Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki were walking through the halls of DWMA, hours before classes had been scheduled to start.
"Why are we up so early again?" Soul asked tiredly before yawning.
"Spirit said that Lord Death wanted to see us before classes started." Maka answered.
"Man this bites." Black Star cut in. "I was hoping to meet up with that new student and teach him a lesson about stealing the spotlight from me."
"I don't think that's wise, they say he's Lord Death's son, if you hurt him real bad or perhaps even kill him Lord Death might get furious" Tsubaki explained
Black Star cringed at the thought. In his imagination he was already thinking of what could happen to him….
"HOW DARE YOU HARM MY SON, PREPARE TO DIE YOU POOR EXCUSE FOR AN ASSASSIN!" Death chopped Black Star on the head and had a scythe to his neck.
"Besides if he's strong enough to take out Anubis you won't last two minutes in a fight with him." Maka added
"Let's just get this over with." Soul said as they entered the death room. every one remained silent as they passed through the tunnel of guillotine shaped Torii gates to the main part of the room. there they saw three people already there two girls in matching outfits and a boy in a black business suit with white stripes on the shoulders, as well as three similar stripes on one side of his head.
"You must be the other four my father mentioned?" the boy asked, looking at the group.
"Are you Lord Death's son?" Maka asked.
The boy smirked at the question. "Indeed, I am Death the Kid, son of Lord Death. These are my weapon partners, Liz and Patti."
"Hey." Liz greeted dully.
"Hi!" Patti greeted in peppy tone.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Maka, and this is my weapon partner Soul."
"Hey. I heard you're pretty cool," Soul said, "But what's with the stripes on your head?'
"DON'T YOU DARE BRING THAT UP!" Kid shouted, moving to punch Soul, to which Maka responded by blocking him and giving him a Maka Chop.
"YEEEOCH That hurts worse than my dad's chop…." Kid said, getting up.
"I am the great Black Star! I know you're new and all, but there's no doubt you've probably heard of me before, right?" Black Star smiled with pride.
"Who?" Kid questioned with a raised eyebrow.
Black Star tensed but before he could make a fool of himself any further Tsubaki stepped in front of him. "And I'm Tsubaki, his weapon partner….."
"How unfortunate for you. Anyway, now that formalities are out of the way, shall we call my father?" Kid then fogged up the mirror, wrote 42-42-564, and at that moment Lord Death himself appeared in place of their reflections.
"Oh good! You're all here." Lord Death said happily
"You wanted to see us sir?" Tsubaki asked
"Yes I did," The grim reaper answered. "tell me students, what do you know about Wiccans?"
"Wiccans?" The group asked in unison.
"Never heard of 'em." Black Star said.
"It's new to me." Soul shrugged.
"I got nothing." said Liz.
"Hmmmm, nope." Patti stated.
"Father, what is this about?" Kid questioned.
The eye holes of the mask on Lord Deaths face changed to half circles that made him look... sad. "It's time I told you about our family's greatest shame."
"Greatest shame?" Kid repeated.
"Yes, around six-hundred years ago seventy-two innocent souls were taken because they had accidentally ended up on my list and every one of them was a Wiccan."
"How'd that happen?" Black Star asked.
"An excellent question, Black Star," answered Lord Death. "Wiccans are like Witches though they do have some differences. One similarity is that they both use magic, but while Witches fall to the destructive sway of magic, Wiccans use the strength of their own will to tame their magic like a wild stallion, and once tamed they use their power to help and heal the world though nature itself and strive to aid the world in its evolution. Another difference is that Wiccans age like normal humans, whereas Witches possess the power of longevity, but some Wiccans have been known to live longer and have much stronger resistance to disease than humans."
"WOW, WICCANS ARE AMAZING!" Patti exclaimed loudly.
"Yes, but Witches hated them for not falling under the sway of magic, and started framing Wiccans for things they did not do, thus the lives of seventy-two Wiccans were taken before their time. Some weapons attempted to use their souls to become Death Scythes, thinking that they were Witches, but lost all of the souls that they had acquired previously. Another one became a Kishin when he ate the soul of one that wasn't on the list but believed it was a Witch. It wasn't until a Wiccan came to me and sorted out who was truly who, and so for the past six hundred years they have been in hiding, some in plain sight others in seclusion."
"But what does that have to do with us?" Tsubaki asked
"Lord Death." said Spirit entering the main part of the room. "The Wiccans have arrived."
Behind Spirit were two women. One was young and dressed like a school girl, with black hair braided to look like a scorpion tail and a red neckerchief with a floral pattern on her head. The other woman was much older, but still very beautiful. She was the type of woman who every man dreamed of having for his own. She had an extremely pale and flawless complexion, making it seem like she was constructed almost entirely out of porcelain. Her dress had a sort of spider-like theme to it which 'though a little spooky' held elegance.
"Greetings Lord Death." the two said as they bowed.