AN:This is my second story. Its Shugo Chara instead of Naruto now~ I had the idea of this story back in like the 8th grade and my friend finally persuaded me to write it so its dedicated to her. She knows who she is ;) The title is inspired from that Avril Lavigne song by the same name so check it out. Well hope you enjoy reading~

Disclaimer goes for this chapter and all other to come. I DON'T OWN Shugo Chara!

Im With You

Prologue

I was 8 years old when my life went farther into an abyss. In only 3 short years in my life everything had managed to fall apart so far, and the news I go that day only made it worse.

"Amu darling, come here I need to talk to you about something very important." my mother said sternly while sitting Ami on her lap. I remember being scared, not knowing what was going on or what I did this time. At that age I was always getting in trouble for something and the serious look my mother gave me as I walked into the kitchen made my suspicions worse.

"Its been awhile since your father died" she struggled to say. The pain on her face was so plainly visible. I walked over to her and held her hand. She gently smiled and continued "And you know that man im seeing Daichi from my job? Well we've decided….to….get married! Isn't that great Amu-chan?"

My mind didn't process it all to clearly at first. The look I must have gave her made her nervous since she began to stroke my hair and tell me everything was going to be alright. "Amu, you know we've been going through a tough time and he can help and…I do love him now." she said caringly. Tears began to spill from my face. I shook my head furiously releasing her hand and running away from her.

"NO!" I screamed. "You can do this to Daddy! You love him not this man! I don't want him! We don't need him! I shouted in blind fury. Ami began to cry sensing the stress and my mother began rocking her in her arms trying to calm her. "Amu please be reasonable I cant stay single forever, its not fair."

"It is fair!" I shouted crying even more. "You cant do this to Daddy! Please Mommy! Please! I don't want someone replacing him!"

"But he is so good with Ami and all those things that he has done for you just…" I cut her off mid-sentence screaming even louder. "I DON'T CARE! I didn't ask for any of that stuff! I'm happy the way we are! Our little family! I don't want it to change! Please Mommy!"

My mother lost all hope in trying to convince me and simply said "I'm marrying him and that's final Amu! Hes rich and times are hard. He can help and im accepting his help! Im not going to sit here and cry over your father anymore! Hes DEAD AMU!" she screamed crying.

In my mind my world had just fallen apart. I ran screaming and crying up the stairs. I heard my mother calling for me saying things like "Sorry" and "I didn't mean to im under a lot of stress" but none of it mattered. Through blurred vision I made my way up the stairs, tripping a few times until I made it to my room. I dove into my bed crying, hugging my pillow. It was dark in my room but the moon from outside gave me enough light to see the picture on my desk.

A picture of happier times when my father was still alive. We were at the park that day and he was holding me smiling while Mom was holding baby Ami. Tears blurred my vision once again as I cried hard into my pillow wishing that this days had never ended and knowing that no matter how hard I cried and yearned, they would never come back.

My mom did marry him after all. The wedding was bright and cheerful and everyone smiled and congratulated them. For my mothers sake I tried to put on a happy face and be a good girl. My sister was the little flower girl, all dressed in ribbons and frilly clothes. I smiled for her sake as well.

We moved into a bigger house not long after and my mother seemed happy. I tried to be happy to but that didn't last very long. Daichi loved Ami as if she were his own, but me its as if I was that old dog in the pet adoption agency that people chose puppies over. He acknowledged my existence, but never really pampered me like he did Ami.

Soon mom followed as well, giving all her attention to Ami. Its like I was watching a happy family from afar. Like I was a shadow in their happy life, so I tried to be good. No matter what I did Ami always triumphed over me. They moved my room to the attic to make a room for Ami's play room. I didn't mind though. They were always busy so I just

stayed out of the way.

It got even worse though one day.

"Mommy I want to go to the zoo! Mommy please!" Ami begged tugging on our mothers dress.

"No Ami dear I cant me and daddy have a lot of work to do. I'm sorry." she gently said.

"But you promised!" Ami screamed. I couldn't take the look of stress and worry on my mothers face any longer so I spoke up, being the older sibling that I was.

"Ami don't annoy mom she is very busy with work"

"You leave me alone!" she shouted. "Your just jealous that I get all the attention!"

At that I staggered back knocking over a cup on the table. Ami jumped and my mother snatched her away from the glass. Ami began to cry as our mother went to get a something to get the glass up with. "Amu you need to watch what your doing! Don't cry Ami I'll take you to the zoo today."

Its as if what Ami just said didn't matter and nothing I said affected them. That's when I realized I had become invisible to my once loving family. Anger and pain took its place and I ran up to my attic room in my own seclusion and cried for the last time. I knew I was somewhere I didn't fit anymore. That those happy days would never come back…

AN: There is the prologue. What did you think? Suggestions? It will get better because next chapter Ikuto appears! XD Anyway leave me some reviews please and let me know what you think.

~MewRaven94