A/N: My first adventure into the D.Gray-Man universe, so bear with me with characterization. So, um... The title of the story translates into "Innocence of Nightmares", from French. Some of the title headings will be in French, seeing as how the first chunk of the story-story happens in Marseilles. Read for following warnings:

Short Chapters: The story-story chapters are a little longer, but the average chapter base is, on average, 100-200 words due to the story's nature. These will, however, grow longer as the plot continues.

Pairings: Lavi/Allen. I had a hard time choosing who, but I finally settled on Lavi, seeing as I like his personality better than Mr. Ponytail's. :smiles:

Confusion: The not story-story chapters aren't really supposed to make sense.

Manga: I'm not drawing anything out of the manga after volumes 1-7. I'm a diehard fan, so I've decided not to read the scans 'cause reading the manga is a much more nail-biting experience. So, no spoilers, and no play off of the future plot. Consider this an AU/Divergence!

Author: I'm kinda lazy, but updates should be steady, because I handwrite the manuscript for my friend Emiggax, who'd kill me if I slacked off. She also gives me advice.


Reality Zero: Prologue

He reached forward, using all his strength just to strain his arm forward. His gloved fingers scraped against the corpse on the altar until they found the cold, hard purchase of metal.

His hand closed tightly around the rosary just as his back was torn open by steel-hard talons, ripping through his chest, sinking into the body below him.

"No!"

Blood spilled around him, splashing upwards as the sword like claws pulled out of the bodies. It splashed like rain, droplets falling on to the rosary that the black-clad teen held onto.

A bright blue light suddenly flashed from the slowly opening hand, filling the entire church with a burning light.

Allen fell to the ground, all the Akuma and the corpse crumbling to dust around him, falling like a decrepit snow.

"H…elp…"