Chapter 1: Transfer
"How did you do that?"
Celia jumped at the sound of her little brother's voice. She paused, her hand on the house's front door, and turned to look at the taller redhead next to her.
"What do mean?" Celia asked, genuinely confused. "How'd I open the door?"
The redhead, Andy, nodded furiously. "Yes! That door was locked five seconds ago and you don't even have a key!"
"You seriously just saw me pick the lock." Celia shot him a weird look as she continued to open the door. "Plus it's not like I'm breaking and entering. This is our aunt's house."
Andy shook his head at his older sister and followed after her into the house.
"But it shouldn't be that simple!"
"Just give it a rest!"
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Andy lifted up a cardboard box filled with old books and placed it on the kitchen table in front of Celia.
"This is where she said the photo album would be."
Celia nodded and pulled out a small stack of books, placing it on the table in front of her with Andy copying her a few seconds later. The two looked through the books for a few minutes before losing sight of their original intention, and instead found themselves getting lost in the books.
"Hey, Celia." Andy called. "Look at this, it's right up your alley."
At this the girl peeked over her brother's shoulder and grabbed the book from his hands. "Oh, cool! I didn't expect Auntie to have geology books. Especially large ones like this."
"She even marked the pages." Andy noticed, pointing to the thin sticky notes that decorated various pages. "She must be a jewelry fan like you."
Celia glared and hit her brother's shoulder with the back of her hand, giving a satisfied smile when he yelped in pain.
"Anyway, I'm going to see if we can keep any of these. Where did you put Auntie's new number?"
"It's written down on a note on the dashboard of your car." Andy replied, rubbing his sore arm. "The keys are on the counter."
Without a response, Celia scooped up the keys and left the old house, walking into the woods surrounding the area.
She really should have left the book in the house.
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"I think it was somewhere around hereā¦" Celia trailed off as she continued walking through the woods. She could have sworn that the journey to her car had not been this difficult, yet the dense forest was making it hard to spot which direction she had come from.
"At least there's roads all around here. If I keep walking in one direction I'm bound to reach something that'll lead me back to it." Celia muttered as she continued to search for a faded blue paint of the house she had just come from.
It was all going well, until the girl heard a branch snap not too far from her. She froze, her back straightening, and looked around.
"Please don't become a horror movie. Please don't become a horror movie. Please don't become a horror movie."
Her chant stopped once she heard another branch break, this time even closer. Celia gulped and slowly turned around, getting an eyeful of what had been following her.
Her eyes widened.
Her breathing stopped.
"Miss Akako is waiting for you."
A creepy man. A butler. Dear god, she was going to die.
In the end, she fainted.
So I'm back with a new fanifc!
I've been in a Detective Conan/Magic Kaito mood recently and so I've had this fanfic in mind for a while.
I'm still unsure whether or not Celia is going to focus on being a Detective or Thief (right now I'm leaning towards being a thief), but if anyone can give me their input that would be great!
Also, Andy may or may not come into the DC world as well. If people like him, then he'll play more of a role.
Next update will be in a few days. I promise that the story will pick up as well, considering this was just supposed to be an intro chapter.
Please review!
Miss Arcobaleno
