Chapter 2: Welcome to Wammy's
Ace woke Beyond up around 8:00. 'Two hours' he thought and smiled. Ace tilted his head causing his blond hair to fall in his face slightly. "Whatcha smiling about?" he asked curiously
"Because L's coming today, duh!" Beyond lied with ease
"Okay" Ace said grabbing his roommate and added "Let's go get breakfast before L comes"
Beyond nodded and they left to the cafeteria and quickly grabbed breakfast and sat down. "Hey guys" A voice said and Matt sat across from them.
Matt was two years younger than them. Mello was three years younger and Near was two. "Hey Matt" Ace greeted then added "Where's Mello?"
"His lazy ass wouldn't get outta' bed" Matt replied
Beyond and Ace both laughed then Ace warned "You might not wanna talk like that around some of the others. If Roger heard he would be so mad"
"Heh, I don't care" Matt said pulling out his DS.
"Fine, but you didn't hear it from us!" Beyond told him
They all quickly swallowed their food and went back to Ace's and Beyond's room. Mello soon awoke and came in as well. "I can't wait until L gets here!" he said as he entered
"I know we haven't seen him in about a year!" Ace replied
"Well, he is busy with cases" Beyond reasoned
"Yea, but he should still visit more" Matt said
"True" the others agreed
They continued talking until someone outside ran down the hallway screaming "L is here, L is here!"
They all quickly dashed out the door and to the sidewalk where L and Watari stood with smiles. "Hello guys" L greeted happily.
He quickly led the children inside and sat in his weird manner while telling everyone stories and playing around with them. Roger was always happy when L and Watari came for one thing the children mainly left him alone. He also got to see his dearest friend. Finally, it was 10:00 and Roger suggested the children go with L and Watari to the park. L happily agreed and they took off for the park after all the children got their things ready and grabbed whatever toys they wanted. Watari carried a 3 year old Near in his arms and the others walked. Near was the youngest of all the children and Ace was the oldest. Mello clung to L's pants and matt walked beside him. They made it to the park and after rules were established by Watari the children ran off and played. Near was sat on the ground by the bench Watari sat on and played with a robot toy. Mello played soccer with some of the others then was quickly back at L's side. Beyond and Ace walked along a stone path nearby then Beyond finally noticed dark brown hair. Ace noticed to and quickly walked to where the person was. Beyond realized it was indeed the girl from last night, Luna he recalled. "She's sleeping" Ace told him
"Nah with the way she's bouncing around I thought she was having a party" Beyond said sarcastically.
Ace laughed then told him "Stay here I'll go get L" and ran off
Ace quickly came back with L and Mello. "A girl?" Mello asked
Mello poked Luna and she stirred a little. He poked her again and she jolted up and looked around. "Are you okay?" L asked
She looked at him for a minute "I guess so"
"What do you mean you guess so?" Mello questioned
"I must have fallen asleep here" she replied
"Your parents must be worried" Ace said
Looking down she replied "I doubt that"
"And why is that?" L asked curiously
"Well, my parents are dead"
"Oh, well do you have other family?" Ace asked
"Nope"
"Do you have anywhere you could go?" L asked
"Nope, people are afraid of me because of my mom" Luna replied
"And why is that?" Mello asked curiously
"People thought she was crazy, and she drank a lot, and….hi….other stuff"
"What kind of other stuff?" L asked noticing the cut on her arm then added "Just curious"
"It's nothing really" she replied realizing what he was looking at "She can't do anything anymore"
"I suppose not" L said looking at Luna
'Never seen someone with purple eyes' he thought to himself. Sirens in the distance caught his attention "Must be another fire" Luna said looking the direction the sound was coming from
"Another fire?" Mello asked
"Yea, my house caught on fire last night"
"What?" L said and relooked at her
"I wasn't hurt" she said the continued "But my mom did get drunk last night and the fireman told me she fell and hit her head. The stove was on and basically exploded, but it wasn't huge. She didn't make it"
"That's terrible" Ace commented
"Yea, but I guess fate had its own idea"
"You believe in fate?" Mello questioned
"Yea, everything happens for a reason" Luna told him
"Say, what's your name?" Beyond asked
"I'm Luna" Luna said with a smile
"I'll be right back would you mind if these three stayed with you a minute?" L said
"Not at all" Luna urged
L left back towards the other kids. "What do you think he's doing?" Ace asked Beyond
"I have no idea" Beyond replied 'but I hope he lets her come with us' he thought to himself
"So, what are your names?" Luna asked
"I'm Ace" Ace said then continued pointing at each as he went "This is Mello and that's Beyond"
Luna smiled "Those are weird names…I like it"
Mello laughed "Well Luna's a weird name too"
"I know" Luna agreed
L then returned "Hey guys let's go back over here" L said and the three boys moved to follow.
L looked back to see Luna hadn't moved. "You too, Luna" he ushered
Luna hopped up and followed them she walked beside L on the opposite side of Mello "Where are we going?" Luna asked
"To this part of the park then back to Wammy's" L responded with a smile
"Wammy's?"
"Yea, it's great" Mello told her
"It is?"
"Yep"
"If it's so great then why haven't I heard of it?" Luna asked
"Good point, but that's because Wammy's is a secret" Ace informed
"Oh" Luna replied
Around noon Watari pulled out hamburgers and hot dogs and grilled them. Most of the children were getting along with Luna even Near, who barely liked anyone. Soon it started getting dark and they left for Wammy's. Luna walked by L's and Beyond's side and Ace walked in front of her and Beyond. They walked through the door and the other kids went to do their own things. Now that they were slightly tired from the park, but knowing them it wouldn't last long. L was only staying a few days. L brought her alone to a big office. He sat her down in a chair and took the one beside her sitting in his usual manner. He noticed she sat a weird way too she was sitting on her knees in the chair. "What are we doing in here?" Luna asked suddenly
"We are waiting for Roger. He runs Wammy's and if you stay handles most of the problems here. He is usually nice, so no need to worry" L urged
"Will you stay when he gets here?"
"If you want"
"Okay, thanks"
"I'm Lawliet by the way, but you can call me L" he told her
Luna smiled 'He told me his real name' she thought happily. Lots of people lied to her so she was happy when she knew people weren't lying. Though she was good at lying herself she didn't like doing it and usually spoke her mind. "Oh and just so you know people here aren't supposed to know your real name" L told her
"I don't know my real name first or last" she told him
"What do you mean?"
"My real parents died when I was little and the parents I told you about were foster parents. I tried running away, but was always sent back. No one believed me"
"No one believed what?" L asked curious
"That she hurt me and that she might have really been crazy"
"Oh" L said
Soon after Roger walked in "Hello, welcome to Wammy's…." he told her
"Luna" L said
"Alright, welcome to Wammy's Luna"