My latest fic! This is my OC's story =) Hope you enjoy it, got some good plans for this.
~*~Melody of the Strings~*~
~*~Prologue~*~
The thick, acrid smoke hung in the air, choking all who breathed it in. The stench was unbearable. It smelt of rotting, burning flesh, burning paper, gunpowder. Death. Coughing and spluttering, one solitary woman inched her way painfully from the gutted cottage. She'd lost everything. Her home, her mother, father, daughter. All gone, claimed in seconds by this foul twisted machine thing in front of her. It hadn't seen her yet. Carefully, she lay there, looking as dead as she possibly could. She felt dead inside. Mum.. Dad… Jess.. She half considered throwing herself in front of this monster, so it would kill her too, so she could be with her family. She smirked to herself. She'd be damned if she was going to be a quitter now. Raising her daughter by herself after her good for nothing lover ran off after she told him she was pregnant. Looking after her frail and elderly parents. When you're 24 and you think your life is over.. that's just… sad. But it was how she felt. Slowly, she stood up, ignoring the pain in her side and right leg. She was going to quit. Closing her eyes as the machine whirled round to see her, she smiled. 'See you soon, Jess'
'Ozuchi Kozuchi! Shin!' 'Cross Grave!' 'Enbu, Kirikaze!'
Startled by the sudden flurry of voices, she opened her eyes, to see a redhaired blur streaking towards her, one arm outstretched. The next thing she knew she'd been scooped up away from the monster, her own red hair streaming in her face. A huge flash of brilliant white light, and a huge gust of wind followed by an even larger explosion. Then she passed out.
'Nee, Allen-kun, what are we gonna do with her? She's out cold!' ...a playful voice.
'I don't know Lavi, but we have to get her some medical assistance.' …an English accent?
'Guys, I think she's coming around..' … a gentle, female voice…
Groaning, her eyes flickered open, and she tried to push herself into a sitting position. Three anxious faces crowded round her. They looked like children.. Two boys, one girl.. 'Are you ok miss?' the white haired boy asked. 'Eh.. I.. I think so.. But my family…' the woman bit back a sob. She would not cry in front of children. 'We're sorry. We got here too late.' the redhead said bitterly. She noticed he wore an eye patch. The poor child. 'Can you stand?' the girl asked gently, offering her hand to the woman. She nodded, and took the hand, lifting herself to her feet with a slight stumble.
'What was that… thing.' she asked, thinking these children must know something about it. They glanced at each other, before the white haired boy spoke. 'That was an Akuma. A living weapon.' 'A..Akuma?' the woman stammered. This was a little more than she could handle. 'Let's go somewhere a little more comfortable.' the girl said, smiling gently up at the woman. 'What's your name? I'm Lenalee, this is Allen and Lavi' she said, pointing to the white haired boy and the redhead in turn.
'Lorraine.' the woman stated simply. Grimacing at a sudden shooting pain in her leg, she looked down to see an awful lot of blood. Her blood. She promptly fainted again.