Hello there! I wasn't expecting to update this story the same day it was published, but I just had so much inspiration for this chapter. (Now if only I could find the motivation to update my BB fanfic.) Anyways! Yeah, my creative juices seemed to be flowing really well today. I mean all day at school today I was jotting down ideas and brainstorming on how I could make this chapter. I also made Mello and Matt appear in this chapter and they talk! They were originally not suppose to show up until the next chapter, but I felt like adding them. Oh, and I also put Linda in this chapter. Yes, she's going to be in this story and she was actually going to appear in a later chapter, but I decided to add her in early. Anyway, enough of me talking. Enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Death Note! If I did own DN hahaha! Man, would I change so many things in the story. Hahaha... Jk ;3

I opened the front doors of Wammy's nervously. It wasn't everyday that you walked into your new home at an orphanage for gifted children. Looking around, it was rather empty. I stood there at the doorway watching as a few kids ran past laughing. Sighing, I shut the door behind me and brushed a few stray strands of hair out of my face. Now reader I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed. Not at the orphanage! I mean Wammy's was an enormous building with obviously lots of land and it was extremely nice inside and out, but my reason for being disappointed was that there was no one there to welcome me!

Okay, let me explain. You see I've grown up in a fairly wealthy family and not to mention I'm a famous violinist, so you could say I'm used to a lot of attention. I guess the lack in interest of me sort of upsets me…

"Hi there!" I heard a voice cheerily yell out.

Suddenly, a blonde girl with twin pigtails walked up to me. She was about my height and looked to be around my age. The girl smiled at me and extended her hand for me to shake it. Feeling better now that I got someone's attention, I reached out with my free hand and did so.

"My name's Linda, and you're obviously a new kid. What's your name?" She questioned while letting go of my hand.

"Oh, I'm Ce- … I'm Alice. It's nice to meet you Linda." I said smiling nervously.

Had I really almost forgotten to use my alias? If L heard me he probably would've gotten mad. I must remember that at Wammy's no one goes by their real names. Looking at Linda I realized that her name must've been fake as well.

"So, ummm, Linda-" I was cut off in midsentence.

"Alice, since you're new, I'll show you around."

"Awesome!" I cheered following her.

Linda showed me practically everything. She took me to some classrooms, to the game room, to several sitting rooms, and not to mention the huge library Wammy's had. Everything was amazing, but I noticed one thing. There was barely anyone around. Now and then though we'd run into a few other people, but where was everyone?

"Umm… Linda, where is everyone?" I questioned.

"Well, it's dinner time, so pretty much everyone is in the dining hall right now. That's where we're headed next though." She said while turning the corner.

When we turned around the corner we were face to face with an old man. He had white hair and clear light eyes hidden behind his glasses. In a way, he reminded me of Watari, except for the fact that he looked like he'd rather be somewhere else. The old man looked at Linda and then at me.

"Oh, hello Rodger." Linda said smiling.

The old man, who was apparently named Rodger, turned back to Linda.

"Hello Linda. Who is this with you?" He asked, eyeing me suspiciously.

"This is Alice."

"Alice?"

Rodger looked at me for a bit. He had a questioning look on his face, almost like he was trying to remember something. Then it looked like a light bulb went off in his head.

"Oh, L and Watari had mentioned you arriving, but I didn't know you'd be coming today…

Now this is a problem…" Rodger mumbled.

"Why?" I asked.

"There's unfortunately no available space in any of the girls' rooms at the moment, and unfortunately there won't be till the end of the month when some of the older children graduate and leave."

No room? How could there be no room here? The place was huge! If there was no room for me, then where was I supposed to go? I felt myself getting a bit angry at the thought of me having no place to stay. See reader, this is why I should've just stayed with L!

"I'm so sorry Alice, but I have no other choice but to room you in one of the boys' rooms until then."

Both Linda and I just stared in confusion. I was going to be rooming with a boy? Now I don't mean to sound like a diva, but I would rather just sleep on a couch somewhere. Did Rodger really think this was okay? I unwillingly followed the old man down the halls and up some stairs with Linda following close behind me. As we got closer to our destination, the blondie leaned over and started whispering things to me.

"Alice, I think I know who Rodger's rooming you with."

"Who is it?"

"His name's Near. He's the only boy I know without a roommate. I feel bad for you. Near is a bit of an antisocial, toy loving, weirdo."

Hearing her say that made me feel a bit worried. Was I really going to live with this guy for a month? I had had enough experiences with weirdoes in the last few days and I truthfully didn't want any more, thanks. Though, I guess L wasn't that weir- No, who am I kidding reader, L was a super weirdo! I know I had started enjoying the man's company, but perhaps if I really had stayed with him I would've gone just as bonkers as him. Now that I was being forced to share a room with another bizarre person, I was afraid for my mental health.

"Oh, Alice. Here's something a bit cool about Near though. He's actually first in line to succeed L, cool right?" Linda whispered while giving me a smile.

Right then we arrived at his room. Rodger knocked on the door and when no reply came we opened the door to see there was no one inside. I walked into the room though. It was really, really plain with white walls, white carpet, white bed sheets, white everything! The only splashes of color in the place were the toy robots sitting on top of the slept in bed on the left side of the room. I assumed those must've been Near's.

"Well, this will be your room for the time being. I'll try to find Near and tell him about this. Excuse me." With that Rodger left, leaving me and Linda there.

Walking over to the other twin sized bed, I placed the violin Watari gave on my bed side table and tossed L's long sleeve shirt over my pillow.

"Umm… Well, I'm heading down to dinner. Are you coming Alice?" Linda asked.

"No thanks. I'm tired. I think I'll just go to bed. See you tomorrow Linda."

After that, she left and I was now all alone in this plain room. Looking around some more, I noticed something. There in the far left corner of the room was an unfinished puzzle. I walked over to it and sat down on the floor. Near must've been working on this, I thought examining it. The puzzle appeared rather difficult to solve. It looked to have over a thousand pieces and not to mention it was plain white, wait no. With further examination I realized there were a couple pieces that had black lines.

"Well, there's nothing else to do…" I muttered to myself as I began to place the pieces together.

It didn't take that long for me to finish. Upon my completion of the puzzle I saw what the black lines formed. They made an L. I stared in disbelief at the thing. That's when I heard some people walk into the room. Looking up I saw the two boys from when I first arrived. The blond and red haired one.

"You're not Near. Dammit, I was going to pick on the little brat. Who are you anyway?" The blond boy wearing all black asked.

"Isn't she the girl who got here earlier?" The red haired boy, who had on a red and black striped long-sleeve, questioned.

"Who cares, she's not the one I'm looking for. Let's go Matt." The blond commanded to the other male, Matt.

"Okay, Mello," said Matt to the one going by the name Mello.

I sat there as they just left and wondered what they hell just happened. Soon after that another boy walked in. This one had pale skin, white hair, and was wearing all white pajamas. I could only assume that this was my roommate, Near. He looked at me, but didn't say anything. Instead he just shut the door behind him and walked right past me to his bed.

Getting up, I felt even more confused. Did he really not mind having me stay here? Well, looking at his emotionless face made me think that yes, he didn't give a crap. I watched as this teenage boy, who looked to be exactly my age and was even the same height as me hopped on his bed and started playing with one of his toy robots. It was weird, yet somehow adorable at the same time. In some strange way, Near reminded me of a white rabbit.

"You're Alice, correct?" He suddenly asked without even looking up at me.

"Yes, and you're Near."

"Right," was all he answered.

I quietly started towards my side of the room, proceeding to take a seat on my own bed. This was kind of awkward. Near, was antisocial just like Linda had said. Yawning, I lay down and just stared at the ceiling. There was pretty much dead silence in the room, except for the occasional squeaky sound of Near moving one of his robots' arms, but even that ceased after awhile. The room was completely and utterly quiet now.

A few minutes passed by like this before I heard Near get up. I could hear him walking across the room. Sitting up a bit, I now saw that he was standing in front of the puzzle I had completed. Part of me thought that he wouldn't care that I messed with his stuff while the other part of me worried that he would. That's when he spoke up.

"Alice, you finished my puzzle…"

"Yes… I'm sorry for touching it, Near." I apologized while sitting up completely.

"No, it's fine. I'm surprised you could finish it though. You see, I'm the only one here at Wammy's who can put this puzzle together." He stated while bringing the board over to me.

"Really? It was so easy though."

Right then he flipped the board over, causing all the pieces to fall to the floor. I stared in shock at what had just happened. My eyes just looked at the scattered pieces and then at Near in shock.

"Put the puzzle back together. I'll be timing you, so do it." Near pretty much ordered in that monotone voice of his.

Taking the empty board from his hands I got off my bed and took a seat on the floor. I examined all the spread out pieces of the blank puzzle. After doing so, I began placing pieces on the board. During this whole time, I could see Near watching me closely from my peripheral view. Within a few minutes I had successfully put the whole thing back together again.

"Well done. No wonder why L said you would be some good competition." Near said, his eyes scanning over his puzzle while saying so.

"L said that, but why?"

"It's because he said you were in the running to be his successor with me and Mello." The white haired boy stated calmly.

I found my jaw dropping. L wants me to be one of his possible future successors? My mind couldn't quite grasp this. Did L really say that or was Near just lying? I couldn't really tell.

"Alice, your birthday is on August 24 and you're fifteen, right?"

I snapped out of my thoughts and just looked at Near. How did he know that?

"Yes, but how-"

"L told me. It's funny though, Alice, because my birthday is on that day too and I'm also fifteen." He stated before taking a seat on his bed.

I jumped up feeling excited. That was so cool that Near and I were born on the same day. It was creepy that L knew though, but still pretty cool that we had the same birthday. That then gave me an idea.

"Near, since we have the same birthday and we're both fifteen, we can be pretend twins! Oh, and you and I can be best friends, okay?" I asked while jumping on his bed.

"Fine, just get off my bed. I'm going to sleep now."

I did as he told and got off. Jumping back onto my own mattress, I crawled under the covers and started changing out of my clothes. I now put on L's white long-sleeve shirt, but that's when I realized I had no pajama pants.

"Near, umm… Can I borrow a pair of your pj pants?" That was possibly the most awkward and weirdest question I could've asked him.

From underneath my blankets, I heard him sigh and get up. Soon I heard him shuffling through his dresser drawers before I felt something land on top of my covers. Peaking out, I saw the white fuzzy pj pants and pulled them under the sheets so that I could put them on. After that weird moment, I placed my other clothes in a pile on the floor. With that done, I got up and shut the lights off before getting back into bed.

"Good night, twiny!" I said giggling, not really expecting anything back in reply, but then…

"Night….. Twiny." I heard Near mumble awkwardly to me.

I burst out into a fit of giggles after hearing that and soon found a pillow flying out of nowhere and hitting my face. Afraid that next time it would be a robot thrown at me, I went to sleep. With that my first night at Wammy's was over and it wasn't that bad either. I could only wonder what kind of things awaited me tomorrow though.

So that's chapter 2! If I still have this much motivation and inspiration then I might just update tomorrow as well. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter. I thought it was pretty... okay. Well, yeah... Thanks so much for reading! Please review!

Chapter three coming soon!