Despair

At the trial. . .

"Welcome all to the trial of Mizu Hamasaki." an assertive voice said.

"Huh, where's that coming from?" Dawn asked.

"The leader of the Legion. They use speakers, so they aren't showing their face," Hakai answered.

'Isn't that a bit weird?' Dawn thought.

"We would like to inform you all that if the murderer is not here at the hearing, we will find them as soon as possible so do not worry," the voice continues. There are a few moments of silence as the Legion is doing what can only be believed to be the all-seeing eye. This makes the crowd go silent as well with the exception of a few people who were disrespectfully making bets on who did it.

"We have come to our conclusion." they say a bit lower in a commanding voice.

Suddenly, the air around Dawn seemed to dim and everything went blurry for a while. A voice is trying to say something, but Dawn has such a headache that she cannot seem to understand or hear them.

'Huh, why did the atmosphere just change?' Dawn thought holding her head sensing something bad was about to happen.

"run"

"The person who murdered Mizu Hamasaki was" there was a pause and suddenly Dawn heard a whisper again.

"Run"

'Huh, what was that sound,' Dawn's thoughts were cut off as the Legion finished. "Dawn Hamasaki!"

"RUN!"

'Huh who?' Dawn thought before she realized. "HUH!?" She screamed in confusion. Suddenly everyone turned and glared at her with hatred and disgust while some seemed happy, probably because they won the bet, even her father and brother believed this.

"RUN!!"

"I knew it, YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT!" Makoto yelled about to attack her until Hakai grabbed him.

"RUN!!!"

"Wha- I, huh," Dawn stuttered completely confused as to what was happening. Then the two officers from before walked up to her with cuffs that would stop her from using magic. Finally listening to the voice, she dashes in the opposite direction as the officer screamed at her to stop. She doesn’t listen, however, and keeps running until she runs out of breath, which was very quickly.

She turns to an alleyway as the officers are still chasing her. Suddenly a hand grabs her shoulder, and she screams till they cover her mouth, she sees a lady with reddish-violet hair, black eyes, and caramel skin. The lady motions her to be quiet and points to a sewer drain. Having no other choice, she follows her down the sewer, and after four to five minutes they reach a dead end.

The mystery lady pushes a button on the wall and a secret door opens. As they peek inside the first thing Dawn sees is five other people besides her and the lady.

"Oh, a new recruit, how exciting," one said.

"Ooh welcome to the Justice Dragons," another one said.

"We're not calling ourselves that Celestial," someone said in response to the girl. The lady then clears her throat, walks in, and turns to face Dawn.

"Welcome Dawn Hamasaki, my name is Nanami Mazoku and we are. . . the dragons I suppose," the lady spoke.

'Eh, how does she know my name?' Dawn thought.

"They said it at the trial," she responded.

"What?" Dawn said even more confused.

"My magic allows me to read minds," she explained.

'Oh,' she thought.

"Anyway, my name's Miu Azula, pleasure to meet you," an older lady with black hair and yellowish-blue eyes said. "Oh, and this is Ciarra Narukami," she continued introducing the lady, that also had black hair and pink eyes, that was floating next to her.

"I see," Dawn said quietly.

"Heyy, my name is Celestial, but you can call me Celeste, great to meet you," a girl around Dawn's age with blonde hair and brown eyes says jumping up and down. Dawn looked at her confused as she wore gold chains near her waist, with black leggings, a gold crop top, and more jewelry around her body. Another girl with black hair, blue eyes, and weird gray skin grabs Celestial's shoulder and shoots her a glare.

"Hmph, the name's Ruby." they say with an annoyed look.

"Umm my name is Israel, nice to meet you," a boy says quietly from behind Ruby, he also has black hair with green eyes. Dawn just stared in confusion until Nanami starts to explain what is going on.

"You're here because you were wrongfully convicted of a crime," she continues "everyone here is in the same boat," she finished.

'They were framed by the Legion as well?' Dawn wondered.

"Yes, we were," Nanami answered.

"Huh?! Hey don't just go reading my mind," Dawn said defensively.

"Sorry. You were just quiet for quite a while, so I was worried," she apologized.

"It's fine I guess, but were you all really framed by the Legion too?" Dawn responded.

"Most of us, the others are just here to help," Israel said pointing to Miu and Ciarra. "Since they are related to me and Ruby, they decided it'd be good to tag along," he finished.

"Related?" Dawn asked.

"Yup, I'm Israel's mom and Ciarra is Ruby's," Miu says with a smile.

"Oh," Dawn says as she finally decides to walk through the secret door.

"Well then enough with this awkward atmosphere, we should get some rest," Nanami says as everyone walks away except for Miu and Ciarra. After a few minutes of silence past Nanami turns to Dawn with a serious face, "So, Dawn, would you like to stay here? If not, I will have to erase your memory of this encounter and kick you out.”

"Jeez, don't glare at her like that, you'll scare her away," Miu says walking forward.

'These people seem very interesting, but I do need a place to stay so I guess I could' Dawn thought.

"Great," Nanami speaks breaking the silence.

"Hey, I thought you said you wouldn't do that," Dawn pouted.

"Sorry you just spend an excessive amount of time in your head," she argued. "Anyway... Ciarra could you show her to her room?" Nanami questioned. Ciarra lifted an eyebrow at her.

"Huh, well I'm extremely tired and he cannot be trusted," Nanami explained, "Because it's Miu," she argued with what looked like no one while Miu uttered an offended 'hey.' After a while, Ciarra agrees as she waves at Dawn to come on.

"So... You don't talk much do you," Dawn said trying to start a conversation. Ciarra ignores them stopping at a door and pointing to it. Taking the hint Dawn opens the door and Ciarra "walks" away.

"Thank... you?" Dawn said more like a question. As she walked through the door, she saw a queen-size bed and a bathroom. 'Hmm, guess I'll have to decorate it myself' Dawn figured. She then laid down and immediately fell asleep, not realizing how exhausted she was.

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