Riku : Hello, Riku here with new story. And they are my assistant (OC) for this series, Leon and Seki.
Leon : Why did you make a new story and not continuing PE (Perfect Eden)?
Riku : Because there just a few of review?
Seki : That's it.
Riku : Just like the warning, I already planned (still in head not written) this story 'till the end. So beware for the tragic end.
Leon : This creature don't own DGray-man characters and settings. Just idea from here. DGray-man originally owned by Hoshino Katsura.
Seki : Enjoy!
Riku : Leon you're so mean TT
.: Stage 1 :.
~ Doubt ~
"ALLE~~EN!!!"
The voice of the young girl echoing in the dark Night. The moon that shines gently through the town with black buildings makes the shadow of the only one in sight, the young girl, clearly visible. She got a dark blue hair with a ribbon attached on the two sides of her head. She wears a frilly white dress with black and white stripes high knee shocks that ended up with a pair of black doll shoes.
Her voice seems to be playful and filled with joy, but somehow it heard more to sad and worried tone. Her facial expression shows it. She wears a sad and worried face but no sign for teary eyes. She knocked one of the doors in the black town loudly. Again and again.
"ALLE~~EN!!! Please open up! It's okay if you still not ready to face me, but at least please open up for the food! You hadn't been eating anything for the past 3 days! You could kill yourself!" The girl tried to convince this "Allen" guy to open the door but no response from the inside. There's a cart full of luxury dishes beside her. Looks like she prepared it all for this Allen. Well… not sure if she cooked it all by herself or not.
"Still ignoring you I see."
Two figures of tall man with gentleman clothes come in sight. One of them got a long wavy black hair with dark skin and handsome face. Handsome enough to make girls freezing in their position. The other one got a long wavy black hair too, but not as wavy as the other one. He wars an earring on his right ear. They approach the girl slowly.
"It's already night, Road. You should back and sleep or your mom will get worried all over for you." The man with the earring said while lifting the young girl named Road.
"But…!" Road tried to break free from the man's arms and looking at the direction of the door with a more worried face.
"Hey boy! We'll leave the food here! Just out and eat it if you're hungry! We're leaving now so no need to be shy!" The handsome man yelling at the boy tried to convice Road that the boy would be alright.
So the three leaves the food cart in front of the door and disappear to the darkness of night.
*tick tock tick tock*
They're leaving now…huh… well its better in this way…
Allen laying in his white large bed. There's a small table and a chair beside his bed and a grandfather clock in front of it. Beside of these, the room is quite empty except of the large mirror in one side of the room's wall.
Why they're so persistent to feed me… I'm their enemy… once…
Allen rolled aside as he hears his stomach growling loudly. Tried to hide the fact that he's really hungry.
I'm hungry… but I don't feel like to eat anything… not now… not from them…
Allen stands up and walked slowly to the large mirror in one side of the wall in the room. He still could see himself clearly. White messy hair and pale skin with a scar in his left face starting from a blood colored pentacle on his forehead run down to his cheek. He wears a black shirt with no sleeves and black pants with a pair of boots. His right hand is gloved with a blood colored gloves while not for his left. His right upper hand is bandaged but he can still see a wound near the bandaged place. Another feature that makes him special is the black coal colored left hand with a red cross in the back of his hand.
His silver eyes look really dark… and dull. He doesn't looks to be healthy physically and mentally. Another thing that would catch your eyes in the mirror is the shadow. Beside his own reflection there's a shadow hovering on his back. Grinning creepily.
Guess I better sleep again…
He looked at his left hand. It's his Innocence hand. His anti-akuma weapon. The weapon to destroy akuma. They called it "Crown Clown". He pulled out a sigh and walked back to his bed then laying down there. He raised his left hand and staring on the red cross on his back hand.
"Hey, Crown Clown…." He paused for a bit then continued it. "Why you didn't kill me for choosing this side? You can just open out the hole in my heart or turn me into a fallen one…" No response from the Crown Clown. "Why…" Allen paused. A tear begin to flown from his eyes. One after another. "WHY YOU DIDN'T KILL ME EVEN I DESIRED IT SO MUCH!?" He yelled with anger and despair. Still no response from the weapon. So he activated it. The hand turning into a black sharp claw. Tried to kill himself by stabbing the claw to his chest.
The claw stopped just in front of his chest. For some reason he just couldn't managed to kill himself. There's something inside of him that stop him. It's the fear of dying that still lies deep inside of his heart. He just wishes to someone to come and kill him. That way he would be thankful to whoever it is.
He deactivated his hand; turn it back to his black coal colored hand with red cross. Then he put the hand in his forehead. He stares on the ceiling blankly and rolled to the side.
I hate God…
Slowly, he closes his eyelids and drifted into sleep. Hoping that he wouldn't ever wake up again.
Sun begin to rise and shine the world. A very big mansion comes in sign. It looks like the mansion of some very rich family. The yard is so big and filled with rose garden. There's a big gate in front of the house. The house itself filled with beautiful decoration and a really fine work of art.
"Mistress Road! It's morning! You said that you want to wake up early today! Mistress Road!"
A maid knocked the twin door of Road's bedroom again and again. Tries to wake Road that sleeping in the room. When she doing it a figure of a man come to sight. He's the man with earring form the night. He comes closer to the maid.
"Hey." The man patted the maid's shoulder and the maid surprised from his sudden appearance.
"Master Sheryl! Good morning." The maid greets her master. She's really quick to calm down.
"What happened? It's still early in the morning."
"Mistress Road told me to wake her up in early morning yesterday. And I'm here to wake her up but she won't wake up." The maid begins to be panic.
Sheryl pulled out a sigh. "I'll take care of this. You should go to kitchen and prepare a lot of food like usual." Sheryl ordered the maid.
"But…"
"It's okay. I know very well how to handle Road. You should prepare the food now."
"Y-Yes Sir!"
The maid dashed off to the kitchen. Then Sheryl opens the door to Road's room and approaches her bed.
"Hey, Road." He paused. Waiting for her response. As he sees no response from the sleeping Road, he continues his sentence. "You said that you want to wake up early today, right? Maybe Allen already change his mind by now and waiting for the warm food from you. In case that he's not, Wisely already back from Earl's mansion last night. We can ask him to check what's wrong with him."
Sheryl whispered the charm on the sleeping Road. As soon as he finished the sentence, Road's eyes snapped open and she gets up, throwing up the cover. Before she starts running to her wardrobe, she turns back at her father with a glare.
"Father, can you please get out for a moment? I'll start changing by now so please wait for me outside. I'll be quick." Road yelled at her father.
"Okay, okay."
Sheryl exited the room to leave her daughter to change. A soon as her father get out, she begin to open the wardrobe and pick up some of her favorite dress and change into them. She did that quickly. Really quick. And she running and exited the room without tidying her room and meet up with her father.
"I'm… ready… now…" Road panted and bring a chuckle to her father.
"Okay cutie, you should head on to the kitchen. I already told a maid to prepare the food. I'll wake your big bro up and we'll meet on the ark's gate."
Road dashed to the kitchen as Sheryl took a different path to Wisely's room. Not long after that Road come with a cart full of food while Sheryl already waiting with brown haired boy that supposedly that Wisely, Road's older brother. He just adopted by Sheryl some days ago. Yes, he's adopted, just like Road. Sheryl got no child of his own. They're gathering in the front of black wall. "-51-" could be seen in the top of the wall.
Sheryl smiled at his cute daughter or as much as he thinks she is. Then after Road joined with them, they headed to the wall and just disappearing there and entering the town with black building once more. It must be the Ark they talked about. They took some steps until they finally stop in the front of the door they leave the night before.
They could see the cart they left the night before is still there. There's no sign of someone touch it when they left it last night. And this kind of thing always happening for the past 3 days. Road sighed and step to the front of the door.
"ALLE~~EN! I've brought the food again! Please open the door or at least say something!" Road closed her mouth and waiting for some response.
Sheryl sighed again. Just how many sighs that this boy already caused to the Kamelot family. Then he turned to Wisely and pat him on his shoulder.
"I guess it's your turn now." His voice shows that he already gave up on the idea to let his daughter yelled up for the boy.
"Just see what's wrong with him and don't do anything else, okay?" Road asking Wisely with some puppy-eyes expression.
"Why don't you do it yourself? You're able to do it as the Noah child of Dream right?" Wisely looking down to Road, and there's a plenty of curiosity in his voice.
"I can only peek at his thoughts and memories by entering his dream. His own realm. And I'm sure 14th and his innocence consciousness would be there." Road lowered her head. She seems really want to do it herself… if she could.
"Okay then. Just wait a minute." Wisely stepped to the front of the door and closed his eyes. By a blink of eyes, his hair turned white as his skin turned grey. More than that there are 3 eyes on his forehead that snapped to open.
Road and Sheryl stand close by him. Waiting for the result. Road barely standing still. She just can't be patience. In other hands, the handsome man from the last night walked steadily approaching them.
"What 'sup? The boy still doesn't want to eat?" He raised his hand and guessing the situation.
"Tyki!" Road seems to be unusually surprised. She seems really worried about Allen.
"Wisely is checking him up." Sheryl walks approaching Tyki.
"So, what's going on with the boy huh? Wisely."
"Kinda unbelievable I guess."
"What's wrong!? Tell me!!" Road rushed to Wisely and grabbed his hand.
"His mask is crumbling." Wisely told Road.
"Mask? You mean his Crown Clown?" Tyki asked Wisely as he remember that Allen got a silver mask when he activated his Crown Clown.
"It's not an actual mask, it's…" Wisely tried to explain to Tyki but Road cut him.
"What will happen to him!?" Road seems kinda… scared.
"Well he would only revert to his original self." Wisely told Road with a smile, but he tried to hide the serious tone in his voice.
"What's with that? Don't make me scared wouldn't you" Road relieved and relaxed all muscles in her body. She almost fell to her feet.
"Would someone care to explain to me?" Tyki asked. He seems really confused.
"Well you see, Tyki… Humans sometime lie to the others and himself/herself by acted not in the way they really wanted to. Some of them even acted in the opposite way. That thing becomes a habit and then cerate a fake personality. That's what we mean by 'mask'." Road explained.
"So… That's what you mean… But didn't the boy really good at placing a poker face? Why he's mask crumbling now?"
"That kid…" Wisely paused for a moment and looked at the direction at the door. Then he continued. "He's creating a mask to please his beloved foster father. And he still wears them because he founds that humans likes his mask more and he scared to be hated if he took off his mask. Especially by those humans in Black Order. But now his fate to his foster father and Black Order had faded. There's nothing that can hold on his mask now." Wisely paused. It seems he still want to continue to talk. "He doubts us. Maybe he don't want to suffer the same experience again. Experience to be betrayed."
"There's nothing bad then. It's a good thing doesn't it? Now the boy hates his father and those Exorcists. All we need is to convince him and then…"
"But…" Wisely cut Tyki's joy with his serious and heavy atmosphere. Everyone gulped and looked at Wisely. Then he continues. "It might be because he's already taken over by 14th… because… I can't see his memories for the past 7 hours… not his activities… or even his memories of his own dreams…"
Riku : I write a quite long one here...
Leon : That just some unusual...
Seki : Maybe the earth will change shape into square...
Riku : Anyway, I'm still not planning to update this soon. 'Cause I'm still stressed for now...
Leon : The most earlier maybe next week.
Seki : Please review this chapter for the sake of our stressed author... Maybe it will update soon if you do.
Reki : Seki you're meanie... ToT