First off- I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! I've been distracted by a ton of books I just got... Killer pixies, were-creatures, and Norse Gods are pretty badass though. I fully support Zastley (if any of you know what I'm talking about o3o)! ANYWAY...

Yay! Four chapters! From here on out I generally won't describe day to day otherwise the story will only be about a week long... So, introducing minor and major time skips! Scroll down for the first one!

Oh, and since I realize that this has to connect with the original story arc at some point or it'll never end, I'll be working on that a bit. Also, I've begun another story in the D. Gray-Man universe that I'll have crossover with this one. They will remain separate, since it'll only be vague hints. And guess what? It's in this chapter! And maybe a few more if I feel like torturing the other OC.

Minor Time Skip!

(Dinner time, same day as previous chapter)

"I am exhausted." Flynn yawns, sheathing Nimue. She and Lavi just sparred for several hours with Allen critiquing.

"I hope you have enough room for dinner." Lavi pants while returning his hammer to its holster.

"You have to ask? Jeryy's cooking is amazing!"

"I second that." Allen grins. He still has a bag of ice, erm, water, pressed against his head where a bruise had begun to form from Flynn's knockout strike.

Lavi and Allen push the dining hall's doors wide open to the welcoming celebration for Flynn. The entire staff is there and that being said, they manage an impressive "Welcome Flynn!" Said girl then sways and falls back. Luckily for her, Lavi manages to catch her before she hits the stone flooring. He lowers her to the ground and fans her face. Komui and Lenalee exchange a sheepish glance since the welcoming parties had been their idea. But who knew Flynn would pass out? Being a trained medical professional, Bookman scurries over to the collapsed girl and orders everyone to give her some space, though everyone just creeps a bit closer to see.

"Of course this happens. Why did I even bother to show up?" Kanda growls and stalks back to a corner.

"Will she be okay?"

"What happened?"

"Did she die?"

"She obviously loved our celebration so much she died."

"Will she wake up?"

"Does she have a concussion?"

"Who took my coffee?"

"Is she waking up?"

"Stop asking questions!"

"She's not bleeding is she?"

"I feel kinda bad about this..."

"No one has ever passed out before!"

"This is all because of me!"

"Stupid clock."

"Someone do something!"

"I'll get Komlin the fourth to help us!"

"NO!"

"Everyone, please be quiet and give her some space!" Bookman orders. The people silence themselves and back up a good five feet, the exceptions being Lavi, Allen, and Bookman.

"Hey, Flynn, codi. Dim ond parti. Dim ysblennydd. (Hey, Flynn, get up. It's only a party. Nothing spectacular.)" Lavi says softly, poking her arm.

"Mae hi'n siarad Cymraeg? (She speaks Welsh?)"

"Ydw. Mae hi'n fwy cyfforddus yn siarad yn Saesneg na. (Yes. She's more comfortable speaking it than English.)"

"Yna parhau ar. (Then continue on.)"

"Allen, repeat after me, Flynn! Deffro! (Flynn! Wake up!)"

"Uh okay..." Allen scratches his head. "Flynn, deffro!"

"Os gwelwch yn dda deffro. (Please wake up.)" Flynn's eyes flutter open and she sits up slowly.

"Um... I'm not good with surprises..." She blushes. Lavi bends down and offers an arm to help her up, which she gladly takes.

"Are you alright?"

"As I said, I'm not good with surprises..."

"Do you want to sit down?"

"I'm fine! You worry like a mother."

"Well, I can apparently afford to be."

"Flynn, welcome to the family!" Lenalee approaches her with a mug with the initials F.R. in her hands. "Here's your very own coffee mug!"

"Oh, thank you very much!" '...It is rather like a family...'

After two more days of intense training with Allen, he's sent on a mission to who knows where.

"Guess it's just us for a few days, huh?" Lavi grins as he watches Flynn scramble to chase down a ball he threw to test her reflexes.

"Just you wait, Lavi!" She laughs.

"Wait for what?"

"You'll see!" She launches the ball at him and narrowly misses. "...That was supposed to hit you..."

"Yeah, I got that part."

"Spar?"

"Sure."

'Nimue, aide me.'

"Big hammer, little hammer, grow, grow, grow!" With both their weapons at the ready, Lavi swings lazily at Flynn, who dodges easily. "You're getting a lot better ."

"I know." Flynn races forward at a speed close to Allen's and comes up behind Lavi with Nimue just glancing off his shoulder. Lavi returns with a hammer shove (when his hammer is small, then grows and pushes someone back) that lands dead on, knocking the breath from his opponent.

"Hey, Flynn, are you alright?"

"I'm swell." She lunges for him again and drops to the floor, slashing at his ankles. He jumps back, but is imbalanced momentarily, which Flynn takes advantage of by latching onto his legs so she falls with him. She scoots forward quickly, sits on his chest, and pries the hammer out of his grip. Flynn throws the hammer a little ways away from them and presses Nimue into Lavi's neck.

"Good job. But I'm stronger than you." He smirks, sitting up with some difficulty, turning so he is pinning her instead of the other way around and shoves her kris away from them. "Since you're small, you need to take advantage of the difference in height and weight of your opponent. Try to get them off balance. It should be easier for you to dodge slow attacks as well, but you need to be quick."

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall?"

"Exactly. If your opponent pins you like I just did, you need to have some sort of back-up plan if Nimue isn't near you. I suggest keeping daggers up your shirtsleeves. An acquaintance of mine came up with a rather clever contraption. I'll see if she would mind lending you hers or making you a pair."

"That isn't really necessary…"

"From my point of view it is." An unfamiliar young woman in odd clothing appears from nowhere. Flynn notes mentally that she has an American accent. "So you're new. Flynn, right?"

"Um, yeah."

"I'm Kei. So Lavi, enjoying the view?"

"No! I mean… agh!" Lavi's face grows a bright red and he scrambles off of Flynn.

"That's what I thought. That's a nice kris." Kei picks Nimue up from where Lavi had pushed it away. "This is your weapon?"

"Yes…" Flynn looks uncomfortable in this woman's presence. There's just a dark feeling to her.

"I'm surprised no one's corrected you on how you hold it. For some people it's more natural to hold it as you do, but it lacks efficiency in matters of attack power. With a blade this small, you need to be able to strike strong and fast."

"Oh…"

"Here." Kei hands Nimue to Flynn and takes two wickedly curved blades from sheathes on her belt. They crackle suddenly and a chilling air surrounds them. Precipitation forms on the metal and freezes in place.

"Are those your weapons?"

"They are my weapons, but they don't contain Innocence. My violin has that privilege."

"Violin?"

"The sound waves shatter Akuma, yet it sounds lovely to the human ear. It's rather annoying to the Clan of Noah, as I've learned. Now try putting your hands like this." Kei holds her arms out in a display on how she holds her blades. Flynn moves to copy her and receives a slight lopsided grin full of sharp looking teeth. "Does that feel more comfortable?"

"A lot. Thank you… Kanda told me to hold them the other way…"

"That makes sense. That bitch is great with long swords but hardly knows hilt from blade on daggers. Well, I'm going out on assignment. Just thought I'd stop in. Oh and Lavi, I think I've figured out how to get home. So, if you don't see me… I've made it back to my dimension. Bye guys!" She dashes out of the training area, leaving a somewhat saddened Lavi and a confused Flynn.

"Who was that?"

"That would be Kei. She became an exorcist not long after we recruited Krory." Lavi sighs, still staring after the woman. "She's not really from here…"

"Oh." Flynn's dying of curiosity, but she can tell that Lavi doesn't particularly want to talk about it. "Back to sparring?"

Minor Time Skip!

(Two days later)

After two days of questioning nearly everyone she could about this Kei woman, Flynn has come to the conclusion that she isn't one to be trifled with. According to a Finder named Derek, she took down Kanda twice in one day. Komui's description however truly made her want to talk to Kei again. The man had said that Kei was particularly unstable, and had suffered many tragedies in her life. Including the loss of her parents, which Flynn could relate to. When she first got here, they thought she was insane, and had Lavi room with her for surveillance purposes. Bookman had actually elected Lavi for the job. Something about 'building character'. And not to mention Flynn finally got her own exorcist cloak.

"You seem deep in thought." Allen smiles.

"Allen! You're back!" Flynn returns his smile. She rather likes the gentle, white-haired teen. He's one of the more sane ones around the Black Order.

"Yeah. The mission was actually really simple. So, how was training with Lavi?"

"…Different."

"Haha, I'll bet!"

"Do you know Kei?"

"What did she say to you?"

"Nothing. She gave me some tips on how to hold Nimue and then she told Lavi she thinks she found a way back home."

"Oh no. The last time she thought she found a way back, she ended up on the brink of death. When did she leave?"

"Two days ago. Komui told me she's on assignment in Santorini."

"Then I hope for her sake she's traveling with level-headed people."

"Hey Allen!" Lenalee chirps, sitting across from them. "You guys look down."

"Kei thinks she's found a way home."

"…I'm going to call her." Lenalee runs from the library, surprising Reever who's just come back from a break. The science division is researching for some big project and most of the division is in the library.

"What's up with her?" Reever asks, glancing at Allen and then Flynn.

"Kei." Allen sighs.

"Say no more, I understand." The scientist retreats back to his pile of papers and begins to work. Lavi suddenly runs into the room and pulls Flynn to her feet.

"Komui said you can go out on a mission!" He grins. "He wants you, Allen, and me to report to his office right now."

"There have been reports of mysterious disappearances in towns just outside of Barcelona. They were all preceded by a trip from a traveling circus. We believe the circus to be a roaming band of Akuma or there to be an individual possessing Innocence among the performers. As of yet, the Finders have found no evidence as to where the missing people have gone, but they haven't ruled out the possibility of an accommodator unwittingly wiping out Akuma." Komui explains. "Your train leaves in two hours. I would suggest that Allen teach both of you a few tricks before you meet up with the circus. You'll have to join the act. The circus is called 'Syrcas o Goleuadau'. Their next stop is in Zaragoza."

"The Circus of Lights… It's a beautiful name." Flynn smiles slightly. The name hints at a Welsh band of performers.

"Syrcas o Goleuadau… I never thought I'd hear that name again…" Allen shakes his head and grins, not saying anything further.

"So, I guess you know the circus we're going to be joining." Lavi says, probing Allen for information. The train's just lurched away from the station in Barcelona, leaving them to figure out in which direction Zaragoza is.

"Mana and I traveled with them for awhile. They're… something else." Allen grins. "You might want to watch out for Anwen and Helyan. They run the circus. They're tough to win over. If you manage to win over Fiorella, they'll probably like you. Fiorella likes pretty much everyone though. Taonga has a high influence over Fiorella though. I'll try to put in a good word for the pair of you, but they were really upset when Mana and I left."

"Well… that's good to know."

"What were you in the circus?" Flynn asks out of curiosity.

"A clown."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Sometimes they'd have me dance if one of the other dancers was unable to. I really sucked at dancing though."

"How many people are in the circus?"

"When I left, there was twenty three. It's been a few years so it might've changed." A somewhat tense silence falls over the group as they walk through Barcelona until they find a sign pointing to Zaragoza. They continue in the direction the sign points them in for a few hours before Allen's monocle activates.

"Akuma. There's two just up ahead." He says.

"Flynn, stay here. We'll be back soon." Lavi instructs, leaving no room for argument. Flynn watches the boys run off and goes to sit beneath a leafy tree.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A young man comes out from behind a tree opposite the one Flynn's under. He's dressed like an aristocrat, top hat and everything. He even has a mole beneath his eye.

"Oh, hello, sir." Flynn smiles. She hopes that her nervousness doesn't shine through.

"You have an interesting pair of companions."

"Who are you to be saying so?"

"No one in particular. It's only an observation."

"Allen, behind you!" Lavi shouts, swinging his hammer at the Akuma. His opponent explodes and he turns to aide Allen with the level two that seems impossible to hit.

"Do you believe in magic?" The man asks.

"Pardon?" Flynn's brow furrows. She doesn't understand why this man won't leave her be. It's annoying enough to be asked stupid questions, but to be asked stupid questions by a stranger borderlines on harassment.

"I asked if you believe in magic."

"Oh, no sir, I don't."

"Curious…" Flynn turns to look at him and finds that he's vanished. Lavi and Allen wave at her from the hilltop and she rushes over.

"Look! There's the circus!" Allen points at the brightly colored tents dotting the grass. They're just about to rush down the hill when a gun is pointed in their faces. The safety clicks as it's turned off. And then… bang!

Short chapter, I know. I wanted to get a new chapter out sooner rather than later, so yeah. I bet you can all guess who the mysterious man who talked to Flynn is... It's pretty obvious... R&R please! 3 fenielin