Hey, thanks for looking at this! Sorry bout the summary, I just cant figure out how to say it all...
Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters from Soul Eater, or the backround plot. I only own my four OC characters, the point of view on the story, and the plot where Soul Eater ends.
The wind rushed wiped through my dark brown hair, and threw my bangs into my face. My feet pounded the dry sand, sinking with every step. My legs burned, and my eyes teared up against the hot desert air. Still, I ran on. I can't stop. Stopping is signing a permission form for my execution. You see, I am running from my brother, Kou. Here, let me explain from the beginning.
My name's Ash. I am almost 15, and am five feet tall and 80 pounds. That means I am very tiny, so I look a lot younger then I am. And as for why I am running, it all starts with my family. My mother was a witch. She died giving birth to me, the youngest child. My dad was a shinnigami. He died 7 days ago. I have two older brothers. The oldest brother is named Ashura. I have not seen him in years, not since I was really little. That was when he joined Lord Death's group. I have not heard from him since. My other brother is Kou. He is really rude and annoying, and he loves to beat me up. But that's not the worst of it. He's insane. Seriously, clinically insane. My dad told me it runs in the family. I hope I don't catch it. Anyway, we don't really get along. So when Dad died, he blew up. He told me it was my fault, and started throwing things. I was really sad and scared, so I was already on edge, so when he started shouting, I just... snapped. I burned him. Yes, I burned him. You see, that mix of witch and shinnigami created a weird breed of people. Ashura turned out completely normal, as far as I know. Lucky him. Kou became something we call an angel. He directs light. (I know that seems very nice, but he uses it to hurt. Light can really hurt.) I am an "elemental witch". Instead of commanding an animal, I command an element... fire. So when I said I burned him, my fists burst into flames and fire shot from my palm to his chest. He screamed, and fell down, his the skin on his chest boiling under the heat. Naturally, I freaked out. I never used my powers, and I had never hurt anything. So I ran. I ran as far as I could, through the wood behind my house. I heard him scream behind me, "I will kill you Ash! I will hunt you down, if it takes my whole life!" And my family never breaks a promise, even horrible Kou.
So I ran. On and on, through the woods and over a grassy plain. Now I am in a desert. It's huge, and I can't find anything to eat or drink. I need to keep going, or he will kill me... Suddenly, I saw something. Far off in the horizon. What is that? Is it... yes! It's a city! I started running harder, though my aching thighs screamed in protest. "Thank God!" I gasped out as the city started to appear. It looked like a circle of houses and shops, without a wall or anything separating them from the desert sand. In the middle the was a huge building, with three huge skulls in the front. "What is this place?" I wondered aloud as I stared at the tiny spikes protruding from the middle skull's eyes and nose. But then it was out of sight, as I closed in on the outskirts of the city. I stumbled onto the pavement, and collapsed onto my knees. I felt like I would never stand up again.
"Hey, are you okay?" a friendly voice asked. I looked up into bright green eyes, belonging to a short girl with light brown pigtails. She was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. I was surprised she would look at me and not think I was a beggar. My hair was a mess, my clothes were tired, and I hadn't eaten in days.
"Um... yeah, just tired. Can you tell me where I am?" I gasped between breathes.
"Sheesh, you look like you ran for miles!" She exclaimed. "Soul, come over here. Some girl just ran into the city!" She turned back to me to kindly say "Your in Death City."
Before I could fully process the words, a boy came up behind the girl. He had white hair with one big spike in it, pulled back with a white headband with the word soul and the letters E.A.T. He was wearing a black and yellow sweatshirt with red pants. "What is it Maka? Who's the chick?" he asked. His voice was low, and very smooth. He gave off the atmosphere of someone trying to be cool.
"I don't know yet. What's your name?" the girl called Maka asked. I was finally getting my breath back, so I was able to say "Ash." without gasping. I tried to stand up to really greet them, but my legs gave out from under me.
The boy, Soul, caught me. "Steady, girl. You look like you ran really far. Try to take it slow." "Thanks." I blushed, and with his help I was able to stand.
"So, did you come to sign up at DWMA?" Maka asked.
"Uh, no. I've never heard of DWMA." I muttered, trying to focus on her without falling over.
"Oh, so your not a student" she said, disappointed. "But anyway, we should bring you to Lord Death. He will know what to do." She started walking down the road, and me and Soul followed.
"L-Lord Death? He's here?" I exclaimed, thinking back to when I had met him before. I was very young, and my dad had told me and Kou to "hide our souls." He had also hidden his Soul. He told us to never let anyone see our soul. I started at this, and quickly checked my own soul. "Phew!" I thought, as I saw that the hasty soul protect I had made in the woods to make it harder for Kou to track me was still in place.
"Yea, Lord Death is the principle of DWMA." Soul said cooly, watching my face. He had seen my expression when I realized they might have been able to see my soul. Maka added helpfully, "DWMA stands for Death Weapon Meister Academy. It's where new meister and weapon partners are trained to destroy Kishin eggs." Noting my confusion, she added, "A Kishin egg is a human soul that ate human souls seeking power. The soul becomes evil, and the human becomes a monster. This Kishin craves human souls to gain even more power." I nodded to show I understood.
"But what's a meister? And when you say weapon, what do you mean?" Maka opened her mouth to speak, but Soul interrupted her. "It's easier to just show you. I'm a weapon, and Maka's a meister." He stopped walking, and jumped high into the air. As he reached the top of the arc, light burst from him, and he seemed to shrink into a dot in the sky. The light blinded me, and when I could see again, in his place was a scythe. It had a huge black and red blade attached to a long grey pole. Maka caught it with ease, and stepped back into a fighting position. I was spellbound.
Then the weapon started to laugh! Soul's face appeared on the blade of the scythe, laughing. "You should have seen your face!" He chocked through his laughter. "Soul!" Maka exclaimed angrily. "She's new! And she has probably never seen anything like this before." Soul changed back into a human, still chuckling. I blinked, shocked and more then a bit confused. Maka started walking again, dragging Soul behind her. "Let's just take her to Shinnigami-sama."
We walked for a long time, through narrow streets and alleyways. Suddenly, we came to a huge set of stairs. I looked up, craning my neck high into the sky. The stairs went on for at least a mile, and at the top was that huge building I had seen from far away. Those tiny skull were now huge! Up close, I could see that the building looked like a castle, with towers and huge arching doors.
"It's beautiful. I can't believe a building that big could be symmetrical." Soul almost chocked, and both him and Maka gave me the strangest look. "What?" I asked, confused. "N-Nothing!" Maka said shakily, before returning to her normal cheerful self. "Come on, up we go!" I sighed, dreading the climb.
I managed to get halfway up the steps before I tripped. Without a pause, Soul picked me up and set me on my feet. From then on, I leaned on him. Theses steps were even bigger then they looked! When we finally got to the top, my lungs were screaming in harmony with my legs, and my heart was tap dancing in my chest. Maka turned around and smiled at me. "It's amazing you were able to get up here in your condition. But trust me, it's worth it. Turn around." she prompted me. I slowly turned around, and gasped at the sight. I could see the whole city! All the houses were as tiny as my fingernail. And I could see the rolling dunes of the desert, far off in the distance. I could see for miles and miles! This time Maka laughed. It was cute and high, like a sweet bell on a Christmas tree. "Told you!" she giggled.
Soul watched us with a bored expression, then butted in with a "come on!" and started walking toward the middle skull. Maka sighed, muttered something about "no appreciation for beauty" then followed him. I ran to catch up with them.
Maka said, "Welcome to DWMA." as we passed through the opening under the skull, I looked around, trying to drink it all in. There were hallways, with tall ceilings and tons of doors and windows. People streamed about, talking and laughing. Soul shouted "coming through!" and pushed through them all. They all immediately cleared a path. It seemed like they respected him and Maka. Many students looked at me curiously.
We walked down many halls, long after a bell rang and the people had all disappeared into the classrooms. I started to look around apprehensively, nervously playing with one of the bigger holes in my shirt. "Here we are!" Maka exclaimed as she stopped in front of a small door. It had no markings on it, and it looked the same as all the others. Soul pushed open the door, and I found myself staring into a huge room.
It was a blue dome, with clouds floating across it. The doorway led down the path surrounded by huge execution blades. Father off, black crosses marked hundreds of graves. The path became a few stairs, which lead up to a raised round platform.
On the platform stood three figures. The largest one stood with his back to a large mirror. I recognized him immediately. It was Lord Death. But he looked different. He used to wear a huge ragged black cloak and a very scary skull mask. Now his cloak was neat, and his mask, while still a skull, was cheerful and cute. Between us stood two figures facing Lord Death. The closest one to me was a tall, skinny girl with long black hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a green sweatshirt and blue pants. Even from behind, I could tell she had huge boobs. The middle figure was very short, (though still a few inches taller then me.) He had striking spiky blue hair, and wore an orange shirt with grey pants. Even from here, I could here his voice. It was high, almost like a girls, and very loud.
"So, what's the biggest mission you have? We want to collect as many souls as we can in one go! We only need a few more kishin souls and a witch soul!" I cringed, shocked. "They collect witch souls here too? Will they kill me?" I thought. I started to back out of the room.
"Oh, howdy, howdy howdy!" a cheerful voice exclaimed. Lord Death bounced down the steps, (he only has one leg, if you can call it a leg.) "Who is this Maka?" he asked. "Hello Shinnigami-sama. This is Ash. We saw her run into the city." Maka said cheerfully. Soul added, "We didn't know what to do with her, so we brought her to you." "Ah, I see." Lord Death said. "Come here Ash. Don't be afraid, I wont hurt you." I hesitantly walked up the path and onto the platform, coming up next to the boy with the blue hair.
"Hi..." I said nervously. Lord Death looked at me kindly, and said kindly, "Where do you come from? Are you a weapon or a meister?" I shook my head, and said, "It doesn't matter where I come from. I can never go back. And I'm not a weapon or a meister." "Okay then. And of course your something!" Lord Death exclaimed. I can feel the potential in you, So you must be a meister, since you would know if you were a weapon." I blinked at him, dazed. "I-I don't think so..." I said slowly. "Of course you are! And that means you can become a student here." he declared. "Would you like to become a student here?" "I guess..." I said, still very confused. It was all going to fast!
"Good!" he said happily. "Now, I would like to introduce you to your fellow students. This is BlackStar," he said, pointing to the short boy next to me, "and this is Tsubaki." he said, motioning to the girl.
Throughout the conversation, BlackStar had been staring at me. Now he exclaimed, "Hi! So your going to be a student. I hope you can be in some of my classes." He was very enthusiastic and energetic. "Hi. Nice to meet you." said Tsubaki. She had a low, gentle voice. It was obvious at once that she was quiet, and that BlackStar was quite the opposite. "Hi. Nice to meet you too." I said. It all felt like it was going to fast.
Suddenly, the walls started spinning. I started to speak, but I felt a dark wave wash over me. The last thing I heard was exclamations of "Is she ok?" and "What's wrong with her?" as I fell.
Well, that's the first chapter! This is may first FanFic, so don't judge more too harshly. Please comment!