Prologue

A/N: Okay, so this is my first fan fiction that I've ever written. It took a while to convince myself to actually type this and post it. So please be gentle and CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM is welcomed. Please be gentle... *snicker* god I have such a dirty mind. Anyway, remember to R&R people!

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Fire.

That was my first memory. Tendrils of it surrounding me, consuming everything in its path…

The second one was of screaming echoing around me, the source coming from the fire….

The third was of a woman I didn't recognize. Her face was smeared with soot and trails of tears. Her once golden hair no longer held its shine, but was dirty and dull, almost brown. She was wearing a white lab coat and was speaking to me. I couldn't hear her words. Why can't I hear them? No matter how many times I strain to hear her, her words never grow clearer. I told her to speak up, but found that my voice was gone. I couldn't move. All I could do was stare at the woman and the destruction surrounding us.

She picked me up and carried me to this big capsule. Big enough to hold a small child. She quickly and carefully placed me inside the contraption. It was cold and slightly cramped. I then started to cry. She quickly hushed me and placed a soft gentle kiss on my forehead. Before she closed the capsule, she took off the glittering necklace around her neck and placed it around my own. Her mouth was moving, but this time I heard her words, clear as the light of day. Everything was silent, as if time itself had stopped, so I might be able to hear her voice. She said "No matter what happens, always know that I will love you, forever and always, my little slice of sunshine." She gestured towards the necklace, tears flowing freely. "This necklace will protect you. Let it be a symbol of my love, for I cannot go with you. Remember my little slice of sunshine that you must never forget where you came from, for it will give you strength."

And with those words echoing in my mind and a last kiss, she closed the capsule. I started to cry again, screaming to be let out. But if she heard my wails, they fell on deaf ears.

Turning towards a panel, she pressed a few buttons and inserted a key hanging from her pocket. Everything started to glow around me. She shielded her eyes and with fingers trembling, she turned the key.

The last thing I saw was her smiling at me, an angel amongst the chaos and fire encircling her. Then she was gone. No longer was there a room with flames around me, but colors. Beautiful gleaming colors. I stopped crying and could only gaze as they whizzed by. Shades of purple, gold, blue, green and other colors that I don't even know the name of, melded together. It was those colors and the slight rocking of the capsule that soon lulled me to sleep.

When I woke up, I was on a doorstep. The cold hit me like a freight train and I started to cry again. It was raining and pitch black. This only encouraged my cries. Suddenly, the door opened and a woman wrapped in a blanket came out. She was clad in flannel pajamas and had a kind face that showed love and generosity. She was surprised to find me on her doorstep and slightly stepped out to look around, no doubt for the person who left me there. But she would not find anyone, for even I don't know how I got here nor where the angel that had left to. As expected, she did not find anyone and quickly picked up the capsule, which was surprisingly light, even with a small child inside. Either that or she was very strong. She gently took me inside and shut the door behind her.

She carefully turned the capsule this way and that, looking for a way to open it up. That was when she noticed a button on top of the contraption. Swiftly pressing it, she stepped back as the small door that separated me and her, opened. I was still crying and she took it upon herself to pick me up and comfort me. I was later surprised by this when I was told, for she immediately consoled me, a mere child.

With my cries silenced, she offered me a bottle of milk. I greedily took it upon myself to chug it down, for I was very thirsty. With me safely tucked into her arms, she looked inside the capsule. There she noticed the necklace that the angel had given me. Turning it over she noticed words inscribed into it. There slightly faded was the name…

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A/N: PHEW! Well that took a lot of convincing to do this. So leave reviews people and let me know whether I should continue or not. Reviews boost up my confidence and fuel my writing. Anyway R&R people and NO FLAMES only constructive criticism. Ciao!