***Authors Note* Hey guys, this is the beginning! If you guys have any questions feel free to ask, no worries i dont bite ;D

It was late that night. I remember it perfectly for I was awoken with the sound of the doorbell and Mr. Wammy bustling himself towards the door, wrapping his old bathrobe around his slowly aging body. Even back then most of his hair was silver, very few strands streaking through his full head of hair almost marring the perfect color. He answered the door and allowed the three people to shuffle inside, two of them being young, one holding onto the other and staring up at Mr. Wammy with wide eyes. The smaller boy clutched a small stuffed animal to his chest, now soaked from the pouring rain.

"These two are orphans, Mr. Wammy," The man in the coat said strictly, his fedora pulled low over his eyes so I could barely see them from where I was perched at the top of the stairs, clutching to the sheer white banisters, my back hunched up even more than usual. I blew my too long brown bangs out of my face, bringing my knees closer to my chest.

Mr. Wammy smiled kindly at the two boys and bent low, touching his knees to the floor, a usual tactic he used to gain the trust of the smaller children that even won me over when I first stepped onto the Wammy doorstep.

"I know the both of you will be very happy while you stay here," Mr. Wammy continued, his smile visible to me from here. "And I'm sure my protégé, Candle?" My ears perked up from where I was at the top of the stairs, I half-knew Mr. Wammy would realize I was there, but I wasn't quite ready for him to bring me up quite that quickly. Of course, after my initial hesitation to the mention of my name so flippantly, I stood and plodded down the stairs, drawing myself together mentally. I stopped short right before the two boys and they gazed up at me with their big eyes, the taller of the two having something else other than the usual fear... defiance.

"Candle has lived here for quite a while now, I am certain she would bring both of you boys to rooms of your own and settle you down properly."

I looked to Mr. Wammy and nodded to him and looked to the boys, allowing my lips to turn up into a smile.

"Common," I said gently, stretching out both of my hands to them. Seeming to be all they needed, they rushed forward and took my hands and I led them up the stairs and into the swirling maze of the Wammy house. As I was walking down the hallway with the two new boys in tow one of the doors opened and out stepped my best friend.

"Candle what are you doing up so late?" Lawliet asked me, his dark eyes flitting over the two boys still clutching to my hands, his back hunched as he peeked around the door frame.

"These are our new friends," I said gently, allowing the smaller boy to clutch my arm as he hid from him. At this Lawliet moved forward and bent so that he was face-to-face with the older boy.

"And your name is?" He demanded more than asked, but the boy didn't back down as he looked at him.

"Mihael," He said with that same defiant stare and I smiled at Lawliet's blank expression as he studied him. I looked over to the other side of my body and looked down at the little boy, making sure my face was kinder than Lawliet's had been.

"And what is your name?" I allowed my voice to lilt into the question and he looked up at me.

"My name is Nate."