Every Beginning Begins With An End
Summary: Is what my dad used to say and I had no clue what he meant. Until now. I now have to figure out where I am exactly without drawing suspicion to myself. But that ends up getting harder and harder to do as the years pass. Not to mention I'm stuck in the body of a child
Warning(s): I do not own D. Gray-Man, only my OC(s).
A/N: Two to go! Yes! :D
Recap of last chapter:
Where the hell am I going? I wondered, dodging any and all the branches that would reach out to me in hopes of slowly me down. After what seemed like hours, I had reached a rather large, naturally built wall stones that could easily tower over a seven-foot man with each of the sides stretching as far as I could see and only layers upon layers of ivy was the only thing that covered the only entrance that was just large enough for me to go through if I crawled.
And seeing that the three chasing me wouldn't be able to either find nor go through the entrance, I got on my hands and knees and started crawling.
The loose rocks and gravel were surprisingly sharp as they dug into the palms of my hands and knees but they didn't draw any blood which I was glad about, the last thing I wanted was them getting infected and ignored them, keeping my eyes straight ahead at the end of the tunnel that was also covered by vines. I stopped my advances when I was right in front of it.
Peaking through the gaps of the vines without touching them, I saw that I had made way into a dome like structure that might as well been a three story house with how big it was. There were a few trees in there along with vines covering every inch of the stone save for the opening near the top where sunlight was coming from which shone down on the tree giving it a soft purple glow.
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My train of thought came to a complete stop and backed up, Purple glow? I squinted at the tree intensely, half hoping that I was wrong but sure enough the tree was indeed glowing a faint purple color. Curiosity winning the battle, I glanced around cautiously and breathed a sigh of relief when no human movement disturbed the tranquility of the dome. I gently moved through the vines and stood to my full height to dust off the dirt and rocks that had gathered on the hospital gown.
I frowned at the fabric, I should've changed back at the house. I thought to myself, But there's no doubt that those three guys are still going to look for me and must've gotten some others to look for me, so simply going back home to change is out of the question. I sighed, making up my mind and eerily walking forward without a sound to the tree and circling it. Stopping in surprise when I saw that the backside of the tree was completely different from the front side concerning the leaves.
I walked back to the front and blinked. The leaves were like any normal tree leaves with them being a healthy green color but with a faint purple outline outlining each individual leaf. I turned back to the back and blinked. These leaves were completely different, instead of the green their opposite side sported. They were a very dark purple nearing black with the lines on each leaf being a lighter purple that popped out against the darker. I reached a hand towards the leaves on a fairly low branch and experimentally touched one of the leaves.
In that moment, everything stopped. I could no longer here the wind beating down on the stone or the sound of the tree's branches shaking.
It was as if everything was at a standstill.
Fearing for the worst, I slowly tugged my hand back down as to not disturb the leaves anymore than I already have only to have a dark purple vine come down from the branch and gently wrap itself around my hand as if it was scared of scaring me.
I paused my movements and watched in childish wonder as the vine continued slithering down my hand and wrapped itself around my wrists. I knew that I should be feeling panic at how the vine was acting but I wasn't feeling the least bit panicked.
Why was that?
The question would have to go unanswered for now as more vines started cascading downwards towards me. Some a vibrant green, others the same purple color like the first. My nerves went on edge as each of the vines gently wrapped themselves around my limbs and torso, though none went near my head or neck.
"What the..." The vines pulled me up towards the branches and before the panic could set in, my small body was engulfed by the branches and I was continuously being pulled towards the heart of the tree until my feet hit the wood. The vines retreated back as I took in the new area.
I was standing in the middle of a circular floor that extended quite a few feet in front of me with five branches extending from the outer edges of the circle and snaking outwards with more branches separating from them, a few going upwards and covering the top with a mixture of both green and purple. And thanks to the light that emitted from the leaves, I was able to see everything clearly.
"What is this place?" I wondered out loud, quickly walking around to take in the scenery, "This couldn't be inside the tree. Could it? No, it has to be." I ran a hand down one of the five branches and watched giddily as the bark seemed to lean into my touch. I let out a bell-like giggle and did the same thing to the remaining four, getting the same reaction as the first one.
When I was about to start the second round, the center of the circle started glowing behind me. I turned around and stared at the light before having to shut my eyes with raising my arms for extra protection as it steadily grew brighter. It finally dimmed after what I counted was about thirty seconds and I heard two thumps resonate through the silence as I lowered my arm and opened my eyes, wondering what had changed.
Nothing had changed, but there were two round things resting on the ground, fueling my curiosity enough for me to walk closer and pick whatever they were, one in each hand. I looked at them and saw they were two rings, both bearing butterfly that seemed like it was attached to the ring with its wings spread out. Both butterflies had blue wings and I had to comb through my memories to figure out that they both were Blue Morpho butterflies and though the butterflies were similar, the actual rings themselves were different from each other.
In my right hand, the ring bore the same shade of purple that the leaves had and only the lighter purple made it possible to see that it wasn't one solid color, but instead very detailed vines that swirled endlessly around the ring. The left was the same thing except the dark purple was switched with a dark green and the light purple traded with the light green.
I rolled them around in my hands, debating on whether or not I should put them on. I was leaning towards not putting them on but there was a continuous nagging in the back of my head that was coaxing me to put the rings on.
Wanting the irritable nagging to stop, I put them on.
Purple on the right middle finger
Green on the left middle finger.
A/N: I am crying tears of joy, I'm almost done getting my story back :D