Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater or the lyrics to 'Lights' by Ellie Goulding.
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone
"Maka...Maka, do you hear me?" Boomed the voice of an extraterrestrial leaning over the young girl. He grabbed her fragile shoulders and shook her awake. Alarmed by the sudden force of movement, she sat up and looked in all directions for any source of danger. After the short inspection, she stood on her feet and rubbed her eyes.
"Sorry, I overslept." Maka said as she began to yawn. "Is there something you have to tell me?"
The alien stared down intently at her as he said: "Since you're ten years old now, it's time for me to inform you about what you will do in the next six years."
Maka lifted her head and gave him a confused look. "What exactly am I going to start doing?"
"You will study the way of the human life; how they learn, when they sleep, what they do to protect themselves—everything having to do with their physical and mental stability."
"Why?"
"You don't need to know that right now. When the six years of educating yourself about the human beings is done, you are to tell me all about it."
"Okay!"
Maka sat at her desk, cramming every piece of information she was to study about in the last six years. She was 16 years old now, grown into an alien teenager in the planet she's been living in ever since she was born. The creature from her childhood emerged from the door and came towards her. The second Maka caught a glimpse of him, she jumped from her chair and threw herself at him.
"Axano! I missed you so much! You were gone for so long, exploring our neighboring planets!"
He didn't respond. He only let the human-looking girl tightly hug him until she got tired. Once she let go, he asked her about the responsibility she was given.
"Do you have the information?"
"Yes, I do." She responded, seriously. "Would you like me to tell you?" Getting a simple look of urgency, she proceeded to tell him everything. He nodded his head throughout the whole thing, taking in her knowledge. "But, I'm confused about something; while I was looking at the pictures of humans, I noticed that they look very similar to the way I do. Why is that?"
"That was for you to study, as well."
"I can't, it has to do with heredity findings. The only way I can find out is for my dad or mom to explain, but they're still on their travel to other planets...I'm different from the rest of our species, aren't I? Everyone else has the appearance of our race."
"No one excludes you, so why is it so important?"
"I don't know, I'm just curious. That's a trait that humans have: curiosity. Funny how I'm like that—you are, too!"
"No, I'm not. I only asked you for the information because our planet is planning to invade Earth, which includes knowing about them or else we'll die."
"Why do you want to invade Earth?"
"Because - "
"IT'S TIME! MAKA HAS TO GO!"
Maka was suddenly carried towards an escape pod outside. "Wait! Where am I going?! I still have more to explain!" Axano followed her outside and stared as she was pushed into the capsule. "I don't understand!"
"Tell me what else you have learned." He said in a calm tone, knowing that Maka was reacting with fear; a trait that she said humans are aware of—and that his species can sense.
"I-I learned that we can't go to Earth because we'll die!" She shouted from the glass window. This caught all the alien's attention that heard it. Another creature locked Maka and shut the door, then waited for anything else she had to say. "We can't stand the light! If we're exposed to light, we'll dissolve! Earth is full of light! We have always lived in darkness because that's how our species live!"
After they heard her, almost everyone left. Axano moved closer to her and launched Maka without another word. She was ejected into space and rocketed through the stars. The escape pod she was in moved at the speed of light.
"Maka will be alright. She has some traits that humans have, so she should be able to survive at Earth." He moved towards his spaceship and spoke to his colleague, Ztru'c. "We're running out of food, so we have to go to Earth and supply more."
"That's our main reason, so that's why you sent Maka. But I don't see how she's going to help."
"She will gather much more information and tell us about it when we meet her there. It will help us sustain our food when we take some from Earth."
"We are carnivorous, so we will eat humans. Isn't Maka considered one?"
"Yes, but she is Kami and Spirit's child. We can't possibly take her as aliment."
"If there is no choice, then we have to."
"I don't see that happening because we are the most deadly species, which means we can take food at any time. On the subject again, Maka should have our traits in her human blood, so she'll be safe at Earth."
"She's not like the rest of us. She doesn't have the threatening look to kill humans or feed herself. She can't even transform into how we look."
"...We'll see how she does when we meet her again."
The capsule Maka was in crashed into the dirt of Earth in the nighttime. It steamed with the smoke of fire that died down over time. The door opened on command, letting Maka collapse on the grass. Since she hasn't been on Earth before, the touch of the plants against her skin caused her to retreat her body into the broken escape pod once more. The stunned alien girl took in deep breaths of the air around her. She choked many times, but eventually her body accustomed to it. Finally overcoming her uncertainty, she stepped out onto the grass again and stretched.
No one from her home planet told her that the destination was set to planet Earth. Maka figured it out, though, because she recognized the trees and strange animals around her from all the studying she did. Maka walked forward and searched for anything suspicious. Nothing seemed dangerous, so she kept on walking until she approached the backyard of a house. She stopped in her tracks and didn't move an inch more because of the lights inside of it. She turned around and walked in the forest she was in. Maka neared by a tree and softly swiped her finger against it.
"Ow!" She instantly removed her finger, shook it, and stared at it. She didn't need light for it because her eyesight was adjusted to the dark. "I got a...what is this?" She inspected the tiny piece of wood stuck in her skin, unsure of what to call it. She tried to take it out with her other hand, but failed because of the throbbing. "This hurts. Oh, this is another feeling humans have: pain."
"Are you okay?"
Maka's human heart jumped at the unknown voice. She turned around and faced it. The second she saw it, she knew what it was; a living human being—a male teenager, to be exact. She wasn't certain on how to react, so she froze in her place and shut her mouth. To the boy, she was just a figure. He decided to come closer to her, making Maka widen her eyes and flail her arms around.
"N-No! Stop!"
He stopped and waited for his eyes to get used to the darkness. Once it did, he only got a slightly better look at her; long messy hair, leggings, and a plain t-shirt.
"What are you doing here?"
Maka manged to truthfully say, "I don't know..." She focused her eyes on him and examined his colorless hair, white shirt, and blue jeans. "What are you doing here? In this area."
He stuffed his hands in his pants' pockets and looked at the ground. "Just relaxing. Are you lost?"
"Yeah. Which house do you occupy?"
He gave her a weird look. "You don't want help? You just suddenly changed the subject."
Maka thought for a bit before saying, "Oh, uh, I don't see how you can help me."
"Where do you live?"
"Nowhere at the moment." Maka sighed. She couldn't tell him she was from outer space because she read that humans would act horrified and try to destroy her race. Which resulted in her feeling terrified in the inside, knowing that if he figured out her true identity, she would be screwed.
"I can give you a place to stay for a while." He hesitated to say, thinking of his parents. "I live over there." He pointed past the backyard Maka was in before and to the house ahead of it.
"I'm fine. I can't go in there." Maka covered her mouth and regretted saying that, knowing she'd have to explain.
"Why?"
"B-Because I'm not adjusted to the way of how you live..." Maka trailed off as she couldn't think of the right words to say.
"Well, just like almost everyone else lives a normal life. We're not completely rich but we live comfortably."
"So you eat, sleep, learn, and work?"
He blinked. "Yeah."
"Your house is massively bright. It's dark outside. Aren't you supposed to be asleep?"
"The rest of my family is asleep, so I'm not sure why there's so much light. Do you want to stay for a bit? I'm just trying to help."
"You won't inspect me or anything?"
"No, no, I wouldn't do that. My family wouldn't do that either—actually, my family won't know about you."
"Can you turn off the lights?"
"Sure, does your eyes hurt?"
Maka paused and nodded. He led her out of the woods and to his house. Before Maka went inside, he entered and shut off the electricity so he wouldn't have to travel around, switching off buttons. Maka walked in, barefoot, and looked around. She checked every little thing that surrounded her, making sure nothing was unsafe. The boy watched her and waited for her to finish. Once she was done, she followed him to the living room. He squatted in front of the fireplace that had no wood and pushed the bricks. Surprising Maka, all the bricks moved forward at once, revealing another room.
"Here's a place where you can stay; it came with the house. I was young and adventurous, so I don't really know what came across my mind to try to break this, but it ended up moving and showing a passage. My parents don't know about, though.
"...Do I go in?"
"Yeah." He crawled inside and gestured for Maka to come. When they completely arrived, it was a large room that was as normal as the rest of the ones in the house. "I get bored now and then, so I come here and make myself comfortable. There's an inflatable bed, a few snacks, water, and a laptop. If you need to use the bathroom, just check outside for my parents and come out."
"That seems good. Thank you."
"No problem. What's your name?"
"Maka."
"I'm Soul." He smirked. "I have to go now. I'll see you in the morning." He crawled out and closed the small door, leaving her. Maka plopped down on the bed and fell fast asleep. After Soul stood up from the fireplace, he sighed and walked upstairs to his room.