A young woman finds herself caught in a web of love, family, betrayal and madness, and tries to weave her own story from it all. (This is the older version of the story. Please check out the updated version being published here, and thank you so much for reading!)

Gai challenges Kakashi: whichever one of them can guess the name of the girl at the flower shop, gets to go on a date with her. No one knew what that one little challenge would uncover - surely not an illegal runaway in the form of a shy girl.

All fates start so simply; clean sheets of parchment, pure, allowing all manner of people to leave their mark. What matters isn't how much is written upon them - it's how dark the ink that stains them is that really counts. Currently being part-rewritten.

What happens when our very own Mary Sue is given a chance to join the Dark Brotherhood by a very edgy and deadly yet somehow ruggedly handsome Speaker? Can she do it? Can Lucien remain in-character and sane? Can he stop Mary before she romances him? Hm.