Soul Searching

Chapter 1

I walked as calmly as I could down one of the streets of Death City. None of the people seemed to pay any attention to me, which made me exhale thankfully. I didn't like attention. Especially not here. I stood up straighter and fixed my jade green flower pin in my red-orange hair and straightened up my red dress with Chinese designs on it. I briefly looked down at my black boots to check if they were still tied. I didn't want to make a fool of myself here.

I continued down the main street, heading for the center of town, until I came upon a tall set of steps. I sighed, already sick of walking, and began the long climb.

Once I finally got to the top of the steps I was completely out of breath. Looking up at the large and unusual building took the rest of it away. It was a very unusual building, hard to believe it's an actual school. I walked forward, away from the steps, and stopped halfway to the entrance. I kept my eyes on the unusual building. Who would make such a weird place as a school?

"Hello!" A girl appeared in front of me, making me jump back a little.

She had long, slightly curly, light pinkish hair. One of her curls came up higher than the other, irritating me a bit. She smiled at me with bright blue eyes. She wore a hot pink long sleeved shirt and a short pink and black plaid skirt with matching fuzzy boots.

"Hi..." I answered a little shyly. "This is the DWMA right?"

"Mmhm! That's right!" She answered, her voice joined by another girl's.

"A school made for meisters and weapons..." The other girl continued.

I had been so focused on her sister I had overlooked that she was there. They both looked very similar. This girl kept her pink hair tied high up in a ponytail with a big bow. She had the same blue eyes and similar clothing. The only difference was that she wore a lighter pink.

"By Lord Death himself!" Her sister finished. I looked at both of them confused.

Who was Lord Death?

"So...I've heard the purpose of this school is to track down and kill witches, is that correct?" The first girl that spoke to me answered.

"Yep! You need to collect 99 corrupted souls and 1 witch soul for your weapon to become a death scythe."

99 corrupted souls and a witches soul?

"Speaking of weapons..." Her sister spoke, "do you have a partner?"

I frowned. "No I don't.." I looked at her sister. "I just got here about an hour ago."

"Oh, that makes sense." The sister spoke. "I didn't think that I have seen you before."

"And don't worry, there are a lot of weapons without meisters. You just have to find the right one. I'm Rosaline, and this is my sister Lillie, we're twin demon blades!"

"That's our Meister over there, he doesn't talk much." Lillie looked over towards the school.

I looked over at their meister who was leaning against the school. Once he saw I was looking, he looked away embarrassed. From here I could tell that he had short, sandy blond hair.

I smiled slightly, looking back at the twins. "You can call me Rea..." I looked around confused. "Umm...ai... So... What do I do now?"

"It's nice to meet you!" Lillie and Rosaline shouted happily in unison.

"And you can come to class with us!" Rosaline smiled.

"Ah... Okay.." I said hesitantly.

I followed the twins at a distance as they led me towards the school. Rosaline held the door to the school open for us to go inside as Lillie got their meister. The school was just as big inside. A large staircase greeted us inside where students were walking up. Some students stood in groups scattered around. None of them payed any attention to us which was good.

"I'm sure your going to love this place." Rosaline said gleefully. "We'll make sure to visit Lord Death afterwards. He would be happy to meet you!"

We followed her up the steps. "Okay..."

I'm not even sure if I want to meet this guy! Someone named after death can't be nice. He has to be someone scary. Maybe I should just turn back.. No! I have to do this! I have to do this for-

"So where are you from Rea?" Lillie said, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"China."

"Oooh!"

"Really?" Rosaline said, surprised. "I have never met anyone from China before. What made you decide to come to Death City?"

I looked down at where I was walking and frowned. "I'm looking for someone..."

The twins exchanged looks.

Lillie spoke first. "Oh? Do they go here? Maybe we know them."

I shook my head. "No."

Lillie and Rosaline both shared a sweatdrop.

"Well I hope you find them soon!" Rosaline said quickly with a smile.

Well that was akward.

"Well, here we are!" Lillie smiled, waving her arms to gesture towards the door.

Micah opened the door and walked in without a word. I had forgot that he was even here with us. It was weird how quiet he was. How could he have weapons that were so outgoing if he was so antisocial? Rosaline held the door open for us to go inside the classroom.

"Just a quick warning...the teacher is a little...well...you'll see." She said quietly as we walked inside.

"Umm...okay..." I answered, confused.

What was I getting myself into?

They led me into the classroom and up a few stairs to three vacant seats where we sat down. Other students were still coming in while others sat. Some groups stood around and talked. I looked around curiously at the other students. I had never seen so many people in one room before..

Lillie sighed. "He's usually a little late."

A boy with bluish hair jumped onto the front desk, putting a fist into the air.

"WOOOO I'M THE BEST ASSASSIN EVER! I WILL SURPASS GOD!" He shouted. Everyone else seemed to ignore him. He was very loud.

Surpass God?

"Please sit down Black Star! You'll get in trouble!" A tall girl with long black hair in a ponytail begged him.

"Psh I'm not afraid of getting in trouble. I'm Black Star!"

I shook my head. "Aiii.. He seems pleasant."

"Oh yeah." Lillie answered, equally enthused as I was. "He's a peach."

She's comparing him to fruit?

Rosaline spoke next. "That's Black Star for ya. He's always like that. I feel sorry for Tsubaki, his weapon, but she's the only one who can handle listening to him 24/7."

"Dui." I agreed in Chinese. "I do feel sorry for her.."

How can she stand him? I'd get annoyed if he went around yelling all the time.

Lillie rubbed her head. "Just listening to him in class gives me a headache. Imagine having to live with him."

"Yeah," Her sister agreed, "and then there's Kid, who freaks out whenever there is something asymmetrical around him."

"Really?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah, he's Lord Death's son." Lillie informed me.

If he doesn't look scary then his father shouldn't!

I crossed my fingers under my desk.

"He has twin pistols, the Thompson sisters. They are pretty cool, but they are asymmetrical, so Kid always have something to say about it." Rosaline explained.

"Hm." That's weird.. How could someone be so obsessed with symmetry? Especially Lord Death's son?

At that instant the door flew open and a man on a swivel chair rolled in, but the front wheel got caught in the doorway and he fell face forward onto the floor. Everyone was dead silent. Don't tell me that's our teacher..

"Um..." Lillie spoke. "That's professor Stein."

"Aiiiiiiiiiii..." I moaned dreadfully.

Stein got up off the floor and dusted himself off.

"Hello class..." Stein said as if he hadn't even fallen.

He reached down and picked up his chair, setting it back onto its wheels. Then he looked up. Right.

At.

Me.

I shrunk in my seat.

"What do we have here? A new student? Go ahead, stand up and introduce yourself." He said with a smirk on his face.

I straightened up and slowly stood, uttering a small ai...

"What was that?" Stein asked.

Lillie and Rosaline exchanged looks. Lillie cleared her throat awkwardly.

I could feel my face turn red as everyone stared at me. I swallowed hard and... Left defenseless... I panicked.

"Wǒ... Ń.. Bù huì shuō yīngyǔ...?" I blurted out quickly without thinking. I hadn't even noticed I was speaking Chinese until I saw Stein's face.

"..ah?" He was obviously confused.

"This is uncomfortable.." Lillie said quietly.

"Ah..." I closed my eyes and put my hands in fists, forcing English words out. "Ai... I-i'm Rea.."

"Well welcome the the DWMA Rea.." The professor sat back on his chair and slightly smirked.

He began talking to the class. I collapsed back into my chair, my head connecting with my desk with a thud. "Aii... That was horrible.."

"He's usually like that..." Rosaline tried to make me feel better. "He makes anyone feel awkward." It didn't work much.

"And he's obsessed with dissecting things, even people." Lillie pointed out.

"Why is he a teacher then!?" I said loudly in a hushed tone.

"He's one of the best meisters out there." Rosaline tried to calm me down. "His partner is one of Lord Death's death scythes now."

"Oh..." Impressive.

"Yeah...They're all just nuts." Lillie shook her head.

"...So far most of these people are..." I quietly told myself.

"So today, we will be dissecting a mountain lion." The professor announced to the class while ripping off a blanket covering the cage I had overlooked. "He's sedated right now...but I'm not sure if I want to start the experiment before or after it wakes up...hmm..."

...What did he just say..?

"You mean that thing's not dead yet?!" Lillie quietly squeaked.

"What!? Thats animal cruelty!" I found myself shouting, sitting up.

"Hmmm? Animal cruelty? Of course not, it's science." He started picking out his dissecting tools.

"Is he really going to go through with this?!" Rosaline asked, on edge.

I stood up. "Stop it!"

The lion groaned and opened one eye to look at Stein. A chill went down my spine and the room went quiet.

"Meep!" Lillie squeaked.

"Holy crap it's awake!" Rosaline freaked out.

I froze.

"Now i'm going to have to sedate it again." Stein remarked with a bored tone.

I slammed my hand on the desk. "You touch that animal and i'll! I'll..." What the heck could I do?

"Either I sedate it, or we all get our heads ripped off. Take your pick."

Rosaline grabbed each side of her head with her hands. "I'm kind of attached to my head..."

Lillie did the same. "Yeah...I'd rather not lose it.."

"Why the heck do you have a mountain lion anyway!?"

"I thought it would be an interesting subject." Professor Stein said as he put a liquid into a syringe.

I fell back into my chair again, my head connecting with the desk again, this time on accident. "Aiiiiiiiiiii!" I groaned.

"I-I don't like needles..." I looked over to see Lillie's face go pale.

Lillie groaned and covered her face. I guess Stein had injected the mountain lion. After a while I heard a thud as it fell over.

"There problem solved." Our teacher said.

"That didn't help anything." I said, my head still on the desk.

Someone else spoke from the class. "So are we even going to get to dissect it, or just watch you?"

Stein didn't answer. We all already knew the answer.

"Why would anyone want to do that?" I asked.

"Because he's crazy." Rosaline stated.

"Oh...I'm going to puke!" I looked up to see Lillie peeking through her fingers.

"Well don't look!" I said, sitting up. I looked over to see Stein getting his scalpel and immediately put my head down. "Aiiiiii!"

A bell rang through the room.

Lillie threw her hands into the air. "THANK THE LORD!"

I slowly sat up, looking around. "It...It's over..?"

"Yeah, this class anyway...now we go to get lunch." Rosaline stood up with a little sigh of relief.

"I didn't bring a lunch though..." I said, standing up.

"That's alright." Lillie smiled. "Alice always packs more than we can actually eat."

We walked over to the door where Rosaline stopped.

"Wait...Micah?"

He lifted up his own lunch box.

"Right...we'll see ya later!"

"Soo... I guess hes going to eat alone..?" I asked as we walked out.

"Yeah...he usually does." Lillie answered. "He's not really the attention-seeking type."

"Or the social type..." Her sister added.

"Does he even talk to you guys?"

"A little." Lillie led the way down the hall.

Rosaline followed next to her. " We don't know much about him, except that he was orphaned."

"We know he trusts us though, or else we wouldn't be able to resonate our souls at all."

"It's still a little weak, but we a working on that."

"Oh.." I answered, looking around at the hall.

"Yeah, he's getting better though. Before he would just sit there, emotionless." Lillie smiled.

"It bothers me a little...not knowing weather he is in pain or not." Her sister sighed. "I'm just waiting for this day when he snaps and spills all of his feelings. Even a quiet and collected person like Micah has a breaking point."

"Hm.."

"Well, anyway..." Lillie said, suddenly cheerful. "Maybe after we eat we can go see lord death!"

"Ah! Okay.." I answered a little nervously.

I followed the twins back down the stairs and out the main door.

"We like to eat outside when it's good weather like this." Rosaline smiled at me.

I returned a small grin. Lillie walked over to a balcony where she sat down with a big lunch box in her arms. We sat down next to her. While the others sat with their legs to the side, I sat on mine.

"Does anything sound good to you, Rea?" She asked as she opened up the lunch box and started to set out the different containers of food. "Alice pretty much makes and packs everything."

I stared down at it blankly. "Alice?"

Rosaline slapped her forehead. "Oh yeah, we've been talking about her and haven't even told you about her yet."

"She's two years older than us, so she's 17. And really nice too! She is a Meister without a weapon too! She had one at, but there was an accident..."

"But I'm sure she would love you! Maybe you could come over and meet her sometime whenever your free!"

"She seems nice." I smiled.

"Mhm!" Lillie smiled as she opened the containers.

I looked into each of them curiously. I was starving. I hadn't eaten for a long while now. None of the food looked familiar though.

"Take whatever you want. Don't be shy." Rosaline smiled at me as they started eating.

I looked at something that looked tasty and pointed at it. "What is that...?"

"Tapioca pudding!" Lillie smiled. "It's really good!"

I slowly picked up the container and a spoon and scooped some of it up. I looked at it curiously and then took a bite. It was very sweet and tasted of vanilla.

"It is good!" I said.

Lillie smiled and took some sort of sandwich.

"So what kind of food did you usually eat in china? I've had Chinese at restaurants here, but I wasn't really sure." Rosaline asked.

I set my food down. "Miàntiáo, shou mian, Zong Zi, ooh! And my favorite is Nian Gao!"

Lillie tilted her head to one side. "I have never heard of those before."

"Maybe we can try to make them sometime! But I'm a terrible cook...but Alice could help. She's an amazing cook!" She smiled.

I smiled and went back to eating my pudding. The truth was I didn't want Alice to help. I wasn't going to be around anyways.

We ate in silence. I could hear footsteps in the distance. It didn't take long for a figure in a black cloak to emerge from the stairs heading to the school. I stopped eating, surprised and a little nervous. Was it a witch?

"Hmm?" Both twins resonated.

I looked over at them confused and concerned.

The person wearing the cloak started to walk faster toward the front of the school as I looked back over at it.

"That's a little odd..." Lillie remarked.

"Should we say something to them?" Her sister asked.

"Aah... I dont know..." I answered nervously. What if it was a witch?

We watched as the person opened the door and quickly went inside. She quickly closed the door behind herself.

"Huh..." Lillie exhaled.

"I wonder who that was...it looked kind of suspicious to me..."

I looked away.

"Oh! Class starts in 15 minutes. If you want, we can go see lord death now." Lillie's words sent a chill down my spine.

I set my food down. "Okay..."

Lillie gathered up all the food containers and put them back into the lunch box.

"I haven't gone to see lord death in forever!" Rosaline smiled. "I wonder what he's been up to. He can't do much since he has to stay in death city to protect it."

So seeing Lord Death is a regular thing!? Maybe he isn't so scary... But... With a name like death what's to expect? He is probably mean and scary! Aiiiiiii!

I had been too absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice that we were moving. We were moving through the halls of the school again. We stopped in front of two large doors. Rosaline knocked a few times.

"Come in!" A weird, high pitched voice greeted us.

What...? That can't be...


~Author's Note~

Thanks for reading our Soul Eater fanfic! Rea belongs to Adelina Fontana and the twins, Alice and Micah belong to me. When we were writing this, it seemed to go on forever and ever, so we split the first original chapter in to two separate chapters. Please review and tell us what you think about it!

~DeamingOfOceans