"Maka Albarn and Soul Eater, please come to the office immediately. Maka Albarn and Soul Eater, please come to the office immediately," the P.A. announced.

Black Star laughed loudly, "Maka's in trouble! Maka's in trouble!"

"Soul, what did you drag Maka into?" Kid sighed.

Pursing her lips, Maka protested, "I'm not in trouble. I didn't even do anything."

Soul just snorted and said, "Whatever I did, it didn't involve her."

Again, the P.A. announced, "Maka Albarn and Soul Eater, please come to the office immediately."

Groaning in annoyance, Soul got up from his seat and looked at Maka. He nodded his head at her and motioned towards the door. "Let's get this over with."

Maka could only sigh and follow her partner down the hall. During her walk to the office, she racked her brain to find reasons why she was being called to meet with Lord Death. It could be an award for something, but that didn't explain why Soul had to come along with her. Maybe it was an award congratulating the pair? But if it were an award, it could wait until after class. What was going on? Meanwhile, Soul strutted down the hallway without a care in the world. To anyone passing him, he must have looked like he was going to his class or the bathroom instead of meeting with the principal.

When the meister and weapon entered the office, both were surprised to find four other teenagers standing in the office. Maka looked around and it appeared to be that Lord Death was not present. Then, the figures before her piqued her interest, so she decided to check them out.

A boy with light gray, practically white, eyes had his hands jammed in his hoodie, which was sleeveless and bright red with the words "Crank it!" in a blue that was very noticeable and dark but not very rich and deep. His strawberry blonde hair was cut to the length of a buzz cut but was not so uniformly cut. Torn-up, faded gray skinny jeans with chains hanging off to the side suited him nicely, along with his red converse. His right ear had a piercing through the cartilage with two chains, one white silver and one onyx black, attaching to the piercing his right earlobe. On his left ear, he had a piercing through the cartilage.

The girl with the light blue bandana on her head next to him had her short red hair up in a small ponytail and let her bangs fall on her forehead. She appeared to have something black smudged on her cheek, but she hadn't bothered to wipe it off. A white tank top fitted her figure nicely, but the baggy, pale blue-gray pants riddled with faded black stains did not do her justice. Like Maka, she had green eyes, but hers seemed to be a shade lighter than Maka's eyes. She seemed to be wearing black rubber boots. If Maka observed a bit more closely, she could see an ear piercing through her right ear cartilage.

However, the other girl appeared to be the exact opposite of the girl whom Maka first observed. This girl had long, flowing, wavy brunette hair, and her big eyes were cerulean blue, a shade reminiscent of the sea. However, what really made her stand out was her frilly white and pink dress and her light pink shoes, accentuated by her white tights, that resembled ballet shoes and were tied along her ankles by light pink ribbons. Though her shoes had to be at least three inches tall, she was shorter than any of the others in the room.

In comparison, the boy next to her was taller than anyone in the room, beating the other boy by a good two inches. Unlike the others, his style was very calm, simple, and composed. The boy had pitch black eyes and hair that was just as dark. His bangs were cut just before they reached his eyebrows. Along with his open gray plaid vest, he had a white button-up collar shirt that had its sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The second button was undone, revealing his collar bone and some of his chest. His jeans were a simple denim blue, and his shoes were dark brown Doc Martens. The last component to his appearance was his black-framed glasses.

"Hey," Soul whispered. "What's going on?"

Maka rolled her eyes and replied quietly, "How should I know? I have about just as much knowledge about this as you do."

"Maka! Soul! Yo!" a familiar, old voice rang out. All of the people in the room turned around only to find Lord Death in their midst. Giving all of them a peace sign, he greeted, "What's up?"

"Lord Death, why have you called me and Soul here?" Maka asked, getting straight to the point.

"Oh-ho, you're a sharp tack as always," Lord Death chuckled. "Well, first of all, I'd like to introduce a few kids to you." Motioning to his right, he said, "This spunky-looking boy is Tremor, and the girl with the bandana is Gear." Then he looked to left. "The girl in the dress is Echo, and the boy over here in the vest is Vibrato." After he introduced the four new people, he told the two familiar students, "Well, I'm glad that now everyone knows each other!"

"Whoa, wait, hold up," Soul said, trying to process what was going on. "Why are you introducing us to them? Why did you call us here?"

The old soul laughed and replied, "I was just getting to that. You see, Soul and Maka, these four are new students to Shibusen, but they are not enrolling into the beginner class. Actually, I think that they would fit better in your class, so here's the deal: I want you two to be mentors to this kids. Take care of them and all, you know? Show 'em around, help them if they need up, maybe be their friends-"

"Wait a minute, skull-face," the spunky-looking kid called Tremor interjected. "I don't need a guide or whatever. I'm not blind so I don't need a dog to lead me around." The boy crossed his arms over his chest.

"Hey!" Maka yelled. "Show some more respect, uh, Tremor. He's our principal, got that?"

Rolling his eyes, Tremor yawned. "Whatever, flattie."

Now that just irked her. "MAKA CHOP!" A strong hand came down on the boy's head.

"OW! What the hell's your problem?" Tremor yelled, rubbing his head.

The girl beside him, Gear, rolled her eyes. "If you would just watch your mouth more often, there won't be any more problems."

"What'd you say?" Tremor roared. Then, when Soul snickered at the whole situation, Tremor turned to him. "What're you laughing at? You wanna go, man?"

Shooting the loud boy a glare, Soul replied coolly, "I don't indulge idiots."

Before Tremor could retort, the boy on the other side of Lord Death named Vibrato sighed, "As much as I hate to agree with this immature child, Lord Death, I'd rather not have a guide." He looked at Soul and Maka with expressionless eyes. "Echo and I can handle ourselves just fine." The girl next to Vibrato, Echo, just twiddled her thumbs and remained silent.

"Well, kids," Lord Death began. "I can't let this one slide. You may think that you're better off alone, but I think otherwise; therefore, my word is law! Now off with you, class has already started." And with that, he sent them out of his office and into the hall.

After a few quiet moments, Maka spoke up. "So…shall we walk you guys to class?"

"Pfft!" Tremor snorted. "Gear and I can go by ourselves!"

"Um," Gear began to say. "Tremor, do you even know where to go?" Tremor paused and remained silent.

Vibrato sighed. "Echo, come on. Let's follow them."

The girl merely nodded and loosely grabbed the tail of Vibrato's shirt.