Author's Notes:

To be honest in I didn't like Black Star. I thought he was just an egotistical brat with nothing to do with his life but make others miserable by just talking. Before you Black Star lovers kill me, let me finish. Then I started thinking about him and started asking myself questions about why I didn't like Black Star. Was it because of his personality? Was it his big mouth? No it was because I never truly understood him. I wrote this story in love of what I did not understand.

I went through an emotional rollercoaster writing this. Sometimes I would quit and say that I'm never coming back. Eventually I would be drawn back in. More than half of this story was written during in the night. I mean like 12 to 2 to 3 a.m. in the morning. I am so happy I am finished. I think this is the 1st story I have ever finished in my life. And I have to say, I'm pretty proud of it. Whoa, I sound pretty sappy and happy-go-lucky right now. Yeah. Yeah. I know. You want to skip to the the story if you haven't already. Here is just a couple things you may want to know.

In this story Black Star is 9 and his friend is 8. Black Star hasn't met Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, Kid, Liz, and Patty. Giving you a heads up here, he is also going to be out of character change.

-CrescentSoul22

"Life is everything and nothing."

What this is about:

Was Black Star always so energetic and annoying? No. He was a baby with no family. Then while he was growing up he had no friends. You know why, because everyone hated him for something he didn't even do. So you tell me. Could Black Star always be so happy and full of himself. Also, with his background being shit, there are some things that are hard to hide. For example, emotions. Black Star's emotions were ranging from sadness to anger to silent. He was what we would call depressed. Now I know you won't believe me, but hey I'm just the person who passes the story along.

Innocent Star

The little baby was innocent. At least that's what people said. Yet they treated him just like any other disgusting creature ever to tread the Earth. His star marked shoulder made sure of that. This boy was named Black Star, the last survivor of the Star Clan. The Star Clan or Clan of the Star were an infamous line of assassins that hunted human souls and would do anything for money. They were eventually slaughtered for their crimes by the Death Weapon Meister Academy. Which of course was led by Lord Death. It's a wonder this boy remained alive. With a survivor, what was the Death God supposed to do with him? Franken Stein, a meister who helped kill the Star Clan, suggested that they should abandon the boy or kill him. Sid Barrett, another meister, said different. He told them that he would take in Black Star and become his adoptive father. When the higher ups agreed to this plan, they said that it was good for the boy to be in a friendly environment. In truth they were just watching to see when he would lose it. And when he did, they would be ready.

The life of Black Star was not easy. With people insulting and bullying him of fear and anger, adding his own insecurities in the mix, the boy was lonely and depressed. Throughout his life people have shut their doors to him. He barely ate, didn't pay enough attention to his education, and his eyes were always downcast. Eventually though Black Star found a friend, an ally. This friend of his was different from him. While he was silent, sad, and gloomy, she was cheerful, energetic, and curious. This girl's name was Ellie Sceune. Even though she was younger than him, Ellie had more of a presence. This girl was Black Star's first true friend.

These two kids met on a breezy Tuesday afternoon by the river. She was jumping up and down on the sidewalk, totally minding her own business when she couldn't help but see something blue near the river. This blue thing was surrounded by a group of people, Ellie recognized as school bullies. Curious to see what this eccentric color of blue was, she cautiously sneaked toward the crowd. As she got closer, she noticed that the blue thing was hair attached towards a bruised looking boy. Knowing that she had to stop this, Ellie sucked in her breath and announced herself. "My name is Ellie Sceune! I am going to be the shining star! And I demand you to stop what you are doing!"

Holding Black Star's head in the river, everyone's heads turned to see what and where that high pitch voice came from. Their eyes landed on a white haired girl with bright violet eyes. She was pointing at them with her index finger on her right hand and her left hand on her hip. "Stay out of this if you know what's good for you!" someone yelled back at her. Then others joined in. "This guy is Black Star! He's trash!" "He's a monster, a demon." "My parents said his family were murders." "Who's Black Star?" Ellie thought, but then noticed the boy wasn't going to last any longer under the water. "Stop you're going to kill him!" she screamed. "It would be the best if he just died anyways." a boy with glasses said. "If you don't drop him, i'll….um.." Ellie thought about what she could do. "I'll do something bad to you guys!" "Oh really? What can a girl like you do that's so bad." someone who sounded like the leader of this gang said. "I mean it!" she yells. To prove her point, she grabs the first person near her and punches him in the stomach. The victim of this little girl doubled over and started groaning. "You want us to drop him? Well there you go. I dropped him. Happy. Come on guys let's go.", the leader says as he picks up Black Star and tosses him in the river. "Yeah I don't want to be around neither of you." one says. Another then says "Both of them aren't good enough to waste our time."

When they left, Ellie ran to the river to an almost unconscious Black Star. She dragged him near the grass, where they both laid there, breathing hard. Finally getting her pulse under control she asks the boy why they were picking on him. He sat up and said very quietly "Because I come from a clan of assassins that hunted human souls." Not thinking about what he just said, Ellie automatically snorts and replies back with, "Well that's stupid." "What?!" the boy says with alarm in his eyes. Giving the blue haired boy a weird look, she says "I mean, just because your Clan has murdered, that doesn't mean you have." "Yeah, I guess so." Black Star says glumly. The little boy and little girl sat there for awhile, neither knowing what to say. However, there was something Ellie wanted to ask and she couldn't hold it in, so she blurted out, "Have you killed anyone?" Her expression on her face didn't show shock about what she had just asked, instead her face expressed genuine curiosity. Raising an eyebrow, Black Star looks at Ellie and asks softly "What if I had?" Looking back at him, she says matter of factly "Since I am a shining star, I wouldn't believe you." And then she gave him a smile. Soon both of their faces were staring into each other's eyes and smiling. At that moment they both knew that they would be friends for a long time.

Since then Ellie and Black Star took on the world together. Ellie with her big mouth and Black Star with his background. In the beginning Ellie's mother was an obstacle to reassure and overcome. When Ellie's mother found her that day, dripping wet and sitting by the rumored boy, she freaked. Yet as time passed and she watched her daughter with the not-so-scary boy, she began to think nothing of it. Black Star and Ellie were inseparable, friends forever. They always found things they could do together. Whether it was going to the park to just walking on the sidewalk. When people saw them together in public, they would whisper destructive rumors about Black Star and how the girl beside him was risking her own life. If Ellie had heard them she would raise her head high and yell to those judgmental crowds that they didn't know a thing about him. She defended him vehemently, while Black Star would just quietly stand back, being embarrassed but grateful to have a friend like her.

Sometimes she would try to get him out of his comfort zone by going on 'quests'. These were missions that Ellie had overheard her mother gossiping about to one of her friends. Her mother worked for the DWMA, so she worked all day and sometimes all night. Leaving in the morning and not coming home until midnight. You see, there was a reason Ellie became friends with a friendless loner, she had something in common with him. Ellie Sceune was undoubtedly lonely, yearning for a mother's touch. That was one reason those two got together so well. The both of them filled that empty space in their hearts. On a regular basis Black Star would come over to Ellie's and they would hang out. This time they were going on a mission. "I'm not doing that." the spiky blue haired boy said. "Come on, it will be fun! Are you chicken?" says his one and only friend excitedly. Giving Ellie a look, Black Star moves to the living room. He picks up an apple to eat and ignores her. It wasn't that he was afraid of being in danger, it was the fact that he might lose himself in the battle. And that he couldn't afford. Everyone was already breathing down his back, watching to see him make the wrong move.

This little star boy was talented and since he was taken in by DWMA, he had the best education. Yet there was two factors you would have to consider if you were going to fight him. First, that he was the son of White Star, an assassin, so that makes him an assassin. Whether he likes it or not, it's in his blood. Second he was part of the Star Clan. One thing the Star Clan were known for was their Star Eyes. Star Eyes was a state where their pupils were in the shape of stars, one in each eye. When this condition appears in one these lethal assassins, that meant that they had malicious thought/thoughts and or they were thinking of serious intentions. Black Star had been in this state once before. Even though it was an accident, it was just as terrifying the same, for him and his superiors.

"Ok. Wrong words. Sorry. Anyways, I'm going whether you are or not. So go on this adventure with me. Please. Please. Please." Ellie pleads. Sighing, Black Star agrees "One of these days you're going to get yourself killed. Come on let's go." Leaving the house together, they go on an adventure. What they didn't expect after the ordeal was coming home exhausted, covered in mud, and not gaining a thing from it. Her mother and Sid found out what they did and grounded them, after they told each of them to take a shower. When Ellie was in bed about to go to sleep, her mom came in. Her mom about to speak, noticed or more like thought that her tired daughter was asleep. Mrs. Sceune debated on whether telling her precious daughter or not. In the end she told Ellie's sleeping figure that she was leaving for a quest and that she wouldn't be coming back home until the afternoon. Sadly hearing of this Ellie discreetly nodded, understanding not to open the door or answer the phone and stay in the house. Then Ellie's mom planted a kiss on her forehead and said goodnight. She left that night leaving a note for her daughter, thinking all along that she was asleep.

Waiting for her mom to leave, Ellie called Black Star. Fumbling for the phone the boy answers. "Um...hello?" he asks in the mouth piece. "Black Star! I am going to be the shining star!" she yells into the phone. Not surprised who it was, he says tiredly "Is that why you called? To tell me you were going to be the shining star. Do you know what time it is?!" "Off course not. And I do know what time it is. Thank you very much." she scoffed. "I came to tell you that what we did today was awesome. And I couldn't have done half of it without you. Thanks for sticking around someone like me." Blushing in the darkness of his bedroom, Black Star says "Th-thanks. I owe a lot to you too." "Aww." she says back, unaware of the awkwardness in the air. "Shut up." he says as his blooming feelings dissipate. Following a few minutes of silence, Black Star tells his violet eyed friend to go to sleep. "Idiot, go back to bed. We can talk later. When we're both not sleepy." "Yeah, ok." suddenly feeling this odd sensation in the air, Ellie replies back "Goodnight Black Star." "Goodnight Ellie."