In a country of roses; where they bloom so brightly,
lives a little girl the age of only fifteen.
When the roses bloom,
she'd run through them; letting the thorns cut her legs,
letting her blood drip down from the wounds.
She'd only laugh and giggle,
not having a care for her well-being at all.
This little girl; has given up on love.
The little princess.


"Mama, I don't want to study today!" Rin Light said; following after her mother as she busily hurried to get to the Pandora meeting with Rin's father.

"Sorry dear, but I have to go for a meeting. Play with your Chain." Delia Light said hurriedly; her Pandora Pendant; which showed that she was a member of Pandora dangling from the gold chain around her neck.

"But Mama—"

"If you don't want to, practice summoning, okay? Your father and I will see you when we get home." With that, Delia shut the door behind her as she rushed away to meet Rin's father at the carriage.

"…Summoning, huh?" Rin murmured softly. She brought out the Blood-Sealing Mirror that she had received from her mother so she could make a Contract with a Chain. "Maybe I'll try summoning a shadow bird today."

Rin's family were known to have magical abilities to summon. They could summon creatures; demons, Chains, angels, mythical creatures, whatever the case may be. Rin ran her thumb along the sharp teeth; drawing blood. She drew the magic circle with her blood. "Achyth yrath chreth, muith Iauth lyegaroth!" She spoke the incantation; and the blood she used to make the circle flared up with black energy. When it faded; there in the middle of the circle was a bird made from shadows. It was completely black with yellow eyes, a long, flowing tail, wide wings and a long beak. It chirped softly to Rin, as the blood circle vanished.

"I did it! Mama, I—" She trailed off as she remembered that no one was home with her. The bird hobbled towards her; nudging at her leg. She smiled slightly. "Thanks. You should meet Nanirine."

The bird cocked its head to the side. She smiled; crouching down and stroking the soft feathers of the shadow bird. "Nanirine is my Chain. A giant phoenix! You'll like meeting her." Rin said. "I'll name you Veidath. Do you like that name?"

Veidath flapped its wings with another chirp. "Come on, let's go outside to the rose garden!" Rin giggled, as Veidath perched itself on her shoulder. "Do you like roses?"

Veidath ruffled its feathers as Rin shut the door behind her and she headed towards the large rose patch in the forest behind her house. "Roses are really pretty. You'll like them. Brayden used to come with me to the roses, but then he was admitted to the hospital." Her expression saddened. "Brayden is still there. We'll visit him after you see the roses, okay?"

Veidath cooed gently in her ear as they reached the large patch of blooming red roses. Rin smiled gently. "I remember when Brayden and I came to this rose garden. See, those two roses in the middle of the patch?"

Veidath tilted its head to the side again as Rin walked through the thorny flowers; the sharp thorns that dotted the stems of the flowers scratching her legs. She simply smiled as she crouched down in front of the two roses that sat in the middle of all the rest. "See? These two…are a brilliant blue colour." She ran a finger along a soft petal of each of the unusual blue roses. "You see, Brayden and I planted these roses together a long time ago. I've always come here to take care of them."

Veidath fluttered down from her shoulder to take a closer look at the roses. Glowing yellow eyes glowing vibrantly in the shadows of the trees, Veidath retreated to its place on her shoulder. "These are the roses that Brayden and I took care of ever since we met." Rin smiled gently to herself. "I remember; very clearly. It was when we were only 8 years old."

An eight-year old Rin skipped through the forest; wearing a pale purple sundress and black shoes. Her pitch black hair cascaded down to her knees; and her dark blue eyes glanced around in awe at the tall, leafy trees. Her parents had gone to another meeting for Pandora, and she had yet to make a Contract. "La, la, la, la, la. ~" She giggled; forcing happiness in to her mind as she came to the vast rose patch that she had found the day before. "Wahh, it's still pretty!"

She remembered what people would say when they saw her and her parents. They're witches, they would whisper amongst themselves. They don't have a place in this world, they would mutter scornfully. That little girl probably has never even stepped out in to the 'light'! That one struck her the most. The light; what was the light?

A roar shook her thoughts; as trees not far from where she stood started to crash to the ground. "What the—"

A large Chain tore through the forest; seeming to be in pursuit of something. That's when someone around her age stumbled in to the clearing; falling to his knees in the roses. A boy with brownish-blonde hair and green-blue eyes. "Eh…?" She stood there; frozen, as the Chain ripped in to view.

"The Way opened and a Trump escaped…" She murmured; speaking her observations absentmindedly. She blinked again. "Oh. That boy is going to be devoured by the Trump. I should save him." She cut her thumb with her sharp teeth; letting the blood flow. With a swift movement; she whipped her arm; splattering drops of scarlet blood on to the ground in front of her. "Light Family special technique; Quick Summon! Two-headed dragon!" The drops of blood shone a bright purple; shooting in to the sky as thin, tall pillars of purple light. Horizontal beams of purple light connected the pillars; and when the light vanished; there stood a large black dragon with red spikes and two heads that spouted puffs of smoke and small spurts of red flames. Their purple eyes gleamed as it rumbled lowly. "Kill the Chain!" Rin shouted her order.

It all seemed to happen within an instant. The heads' jaws dropped; letting twin sheets of red flames erupt towards the ugly Chain. The Chain was eaten up by the flames and a terrible scream was emitted from the open jaws of it; as it diminished in to a small bit of black ash which was swept away in the light breeze. As soon as the Chain was killed, the dragon vanished. With an exhausted sigh, Rin fell back on to the soft grass. Some of the roses had been squashed by the large, clumsy feet of the Chain; as well as her summon. "Eh, so tired. ~ Who knew it'd actually work; and that I could actually summon a two-headed dragon?" Rin murmured to herself. "Wahh, so tired now. Hey," She directed it towards the boy who kneeled in the roses; still shaking a bit. "Are you okay?"

"I-I…" The boy stammered; rising to his feet and slowly approaching her. "You saved me…"

"Uh-huh. But some roses were destroyed in the process. That's saddening." She sat up and looked at the boy. "I'm Rin."

"My name is Brayden. How did that dragon appear?"

"Oh; I come from a family of summoners." She replied.

"Really? That's so cool!"

She shrugged. "I guess; to normal people it would be. Oh! Mama has some rose seeds that she conjured. Let's go plant them here to replace the ones that were crushed!"

Rin stood up and made her way out of the roses. "Let's go visit Brayden now, okay, Veidath?" The shadow bird simply chirped as she skipped along the path to exit the forest. As she exited the forest, she took out the Blood-Sealing Mirror. "I'll get Nanirine to take me to the hospital. ~ I don't feel like walking all the way there. So, Nanirine, come out!"

Black and dark purple flames flared up behind her; rising in to the air to create a pod of flames behind Rin. A pair of black wings dripping with purple flames unfurled from the black and purple flames. A long black beak tore through the pod as it shattered; revealing the black phoenix known as Nanirine. "Nanirine, let's go to the hospital!" Rin called up to the large bird. Lowering its neck, it allowed Rin to climb on to its shoulder; where she sat down and held up tightly as Nanirine rose in to the sky and flew off.


Brayden lay in the hospital bed; staring out the window. He had been here for a while. He missed being able to walk out in to the warm sunshine and visit the rose garden with his friend Rin. But he wasn't allowed to leave his room. "I'm sorry Miss, but you can't visit right now." The voice of a nurse sounded outside his door.

"Sorry, but I have to visit him." A familiar voice replied.

"Miss, don't make this difficult—!"

"Ow, let go!" Crashes and yells sounded. "Let go, let go, let go, let go! Nanirine, come out!" A loud screech blasted outside his door, along with a high-pitched shriek. Suddenly, his door opened, someone entered, and the door slammed shut. There, he saw Rin; with a strange shadow bird perched on her shoulder. She smoothed down her black hair; her dark blue eyes glittering mischievously. "Hi Brayden!" She greeted brightly.

"Rin?"

"I hope you didn't forget me. I visit you almost every day! I don't remember those nurses being so pushy though. One of them grabbed my arm; and it hurt! Luckily, Nanirine's illusions freaked the nurse out and I was able to come in!"

Brayden simply smiled; shaking his head slightly. "You're the same as always, Rin."

She laughed, and sat down at a chair beside the bed he was resting in. "The roses are blooming; they look very pretty!" Rin said; resting her chin on the side of the bed. "And I practiced summoning again. I summoned a shadow bird! I named it Veidath. Don't you think it's a suiting name? Veidath, say hello."

Veidath cawed; fluttering its wings at him. Brayden flinched slightly at the ghostly creature; Rin only laughed. "Brayden, Brayden, when will you be able to leave?"

Brayden gently patted the top of her head. "I'm not sure. Wait for me, okay? And we'll go to the rose garden together again."

Rin gave him a big grin. "Alright! Definitely, I'll make sure that Brayden and I go to see the roses again! Until then, Veidath will stay with you; so you won't be lonely. I'll visit every day too!" At her command, the shadow bird hobbled off her shoulder and perched on the bedpost. "I promise. Brayden will never be lonely!"

A smile lit his face. "Thanks Rin. I'll get out of here in no time. Just wait."


A/N: Long one-shot here; which may turn in to a two-shot. ~ Dedicated to Brayden; who is in the hospital. I know that he won't see this; I don't really tell people that I know my Fanfiction account, and for the fact that the fear that people's eyes will burn out from reading these fanfics of mine is terrifying. xD But anyway, Brayden, I really hope that you're going to be alright, you gave me a damn heart attack when I found out that you were at the hospital. You better not die or anything, got it? Come back to school soon; or you'll do terrible in your classes. Not too pleased that you've been partnered with a girl in science class, but whatever; I see how it is, I see how it's rollin'. See you on Monday. ^^ To the other readers; I hope you liked this, a continuation might be written; depends if I have the time and the energy. Until then, I bid you all a farewell. Sweet dreams, and don't let the demons devour your souls. ~
Edit!: Oh, and I've written the continuation! But beware; it has a swear word in it. xD Oh, and there is an alternate ending. I uploaded the alternate ending before the actual ending by accident. Whoops. Anyway, alternate ending is for those who like sad endings!