~ All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~

Anatole France

Chapter 3 - New Home

The girl's mind woke slowly to the sound of several irritating voices.

"-going to get up?"

"Not so loud! You'll wake her up!"

"Good! We're-!"

"Quiet! What happened to her anyway? She seemed fine and then she just…"

"Yeah, what happened to sissy, Wisely?"

"No idea…she was confused, wondering who we were…"

"Did my Akuma attack frighten her?!?!"

"…No, she wasn't scared at all. She was perfectly comfortable with us, then she was in pain and she just fainted…"

"Maybe her Noah isn't fully settled, yet?"

"Not all of us have problems with our Noahs-"

"-Like you do, Tyki!"

"Shut-up, you annoying-!"

"Well, if we took off her stupid cloak, we could probably see her better!"

"Road-tama, she isn't one of your dolls-lero! You have to respect her privacy-lero!"

"No fair!"

"Hush!"

"WHAT?!?!"

"She's waking up…"

The girl sat up slowly, opened her eyes and looked into another pair of golden eyes that were surprisingly close. She flinched back in shock.

The teenage girl with violet spiky hair grinned and twirled back from her, "Yay~! She's up!"

The girl looked up and noticed most of the other golden-eyed people from before were there as well.

'Wait, where am I?' she wondered as she looked around the room. There wasn't much to look at. The walls were a blood red color, same as the carpet. The bed she was currently on had a black headboard with cream colored sheets.

'How did I get here…what's going on?!' she thought, panicking slightly.

"Maybe we should introduce ourselves, she's starting to panic," said the white-haired man from before.

"Of course!" said the…thing, "As I've said, I'm the Millennium Earl!"

The man in the black suit from before stepped forward, sweeping off his top-hat and bowing slightly at the waist, keeping his eyes on her. "I am Tyki Mikk."

The teenage girl with the spiky hair leaped on to Tyki's back and said, "And I'm Road Kamelot!" She then pointed to a pink umbrella with a pumpkin head currently glaring at her, "He's Lero."

'The umbrella has a name…ok…'

"Don't be too shocked," said the white-haired man with an arrogant grin, "I'm Wisely, by the way, and, to save us the time," he pointed to two twins currently sulking in the corner, "They are Jasdero and Devit," the girl with the deep-violet hair in a ponytail, "Lulu Bell," the man with the dark, curly blue hair, "And Cyril Kamelot."

"We can talk ya know!!!" the twins, Jasdero and Devit shouted, glaring angrily at Wisely.

"Congratulations on your new accomplishment," Wisely grumbled, "Also," he continued, looking at the girl, "There are several of us not here. The four from earlier were Tryde, Fiddler, Mercym and Mightra."

"Don't forget Skin and the 14th!" Road shouted, jumping off of Tyki.

"Yes, but she hasn't met them yet," Tyki reminded her, straightening his now rumpled coat.

"That's not right," the girl whispered, causing everyone to look at her.

Something had been bothering her since she first heard Road call Tyki…well, Tyki. The name just didn't sound right to her. There was something odd about it nagging at the back of her mind.

Suddenly, it clicked.

Wisely's eyes widened in astonishment, hearing her thoughts a second before she voiced them.

She pointed at Tyki, "Joyde…"

Tyki's eyes widened.

She moved her finger to Cyril, "Desires…"

Cyril gaped at her.

She then turned to Jasdevi and Devit, "Bondomu…"

The twins looked at each other in surprise.

She glanced at Lulu, "Lustful…"

Lulu raised an eyebrow.

Lastly she pointed at the Millennium Earl, "…and Adam."

Everyone stared at her in shock, then they suddenly turned their backs on her and formed a circle. Loud whispers erupted among themselves immediately. The girl blinked in surprise.

'…what did I say?'

~Noah's POV~

"Care to explain this one Earl?" Tyki asked in a whisper, still looking confused. He didn't much like being reminded of his Noah name, though he tried his best to hide it.

"Yeah how'd-"

"-she know-"

"-those names?!?!" Jasdevi finished together, pointing their guns at each other's heads in outrage.

"Yeah Milleni," Road said while jumping up to grab onto the unwilling Lero, "She just got here…are her Noah's memories still intact or something?"

"Er…."

"You have no idea, do you Earl?" Wisely said, sounding bored already.

The Earl glared at Wisely, "Her Noah's different from the others!"

"Different how?" Lulu asked.

"Well…"

"Um, excuse me?"

The members of the Noah family turned to look back at their newest family member and froze in shock.

Standing in front of them, looking rather nervous, was the 15th. Or rather, the 15th without her cloak on. She'd apparently taken it off while the other Noahs were too busy arguing to notice.

Well…they certainly noticed now.

The 15th had long, straight black hair with short bangs that framed her heart-shaped face perfectly. Her skin was a grayish color, as with all Noahs. She wore a long black dress with red and gold trimmings. Her eyes were covered by her bangs and her hands were clasped together in front of her.

"Um, I'm…not sure what's going on…but-"

She looked straight up and her large golden eyes seemed to pierce straight through (what was left of) the hearts of the Noahs. "I am sorry if what I said disturbed any of you at all! I truly didn't mean to!"

The Noahs all stared at her for a second or two. Then…

"Sissy's so CUTE!" Road shouted as she cheerfully tackle-hugged the girl, much to her utter surprise.

"…huh?" the girl muttered as she stared down at the spiky haired teen.

"She is rather attractive," Wisely stated plainly with no inflection of any sort.

The girl looked over to the other Noahs. Tyki and the one twin, Debitto she guessed, were both gaping at her. The dark haired twin's brother was pulling on his arm repeatedly, seemingly trying to get some sort of response from him. This was unnecessary, though, as when the two noticed her staring they immediately turned away, both becoming suddenly bashful.

"CUTE! CUTE! CUTE!"

She stared at Cyril who was currently holding his nose as if he was about to sneeze. However, she soon noticed a long trail of blood coming from his nose.

"Ah! Are you alright?!" the adorably cute female asked in a worried tone, her large eyes widening further in worry.

Cyril turned away as the blood seemed to only flow faster as he looked at her. "Yes, yes! I'm perfectly fine!" Tears began to pour dramatically from his eyes, "Such a kind, sweet girl!"

"What a wonderful new addition to the family!" the Earl said cheerfully.

"Ok…….." the girl muttered, feeling more confused. She looked down and stared into the golden eyes of the teen still hugging her.

"So," Road said, leaping back from her and grabbing on to Lero, who had also been staring at the new Noah, "What's your name?"

"Oh! Sorry! How rude of me," the 15th curtsied and smiled up at her "family."

"Call me Analicia."

Yay! Finally figured out how to work anything on this site (took me long enough...).

Anyway, let me explain something for everyone's benefit, this story takes place before the 14th betrays the Noahs. Yes, I know that they weren't the same people at the time, but...well, it's my story and I wanted to write it like this.

If you like it, review!

If you don't, why are you still here?!?!

Also, slight hints of a TykixOC and DebittoxOC...not quite sure if either one will happen yet, but it might so...who knows (wait...I'm the author, so shouldn't I...whatever....)

See you all later!