A/N: I do not own Death Note or its characters. Those belong to Tsugumi Ohba. I only own my OC Amaya Kobatsuki.
Warning Signs
It had been a week since everything happened. Amaya was the only kid in the school that didn't go to any classes. She had her own tutor; she was smarter than everyone else. No one would talk to her for that reason, they were all jealous. They called her a freak. She was alone, she was always alone.
"Amaya you have exceeded all of our expectations. I have taught you everything I can." Her tutor, Mr. Tuck, had just finished teaching her the last unit anyone learned at this school; University level calculus. "We have contacted the owner of an orphanage in London that is for the gifted. They have agreed to take you in because of your superior intelligence. You will be leaving for London early tomorrow morning at 5:00. You may go now." Amaya's face lit up. An orphanage for the gifted. A place where she would fit in. She would finally have a place she could actually call home. She ran to her room and packed all of her belongings. It all fit in one bag but she had a special bag for her sketch pads, paintings, art supplies etc. Art was her vice, she could draw anything she remembered. She had pictures of her mom, dad and Ryuk. They looked so realistic that they could have been photographs. She looked at the clock, 7:30. She would need to go to bed now if she were to get up early. She crawled into bed and went to sleep.
Some one got her up at 3 and brought her to the car. The drive wasn't long and soon enough she was at the airport.
"Ms. Kobatsuki, I am Watari. I am here to take you to Whammy's house, your new home." Amaya went with the kind old man. They headed to the airplane, flying first class. "Now Amaya, at this house we are making people into detectives with better skills than L."
"The world's greatest detective?"
"Yes, I raised him as my own. To protect everyone from harm they all have alias'. Do you have any idea what you would want yours to be?" Amaya didn't have to think, she knew exactly what she wanted to be called.
"Apple."
"Well then you are now known as Apple. Now, the flight to London is long. Why don't you get some sleep?" Apple nodded and curled up next to Watari. She fell asleep almost instantly. When she woke up she was already in a car pulling into the drive way of her new home.
The building looked like an old church that was expanded for many more people. The yards were full of laughing kids running around and playing with each other.
"Come on Apple, I'll introduce you to our top students after we get you unpacked." She followed Watari up to the fourth floor. Her room was a plain beige color with creamy white carpet. It had a bed on the left wall, a dresser in the back, and a desk on the right wall. She unpacked her stuff quickly, excited to meet the other kids. Watari took her to the office and called over a young woman in a maid uniform. "Could you get the top four students please?" The woman nodded and ran off coming back only five minutes later with four boys. "Apple, these are the top four students of Whammy's house." Watari pointed to the tallest boy. He had spiky black hair, a baggy black shirt, and baggy jeans. He looked to be about twelve. "This is Beyond Birthday or BB." He then pointed to a younger boy with white hair and clad in all white pyjamas and looked about 6. "This is Near." The boy next to him had long blonde hair and all black clothes. He was eating a chocolate bar as well. He was about 5. "This is Mello." The last boy had red hair, goggles, and was playing a video game. He was about 4. "And this is Matt." Watari then pointed to Apple and looked at the boys. "This is Apple, she is a new student so be nice to her."
The tallest boy caught Apple's attention. He was a regular looking boy except for one characteristic, his eyes. His eyes looked exactly like her old friend's eyes, blood red. She was immediately drawn to this boy. Everyone seemed to notice the attraction. Watari smiled while the other boys felt uneasy.
"BB, will you show Apple around? You are the oldest and have been here the longest." BB just nodded and turned around, not even looking if Apple was following. Apple smiled, hoping she would become great friends with all of them.
"Be careful around him. He's dangerous." She looked around to see blonde hair. Dangerous? How could he be dangerous? He's just a kid. She noticed the unease all the other kids felt so she made note of the warning just in case. Besides, sometimes something dangerous doesn't have any warning signs.
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