New schools where not very new to her, she always had to move. Her father got different jobs all the time and her mother was long gone. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. "just a normal girl, with no family problems going to a normal school. She could feel the tears in the back of her eyes. But she smiled as bright as she could, that was her job after all to pretend that nothing was wrong to pretend that she was happy and healthy and that she was brave. Too bad it was all a lie.

She walked to school that morning three hours early, so she did not have to see her father before she left. She was safe for a few hours. She could handle school, she even had a friend already if he remembered her that is. She lived here when she was much younger when her mother was still around before her father turned into what he is today but that is all in the past now locked up with lots of chains.

She took a deep breath before opening the door to her first class. The first thing she noticed was the teacher, a young woman with blonde hair and an eye patch. "good morning you must be Maka right?" The teacher asked all eye where on Maka now. She nodded not trusting her own voice. "well welcome to the DWMA, I'm Miss Marie your homeroom and English teacher please have a seat next to Soul." Miss Marie said pointing to a kid with a black hoodie covering his face "I feel bad for her, having to seat next to that demon" "Poor girl, first day and she has to sit next to a killer." She could hear all the other kids muttering about the boy sitting next to her but it did not bother her.

She drowned herself in her school work trying to avoid everyone. Being so late in the semester most seats were taking in all of her classes so she ended up next to Soul a lot, it seemed no one wanted to sit next to him. But she didn't mind she liked that he did not try to talk to her, it was nice to be ignored. The bell rang for lunch and every one left the class room for lunch. Maka was of the last to leave while still packing her stuff a boy tackled her "The mighty god has not received a hello from his oldest follower why is..." The boy was cut off with a punch to his face "get off me Blackstar" Maka hissed "I'm so sorry he does not normally tackle people" A girl came rushing up apologizing

"It's okay I've known him since we were young, and I did not say hello because I didn't think you would remember be after 10 years, we were only children after all but the way I'm Maka" The girl bowed "I'm so sorry I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Tsubaki, nice to meet you Maka." Maka giggled "the pleasure is all mind; hey do you mind if I sit with you today at lunch I have not made any friends yet." Maka asked "of course you can sit with us, a god never turns down his followers!" Black star shouted "come on ill introduce you to the rest of my worshipers" Black said before rushing out of the room.

"Soul? A lot of people say things about him, his mother and brother died a few years back and everyone says he killed them so they call him all kinds of names. Be careful around his he always comes in with bruises, Liz thinks he's in some sort of fight club." Tsubaki looked sad while she answered Maka's question "him and Blackstar used to be friends but when his family died and the bruises started he shut himself out, no one could get him to talk not even Blackstar. Blackstar won't tell you but he still worries about soul." Tsubaki said her eyes following the energetic blunette. "who you talking about I wanna know the latest gossip" The new voice made both girls job. "Liz you scared me!" Tsubaki nearly shouted holding her heart "This is Maka she's new, she sits next to Soul in all her classes so she was asking about him" "hmm, he's not really someone you should worry about, people say a lot of things about him but I'm pretty sure he just belongs to some fight club, I mean with the bruises he always has and with his family's death, I don't see why he wouldn't want to let off steam fighting."

"Well I think he ate his family with his super sharp teeth, and sucked all their blood out" "Patti he's not a vampire" Liz said scolding the younger girl. Patti pouted "you don't know that" she said looking away. The girls stated gossiping while they walked but Maka could not stop her brain from working she had a slight idea of what might be happening with Soul, but she didn't want to say anything. She just wanted to eat her lunch and become friends so she could seem like she was fitting in, but in her heart she knew she needed to find out the truth.

The final bell rang; school was over for the day. Chills ran up her spine she wasn't ready to return home. She notices the boy next to her stiff up as well as the last bell rang. Both waited until all the students left to walk home. Once outside she had spotted Soul again she watched as he rushed on to a motorcycle and out of the parking lot. She sighed as she walked home. Hoping that her dad had already gone out drinking or something, then she could do her chores and lock her door and hide for the rest of the night.

Luck was not on her side as she walked into her house and her father was sitting in a chair, hand on a bottle. His eyes pierced her very soul. "where have you been" the words came out slow and steady. He was beyond mad that she was not home. "I was at school, I'm sorry" She said in nearly a whisper has her father stood and walked a crossed the room. She closed her eyes as pain flowed through her cheek. 'tonight is going to be a long night' she thought as her father punched her in her gut making her crumple to the floor as blood dripped from her mouth.