Alright! Lame ass, over used, played out, AU, high school fic... D.Gray-Man style!
The ultimate goal is AllenXLenalee With more then a few speed bumps along the way Like I said, played out and over used I don't have much luck with anything longer then a two shot, so I hope I can do okay with this one Bewared I lack follow through and have the attention span of a spider on crack .If you ever find spiders on drugs Watch it!
It's so funny! Moving on!

First day at a new high school. (As a quick note, I'm Canadian and only have 3 years of high school where I live and will be using this system.) First day at a new high school. In a new town...Scary! I almost walked away then. But I remembered, I had no where else to go. It was nicer then the vagabond lifestyle I would have to live if I didn't go here.

Only slightly, but still nicer. High school it was. Deep breath. And I walked through the gates, into Bishop Noir Academy. A Catholic boarding school, with the notorious nick name 'The Black Order'. I must have been severely mentally damaged to choose this place.

"Welcome Allen Walker!" The welcome party cheered.

"What the?" I screamed grabbing at my heart. I had walked through the foreboding wrought iron gates to multi-colored streamers and cheering. I almost turned around again. Actually I did. But someone caught me by the collar before I could even take a step.

"Where do you think your going?" Some one asked.

"Away." I answered, hoping my captor would sympathize and let me go.

"Aw c'mon! We don't throw a party for everyone! You're a rarity! New kid in the middle of the semester." Suddenly I was in a head lock.

"I'm Lavi, nice to meet cha!"

I struggled out of the headlock and got a look at Lavi. Lavi was a boy, that much a knew from his voice, and I sincerely hoped a girl didn't have that strong of a headlock. Lavi was an odd looking boy, about 17, a little older then me, with a shock of orange hair and a green scarf around his head. He also wore an eye patch, and his uncovered eye was bright green. Complimenting this outfit was an orange scarf around his neck and a goofy grin. Though really I'm not one to talk about odd looking, as I've had grey hair since I was 12.

"Um... hello."

"Don't be so shy! Say hello to the ladies!" Lavi said slinging his arm around my shoulder and motioning to the rest of the party. There were many girls... and one small old man with a sticking up shock of grey hair, liver spots and sunken eyes.

"I'm Bookman." I silently snickered. "Lavi is my student. And we've wasted enough time here, let's go inside." I nodded and followed with out protest.

"Awwwwww! But what about the party?" Lavi whined. One look from Bookman and Lavi followed obediently. Some teacher, I was almost envious.

"I can't help but wonder why you decided to come here now, because the school year has already started." Bookman muttered, hands in his sleeves like a muff.

"Well... um you see, I was being home schooled until just recently, by my foster father, General Cross." Yes, my foster father had me call him 'General'. "Recently, well...um, he ran away and told me to come here and finish my education." It was so embarking talking about that.

Lavi snickered, "Some father." My shoulders sagged, he said it all.

"Bishop Noir doesn't take everyone and anyone, but I'm sure with a recommendation from General Cross, you will be accepted." So he had other people call him 'General' too.

"Why? Is he important here?" Bookman and Lavi sputtered disbelievingly, and I felt very left out of the loop.

"I see General Cross didn't teach you much about this school." Bookman said, he seemed like a teacher going into lecture mode, I had been to a few standard classes in my time. Now I sound like an old man. Back to Bookman's lecture.

"When a student enrols in this school, they are given the option of taking special additional courses, allowing the chance to attain the rank of a General. Though it's a very difficult course and many don't pass, those that do, aren't guaranteed the rank. Therefore, few take the course. Currently only 5 Generals exist around the world. You do know the school is international?" That I did know. So being a General did actually mean something. It wasn't just a strange ego trip.

"You'll have a week or so to choose your courses, but seeing as your arriving late, special courses are almost out of your reach. Though stranger things have happened." Bookman knew a lot, I told him so.

"That's because I'm Bookman, it's my job to know everything there is about this school." I nodded, we were at the door now. A huge face carved in stone, with a large chin and rather frightening bulging eyes. Two large black gated stood to each side and a small man was pacing in front of them.

And...Whoa! His face matched the carved stone one.

"This is the Gatekeeper. He just has to run a metal detector over you. Standard security." Lavi muttered bored. I subjected myself to the man's slightly frantic scan. It passed over then beeped at my pocket.

"Security Breach!" The man shrieked. He was shrieking and running in panicked circles.

"What's in your pocket Allen?" Lavi asked, while Bookman tried to calm the frantic gate keeper.

"Oh!" I cried and scrambled to remove the offending object. "Oooooops. Sorry." I held out the parting gift my teacher had given me.

A small golden ball, with a cross decorating the front and golden wings with a flame-like tail.

"Oh, I recognize that!" The Gatekeeper said.

"General Cross's Golem." Bookman said, taking the golden object. "Looks like you might not have to choose your courses after all." He muttered.

"Okay, let's get you inside. They'll be anxious to meet you." Lavi said smacking me on the back.

I winced, "Ummm... are you sure?" Lavi made no answer and just continued to push me inside. "Umm... okay." Here goes nothing. I looked back to see how the frantic gate keeper was doing, only to see he was not there. Bookman seemed to be talking to himself. This place was strange.

So what do you think? It needs work, I know. Next chapter I'll introduce Lenalee and Komui and Kanda and the rest. We'll learn about the 'special' courses too. And as a note, it is AU, but not OURU. That will become very clear soon. A review would be nice, but I do have my pride and refuse to beg.

TTFN Ta Ta For Now...or a while really I'm a tragically slow updater. Sorry to anyone who cares.