Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note. But I do own Madilyn.

Madilyn: Hey!

Me: That's right, I own you!

Upon first meetings

It was a normal day and L was up in his room away from the other children as usual. He was furiously typing when he heard a loud knock at his door. He jumped a little because no one would usually come up to the nine year old's room besides Watari. And he would knock softly.

The young boy was deciding how he should deal with this unplanned visit and what are the possible outcomes if he let the person in. But before he could do anything the knocking stopped and the door flew open. There should a tall girl. She couldn't have been any taller than 5'3

He couldn't determine her age because of her height. She had bright pink curly hair which was kept in two low pigtails. While her overall appearance was strange, there was nothing stranger than her eyes.

"Heterochromia," L muttered without realizing that he said it out loud. The girl had one warm brown eye and another emerald green one.

"What?" She asked.

"Heterochromia, a condition of-"

"Which the colored part of the eye (iris) is multicolored. Thank you for informing me of my condition doc." She said sarcastically.

L rolled his eyes. "Are you lost."

The strange girl giggled. L didn't understand what was funny about wondering if she was lost or not. "Of course not silly, I came to see you."

This confused him further. He had never met this girl in his life, so why would she be looking for him?

"Who are you?"

"My name is Madilyn River. What's yours?"

"L." He replied shortly. He wondered if that was her real name.

"What's your full name?"

"L Lawliet."

While L was was thinking about why Madilyn had come into his room, she quietly snuck up on him and landed only centimeters away from his face. When he had noticed where she was now standing for some reason his heart beat sped up just a little bit faster.

"Are you an insomniac?" Madlyn asked bluntly. Her breath smelled like fresh strawberries which happened to be his favorite fruit.

L was taken off guard by her question. Not to insult her intelligence, but she didn't look like someone who would know what that word means at her age.

"Yes." He answered. What she did next surprised him. Madilyn poked the dark circle underneath his right eye and started massaging it.

"What are you doing?" L questioned without moving.

Madilyn stopped then and looked him in the eye for a couple of moments the continued. "My mom used to do it to my dad after a long day of work."

He noticed how she said the word used instead of does. That's probably the reason why she's at the orphanage.

"Are your parents alive?"

The pinkette stopped massaging the young boy in front of her.

"No."

She looked at the ground for a while so he wouldn't the tears that were starting to form. For some reason L felt a pang in his chest and didn't exactly know why. Before he could say anything Madilyn came from under him and gave him a warm embrace. She felt him stiffen and laughed.

"You're funny Panda."

Panda?

"Madilyn-"

She released her embrace and jolted upright. "You cannot call me that anymore!" She declared loudly causing him to jump a little.

L looked at her with his neutral face but confusion in his eyes. "But isn't that your name?"

Madilyn lightly slapped his back in a friendly manner and laughed like his question was the funniest thing in the world. When she finished she looked at L and smiled.

"Silly Panda, best friends have to have nicknames for eachother. So from now on please refer to me as Maddie" She said playfully pinching both of his cheeks.

Best friends.

L has never referred to anyone as a best friend before. Or even a friend. So why would he suddenly become best friends with this strange pink haired girl. But he did have to admit, this new found friendship did make him feel somewhat warm on the inside.

"But why Panda?" He pondered.

"Because you're as cute as one! And besides, Raccoon would just be rude."