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Chapter 1
Small flakes of snow drifted down and stuck to the already soaked pavement creating a sight like thousands of diamonds shining. A small boy with fresh wounds both physical and emotional looked up at the clouded sky. With his back to a head stone...Mana's headstone...his fathers, he said to the deathly cold air "One day...one day I'll find a family and you'd never have to worry over me again...Mana I'll make it up!I'll fix my sins...I'm sorry s-so sorry!"
As the last of his tears dried up he left the cemetery unknowingly missing the man by a few minutes that could have changed his entire life to something else completely.
Days turned to weeks and enviably to years. Allen smiled and performed like always, earning his keep in the circus like everyone else. Life was bearable because the people were nice and his arm has yet to be discovered. Because of the curse mark lining the left side of his face his hair had slowly become a brilliant white/silver color depending on how the light caught it,Despite his young age of only being 13.
Then it hit him again the throbbing in his eye, most of the time he ignored it but it stayed persistent until he looked up to the terrible mummified creature attached to a kind looking guessed what that man was because of Mana's curse and grimaced at the thought of more things like what he saw walking like always the gnawing curiosity almost drove him mad. Who,what,where,and why did that strange man go around making such twisted creatures and what do they do?
Then he did something he'd never done before, he followed it after the show and waited to approach it. It found him first. Right before it shot him he yelled "Wait! Can I talk to the strange man the errr creator...really big with a creepy big grin and a umbrella?"
Taken aback the Akuma made a direct line to another to notify the Earl of such a strange and outrageous request from a subhuman. Less than a minute later the Akuma heard its master say leave and left without hesitation.
The Earl is called to do many things,most of which he finds a waste of time due to the Akumas limited intelligence. This was a first to be called through a Akuma by a unknown affiliate to either side,needless to say he was curious. He made an entrance by floating down from a door with his golem Lero the umbrella in his he thought to be a old man upon closer inspection turned out to be a young boy who looked at him with Earl's own curiosity grew exponentially.
Allen looked at the plump man in front of him and realized he was waiting for him to speak. With a clear voice he started, "you're the Earl...I...have a few questions if you don't mind."
Great not suspicious AT polite like Mana taught him to was not helping in this situation. Thought Allen returning his attention back to the Earl. "Not at all though I must say I would prefer a more remote location to disclose any information." The man replied.
Allen accepted believing with his arm he would be fine and cautiously walked through a heart shaped door that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
The room was grand and had a vibrant and wealthly looking color scheme. All the furniture in the room was delicately designed with a more simplistic and natural vibe to it. The center of the room held a dark stained desk and chairs in front of it, like work offices or at least if he remembered correctly...Allen could never be sure with his hazy memory. So they sat. The Earl raised his hand as if to say continue and Allen came out blunt and to the point, "Why do you turn people into monsters? How does that work? What do they do? What is your motive and what are you after?"
Looking the boy up and down again the Earl was taken aback, a new true third party or at least the start of one since clearly he wasn't with the Black Order and wasn't old enough to be with the original other third party. Well this could get interesting and can work in my advantage. The Earl thought as he said, "Young man before I disclose such info I'll have to ask you to at least tell me your name?"
"Name? Ah yes where did my manners go? I am Allen... Allen walker, you turned my dad into one those things with two bodies and I honestly wish you'd tell me why?" Replied Allen. Raising non-existing eyebrows the Earl decided to tell and try to sway the lad if he remembered correctly had innocence, and he came to me and not the Black Order what an odd boy altogether. He thought as he started.
Years later
Looking around a small town to shop for the rest of the family, Allen and Tyki wandered aimlessly. Thinking back to the time he decided to join the Earl, Allen remembered with a smirk when right after he joined for dinner the others faces and the mixed emotions behind them. How much has changed, now they treat me like one of them...two years and I've never regretted it. Mussed Allen as Tyki was bargaining with the flower shop owner. He smiled and joined in the fight with his very disarming charm.
Meanwhile at the Black Order
"Finders over the last few days have been going missing in a town called Petersburg, we have no idea why or how and before their communication ended they reported a suspicious rise in akuma attacks and a odd gentlemen presumed to be working under the Earl aiding in some of the attacks, that is why we are sending in so many exorcists to ensure less casualties and to hopefully get intel on what the Earl is questions?" Komui asked as his eyes wandered the large groups of Exorcists before him, including general Tiedoll.
Taking their pamphlets the exorcists nodded and went to get ready,and went on their way to the train. Anxiety filled the air, not knowing what they'd encounter while they discussed strategies.
