I do not own the awesomeness that is Shugo Chara.

Chapter 1

Amu was standing by her mother. Across the room, a girl sat, crying. She turned to the sides. There were people muttering and looking at the girl.

"Poor child. She was already in such a horrible situation, and now this," a woman whispered to another lady next to her.

"I suppose she should have seen it coming though. Her mother wasn't exactly in her right-" the second woman was saying, when she cut off. Amu looked back at her mother, who was glaring at the woman. Her eyes almost said, "Shut up now, or else."

"Don't pay any attention to them sweetheart," Amu's mom said, her voice fading in and out. Then Amu awoke with a jolt. The doorbell rang again. Amu's parents and sister were at the store, so Amu walked downstairs to get it.

"This is weird. I haven't thought about her in a long time," Amu muttered to herself. She opened up the door, and looked out to see an older girl with long, light brown hair and ice-blue eyes.

"Hey there cuz!" Kanashii shouted, and threw her arm around Amu. Amu stood totally still, shocked. As soon as she spoke, Amu had realized it was her cousin Kanashii, but a part of her brain was saying that it wasn't. The last time she had seen Kanashii, she never spoke, always dressed in black, and was always depressing to be around. This Kanashii was dressed in a bright green tube top and jean shorts, and seemed like the kind of person who's always the center of attention.

"Umm... Kanashii? What... happened?" Amu asked.

"What do you mean silly?" Kanashii asked Amu, and squeezed her tighter.

"Well... oh, come in," Amu said, trying to act normal, when she was actually freaking out.

"Ok, thanks!" Kanashii said brightly, walked inside, and jumped onto the couch. Amu closed the door.

"Well... ok, first question. What are you doing here?" Amu asked.

"Oh, I got bored, so I left my house to come here! I decided it would be more fun to stay here then there. Ever since my mom committed suicide, everybody acts all depressed around me!" Kanashii said in a mock-angry voice. Amu stood there in the hall, shocked. She had NEVER heard Kanashii speak of her mother, and DEFINANTLY never heard her talk about her mom's death. Before now, Kanashii couldn't even stay in the same room with someone if they were talking about her mother.

"Amu! We're back! Could you help us with the-" Amu's mother stopped when she saw Kanashii. "Oh, uh, hello. Are you a friend of Amu's?"

"Aunt Midori! It's me, Kanashii!" she said, and smiled. Mrs. Hinamori just stood there.

"Oh, yeah mom! She came over a few minutes ago so she could say hi and be on her way so bye!" Amu said while pushing Kanashii toward the door.

"Stop being silly Amu!" Kanashii said, and stopped Amu from pushing her by hanging her arm around her tightly. "Actually, I was wondering if I could spend the night?"

"Oh... well, I suppose it would be fine, but... we don't have a guest room. Would you like to sleep on the couch?" Mrs. Hinamori asked.

"I WILL NOT sleep on a couch!" Kanashii yelled. Good, now she has to go home, Amu thought. "I'll sleep in Amu's room!" Amu fell over.

"This could be trouble," Miki whispered from the top of the stairs.

"I think that it'll be lots of fun! Now we have someone else to talk to and play with!" Ran yelled. Miki smacked a hand over her mouth and pulled her out of sight just as Kanashii looked up to where they had been, a serious look on her face.

"I have a bad feeling about her..." Miki whispered as she watched the girl flash fake smiles at everyone. "Even if she is Amu's family..."

a/n: This is the first OC thing that I've thought up since Fea Hotori, Torin Hotori, and all of my other ones, so I'm kinda nervous about how it is. Is it good? Is it bad? Or is it just another fanfic? Oh, and on a side note, Kanashii means, "sad", or, "gloomy", and she's 15, a sophomore in high school.