VR: here is Chapter one of Shattered Souls, my Soul Eater Mini-fic. it is freshly edited.

Ellie and Aeson and Leila belong to me

Soul and Maka belong to Atsushi Ōkubo

Edited by the absolute fabulous Z-Aquarius-Kai, my new Beta reader :3

i am sorry for any OOC-ness. even though it is mostly my own OC's XD

Chapter One: The Familiar Name.

It was five years ago. A twelve year old girl named Ellie Vayne walked into an alleyway in Death City. She was on her way home from school that day when a drunken, homeless, old man attacked her, before the man could hurt her, a scythe-like blade pierced through the man's stomach.

Ellie's eyes widened as a blue and black haired boy, who looked as though he could be around a year older than she was, appeared.

"You okay?" he asked, transforming his hand back into its original form.

"Y-yeah, thanks," Ellie replied with a smile.

The boy looked at her. He felt as though he had met her somewhere before but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Ellie saw the boy looking at her. "Um, what's your name?" she asked. Her voice sounded low and shy-like.

"It's Aeson. Aeson Conway. Some people call me Ace for short. And you?" he replied still looking at Ellie.

"I'm Ellie Vayne," she said with a smile.

Aeson blinked for a second. Vayne...why did that sound so familiar to him? Aeson was becoming pissed off at how he couldn't figure out why this girl's name was so familiar to him.

"Aeson, do you want to come back to my house? Then I can wash your t-shirt for you." Ellie asked looking at Aeson's sleeve.

The way Ellie said his name made Aeson feel warm and it brought something together inside him. He looked down at his blood stained sleeve.

"Ah, sure. Okay," he replied. Aeson really didn't want to go back to his house. And not only that, this girl Ellie…he had this fascination about her for some reason. Also, he wanted to know why it was that her name was so familiar to him.

Ellie walked to the door of her apartment and unlocked it.

When she walked in, Ellie turned on the lights and turned to Aeson who was right behind her.

"You stay here. I'll go see if I can find an extra shirt for you. I think I might have a non-girly bathrobe somewhere," she said going through the laundry.

"You don't have to do that," Aeson said as he watched her.

After a few minutes of looking around, Ellie found an unexpected t-shirt that looked like it would belong to a boy. "Where did this come from?" Ellie asked herself. Then she remembered. Maka had spent the night with her a few nights ago. Ellie remembered Maka forgetting one of Soul's t-shirts that she had taken before Ellie's sleepover. 'Well, Aeson does look like Soul's size ' she thought.

"Here," Ellie said and threw Soul's or rather Maka's t-shirt at him. "You can change in the bathroom. I'll get the washer and dryer ready."

Aeson did as he was told. When he came back into the room he watched the girl named Ellie as she put his blood stained shirt into the washing machine.

He kept searching his brain to find an answer as to why the name Ellie sounded so familiar to him but he just couldn't figure out why.

Ellie walked back to the living room to find Ace just standing in the middle of the room. He looked really uncomfortable. "What's wrong?" she asked, her voice more concerned than she wanted.

Ace broke out of his thoughts to look at Ellie. "Nothing," was his reply. He didn't understand it but he didn't like the face expression she was giving him. It was a sad and concerned face. It made him feel depressed.

Ellie, on the other hand, had a feeling that something was wrong with him. His soul was so dark and sad. It also seemed hidden. She couldn't figure it out. Maybe Maka could figure out what was wrong.

Suddenly Ellie realized that Ace was staring at her. His icy blue eyes had an unusual red aura around them. It felt as though he was stabbing her in the chest with his eyes.

"Um, do you want to stay the night? You can sleep on the couch if you want," she finally asked, a bit nervous.

Ace blinked and continued to look at her. "If that's what you want." Saying this he surprised not only Ellie but also himself. Why did he feel so loyal to her?

Ellie turned to looked at him after he said it and smiled. A nod was the reply to his question.

Aeson felt that warmth again. It felt nice. He watched Ellie make a place for him on the couch.

"There," she said as she finished the couch. "Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning."

Ace nodded then watched Ellie go to her room. He lay on the couch with his hands behind his head. Before he could think anymore, his eyes closed drifting him into a deep, relaxing sleep.