Child of The Damned

By Shino Musume (死の娘)

Say hello to the first chapter of my little creation. Normally I wouldn't release two chapters up in one day but I'm really proud of this chapter. Also if you compare my writing style between this story and The Child of The Damned (which will be removed 02/05/15) you might see some improvements.

Also this fic is AUish but it takes place before Jan and Luke Valentine's attack on Hellsing, you could say that chapter 2 is a replacement for seen (you'll understand why when it is released).

Chapter 1

Lilith looked at the clock on her bedside table. 7:16am. Her alarm would be going off at 7:30am so there was no point in trying to go back to sleep. She sighed as she shoved off her duvet and stumbled out of bed. Not the most graceful of people. She stumbled her way to her en-suite bathroom while scratching her head. Once in the room she looked at her reflection, weary amber eyes stared back at her.

Lilith has always considered her appearance abnormal. Her waist length hair was naturally one quarter black with the final three quarters being white. Not something that should occur but she seemed to be an exception to the rule. Her skin was also unnaturally pale. No matter how much time she spent in the sun her skin tone would not change, not even the slightest bit of darkening would occur. And her eyes. Her eyes were the strangest. In the past four months she is yet to meet a person with an eye colour that was somewhat similar to hers.

Maybe there was something wrong with her genetics. After all she can't remember her parents so how was she supposed to know what they looked like. Maybe one of them was albino and she had some how ended up being half albino. Though... That was rather unlikely.

Lilith rubbed her hands over her face, clearing her thoughts. Just as she grabbed her hair brush, she heard her alarm go off. She sighed again while running the brush through her hair. With her age being unknown for now the police had suggested she should go to college to help her settle in as a member of society once more. So for the past three months she has been attending a public college not far from the Arkell house hold. She had made a small group of friends there but she couldn't help wondering if she had any friends before and, if so, who they were.

She placed the brush back on the counter and exited the en-suite, heading over to her wardrobe. The clothes that resided in it consisted mainly of dark colours and were baggy. "Girly" clothes were not her style at all. Picking out a loose fitting grey hoodie, black t-shirt with a lace back and a pair of black cargo pants; she changed out of her pajamas.

Lilith arrived at college after saying bye to Mrs Arkell and her children as they had walked with her to college since the children's school was about a fifteen minute walk from there.

"Lil!" Called Mariana from the college atrium, arms frantically waving in the air to get her attention.

Mariana was the first friend Lilith had made after being found by Mrs Arkell. Mariana had wavy shoulder length hair that looked like liquid gold. Her face was round and held a child-like innocence with warm brown eyes, button nose and plump rose lips. Her form was lithe and athletic and she always seemed to smell of cats. Not that Lilith minded.

Lilith smiled and headed over to her buddy. She doesn't know how they became friends, they just did. She had met Mariana when she had begun her Psychology lessons, they happened to be in the same class. An instant connection appeared when Lilith gave her awkward greeting. At that first meeting she already felt like she had known Mariana for a long time already.

"Hey there, Mariana" Lilith breathed as she pulled her friend in to embrace them. She had shown herself to not be an overly loud yet affectionate person. "How was your weekend?"

"Same as always, homework and relative dropping in to visit... Did you sleep well at all?"

Mariana knew of Lilith's recurring dream and how it affected her friend. Lilith had entrusted this knowledge with her friend.

"Last night... It happened again. Same as always. Do you really believe it's linked to my memories?"

"Well we have no proof that tells us otherwise and we won't know until your head sorts itself out." Mariana laughed good naturedly. Always the positive one.

Lilith nodded her head in agreement, only time will reveal the answers. In truth she just wanted these dreams to be gone but she was somewhat afraid of losing who she currently is. What if the past her was a monster? A person that wouldn't be loved by her current friends? A person Mariana didn't want to know... No. She couldn't think about that right now. After all, Mariana was giving her a questioning look.

"Sorry, lost in thought." She explained while waving a hand reassuringly.

Mariana shrugged her shoulders and dragged Lilith to their first lesson of the day though it was their only one together until Wednesday. The lesson was Psychology of which Lilith had shown an affinity for. Even though she had no memories of her life before Mrs Arkell found her; she seemed to have a natural intelligence and was greatly skilled at reading people.

As they walked up a staircase to get to their classroom on the second floor they heard a commotion happening in the atrium.

"Hey! What's going on down there?!" Mariana shouted down to the ground floor.
"There's a large group of people gathering around the college, they're blocking the gates!" Some random guy shouted back up.