Chapter 1

"How is she?" A man in a stitched-up lab coat asked, looking at a mysterious girl, laying unconscious one of the school nurse's hospital beds. This man was no one other than the infamous Fraken Stein: a teacher, and almost criminally mad scientist, at the Death Weapon Meister Academy.

The DWMA is a school literally made to save the world from evil souls. Created by Lord Death, the current Grim Reaper, this school is an organization that trains young meisters and weapons to hunt evil souls, and prevent the rise of an evil demonic god, known as a Kishin. Weapons and meisters are trained to work together, and collect as many Kishin egg souls as possible. When a pair of students, or group in some cases, collects 99 Kishin eggs, and one witch soul, they are honored with having that weapon become a Death Scythe, the weapon used by Lord Death himself. The meister easily goes down in history as being the one who created Lord Death's weapon.

"I don't know," a student said. "She was passed out when Soul and I found her."

This student was the common bookworm, Maka Albarn. She has been a star student since she entered the DWMA as a meister, aiming to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her mother created the current Death Scythe, who is also Maka's father, Spirit. She tends to hate him, though, due to his cheating on her mother. Both Stein and Maka were watching the mystery girl in the nurse's office, trying to figure out what to do with her when she wakes up.

The girl in the nurse's office was unlike anyone these two had met in a way that seems like a paradox. This girl had no names or cards on her to tell anyone who she was, and appeared on the steps of the DWMA that morning, unconscious. She had snow white hair, with large bangs that covered most of her right eye, reaching down to her lower back. Her skin was a pale olive, with light, light pink lips that curved around her shark-like teeth. She was about the same height and weight as Maka, maybe an inch taller and ten pounds heavier. The blankets were pulled up to the base of her neck, concealing her clothes. She began to stir in her sleep, closed eyes tightening, and hands grabbing at the blankets.

"Where's the new chick?!" In barreling came a super-hyperactive boy, about Maka's age, followed by an older, extremely shy and quiet girl, a few years older than the two. The blue-haired boy went by the name of BlackStar, and his weapon's name being Tsubaki. Maka used her infamous "Maka Chop" to quiet the bouncing-off-the-walls boy, shutting him up and making blood drip down his face.

"Quiet!" Maka whispered. "She's still asleep."

"Not for long," Stein said, motioning for the three students to look at the girl.

She threw her arms above the blankets, like she was desperately reaching for something. Seconds after, her body shot up like a pistol shooting a bullet, and her eyes snapped open, revealing two crimson red orbs, widened in fear.

"No!" She screamed, looking at the wall opposite her. It took her a few seconds to realize she was in a safe environment. She looked at the four people surround her, and flashed a toothy grin. The four of them were a bit confused, and BlackStar decided to ask the questions. He got right up to her face, nose to nose.

"Who are ya? Where ya from? You better not be evil, or Tsubaki and I, the great BlackStar, will have to kill you and eat your soul!" BlackStar yelled in the girl's face, more than proud of himself. The girl smirked, and used her index finger to push the boy away from her face.

"Ya mind if I can get a breath in?" She asked. The girl stretched her arms, and threw her hands under the blankets. She worked her fingers into her pants' right pocket, and breathing a small sigh of relief to find what she had came with. The girl looked at Maka, and smiled an innocent smile. "You're Maka Albarn."

"Um, yeah," Maka said, a bit cautious now. "How'd you know that?"

"I have distant relatives here," the girl replied. "I've heard a bunch about you and-"

"I heard there was a new girl here," a suave, deep voice said, coming through the door. Soul Evans, usually known as Soul Eater, entered the nurse's office, wanting to be apart of the newest, "coolest" piece of gossip at the DWMA. When he saw the girl, he almost stopped in his tracks.

"Soul Evans," the girl said, smiling that innocent and happy smile again.

"Damn," Soul replied, walking up to the girl. "Talk about déjà vu. Looks like I'm looking in a gender-bent mirror."

"I guess she's related," Maka said, looking at the girl. "Right?"

The girl shrugged, and jumped out of her bed. Tsubaki and Maka freaked out, yelling at her to get back into her bed and rest until the nurse tells her it's okay to move around. The girl laughed, and walked around the room, almost boasting.

Her personality was almost completely revealed, just by her clothing choice. She wore a cut off, thin black fleece hoodie. The jacket had no zipper, or sides for that matter. You saw right through, revealing she had only her black bra on underneath, similar to Tsubaki's body figure. She also sported black jean short shorts, with a silver belt going across her waist, a pictogram of a soul as the belt buckle. Her shoes were outrageously different from what the DWMA has seen in years, being sneakers that reached to right below her knees.

"I'm fine," she said, flashing her shark-tooth grin again. "Leiko Evans cannot be beaten!" Leiko said, using Soul's shoulder as an armrest. He just looked at her, very confused.

"You're related to Soul, I'm assuming." Stein said, clicking the screw in his head, giving everyone shivers down their spines. Leiko shrugged again.

"I dunno," she said, looking at Soul. "My parents didn't tell me who, but I'm determined to find out," she said, voice flat. She didn't seem as interested as the others were about how creepily similar she and Maka's weapon looked. Leiko cracked her knuckles, and stood with her hands on her hips, facing the group of observers. She almost jumped out of her skin when she heard the laughing of an almost brain-dead student booming through the door, and into the nurse's office.

"New girl, new girl!" A blonde weapon sang, running up to Leiko. Her sister, Liz Thompson, pulled her sister away from Leiko, apologizing.

"I'm sorry about Patty, she gets excited about the simplest of things!" Liz said, embarrassed. The sister's meister walked in, looking for the newest slice of action in the school. Death the Kidd saw Leiko, and almost had a heart attack when he saw her bangs. He ran up to Leiko, trying to "fix" her hair.

"What the hell," she screamed, kicking him into a metal desk. "Warn a girl!"

"That's Kidd for ya," Liz said, even more embarrassed. Leiko fixed her bangs, looking Kidd mumble on about how her hair wasn't perfectly symmetrical.

"His hair isn't even-" she muttered. Before she could go on, four of the students tackled the new girl, yelling not to finish that sentence, excluding BlackStar, Patty, and Kidd. BlackStar was busy boasting about himself, Kidd sobbing over Leiko's hair, and Patty dancing around the room, singing about the new girl.

"He has a bit of OCD," Tsubaki said, motioning to Kidd.

"A bit?" Maka asked, concerned about Tsubaki's observations of Kidd's problem.

"He's a symmetrical nut," Soul said. Leiko nodded, trying to feel as though she's apart of the group. Before she could ask to see Lord Death, the bell rang, and a mob of students clogged the halls.

"How long have I been asleep?" Leiko asked, confused.

"The whole day," Maka said. "I went in early to study-"

"Which was a waste of time," Soul interrupted. Maka glared at him, and sighed, returning to the new girl.

"Anyway, I went in early, and found you passed out on the school's stairs. I had no idea what to do, but Professor Stein came minutes after I did, and helped me bring you here," she finished. Leiko pondered Maka's story as every one shuffled out of the office to their lockers, leaving Maka, Soul, and Stein.

"You have a place around here?" Soul asked. Leiko broke out of her thinking trance, and shook her head.

"I could find something cheap-"

"You can stay with us! Soul can sleep on the couch, and you can take his room!" Maka said, grabbing her hands, smiling. Soul's eyes widened, and he frowned in protest.

"Who said I'm giving up my room?!" Soul argued, unheard by the girls.

"Okay," Leiko said, smiling. Maka walked out of the office, telling Leiko to meet her at the front entrance, followed by an arguing Soul. Leiko was about to leave, until Stein spoke up.

"You're not here by accident, are you," he asked. Leiko didn't turn around, smile fading. "I can't tell what you're here for just yet, but believe me when I say this. If you plan to sneak into the system like Medusa did, it'll be nearly impossible."

"Trust me when I say this," Leiko replied, refusing to look at Stein. "I'd be a dumb-ass to hurt anyone here, especially Soul or Maka, or any of those guys."

Leiko left the office, getting stares and hearing whispers about her from surrounding students. She kept her eyes locket on her shoes, trying to cover her face with her bangs. The last thing she needed was for anyone here to figure out who she really was.

"Ready to go?" Leiko jumped a bit when she heard Maka right next to her, but smiled and nodded. She followed Maka, who was asking the kind of question she didn't mind answering. Soul followed behind the girls, getting a weird vibe from the new kid at school.


Author's Note: New story time! Yay! So, I've had this idea in my head for ages, and I need to get it out. This story may not be as long and lengthy as my previous ones, so bear with me here :3 Remember, read, review, and enjoy!

~ Nicole