Erza's POV

I stood outside the large looming doors. The three of us were waiting to speak with Lord Death. We had been sent here by my mother, Life. Apparently, Lord Death wanted to talk to us about something… To my surprise, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Luna smiling at me.

"Why are you shaking Erza? You've known Lord Death for years now." Had I really been shaking? Slowly, I held out my hand. Luna was right. I had been shaking…

"Oh well…" I murmured quietly. It wasn't uncommon for Death to ask for our presence here. However, this was different. I couldn't help but wonder what death was going to talk to us about… Also, what was I going to say? What was he going to say? How exactly should I enter the room when he called me in!? I should really stop thinking about this too much…

"Erza…" Luna spoke again. Swiftly, I looked up to face her. She smiled. She must be trying to stop me from worrying. I tried to smile back but the nerves that I were feeling were eating away at me. I tried to concentrate on Luna, to stop me from worrying to much... Her hair was a noticeable dark purple - so dark that it almost looked black. It fell downwards in slight waves all the way to her hips. I drove my gaze towards her eyes. Both Luna and Layla's eyes had always fascinated me. Luna's left eye was a dark pinkish red - while her right eye contrasted it with a pale turquoise.

"Don't worry about it Erza," I turned to see Layla smiling back at me, "Nothing has ever gone wrong whenever we've had to visit Death - Before long we'll be right back in life city!" I nodded in reply.

Life city was where I had grew up with my mother, Life. Her job was to return the lost human souls back to the earth - therefore maintaining the cycle of life. Since I had grown up in life city, the only people who I had ever came into contact with were the souls and my mother. However, I had been to the DWMA plenty of times before with my mother for meetings with Death, since he was unable to leave the city. Which was another person I came into contact with. Another would be Death the Kid - Death's son. When we were little we would usually end up playing together while our parents held their meetings. He was the only other person I knew who was my own age - that was until I met Luna and Layla.

Luna and Layla were my weapon partners. They were able to transform into a variety of different weapons. I don't really know too much about their past, however I do know some things which I shall not mention right now… I turned back to Layla. Her hair was the same colour as Luna's, I mean they are twins, and fell down to her waist in slight waves. Her eyes however… Her left eye was a pale turquoise while her right eye was a dark pinkish red - the opposite way round to Luna's. Just at that moment I heard Death's voice call us.

"You can come in!" Impulsively, I tensed up. What was I supposed to do now!? I had to go in but what would I say? Who would speak first? Would death expect me to say something first to get the conversation going? If so what was I supposed to say? How was I supposed to answer any questions that he may ask me? It had been about 3 months since I had last came into contact with death… What if something had changed!? What was I supposed to do? How was I supposed to react!? This was just too much! I slumped down to the ground and placed my hands over my head. I had to stop thinking like this. I had to stop worrying. I had to pluck up enough courage to go in… But that was easier said than done… Deep breaths. Deep breaths. Ok… Ok… Ok… All I have to do is go through a door… and… I… wouldn't know exactly would would happen… What would I say!? Maybe it would be best if I just stayed here curled up on the floor...

"Not again" moaned Layla. Luna sighed.

"I guess we'll just have to drag her in as always…" I felt a hand grasp the collar of my jacket. I could feel myself being dragged across the floor. I heard the doors violently swing open. I had a feeling that Layla had opened them. We must be in the room now… I closed my eyes. I couldn't help but panic.

"Welcome, welcome!" I could hear Death's voice speaking. What was I supposed to do now!? Was I supposed to talk back? Despite worrying and feeling ridiculously nervous, Curiosity ended up getting the best of me. I peered upwards to have a look around at the room. Hopefully nothing had changed... The first thing I saw was Death's mirror. I noticed the reflection staring back at me. In the mirror, I could see a girl about the age of 14 curled up on the floor. Just like I was. Her white hair fell just up to her shoulders and was held back by a grey head band. Her pale violet eyes peered back at me through the mirror. Across the right side of her head were three black stripes. They were part of being a life god, a Jinsei no Kami. She was wearing a black shirt, along with a white jacket and skirt. Additionally she wore a pair of black combat leggings and a pair of grey boots that went up to her ankles. The girl I could see now in the mirror - She was me.

Carefully, I lifted myself slightly off the ground so that I could take a look around the room. We were upon a raised area or platform that was shaped in a circle. I glanced across what would be the walls of the room - which was basically a pale blue sky. Wisps of cloud constantly floated around the room. I noticed one pass right by my face, obscuring my view of the room for a second or two. As soon as the cloud had passed by, I gazed past the raised area that we were standing on. For miles and miles I could see what looked like a desert or large body of sand. Sticking out of the ground were hundreds upon thousands of jet black crosses. It was good knowing that the room itself hadn't changed, I just hoped that nothing else had. Next, my eyes drifted over to Lord Death himself. He looked like his usual cheery self - which was a contrast to my mother. I could easily tell that he was watching me… It unnerved me a little. I tried to ignore it and ended up looking around the room once more - mainly to see if anyone else was there. The next person I glanced upon was someone I saw very rarely. I had never properly talked to him - that made his presence here even more unsettling… I could see his blue eyes staring at me from under his locks of dark red hair. I knew who this was. He was Death Scythe, also known as Spirit Albarn. He was one of Death's death scythes. By looking into his eyes, I could tell that he was a caring person and a loving father… Not to mention a huge pervert… I could tell that just by looking into his eyes because I was a Jinsei no Kami. We're able to look into people's eyes and read everything about their souls. This allowed us to know what sort of personality people had. It was useful if you didn't really know people… As they always say: The eyes are the windows to the soul...

Were Lord Death and Spirit the only people here? I got up from the ground. It was no good scanning the area from down below. Plus, Luna and Layla were close by - which reassured me. I scanned the rest of the room. From the corner of my eye I could see three other people in the room. That meant that there was a current total of 5 people in the room minus Myself, Luna and Layla. That was too many people for my liking… I just hoped that these other people would be people that I knew...I turned to see who the other three were. It was Kid, Liz and Patty. Kid was sitting in his usual golden symmetrical chair. His hands interlocked together. Liz and Patty were situated on each side of the chair. Liz and Patty were Kid's weapons - they were also sisters. He had specifically chosen them so that he could have two symmetrical weapons. I knew the two of them fairly well so I wasn't really concerned about them being here. Just at that moment, I spotted Patty wave at us, a broad smile upon her face. If somebody waves at you you're supposed to wave back… Right? I ended up waving back anyway, though my arm was rather tense while doing so.

"Now that you three are here," Lord Death spoke. I turned my attention back onto him. He was staring right at the three of us. "We can start discussing why I asked for you to come here…" Oh yeah… Why had Death asked for us to come here!? I began to panic. Again. Suddenly, I felt a light hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Luna smiling gently at me. I smiled back. My panic began to fade. Now I could focus.

"I have gathered the three of you here to discuss a mission." A mission… I didn't know what to think about this yet. "This is a 3 star mission. All you have to do is travel over to a city not too far off from here." I felt a shiver run down my spine as soon as the word 'city' was mentioned. A city - means people.
"Don't worry," I heard Layla speak, "We can go at night so that nobody will be around. That way we won't have to interact with anyone." That sounded good to me. I was no good with people.

"In the city, there is a dangerous witch running an organisation there. This organisation has been involved with the trading of human souls. All you have to do is destroy the organisation. Not to mention return the human souls back here." Then we'd have to take all of the human souls back to life city afterwards. I thought about this for a quick moment. I assumed that on this mission we would be able to accumulate a number of kishin egg souls. If we were lucky we may be able to get our hands on a witch's soul as well. I highly doubted that there would be enough souls for either Luna or Layla to become a death/life scythe, but it would still be more souls for us to collect! (At the moment we didn't really have to many souls…)

"Is that all we have to do?" Layla questioned. Lord Death nodded his masked head. I looked across at my two partners.

"What do you think?" Luna asked.

"I think we should do it!" Layla replied. I nodded.

"Yeah," I managed, "I think we can pull it off." That was when it was decided. We were going on a three star mission!

The three of us began to walk towards the exit. Luna and Layla ahead of me. I could hear them talking about the mission. I could tell that they were excited. One of them would get the chance to eat a witch's soul - if we did end up completing the mission and killing the witch. I had always wondered what souls tasted like… Luna and Layla seemed to say that they were good… I was just about to reach the exit to the death room. That was when I felt a hand upon my shoulder. Why was everyone touching my shoulders today? Luna and Layla were in front of me… Who was touching my shoulder? Nervously, I turned hoping that I wouldn't see Spirit. I didn't really know him that well and probably wouldn't know what to do… Instead of Spirit I glanced upon a pair of golden yellow eyes. It was Kid. What was I supposed to do now? I knew Kid rather well in fact. I had known him for as long as I could remember really. "Good luck," He spoke, "Three star missions are more difficult than they sound."

"Yeah," Liz spoke. She was accompanied by Patty. They were both walking towards us. "Three star missions are pretty hard. Especially when your meister runs off to go and check if a painting is perfectly straight or not."

"That was really important!" Kid protested. I couldn't help but smile. Kid, Liz and Patty never failed to cheer me up. Liz sighed while Patty laughed.

"Oh," Lord Death interrupted while floating slowly towards us. "You mean the three star mission where you destroyed the Pyramid of Anubis?" Kid slumped to the ground.

"Don't remind me!" Kid moaned, "I'm worthless garbage! I don't deserve to live!" Liz groaned. Patty giggled again. Kid had always been like this. Kneeling down, Liz began to comfort Kid. As much as I wanted to stay, It was probably best if I left now. Luna and Layla were probably waiting…

"Well…" I spoke. Had I actually said something. I quickly calmed myself down and began to speak again. "I should really be going now…" Everyone looked at me. Aside from Lord Death who had returned to discuss something with Spirit. Kid began to get back off the floor. Liz must had said something that made him feel a little better.

"Stay Safe," He said. I smiled and turned to walk towards the exit.

"Yeah," I heard Liz say, "fighting a witch will be no walk in the park." I held my hand it the air as a farewell gesture. I didn't look back, though I knew that they would be waving after me. Luna and Layla were waiting for me, just at the doors ready to leave. Luna had a knowing smile upon her face while Layla had a mischievous smirk. did I miss something? "What have you two been talking about?" I asked - a suspicious tone to my voice.

"Nothing really," they spoke in unison.

"Ok…" I replied, not too sure of what to make of their answer.

"We should get going the quicker we leave the quicker the mission will be done and we can stop that witch" Luna spoke

"And get back to life city" Layla added. I nodded. They were right about that after all. With that, the three of us departed Death Weapon Meister Academy - along with Death city, Ready for our first three star mission.

Authors's note:

This is just a little note explaining how we decided to split the prologue into three parts. It was originally just going to be one part but then it would be over 26 pages long... I'll be explaining more about how this fanfiction is going to work at the end of prologue part three.

~ErzaSoul763