"Light Yagami." It was nothing more than a mere whisper but enough to get the boy to slightly twitch. "Light Yagami." The small whisper repeated in his ear. This time a soft groan was heard from the boy, but he was not yet awake. "Wake up Light Yagami." This time the whisper was a little louder, and it made the boy twitch some more. Then the voice stopped, but soon after a sudden pain emerged.

"Arrg!" Was the only thing that could escape from the boy's lips for pain soon followed and burned his throat. The boy was finally awake, and when he opened his eyes he was greeted by nothing but darkness. He then tried to scream but couldn't for the pain in his throat was far to surreal to even let him breath correctly. The boy then tried to move his arms and legs but found them to be tightly restrained. But that didn't stop him from struggling.

"Oh, you're finally with us." The whisper stated in a plain flat voice. "Sorry I had to use the tazer on you. I'm sure that hurts like hell." The voice then drifted off and Light could hear footsteps slowly walking away. "As you can see, I restrained you from using any type of movement at all. Though I am surprised you can even move considering how heavily I sedated you." Soon the footsteps drew nearer to Light, and when he could feel hot breath go against his face, panic took him over. He started to struggle more and his breathing got heavy. A cold hand was placed on his face, which made Light panic even more. "Listen Light, I wouldn't freak just yet. It's only really dark because I placed a blindfold around your eyes." Light tried to yell at the voice in response but couldn't. "Oh, and you can't talk because I hung you on a noose for awhile. Not enough to kill you, but enough for you to lose your voice." The voice then moved it's cold hand off of Light's face and walked off again.

Light struggled and struggled as much as he could in a sad attempt to get out. But no prevail. The poor teenage prodigy was trapped, trapped like a rat.

"Now you're probably wondering why you are here. Well Light, it's simple. You were chosen out of a selected few to be my new pupil if you will. Some people may call it victim, but I prefer pupil because I believe I teach you something. Something very important. I won't tell you what now, but you're a genius so you should figure it out at one point." Footsteps paced back and forth, and within every word and step came a new anxiety in Light. He had no clue on what was going on, and was more scared than hell after he heard the word victim being brought up. "I blind folded you because I don't want you aware of your settings yet. And I hung you so I wouldn't have to hear you scream within every second. You're not the first so I've learned from past mistakes. Now you're probably thinking you're going to die. You'll only die if you don't pass my course." The voice then trailed off again, but it returned in a deadly whisper against his ear. "Think of it as earning credits in school, only you're earning the privilege to live." The whisper sent a raw chill down Light's spine, and he began to shiver. "Are you scared? Well don't be. The lesson hasn't even begun yet." And after that was said, a sinister snicker followed. Then finally, the voice died down and Light could hear footsteps going up what seemed to sound like a flight of stairs. "Oh and Light," the voice called out. "We will discuss the details of your capture as soon as you get your voice back. Just whatever you do, don't scream." A door then slammed, and Light was by himself. By himself, in what was soon going to become hell.

AN: Alright, just to let all of you folks know this takes place months before Light gets the Death Note. Trust me, it will get better as it goes on. This is my first time writing a Death Note fanfiction so please bear with me. R&R if you wish

DISCLAIMER!: I DO NOT OWN DEATH NOTE! If I did well….damn….I would be one lucky SOB….