Summary: An unknown figure comes into Konaha and kidnaps every child from ages 5 to 13.

Characters: Orochimaru

Song: Come Little Children by Book of Shadows

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An unknown figure silently slipped over the wall of the Leaf village. Since it was the dead of night, no one was awake, not even the guards that were suppose to be guarding the wall. The figure quickly made his way to the tallest building of the village and climbed to the top. He looked down over the quiet village and smirked.

"These fools."

The sky above was covered in clouds, but they seemed to part enough so that the moon could cast its light over the figure, lighting up the face of one of the Leaf's enemies, Orochimaru.

Orochimaru pulled out a small bottle from underneath his shirt and held it up in the light to get a final look at it. "Soon I'll have this village in my grasp."

He then pulled the cork out of the top and drank the whole thing down in two swallows. He threw the bottle away and he could hear it break on the ground below. 'That will be every person in this village soon.'

He took a few steps closer to the edge and casted one final look down at the village, and then closed his eyes. He opened up his mouth, and a strange mist started flowing out as he began singing the sweetest sound anyone had ever heard.

"Come little childrenI'll take thee away,into a land of enchantment.

Come little childrenthe time's come to play,here in my gardenof shadows."

The mist slowly started spreading throughout the entire village, under doorways, through the cracks of windows, and any other crevice it could find. It flowed into all the rooms and swirled around the faces of every person. The adults stirred a bit before they fell into a deeper sleep, but the children, ages five to thirteen, slowly opened their eyes, completely in a daze.

Soon the streets were filled with children, all walking slowly toward the voice they heard. Orochimaru jumped down from the building he was on and began walking toward the front gate.

"Follow sweet childrenI'll show thee the way,through all the pain and the sorrows.

Weep not poor childrenfor life is this way,murdering beautyand passion."

Orochimaru opened the front gate wide enough so that the children could pass through easily. He smiled when he saw the boys and girls obeying him completely, and his smile got wider as he spotted some of the more important children like the Nara, Akamichi, and Yamanaka heirs as well as the jinjuriki of the nine tails, Naruto Uzumaki, but the one he was most happy to see was the last remaining Uchiha, Sasuke.

He started walking backwards into the forest as he led the children away from the village.

"Hush now dear children it must be this way,to weary of life and deceptions.

Rest now my childrenfor soon we'll away,into the calm andthe quiet."

He brought all of the children to a clearing, making sure that all of the children were present. He continued to watch as they filled into the area, singing and going up to some of them, petting their hair as they found a seat.

"Come little childrenI'll take thee way,into a land of enchantment.

Come little childrenthe time's come to play,here in my gardenof shadows."

Once all the children were in the clearing, he had them close their eyes and sleep. After he was sure they were all sleeping peacefully, he made a few hand signs and transported all of them to a small, dark room. He then smiled and left the room, the door closing with a slight bang.

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I realize this one wasn't that long, but that's because I have plans of making this story into a longer stand alone story. Be on the look out for that.

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