymore .From all the bricks and wood that landed on me, it was too painful for me to move. My body became so hot and yet so cold. I felt like sinking from the deep depths of hell. I didn't know what to do anymore. I couldn't hear nor see anything now. I closed my eyes and I was being held from a warm embrace.

My name's Nicole and this is my story.

UntiedGeneration: I hope you enjoy it. I'm sorry!

Lenalee: Why are you apologizing?

UntiedGeneration: -disappears-

Nicole: this is a first-timer eh.. -sighs-