Some of you may recall that I once tried to make my mark on this archive with the story Tales of the Exorcists. That, however, was a failure. After much consideration, I decided to make an entirely different story, since my Wolf's Rain story is nearly complete. Hopefully, this will be more successful.

Please note that since this is an AU, I reserve the right to put in my own characters, and as such, Blake Phantasia and Lucia Remier will be characters. I do not, however, own D-Gray Man. If I did, I would be putting out weekly chapters.

Well, then…let us begin.

The night was very peaceful; no dogs were barking, the ladies of the night were all occupied, and no serial killers stalked the streets looking for victims. However, all the peace was an illusion, and that illusion was soon to be shattered.

A scream split the night as oil lamps were lit up. A lean man leapt from a second-floor window and landed easily on his feet. More lights lit up around the street. The man was shown to those who looked down upon him, and all of them recognized him.

His hair was pure white, and spiked back. He wore a white cowl with three tendrils, and the rest of his body was covered in a long, black coat. His right arm was also white, and he wore a silver bracelet on its wrist. It was his left arm that caught the eyes; a black gauntlet with spindly, monstrous claws held a bag of jewelry that the man had apparently pilfered from the house. When he turned up to glare at the window that he had jumped from, the terrified witnesses saw a silver and black metal mask covering steel-gray eyes.

A dazzling bolt of lightning suddenly struck the middle of the street, covering the entire area in dust and temporarily blinding the witnesses. The residents of the street turned their eyes away to shield themselves from what they thought to be the work of a demon, and when they dared turned back, the thief was gone, leaving not a single trace behind.

"Are you all right, James?!" one of the neighbors of the robbed family called from his window.

"We're fine, Joseph!" James answered.

"Oh, God…I was so scared…" his wife whimpered.

"That bastard Crown Clown…who the hell does he think he is, stealing from us?!" Joseph growled.

"Sssh! If you say his name, we might be next!" Joseph's wife warned.

"Yes! Did you see the way he summoned lightning just like that?! Do you think he's some kind of monster?" James's wife asked.

"No. That was Innocence," Joseph growled.

James looked at him, wide-eyed. "Innocence? You mean..."

"Yes."

"How dare he use God's blessing like that?!" James growled.

"I'm calling the Black Order. They have to investigate, right?" James's wife asked.

"Yeah…let's hope that they succeed this time…" James muttered as his wife scurried off.

This was the prologue. The next chapter will come soon. Leave your comments if you wish, or wait for the next chapter. You'll get more details then.