chapter 1
disclaimer: I do not own death note
'where am I? who am I? is anyone there?' she started crying. she felt helpless and she didn't know anything, she was scared. She felt something warm wrap around her and pick her up. 'what is that?' she tried to open her eyes but it was too bright so she closed them instantly and started crying louder. "shhh, shhh, it's ok" a voice said.
'what was that?' she stopped crying and tried to open her eyes again. It wasn't as bright this time so she was able to open her eyes. She looked up and saw a woman with blonde hair and brown eyes. A piece of the woman's hair fell in front of her and tickled her nose. She giggled and reached up to try to catch the piece of the woman's hair with her tiny hands. A gentle smile spread across the woman's face as she looked down at the baby. She gave up on trying to catch the woman's hair as she started feeling sleepy. She yawned and closed her eyes.
~time skip~
the little 5 year old girl stood proudly in front of the mirror with her hands on her hips, admiring her work. She was was wearing a pale pink dress and little black sneakers. She had two pigtails with big pink bows. Her hair was the color of vanilla, just like her name, Vanilla Marshmallow Starr. Some people made fun of her weird name but she loved it. Her big honey brown eyes looked over her outfit once more before she ran down the hall to her parent's room as fast as her little legs could carry her. She flung herself onto the bed and started jumping up and down.
"Mama! Papa! get up, get up!" she said with a huge smile. "come on, today's the first day of school! I don't wan't to be late!"
"ok sweetie, just give us a minute" her mom said. Vanilla's smile grew even more as she jumped of the bed and ran down the hall. She slid down the banister of the stairs and ran to the kitchen. she grabbed her lunchbox off the counter and opened it. She opened the refrigerator and picked up a box of apple juice, a ham sandwich and a container of peach yogurt and threw them into the lunchbox just as her Dad come down the stairs. "Papa! I got my lunchbox packed all by myself!" she said proudly.
"oh really?" she nodded enthusiastically. He picked her up and set her on his shoulders.
"yay! piggyback ride!" she giggled as he ran around the room, holding on to her ankles so she wouldn't fall. He stepped on a pile colored pencils that Vanilla had left on the floor. He lost his balance and they flopped onto the couch. "were going down!" Vanilla giggled. "Vanilla" Her Mother called. Vanilla jumped up and ran to the kitchen.
"good morning Mama!" she said.
"I see someone's exited. what would you like for breakfast sweetie?" Vanilla scratched her cheek, a weird habit of hers.
"hmmm, banana chocolate chip pancakes!" she jumped up and down as she said it. "with whipped cream on it too" she added as a second thought. After breakfast she grabbed her backpack, it was just a plain grey color and was a bit too big but Vanilla didn't care. she planned to cover it in stickers and put cute key chains on the zippers when she got the chance. She put her pencil box with crayons and a pencil in her backpack, along with a notepad to draw on and a picture of her and her parents so she could look at it if she got lonely in school. She ran to her room and grabbed her brown cat plushie, Coco. She dug through her closet and pulled out an old Polaroid camera and some film so she could take some pictures to remember her first day of school. She put her favorite book, the secret garden, in her backpack as well and zipped it up. Even though she hadn't started school yet she could already read big chapter books and spell most words if they weren't too big. She ran down the stairs to the front door where her parents were waiting. "ready to go?"
"yup" she did a thumbs up. She ran out the door and hopped into the backseat of the car. Her Dad got into the driver's seat and her Mom got into the other side. "let's go! off to school!" Vanilla said excitedly. As the car pulled out of the driveway Vanilla bounced in her seat as her Mom put in a Mariah Carey CD and the sounds of Vanilla's favorite song, Fantasy, drifted through the car. Vanilla and her Mom sang along with the music. The song ended and car was silent except for the radio playing the other songs on the CD and the exited tapping of Vanilla's feet on the seat. Suddenly, Vanilla heard a screech and turned her head just in time to see a truck coming right at them. her eyes widened and everything went black.
