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Roseanne remembers the first time she joined group 12191 for their final years of practice together. This was the final group that would be composed of twelve members in total and would be selected to be a part of the most upcoming mission. The best of the best at the facility and of their generations. She had been fourth to be placed in this elite group. The other three before her had been Red of generation 2996, Cyan of generation 2998, and Orange of generation 2998. Red had been training alone for six months before Orange and Cyan joined her. She trained with them for another five months until Roseanne joined them.

The three thought it was weird that she had given herself a name when most of the kids and teens at the facility didn't have one. 

Roseanne always thought about that little boy she met when she was eight. She was twenty two when she joined the final group, just days before her twenty third birthday, and she still remembered that boy so clearly. He would have been eighteen now. It took some getting used to, but they started calling her Roseanne, and she gave them names of their own as well. Red, the only other girl in their group of four, became Scarlet. Orange became Seville like the seville oranges that came from Province of Harvest, and Cyan became Ciel like the skies above. They all liked their new names, especially since there were several other Reds, Oranges, and Cyans at the facility. But there was no other Scarlet, Seville, and Ciel there. 

The very first moment she laid her soft pink eyes on Ciel, she had fallen in love with him and thought he was handsome with his cyan colored hair, icy blue eyes, and tanned skin that made his hair and eye colors pop even more. But she could feel it from the start that he wasn't interested in her. They were only friends.

She got along really well with Scarlet, who claimed Roseanne as her best friend. They were the only two girls in the group at the moment and she finally had someone to relate to. 

Purple was the fifth to join their team just two months after pink, and the others urged Rosie to baptize their new member with a name before he could even get comfortable in their dorms. She went with Mauve which was pretty and it related to the color of his hair, a deep purple that matched his irises. Mauve immediately took a liking to Rosie and had even gone as far as to confessing his affections to her. But she was still hung up on Ciel and their relationship that would never be. She had politely rejected Mauve and things were awkward for a few weeks. But he was glad that she had been straightforward with him instead of stringing him along.

The day Raven joined their team, Roseanne felt a sense of happiness greater than anything else she had ever felt while being in The Garden. Her time with him as children had been brief, but she had to admit she always did miss that little boy who had given her a sense of identity. A name for herself that no one else had. He made her feel like she wasn't just another color, not just another pink at the training facility who could be easily disposable. They had been just finishing up their dinner for the afternoon and about to head back to their dorms for homework and training when one of the instructors walked in with a boy who had a familiar face. 

He was tall and handsome with jet black hair that was cut short and deep black irises. He wore a black uniform--black blazer with a white button up underneath, black tie, and black pants. All that matched his hair and his eyes. The other boys on the team had the same uniforms, but in their own colors. The girls whore the same, but with skirts instead of pants. With a hand on his shoulder, he announced to the waiting group. "This is Black of generation 2998. He will be a part of this group and accompany you on the mission in two more years." Looking to Ciel and Seville, he added, "Orange and Cyan might be familiar with him. They trained together as children, until we decided to divide their squad into two groups."