A/N: This is a reupload of a story I started a while ago. But it seemed like no one was reading it so I lost interest. This first chapter is more of a prologue than anything else. The real action starts in the second chapter.

Disclaimer: Soul Eater and slenderman don't belong to me.

It is a cold, dark night in a small Belgian town. A young boy walks along a well known yet lonely path through the woods. The boy has traveled the path many times during the day when the sun shines clearly, but never has he dared to walk it at night. All of the children in the town know that the forest is the worst place to be at night as it is haunted by a deadly being, or so the rumors say. But this young boy was late for supper and the forest path was the quickest way home. So he set aside his fears and set out on his way home unaware of the menacing presence stalking him.

The sound of distant branches breaking startles the boy. He looks back, peering through the darkness with the feeble light of his lantern. "H-hello? Is anyone there?" He calls out. The chirps of crickets are the only sounds which answer him. Finding nothing the boy turns around to continue his trek home. But not five minutes later he again hears the sound of breaking twigs and this time footsteps accompany them.

The boy turns around again and again sees nothing. Wait, is his mind playing tricks on him? That dark tree certainly wasn't there before. He backtracks and moves closer to examine the mysterious tree. As he gets closer the boy comes to a dreadful realization. The tree is not a tree but an enormously tall man with no face. He is as tall as the surrounding trees and dressed in a suit as black as the blackest night sky. Protruding from his back are twisted branch- like tentacles that make him blend in with rest of the forest.

"AAAAHHHHH!" The child screams and tries to run away. But the man, no, the creature simply stretches out his enormous arm and grabs hold of the boy's coat. The pull on his coat chokes him and he gags momentarily. "Help, someone! Help me!" The child screams as the monster lifts him up into the air. The lantern lies on the ground casting grim shadows on the beast's nonexistent face.

The creature takes two steps with his incredibly long legs, his arm remaining stationary in the air. The boy is screaming in terror as the monster brings him up to his head. The two stare at each other for a moment before the skin on the creature's face begins to shift. It looks as though he is flexing his jaws to a mouth that it isn't there. Suddenly the skin where his mouth should be begins to stretch and tear. The skin stretches until it snaps and reveals a menacing mouth full of razor sharp teeth and a worm like tongue. "No! No! AHHHH!" The boy struggles in the creature's grasp as he is slowly lifted into the mouth. The child closes his eyes, tears stream down his face as he awaits his doom.

But he never feels the piercing pain that he expected. Slowly opening his eyes he sees the creature has had its arm cut cleanly in half. In his state of terror the boy didn't realize that he was dropped to the ground. The boy looks up past the monster and sees a silhouette standing on a tree branch, outlined against the light of the sickly grinning moon. The figure appears to be a young woman, he can tell from the pigtails in her hair. In her hands she holds a large scythe, behind her a coat of some sort flaps gently in the night air.

"Slenderman," The creature twists its head like an owl, upon hearing its name to look up at the woman.

"You have strayed from the path of humanity and your soul has become a Kishin egg." The would be victim takes this opportunity to escape and flees the scene as the Slenderman creature is preoccupied with the mysterious savior.

"As a student of the DWMA it is my duty to claim your soul in the name of Lord Death and stop you from devouring human souls." The Scythe meister, Maka Albarn, shifts her weapon, Soul Eater, in her hands preparing for the upcoming battle. Slenderman grins maniacally as it grows a new arm in place of the one it lost. Suddenly The Slenderman lashes out with his tentacles, slicing the branch Maka is standing on off of the tree. But Maka was prepared for this, and in a split second launched off the branch before the attack landed. She twirls and flips gracefully in the air, the moonlight reflecting off of Soul's blade. Then as she begins to descend she swings her scythe downwards attempting to slice at the kishin.

The kishin however, quickly slithers away from the attack before it lands leaving Maka to lodge Soul into the dirt below. She quickly loosens Soul and jumps back narrowly avoiding Slenderman's retaliatory strike. Slenderman opens his mouth and screams, unleashing a distorted sound like radio or TV static. This temporarily distracts Maka as she winces from the terrible noise. The kishin seizes this moment to extend its arm and punch Maka into a nearby tree. Maka swiftly recovers however and manages to slice off an incoming tentacle before moving forward and chopping off more of Slenderman's deadly extensions.

But to her disappointment the creature simply regenerates the injured appendages like a hydra would its lost heads. "Maka cutting off its limbs isn't going to work." Soul's image appears on the scythe blade having spoken for the first time since the battle started. "What do you suggest we do?" Maka dodges another strike from the kishin as she discusses battle strategies with her weapon. "Aim for its body, get in close and slice it in half." Soul replies. Maka nods and begins analyzing her opponent, timing herself to avoid the attacks.

Then she does a back flip, stops against a tree, and propels herself forward into the deadly maw of tentacles. She weaves in and out of the limbs all while running forward to her enemy. As she runs she increases her soul resonance with her weapon partner causing Soul's blade to glow a faint blue. As she comes within striking distance of her opponent, Maka jumps high into the air. "Witch Hunter!" she calls out and Soul's form turns into the familiar crescent shape they both know so well. His blade illuminates the dark woods with dazzling crystalline light. Maka swings Soul down diagonally and slices through Slenderman's thin torso with ease. Slenderman's body disperses and leaves behind only his glowing red soul. As Maka lands Soul turns back into his human form and stands beside his meister.

Soul walks forward, gently grabbing the egg shaped soul. "OM NOM NOM." He then proceeds to stuff the soul into his mouth and wolf it down hungrily, living up to his name. "Gross Soul, why did you make that sound?" Maka walks over carrying the discarded lantern in her hand. Soul smirked back at her the lantern light making his jagged smile seem more disturbing to anyone but Maka who has gotten used to her partner's peculiar teeth. "Trying to mix it up a little I guess. Black Star said it would sound funny if I did that whenever I ate a soul." Soul relaxes a bit and assumes his usual 'cool guy' pose, hands in his pockets and slouched back. "Well I think it just sounds gross."

"Oh yeah, well maybe I'll just do that from now on and make that noise whenever we collect a kishin egg."

"Why, so you can give Black Star the satisfaction of knowing that you did what he told you to?"

"… Touché." Maka giggles at his quick surrender before pointing her thumb back over her shoulder. "We should probably get back to that village and tell them we've slain their monster." Soul nods in agreement and the duo begins the walk back to the town.

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