Darkness and silence, that was all I saw, all I heard, all I knew. For as long as I could remember I had always been kept in a dark and quiet place far from the eyes of others. Because I am a monster and I would destroy anything or anyone I touch. For reasons I never knew I carried a deadly poison inside of me that would melt or burn anything. Just a simple tap from my finger or a mere brush of agaisnt my skin would be enough to end someone's life or at least cause great arm. So it was only natural that I be shut away from the world and locked up, alone in dark.

However I believe that there was a time in my life when I knew something better than that. A time when I knew light of the sun, the breeze of the wind, and a gentle voice of someone who holds me and I don't destroy them. But Father said that it was nothing more than a dream, a childish fantasy that will never be real.

We lived in a very big, victorian style mansion filled with many rooms so I could explore and find ways to occupy myself. But I still felt the desire to feel the outside world. I came close once, I was twelve and I had almost left the safety of my house. I can't remember everything about that day all I remember is Father catching me when it happened and he told me that I can never ever leave because I'm a monster.

I'm older now and I haven't seen Father in years. He just left one day and never came back. I expected that he would be the last person I ever see and that I would spend the rest of my life in silent darkness. But I was wrong.

...

In the outside world there had been many rumors about the mansion but the most popular was the one about it being a safe place for the most beautiful jewel in the world. Queen Pacifica of Great Britain had heard of this jewel and wanted to add it to the royal crown jewels but there was also a rumor that the mansion was inhabited by a monster. No one had ever dared to enter that mansion to find out which was inside until finally Queen Pacifica order the royal army to go there and investigate.

"Now remember gentlemen." General Jorgen Von Strangle said. "Be on your guard because we don't know who or what could be in here."

The soldiers had their guns ready and they quietly sneaked into the mansion. Carefully checking each room for any sign of a dangerous monster or a rare jewel. They found nothing until they came up the last room. It was a bedroom, they heard the sound of breathing on the other side. Convinced it was a monster they had their guns ready and carefully opened the door.

At first all they saw was darkness and dust floating around. Then moonlight from a window shined in revealing a figure sleeping in a chair but it was no hideous and feral looking monster. It was a young woman, a very beautiful and doll - like woman with a petite body and blue hair that came down to her back. She was dressed in a white gown asscorized with a jabot, lined with ribbon along with brown leather straps, long sleeves, and a ruffled cream skirt with the inside of it being an ombre of blue and sea green. She wore brown gloves on her hands, knee high black boots with gold engraved on her feet, and a gold headband in her blue hair. At the sound the floor creaking made by their footsteps the woman opened her eyes which were a calm, deep blue.

"Why are you people here?" She asked in a whisper.

"Oh no! You're telling me that this is a monster?" One solider said walking toward her. "This is just a little girl."

"Stop! You fool! Get back here!" The General Von Strangle demanded.

But the solider ignored his orders and continued to get closer to her.

"Huh you know she's pretty cute." He said smugly reaching for her chin.

"No don't." The blue-haired girl warned.

But like with the general he ignored her and grabbed her chin only to have his hand burned by her skin.

"Ahhh!" He shouted in pain. "Good lord! What in hell is she?!"

"Freeze! Don't move or we'll shoot!" Another solider shouted as he and the others pointed their guns at her.

"Stand down!" General Von Strangle ordered. "You would point a firearm at a lady? And you call yourself soldiers of the royal army."

"But sir did you not see what she did?"

"I am aware of that but a lady is still a lady and all ladies must be treated with respect and decency especially by soldiers of the royal army."

"Who are you men?" The woman asked. "Why are you here?"

Jorgen looked down at her.

"I am General Jorgen Von Strangle of the royal army and by order of her majesty Queen Pacifica we must either eliminate the supposed monster that lives here or retrieve the supposed jewel that is sealed here."

"Jewel? Do you mean my heart?"

"Beg pardon?"

"My heart, my heart is a jewel and it's embedded in my chest."

"What are you talking about? No one can have a jewel for a heart. Do not lie to the royal army woman or it will cost you dearly."

To prove that she wasn't lying she began to undo the top part of her dress and expose her chest.

"Men advert your eyes!" Jorgen ordered as he looked away.

"Sir I'm not lying. Look."

Jorgen was reluctant to do so but he did and much to his relief she didn't show her breasts only her chest which to his surprise had a blue heart shaped jewel embedded into it.

"My God." He said. "Men size her but do so respectfully."

Meanwhile outside of the mansion waiting in the shadows were two young men. Queen Pacifica and her army weren't the only ones who heard the rumors and believed them. A certain young man heard it and was very interested in stealing it. He and his partner an inventor were waiting patiently for the right moment to strike.

"Timmy will you please shut up?" A young man using binoculars demanded.

"What's wrong with you?" His friend asked as he worked on a device.

"I don't think you're taking this seriously. Don't forget we're about to steal the treasure of a lifetime."

"Yeah about that, I don't really believe that rumor. I think some guy made it up as a joke."

"Believe me it's no joke."

"How do you know?"

"A thief knows these things now pipe down before you blow our cover." He looked through the binoculars and spied through the window of the mansion. "Oh great."

"What's wrong?"

"The royal army is here."

"What?! Well it looks like we'll have to abort this mission."

"No."

"Dude do you really wanna pick a fight with the queen?"

"I care nothing for the queen and besides I'm the greatest thief in all of Great Britain, her men couldn't catch me even if we were squeezed together in a small cupboard." He continued to spy on the army. "Hello what's this?"

"What?"

"There's a woman in there...Oh my God!"

"What? What is it?"

"She's undoing her dress." He said looking away.

"Really? Let me see!" Timmy said reaching for the binoculars.

"No! Pervert!"

The other young man kept the binoculars away from him. After a few minutes he looked through them again.

"Who's the pervert now?" Timmy asked.

"I'm only checking to see if she's dressed and...No way."

"What?"

"I see the jewel!"

"No way you mean it actually exists?"

"Yeah."

"Cool! Where is it?"

"It's in her chest."

"Huh?"

"Oh no looks we'll have to act fast. Timmy you got that device ready?"

"All done." He handed him a small device.

"You sure that this thing is gonna work?"

"I'm the most genius engineer in the history of engineering. Trust me."

"I don't trust you as far as I can throw you man."

Vehicles carrying the troops were driving toward the castle of Queen Pacifica. Riding in one of them was the blue haired girl with poisoned skin who was wondering where she was going and what fate had in store for her.

Just then all vehicles stopped moving and all eyes turned toward the top of an abandoned church where there stood a handsome young man with dark hair and a slender but also muscular body. He wore a suit which consisted of a red dress shirt, white vest, and a black jacket with a matching cloak, trousers, shoes, and gloves. On his head he wore a top head and he tipped it up revealing that he had gentle yet mischievous brown eyes and a smirk painted on his face.

"Gentlemen congratulations." He said. "I never thought that I'd see the day when the royal army would stoop to kidnapping. Her majesty the queen must be proud to have you as subjects."

"How dare you insult my men you dog!" Jorgen shouted. "Just who in the hell do you think you are?!"

"My name is Manny Rivera and sir I am no dog I am a dashing gentleman thief."

"Don't move! You young man are under arrest!"

"Sorry General but I didn't come here to get a ticket to prison. I am here to collect my prize tonight which is the captured princess you have in there."

"Me?" The woman squeaked.

"Now stand aside and witness as I steal away the damsel in distress from the wretched hands of you poorly trained beasts." Manny said.

"Beasts! Why you- This woman is to be delivered to the palace by order of Queen Pacifica."

"So her majesty now condones kidnapping? My, my what is this world coming to? Don't you soliders have a brain of your own? Oh silly me I forgot soldiers are always supposed to follow orders even if they're immoral."

"That's enough! Men! Fire!"

The soldiers began shooting at him. Manny only gave a chuckle and pressed a button on the device Timmy gave him releasing a huge puff of gas that fogged up the area. The girl peered through the curtains of the vehicle and watched as the men all started to loose consciousness. That gas had been drugged.

"Timmy you idiot! This is way too much!" She heard Manny's voice say then Manny leapt down in front of her. "Good evening Miss I hope you liked my performance."

"Performance?"

"Now your hand please."

He reached for gloved hand causing her to back away in fear.

"Oh that's right you're poisonous. Well don't those gloves keep you from harming anyone?"

"Yes."

"Then I have nothing to worry about."

He gently took her gloved hand into his own and scooped her body up into a bridal hold. Then he jumped out of the vehicle and landed on his feet.

"So you have a name?" He asked her.

"Uh...It's Frida."

"Well Frida as I said before I am Manny Rivera and I have come to steal your heart."

"My heart? Why? I don't-"

Suddenly she felt herself becoming dizzy. She must've inhaled the drugged gas. Her vision blurred and soon turned black as she fainted in the gentleman thief's arms.

"Goodnight princess." Manny said smiling. "Sleep well."

...

All Frida saw was the darkness of her mind as she lay in unconsciousness. She was completely alone with nothing to see and nothing to hear. No, no she heard something. It was a woman's voice singing a lullaby.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,

You make me happy when skies are gray,

You'll know dear how much I love you,

Please don't take my sunshine away."

"Who's that?" She asked. "Who's that singing?"

But there was no answer. Frida felt her head hurt as images started flashing in her mind. They were all coming so fast that she couldn't focus on what they were. Then she heard a loud bang that woke her from the darkness.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the sun. The beautiful, golden sun. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt the sun's warmth, she wasn't even sure if she had even felt it before. After that it was the blue sky, then the clouds, then the trees, she was outside. Actually outside. Then she heard a voice.

"Oh no! No! Don't stop working now!" It sounded like a man.

"Geez Timmy you told me that you had fix this!" She heard another voice say in irritation and this one sounded familiar.

Looking around she saw that she was now laying in the back seat of a car, an automobile to be exact. While two men sat up front. One of them she recognized as the thief she who had spirited her away last night and but the other she had never seen before.

This one was tall and had a muscular build. His hair was light brown, he had cheerful blue eyes, and the largest front teeth that she had ever seen. They were so big that they hung right out of his mouth but aside from that he seemed very good looking. He wore a white under shirt and an orange engineer suit that had a tool belt, various pouches, pockets, and zippers along with goggles on his head and boots on his feet. He stepped out of the car and went to open the hood of the front.

"Uh-oh!" He said. "Come on baby don't do this to me."

"Honestly Timmy why don't you just throw that hunk of junk out so Kick can buy us a new one?" The thief called Manny Rivera asked.

"Hey it's not a hunk of junk."

"That's up for debate." Manny turned around and when he saw Frida was awake he smiled. Now being able to see him better in the light of day she noticed that he looked very familiar. "Well look who's awake. Did you sleep well?"

"Me?" She said.

"Of course who else?"

"I...I guess I slept fine."

"What's with the big doe eyes?"

"Huh?"

"I get it you're shocked at how good looking I am right?"

"No um...What's going on? Where am I?"

"You are in a car and right now we are on our way back to the mansion. At least we would be if a certain engineer would hurry up."

"Hey this isn't easy you know!" The engineer said. "Oh Frida you're awake. Wow Manny you said the treasure was valuable but you never said tgat she'd be this cute."

"Excuse me but who are you?" Frida asked.

"I'm Timmy Turner, super gorgeous genius engineer and great inventor. As well as the man who will one day stand on the moon."

"You're also the man with the world's biggest over bite." Manny said.

"Hey! I do not have an over bite!"

"Tell that to the dentist who's finger you bit off."

"That wasn't my fault! He jabbed me in the back of my mouth!"

"Oh just shut up and get the motor running."

A couple minutes later the engine was fixed and the car was riding down a road, not stopping until it reached a glorious mansion that was not different from the one she had lived in except it seemed brighter and happier. Once parked Manny helped Frida out of the car and the three of them entered the mansion where they were greeted by another young man.

Like Timmy he light brown hair but his eyes were black and he was probably the skinniest man she had ever seen. He wore a white lab coat, a a vest, a green sweater with the sleeves rolled up, rubber lab gloves, brown pants, and boots. Around his neck was a stethoscope along with several gears inside the pockets of hid coat.

"Frida this is Dipper Pines." Manny introduced.

"Dr. Dipper Pines." The man said. "At your service Miss. I was the lead scientist for the royal family."

"Until you were declared a quack and became Britain's most wanted." Timmy said.

"I'm not a quack!"

"Tell that to all the wanted posters that are hanging everywhere in town."

"I didn't do anything wrong I just did a little illegal experimentation. But it wasn't anything bad."

"Bad? You grave robbed body parts and used them to create a monster." Manny said.

"Soos is not a monster! He's an artificial human and he's perfectly harmless unless he gets near fire."

"Well according to her majesty Queen Pacifica creating him was a crime against the crown."

"I didn't mean any harm I was only trying to conquer death."

"You idiot no one can conquer death."

"Excuse me doctor?" Frida asked.

"Just Dipper please, what can I do for you?"

"You said you made an artificial human?"

"A homunculus to be exact."

"That's what I am."

"Huh?!" The three boys said.

"No way you don't look anything like Soos." Timmy said.

"But I am."

"Manny, Timmy, who is this girl?" Dipper asked.

"Dipper remember that jewel I was planning to steal?" Manny said.

"Yeah."

"Well she's it."

"Come again."

"The jewel is in her chest, it's her heart."

"She has a jewel for heart?"

"Yes."

"Fascinating." Dipper said approaching her. He reached for her face but she back away.

"No don't! I'll burn you!" She said.

"I beg your pardon?"

"Her skin is poisonous. Anything that she touches melts." Timmy said.

"No way. Wait a minute...Jewel for a heart, poisonous skin, claims to be a homunculus, young lady who are your parents?"

"I don't have any, I only have Father...Actually he's more like my creator."

"Who is he?"

"Professor Lamar Hendricks."

"I don't believe this! You mean you have the horologium?"

"The what?" Timmy asked.

"The horlogium! I don't believe this! Hendricks that crook!"

"What are you talking about?" Manny asked.

"Yeah. The royal army came to arrest you but you and the big oaf managed to escape by setting your lab on fire."

"Yes and all my work was destroyed but I always suspected that my notes on the homunculus. But I never thought it would be Lamar. If this woman really is who she says she is then we're in trouble."

"What do you mean?"

"The horlogium is a very powerful and very deadly jewel that twilight have been after for years."

"Wait twilight is involved in this?"

"Yes and knowing who this woman is we must protect her at all costs."

"Is everything okay?" Frida asked.

"Everything's fine, um here why don't I show you to your room?" Manny suggested.

She followed him upstairs and down a hall way until they reached a bedroom.

"I hope you'll be able to sleep on the bed without melting it." He said.

"As long as I sleep on my back I should be fine. But could you tell what's happening? Who's twilight? And what about the horologium?"

"Well it's like this, twilight is a- Eeeyeee!" She was undoing her dress again. He blushed and started to sweat. "Duh! What the heck do you think you're doing?"

"This is the horologium right? My heart?" She asked showing him the jewel in her chest.

"Yeah...That's...That's it."

"I don't know what this thing is for aside from keeping me alive. Do you know?"

"I'll...I'll tell you anything you want just cover up will ya?"

"Why?"

"Because it's not lady like! A lady is supposed to conceal her bussom you know."

"Alright."

She fixed her dress to wear it covered her breast.

"Good thing I'm a gentleman if not heaven only knows what would have happened."

"You would have melted or burned to death."

"Oh! Right. Anyway I don't know much about that heart except that it's a prime target for twilight."

"What's twilight?"

"It's a group of vigilante men who have committed countless crimes unfortunately they have a natural talent for covering their tracks so not many people know about them."

"What have they done?"

"Horrible things. Horrible, vile, unforgivable things. Things that they deserve to rot in hell for."

"Did they do something to you?"

When she asked that question he flashed back to the terrible day when twilight took everything away from him.

"What they did to me is not important. Just know that until we can sort this out you'll have to stay here."

"You mean I'm trapped here?"

"Not exactly trapped but you'll be living here under our protection. Now if you need anything just yell."

He then opened the door and left the door while gently closing the door behind him. Alone in her new room Frida felt so very confused. What was happening? What was this twilight group? And what did it all have to do with her? She shouldn't be here. For as long as she could remember she had always been told never to leave the mansion because she was a monster who would only destroy anything and anyone who came near her.

All this reminded her of the last time she tried to leave. She couldn't remember what happened, all she knew was something terrible happened on that day and it was all her fault. Why was she even alive? Why did she exist? All she did was hurt people. She needed to leave before she caused any harm like last time.

...

"What do you mean she's gone?" Manny said when Timmy told him.

"I mean she's gone. Gone with the wind."

"Any idea where she went?" Dipper asked.

"No I came up to her room to check on her and she wasn't there but her window was wide open. Manny you saw her last, how was she feeling?"

"She looked confused and a little scared." Manny said.

"You think?! We better find her before twilight, the royal army, or God knows what else does."

The three young men split up and starting searching for Frida. After an hour searching Manny found her in the woods huddled under a tree.

"There you are." He said. "You had me worried, don't scare me like that okay?"

He leaned over to help her up.

"Come on let's go home before-"

"No! Don't touch me!" She cried. "Please just leave me alone!"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm so confused! And scared!"

"You don't have to be afraid we won't hurt you."

"I'm not afraid of you I'm afraid for you! I've been kept in the dark all my life with no human contact and now all of a sudden I'm in the outside world living with people! It's crazy! And the last time I tried to go outside something terrible happened!"

"What happened?"

"I can't remember but I know it was bad! I'm a monster okay? You know what that means? It means that I can't ever go outside! That I can't ever be around people! That I don't deserve to live! Oh God I wish I was dead!"

Manny watched her there, shocked by her words. She looked so scared and sad. Like she hated her entire existence. He felt his head hurt, he felt like that he had seen this all before. This scared girl wondering why she was alive? What was this? A memory? But he forced himself to snap out of it when he saw her try to leave.

"Wait! Don't go!"

"Why?"

"Listen to me Frida, you're wrong! You shouldn't wish for something like that! It won't do you any good!"

"How do you know?"

"Because I wished for that once! When I was thirteen twilight killed my parents for no reason! I came home from school one day to find my house burning to the ground! I could hear my mother screaming and my father fighting to get out! I begged for help! I begged! But no one helped me and they died! I was so miserable! I blamed myself and I wanted to die! But I later found out that my parents wouldn't have wanted me to feel like that. They would've wanted me to live."

He knelt down beside her.

"Look you wouldn't still be alive if you weren't meant to live so please don't make a wish like that. Ever okay?"

"Okay."

"Good now let's go home."

He helped her on to her feet and walked her back to the mansion.

"There you are! Where have you been?" Timmy asked.

"Thank goodness you're alright." Dipper said. "You're not planning to run away again are you."

"No...No I think I wanna stay." She said. "But I still don't understand all this."

"We'll explain everything in the morning right now let's all get some sleep."

Dipper and Timmy went back inside with Manny escorting Frida behind them but he noticed that she was lingering.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm just still unsure of what's really happening."

"Don't worry you'll get the idea soon enough."

He gently took her hand and pulled her closer to him. She felt herself become flustered and shy.

"Not let's see, I told you that was going to steal your heart but there something I didn't say. In return I promise to grant you one wish."

"A wish?"

"Yes this humble thief promises to grant your wish and will not stop until he succeds. Just tell me what you wish and I shall grant it unless it involves death. I refuse to grant any wish involving death."

"To be honest I don't really know what I want."

"That's okay but the offer still stands so when you realize what your wish is tell me alright?"

"You'll be the first to know."

He was so kind and gentle. Not like her father. He had always spoken to her in such a harsh manner and sometimes resorted to violence. But Manny spoke so kindly to her and his words caused a strange new feeling to stir inside of her heart along with a strange familiarity. She didn't know why but she had the strangest feeling that she knew him. But that was impossible. Because aside from her father she had never known anyone before today. Right?