(Diclaimer: I do not own Haibane and am not making any profit from this story. If you are going to sue me, the most that you will probably ever get is a bent nail, broken elastic band and a bright shiney penny.)
It was a bright, warm summer day. Sun was shining through the window and landed on a round, grey object. The door opened and creeked. A woman stood there. She was tall with dark hair, had a pair of charcoal grey wings, and a halo floated over her head. The ciggarette in her mouth dropped to the floor in surprise. She turned and sprinted to get some of the others. There would be a newborn soon.
A few hours later, they were all gathered around the cocoon.
"Do you think that it'll hatch soon?" asked one person.
"I don't know." said the woman with dark hair. All of a sudden, a cracking sound could be heard. Everyone cleared out of the way. The cocoon burst open, sending fluid everywhere. The group came out of their hiding place, thoroughly drenched, to find a young boy lying on the floor. Two of the people picked him up and carried him to the bed in the nearby guest room.
"Quick, get him on the bed." commanded the woman who found him. The boy's temperature began to rise.
"Get a damp cloth, and bring me the first aid kit just in case. Rakka's wings grew in rapidly, so I want to be prepared." Soon the supplies were there and the others left the room. Only five minutes afterward, the boy screamed out in pain as his back began to bleed. The first aid kit was sitting beside the woman and she wrapped up her finger in bandage.
"Here, bite on this!" she told him. By the time she had her thumb wrapped up, however, the worst was over and the wings had broken through. The woman looked surprised that the boy had gotten through without something to bite on and began to clean his wings.
After she was done cleaning the boy's wings, she noticed a dark spot on them. Upon closer inspection it was a black spot.
"Not him too..." she said and sighed.
The boy woke up.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"My name is Reki. You will get your name as soon as you tell me what your dream was about." said Reki.
"My dream?"
"Yeah. You dreamed while you were in the cocoon, didn't you?" Reki asked.
"Oh!" said the boy. "I was dreaming about wolves. Silver wolves."
"Silver wolves huh? I think Gin Ookami is the translation of silver wolves, so you should now be known as Gin Ookami." Reki told him.
"Wait." said the boy." I thought I already I had one...I just don't seem to be able to remember it right now."
"No one knows who they were before they came out of the cocoon, so we name ourselves according to our dreams."
"Geeze...that's harsh." said Gin.
"Yeah, but we manage. Tomorrow, we are going to get you some clothes to wear." Reki told him. "Right now, though, you should go to sleep. I will explain everything in the morning." Gin closed his eyes and fell asleep while Reki watched over him.
The next morning, Gin awoke to the sound of voices. There was a small group of people surrounding him, looking to see what the new person looked like.
"H-hi." Gin said, a little scared. There was a chorus of 'hi's and 'how are you feeling's before he decided to get up. He did notice one thing, most of the peole here were girls. Gin sat down at the breakfast table beside Reki and began to eat and as he talked talk to her. His wings still twitched when ever her arms moved, but he got used to it after a while. Reki began to explain how no one knew where they came from before they were born from the cocoon and how no one outside of the village knew them. She told Gin how no one could remember anything about their past lives and had gotten on with their lives as Haibane. She also explained that Haibane meant Charcoal Feather. At this comment, Gin sadly looked down at the floor
"I once had black on my wings too, but found redemption." Reki knowingly smiled. "To have black wings like yours are now, means you are sin-bound, but you can find redemption for your transgressions, too." Gin smiled at this and began to eat again.