Hello everyone! So this is my new story and it's very different from the other ones. (Don't worry, I'll continue with "The Unknown" as soon as I have new inspiration). I wanted to write something different so please give it a try and enjoy it.

A New Beginning

Chapter One: Broken

"You don't have to feel sorry. Everyone has to die some time. Now it's my turn. I'll wait for you…I love you…"

"MAI, no. Just open your eyes, everything will be okay…please!"

The bloodstained girl in his arms took her last breath. The boy put her closer to his chest and didn't care that he was totally covered in blood.

"You'll be okay, you'll be okay." The boy said like a prayer while he swayed the dead girl in his arms…

Oliver Davis sat in his office in London. He held a biro in his right hand labeled with SPR London. Suddenly the pencil broke. He sighed.

I have to control myself.

But he couldn't stop thinking about what happened one year ago. He lost his first love because of a demon. He just turned around one second and it attacked her. His petit and fragile Mai. Mai. The whole girl was like a dance with a beautiful melody. He couldn't deny. He missed her like crazy. That was the first time he cried after he lost his brother. One week after her death, he started talking again but only to Lin. He returned to England and distanced himself even more. His parents, Luella and Martin, almost broke because of their only son's attitude. So Noll started working again and got his own office in the middle of London. Lin still worked for him and was now engaged with Madoka. Noll didn't want to know what the other members of the Japanese SPR were doing and Lin respected his decision. The Japanese SPR didn't exist anymore. It broke apart because of the painful loss.

Suddenly the phone rang. Noll looked at the display. It was his mother's number. He breathed in and took the phone.

"Mother, look, I'm very bu-"

"Hello, my dear! Your father and I, we have a wonderful idea."

The woman waited a few seconds but she knew that she wouldn't get any answer so she continued.

"It would be a great if you would hire a new assistant. You would be able to deal with more cases and…"

"No, I won't. Lin is skilled enough."

"But what if Lin and Madoka get married and start a family? You'll need a new assistant."

"No I don't. They're not married now."

"Noll…"

"I have to work now, mother."

"But-"

"Beep, beep, beep…"

"I think a new assistant would be a great idea." Lin said.

"I don't want to talk about it right now."

"You can't just live on like that."

"Live on like what?"

"Like you're a machine without emotions. The only thing you have in mind are cases."

"I've always lived like this."

"But you even distanced yourself from your parents."

"I don't think so."

Lin sighed heavily.

"Just give it a try."

"No."

"Come o-"

"HELLO EVERYONE!" A very cheery and beautiful voice said.

"Madoka, I thought you were busy with the wedding's preparations." Lin asked puzzled.

"Well, I just thought, I was in a dire need of some free time."

Madoka gave Lin a quick kiss on the lips.

"Hello, Noll."

"Hello."

Luella sighed even heavier than Lin because Noll didn't even look up from his file or whatever he was reading.

"Lin, can you come with me for a moment?" The pink-haired woman asked.

"Sure." Lin followed her outside.

"This is not funny anymore. I mean he has never been a talkative person and he excluded himself but it never had been this bad."

"Well, he lost his first love. Mai's death broke him. I think he just wants to protect himself."

"But he can't live on like that and I can't watch him right now. We have to do something. Poor Luella, she tried everything."

Madoka took a deep breath.
"What about a new assistant?"

"That's what Luella had in her mind, too, but Noll wasn't very pleased."

"I knew he would react like that. Then we have no other choice, we have to hire an assistant for him."

"You really think, this will help? I mean…"

"I know, what you think but we have to try it. It's time for something new, even if it might be a little change."

Lin sighed the hundred time that day.

"Okay and where do you want to get a new assistant from?"

"Leave that to me." Madoka said and winked.

Lin couldn't help but smile.

Noll walked up the stairs to his condominium. He wanted to live alone after he returned to London. The flat was in the second floor and it had a wonderful view over the themse (like he cared * cough *).

He opened the door and turned the lights on. It was a nice flat with huge windows and three rooms. It wan't like he chose this flat he really didn't care where he lived. One romm had been enough in is opinion but his mother forced him to take this one. So he didn't care (like always).

The little red button on his phone flashed. Someone called and left a message. He pressed it and the voice of his mother filled the room.

"Hello, my dear. Still working, huh? Well, I have to talk to you so please call me back as soon as possible. I love you.-eep—End of massage."

Noll didn't want to call his mother but he didn't want to get a dressing down either.

"Davis, hello?"

"Hello, mother, it's me. You called earlier."

"Yup and I just wanted to tell you that your new assistant will come by tomorrow right to your office at eight o'clock."

"Mother! I told I don't need a new assistant."

"An I told you, you need one. Besides, she's really cute and she's at the University Of London. She studies English literature and history."

"I don't care, I told you." Noll said in a very calm but stern tone.

"Oh come on, I can't cancel now."

"This is your problem."

"NO it's not! You listen to me now, young man! I'm your mother and I told you to have a new assistant and you'll hire her. Don't you dare to send her away tomorrow or I'll be really mad and you'll regret it."

Noll gulped. He really didn't want to see his mother getting mad.

He sighed.

"Look, I-"

"I'll stop by tomorrow at your office and I want her to be still there."

"Good night and sweet dreams." She said with a sugar-sweet voice. "-Beep, beep,…."