Preface

Everyone world wide has heard of the infamous killer known as Kirra

Everyone world wide has heard of the infamous killer known as Kira. Kira in the beginning was thought to be a savior for those who fell prey to the criminals of society. Originally there was thought to be a single person known as Kira however, the famed idol Misa Amane was also involved in the Kira killings. She was the second Kira, but with the help from Light Yagami she was cleared of all charges and suspicions. Kira's reign of judgment lasted for six years before the SPK, with help from the Japanese police, was finally able to stop Kira. Although his method of killing was never revealed there are several people who know how Kira was able to kill criminals without coming into direct contact, or being anywhere near the target. Kira's method of killing is only known to members of the SPK and the few Japanese detectives that were left standing in defiance against Kira's 'New World.' The instrument in which Light Yagami used to bring about his 'New World' was a simple notebook. This notebook was special. Anyone whose name appeared in this notebook would die moments after the name was inscribed unless otherwise specified.

It would be foolish to believe that Light Yagami was the first person to find a Death Note and use its powers. This story is about a high school girl in America that found a death note right before Kira surfaced. The user of this notebook is a very interesting case, like Light she was a high school student, but that is where the similarities end. Kira desired to use his death note to create a perfect world devoid of crime, Samantha on the other hand uses her death note for different reasons.

Package

"Samantha Anne Jones!" Her mother called from the living room, not even taking the time to look away from her favorite television series; Desperate Housewives. Samantha is a sixteen year old junior attending Turkey Regional High school in Madison Arizona. She was your atypical teenager, and of course always late. This morning she overslept, much later than she usually does.

"I'm coming!" Sam panted. If her mother had been paying attention she may have been concerned for her daughter, but instead of asking if everything was alright she merely turned up the T.V. to drown out all the ruckus Sam was making in her wild attempt to get to school on time.

Sam in one swift motion rushed down the stairs to her quaint suburban home and dashed out the front door in one fluent motion. She was up, dressed, and out of the house by 8:15.

Normally today would be just like every other day in Samantha's life, drab and boring. Even the weather was against her, it was down pouring the second she left her house.

Sam had to walk to school because she missed the bus, she had to be the unluckiest person in the world. School didn't go much better for her. She was the target of dodge ball in P.E., even the audio visual kids were ganging up on her. The rest of her day wasn't much better. By two o'clock Sam's stomach was aching with hunger as she starred outside the window as Mr. Humphrey went on with his lecture about the Civil Rights Movement.

"I wish something interesting would happen to me." Sam thought to herself. On paper it looked like she had a charmed life, but her life was far from charmed. Her classmates either ignored her or tortured her, her mother was an alcoholic and her father, she laughed every time she thought of him. Apparently he skipped town the day she was born as her mother was in labor.

The bell rang signaling the end of her day and Sam found her way to the bus, she did not miss it this time. She pulled out a romance novel and read until the bus arrived at her stop. Sam walked the remaining two blocks home, upon arrival at home she immediately went upstairs to her bedroom and flung herself onto her bed. Sam noticed that she was lying on top of something, whatever it was it was very flat like a book. Sam sat up and looked where she was laying and she found a simple flat package addressed to her.

"What's this?" Sam wondered as she unwrapped her mysterious present. Normally she would have questioned why there was a present on her bed. She thought it could have been a belated birthday present from her mother; she was only three weeks late on the celebration. Sam tore off the plain brown paper and saw that it was a simple notebook. Sam flipped open to the first page and saw some writing on the inside of the cover. The first thing that caught Sam's attention was the sentence:

"The human whose name is written in this note shall die."