Complete Summary: A new student has enrolled at the DWMA. He's nice, polite, and soft-spoken… But things aren't always what they appear, and everyone's got at least one secret to hide. Meanwhile, things seem to be falling apart between a certain meister and her parter. When his secret comes to light will it tear them further apart or bring them back together?
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Chapter One
Dr. Stein strode down the hallway on his way back to his classroom, much more tense than he had been before his meeting with Lord Death. No, it hadn't been a pleasant conversation, but there wasn't much he could do about it.
The class only sort of quieted down when he walked in, and, surprisingly, Maka wasn't one of the ones who did. Instead, she continued her conversation, or at least, her attempted conversation, with her partner.
"Why do you think Stein was late today?" she asked. Soul simply 'nn'ed in response and shrugged.
Maka frowned in annoyance. If not that exact response, he'd given a response very much like it to everything she'd said that morning. What was so interesting about the desk all of a sudden? She turned grumpily to the front of the room as Stein started class.
At first there was nothing unusual about class that day. Then, about halfway through the day, right before lunch, Stein stopped.
Now, Stein may seem like he didn't care much about the class, but usually he had them working right up until the bell rang. So when he just stopped, even Soul looked up.
Stein said nothing. He glanced up at the clock then towards the door. Then he waited. Just a second later the door opened. A girl walked in, followed closely by a boy.
The boy was really not all that tall. He was about the same height as Maka. The girl, however, was exceptionally short.
Her head of bright orange hair stopped about an inch below the boy's shoulder. Her hair was pulled back into two loose pigtails, making her look even younger. Even her bright blue eyes seemed to have an air of innocence about them. You could barely see the white blouse she wore because of the gigantic red bow pinned right below her neckline. Her short skirt was the exact color of her eyes. She wore flat, black shoes (which really didn't do anything for her height) and black knee-high socks.
"She looks like an elementary student," Soul muttered in a scoffing tone.
"Speaking to me again, are you?" Maka asked sharply.
"What does that mean?" Soul was apparently oblivious and still sounded pretty bored. Maka huffed, a muscle twitching just above her eye, and turned back to observe the boy.
He looked remarkably… normal. Well, at least compared to the girl. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt, dark blue, relatively baggy jeans, and off-white sneakers (they were really more gray) that had seen better days.
As they watched, he made a futile attempt to brush his bangs out of his eyes which didn't seem to be focusing all that well on the class anyway. His shaggy hair was a very dull blond. It may just have been the school's lighting, but his hair seemed to have a grayish tint to it. His eyes were an indistinguishable color. At first they appeared to be a very pale green. But look at him from a different angle and they were a silvery gray.
Neither seemed to find the situation too awkward despite the classroom full of teenagers staring at them.
"Class," Stein spoke, quieting them. "This is Emily Etebari and Micah-" he faltered which was unheard of for Stein. "This is Emily and Micah," he rushed on in and attempt to cover up his vocal trip. "They've transferred here."
He nodded at the two of them to find seats in the crowd. Emily and Micah walked through the aisles until they found two seats, coincidentally on the side of Black*Star. Predictably, Tsubaki was on his other side. Next to her was Maka and Soul, then Kid, Patty, Liz, and finally, Chrona.
Maka was hit with a feeling of strangeness. Micah and Emily had completed their row. Until then it had just been their little group of friends. She had never really noticed before, but the eight of them were a little secluded from the rest of the school.
With the arrival of Emily and Micah, they had been connected to the rest of the world. Or, the class at least.
Maka was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Stein watching her. Nor was she aware, as he was, that it was only a matter of time before she found out what a small world it really was.
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What a cheesy ending! Here's to hoping it gets better. ^^' And while we're on the subject of cheesiness I might as well mention the summary… What can I say? I'm the type of person who waits until the second before they upload the story to come up with those types of things…
I don't own Soul Eater.
I know this sounds like a pretty typical, cliché story, but I can promise you that there's a twist or a surprise or whatever you want to call it in there. I'm not sure how far into the story I plan on revealing it though…
Revised as of 7/3/14 (Thankfully, there wasn't too much to alter in this one.)