Alright! This oneshot was inspired by seeing the Pied Pipers part in the new Shrek movie!
Crona in the beginning is a child. You will understand further along. This is going to be broken up into pieces. I don't know how many pieces, but I'm just too lazy to turn it into a series when it won't be that long.
"Come along now, Liz, Patty." Kid said as he waited at the front door for his weapons. He had his hands in his pocket and stood at the middle of the door, as to not throw off the balance of the room.
"Coming!" Liz yelled as she came down the stairs with a backpack on her back. Patty giggled as she followed her sister in a more energetic form.
"Well let's be off now." Kid said as he began to turn around.
"W-Wait! Kid-niisan! Wait!" They turned around to see the ten your old they lived with, Crona who panted a bit as a sign that she ran as fast as she could. She was holding a bag next to her
They had rescued Crona when she was only five years old and had allowed her to live with them. Cronas mother whom none of them knew whom it was, had just plain abandoned her while it was raining. They found her in a dumpster in a ally. They had been throwing an old rotting bag of trash that had been on the sidewalk for a few days when they found her shivering in the dumpster scared.
They of course immediately got her out of there, and asked a few questions, 'What's your name?', 'How old are you?', 'Where are your parents?', and finally 'Why are you in a dumpster'. She told them her story and they sat waiting patiently. After a three sentence discussion among themselves, they took her home, and made her a member of there family. Once they got in the house, Liz and Patty had taken her to the bathroom and bathed her so she didn't reek of the dumpster anymore. They gave her a room between Kid's and Liz's and across from Pattys.
All in all, Crona loved her life with them. They were kind to her and cared for her, and she cared for them.
"What is it Crona? If that bag means you want to come, I am sorry but I cant allow that for fear you might get hurt, and none of us would be able to control ourselves is someone hurt you on the way." Kid said as he knelt next to the young girl. Crona held out the bag for him a small embarrassed blush on her face.
"I….I made you guys lunch for later today….y-y-you said…y-you wouldn't be back for a few days….so I got you your lunch." Crona mumbled looking down but smiling slightly, a expression Kid, Liz and Patty had managed to cause her to use more and more.
"Ah! How kind and thoughtful! Thank you Crona!" Kid smiled as he put the bag down and gave her a hug. "We'll be back as soon as we can." He promised.
Crona smiled as Liz gave Crona a hug as well. "Yeah, we'd have to come home soon! We wouldn't be able to bear what kind of danger would happen to you if we were gone!" She said voicing there fear of something happening to Crona while they were gone.
"Yeah! But Lord Death promised to take care of you while were gone so you should be safe from evil, just not from Death~" Patty giggled making Crona gulp in fear a bit. Crona was still uneasy about Kids father even though he was really nice to her, she like him, but his appearances frightened her a bit. Apart from that they got along very well.
"Just…just please come back alive….please.." Crona mumbled. Kid blinked and so did the sisters. Crona understood the concept of death and what they risked when the meisters and weapons left for missions. She understood it well, but she was still scared of losing her friends to death.
Kid smiled sweetly and Liz looked about to cry. Suddenly Liz brought Crona in a spine snapping hug. "WE WILL!" She wailed and Crona smiled and hugged her back for another time in less then five minutes.
Patty giggled and Kid said another good by to Crona as they left.
A day later
"Bye-bye Lord Death! Have fun!" Crona said as she waved goodbye to Lord Death as he went back to the DWMA for the day. Crona hummed a pleasant tune as she closed the door and walked into the kitchen to make her a sandwich. Suddenly there was a loud crash.
Crona raced to the source of it to see what made the crash only to get a surprise. "W-W-who are you…?" She whimpered before a old burlap sack was thrown over her head and she was knocked unconscious
With Kid and the others, 3 hours later
"This is the end of the road for you, Creel." Kid said as he aimed the guns, Liz and Patty, at there enemy, a blonde haired man around 19.
Creel was a genius and was bent on finding another world which he claims he did. A minor sacrifice was all it took to enter the world, the sacrifice was a life in exchange for entering it. But it would open every time there was a solstice or a comet. Tonight just happened to be the winter solstice, so this was his chance to open the gate. Unfortunetly for him, Lord Death didn't want anyone into that world.
Creel started laughing. "Why are you going to shoot me? Would you shoot your own friend?" He asked as he kicked open a wooden crate next to him and yanked something out.
Something small, with pink hair and scared blue eyes.
"CRONA!" Kid yelled in shock. "H-how?"
Creel started laughing as he held the girl in front of him. "I had two of my goons capture her after your father left. It was quite easy really, not like a ten year old can put up a fight against two muscle packed men." He stated offhandedly and Kid narrowed his eyes and raised his guns ready to shoot but Creel shook his head. "One attack and I slit her throat." He warned as he pulled out a knife and pressed it to her throat.
Crona let out a series of scared whimpers, never bringing herself to crying in front of them all despite how scared she was. Kid felt a bit of pride at how she was showing some courage despite all that was happening and how she stood no chance whatsoever at surviving this on her own.
Kid growled as Creel took a few steps back. "Well it seems that it's begun." He said as suddenly the floor lit up revealing a glowing blue symbol and suddenly, in the center of it a giant stone door opened.
"The…gateway to the other world…?" Kid asked in shock.
Creels smirk grew as he dropped Crona and walked towards the Gate. Crona yelped as she hit the floor and watched.
"Finally… its finally opened…" Creel said as he stood in front of the Gate. The Gate slowly opened and everyone could see the vast darkness inside it. suddenly millions of red eyes appeared within it and black shadow like hands zipped out of there and grabbed Creel.
"What? UNHAND ME!" Creel struggled against them as the hands dragged him towards the door. "Get me out of here you idiots!" Creel screamed at his two goons who just hightailed it out of there. He was now halfway into the Gate and more hands grabbed him pushing and pulling him in. He let out one more devastating scream as he was pulled in. The gate stayed open.
Kid blinked and so did everyone one else as they stared in surprise.
"Did…did it just do what I think it did?" Maka asked nervously. Whatever was in the gate was not safe, they all understood that and all understood that they needed to get it closed.
Suddenly Crona darted forward. "KID! MOVE!" she screamed knocking kid a few feet back and off his feet just as the hands grabbed Crona, who was standing exactly where Kid was just a few seconds ago.
"CRONA!" Kid yelled lunging and grabbing her as he attempted to rip her out of the grip of the creatures grip as they tried to pull her into oblivion just as they had done to Creel moments ago.
Kid was soon dragged with her as the things in the Gate proved to be stronger then the young Grim Reaper. "D-Damnitt!" Kid screamed as he tried to pull Crona out.
Suddenly Crona bit Kids hand causing him to yelp and let go causing Crona to fly back as the hands had nothing fighting back making her go faster. Kid lunged again only for Crona to cry out.
"STOP! Kid you'll only b-be dragged in t-t-to!" She wailed biting his hand again as he tried grabbing her.
"Stop biting me!" Kid snapped.
Crona shook her head. "Every time you try and grab me I'll bite you! Just stop! I'm not worth you losing your life to save!" The ten year old girl yelled. "I don't want you to get dragged in here too! Just please stop trying…" She sobbed; tears had sprung from her eyes as she spoke.
Kid frowned then growled, lunging back at Crona and pulling her no matter how much she tried to get him to let go. "Crona! Your worth dying to protect! I am a grim reaper! It's my duty to protect you and everyone else, but this isn't about duty! YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND I AM NOT LETTING YOU DIE!" He yelled as he tried to pull.
Crona bust out crying and began clawing to get a grip of Kid to try and get out of the Gates grip. But the gate proved stronger as it yanked Crona out of his grasp and pulled her into its doors until she was unable to be seen past the blackness.
The doors started to close.
"NO! CRONA!" Kid yelled as he ran to the Gate and began pounding on the doors as they closed before he got to it. "CRONA! I WILL get you out of there! I promise!" Kid screamed as he struggled to open the doors. But the Gate was already becoming more and more hard to grasp until you couldn't even touch it anymore, and then it wasn't visible.
The Gate was gone.
But… so was Crona.
"NO!" Kid screamed as he dug franticly at the ground as if trying to dig up the Gate. "CRONA!" He wailed as he dropped to his legs. "No! this is all my fault!" He yelled, tears fell down his face, everyone knew how close Kid and Crona had been, and they had a very strong bond.
Kid broke out crying in despair. Maka, Blackstar, Soul, and all the others watched in pity as he wailed about Cronas fate was his fault.
"Kid…the gate will open on a solstice and a comet…..Remember there should be a comet and a solstice this year, well the comet is next year but still…" Maka said trying to think of how to cheer them up. To be honest, she had liked Crona too, the child was a sweet kid, kind and shy and polite, It was sad to see this happen to their friend.
"…." Kid just stood up, head down, and wiped away his tears. "Lets….lets just go home and pray this was just a horrid dream." He mumbled as he walked away towards the entrance.
PART ONE OF I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARTS!
Yes Cronas a kid in this one. So please review!