Nicholas walked through the halls, yawning from exhaustion as he roamed the empty halls, almost falling asleep while walking. "so, much, Jackie Chan, last night" Nicholas said, as he had spent last night watching Jackie Chan movies until midnight. He groggily walked through the halls before finally face planting into the ground comically before falling asleep. About half an hour later to find a woman standing over him. She had long golden hair with an eye patch to match in color and cheeriness. She wore a black trench coat, yet at the same time a warm motherly smile. "are you Nicholas?" She asked helping him back on his feet. The male smiled just adding to her smile. "Perfect. I need you to follow me" The female led Nicholas to a white room that seemed like a lab, yet at the same time a living room. "Lord death asked stein to give you a check up but, he's running late. I figured I could get to know the new student. I'm Marie by the way, Marie mjolnir" She said handing Nicholas a cup of tea. He smiled taking a small sip before it slipped out of his fingers, causing him to look in fear. This scene familiar.
-Flash back, 9 years ago-
A 5 year old Nicholas felt a harsh sting across his face as his mother slapped him violently "why won't you stop being a clumsy little pest and actually be of use to me." the woman said coldy at her son, making him look at her with a mix of shock, hurt, and fear. She simply sighed and turned away, writing on a clip board. "He may be more useful than his brother but he refuses to accept his true nature, i'll have to kick him to the curb" The woman turned around to find Nicholas on the verge of tears, only fueling her irritation towards him. She raised her hand and slapped his other cheek, causing him to fall backwards. "enough with that whimpering Nicholas, its very annoying" with that she left him on the ground as he cleaned himself up.
Marie got up sighing to herself. "look at this mess, oh well" she reached to get the broom behind Nicholas and he visibly flinched, covering himself shaking. "I'm sorry! Really I didn't mean to drop it it just happened!" He said surprising Marie by his attitude change. "it's alright Nicholas really, im a bit of my clutz myself. Just calm down, its fine." she said patting his head, getting him to calm down as he helped clean the mess. "Sorry just, im more use to a stinging in my cheek than a pat" He said making Marie a bit sorry for him. As she wondered what kind of woman would slap her son stein walked in. "Oh, I see your already here Nicholas, I guess you've met Marie." He said as the both nodded, a small smile on their faces. "well just follow me and I'll give you a checkup, its common for new students" Nicholas sighed as he let the scientist check up on him, yet he had the strange need to say "help! I need an adult!" But stein on the other hand, was in shock and confusion when he was examining his heartbeat and soul wavelength strength. Not only was he not even full meister, but a half breed of the worst enemy known to the dwma, a witch. Yet this was not the part that confused him the most, not by a long shot. What confused him, was that Nicholas had a scar shaped birthmark on his chest. "something wrong professor stein?" Nicholas said, oblivious that stein had seen his birthmark. "no, its nothing nick, your healthy for someone your age so you should do fine in the E.A.T classes. I'll meet you there tomorrow." Nicholas nodded and walked away, leaving stein in shock. "When did I, have a son"