This is the tale of two boys that underestimated a simple thing like a book. After all, what could one page that spoke of danger and death do to worry them? Nothing, right?

Dead wrong, as one of them found out. The other boy vanished into the book itself and all the other boy could do was try to save him by ensuring he didn't die.

That is what happened to Mello and Near, two Whammy's boys that hated each other, but showed that they at least cared about each other through this event. A pity that it couldn't last.

And who am I to say all of this? Well, that's an interesting question, and I don't know how to answer it.

You see, I don't have a name, only a letter. When someone asks you "what is your name", and all you can do is respond with one letter, well…

It's quite bothersome, and I don't know how L and BB ever managed like that. I never lived long enough to earn a true name. No, things were different, back in my time. I'm glad that my death at least got Whammy to be nicer to the kids he picked up to trained as clones.

If you don't know who I am by now, then I guess you have never heard of me. I am A, one of the very first Whammy's kids. I knew L personally, as well as BB, and I even thought of BB as a friend.

But, you didn't come all this way to hear about my pathetic existence, which I ended by hanging myself in my bedroom! Whoops, shouldn't have told you that. What if you have nightmares? Hehe.

I'll admit; I'm a bit of a cynic. And I'm a pessimist, under the guise of an optimist. If that doesn't make sense to you, that's a-ok. It never made sense to me, either.

Now, you wanted to hear about Mello and Near, right? Near was pulled into my book, Paradise in Hell, purely by accident, that poor little kid.

Well, enough from me! Let me tell you the tale of a tale that I have to tell…

A~*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*~A

Well, this is a new idea that I had throw itself at me today, and I just HAD to use it! I hope everyone enjoyed the A intro? I have two versions of A in my head: The happy-go-lucky A that just cracked under the pressure and killed himself, and the cynical, clingy A that killed himself because L, who he HATES, drove BB, his eternal crush, into running away.

I think this is the latter version, what do you think? Also, please tell me if this is interesting or not. If it isn't, don't be afraid to tell me. And if there's already a book called "Paradise in Hell", please don't yell at me about it, I had no idea. Just enjoy it, the name is called that for a reason.