Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note

Okay, so I got this idea a while ago and am publishing this before I lose all nerve, which has happened before. I know the first chapter, like kind of is slow sometimes, but don't worry it gets better and more fast paced later!

Oh and I want to thank Astreich689 for editing this and dealing with my fangirlness and me. Now, I shall shut up and let you people leave. Yeah… be relived, this only means I'll find you in a week.

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Weakly, I lifted my head off the hard iced Russian ground. Bad idea. Within a second, pain ran through skull. I groaned and flipped onto my back. As if, I didn't learn before it was another bad idea. Pain, cold and hard ran through my spine. I could hardly move. I wasn't okay and I couldn't remember a thing. All I knew was that I was in Russia and my parents were gone. My parents… My parents!

"Mom! Dad! W… Where a…are you?" I whispered. It was a pathetic attempt at yelling. I looked over to my side and gasped. I saw my parent's bodies, mangled and twisted. Blood was flowing out of their skulls. A whine escaped my lips. I knew instantly. They were dead.

"Mom. Dad." I whispered for a final time. A tear ran down my bloodied and freezing cheek. I was alone.

"Seraphine. It'll be all right." A familiar voice told me. It was my mom. I knew that voice. I turned my head and grimaced at the pain.

My mother and father stood in front of my, looking exactly as they normally did. H… How? I turned and saw there mangled bodied and then turned and saw them standing in front of me. The only difference was there eyes. Mom's was a vibrant glowing red, but dad's was dimmer. Darker. They were both paler than before.

"Are you guys… dead? Am I seeing your ghost or something?" I whispered.

Mom nodded sadly. "Yes, Seraphine. We're dead and you are seeing ghosts." My eyes widened. No way. That was not a normal possibility! People didn't see ghosts. I mean, ghosts didn't even exist! As soon as people died they passed on or whatever. They didn't turn into ghosts. I must have gone crazy.

"I'm sorry, Seraphine. People are coming. And we have to go. We love you and I'm sorry." My dad said before fading away. His eyes were empty and emotionless. Instead of the dark red they'd been before they were black and blank. Just then mom disappeared and I heard footsteps.

"You're coming with us." A gruff voice said. Just then I knocked out as I was lifted up. Pain ran through me, but then I closed my eyes and it was gone.

Three Days Later

I woke up and wondered what was wrong. I could moved, but my skull… It hurt so much. Ow, ow, ow! I couldn't remember anything, but that my parents were dead and gone. Tears came to my eyes as I thought of that. I didn't remember much; my thought kept leaping, so that I couldn't.

Cake. Cake. I want cake. I like chocolate cake. Its better, but for some reason I want strawberry. Wait, why am I thinking of cake? I think maybe someone important will eat cake. Someone important. Like the president. Like… Like… Why? L… Why's the letter so important? L… L…

"You awake?" A voice asked. I turned my head and nodded. The pain was suddenly gone.

"Then stand up, you're coming with me." The voice said. I put my feet down and stood. Then I got up and walked into the horror that would be the next three years of my life.

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Three Years Later

Ryuk watched as Light woke up, as usual to the face of some girl that looked like him. Ryuk had figured out that the girl was probably family, but he couldn't figure out why her photo was there.

"Morning, Ryuk." Light grumbled as he got up. Ryuk, who was tired of wondering who the girl, was pointed to the photo.

"Light, who is she? Her photos always there." Ryuk asked. Something passed in Light's eyes that Ryuk couldn't identify, but then Light answered.

"She's my missing cousin-Seraphine Johnson. Before you ask her last name is Johnson because my aunt married an American banker named Matthew Johnson, she was on a flight to Switzerland when it crashed. My Aunt Miyu's and Uncle Matthew's bodies were there, but not hers. We've been looking for her for years." Light explained.

"Oh. Well, why is her picture here specially in your room. Its not in Sayu's room." Ryuk asked.

"Sera and I… We were close. Apparently, our names mean practically the same thing. My father and his sister planned that apparently." Light chuckled.

Ryuk was about to comment on that when the door flung open. Light turned to see his sister rushing in. Tears of joy streamed down her face… at least. Light hoped that's what it was.

"Light! Light! You need to come down. Something's going on." Sayu said as she grabbed Light's elbow and flung him downstairs.

"Sayu, what are you…" Light was cut short as he saw the T.V.

"Several human traffickers all over the world have been crowded into this little location. Police are swarming the scene, but none have come out yet. Apparently, these people are associated with the disappearance of Amber Girdwood, Selene Davidson, Alexander Moines, Seraphine Johnson…" Light felt his heart stop beating. His father was at work and his mother and sister still at home. He had no idea what to do.

Light fell onto the couch. He could latterly feel the Death Note's presence in his room from here… if they would only show the men.

"I'm going to watch this in my room." Light said, bolting from the couch. No one blinked.

As soon as Light got up to his room he locked and bolted the door, got out the death note and turned on the T.V.

"World famous detective L had been the one to set the trap and lure this men into this trap. He actually protested it being an enclosed space, saying it wouldn't work, but the police proceeded. Was it smart? Let…" Light growled. Couldn't they just get on with it? Finally, after minutes of rambling the photos showed up along with the name. Light started writing the first one just as a man showed up.

"DO ANYTHING AND I KILL HER!" The man shouted, as he lugged out a young girl, about Light's ago, she had light brown hair and pale skin. You could see some Japanese in her face. It wasn't until she looked up and you saw her unique green eyes, that Light knew that it was Sera.

Light gritted his teeth. That man would be the first to go.

…

"Work your magic." The man growled into my ear. I knew what this mean- beg for your life pathetically until the police and L backed off. Most likely they would give up on me. Even L couldn't do anything.

"Please, please don't kill me. I'm begging you. I want to live. Please!" I said pathetically. I heard the crowd gasp.

"Shut up." The man growled as he slapped me and I fell onto the floor.

I opened my mouth to start the whole cliché-cheesy horror movie screaming part (which I consider my specialty. Hey, I'm pretty good at it.) When the man clutched at his heart. He fell down and even I gasped. I mean, this whole thing was an act, but if this was part of it… well, it was not in the human-slave-obeying-master handbook.

A cop reached up and helped me off the stand. A cheer erupted as I came off.

"Seraphine Johnson?" The cop asked me. I nodded. He smiled and showed me to the plane.

"No. My name is Ashlee, Ashlee Grant." I told him. He still smiled warmly at me.

"Where would you like to go?" He asked me. I thought of my cousins, Light Yagami and Sayu Yagami. Then my aunt and uncle. Where did they live again? After the flight, I lost almost all of my memory. All I knew was there names that they were family and where they lived. I tried to think of the place. Uh… Um… Japan, right? Yeah, Japan.

"Can I go to Japan, please? I've got family there." I told him.

"Sure. Just what are there names?" He asked.

"Soichiro and Sachiko Yagami." I told them. He smiled and I got up. The crowd cheered as I did, but all I felt while leaving was coldness in my stomach.

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L was watching this entire encounter and rolled his eyes. Clearly, the police didn't listen. This wouldn't been so complicated if they'd just taken his advice. The girl though was obviously lying when she said that. He could tell that she must've been a pretty decent liar… when her life wasn't being threatened.

As each name was called out, L typed in the name. Most was just children taken from homes, wandering around until finally he typed in the name of the girl who had been held captive and raised his eyebrows.

Nothing. Nada. Zip. There was no 'Ashlee Grant' on the missing persons list. The girl had obviously lied and used an alias. Intresting. L shook his head. No it made sense. Being imprisoned made you suspicious of people. What was that other name? The other missing girl. Yes, Seraphine Johnson. He typed her name in and a picture came up. A younger version popped up. That was… interesting. It was probably just a coincidence. Something that happened everyone once in a while. He closed his laptop and closed his eyes.

L started school tomorrow again. He suspected Light Yagami of being Kira and in an effort to get close to him was going to the school. He didn't want to go. L disliked school. It was tiresome and boring, but this was something he'd have to do to solve the case.

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I sat in the police station in Japan, waiting for my aunt to come pick me up. Besides me, Layla started talking.

"That act you put on wasn't that good, Sera. I think a couple people caught on." Layla said besides me. I couldn't talk back to her because then people would look at me weird, see, I… well, I can't really put this in a good way, but I kind of um…

Can see and talk to ghosts

I'm not going to get all I-Can-See-Dead-People on you now. Just to put it simply, before the plane crash I was normal and now I'm 'advanced' as Layla calls it. Unless you have major issues, you probably can tell that Layla was a ghost. She died while being enslaved. Layla refused to cross over and sticks with me, seeing as I took her place. I have no idea if I'm actually crazy or not. Who knows?

Yeah, I was little freaked before, but I'm completely fine now. I first started seeing them after the plane crash years ago, but I'm fine now. I don't think I'm crazy. Crazy is for senile old woman. I'm young and I'm pretty sure I can see them.

"Oh! Sera, there's a guy that looks like you. He is with 3 other people. Maybe its Light!" Layla exclaimed. A smile lit my face as I thought of my best friend.

"Seraphine Johnson to the front desk. Seraphine Johnson to the front desk. Thank you." The voice called. I gave a fake name on T.V, but when I got to the cop station had to give my real name. It was scary, but I got through it… Mainly, when Layla started calling me a chicken, but I got through it! I smiled at Layla.

"Lets go. We've got a new life." I told Layla as I stood up and walked to the front desk. Instantly, I was pummeled with hugs.

"Oh! Sera, we thought you were dead along wit Miyu and Matt!" They exclaimed as I was nearly chocked to death.

"Guys, I love you too, but seriously you might not want to kill me from lack of air." I told them as I was let go.

"Come on, Sera! I have a new room for you and all!" Sayu exclaimed as she grabbed my hand and led me into the parking lot.

I looked back as Layla glided to where I was.

"Sayu. Leave Sera alone." Light said from behind me. I gave him a grateful glance.

"Sera, Your cousin is so hot." Layla exclaimed as Light caught up to us. I gave Layla a look that said you-are-grossing-me-out-so-much-right-now.

The entire ride my aunt and uncle talked and gushed over how much I'd grown. Personally, it was like a family reunion and stuff, but I didn't mind. What I did, mind however, was Layla making faces at Light. I swear that girl has no boundaries…

Finally we made it to the house. Sayu was a little, actually a lot excited about showing me my room. The girl was practically bouncing off the walls! Of course this earned a few snickers from Layla. But she shut up when I threw her a look that would threaten her life if she were alive.

Sayu grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the car and into the house. She threw me up the stairs and shoved me into my room. Layla was following me the entire time laughing. I was so going to get her for this later.

It was clear that Sayu had worked on most of the room. A white bed was in the corner. Pink and white striped sheets covered it. In the left corner was a wooden desk with an old laptop sitting on it. There was a couch shoved up next to the door. Photos hung on the wall. It wasn't exactly my style, but it was apparent that Sayu had put a ton of work into this on short notice. So I discreetly elbowed the laughing Layla in the stomach and smiled.

"I love it Sayu, Thanks." I said. She smiled and ran down. I heard a sigh from the door.

"She was this close to putting posters of some shirtless guy on your wall." Light explained. I smiled.

"Thank you for stopping her. I swear I'm never going to be able to sleep tonight." I explained.

"Why?" Light asked.

I pointed to the photos. Light knew that it kind of cheeped me out and laughed. "I told her not to do that, but she didn't remember enough." I frowned, but quickly recovered.

Layla went over to Light and sighed 'your cousin… so dreamy." I narrowed my eyes at her, but remembered that Light couldn't see her.

"What? Its like you're seeing something that I'm not…" Light said. I shook my head.

"No. Its just… nothing." I said. Light shrugged.

"Dinners in a couple minutes. You might want to get ready because you have got school tomorrow." Light explained. I groaned. At the human trafficking place, we all had to take classes… sadly.

"Really? Really? School. I was just recovered from a kidnapping and I have to go to school? That is just sad." I said. Light smiled.

"You and your humor." He muttered before leaving. Layla sighed as he closed the door.

"School after a kidnapping. Tough love, kid. Tough love…" Layla joked. I threw a pillow at her and she caught it. That's the freaky thing about ghosts. There like real people… but only if you can see them. Otherwise there like air.

It's hard to explain, but ghosts basically look like real people before they croaked. If you can see them, you can interact with them, but there's one difference between them. Ghosts had glowing red eyes or dark red eyes that turn blank after they die. Layla's eyes were a bright vibrant red. She had black pupils, yes, but that was the only difference. Layla could hold stuff, like all other ghosts. But since their dead and have no digestive system they can't really eat. Its weird, but they go all transparent and it falls out of them just as it was before they ate it. It's kind of gross. I cannot tell you how many times, I've had to tell Layla not to eat, but its not like Layla listens…

"Layla, shut up. You know I'm making you come with me." I explained. She pouted.

"Aw, come on I'm dead, Can't you cut me a break?" She asked.

"Well, I was, but then you hit on my cousin and… well, I had to get you back somehow." I said with a smirk. She took the pillow and aimed it at me. I ducked.

"Come on, Lays, we've got to get downstairs." I told her as I checked the time.

"Nah! I think I'm going to stay up here and check out some stuff." Layla said, playing with my pillow.

"As in you'll be in Light's room." I translated. She smiled evilily.

"Maybe. Maybe not. What's it to you?" She said defensively. I laughed.

"I'm going downstairs. Have fun." I said throwing the pillow back at her.

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L looked at the school before him. He was stuck here? He had hated school when he had to attend, but this was voluntary. He sighed and stepped onto the pavement.

He had to do this to investigate this Yagami Light kid. L had little suspicion about him, but he was his only suspect. Who else was he supposed to investigate?

While climbing up the stairs, he got strange looks from everyone, even the teacher. L slid into his seat in the back as everyone assembled. Usually, no one would approach him because of his strangeness. But as the class assembled, he watched as a girl that looked slightly American slid into the seat next to him. She vaguely looked like the girl from the T.V in the human trafficking case. Except her hair was shorter, she had bangs and wavy hair. Her eyes were the same color though.

"Hey, I'm Seraphine. I go by Sera though." She told him as she stuck her hand out. He stared at it for five seconds before shaking it. Part of it was that, L wasn't used to shaking peoples hands, but her hands were shaking. Like she was afraid of him or something.

"Ryuuzaki." He told her as he shook. What a strange girl… Most of the students sat up front, but she wanted to attract all attention away from herself...

He was about to ask her why she wasn't up there when the teacher walked in. He sighed; she was going to introduce them now.

"Hello, class. Today we have two new students, please welcome…" She trailed off as she read the names off a card. L only listed one name. "Ryuuzaki. Ryuuzaki, please stand." She called. L stood up and got strange looks, especially from that Light. His eyes narrowed when he saw that Seraphine was sitting next to him.

"And S… Seraphine Johnson." The teacher said as Seraphine stood.

"I go by Sera." She explained as she sat.

Seraphine Johnson- something about her name was familiar…. He really didn't know from where. It took L a minute, but he came up with it. Seraphine Johnson, she was the one on the missing list. He looked at her; she did look like the girl on T.V. She was different

"Well, welcome Ryuuzaki and Sera. Now to begin…" The teacher said, turning to the board.

Ryuuzaki knew all this and grew bored. His gaze shifted to Sera. She looked bored as well. Often she would gaze to her side and nod discreetly. She caught his gaze and lowered her voice to a whisper.

"Where are you from?" She whispered.

"Uh… England." Ryuuzaki answered.

"Cool." She said, turning away. Ryuuzaki didn't mind. Frankly, he found this girl annoying and a disturbance.

But this was of course, before he knew whom she was related to.

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Oh man, I forgot what a pain school was. We had classes, yes, but none this long. Even Layla was bored.

"Sera, I'm going to look around. This is boring me so much." Layla said. I nodded discreetly and she was off. Knowing Layla, she wouldn't be back until the early hours of the morning. What she did in that time was mess with people. Apparently, she likes being a poltergeist type ghost. I keep telling her it's going to get her crossed over, but she doesn't listen, but then again its Layla. She never listens… Its what got her killed after all... I shook my head. I didn't need to think about that.

Six hours later this torture was over and I was realised. A bunch of girls gathered around me. I looked up in surprise.

"Are you really Light Yagami's cousin?" They asked. I nodded.

"Where'd you find this out?" I asked.

"Oh, everyone knows that Light has an aunt with the last name Johnson. We figured it was you… plus, Light told us you were coming yesterday…" A girl with black hair told me.

"Well, whats Light like? Oh, I bet he's a total mama's boy!" A girl with red streaks in her black hair said. I smiled nervously and backed away.

"Ah! Nothing that I love more than a classic case of fangirl." Layla said. I jumped in shock. She was back already!

"Don't be so surprised! Nothing here anyways. Now want me to scare them off?" Layla asked. Cause I was in a position where if I nodded or did anything like that they would grow suspicious, I used my hand to tell her no. Layla and I had hand signals.

"Your funeral." She said. I had to stifle a laugh.

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L was walking back when he saw a group of girls crowded around some poor girl. He walked over to see whom it was and if maybe he could help her.

"Your so lucky your Light's cousin!" A girl exclaimed. This gained his attention. He looked over the crowd and his eyes landed on that girl from before. What was her name? He struggled to remember before coming up. Seraphine. Seraphine Johnson.

Now it was time to look her up.

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