My name is Tsukana Chiyumi. I am also known as the Vampire Blade. I am a new student at the DWMA, though I am finding some difficulties there. Given my... reputation, I have no meister, and it seems that that is not something that will not be changing anytime soon. It's a sad, lonely existence, and I am constantly afraid I will rust before I find someone.
Why is it so difficult? The reason for that is clear. I feed off of the energy of my meister's soul. The stronger their soul, the more I can feed while in weapon form, and the stronger my soul and power become. Unfortunately, this means that I can draw too much and, well, kill my meister. That was a lesson that my sister and I learned far too late... Death bless her. I miss her.
But enough already. School is starting soon and I can't be late. Thanks, diary, for listening.
Chiyumi stood up, clearing her head and looked around the small apartment. 'Now where did I leave the apartment key? Can't go anywhere without that.' Shaking her jet black hair, Chiyumi's sea green eyes roamed over the apartment, trying desperately to remember where they could have been left.
'Aha, found you!' Triumphantly, Chiyumi snatched the keys out from the couch cushion and stepped out of her apartment, locking the door behind her. Momentarily blinded by the bright sunlight, she heard a loud voice shouting from the street.
"Listen up, this is Black Star talking! That's right, the biggest star you'll ever see! And I dare any of you to make it to the academy before me!"
Looking down, Chiyumi saw four individuals walking along the street, and as she watched, the two boys darted off down the street while the two girls just laughed. Chiyumi restrained herself from joining in the race, knowing all too well what would happen if an uninvited stranger were to join in.
On the street, Maka blinked and looked up at the balcony where Chiyumi stood watching Black Star and Soul. Giving it her best grin she called up to her.
"Hi! I'm Maka! This is Tsubaki! We're heading to the academy if you'd like to join us!" Tsubaki waved up at Chiyumi as well.
"Hey, Tsubaki, I'm not normally one to speak about how people's soul's look... but I'm worried about hers... its all small and frayed. It looks broken." Maka whispered to Tsubaki as they awaited Chiyumi's response.
On the balcony, Chiyumi froze. 'They're offering to walk with me? But I don't know them. I'm a stranger and strangers can't be trusted... why would they place themselves in harm's way like that? Why would they ask me to? Strangers can't be trusted...'
Taking a deep breath, Chiyumi called, "Thanks, but I think I forgot some stuff inside." before darting back into her apartment.
"Well that was weird." Maka said.
"You're right, she looked terrified at the thought of walking to school with us... we're not covered in gore or anything that I know of." Tsubaki laughed.
Before the conversation could continue, there was a massive crash ahead and they went rushing off to see which of the boys had caused it.
Chiyumi sat in her apartment, breathing heavy, on the verge of tears. 'Strangers can't be trusted... never forget that. They took your mom and dad. Strangers can't be trusted. They cost you Shiyumi.' Breaking into tears, Chiyumi collapsed onto the couch, and couldn't stop crying for the next twenty minutes.
'Now you've done it, dummy. They wouldn't want to see you crying with your makeup all smeared and late for school. Those kids were just trying to be nice.'
Taking a deep breath, Chiyumi opened her apartment door just as a tall, blue skinned man was getting ready to knock on it. Stifling a scream, Chiyumi staggered back.
"I'm very sorry to have startled you. I was sent to see if you knew the way, Lord Death is anxious to see you start your schooling, and knew I wouldn't mind coming to help you. You see, that's the kind of man I was. Sid, by the way. I'm a teacher at the DWMA."
"Thanks, I had just forgotten a few things and had to come back for them. I'm on my way now." Sid nodded as Chiyumi left her apartment and locked the door.
"I hope you don't mind if I walk with you, we're both going to the academy, and this way I can honestly tell Lord Death I saw you safely to the academy."
"Of course not... thank you..." Inside her head, Chiyumi kept hearing, 'He's a stranger. Don't go with him. He can't be trusted. Run. Flee.'
But she forced herself to follow him, always out of arm's reach.
The next few days were, to normal people, fairly uneventful. To Chiyumi though, they were a whirlwind of strangers and high blood pressure. Twice she fainted when too many people were around her and once she hid in an unused room until she heard the bells for the end of the school day.
Fortunately, Sid was her teacher, and by the 4th day she was able to sit through his class, huddled into her corner as he droned on and on about this or that. Shiyumi knew she should be paying attention, but found it difficult to as the people closest to her continually shifted or moved. Shiyumi took deep breaths, trying to calm herself as much as she could to pay attention when another teacher rolled into Sid's classroom. Literally.
The man wore a stitched white lab coat and had what looked like a giant screw through his head. Even worse, she could see the stitching on his face, which framed one eye like a grotesque picture. But, what made it worse was that he was talking with Sid and they both kept glancing up at where she was sitting.
"All right, class dismissed!" Sid called out. "Chiyumi, stay back please."
Terrified, Chiyumi walked to the front of the class, keeping Sid between her and this new stranger. "Yes, Professor?" She managed to squeak out, her inner self screaming at her, 'Stranger. Run. Flee. Dangerous. Insane. Run. Flee. Stranger.'
"Chiyumi, I want you to meet Professor Stein. You'll be transferring into his class starting on the new school week on Lord Death's request. That's class Crescent Moon. You should get acquainted before then. Go easy on her, Stein." Sid said then stood, walking past Stein.
"Wait! You can't leave me with him alone! He's a stranger!" Chiyumi shouted before Sid could leave the room, instantly regretting the words. "I'm so sorry... but... you're a stranger..."
"Like I said, go easy Stein." Sid left.
Chiyumi could feel the tears welling up, and before she knew, she was in a corner, crying.
"Now, there's no need for that Ms. Tsukana. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to welcome you to my class and invite you to observe some remediel lessons some of my other students are currently performing. Also, there is another request of Lord Death's that must be discussed."
Chiyumi looked up at the man slowly wheeling the chair closer to her. "What's that?" She whispered, her curiosity getting the best of her.
Stein stopped a few inches away from her and said calmly, "You are a meisterless weapon, and Lord Death is aware of the reason why. As such he won't pair you with a student. I am a weaponless meister and Lord Death would have me train you."
"You're a stranger. No. I can't. Even if you weren't, I couldn't. You don't understand. I can't. I just can't." Chiyumi broke down crying. 'He's a stranger. He'd just hurt you. You can't, Chimi, you can't let him wield you. You can't risk hurting him either.'
"You're going to have to get over this fear, Chiyumi. You're a strong, capable, intelligent young woman. There's no need for it. No one here will hurt you." Stein reached one hand out, touching her shoulder. "Now, let's go introduce you to your classmates and you can watch their lesson."
Chiyumi stood, and nodded. Some part of her wanted to believe that he wouldn't hurt her, even while every other part of her screamed her fear.
She followed him out of the room.
A/N
This is my first Soul Eater fan fiction, so I'd appreciate your opinions on the prologue here. I'll post the first chapter once I have a few reviews on this (or, if I don't get them, sometime later.), so please, review! Also, I don't own Soul Eater, just a fan writing for pleasure :)