Author's Note: So I decided to give writing a multi-chapter fanfiction a go. Every time I've tried I've always given up but now I have this idea and I really want to give it a try. This is a Carmilla fanfiction, it is a childhood fanfiction so it follows the characters from the age of 6. This is the beginning of their journey. It is completely AU and I do not own the characters. I hope you enjoy the first chapter, more to come! After consulting with one of my good friend's I changed some bits to make it realistic and to resemble children a bit more :)

Little Laura Hollis skipped around the playground, her soft brown eyes scanning the playground taking in her surroundings. Laura loved the playground, she loved playing with the other kids but most of all she loved the swings. So today was no different to any other trip to the playground, her crooked smile widening as she raced to the swings. Seeing an empty swing Laura jumped on pushing herself off of the ground a little bit, her dirty blonde hair flying in the wind.

This was when her eyes fell to the person on the swing next to her. There sat a girl. Laura turned to look at the girl beside her, taking her appearance in. The other girl had curly dark brown hair with bangs that fell just above her eyes. Her eyes were a deep shade of brown almost black matching her clothing choice. The girl wore black pants and a matching black jacket that hung loosely off of her petite body. The jacket was slightly too big for the small girl and Laura could see that the girl's hands clung tightly to the sleeves, letting her hands fold into her body. Her head was hung and if Laura didn't know any better she'd have said that the girl was crying. After hearing a choked sob she knew that she was right.

'Are you crying?' Laura spoke softly, her hand nervously playing with the hem of her t-shirt as she watched the girl jump with a start, turning her head slowly to look at Laura, her hand coming up to frantically wipe her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket. She could see the brunette's lip trembling and that her eyes were puffy and red. Her face fell when she saw the girl trying to hide her face beneath her hand.

'I...I...I'm n-not...i'm f-f-fineee' her voice broke as she struggled to contain another choked sob burying her head in her shaky hands. Laura felt saddened by the little girl, jumping off of her swing she moved closer to the girl, crouching down to envelope her body in a gentle hug. The girl stiffened but after a few seconds brought her arms to grasp at Laura's body curling herself into the hug as she cried harder.

Laura tried to run her hands up the girl's back softly like her father did to her when she got upset. She began to smile when she heard a low giggle coming from the other girl, slowly they pulled apart and Laura relaxed as she saw a small smile appear on the girl's face.

'That tickles, stop it!'

Laura couldn't help but grin as she moved to tickle the girl who desperately tried to wriggle away, squirming as Laura relentlessly tickled her. Finally she managed to push Laura's hands away both sat in a fit of giggles before the girl spoke.

'sorry I got your shirt wet'

'It's okay, why are you crying?'

The girl's eyes fell to the ground as she watched her feet shuffle nervously, sighing she let her head rise to meet Laura's soft eyes before she began explaining.

'My brother, Will he took me to the playground with his friend, he left me. He won't let me play with him!' her lip threatened to quiver again and Laura saw the girl clench her fists tightly to stop herself from crying again.

'Can't you play with friends?'

'No. I don't have any friends.'

Laura flinched as the girl snapped at her, her eyes flicking around the playground and a frown lay on her lips. Laura bit her lip before scooting closer to the girl who had resumed her gaze on her feet.

'Don't you ummm have friends? I don't mean to...ummm...sorry...' the brunette's frown turned into a small smirk as she listened to Laura stuttering as she rambled on, shaking her head the girl placed a hand over Laura's to stop her talking. At this gesture Laura abruptly stopped talking to look nervously at the brunette.

'You talk a lot Cupcake'

Laura stared at the girl in confusion, her brows furrowing at the use of the nickname. Her expression made the other girl smile, something that seemed to confuse Laura even more.

'My name's Laura, um...why'd you call me that?'

The brunette grinned before moving her hand to gently tug on Laura's t-shirt. Laura let her eyes fall down to her chest, looking at the shirt she was wearing. Laura was sporting a blue t-shirt which had the picture of a cupcake printed in the middle. Her face broke out into a grin as the realization hit her, a small giggle eliciting from her mouth.

'I get it now, ha! Um...I'm Laura'

The girl looked at the extended hand infront of her before smirking again as she began to speak.

'You said that cupcake'

'My name is LAURA!'

'I'm gonna call you cupcake.'

Laura folded her arms huffing at the other girl who just smirked at her more. After a few minutes of silence Laura relaxed her arms, turning to address the girl again.

'You never answered me '

The girl stared blankly at Laura raising her eyebrow slightly to question Laura. Laura stared at her with wide eyes before starting to speak again.

'Um. Well why...um...don't you have friends?' her voice mumbling the last part as she tapped her leg nervously, avoiding the brunette's curious gaze. Her head slowly rising as she heard the girl speaking.

'I don't know, people don't like me' Laura detected a hint of sadness in her voice making her want to envelope the girl in yet another hug but not wanting to scare the girl she just slipped her hand into the girl's hand, entangling their fingers as she gave the brunette's hand a squeeze.

'I like you'

The brunette gave her a shy smile, moving her hand to push her bangs out of her face as her eyes fluttered down to their joined hands. She let her fingers trace against Laura's smiling slightly to herself.

They sat together for a long time, Laura dominated most of the conversation rambling nervously as the other girl just sat and listened. The brunette occasionally contributed telling Laura about how she desperately wanted a kitten for her seventh birthday. Laura couldn't help but smile at the new level of happiness that washed over the other girl, feeling relief when the girl didn't cry anymore throughout the afternoon.

Their chat was interrupted by the appearance of a boy coming towards them. The boy was a couple of years older but he bared resemblance to the brunette beside Laura. His hair was a dark brown and it stuck up in a few places, he was wearing jeans and a red t-shirt missing a jacket that Laura could only assume was the one that the girl was wearing.

'Come on, we have to go Kitty'

The brunette sighed but nodded, watching as the boy walked away to rejoin his friend as they waited for her to meet up. The girl turned to Laura with an apologetic smile, standing up slowly as she reached her hand to help Laura up.

'I have to go now; Mother wants us back'

Laura nodded in understanding before she pulled the girl into a warm embrace. The girl leant into the hug letting her head rest against Laura's shoulder.

'Kitty, hurry the hell up!'

The girl sprung apart from Laura quickly, waving briefly before slowly starting to walk to meet the older boy when she was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. Turning around she saw Laura smiling at her.

'I don't know your name'

'I'm Carmilla'