Me: Hey! This is my second ever fanfic! XD
Near: … obviously...
Me: What does that mean?
Near: Uhhh... nothing?
Me: Why, you little-!
Wolf: Break it up, you two. We need to get started.
Me: Count yourself lucky, this time, sheep...
Wolf: sigh... She does not own Death Note, yada yada yada...
Me: But I do own you! So bow down to me!
Wolf: No.
Me: -sulks-
Near silently stacked the dice for his tower, one dotted block at a time, making sure they faced the direction he wanted them to. The rec room was almost empty, it was almost curfew. The other children of Wammy's didn't want to risk getting on Roger's bad side by being late to bed. It didn't matter to him either way, it wasn't like he would actually be sleeping anyway.
Suddenly a voice asked,
"Whatcha doing?"
He turned, and saw a girl about his age. She had shoulder-length, messy brown hair and strange, yellow eyes. This startled him. He knew yellow eyes weren't entirely unheard of, but they were rare. However, he didn't let his surprise show. He never let any of his emotions show. He turned back to his tower.
"I'm building a dice tower."
"Can I help?" the girl asked.
"... I guess so," Near replied, a little startled.
She sat down beside him and started to stack. Near was impressed; she seemed to know how he wanted the dice tower to look.
"So," she said after a couple of minutes, "what's your name?"
"I'm Near. You?"
"The caretaker guy said my name here is Wolf," she said. "But... why can't I just use my real name? Why can't I just be me?"
Near paused for a moment. "Because it's dangerous," he finally said. "Every kid here is an orphan who is smart enough to be called a genius. We're being raised to be possible successors for the world's greatest detective, so it's important no one knows our real names, just in case."
"World's greatest detective?" Wolf asked, confused. "What do you mean?"
Near sighed. This girl was obviously brand new. After all, she didn't know anything.
"Never mind. Roger will explain soon enough," he said.
Roger entered the room then. They looked back, and realized they were the only ones left in the room.
"Oh, Wolf, I see you've met Near. Good. Near, can you show her to her room? It's the empty one next to yours."
"Sure, Roger," Near said, getting up starting towards the door. "Come on, Wolf."
Wolf followed glancing out the window as she passed. It was only quarter moon.
Good.
Me: Yay! Chapter one is finished! There's no actual horror or supernaturalness here, but I promise there will be eventually!
Near: … Supernaturalness...?
Me: S-shut up. I couldn't think of what to say, okay? Sheesh...
Wolf: Sigh... you two fight more than L and Light...
Me: You shut up, too.
Near: L and Light don't fight that often... only like twice. All the other times they're very polite.
Me: If you like it, than please review!