"Damn that thief!"
Yep, that is how this story is going to start off.
I might as well introduce myself, since you and I are going to become somewhat well acquainted with each other.
My name is Athena Kline, currently sixteen years of age, and residing in New York City. Well...maybe on the run would be the most appropriate term...
Since I shall be telling you this lovely dramatic story of mine, I shouldn't be telling you any spoilers. Not yet, at least.
Here's where the REAL story begins...
"Damn that thief!"
Yes, this was not unusual on the job for the New York police squad, the supposed 'greatest police force' in America. Nothing unusual at all.
Well, except the fact they were glaring at some graffiti in a alley...
And that it said "Congratulations Sherlocks! You found a clue!" with a smiley face on the bottom.
A male police officer squinted at the tiny letters on the bottom of the message. It read: "Yours Truly, the Elusive Owl (In case you have trouble figuring it out, it's the thief that always pisses you off)."
The officer narrowed his green eyes, and clenched it his fists in anger. It wasn't that hard to see he was trying to stop himself from sprouting out cuss words. The rest of his team didn't look too happy either.
A female officer with short blond hair walked up to the man, blue eyes flashing with anger behind her glasses. "Sir, why can't we shoot the kid when we see her? She is getting on all of our nerves!"
"She's right!" a longed haired brunette chimed in. "Why can't we?"
"Trust me, as much as I would love to shoot her, we unfortunately can't. The government and the law still see her as a child...unfortunately..."
"Dammit..."
Athena glanced back behind her shoulder. Perfect. While the idiots were too busy focusing on being butt-hurt over that wimpy message, she had been given the time to collect her meal and relax for the rest of the day. Police officers are so stupid...
The female was hard to spot in an dark alley, since she was wearing almost all black, and that it was nearly nighttime. Black shirts, black leather jackets, and black cowboy boots were hard to make out in the darkness. The only thing that wasn't black was her jeans, and part of her bangs, both having the unique shade of blue. Silently, the girl would duck inside an ancient building, the door creaking as she closed it shut. Only then, will the sixteen year old would make her way up the dusty stairs.
The goth was hiding out in an old abandon building, thankfully still stable enough to hold a reasonable amount of weight. If not for that, she would have been dead a long time ago. It wasn't very luxurious, but Athena still feel like she was some rich, fancy person who owned just about all of New York. She had everything she needed, a bag full of stolen items and goods, an old couch, and of course, many beautiful windows that gave her a first-class view of Lady Liberty. Athena glanced through the window to look at the green statue. It was inspiring, but it also amused her. The huge statue had it's arm raised up above the clouds, as though if was trying to say "Hey! Do you see the flaming stick? I'm amazing! Fear me!".
Athena absentmindedly munched on an apple, lost in her own thoughts. Really nothing interesting had happened in the last couple of weeks. She broke up with her boyfriend, and barley got to see him anymore, thanks to the police. They thought they owned New York City, and were up on patrol 24/7. Quite annoying really. The last interesting event that happened was about five months ago, when she killed a kishin.
Yes, a kishin.
Now, you may think Athena suddenly turned into one of those cheesy hero's who suddenly gained magical elf powers or whatever and beat the crap out of the bad guy. That didn't happen in her case. The teenager was just walking around in dark alleys, just minding her own business, when she saw the thing. It was leaning over a dead body of some unlucky person who stumbled in the path of the monster.
Now, did she cower in fear of the sight? No. The thief wasn't that stupid. What she did was simple.
She quietly walked up the fire escape, and broke into a person's house. Then...well, she dragged a very big bed out of the room, and what did she do? She pushed it over the edge, and the heavy bed-set fell on top of the kishin. It wasn't dead, it was twitching in pain, so Athena decided to kindly end it's misery by stabbing it with a kitchen knife she took from the guy's kitchen.
Athena didn't know what to do with the soul, so she simply left a note at the scene asking the police to hand it over to the DWMA. Pretty exciting to kill a kishin without any proper training or a weapon right? Wrong. The experience gave her nightmares for days.
A sudden knock startled the female back into reality. Quickly, she would then dive behind the pale pink couch, holding tightly to the apple she was eating. Whatever happened, the only weapon she had was a bag of apples and bananas, and the outcome didn't look at all pretty. "Well...crap..." she thought, as she braced herself for angry officers to charge in, firing bullets at rapid speed.
She waited.
And waited...
Silence.
"Maybe it was nothin-"
"Is anyone there?"
"Or not."
"We're coming in. Don't be worried, we are not going to attack you."
"Yeah right." The female rolled her eyes as the door creaked open. The people who entered were not at all she had expected.
The first one to come in was a redheaded man, who decided to have long girly hair. He wore a nice, business outfit of some sort. Apparently, this guys had to have some sort of unique signature to go along with his attire, because his tie was shaped like a cross.
The next guy she notice had even longer hair. He had long blond hair that was straight, not wavy like the other person. Unlike the redhead, he was dressed more casually, wearing only jeans and a white long sleeved shirt with the words "OSAMURAI." on a tiny corner in the upper right of the shirt. He would have seem like a harmless guy...if he wasn't carrying a full case of swords with him. Usually, Athena would have freaked out and and go all gaga over the collection, but she was just a bit worried about the possibility of getting cut up into tiny pieces with those beautiful weapons.
The last guy, officially won the award for the weirdest appearance. He was blue; no, she wasn't kidding. He was fucking blue. Who the fuck has blue skin? His outfit was a perfect choice, if he was in the army. He wore entirely black clothes, along with a sleeveless flak jacket, combat pants, and combat boots. Tattoos covered his weird blue colored arms. The only possible normal thing about his appearance was his hair. They were dreadlocks, weird, but normal. This man literally screamed "I mean business."
Well...so much for "We're not going to attack you."
While the teenager questioned if she should go suicidal and leap out the window or see if fruit can be used as a weapon, the man with the weird tie stepped forward, both his hands in his pockets.
"We know you're in here. Please come out. We won't hurt you."
Athena studied the men from the safety of the back of the couch. They seemed to be telling the truth, judging by their mood. And yes, the girl could tell what they're feeling. Was she a freak of nature? Probably. Either way, she was suddenly very glad for the ability to sense mood.
What the goth did next was probably the most dumbest thing a person could do in a situation like this.
She came out from behind the couch.
The teen narrowed her eyes. They might be telling the truth, but any sudden change of mood, she was going to face them with a bag of scary fruit.
Redhead met her blue eyes with a glare, while Smurf gave her a thoughtful look, and Rapunzel remained indifferent, though she could have swore she saw a flash of pity in his blue eyes, as though he was saying "You are about to get in a load of shit kid".
"Are you Athena Kline?" Redhead asked, still trying to intimidate her with his death glare.
Athena blinked. "Well, it's been awhile since people called me by my actual name. Does the Elusive Owl not work for you guys anymore?"
The man ignored her snappy comment, though she could tell he was obviously butt-hurt by that comment. Instead, he would then open his mouth again to continue speaking.
"We come from the DWMA...and Lord Death as offered for you to join as a...student..."
Poor guy. He sounded like he had to choke that last part out.
Athena stood their, stunned. Of all the things he could have said, this was it? "What..."
"We are...impressed by your performance on taking down the Kishin. He have invited you to come enroll in the academy as a meister." he continued.
"Hold on a second." Athena interrupted, placing her hand on her forehead. "The Grim Reaper invited me to his school? You must be kidding. Who the hell are you people?!"
The man straightened up a bit before answering. "Death Scythe. Lord Death's weapon." he replied, letting out a smirk.
"Oh! Congratulations! Would you like an award?" she asked sarcastically.
He frowned. Smurf then stepped forward, making Athena because suddenly cautious of what she said. "My name is Sid. I'm one of the teachers at the school, also a knife meister." he introduced himself. The words "knife meister" sparked her interest, so she decided not to snap at him. Rapunzel just simply nodded his head. "Mifune." he said coolly.
Athena turned back to Death Scythe. "Forget it."
"We could report you to the police, and have you behind bars." he suggested.
"...Fine...can you give me a couple of days?"
"If we do, you'll probably try to escape."
Athena smirked. "You're smarter than I expected. Fine then, I'll come...on one condition though..."
Death Scythe narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "What is that condition?"
"Oh, it's nothing big. Just that I don't get punished for my crimes and that I'll be allowed to return to New York City on occasion."
The red haired man nodded. "Okay then-wait a second! That was two!"
"Great! You can count! So I'm guessing it's a deal then?"
The man grumbled. "Just come along."
Athena obeyed him, and walked out the door behind the man, being followed by Mifune and Sid. She would then listen as the scarlet red man mutter insults towards her as they walked away from the familiar old building, possibly to never see it again. Oh well, some have to make sacrifices right?
Sorry for keep you waiting all.
I know you were all EXPECTING a new chapter. I'm sorry. But I recently gained the magical ability to write longer chapters and the previous chapters were bothering me. So yeah.
As soon as I'm done with rewriting the chapters, then I'll begin working on the tenth chapter.
Anyways, yes. Athena is a badass thief that loves to piss off everyone.
I'm sorry
But the old chapter 1 didn't suit me.
So Athena is going to have a temper.
For the next chapters, this is what I'm planning to do from now on. I'm going to finish a chapter, but then work on the next one until it's finished, then I will post the previous chapter onto here, and then I'll do the same thing with the next chapter. You get the idea. So chapter will be finished but won't be posted till I finish the next chapter. This way I won't feel as stress or rushed when writing, and I think you'll like this idea too. Or not. I don't know. I can't read minds.
Even though it's not chapter ten, I hope you like this.
Alice out! Peace!