Mélodie du Millénaire

R.eally I.nconvenient N.otice

"HEY!" Allen's heart nearly stopped when he heard the attention-grabbing yell in the cafeteria. He, along with all the other high schoolers whirled towards the direction of the voice. It was a red-head with a green eye and an eye patch. He looked familiar.

"Listen! We, the Black Order, are looking for a new member! Stop by the band room after school if you can play a piano!" He shouted, and then turned and walked out of the cafeteria. The occupants immediately broke out in to whispers.

"The Black Order?"

"God, I wish I could play the piano!"

"Isn't Kanda, Yuu in that band?"

"I heard Lenalee Lee is!"

"So that was Lavi?"

"Have you guys heard them play? They're freaking awesome!"

Allen Walker, having only been to this school for a week, and having no friends, had no idea what anyone was talking about. He did, however, know how to play the piano. So he figured that no, he didn't have to pay the debts yet, and no, his homework would not take more than a half hour. That, and it wasn't like Cross was suddenly going to exclaim he was coming to America to him back to Britain. Allen wished he would, anyway.

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When Allen finally found his way to the band room, most of the candidates had already left. Only three people were were in front of him. Since they were standing directly outside the door, everyone could hear the music. Allen, trying not to be conceited, still thought that this kid sucked. The notes were too broken and this person paused at the wrong spots. Could he not read music? Well, Allen himself didn't have any music with him, but he knew more than a few songs by heart.

The line moved surprisingly fast, and Allen was in the room after less than five minutes. Inside the room stood a big, black, grand piano, and three students. The tallest had his long, black hair in a ponytail, and the blue eyes below the bangs glared at Allen so hard, he almost shivered. There was a girl whose hair was in pigtails, with green eyes and soft features, who was smiling, and the grinning red-head from the cafeteria. Allen, being polite as he always was, smiled back at them.

"Hey kid. What's your name?" the red-head asked. Allen furrowed his brows,

"Isn't it rude to ask another person for their name before giving your own?" he asked. The red-head and the girl stared shocked, and the tall one only glared harder. Creepy...

"Hah, I guess you're right. I'm Lavi," the red-head said, "that's Lenalee Lee," he pointed to the girl, "and that's Yuu Kanda." Lavi finished, pointing to the teen who was still glaring at Allen.

I wonder if there's a hole in me yet, Allen thought. "And you are?" he caught Lavi ask again."Allen Walker. 's a pleasure to meet you." Allen said, smiling again. Inwardly, he cringed; his British accent was showing through significantly compared to all the Americans around him. He hadn't heard the other two speak yet, though.

"So, you wanna play for us?" Lenalee asked, indicating that Allen should start playing the piano. She didn't have an accent. He nodded, and sat down on the bench. He flexed his fingers before setting them down, getting lost in the music. He loved this song, though only two people originally knew of it. When he finished, he opened his eyes, wondering when they'd closed. He got off the bench and looked at the trio.

"Woah! That was killer!" Lavi exclaimed. "What was that song called? I've never heard it before!"

"Yeah, seriously! I loved it! It sounded so pretty!" Lenalee exclaimed.

"Thanks," Allen said, smiling, "It was a song me and my father made. We're basically the only ones that knew about it."

"So more people know now?" Lavi asked, interested.

"Enough to count off my fingers." Allen laughed. Him, Mana, Cross, and these three were the only ones.

"Knew?" the first word from the Asian teen Allen had heard.

"Mana died a year later." Allen explained with a shrug. "So, uh. What was this for, again?"

The trio exchanged looks. Allen looked up at them with his wide eyes.

"How old did you say you were?"

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Authors Note:
Hello! Thank you for reading this far. Um, I know this story kinda sucks right now(and it's short. :D Sorry!), so I'm hoping someone will tell me ways to make it better.
Looking forward to see how things go! ;)
-Rin.