Chapter 1: A Dead Past, a Hopeless Future
The short, raven haired girl flipped open the laptop. She typed in the website as quickly as she could. The message said: 2 new, 218 read. An ecstatic grin spread over her face, only to be replaced by a frown when she saw that the 2 new were ads. She had been hoping to hear from her friend, who hadn't written to her in 5 years. No one even knew where she was, or if she was alive at all. Her friend had stopped writing the day he came.
A gentle hand rested on her shoulder, making the girl jump. "It's my fault, isn't it? It's my fault she never writes."
The girl remembered that day...
~5 years ago~
"What are you doing?" The girl's friend sat on the bed next to her.
She laughed. "Same thing as you," she answered. "Homework." The brown haired girl laughed again. "Okay, I have to go now, call me, okay?"
The raven haired girl nodded. "As soon as I can."
Her friend left, leaving her alone in the cold room. A hand grabbed her shoulder, and a cold voice whispered, "You won't be calling her."
She pulled herself out of the memory, turning to face the boy. "No, Lord Dilandau. I'm the one who got kidnapped." A soft, forgiving smile spread across the girl's face.
~later that night~
The girl sat at the desk in her room, sitting in a chat room on her laptop. Someone asked Miguel249 what her real name was. The girl smiled as she typed in 'Shade.' Then she got off the computer, and left the room to find the real Miguel.
The boy was sitting in the com room, waiting. Shade sighed. "Miguel, it's midnight. If your father calls, it won't be tonight.
"How do you know?" the boy asked, still staring at the blank screens.
"IT"S MIDNIGHT!"
Miguel turned to the girl. "Fine, I'll leave."
Shade grabbed him as he walked by. "First, I need to ask you something. A very, very important question." Shade whispered something in his ear, and he whispered back. Then they both left. Miguel went to his room, while Shade went to talk to Dilandau.
"Dilandau!" she shouted as she came to his room.
Dilandau came to the door, still dressed. "What?!"
"What am I?"
Dilandau looked at her, confused. "What?!"
"There must be some reason why Zaibach wanted a ten-year-old-girl, so why? Why me? What makes me so special?"
The boy sighed. "I can't tell you."
Shade stared straight into his ruby eyes, and whispered, "Then I'm leaving." And Shade left the hallway, headed for her room.
Dilandau followed he girl. As Shade tried to close the door, He shoved his foot in between the door and the jam. "Shade, why?"
"Because with no meaning, one's future is without hope." Then she kicked the boy's foot, and closed the door.
"Shade, if you stay, I swear I'll tell you," the boy said.
Shade opened the door, and said, "Okay. I'll stay."
Dilandau smiled and said, "Thank you."
The short, raven haired girl flipped open the laptop. She typed in the website as quickly as she could. The message said: 2 new, 218 read. An ecstatic grin spread over her face, only to be replaced by a frown when she saw that the 2 new were ads. She had been hoping to hear from her friend, who hadn't written to her in 5 years. No one even knew where she was, or if she was alive at all. Her friend had stopped writing the day he came.
A gentle hand rested on her shoulder, making the girl jump. "It's my fault, isn't it? It's my fault she never writes."
The girl remembered that day...
~5 years ago~
"What are you doing?" The girl's friend sat on the bed next to her.
She laughed. "Same thing as you," she answered. "Homework." The brown haired girl laughed again. "Okay, I have to go now, call me, okay?"
The raven haired girl nodded. "As soon as I can."
Her friend left, leaving her alone in the cold room. A hand grabbed her shoulder, and a cold voice whispered, "You won't be calling her."
She pulled herself out of the memory, turning to face the boy. "No, Lord Dilandau. I'm the one who got kidnapped." A soft, forgiving smile spread across the girl's face.
~later that night~
The girl sat at the desk in her room, sitting in a chat room on her laptop. Someone asked Miguel249 what her real name was. The girl smiled as she typed in 'Shade.' Then she got off the computer, and left the room to find the real Miguel.
The boy was sitting in the com room, waiting. Shade sighed. "Miguel, it's midnight. If your father calls, it won't be tonight.
"How do you know?" the boy asked, still staring at the blank screens.
"IT"S MIDNIGHT!"
Miguel turned to the girl. "Fine, I'll leave."
Shade grabbed him as he walked by. "First, I need to ask you something. A very, very important question." Shade whispered something in his ear, and he whispered back. Then they both left. Miguel went to his room, while Shade went to talk to Dilandau.
"Dilandau!" she shouted as she came to his room.
Dilandau came to the door, still dressed. "What?!"
"What am I?"
Dilandau looked at her, confused. "What?!"
"There must be some reason why Zaibach wanted a ten-year-old-girl, so why? Why me? What makes me so special?"
The boy sighed. "I can't tell you."
Shade stared straight into his ruby eyes, and whispered, "Then I'm leaving." And Shade left the hallway, headed for her room.
Dilandau followed he girl. As Shade tried to close the door, He shoved his foot in between the door and the jam. "Shade, why?"
"Because with no meaning, one's future is without hope." Then she kicked the boy's foot, and closed the door.
"Shade, if you stay, I swear I'll tell you," the boy said.
Shade opened the door, and said, "Okay. I'll stay."
Dilandau smiled and said, "Thank you."