Innocence of the Shadow(A D-Gray Man Fanfic)Wattyawards First Place Winner 2015

Chapter 11

It had been two months since I found this family and already I felt like I was really their daughter. Grace had taught me how to play so many songs on the piano, I loved them all and was so happy when they would let me play music for hours on end. I had even been introduced to Amelia, their real daughter, a few weeks ago.

"You are just like a sister I never had." Amelia smiled. She was fair and beautiful and had long red hair. It was pulled into a tight bun on the back of her head. Her eyes were the same color as her father's and she was dressed in a light blue dress with long sleeves and dark blue, flat soled shoes.

"I have only just met you and already feel like I have known you my entire life." I smiled in return.

"That red gown looks so much better on you than it ever did on me." She smiled.

"That can't possibly be true." I replied. The rest of that day was spent on the balcony to her old room talking, drinking lemonade, and playing card and board games. It was fun spending that day with her and I felt sad as I watched her carriage drive away, returning her and her husband to their own home.

"Raina, this is my brother Alex Alexander, his wife Lillibeth, and their daughter Maria." Grace smiled.

"It is nice to meet you." I said with a curtsy. Alex was a tall man with brown hair, brown eyes, and dressed similarly to Gregory. Lillibeth was tall with fair skin, long, beautiful blond hair pulled into a stylish ponytail, intelligent blue eyes, and a green dress that had long sleeves. Maria was only nine years old, I could tell she was going to be tall like her father, had her mother's intelligent blue eyes and blond hair, and a dark blue dress.

"This is our daughter, Maria." Alex smiled with pride, motioning to the young girl. Maria hid behind her mother's dress and I smiled warmly at her then looked back to her mother.

"It is nice to meet you as well Raina." Lillibeth smiled. Maria pulled on my dress and I bent down to her.

"You are a beautiful young girl." I smiled to her.

"You're pretty too." Maria smiled.

"Do you want to play with me for a little while?" I asked sweetly.

"I would love to play with you." She said excitedly.

"Alright. Come on, we can play in my room." I smiled, standing up and reaching my hand out for her to take.

Her parents watched as she took my hand and I led her to my room.

"You have flowers, can we play with the flowers?" She asked me.

"Of course we can." I smiled. We walked out onto the balcony and she walked straight to the roses.

"I want to play with the roses." She smiled. Madeline walked over with shears and cut the stems at a length easy to use and stripped the thorns off.

"Here you go." Madeline said as she handed Maria a bundle of the roses. Maria skipped to the table and sat the roses on it. Madeline handed me a bundle of red tiger lillies.

"Thank you Madeline." I said. She bowed and stood at my right holding an umbrella over me.

"Please, put the umbrella away, I don't need it." I sighed. Madeline didn't say a word and folded the umbrella.

"Do you know how to make a tiara out of flowers?" I asked Maria.

"I love making them." She smiled.

"Will you teach me?" I asked. She nodded and began to slowly teach me. I caught on quickly and smiled as I worked. I looked up at the gates and saw four people there. I watched as the gate opened and the four people walked in. As they came closer I realized who they were. It was Kanda, Allen, Daisha, and General Cross. I looked back to my work and continued, avoiding looking at them. We spent all day working on our flower tiara's and smiled the biggest smiles ever.