A/N: Yay it's the fourth chapter! :) Special Thanks to: ErzaScarlet14, p3paula, Anonymous, The White Wanderer, Gothicgirl12, Panda-Hiroko, and Sachiel Angelo! I love you guys~! you are SO awesome! :) I will also thank EVERYONE who reviewed, favorited and/or put this story on story alert! You guys are SUPER awesome. ;)

Anyways~ Thanks for your support~ This entire chapter is Allen's past... btw. :)

WARNING: mention of violence... and this chapter is more sad than the last chapter (in my opinion) I think it might be the saddest thing I have ever written... yet. And even I got a little emotional when I was writing this...

DISCLAIMER: Yeah... i wish i owned DGM... okay? :) Allen would have joined the Noahs a while ago already. :)

and '~skip~' means either a time change or scene change... :) and you have probably realized that text like this means that it's like someone's thoughts and usually I am pretty clear on whose thoughts it is.. and usually you can judge whose thoughts it is by the thought's context. :)

Chapter 04: The Punished

"Allen… Alright. I will tell you the truth. As I said before, I was an exorcist for a brief time before I married and decided I was sick of that life. You know how I love peace and quiet. So I disappeared from the records and changed my looks a little with the help of a friend of mine. Then I ran away with my husband to this town and lived here ever since. My husband… your grandfather, he died of a disease when your father, Henry, was about 15 or 16. Every now and then, those machines you just saw, akumas, they appear. And so to protect this town and my family, I would activate my Innocence and destroy the akumas. My Innocence is my voice. It can have an effect on akumas and sometimes human and they can listen to what I tell them. Singing a lullaby and such calms the akuma down and petting helps the effect of my voice. Then the soul of the akuma is relieved and they can go to wherever they are suppose to go." Sylvia explained slowly. When she finished, she was met by silence and so she glanced at the boy. The boy was listening carefully and seemed to be in deep thoughts.

"Sylvia… how long have you been doing this? Do the town people know?" Allen asked.

"I have been doing this... for a long time. And no, they don't know. It's better for them that they don't," Sylvia replied.

"I see… how come your appearance changed as well?"

"It's just an effect of my Innocence. It's easier to move around in when I am in this form anyways." Sylvia said with a smile.

"Is that why you are such a good story-teller?" Allen asked and looked up with a smile.

"Probably. I would say so." Sylvia answered with a chuckle.

"Are akumas going to keep coming?" Allen asked as he set down his cup. He had finished all of his hot chocolate during Sylvia's story.

"It's possible. I am going to clean up now. Would you like more?" Sylvia said as she stood up and went over to pick up Allen's cup.

"No thanks."

"Alright, I will be right back." Sylvia headed into the kitchen once again leaving Allen in his own thoughts.

When Sylvia came back, Allen was already asleep on the couch and she smiled warmly at his sleeping face. Sylvia picked Allen up and brought him back to his room and settled him in his bed.

Then she leaned down and kissed the boy's forehead. "You have been through a lot tonight."

"Innocence deactivate." With that, Sylvia turned back into her original look and went back to her room to have her sleep as well.

Allen was racing through the trees in a panic, running back towards his grandmother's house. He had dealt with what Sylvia told him easier than Sylvia thought he would. Since the truth is already out, Sylvia would sometimes slip stories of her time as an exorcist when she was telling Allen stories.

"SYLVIA!" Allen screamed as he neared his grandmother's house. But what he saw made him freeze like ice.

There was Sylvia, in her Innocence form and several akumas surrounding her. There were also a few people in black clothing with a weird symbol on it. The ground was covered in blood, akuma blood or human blood, he didn't know. Sylvia and the people were fighting against the akumas with bitterness, he could tell they were having a hard time.

"Allen! Be careful!" Sylvia screamed as she continued fighting two akumas. Her words woke Allen up.

"There's still a few more coming!" Allen yelled. He was in town shopping for his grandmother when he noticed a few shapes and shadows hovering above town, then he ran straight back to his grandmother's house to notice her of his findings, but it seems they are being assaulted and are surrounded.

"Shit. What are we going to do?" one of the people muttered when he heard the news.

"We will just have to deal with these first, Sol," a woman replied back, who was fighting several akumas with a monkey on her.

"Alright, General Nyne." Sol, replied.

"Lau Shimin!" General Nyne shouts. The monkey jumps of her back and transforms into a monster. Lau Shimin starts forming balls of energy in its fists and throws it at akumas, destroying a large amount of akuma.

"Ugh! They never seem to stop coming!" A voice coming from another woman that was fighting was heard.

"Do your best, Tina!" General Nyne responded as she battles alongside her monkey.

"ALLEN! WATCH OUT!" Sylvia screams as she sprints towards Allen. Allen startled, looks around him, discovers the group of akumas that he saw in town was right behind him and lets out a startled scream. He then watches the akumas carefully and when the akumas zoom past him, he relaxes slightly.

"ALLEN!" Sylvia shouted once again. Allen turn back around, facing the battle, and sees a ball of light coming towards him, he was frozen at the sight. Then suddenly he was knocked off his feet and lands a foot or so away from where he was, he thought it was the ball of light that hit him. He was wrong….

Hearing gasps of breathing, Allen opens his eyes and stood up carefully looking at his surroundings, trying to locate the source of the sound.

"SYLVIA!" Allen rushes towards his grandmother who was now lying on the ground gasping for air. He lifts up her shoulders with his arm and starts crying.

"NO… please don't go! Sylvia… it's all my fault. Why? Why?" Allen sobbed as he looks at his grandmother's body. She was bleeding a lot and there were hexagons that were starting to form but they disappeared quickly.

"A-Allen. It's alright. Don't…don't cry. You will b-be okay." Sylvia soothes her beloved grandson with a smile on her face.

"No. I won't! You were the only one who…who ever accepted me…" Allen sobbed as his heart starts aching with an emotional pain.

"Allen… don't cry. I want to see your smile again." Sylvia smiled sadly, she knew something was wrong with Allen. So it was all just a mask… she thought to herself sadly, she now wishes she had taught her son better…

Allen realizes what he had told her and wipes his tears away with the sleeve on his right hand. He musters up his strength and a smile starts forming on his face. "Alright, Sylvia."

Seeing how much Allen cares about her and his smile, Sylvia smiles as well and decides to make her final wish come true. Mustering all her strength, a pile of glowing green dust formed in a pile on the palm of her right hand, she then pulled out a locket with her left hand and lifting her right hand, she carefully poured the dust into a compartment within the locket and shuts the compartment tight.

"Sylvia…? What are you doing?" Allen asks as he watches his grandmother.

"Allen… this locket… keep it with you… keep it on you. I will always be with you. Remember that. I love you, Allen. You were the best thing god could ever give me." Sylvia said as she placed the locket in Allen's hand and a gentle and warm smile spreads across her face. Just like the smile she had the first time she saw him during his visit.

"Sylvia….? I love you too. You were the only joy I ever had…" Allen replied as he held the locket tight in his hands. Tears start making its way out of his eyes.

"Goodbye, m-my dear Allen… I-I will always b-be with yo-you…." Sylvia said and then signs of life started leaving her body.

"SYLVIA!" Allen cried out in anguish. Tears poured out of his eyes, he knew she was gone… he could feel it. Her lifeless body lied in his hands as he regretted and thought of the time he had with her. It was short but it was the best time he had in his life.

"Boy… are you okay?" A female voice asked worriedly. Allen looked up and through his water-filled eyes, he could see a woman looking down at him. He used his sleeve to wipe of his tears away in order to see more clearly. The woman had dark blond hair with bangs that covered her left eye and part of her face, she had a mostly white-colored monkey on her shoulder and was wearing a sleeveless black and gold uniform.

"Who are you?" Allen asked.

"My name is Klaud Nyne. I am an exorcist. I am very sorry for her death." Klaud Nyne introduced, he looked startled when he heard the word 'exorcist'.

"Exorcist…" Allen muttered with sadness.

"What's your name boy?"

"Allen. Allen Anglisio."

"I see, Allen. Can you tell us more about her?" Klaud Nyne asked as she looked over at the lifeless woman who was helping them and had Innocence within her.

"…"

"Please tell me."

"But…" Allen hesitated. He was unsure… his grandmother was running away from the Order, what would happen if they were to find out she was still alive?

"Please, Allen. I would like to know. Why are you hesitating?" Klaud Nyne asked gently. There was something, something that doesn't want to be known. "What's her name? And who is she to you?"

"She's my grandmother." Allen replied only answering part of her questions.

"What's her name?"

"Sy…Syl… wait. Why? Are you going to start telling people?" Allen asked as he watched Klaud Nyne carefully.

"I am curious. I am not going to… that's not my intention. It's just… she has Innocence, and a powerful one." Klaud Nyne honestly replied.

"Powerful?" Allen was slightly shocked at this thought.

"Yes."

"Alright."

"Her name is Sylvia―" Allen started.

"WAIT. You can't mean… she is.. she is…." Klaud Nyne looked shocked.

"…what?"

"Sylvia… Sylvia.. she can't possibly be…" Klaud Nyne muttered, but she seems to be talking to herself rather than Allen.

"What's the matter?" Allen asked, shocked by Klaud Nyne's behavior.

"Was she a former exorcist?"

"Yes."

"What else do you know?"

"…"

"How could I not have noticed!" Klaud Nyne nearly shouted.

"What? Tell me!"

"You grandmother… she… she was my mentor when I was still new to the Order." Klaud Nyne replied.

"Wh-What?" Allen choked out.

"And she was a great exorcist. She was a General… which means her synchronization rate with her Innocence exceeded 100%" Klaud Nyne explained.

"WHAT?" Allen was shocked. Sylvia never told him that.

"But then… she suddenly disappeared, and many people set off to find her and I was one of those people… but no traces of her were found… Of course she couldn't be found. I can't believe I finally see her again… but now… she's… gone. I didn't even have a chance to talk to her again…" Klaud Nyne drifted off.

"Didn't you talk to her when you guys first met and fought together?" Allen questioned.

"Not really. My unit and I charged right into battle once we saw the akumas."

"I see… Can you―"

"ALLEN!" A voice roared. Allen froze. He knew who this was. And he didn't want to face him. Klaud Nyne looked up, startled, and then looked at Allen, who had an expression of fear and terror.

"Excuse me, mister. May I ask who you are?" Klaud Nyne asked as she approached the man and his group of man behind him slowly. The man looked startled when he saw her, he had only saw the white-haired boy with the man's mother, lying in his hands, and blood on the boy and her. (Klaud's Unit had already cleaned up the place quite a bit and was coming up to them, startled by the crowd.)

"Oh. I beg your pardon, Miss. My name is Henry Anglisio, and over there, the white-haired boy, is my son. And who may you me?" Henry introduced like a gentleman.

"My name is Klaud Nyne and I am from the Black Order," Klaud Nyne introduced. Then she realized what this must look like to the man, and wanted to start to explain, but when then she saw his eyes narrow. 'He seems to know something…' Klaud thought.

"I see. Well, I must take my son home now. But may I first ask what had happened?" Henry said as he glanced over at the boy, he already had a clue what had happened to his mother… His mother had told him a little about her and father's past, but the town must not know that.

"Well you see… A prisoner of ours had gotten away and we finally caught up to him. But then, when we reached here, your mother was lying on the prisoner's body with the prisoner unconscious. We have already had teams to retrieve the prisoner and we cleaned up a little, I hope you don't mind our actions," Klaud Nyne lied smoothly shocking Henry, but the townspeople behind him seems to accept this explanation easily and that was all that mattered. 'On the other hand… Allen was going to be in a little bit of trouble…' Henry smiled, a dark and cruel smile, but Klaud Nyne saw it, even though it was just for a second or two, and she narrowed her eyes. 'Something's not right here,' she thought.

"Allen… we should get home and let the townspeople take care of your grandmother," Henry said in a gentle voice. His expression had changed into that of a kind father.

"But…"

"Allen… let's get home." Henry repeated, and this time there was a bit of a commanding tone in his words.

"Al-alright, father." Allen finally agreed, after all, this was what was going to eventually happen. He gently laid his grandmother on the ground and secretly hid the precious locket in his boots.

"Bye, Miss. Hope I will get to talk to you again… but… it's unlikely…" Allen whispered quietly so that only Klaud Nyne could hear when he passed by her. Klaud Nyne widened her eyes, what was going to happen to this boy?

"Father." Allen greeted when he reached the man.

"Let's get home." Henry said and with that, he left with the boy tagging along and the rest of the townspeople made way for them with their eyes watching the boy cautiously.

When the pair had left, Klaud Nyne greeted the townspeople and talked to them for a while. Every now and then, she slipped a question about the boy in, and the answers only made her worry more.

When Allen and his father got back to the house, his father was furious, and his mother was once again crying and sobbing. Then his father told Allen to go down to the basement and take off his shirt and roll up his pants, and Allen couldn't help but feel scared, but he did what he was told. Henry came into the basement with a whip and a belt, and locked the boy's hands, each hand in the metal handle that was attached to the wall on both side of him. When Allen was securely in place, Henry started whipping at the boy, on his front upper body and on his legs, while the boy screamed in agony and closed his eyes, blood was dripping off of the boy. The boy then was turned around, and with his belt, the boy's father started slashing the belt on Allen as hard as he could. Soon, the boy was losing his consciousness fast, and he passed out. Even so, Henry continued whipping the boy until he was satisfied. He unlocked the handles but just let the boy fell with a thud on the ground landing with his face to the ground and left him there, cold and in pain, while he walked out of the basement with a laugh that could make one's heart freeze, locking the door behind him.

"Allen… Allen… are…are you okay?" A voice that was gentle and familiar woke Allen up. When Allen regained his consciousness, the first thing that overcame him was pain and coldness.

He started whimpering in pain as he tried to move his body, but he found he didn't have the slightest ability to move his body, except for his head (which his father was sane enough to not hurt on purpose).

"Allen." The voice called out once again. Allen turned his head a little and saw that his mother was looking at him with worry. Allen was surprised and astonished, his mother never seemed to care about him.

"M-mother." Allen whispered in a barely audible volume. He found that he was also very thirsty and hungry.

"Allen here… I have some soup… You father's out dealing with your grandmother's funeral… " Then Allen understood, his mother… she… she actually cared about him… even if it's just a little, and the only reason she can even be here is because his father is out. Inside, he chuckled humorlessly, how ironic… it's as if they are playing a reverse role now… Allen thought to himself.

"Th-thank y-you." Allen said gratefully as his mother started feeding him carefully.

It took a week for him to even begin moving his limbs and another week to start walking, or limping. But that whole time, he was locked in the basement. His grandmother's funeral had passed by and he didn't even get to be there. Every now and then, his mother would come down to give him some soup, but that was the only thing he had… excluding the rodents that he caught every now and then. His father never came down once to see him and one time, Henry caught his wife coming up the stairs from the basement and scolded her. Allen heard her mother scream in agony once or twice, and the next time she came down, she had a bruise on her face and she was limping a little. She told him she slipped and fell, that's all.

When Allen was able to walk around without pain tracking every single one of his movement, he was able to sneak out of the basement a couple times to get food. But other than that, he didn't get to see the outside world, except for the window that could barely fit him at the high corner of the basement.

One night, Allen suddenly woke up and could smell smoke in the air. He saw a light a distance away in front of him and he then realized….

"FIRE!" He screamed and started choking due to the inhaling of the smoke. The fire was in front of the basement door, which meant his only way out was the window. Allen scrambled onto the stone walls of the basement, but his body was still hurting quite a bit and he struggled to climb up. Suddenly he felt a rush a strength running through his body as the fire was inching closer and closer to him. He finally got the window out and escaped just in time before the fire reached him.

He was panting and muttered a small thanks to wherever the strength came from. Then he stood up and walked to the front of the house, and saw neighbors watching in horror as Allen's home was engulfed by the fire. Then suddenly a shape emerges out of the fire and it was Allen's parents.

"Mother! Father!" Allen shouted as he went to the two figures. His parents eyes widened in surprise when they see him and then his father starts muttering curse at him quietly before losing consciousness.

"Father!" Allen yelled.

"Get away from him, you devil." His mother suddenly whispers in hostility, Allen stared in shock as he began processing his mother's sudden change in behavior.

"Mot―" Allen began

"Don't call me your mother. I am not your mother!" Allen's mother spitted out with spite. Then the neighbors start rushing towards her pushing Allen farther and farther away.

That was the last time he saw his father or heard him. When he later went to the hospital, his mother shut him out before he could enter and in her hands was a fruit knife. Saying it was his fault that his father was in a coma, she pulled back her arm and stabbed Allen, aiming for his heart, but Allen dodges just in time. The knife entered his body, but it was on his side. Doctors and nurses come rushing to help him, but he had lost consciousness already.

Unknown to them, Klaud Nyne was watching in horror. She couldn't shake off her worries, so after she went the headquarters and reported as she had planned to do, but she returned to the town a week later. She had been watching Allen's house in the shadows for a while, but for a long time, she didn't see the boy come out or in. She was just about to give up when a fire started in the house and she sees Allen escape out of a window. She followed Allen all the way to the hospital and was just shocked at what she witnessed. She hoped Allen was okay…

Allen woke up a few days later, and when he finally got the doctor's permission to leave, he did the procedures and the nurses told him that somebody already paid his bills for him. He asked who, but they wouldn't tell him anything. When he got back to the house, all he saw was… nothing. There wasn't a house anymore and there was nothing there but space. The neighbors noticed the boy and started coming out of their houses, walking towards him.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" voices angrily yelled behind Allen, making him turn around. What he saw was an angry mob that wanted a slice of him. They charged at him, shredding his clothes and beating him up, reopening his wound on his side and many gashes he still had from his father. Even when he screams in agony, they didn't stop. They then carried him to the town's entrance and practically threw him out, warning him to never come back.

Klaud Nyne once again gasped in horror as she saw the treatment the boy got. She was going to help him but a golem with a message flew towards her, informing her of a mission from headquarters. By the time she was finished, the boy was already half-dead and soaked in blood. She ran up to the boy and held him in her hands.

"Allen…Allen…? You holding up?" Klaud Nyne asked gently shaking the boy lightly.

Allen opened his eyes and he whispers, "It's you…"

And then he passes out.

Okay... so how was this chapter? agree with me on how it's sad? You probably understand why Road got so angry now? Even Klaud Nyne couldn't believe the treatment Allen got.

Well this chapter was actually pretty long. :) about 4,050 words. how do you like that? well.. just saying though, not every chapter is going to be this long... :)

Allen's father's full name is Henry Anglisio... I just thought of that last name randomly and I took a liking to it... :P Allen's last name is also Anglisio for now... until he meets Mana.

I do feel bad for Allen though... and I like Klaud Nyne... so she's going to have some role in my story... and you know those exorcists that were with Klaud? They are actual characters in the anime/manga. :) It's just that they were killed by Tyki... after Suman sold the Order's info in exchange for his life. Tina and Sol are from Klaud's search team... so I take it they probably apprenticed under Klaud. :)

NEW: For people who didn't read my edited version of chapter 3 (I just added some description of Sylvia's original and Innocence form, like how she looked and her clothes.), I am going to have a section in my profile page where I am going to include the description of and link to the outfits that some of the characters in my fic are going to wear. Why? Because I am not good at describing characters' appearances and especially their outfits! hehe. And I want you guys to understand it better, so I figure... pictures are easier to get than words... :)

BTW, Sylvia has mid-back-length dark brown hair with warm brown eyes and she emits a peaceful and calming aura. :) When she is in her Innocence form, her hair is pulled into a high ponytail, like Kanda's hair.

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