Stranger
Death the Kid POV:
She ran…
Maka POV:
The bell rang among the noisy gossiping students in the corridor. It was the usual snowy, dull, day here in Death City, the students were so excited about how Christmas wasn't so far away. But me, I wasn't that bothered about Christmas. Sure, it's a day to spend with your family and friends, but my mother isn't here and my papa would rather spend his Christmas drinking at Chupa Cabra's. So I would normally spend it by myself in my room reading or something.
"Hey Maka!" Tsubaki called waving at me from across the hallway "Come here!"
I slowly closed my locker shut but held the handle a little longer than I was suppose to. I stared back at my reflection in the window beside me, staring at the pale skinned teary eyed girl that I didn't know how to change.
"Maka!" Liz again on the half of Tsubaki.
I turned around and started to walk to them. Liz, Patty, Tsubaki and Black*star all stood there watching me walk towards them keeping my arms wrapped around my chest as if I took them away I would fall to the floor and shatter into a million pieces.
"Are you okay?" Black*star waved a hand in front of my face.
His palm moved right in front of my face but my eyes remained still just staring into one blank space that wasn't even there. I had barely moved in a week, if it wasn't for Liz and Patty I probably wouldn't even be alive right now.
"Do you need to go to the nurse?" Black*star asked finally lowering his hand back down by his side.
I parted my lips slightly "No, I'll be okay"
"Are you eating okay?" Tsubaki took a step forward so that she was in my glance "We don't want you fainting again"
That last sentence brought back memories. I was walking down the school corridor, on my way to Professor Stein's dissection class. I was the same as I was now, like fragile glass, if anyone touched me I would break in an instant. I had been feeling sick the whole morning, I had skipped breakfast, and the morning before, and the morning before that, and before that. Tsubaki and the other's were talking about what they were getting for Christmas, I was minding my own business thinking about my life and how I was always alone and suddenly, I fell. My books scattered around the floor and I fell onto Black*star who had turned around just before I fainted on to him.
"Maka…" Black*star wove his hand in front of my face again "You sure you don't need the nurse?"
I tightened my arms around me "I'm fine"
The bell chimed in the hallway once again meaning it was time for third lesson. The bell startled me causing me to shiver in surprise, my eyes widened for the first time in weeks revealing the whole of the green emeralds that were my eyes.
"I have to go…" I said quietly under my breath not caring if they heard it or not.
I slowly turned around and started walking down the corridor towards class Crescent Moon, where I would wait for my friends to come and join me at our table. I walked slow but I knew I had to hurry because Stein would have a fit if I was late for his lesson, but I didn't want to run, I didn't feel like running right now, I just felt like hanging my head and walking slowly with my arms wrapped tight around my chest.
Death the Kid POV:
She didn't stop running…
Maka POV:
I stared down at the blank piece of paper on my desk in front of me, I didn't right any notes this lesson, I just couldn't find the strength to pick up my pen. Voices ran in and out of my head blocking out the sound of Stein's voice as he was teaching the class about specimens of frogs or something. I felt so weak…
"Liz!" Patty exclaimed in a whisper tapping her sister on the shoulder "Did you hear about Kim?"
"No" Liz whispered back "What happened to her?"
"Well people are saying that something chased her in the forest and that's why she's not been in these last few weeks"
Liz stared at her sister wide eyed "Oh my… I hope she's okay"
A scalpel was thrown in Liz and Patty's direction missing their shoulders and hitting the wall behind them. Their jaws dropped halfway to the ground and their faces turned extremely pale as they stared at the scalpel in terror.
"Be quiet while I'm teaching!" Stein yelled picking up another scalpel "Unless next time you'll be the one I'll be demonstrating on"
Liz and Patty slowly closed their mouths before swallowing their fear hard down their throats "Sorry sir"
I turned my head to the side and stared at the snow flakes brushing up against the window, trying to get inside the class room and settle on the snow free ground. The sun was hiding behind the snow filled clouds causing dullness to fill the air around us, the only light that shone was the light coming from the classroom, and without it darkness would linger all around us. Snow rested on glass and stayed there until the heat from the light made it turn into water and run down the window leaving behind a streak of water.
"Okay class remember you have a test coming up next week I hope you have studied the questions, I wrote them myself again" Stein said with a wide smirk.
The bell rang once again and all the students stood getting ready to leave for lunch except for me. I stayed seated in my chair holding my chin on my hands staring out the window and the snow flowing down to the ground.
"Maka, can I see you for a moment please?" Stein asked looking up the rows of benches straight at me.
I used the table in front of me to push myself up without stumbling. I picked my bag up off of the back of my chair and flung it over my shoulder. I began walking down the steps to the front of the class to where Stein was waiting to talk to me.
"Please sit down" He said gesturing the seat in front of him.
I slowly sat down onto the chair still keeping my eyes focused on Professor Stein, watching his every move as if he was a murder and I had to be careful incase he would try to attack me or something.
He leaned against his desk and folded his arms over his chest "I've been aware of the situation you're in"
What situation? I stared up at him blankly waiting for him to carry on his conversation. Yeah sure my mother left but that was ages ago.
"And not just me but the other teachers at this school are extremely worried about your health" He pushed the rim of his glasses higher up onto his nose "I want you to know that you shouldn't be afraid to talk to us about it"
I felt a chill inside of me, a chill of nerves running thought out my body so I immediately threw my arms around myself to try and keep me warm. I gripped on tightly to my shoulders trying to keep my arms up around my chest.
I looked away from him back to the window I was staring out of before "I'm fine, I don't need help"
Stein's expression changed immediately as if I had said something to put him off, like I said something he least expected "Oh, okay"
Once again I stood, picking up my bag along with me. I still held my arms around me as I walked over to the door, as I walked through it I suddenly felt and extremely large weight being lifted off of my shoulders.
"Oh, and Maka" Stein stopped me before I turned the corner "If you need anything, you know where I am"
My head tilted a little my forward so I was staring completely at the ground "Yeah…" I lifted my head up again staring through the hallway "Thanks"
Death the Kid POV:
She kept on running…
Maka POV:
The last bell of the day rang through my ears and the students ran through the hallway to get to the outside world they had been kept from for the whole day. As soon as I stepped through the school doors I felt more weights being pulled off of my shoulders. I grasped hold of the zips on my coat and done it up trying to fight the cold away and stay warm. I threw my bag on my shoulders once again and threw my arms around myself as always.
"Isn't this beautiful!" Patty exclaimed from behind me playing around in the snow.
"It's so pretty!" Tsubaki added running around with Patty "So white and fluffy"
I didn't want them to notice me so I started walking faster to the exit gate at the bottom of the stairs. The stairs were really slippery from the ice where the snow had once been so to prevent myself from falling over I gripped hold of the railing on the wall.
"Hey where's Maka?" Black*star asked the others "We told her we'd meet her out there"
"She probably went home" Liz's voice echoed through the air from behind me.
But I just kept walking, I didn't want to turn back and meet up with them, I just wanted to be on my own, it's what I needed. No one knew why I felt this way, to be honest I didn't either, maybe it was because of my mum leaving and my dad hardly ever being around, I'm always alone.
"Maka where are you?" Patty yelled at the top of her lungs from the top of the stairs "Maka!"
I pretended not to hear them and continued to walk up the path to the town. The town was filled with little kids running around throwing snowballs at each other and building snow men. Normally stuff like that would make me smile and I'd tell the kids that their snow men were really good, but right now I barely had the strength the carry my own weight.
What's wrong with you Maka? The voice in my head was asking me questions as normal. Why do you feel this way? Be happy life is good.
I shook my head slowly walking through the crowd of little kids "Life isn't good"
When I finally reached the front door of my house I didn't hesitate to open it and run inside. Darkness surrounded me as I closed the door behind me. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the darkness of the room, I didn't feel like turning the lights on just yet. I threw my bag onto the sofa, along with my scarf and coat.
It's too dark in here, why don't you turn the light on? It started talking to me again.
"I don't want to" I sighed "I like it this way"
But if you have it like this all the time, you will never be able to get over the fact that you're alone…
I couldn't hide my emotions anymore "Shut up!"
I clutched hold of my head and hung it to the ground as I fell on my knees to the floor. The strands of my hair tried to grip onto my scalp as I tried to pull them out from the emotion. I closed my eyes shut tightly trying to force out the tears I'd been holding in for far too long and the streamed, they streamed like a dried up river had found its water again, I had never cried so much.
"I can't take this anymore!" I yelled so loud that the kids in the street probably heard me.
You're not alone, you're never alone…
Death the Kid POV:
She can't run anymore…