Chapter 2: Alethia Note

Wolflink93: Well here's the second chapter this chapter will mostly revolve around Light. Lyra will probably come up in a couple of chapter later. Now let the story begin. I may also skip a few events from His Dark Materials only because it dosen't really concern Light that much.

Destiny? I thought confused. After a few seconds passed I started to laugh.

"Destiny? What makes you think I should believe you? I don't even know you." I said, amusement plastered on my face.

"You are in the prophecies... Kira." Jerry stated. My eyes widened in surprise.

"What!? How did you know I was Kira!?" Light screamed.

"My soul has traveled to places that my physical body would never be able to go to. And on those travels. I have found out the name of the child of prophecies. And also that I was supposed to give you this." Jerry stated, handing me a case.

I ran my hand over the front of the case. Then opened it to find a brown notebook. The notebook had a hole in the upper left hand corner of it. There was a ring in the hole, it connected to a chain, which was connected to a black and white pen. I could also see that the chain broke off in the middle to what appeared to be a compass. The top of the compass was painted the Japanese ying-yang symbol.

"Alethia Note? Doesn't Alethia in Greek mean truth?" I thought outloud.

"Yes." Jerry answered my question.

"So it's a Truth Note. So it tells the truth, but how?" I asked, curiosity present in my voice. Jerry didn't say anything but pointed at the notebook in my hands, making a gesture to open it.

I did. I was surprised to find at the very top of the first page the words. Alethia Note: How to use. Light looked down and started to read the rules.

In order to find the truth you must write down a question with the pen attached to this note. On a page of the Alethia Note.

You must think of the question while writing it, or else the note will not take affect.

As soon as you get an answer from the note the question will automatically be erased.

You may not use the Proper names of people, animals, daemons, or places. If you do the note will not take affect.

The faster you write the question the faster you will get an answer. For example if you were to right the question down at exactly 30 seconds. You will get an answer back in 30 seconds.

The limit to write a question is 1 minute. If you do not complete the question within 1 minute the Alethia Note shall try to answer the question as best as it can. If there is no way to answer the question the note will not take affect.

The Alethia Note does not have to answer a question. In order to tell if it will not give you an answer to your question. The question will be erased.

The note will only answer the questions of the owner of the Alethia Note.

The rest of the powers, and rules, of the Alethia Note shall be revealed to the owner over time.

Light finished reading the rules. Then I remembered about the incident with the woman.

"Jerry, can you tell me why that woman seemed scared of me?"

"Why don't you ask the Alethia Note?" Jerry asked.

I nodded and wrote the question. Since he wrote a lot of names in the Death Note the question didn't take to long to write. The Alethia note answered:

You do not have a daemon. Your daemon is inisde you. A daemon is a manifestation of a soul of a conscious person. The Daemon's of children are able to shape shift to all animals known to man.

When a person hits puberty normally the child's daemon takes on a settled form, which is the permanent form of the daemon, and may not shape shift.

Ask the shaman about manifesting a daemon. Also you cannot go far from your daemon or else it will bring physical and emotional pain to both the daemon, and the human.

I read the answer thinking. But if it's a manifestation of one's soul then would I not have one? I was dead. Jerry then started to speak answering Light's unasked question.

"Light, though you were dead. You are now back in the land of the living. Thus you have a daemon again. Do you wish to bring your daemon into the physical world?" Jerry asked. I gave it some thought and then agreed.

"Okay, now first one must get in touch with one's soul. Follow me to my house. We will do the process there." Jerry stated, walking away waiting for me to follow him. I just stood there thinking.

This is impossible.

Well then again that's what I said about the Death Note. Light added in his thoughts.

"Are you coming?" Jerry asked already 10 feet away from Light.

"Hey, wait up!" Light screamed, running to catch up to him.

Me and Jerry were almost to the door of what appeared to be his house. I stopped to ask Jerry a question that's been on my mind the whole walk.

"Jerry, if every conscious person has a daemon, then where is yours?" After I said that I could see what appeared to be an osprey flying toward Jerry. His arm was extended. The osprey then landed on the extended arm.

"This is my daemon." He said showing it to me.

"But the Alethia Note said that a daemon couldn't go far from its human."

"That is true. However, some cultures have mastered the technique that allows the daemon wider mobility. Like me, I am a shaman. I have gone under grueling, ritualistic training that requires leaving one's daemon. After rejoining I have gained the ability to separate from her. Jerry explained.

"Daemons have genders?"

"Yes, daemons normally take on the opposite gender of there human. There have been rare occurrences where a human's daemon is the same gender as them."

"Anymore questions?" Jerry asked. I shook my head. We proceeded to go into the house.

When we walked in i could see that there was not much in the room. Except for two pads that seemed to be used for meditation.

"Now Light, please sit down on a pad cross-legged." Jerry commanded. I did as he told me.

"Now, close your eyes and try to look into your soul. After you have done that you must begin to speak to your daemon and learn more about it." Jerry commanded.

I closed my eyes and began to look into my soul. I seemed to lose all touch with the physical world as was I going into my mindscape.

Light's mindscape…

I seemed to be in a snow covered forest. There seemed to be no life here, except for the being that was laying down in the middle of the clearing. It was a white leopard with black markings on the tip of it's tail, and on it's underbelly, it also had light green eyes. It spoke to me without moving its mouth.

"Greetings Light, I am your daemon."

At this point I could tell my daemon was a female. And that I could speak to her with my mind.

"What is your name?" I asked curious.

"I do not have one" She responded

"Well… you must have a name. What should I call you?" I asked.

"Normally the daemons of your parents would name me. But since I've never been out in the physical world I was never given one." She stated.

I started to think of some names. I looked up at the sky to see that the sun was setting. It was neither too bright nor too dark. Then Light came up with a name.

"How about Hakumei?" I asked she seemed to be thinking it over then smiled and said.

"That is a good name. I like it. But if I may ask, what does it mean?" She askedI looked back at the sky and said.

"Twilight. Both the light and the darkness."

Hakumei stood up came by my side saying

"Let's go." I nodded and we both walked out of the clearing to reality.

The real world…

I opened my eyes to see Hakumei on my shoulder in ferret form.

"I see you have found your daemon. What is her name?" Jerry asked, as soon as I opened my eyes.

"Her name is Hakumei." Light responded.

"Interesting name. Now consult the Alethia Note on what you need to do to get started." Jerry said, walking over to a cabinet. While he was doing that I started writing in the Alethia Note asking it what to do. The Alethia Note answered:You must go to Oxford's college. And listen to a scholar's conversation; you must lie to get what you need.

Well the lying part shouldn't be too hard I had to lie most of my life. I thought thinking about the past.

Flashback Light's world…

It was dark, cloudy, and raining outside. I walked outside on to the roof of the investigation building and I saw L standing outside in the rain. It seemed he had been there for a while.

I asked him what he was doing. He said he was doing nothing. And he said something about church bells, I wasn't really sure what he meant. But then L said.

"Sorry, everything I say is made up on the spot. Please don't believe a word of it." I looked at his face closely it seemed to have a solemn expression. I ignored it and responded by saying

"Yeah Ryuzaki, the majority of what you say isn't true. If I took it all seriously there'd be no end to it. I know that better than anyone."

"That's right Light." L said looking at me. He looked back forward.

"But… the same applies to you." L added.

"What do you mean?" I asked. He looked back at me saying.

"Have you ever uttered a single completely true thing since you were born?" My eyes widened in shock, but then I said.

"What do you mean L? Certainly I lie every now and then, but surely no one has been truthful throughout their entire life. People aren't that perfect. Everyone lies, but even so, I've made a point of not telling lies that will hurt people. That's my answer."

There was a moment of silence all that could be heard was the pitter-patter of the rain falling on the roof. L broke the silence.

"I thought you'd say so."

And that was the last conversation I had with L.

Flashback End...

My thoughts were interrupted. Hakumei was nipping at my ear to get my attention. I looked down to see Jerry handing me a bag full of supplies

"This will be useful to you." I thanked him and proceeded to walk out the door. I stopped near the door and asked him.

"How do I get to Oxford?"

"When you get to town just head straight north."

"Thank you. But may I ask you another question?"

"You just did but go ahead."

"Have you ever uttered a single completely true thing since you were born?" I asked. The shaman looked at me and warmly smiled.

"I have lied before but nobody's perfect." Jerry answered. I nodded and walked out the door heading for Oxford.

But before I did that I consulted the Alethia Note and asked it if what he said was his true name. The answer came in golden letters that said: No, he lied to you, he is called the lost explorer. I smiled and headed for Oxford thinking

Nobody's perfect.

Me and my daemon were at Oxford Jordan college leaning against a wall listening to the conversations of scholars. Light almost fell asleep a couple of times but thankfully Hakumei nipped at his ear to keep him awake. Then he heard something of interest. A scholar was apparently talking to who Light believed was the master of Jordan College.

"Master I wish to request an expedition to the North. So that I can do research on the window to the other world. I also wish to learn more about the fog that is spreading up there." The unknown scholar said. His daemon was an arctic fox.

"We will hold a meeting tomorrow in the afternoon. We will decide then if what you're going to research will be of any use to us. Mr. Lemaster. It will of course be in the meeting room you do know where that is." The Master asked. His daemon was a raven; she flapped her wings, perched on his shoulder.

"It's down from the dining hall to the left." Lemaster answered.

"Would you like to join for dinner Mr. Lemaster?" The Master asked.

"No thank you I already ate before I came."

Hmmmm. I could follow Lemaster. If I were to follow Lemaster I could probably ask him directly, if he gets accepted. If I could go with him to the north, to find out more about this window. I thought. Then Hakumei spoke.

"Light, what are we going to do?"

"I'm going to ask the Alethia Note." I answered. He got the notebook out of the bag and wrote. Should I follow the scholar. An answer appeared that read: Follow Lemaster ask him for a question and use the Alethia Note to answer it.

"I'll see you tomorrow master." Lemaster said, shaking The Master's hand, and walking past Light. Lemaster's daemon seemed to be looking at me with a suspicious look on its face. I ignored it and followed the scholar.

"Let's go Hakumei." I said following him. We kept our distance when suddenly his daemon seemed to whisper something in his ear. Lemaster walked down am alley nearby. I hesitated thinking it might be a trap. I pushed it out of my mind and followed.

When I got there the scholar was nowhere to be found. Hakumei was on the floor as a dog sniffing around for his scent. I started looking around when I suddenly felt something cold against my throat.

"Why are you following me?" The scholar asked Light.I didn't dare breath afraid of getting my throat cut.

"I wanted to join you on your expedition." I asked.

"Now why would I let a kid join such a very important expedition? I don't even know if they will give me the grant."

"I could be useful to you. Just ask me a question that only you would know." Light said.

"What is my daemons name?" Lemaster asked.

"Just give me a second, and can you please release the blade from my throat." Light said. The scholar looked at him suspiciously. But lowered the blade slowly apparently would not run away.

Light got out the Alethia Note and wrote down the question. Light read the answer and then said.

"The name of your daemon is Kibou." Lemaster was shocked.

"You may join me if I do get the grant. You can stay with me at my place until then." Light smiled nodded and thanked him.

3 day later…

Lemaster had gotten the grant. And now were on the boat going north to Svalbard. Light was sitting on the bed writing something in the Alethia Note he asked it. How does the notebook answer all my questions. The answer was one word: Dust…

Wolflink93: Well chapter 2 is done. I hoped you all liked it.