Hey guys! I'm back with a new story! This idea came to me in a dream awhile back, but for some reason I never decided to write it out...until now, that is!

This story is going to take place in not only The Glass Scientists universe, but also what I'm calling the Bonded!A.U. Now, I don't know if this has ever been thought of and used before, but if it has be sure to let me know! I don't want to unintentionally plagiarize anyone!

Disclaimer: You people should know at this point I don't own Jekyll and Hyde. The versions of them I'm using belong to Sabrina Cotugno, author of a webcomic called The Glass Scientists. The concept of Jekyll and Hyde belongs to Robert Louis Stevenson, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. However, as far as I know, the Bonded!A.U. does belong to me, so if I'm right and it does, I really don't care if you guys want to use it, just be sure to give credit where it's due.

Now that all that is out of the way, enjoy the story, my lovelies!

CHAPTER ONE

UNDERNEATH THE SKIN

Underneath the skin is where true bonds and beauty lie.

Underneath the skin lies our true selves and desires.

Underneath the skin lies our connections.

There are many different types of connections: mental, spiritual, emotional, physical, etc.

Most people can never develop more than a physical connection to someone- emotional if they're lucky.

Some people try for years, even their entire lives to connect with someone mentally- spiritually.

Few succeed.

However, there are those who are born with these connections.

When a child is born with a spiritual connection to someone, it is not always because they are destined to be lovers.

It can be many things, but what a spiritual connection means is a deep, soulful understanding of another, living being.

Children who are born with a bond like this are always born on the same day. It allows their minds and souls to stay in complete harmony with each other as they grow.

A mental connection often develops along with the child's mind. The stronger they grow on an intellectual level, the stronger their mental bond becomes.

This might lead you to ponder over what dreams are like for such children as these, or if they even dream at all.

They do.

These bonded children do dream, and it is in these dreams that the deepest parts of their connections take root.

In dreams they have the ability to interact and communicate with each other on a near physical level.

This is often thought of as the best part of having been born bonded to another.

An emotional connection, as you might think, comes naturally. The ability to feel the other's emotions seems as normal as breathing.

For these children it is often harder for them to connect on a physical level with someone. Simply because they are more accustomed to mental interaction than physical.

Some people see these spiritual and mental connections as a blessing….others see it as a curse.

However, to be born with such a bond to another being is very rare, but it does happen.

One such child, residing in London, England, was born with this type of bond.

His name, is Henry Jekyll.

The young, brunette child was born with a spiritual connection to another, and as they both grew, so did their mental connection.

Henry was quick to learn- once he started school, that is- that not everyone was like him.

In fact, it seemed as though no one else was….aside from his other half of course.

That was how they thought of each other, as the other piece of their soul. Not necessarily in a romantic way at first, but they knew it to be true.

By the time the brunette had started his first day of school the two bonded children already knew the other better than they knew themselves.

And just as their mental connection grew so did their emotional one. Experiencing the other's emotions was as natural as feeling their own.

The two treasured their dreamland as much as they did their bond. For it was in their dreams that they could laugh and play with one another as they longed to in real life.

Henry sometimes wished he could stay asleep forever, that way he would never have to wake up from their dreams.

He loved being able to actually see and touch the other, even if it wasn't in reality.

But that was the whole reason he knew he couldn't sleep forever.

Because someday he would find his other half, and then they could laugh and play together in the real world….just like in their dreams.

Yes, someday he would find the one he was bonded to underneath the skin.

Someday, he would find Edward Hyde.

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed chapter one! Let me know what you thought!