Chapter 1: Early Morning Brawl

Sierra's Point of View

Today was the first day for school at the DWMA for Serena, Nova and I. I had a feeling that today was not going to be a fun day because 1) it was 6am and I'm not a morning person and 2) Serena and Nova were arguing. While there always was arguing within our little group, it was rare that it involved Nova. Normally it was my twin and I arguing about stupid things. I was curious to why my best friend and twin were arguing, but honestly I'm way too tired to care right now.

I was half awake as we walked up the steps leading to the school. They seemed to go on forever, and it was getting quite annoying. It didn't help that the two idiots I was walking in between were yelling at each other while I was caught in the middle. When I was about to ask myself what else could go wrong, we reached the top of the steps and another idiot started yelling. Some blue haired guy was yelling at the three of us. He was up on one of the red spikes that were attached to the school. Some other kid was yelling at him to get down before he broke it and ruined the symmetry of the school again. 'What the hell; is everyone here crazy?' I asked myself as I shook my head, now fully awake from all the yelling.

It seemed like the yelling of the blue haired kid was annoying Serena as well. It seemed to anger her while Nova just laughed, especially when the kid jumped off of the spike and landed right in front of us. I finally got to hear what he was saying now; he was challenging us to a fight because we were "trying to be bigger stars" than him.

"I'll fight you!" Serena yelled back stepping forward. I sighed to myself, I had a feeling she would say that. She always has loved to fight. "Sierra, you go stand somewhere else, me and Nova can handle it."

"Whatever, just know that if I think I need to step in, I will. Also, Nova, if you can't handle anything let me know and I'll stop the fight also." I told my twin and best friend as I walked over to three people my age. I was thankful because I honestly didn't want to fight so early in the morning; I was still far too tired to deal with it. Plus, something felt off but I wasn't sure what it was.

"Hi, I'm Maka." A cheerful blonde with pigtails said to me when I had stopped walking to stand next to her. "That's Black Star." She told me motioning to the guy my partners were about to fight. "This is Tsubaki; she is Black Star's weapon. And this is Soul, he is my weapon." She told me pointing to a white haired guy and a black haired girl.

"I'm Sierra; the idiot that looks like me is my younger twin, Serena. The blonde is our best friend Nova. They are both my weapons, but Serena has wanted to be a meister recently." I responded as I looked to my two idiots, as I normally call them in my head (out of love, of course). I frowned when I saw Nova transform into her weapon form; a pink bladed scythe with a white handle. I clearly wasn't too sure about my sister's skills as a meister.

"Is something wrong with that?" Tsubaki asked me when she noticed the worry on my face.

"Yeah, my sister is new to the whole being a meister thing so she's a bit reckless. Plus, she treats Nova like a replaceable toy so she tends to be too rough and mean with her." I said as I forced myself to look away from the fight that just began.

"But Serena is a weapon too, right?" Soul asked me as he watched the fight that I refused to look at.

"Yup she is. She's weird and a bit hypocritical with the things she says and does." I told him but wasn't looking at him. I was now looking past him at that boy from before, the one who was yelling about symmetry. "Who's that?" I asked leaning towards Maka and asking in a hushed tone. She followed my eyes to where I was looking to see the boy.

"That's Lord Death's son. Death the Kid. The two girls standing next to him are his weapons." Maka replied. "I'll go get them so they can meet you too." I was about to stop her, but she was already running off to them. I wouldn't say I'm a people person, so I wasn't too thrilled with meeting more people than I already had to. I quickly glanced at my sister just in time to see her get kicked pretty hard. I couldn't help but smile at it.

"So, you are one of the new students." I heard a male voice ask right next to me. I looked at the kid standing next to me, kind of freaked out that he was there and wondering how he got there without me noticing. I guess I was enjoying my twin's pain too much.

"Yeah I am," I responded smiling a bit. He formerly introduced me to himself and his weapons. He talked like a proper gentleman, it was interesting. I told him who Serena and Nova were with a smile. But that smile faded instantly when I heard both of them yell. I snapped my head towards them and was shocked.

"So, he can attack directly with his soul." I stated more than asked.

"Yeah, he can." Kid responded as he also looked at the fight.

"Damn, that's Nova's one weakness. I wish Serena would just stop using Nova as a shield, she could easily counter it herself." I mumbled to myself. I badly wanted to stop the fight, but Nova hadn't asked for my help yet and she could handle a few of those attacks before I would need to stop the fight.

"Hello Professor Stein." The group of kids my age said suddenly. I felt my arm get tugged a bit. I turned to see Maka. I guess she had said something that I didn't hear.

"This is Professor Stein." Maka told me. I fully looked over to see a guy in a rolly-spinny chair.

"Oh, um, hi." I said slightly nervous and a bit absentmindedly. I was still more focused on Nova right now and it seemed like he noticed.

"Is everything alright?" He asked me. His voice made me jump. I hadn't realized he rolled himself directly to my side. He was only about a foot away from me now.

"I don't think so…" I mumbled just loud enough for him to hear. I could tell he looked at me, but my full attention was on the fight now. I could hear part of what Nova and Serena were saying, and I think he was listening as well.

"Serena, I can't handle that attack again. I really don't want to end up in the hospital. Let Sierra stop the fight, please." Nova begged, sounding scared.

"Shut up Nova. I don't care if you get hurt. We have to win this fight; I have to get better than Sierra. It's your job to get killed for your meister away." Serena shot back. I clenched my fists and began walking towards them.

"Sierra, where are you going?" I heard Maka ask as I walked away. I didn't bother responding, her question was about to be answered. I answered it by appearing in front of my two idiots and kicking Black Star backwards.

"The fight is over. You win." I told him before spinning to face my sister who was equally as angry as me now.

"What the hell?!" Serena yelled loudly as she threw Nova down in a fit of rage.

"Ouch…" Nova mumbled when she turned back to her human form. I held out my hand and helped her up before answering my yelling sister.

"Don't what the hell me. Nova just clearly said she couldn't handle another attack. This is supposed to be some stupid school fight, not a fight to Nova's death." I snapped; the anger was obvious in my voice which was quite odd for me. Normally I was calm no matter what.

"What does it matter? She's just a pathetic weapon. All she could ever possibly do is die a shield for me. That's all weapons are really good for." Serena snapped as rudely as possible. From my side, I heard Nova sniffle, trying to hide the fact that she was now crying because of my sister's cruel remark. When I realized that Nova was crying, something came over me and before I knew it, I had pushed Serena backwards. The push caused her to stumble backwards and land on the ground.

"I'm so tired of you saying that! What the hell has made you think so lowly of weapons and Nova? In case you forgot, you and I are weapons too! How would you feel if I started using you as a shield instead of actually working with you to fight?!" I yelled angrily. It was now very obvious how furious I was with Serena. Before she could say anything, I spun around, grabbed Nova's hand and walked quickly into the school. I honestly didn't care what she had to say in response. I just needed to get out of there before I did something else or said something else that I'd regret later. Plus, I now had a crying girl to take care of.

Serena's Point of View

I sat there on the ground in shock. Sierra has never pushed me or yelled at me like that before. I'm pretty sure those who had met her were shocked too. No one would have believed that she would do that. From the start Sierra always has a calm and collected attitude about her. It's obvious that she is the type to stay calm no matter how angry or upset she gets. I now realize that there must be something wrong for her to act like that.

"You alright?" A girl with pigtails asked me as I stood up and brushed myself off.

"Yeah, even if I wasn't alright, I did sort of deserve that so it's not like I should complain or anything." I responded as I laughed a bit, unsure of how she would react after what she had heard between my sister and me. "She isn't normally like that, in case you were wondering. She's normally pretty emotionless."

"I agree with her getting mad at the statement you said, but what caused her to push you?"

"I made Nova cry. Sierra is very protective over her." I smiled nervously at the girl. "So, anyway, I'm Serena."

After that the girl, Maka, introduced herself and her group of friends and her professor. I was happy that I got a chance to meet these people, but I was eager to find Sierra and Nova so I could apologize. Plus, I had to get to the Death Room so I could find out what classes I have.

"Alright, time for class everyone." Professor Stein called out suddenly. All the students nodded their heads and began heading towards their classrooms. It was also time for me to finally go and find the Death Room. I hoped that Sierra and Nova were going to be there too. I needed to find out what was going on and also make up for making my best friend cry. Normally I would have been mad that I was pushed, but today wasn't a normal day and I was starting to feel like something odd was going on. I figured that is what was affecting my sister; well I hoped it at least. I'd hate to think my sister really was starting to be like that.