*Mackenzie*
I looked out the window and came face to face with the beautiful Death City. The sun was beginning to set and its eyes and mouth were drooping now. It cast a lovely shade of pink all over the sky, not to mention bathing the city and all its occupants in the streets that same shade. I sighed and sat back into my blue butterfly chair. It was so quiet. Just last month the Kishin was defeated, and there was turmoil all throughout the city. Everything was just now getting back to normal now that the madness wavelengths were being taken care of. Of course, my parents enrolled me into Death Weapon Meitster Acadamy, or DWMA, before they went to fight the Kishin. Then, Aracne's accomplice Mosquito killed my father in cannon fire, while my mother was left unscathed.
I sighed again and looked out the window. The sun was giving its last rays of light as it slipped past the horizon, and now the laughing moon was up beginning to give off its light. Dad and I always used to watch the moon come up… I then smelled some sort of Italian dish from the kitchen and knew it was almost time to eat. Folding up my butterfly chair, I closed the window slowly and walked into the kitchen.
"Hey mom," I said, setting the chair in a corner. She turned and smiled, a strand of hair falling into her face.
"Hi sweetie." She replied. "If you want you can set the table, I'm almost done." I nodded and went over to the cupboards, setting the plates and glasses on the counter.
"So, are you nervous about school tomorrow?" She asked dishing out some noodles.
I shrugged.
"Not really. I'm just scared of what's outside the school. After what happened to dad last month…" I said, fiddling with the stud earrings he had gotten for me when I was younger.
"Well, things like that will happen." She said, her voice struggling not to cry. "But he died knowing that I would be here to take care of you. So, we have to make sure that you do the best you can in the school, alright?"
Her arms were now wrapped around me in a tight hug, and I hugged her back.
"You know, I'm not that hungry mom, I think I'll just go to bed." I said softly.
"Are you sure?" She asked. "How about I put it into your lunch for tomorrow?" I nodded.
"Yeah, that would be great mom." I answered as I walked out of the kitchen.
I walked out into the hall and up the stairs to my bedroom. Once there I closed the door and turned off my light. I fell onto my bed in my clothes and sighed, looking at the uniform I'd have to adorn tomorrow. The red plaid skirt and white button down shirt seemed to look back at me saying, 'We're going to have to be worn by you?'. Eventually, the buttons quit staring, and the distant sound of the laughing moon lulled me to sleep.
*Chelsea*
"Are you sure this is the right place?" I asked as we walked into the city walls. My escort was walking in front of me and nodded.
"Yeah, this is Death City. And there's nothing to worry about here." He said pointing to a large building far off in the distance. "And that's DWMA, where you'll be training."
"Do you think we'll get there before school starts? It looks pretty far." I said.
"We will, just walk a little faster, come on."
Silence ensued for a few minutes with only our footsteps filling up the empty void. I looked around the town as we walked by the tall buildings. They were made of brick for the most part, and the ground was made of cobblestones. Fairly odd in this day and age.
"Isn't there a taxi service here or something?" I asked after about forty five minutes passed. The guide shook his head.
"There wasn't when I came here a month ago, so I don't think there would be one here now." He replied matter-of-factly.
"Why? Are you getting tired?" He asked, turning around to face me.
I shook my head, even though my feet felt like they were about to fall off of my legs at any second.
"I'm fine."
He sighed and shook his curly head of hair. Then he sat down in a doorstep and motioned for me to sit next to him.
"We'll still get there by morning I promise." He said. It was my turn to sigh as I sat down next to him. Even sitting, his trench coat framed body seemed imposing.
"Besides, you'll walk faster if you're rested." I nodded, agreeing with him and laid my head against the brick wall. The moon was smiling down on us as we rested in the doorway.
"Hey, Charlie, how long have you been escorting people here?" I asked as the moon began laughing.
"A little after the Kishin was released. Death needed new recruits and so I agreed to go around the world and collect Meisters and Weapons to come and train." He said calmly. As if it wasn't that big of a deal.
"Isn't it dangerous?" I asked.
He nodded.
"I lost my weapon over in Russia while picking up one of the new students. We ran into a really nasty guy, and… he took my partner…" He said, trailing off. "So, now, I bring kids here so things like that can't happen."
I smiled.
"That's really nice of you." I said, as my eyes fluttered shut. "Very nice…"
*Nathaniel*
I sat up quickly when I heard my alarm go off. The sound of Blair yowling in your ear at six a.m. would get anyone going. Then I slammed my hand on her head as she stopped.
"Oww…" She whined as she pawed at her tiny furry face. "You don't have to hit THAT hard. I AM waking you up after all…"
"Sorry Blair… I honestly forget my own strength. Especially in the morning." I apologized as I slipped out of bed. Blaire swished her tail from side to side as she held up a clean T-shirt in her mouth. Well, partially clean. It had been sitting on my desk chair since last Thursday when I had fallen into the bath that Blair had drawn. But at least it smelled good.
"Hmm… Orange looks good on you… So, can I come with you to school today?" She asked as she leapt onto my unmade bed.
"No." I answered. "You know the rules. No witches allowed. Even if you are a cat." I added, pulling on some socks.
She whined and turned into her human form. Yeah, the cat that was sitting on my bed turned into a human. Albeit, a good looking one. Yeah, it took me a while to get used to too, but I can look at her without getting a nosebleed thank goodness.
"Pretty please?" She asked, winking one eye. I shook my head again.
"No Blaire. The only reason you're allowed to stay here is because you're a cat!"
"Well, I think that's a stinky rule." She pouted. Her nose then scrunched up as she rooted around my blankets. "And this is just stinky." She complained as she held up one of my dirty socks.
"Sorry," I said as I grabbed it from her. Walking over to the hamper I noticed Blaire putting on one of my shirts. "What are you doing?"
She stopped and looked at me.
"I'm just trying it on." She said innocently. Her breast size was larger than the width of my body, but the T-shirt was larger and hung loosely around her.
I then turned towards the door, resolved to get to the school before Blackstar could. I'd been racing my loud assassin friend to the school for the past five weeks, not only to prove I could run faster, but also so I wouldn't be late at all.
"Did you eat breakfast?" Asked Blair as she followed me out my bedroom door through my messy house. "I don't need to worry about Soul or Maka because they make there own, but I never see you eat any…"
I stopped at the door with my ear buds halfway in, and cringed. I could hear the worry in her voice. I turned around and smiled.
"Don't worry; I'll pick some stuff up at the school. Okay? See you Blair! And thanks for the wake up!" I called before she could object. I slammed the door in the poor witch cat's face and ran down the stairs as fast as I could listening to the banging of drums and strums of bass guitars.
*C.J.*
I walked down the streets of Deathcity as the moon began its decent in the night sky. Its eerie smile directed just at me it seemed. No blood on it anywhere either… that's good. At least I'd have something to tell the Professor when I got back to the lab. But, as to why he had me leave early in the morning was beyond my thought comprehension at the present moment. But, theories kept floating around in my mind, as usual.
I sighed and continued to walk on.
I graduated from the academy over a year ago, and have been working along Professor Stein ever since the Kishin's defeat last month. The madness wavelengths had continued to show up, and he wanted to get rid of them once and for all. I don't blame him either. I know I wouldn't want to wake up laughing maniacly in the dead of night. The wavelengths can't and won't seem to leave him alone. We've tried everything to stop them… I'm just glad they aren't bothering me at all.
Now he wants me to go to DWMA to talk to Lord Death about a new experiment/trial thing that we've come up with to take care of the wavelengths. He also wanted me to try to get a weapon, considering I've never had one ever since I got to the school. No one could ever seem to agree with my own soul wavelengths.
I began to walk up the large staircase that led to the school itself. The sun was now beginning to rise, which ment that all the new students would begin to pour in for the new semester. About halfway there I stopped and turned around to witness the sun rise. It was still asleep as it rose and warm the ground below. Once its rays hit my face and reflected on my glasses I turned and continued to walk up the stairs, my way now covered in light.
But, that was stage one, I thought to myself. Stage two would be finding the source of the continuing wavelengths and then stamping it out would come after. I sighed.
Instead of subsiding the wavelengths seemed to be growing, and more so around Deathcity. Eventually we might have to evacuate the city if it gets too bad.
There was always something going on in the labs about the wavelengths. It seemed to be the only place in the city it could enter, and luckily it didn't seem to be spreading to anyone.
And… if it did… the effects could be catastrophic.
*Charlie*
I walked forwards occasionally checking to make sure Chelsea was still behind me. She was, though still half asleep. I fell asleep and didn't wake up to the alarm I had set, so now we had to rush to get her there on time.
"Come on. Come on. You don't want to be late on your first day right?" I called back to her. I saw the words register in her eyes and she began to speed up just a little. Sighing I turned around and continued to jog. Even though I made constant visits to the city, it still proved to be a confusing place to be. The buildings all looked the same, and if it was busy out it was even more overwhelming. Luckily our destination could be seem from all over, and children where coming from a whole matter of different directions towards the school, so we really just had to go with the flow.
And in about twenty minutes we were at the base of the stairs to the school. I stopped and looked over at Chelsea who was looking at the stairs in absolute horror.
"I have to walk up these every day?" She asked in disbelief. I nodded.
"You get used to it after a while though." I said, holding out my hand. "But it was a pleasure to meet you, and good luck at school." She shook it and looked up the stairs again as I turned to leave.
"Hey Charlie?" I stopped and turned.
"Yes?" I replied.
"Can you please walk with me to the top? And possibly to my classroom? I have no idea where I'm going." She asked me. Her school uniform which she had put on the night before gave her the look of a small child, and her short light brown hair completed the look. Her eyes began to pout.
"No." I said, walking away. "I have things I have to do. The stairs go straight to the front and from there, someone will show you around." I waved my hand.
Not thirty seconds later I heard a voice coming from my pocket.
"Charlie! Charlie pick up your mirror!" I heard a scratchy, hyper voice yell. I stopped, sighed and pulled out my pocket sized mirror. Inside was the figure of death. His white, pointed skeleton mask was staring back at me.
"Hello Lord Death." I replied with a nod. He held up a large white hand in return. "What can I do for you? I'm just about to head out again."
"I know that, and you don't know how happy I am to hear it, but I was wondering if you could come to Deathroom and talk to me for a little bit." I grimaced. "It's fairly important Charlie. And since you're here right now I think you could spare a few minutes."
Sighing, I nodded my head.
"Sure Lord Death. Just give me a few minutes to get to the building."
"Great! I'll have someone waiting for you at the door." He said joyfully as my mirror went blank, showing my face once more. I turned around and sighed as I ran towards the stairs. I met up with Chelsea on the first landing.
"I thought you where leaving." She said accusingly.
"I was, but then Death happened." I explained.
"You mean our headmaster?"
"Yeah, so I guess you get your escort to the top anyway." I said as we continued our climb.
*Nathaniel*
"I-am going- to kill you- Black Star." I panted while resting my hands on my knees. My blue haired friend was standing five feet away from me with his hands on his hips looking down at me. How badly I wanted to punch his ugly face. Slipknot agrees with me.
"You can't kill me Nathaniel! I'm going to surpass god, remember? Ah ahahahahaha!" Black Star cackled.
"Um, Black Star… It's time for class to start. …You promised that you wouldn't skip any classes this semester…" Tsubaki interjected. How this sweet, quiet, (not to mention… large chested) girl could stand to be his partner is beyond me. Black Star whirled and pointed a finger at her.
"I know I promised Tsubaki, but," He said as he pointed down the hall. "We have to show this newcomer where to go." I looked to where he was pointing and saw a tall guy in a trench coat walking towards us with a dazed look on his face.
"Uh, Black Star?" I whispered to him. "I don't think we should bother him."
"Nonsense! Who doesn't want to be bothered by the great assassin Black Star?" He shouted. The trench coat guy stopped and looked at us. I heard the air go into Black Star's mouth as he was about to introduce himself (even though the guy probably heard halfway down the hall…) and slammed my hand over it.
"Sorry sir, but we currently do not have a shortage of pocket watches, so you can go home now." I said shooing him off with my free hand. I felt Black Star lick my hand as the guy stepped forwards. I grimaced, though, as to what I didn't know. I was new to the school, and leave it to me to make fun of one of the teachers.
"Well I'm not selling watches until next week, so I think I can stay." He answered.