Yay one piece :) This is a Law and OC story, but I wanted to give background to the characters for the first chapter story before I hop in and make a romance story.

Keep in mind I don't want to spoil everything and explain it all at once. It's like giving you a full cake and letting you eat all now, there will be nothing left to enjoy. So I'll give you the cake piece by piece.

It will change over time but Lelouch is important to the story and no, Law does not get with him.

Spoilers: Law's first name is Water. I'm not sure when he changed it, but I added it to the story because its his name :)

"Jeez, you're so slow." A young boy with bright reddish brown hair laid lazily on top of the tree branch, swaying one leg back and forth as it hung off the side of the tree. His messy, dirt-stained clothes and unbrushed hair gave him the perfect appearance of the boy who never knew the meaning of a bath. And one person in particular knew well then enough that if it wasn't a lake, there was no bath and he wasn't bathing. That person was staring up at this boy from the bottom of the tree. Her green, slightly dirty dress blew gently in the wind and her equally red brown hair did just the same, but the little girl's face was anything but pretty as she glared up at the 10-year old boy.

"Lelouch, you know I can't climb." The little girl stomped her foot on the grass and clenched her fists. Her icy cold stare did not fit on a girl at the age of 7. It was even amusing that her long hair had been tied up with a cute butterfly clip. Her face just did not match this otherwise cute little girl.

Lelouch waved his hand down at her and closed his eyes as he leaned against the chipped bark. "Do you always have fits? Because it's not cute or lady-like." The little girl puffed her cheeks and kicked the tree, which she immediately regretted and cried out in pain. Lelouch started to laugh at the idea of the girl thinking she could take her anger out on a tree because of his teasing.

"Lelouch, why are you always so mean to me? Mama says that you have to play with me." The little girl's eyes started to water up and she leaned to one side to favor her hurt toes. She saw the way Lelouch eyes darkened at the mention of word Mama.

"They aren't our parents and she is not my mother," he said as he stood up and stuffed his hands in his pockets. He glanced down at the girl before taking a step off the branch and landed on the ground easily. The little girl clapped and giggled. "You're so cool, Lelouch." He grinned and waved, acting as if he was embarrassed and that he wasn't angry a few seconds ago.

"Aww, don't flatter me...but keep going. I love to act as if I'm king." The little girl kept clapping and chanting, "Oh, mighty king, grant me your wishes."

Lelouch wasn't sure when they started walking or when the sun decided to set, but they ended up standing in front of a wooden log cabin. Really, for as small as it was, it was more of a shack. "Hey, Reika, I think I'm going to continue on my walk. Go inside eat dinner, bathe, brush you teeth, and go straight to bed," he said and wiggled his finger in her face.

She nodded her head slowly but then smiled happily. "Okay, big brother, but you'll be back to read me a story, right?" Lelouch looked away blushing, wishing his sister wasn't so damn cute. "Alright, alright, story, got it." He patted her head and ushered her into the log cabin. He made sure to hear the greeting voices saying they were happy she was home before he continued down the dirt path, heading straight into town as the light started to dim, the colorful sky darkening into night.

With each building he passed, less and less people seemed to be out and about, but Lelouch continued on his walk, not sure what he would find or where it would lead.

It was pretty common for him to go on wandering walks and get lost. It was a weird sense of adventure to him, but this time the walk wasn't as enjoyable. He wanted out of his adopted family and to take his little sister Reika away and keep her safe, but there were no jobs and they had no money, so he was stuck at square one.

Lelouch stopped and kicked a pebble lying between his worn down shoes. He need something...a path, a beginning. "Did you hear that they might have found gold lying in those mines…." Lelouch whipped his head around at the two men talking to one another outside the run down bar. He decided to get closer.

"Oh ya, they're hiring anybody to work down in those mines and paying a pretty good sum. I'm heading up there tomorrow to get me a job, and you never know, maybe I'll hit gold."

Lelouch couldn't believe what he was hearing. Gold, a job, good money. Was fate knocking on his door? This chance was too good to pass up. Tomorrow he was going to get a job in the mines.

He took off running towards home to tell Reika about it. He was so happy and pumped with energy that he mowed someone down to the ground. "Damn, you're like running straight into a wall."

Lelouch opened his eyes after rubbing the dirt out of them and stared at the creepy looking boy with the animal printed hat. "Um…." He turned to the side and noticed that a little girl was standing there staring shocked at the boy he ran into. "I'm sorry, I should slow down."

The other boy stood up and rubbed the back of his neck, careful not to knock down his hat. "It's okay, just..watch next time," he said to Lelouch and then grinned.

"Lelouch…" Lelouch said, and offered his hand. The other boy stared at the hand then at the girl before shaking hands. "Wat-Law." Lelouch blinked then rubbed his head. "What was that?"

oooohhhh first chapter and Lelouch meeting Law. I'm pumped for the next chapter and I haven't even started writing it yet.

I would like to thank my oh so loving friend because he's been editing my terrible grammar :)

see you soon