Things had changed.

We, as the Nichols household, were no longer...innocent.

After I had turned 17, something horrible happened. A school shooting took place after my birthday, and my brother, Josh, was unfortunately killed. Megan and I had made it out ok, however.

Ever since then, Megan has been depressed. She started cutting at age 13, and did the worst thing possible.

She shoplifted, stole some beer, and got drunk at Craig and Eric's House after breaking in. Everyone was out.

My Mom got a broken leg from falling down our roof, and Walter stole money at work to pay for an operation.

We all decided we couldn't live here anymore, and decided to move far away.

China was ruled out because parents could only have one child, so we went to Japan. And learned Japanese.

We all went under the new family name "Yagami" and got each of our first names changed.

Megan went by Sayu, Walter went by Soichiro, Audrey went by Sakicho, and I went by Light.

May I tell you, ever since Josh's death, Walter quit his job at the weather station due to people watching other new channels, and wasn't a doof anymore.

I used to get bad grades, but Josh never knew I was as smart as him.

I had also experienced a growth spurt. I went from 5'7" to 5'10" just over the summer.

We went to a new school, and the Teacher registered my new name as Light Yagami.

Things were going good, I was still popular with the ladies, and made new friends.

Until the fourth quarter in my senior year.

I was in class. The teacher told me to translate a sentence into english, which I did perfectly.

I noticed a notebook falling out of the sky. After class, I went to see what it was.

It said "Death Note".

Author's note: I am sorry if you do not like this fic. This is my first fanfiction ever, and I'm only 13. And I'm typing this on a Kindle Fire that is very slow.