Hello. I know this is really late, and I had it written down for weeks, but, it's here at least. I'm sorry. But, please, enjoy this, the official first chapter. Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray- Man. Nor Thumbelina. Nor the characters in either.


Kanda yawned and clambered out of the tiny walnut shell that served out of his bed. It was much to small for him, but he managed to squeeze into it comfortably every night. But, now, it was time to work.

He was given a small amount of food, which consisted of a few soba noodles cut up into small portions for him, before he had to head out to work with Tiedoll.

At work, he was given simple tasks, like throwing a few grains of feed to the chickens. All day, he worked like this. He was steady when he worked. He had to be, or he would certainly fall to his death.

After a hard day's work, he went inside to cool off, rest, and relax, before getting dinner, more soba, and a bath in a warm teacup.

Earlier in his life, Tiedoll had read bedtime stories to him, all about little people like him, but with wings.

Kanda of course, being the stubborn little person he was, didn't believe in silly fantasies like these.

That night, he curled up in his walnut shell, pulled his strip of cloth that served as his blanket up over his waist, and closed his eyes. But, sleep didn't come to him because his father's dog, Mugen, started barking, and barking.

Kanda got out of his bed, and walked to the edge of the windowsill, before glaring.

"Shut up!"

"I'm not doing anything!" a small voice was snappy to respond to Kanda's command.

Kanda blinked. What was that?

He walked toward the voice. "Hello?"

"Don't come any closer, and I won't have to hurt you!"

Kanda froze. He may have been tough, but he was only four inches tall. He couldn't end come close to hurting a fully grown intruder.

He grabbed the nearest weapon, a needle, and walked toward the voice. "I am not going to strike if you don't strike first. Just come out, and I won't hurt you." he insisted.

The owner of the small voice took a few minutes, but eventually he emerged.

Kanda gasped. The owner was shorter than him by a few millimeters. He was dressed in all white.

The boy's hair, clothes, shoes, and gloves were white. His skin was porcelain, and his eyes were moonlight silver.

Kanda walked over, just a few steps, but the boy flitted back—with bright, silver lined wings!

"You're a fairy! Damn, I thought those stories were fake."

The boy looked at Kanda, before flitting over, hovering at eye level.

"You're a boy?"

A simple question, but it set off a spark of rage that quickly ignited into a strong blaze inside of Kanda. "Of course! And why are you asking, Mister All-White-Feminine-As-Fuck-Girly-Clothes!?" Kanda practically blew up in the boy's face.

The boy hovered back as Kanda calmed down.

"I'm sorry. It's just, your long hair made me think something else. My apologies."

Kanda looked at the boy. "What is your name?"

"Allen Walker."

"I'm Kanda. Yu Kanda." He avoided using that stupid middle name of his. "Stop hovering!"

Allen landed softly on his feet. "Sorry."

Kanda sighed. He was talking to a fairy. Was he crazy?

Suddenly, a streak of yellow came flying in and tackling Allen, breaking Kanda's train of thought.

"Tim! Tim! Timcanpy, stop it!" Allen shouted.

Kanda was staring at a huge bumblebee as it hovered, before landing beside Allen.

Allen smiled. "Tim, say 'hi' to Kanda."

The bumblebee buzzed.

Kanda frowned. "It's huge."

"Well, I have to use it to get around. It isn't easy to fly on your own wings all day, you know." Allen remarked.

Kanda walked cautiously to the bug, ignoring Allen's smart ass remark.

Timcanpy lifted off the ground, nudging Allen.

Kanda was confused by the bug's strange actions. "What is it doing?"

"He wants to go flying." Allen responded, trying to coax the bee down.

Kanda frowned. He wanted to fly. He walked forward, reaching a hand out to touch the bee's fluffy fur.

Allen smiled as Timcanpy buzzed happily about the attention. "Hey, um, Yu-?"

"Kanda. Just Kanda." the raven-haired man interrupted.

"Oh, okay, Kanda. Would you like to go for a ride on Tim?"