Chapter 2 is out~ It's summer and I have a little too much free time, so updates should come pretty quickly as long as

Thank you to jokerose and Emikame for the support and editing this chapter! :3

Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-Man, just the OCs.

And now on with the show~

Chapter 2: Apology

"Oi Maria, stop running too far ahead of us!" Seph called to the pale blond haired girl, sighing and briskly running a hand through his hair irritably, he and Evan calmly walked after her. "You'll trip again and I'm not helping you up this time!"

"But I wanna show Teacher my new exorcist uniform!" A 14 year-old Maria pouted, not wanting to wait any longer. "It's not my fault if you're slow!" She turned around and stuck out her tongue playfully, knowing that Seph couldn't stay mad at her for long.

"You know she does have a point there Seph," laughed Evan as he ruffled the younger boy's hair. "It's not our fault if you can't keep up with us!" With that said he ran ahead to join Maria; he didn't stop to notice the brief glare that Seph shot at him.

Seph sighed, and looked at the overcast sky. It had been six years since the three of them had last seen each other, and their friendship seemed to have continued right where it left off on that night 6 years ago. Come to think of it, it was raining that night as well.

Seph stopped walking for a moment, his eyes still on the now falling rain, and took it all in. He shut his eyes and felt the cold drops hit his face and fall down his cheeks. He had always believed that rain was never just water; whenever something happened, the sky would pour as some life changing event occurred. Like the day he met Tiedoll. What's going to happen…?

"Wouldn't you like to know."

Seph grew irritated when he heard the voice inside his head once again. Glancing around, he saw that both Maria and Evan were not that far ahead, halfway to the large mansion that the three were making their way towards. Waiting until they were out of earshot, Seph glared down at the ground and muttered to the voice in his head, "Shut up."

Footsteps could be heard echoing throughout the empty mansion as the raindrops splattered against the windows. From inside her office, Florence could hear water dripping along the wooden floors, along with a distinct creak of the floorboards. She continued to absentmindedly stare outside the window, but her guard went up as the footsteps slowly approached the open door to her office.

"What is your business here, Mikk? I thought you hated exorcists," Florence asked calmly, continuing to stare out the window. When she heard him approaching her desk, she finally turned around and sent him a fierce glare. The intruder had a grey skin tone, and dark, wavy hair. There was a mole on his upper left cheek and he held an unlit cigarette. His clothes and hair were both slick and wet from the rain, giving him the appearance of a rather handsome man. She crossed her arms over her chest, expectantly waiting for an answer.

"That's right, and I still do," Tyki nonchalantly replied, looking around the office, pulling some random book off of a shelf to examine it, "I heard you took in a pupil six years ago. How is she?"

"She's doing fine," Florence snapped, recognizing the book instantly, it'd been one Maria had given to her not more than a year ago, "You didn't answer my question. What is your business here?"

"Nothing! I simply wanted to check on our newest addition to the Noah family," he replied innocently, looking at the dark clouds outside, and set the book down on the window sill.

"She will not turn into a Noah, Mikk. You can tell that to the Earl," Florence retorted, her eyes pinned on the book now out of place, and defiled by his touch.

"My, my, someone's being quite dark," Tyki chuckled, debating if he should be pleased for getting on her nerves or for mentioning her pupil. "But you see, the Count doesn't like me returning empty-handed from one of his tasks. Wouldn't you agree Ebony Florence, or should I say 'Pure-White Witch'?"

"You…" Florence spat out darkly. "So the Earl wants me dead now does he?" She tried to move her arms to grab the gun which sat in its holster on her thigh, but found that her hands wouldn't respond no matter how hard she tried. Her eyes widened. What!?

"Yes he does Miss White Witch~" Sheril Kamelot, the source of her immobility, spoke as he casually leaned against the open door frame. Florence gritted her teeth; this wasn't good.

"You see, Millenies has been looking for the two of you for a long, long time now~" Suddenly Road appeared through a heart shaped door, smirking as she crossed her arms. "You've been a bad girl, so we'll just have to stain that pure white with a beautiful crimson now~"

"Why you little-" She didn't even get the chance to finish her curse when Tyki suddenly reached in and pulled out her heart, staining her white clothes a bright scarlet. She wasn't sure what she felt first, pain or shock. But as she felt herself falling to the ground, the last thing she saw was a certain pale haired apprentice. As their eyes met, confusion meeting pain, one last message was conveyed in those dulling violet orbs.

I'm sorry.

Outside, the rain poured harder than ever.

Nuuuuu Ebony T_T Go ahead and hate me for killing off a character in the 2nd chapter already. I deserve it *cries*

This chapter could have been longer, but I didn't want to overshadow Ebony's death :( I promise next chapter will be longer :D

Please review~! I still want to improve my writing so that I can give you a better story :)

*Edit* I hope you liked it. If not...*sharpens knife* o_o... Kidding! My friend and I were having so much fun editing this chapter at the same time XD And as for the voice in Seph's head, you'll find out sooner or later ;P