I do not own Soul Eater or any other character (hahaha get the pun?)

Here's me trying to be Shakespeare!

I don't know if you've noticed but their relationship is moving pretty quickly in this story, but that's because 1. it moves quickly in the real legit story and 2. it's love at first sight come on!

But I hope you still like it (: and sorry for the long wait!

GRAMMAR CHECK: I do realize the appropriate titles would be "Soul Eater d'Evans" and "Maka d'Albarn" because their last names begin with vowels. I'm making the change starting this chapter so sorry about that! But if you guys want me to actually spell out "de" just let me know via reviews haha.


Act IV: Rebellion

Scene I

(The two lovers stand directly before each other in the same remote place)

Maka: (Still shocked) Y-You… know?

Soul: (Nods his head) Thy mind first decided to return to you this necklace ere the ball ended and so I went in chase. (Lowers to a bare whisper) The carriage that held you went in haste to the cemetery, and so I as well.

Maka: (Looks down, avoiding his gaze, her fingers grasping the necklace more tightly) Thine eyes saw what quantity?

Soul: Nothing worth a breath.

Maka: (Looks up at him, bewildered) So thou hath not heard that I… (Looks away quickly) No, I cannot speak.

Soul: I fear to say…I had.

Maka: (Can't look up to face him because he knows her destiny. She turns around) Thy must away. (She says sadly, then quickly turns around to bow) By your leave, your majesty.

Soul: (Grabs her arms and lifts her up, forcing her to look into his eyes) Speak with earnest, art thou not royalty as well? Wherefore the need for formalities? (Raises his voice a little) Were not the Albarns once the crown jewel of Death City? (Tightening his grip)

Maka: (Tearing up) The Evans hath that crown jewel in present doth they not? (Struggling against his grip, trying to leave but he won't let her go) Waste not thou time with a mere citizen such as I!

Soul: To thy heart thou doth not hold such a lowly title!

(She looks up at him in response to his words and immediately he kisses her. His eyes are closed and the sudden action causes her to drop her basket of camellias and she stops moving, frozen in a subtle state of shock. Her body slowly relaxes and she closes her eyes too. The kiss is sweet and not pushy or aggressive, so unconsciously she kisses back. He holds her tighter until he breaks the kiss)

(They look into each others eyes )

Soul: I love you, Maka. (He whispers)

Maka: (She looks away from him, clutching her necklace tighter. She whispers as well) No, Soul…our love can never be.

Soul: Because I am an Evans and you, an Albarn?

Maka: (Nods)

Soul: I care not of such reasons that hold no acceptable position to thy heart. (His tone turns defiant) MY father might be in search of thee, but I shall do that which the power I hold allows to make sure thou doth not fall into his hands. Thy wouldst be unable to bear to see thee found, nor the consequence that would sure follow.

Maka: (Breaks away from his grasp by backing away quickly and bows) I must bid farewell, tis best if eyes see not of each other. For safety as well.

Soul: Be not so direct! Utter not those foul words my love! For if they stand true I will put up a sword to thine own throat and take away thy life! (He pleads with her, stopping her hasty exit) For it is that fact that thine eyes hath seen you thy cannot live without thou!

Maka: Desist! Thy mayst speak foul words but thou speaks nonsense! (She begins her side of the begging, and tears return to her eyes) I am to kill you, and you to kill I. That is fate's silly tune which our fathers hath begun to play in duet of hate, and as such I can not bear to risk bringing it upon us to play that same tune! (She pauses) A-And…and (Begins to stutter)

Soul: (Walks closer to her) Thou thoughts are insatiable. (He whispers but she can't hear him)

Maka: (Composing herself) And… what care I for life if I lost you?

Soul: Thou wouldst care for life as much as I, were thy to never see thee again.

(Suddenly the clocktower chimes, sounding all throughout Death City)

Maka: Ay me! I must head home forthwith! (She fixes the placing of her camellia blossoms that she is carrying and turns her back to Soul, running towards the way to get down from where she is. She stops before completely disappearing from Soul's vision, and turns around) Til it be morrow. (She smiles, then leaves)

Soul: (Once he is alone, to himself) Love, that which cannot be defeated by arms yet holds the power to drive a sane man mad. Thy art content with thee. (The clocktower chimes its second time) Hence I to thy own damned home.

Scene II

Maka: (Walks into her home carrying the food and Camellias she has collected) I've returned! (She closes the door behind her and immediately runs into the kitchen) Tsubaki I hath brought-! (She is cut off when Justin rushes to her and hugs her)

Justin: My lady! Thou art safe art thee not? (He is touching her face and head, making sure she isn't hurt. He sighs) I am relieved.

Maka: (Chuckling at Justin's reaction) You were worried?

Justin: (Smiles) A touch, a touch I do confess.

Maka: Wherefore? I was out purchasing for tonight's supper. (Showing him the food and flowers)

Tsubaki: (Getting up from her seat in the table and takes them away from her) Many thanks! I plea for you to rest yourself as I go and prepare dinner. (Smiling) I'm sure since twas my princess who hath gathered these tonight's feast shall be filling!

Maka: Princess…? Be not so formal I beg of you. (Smiles back) And thou gives me far too much credit!

Sid: (Voice coming up out of nowhere) Your highness, we bade come hither.

Maka: (Looks back at the dining table as Tsubaki heads towards the stove and the counters. She sees that more men who are strangers to her sit beside them, occupying the numerous seats) Of course. (She walks over, where Sid stands up and lets her take his seat. After she sits down, she looks over at Stein) Who are all these people?

Stein: Your majesty, these are the loyalists who serve under your command. This is Azusa, an old friend of mine and your father. Next to her is Joe, the son of your father's advisor, and beside him is Tezca, another old friend especially to Justin, and then Eibon, one of your father's most trusted knights.

All of Them: (Rising up, and then bowing down) Your highness.

Maka: (Uneasily) U-Um, that is quite alright; refer me not to that title, please. (To herself) I wish not to seem to be a noble at this hour.

(A blonde girl then enters the room, carrying a seemingly heavy box)

Patty (18): I hath retrieved the swords sir. (She says setting down the box in the center of the table)

Maka: (Raises her voice) Swords?

Stein: None meant for your embrace. (Sternly)

Sid: (Introducing her) Tis beith Mistress Patricia Thompson. She is the daughter of the Noble Lord Thompson and his wife, however slain by a double-edged fate likewise to your parents, Maka. We hath taken her in to our care, and as such she hath served us well.

Patty: It is nice to meet you Princess. (She smiles) Patty will do fine.

Maka: Oh, Patty. I'm sorry to hear such grief. (She apologizes to Patty about the death of her parents)

Patty: Waste not such thoughts on weary old me. (Turns to Tezca) I hope thou art content with the trouble thou hath caused me! That helmet you wished for was more trouble to receive than thy were willing to bear! (She takes out a helmet that looks like a bear's head) Of all things to do you decide to purchase this unnatural piece of armor.

Tezca (30): Wear not me out with your prattling. I find my decision upheld.

Azusa (29): Upheld by who, exactly?

Tezca: Never you mind.

Maka: Take a pause in thy conversation! (She screams, frustrated. Everyone turns to her and she has their attention) Wherefore the need for these wretched weapons?

Stein: Please calm thine head my lady, and I shall explain troubling circumstances to thee.

Maka: (Takes a deep breath and calms her head) Amuse me.

(In the castle, Soul enters the library, planning on walking up the stairs to where he usually rests, but he sees his father, Black Star, Kid, Mosquito, and other men sitting at one of the tables on the first floor of the library. The table is dead center in the middle of the library where the ceiling is at its highest. As he walks closer to the table, he can see that they are sitting with his father's strongest guards and lead generals, Noah, Giriko, and Angela de Leon's brother Mifune)

Black Star: (Looks over) Well, tis thee who doth bear thine heavy heart.

Wes: (Greeting him) My son, thou hast made to attend our little gathering.

Noah (25):In timely fashion, I doth lie.

Wes: (Raising an eyebrow, asking since Soul hasn't responded to him) And where were you?

Soul: (Trying to avoid giving an answer) I go where I can as often as I can, that is my justification. (Looking around, and asking another question before Wes can comment) Father, wherefore the need for a meet?

Wes: The Marquise Arachne hath planned a visit to our dear city as an ambassador of her country. She is spending her retires in an embassy outside of Death City, yet overlooking all.

Noah: (He continues) His Majesty The Prince, enacting his position as our beloved city's diplomat, shall ride off by carriage come the stars' arising to welcome the Baroness.

Soul: And this decision was made…

Mifune (24): A few days past, but because of the secret of the embassy's location, we hath held a meeting anew to decide that only a few of his most trusted guards shall accompany him in thine leave, instead of the regular surplus of men.

Soul: Wherefore was I to know not of this?

Kid: Black Star and I hath made known to His Highness of your absence, however as the sun closed in on the ground, thou sill had not returned to thee.

Soul: My apologies. (He says sarcastically)

(Suddenly, a blonde girl shows up behind Soul, entering the library, and carrying a box)

Liz (20): Sir, the robes and shoes thou ordered for his journey hath arrived. (Sees Soul) Oh, my Lord! (She bows down, being careful of the box)

Soul: No need. (He ushers her not to bow)

Wes: Thou art Mistress Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of former Albarn loyalist and Noble Lord Thompson and his wife. I found the poor girl, then a mere infant, and thought to bring her up on the right side.

Soul: (Surprised and barely speechless) Albarn?

Wes: Think not much of it, I hath brought her to our castle and all is well.

Soul: Wherefore the need to make her maid? (Starting to get slightly irritated)

Wes: A maid? No my child she is our assistant, if you will. I give her no such treatment as that of a mere worker. (Waving his hand) Now don't be rude, greet her.

Soul: Uh… of course. (Turns to her) It was nice to meet you Elizabeth.

Liz: Please Your Highness, just Liz will suffice.

Soul: Of course. (Turns to his father) Was that all I missed?

Black Star: Thou must fret Soul! For I hath attended the meeting and thou were absent. I wonder how you sustained sanity with thy lack of my presence.

Soul: (Giving him a look) You art not the reason I care of what I hath failed to learn.

Black Star: Be in denial not, comrade.

Kid: (Sighs) Thou art ignorant indeed. (Rises from his seat and bows) By your leave, My Prince. (Looks over) Tread Black Star, we make thy exit. Thou hath obnoxiousness too strong. His Majesty wouldst flourish thine mind better in your absence.

Wes: (Chuckles) Thou thinks too kindly in my best interest. I admire thee, Kid. (Waves them off) Thou hast thy leave.

Giriko (21): Yeah yeah on with it you youths!

Soul: (Giving Giriko a look)I see the drunk hath made himself known. In truth I'm surprised father hath let the inebriate in on his actions.

(Kid and Black Star has both made their way towards Soul, who is still standing near the entrance of the Grand Library. He turns his back to the meeting and follows his two friends out the door)

Wes: Liz, wouldst thou follow them out and place that box into my chamber?

Liz: (Bows down) In all haste My Lord.

Wes: (Stands up from his seat) Henceforth, this meeting is adjourned.

(Back at the hideout of Maka and her friends and loyalists, Stein has just begun to tell her of why there is a meeting being held and why Patty has entered with weapons. Now, everyone is seated around the table, and some are standing due to lack of chairs except for Tsubaki, who is currently cooking their dinner but the kitchen is right by them so she can still hear the conversation)

Stein: The Marquise Arachne hath come to visit Death City, and is lodging in an embassy building that holds a disclosed location address. Hitherto this location our "dear Prince" (he mocks) hath decided to head by carriage, conveying only a small amount of his distinguished men.

Tezca: By this time tomorrow night, when the snake leaves his hole, we will ambush his carriage, and finally put to death The Prince and end the reign of Evans.

Eibon (38): Much of those who still hold belief in the House Albarn art willing to risk the beating of thine courageous hearts and join us. (Pointing to the box) Tis these tools that will aid us in our mission.

Maka: And where was my position to be in this plan?

Azusa: With all do respect Princess, we cannot let thee be in harm's way. We all agreed it would be best if thou were not a part of this.

Maka: Thy sees no sense in thou words, uh, Azusa? (She nods her head, signaling that Maka said her name correctly) Was it not my destiny to reclaim the throne? How was I to do so without playing a part in the actual reclamation by Prince Evans' death?

Tsubaki: (Overhears and pauses from cooking to voice her opinion) Maka! Doth thou know what thou hath just uttered? To reclaim the throne by his death would mean, thou wouldst have to…

Maka: (Sincerely) It warms thy heart to know of your cares, my friend. (More seriously) However, I hath sworn to rid myself of all my softness, for the sake of letting innocent girls retain their lives as not to face death under the assumption they are me.

Joe (32): My lady…

Maka: (Raising her voice) What with mischief advancing towards her citizens, I, Maka d'Albarn, as the last survivor of House Albarn and for the people of Death City, I shall not only partake in this but I demand to lead, in honor of my father Spirit Albarn.

Tezca: (Laughing loudly) What boldness from our lady! Thine stubborn trait of our late Prince doth lives on within his daughter!

Sid: (Concerned) Art thou sure? Wherefore the sudden determination?

Maka: (Barely in a whisper) Now that thou hath truth be known to thee, thy cannot help but feel useless were I to watch idly and do nothing. If what you say is true, about me taking my father's place as ruler of our beloved city, I will not have others do work for me. Death City wilt not accept a Princess who would not risk thy own life for this reform. As such, thy shall have participation in this revolution.

Justin: (Smiles)My lady, pride have I in you to see thee take charge in responsibility.

Maka: (Smiles back) Well, since I have assumed the name, I hope to be able to be accounted for with high regards.

Stein: Very well, then this shall be our course of action. (Stands up, pushing his chair back) I thank thee for bringing us our assets, Patty.

Patty: (Curtsies) Of course.

Stein: Prepare for tomorrow's coup. We shall gather a group, assemble thy arson, and hence towards the end of Evans' reign.

Sid: (To raise spirits) Fellow comrades, loyalists, friends, by this time tomorrow, Death City shall see a new light arise from the dark. And that light shall beith named Albarn! We will bring this city a new age, where tyranny hath no place. Hurrah!

Everyone: Hurrah! Hurrah! Long live Albarn!

Maka: (To herself, whispering so no one else can hear while they are cheering) If peace befalls Death City in the absence of Wes Evans, perhaps our love shall flourish, Soul.

(Tsubaki brings dinner to everyone and they begin to eat and rejoice)

Scene III

(It is the next day. Everyone in the Albarn force lodging is up and about. Maka is eating breakfast, Tsubaki is cleaning. Justin, Sid, and Stein are talking to each other in the drawing room of Marie's house, talking about the details of their plan. Suddenly, the doorbell rings)

Tsubaki: I shall receive it! (She runs into the foyer and opens the door)

Maka: (Stops eating her breakfast, and follows Tsubaki out) A visitor in the morn?

Tsubaki: (Opens the door while Sid, Justin, and Stein are walking in together) Hello sir. Thou art in search of someone?

Giriko: (Smiling and holding a bottle of alcohol in one hand) Yes I-

Justin: (Arms open, heading speedily towards the entrance) Giriko, my companion!

Giriko: Justin! How long it has been.

Justin: (Rushes past Tsubaki, who steps aside, and hugs Giriko) I was not expecting you until later. Have you news?

Giriko: A faint amount I admit, but nevertheless news.

Maka: Who is he? (Asking Stein)

Stein: He is the Earl Giriko, one of the Noble Lords and one of Prince Evans' trusted associates.

Maka: (Gasping) Prince Evans?

Sid: Worry not. By request of our Justin he currently works as our spy. It was him who told us of the Prince's plan to visit the Baroness Arachne which was made a few days ago, and we hast that meeting of night's last by Giriko's suggestion.

Maka: I see.

Justin: Do enter, thou art no stranger.

Tsubaki: (When Giriko follows Justin inside, Tsubaki closes the entrance door behind them and walks over to Maka) Come hither, wouldst thou wish to listen on their conversation?

Maka: Tread quickly! Tread quickly Tsubaki! We shall not lose them! (She grabs Tsubaki's arm and quickly follows Stein, Sid, Justin, and Giriko)

(Inside the royal palace, Wes is being dressed by his servants in the clothes that Liz brought him earlier. In the room right next door, Soul, Black Star, and Kid all wait for the Prince to come out and show them his outfit. They are waiting by his request because he wanted them to see it. Soul is leaning one of his shoulders against the floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall window with his arms crossed, looking outside the window. Black Star is laying down on the couch with both of his hands behind his head and both legs bent, with one leg over the other. Kid sits at the table, writing something down on a pile of papers, one would think he was writing a novel. The three of them, in the same room yet doing separate things, say no word to each other because anything they would talk about, they wouldn't want to risk having Prince Evans hear it)

Wes: (Entering the room) Opinion hath thou?

Kid: (Looking at the Prince) Thou wouldst find a place in the night sky, my liege.

Black Star: But thou shall not outshine my position, for I am in the center. (Begins to laugh obnoxiously)

Wes: (Faking kindness, putting on a faux smile) Cease thy prattle, Black Star. However I shall give that thine name does guarantee thy place in the above, but do not forget who leads in this room. (His servants walk in front of him, still carrying the cloth they were working on him with, and open the door for him as he makes his exit) I shall take thy leave. Soul. (He looks at his son)

Soul: Yes. (Looks at his father with a scowl on his face)

Wes: (Faking a smile with a hint of intimidation and threatening) Behave yourself.

Soul: (As disrespectful as possible) Of course.

Wes: Good. (Makes his exit to meet with Baroness Arachne)

Kid: His Highness does not seem to think very highly of you.

Soul: (Looking back outside the window) Tis something of more simplicity. Although he shows otherwise thy father hath merely no intention of ascending me to the throne as his successor.

Kid: However your reign is inevitable, My Prince. (Kid looks over at Soul with a smile, calling him by the title that Wes holds, showing Soul his belief he will rule one day)

Soul: (Does not look back over at Kid) But is it my country to govern?

Black Star: Tis obviously thy own to command, however those in the heavens declare it be thou bloodline who took thy spot on this lowly monarchy. (Laughs) Were it anyone else but you, Soul, I would hast blood be harvested from their body.

Kid: Always the violent one.

Black Star: And woe to him who speaks otherwise!

Kid: (Sighs and shakes his head) Pay no mind to his petty mulling. (He tells Soul)

Soul: It cares me not.

(Back at the Albarn hideout, they have finished talking with Giriko and are once again at the entrance of the estate)

Justin: (Shaking Giriko's hand) Again, I thank thee for keeping an eye on the Prince for us.

Giriko: It is a problem not. I confess the excitement I feel is worth it. (Waves to them) Farewell good people! (He leaves)

Stein: Lady Maka, assemble you. We make way towards headquarters in near time.

Maka: (Bows down) Get you the sword of thy father. (Turns her body completely towards Stein) If I am to do this in his honor, I shall do this right.

Sid: Your Highness, how didst you know of its existence? (Surprised)

Maka: I admit Tsubaki and I were listening in onto your conversation.

Justin: Why doest thou that? (Shouting)

Maka: (Giving him a stern look) I thought clear was it made I require thy full participation. If thy responsibility is that of thou statements, how am I to fulfill them without complete knowledge?

Tsubaki: (Backing her up) Stein, think you that a leader who knows not why they lead, is a leader at all?

Stein: (Laughing loudly) My Lady! Thy art proud to see thee take responsibility of the crown.

Tsubaki: (Smiling) Come with me Maka, and I shall get thee ready.

Maka: Yes, for battle.

Scene IV

(Everyone on the Albarn force has prepared themselves and are now riding in a boat, going down a secret river and heading towards the headquarters, where everyone is waiting for The Prince to pass in his carriage so they can attack)

Joe: (Inside headquarters) Temperance! Her Majesty is arriving!

(Their boat arrives. Stein, Sid, and Justin get off first, and hold out their hand to help Maka step out of the boat. Tsubaki stays behind with Marie at the house. Maka and the other three enter the headquarter and everyone cheers)

All Loyalists: (Get down on one knee and bow their heads) Your Highness, Princess Maka d'Albarn. We are honored to be in your presence.

Maka: (With a very commanding tone, finally taking her position as their leader and commander. She begins a speech) Think me not as your Princess, but as a fellow companion, as I think of you all as thy comrades. (She smiles, as they rise up) Before moments of recent past, I confess I feared my courage would fail me. (Voice becoming more defiant) But when thine eyes reaped taste of thou courage, thy fears no longer hold failure as an option.

Stein, Sid, and Justin: (Smiling, proud of Maka) Your Highness is gracious, quenching these people's thirst for morale.

Maka: (Raising her sword in the air. Referring to her loyalists) Behold thy fiddle! (Referring to her sword) And with it thy fiddlestick! It is with these thy shall make thee dance, Wes Evans! For I believe it is unbecoming of a Princess of Death City to not fight alongside those who would otherwise risk their lives for her, and who would otherwise avenge my father.

All Loyalists: For His Majesty Spirit d'Albarn! For Death City!

Maka: (Screaming one last thing) To Prince Evans, death will be the height of his prayers!

All Loyalists: (Pointing their swords in the air, raising them in cheers as well as their drinks) Long live the Princess! God save the Princess! (They continue to cheer)

Maka: (Barely whispering to herself, replacing her smile with a frown) Please forgive me, Soul.

(And so begins their revolt)

Azusa: (Opens the door, runs inside, panting and trying to catch her breath. She kneels down in front of Maka) I hath just received news from our spies. The Prince has just crossed the bridge over the Shibusen River. His carriage makes its way closer to our position as we speak.

Stein: A thousand thank you's. (Azusa stands up and takes her sword out. To everyone) Ready yourselves!

(Everyone is silenced and they hear the clacking of the horses who are driving the carriage come nearer. Everyone hides away from the windows, all of them clutching their swords, shields, and other weapons close to them, adjusting their armor as needed. Maka is hiding behind a few boxes in the upstairs of the hideout, protected by Stein, Sid, Azusa, and their new comrade Nygus, with Justin, Eibon, Patty, and Joe on the lower floor guiding the people downstairs. The carriage is close enough they can see the Royal Crest on its doors. Something feels off in the air, however, and there is this sort of ominous feeling so Justin takes a peek outside the window real quick)

Justin: (His eyes open wide and he quickly steps away from the window) Fall back! We're under attac-

(Before Justin can finish, an arrow pierces through one of his shoulders and he falls over, blood flowing out of his shoulder quickly and he pulls the arrow out of his shoulder)

Maka: (Stands up from her hiding place) Justin!

Mosquito: (From outside of the hideout) That's her! The Albarn girl! (Directing his guards) Kill her not! We must bring her back alive!

Stein: (Jumping in front of Maka) Stay behind me!

(All of a sudden more arrows enter into the hideout, only there is fire on the tips of them and they set the fire ablaze to the hideout. In a mist of smoke and confusion the Prince's guards take the chance to break down the door and it becomes a full on sword vs. sword battle)

Guards: Death to the Albarns! (They scream as they run amuck)

Tezca: (Fighting) Wherefore! (Grunting, continuing to defend himself)

Sid: (While stabbing a guard) Damnit! They had knowledge of our attack! (Blocking a sword attack behind his shoulder) How can this be?

(At the same time as the attack. In the castle, Liz, Kid, Black Star, and Soul are all standing together on the terrace facing the entire city. Wes has ordered that they do not accompany him on his trip. A maid comes out to the balcony and gives them a few drinks, then leaves quickly. The palace is rather quiet and there are couches on the large balcony. Kid is reading on the outside couch and Liz is sitting next to him, helping pour them their drinks. Black Star is working out on the more open side of the terrace and Soul is hanging over the edge, watching the city)

Kid: (Turns to her) Elizabeth Thompson, am I right?

Liz: (Faces Kid) Yes, but just Liz will fare just as well.

Kid: Is it true that your parents were former Albarn loyalists?

Soul: (Hearing the name Albarn, gains an interest in Kid's conversation, and looks over)

Liz: (Turns to Soul, then to Black Star) Thou drinks art ready. (Turns to kid) If thou minds it not, might I ask wherefore the sudden question?

Soul: (Walks over and takes a seat on the second outdoor couch, picking up a glass and drinking it) Yes, Kid, what think you of asking such.

Kid: (Not looking up from his book) Knowledge is thy reason, for I know not much of our city's history.

Liz: (Takes her own glass, and sits back where she was sitting) Yes. I was the age of seven when they were put to the sword of your father, Soul. All I remember from that time were their deaths, and a little girl whom they used to keep by thy side. (Shakes her head) That matters not however.

Kid: So you were there, in the castle when the Prince gained the throne?

Liz: I was, yet I was not.

Kid: Tell me true, Liz. Didst thou see a young girl known as Albarn's daughter?

Soul: (Grabs Kid and pulls him off to the side real quick so Liz can't hear their conversation) Art thou corrupted with madness? She works for thy father, thou might as well let slip the nature of whence I hath been and whither I plan to head in the near future. Plus, she would nary tell us a thing about his daughter, because my father is in search of her.

Kid: (Loosening Soul's grip on him) Worry not My Lord, I hath heard much of her from my father. She bears no loyalty to the Evans family, only gratitude that the Prince hath let her live. That is the only reason she serves. Hence, my questionnaires.

Soul: And where doest thou perceive that she wilt not hesitate to give us information of her past. How is she to know I won't lend her thy ear just to transfer it into words for my father's own ears.

Kid: Simply because, she knows of your attempt to abolish the search when you requested to hold the floor in front of the House of Lords. (He says assuredly)

Soul: Well if it is any information on my beloved, then that answer is more than satisfactory. (He and Kid go back to sitting near Liz) Forgive me, please continue.

Liz: (Smiles sweetly) To answer your question, yes. Thine eyes used to be honored with the presence of Her Highness, only she was a mere toddler back then, so there was not much to admire. (She giggles)

Soul: Please tell me, what was it like? The reign of Albarn…and the attack. (He asks sincerely)

Liz: (Her smile disappears, and it turns to seriousness. She holds her glass in her lap and stares at the liquid) I know not why the Prince began his assailment. I cannot say much, however. (She looks over the fence of the terrace, facing the entire city) I constantly sit and watch idly as the former glory of Death City slowly slips through the people's grasps. Albarn once held everything together, and I can see only its crumbling since the Evans' reign, I confess.

Soul: Do you mean to say-

Black Star: (Shouting) A flame! Burning brighter than me? Unacceptable!

Kid: What doest thou speak of? (Stands up and runs to the edge of the terrace. His eyes widen) Soul! Liz! In haste! (He waves his hand, ushering them to follow him)

Liz: (Gasps and covers her mouth with her hand)

Soul: What madness is this?

Black Star: I must extinguish this imposter immediately! Come Soul, Kid, Liz! (He runs toward the exit of the balcony)

Kid: Though for reasons wrong, he has a good point. We must see what is going on.

(The three of them follow Black Star out so they can take a carriage to see what the flames are)

Soul: A fire? (He comments to himself, running after them. Liz follows)

(At the ambush in the Albarn hideout, after the four at the castle left to investigate)

Maka: (A guard runs towards her and tries to stab her, she quickly blocks it with her sword. He continues to try and cut her but then Justin comes out of nowhere and stabs the guard, disabling him from hurting her) Justin! How fare thee? (In a worried tone)

Justin: (Clutching his shoulder) Tis but a scratch on a well sharpened blade. (Turns around, still holding his shoulder, and stabs another guard behind him)

Maka: (Sees another man going towards Justin as he is stabbing the other guard, and to defend him and out of confusion she thrusts herself forward and stabs the man trying to kill Justin) No… (She can't believe she just did that and she takes her sword out) H-How could I…how can this be…this… (She watches the blood drip all over the blade of her sword and she looks around, continuing to watch the fighting and bloodshed. She begins to cry)

Tezca: (Looks up at Maka after killing a guard) My lady!

Maka: N-No…I can't… (Bursts to tears and falls to her knees) I can't bring myself to kill another…!

Joe: (Runs upstairs to grab Justin and Maka) Come this way! We must get out the two of you! (He grabs Maka's arm and forces Justin to follow, and he fights their way past the quarreling all the way down the stairs)

Eibon: (Clears a path for them so they can exit out the backdoor) Justin! Maka! Haste yourselves down the Shibusen River. A block past thou wilt reach a clearing in between two buildings. We hath set up a rendezvous point where Patty will meet you and take thee to safety. (Turns around and stabs a guard real quick, then pushes the two of them out the door. Joe follows them as their escort)

Justin: (Grabs Maka's arm) Your Majesty, this way.

Maka: (Reluctant to leave) Let me go! Let me go! I cannot just leave them to fight on their own!

Joe: My Lady please! Trust me it is worse if thou were to go back inside! Those people art fighting to keep thee alive! If you were to go back alongside them and never return, everything we hath done would have been in vain! Do you understand!

Maka: I…I… (Her head is confused)

Justin and Joe: (Takes her confusion to their advantage and runs toward the Shibusen River)

(They barely make it a few feet before more guards show up to try and capture them but they begin to fight back. Soul, Liz, Kid, and Black Star's carriage pulls up to the firey scene. The four of them get out)

Kid: (Hears the screaming and clanking of swords. He covers his mouth) This is such a foul smell of blood.

Liz: (Covers her ears and falls to her knees. She begins to cry) No…no…NOT AGAIN! (She screams)

Kid: Liz! (He runs to her aid)

Black Star: It looks as if this scene is familiar to her. (Looks at the fire) I believe this is only a bit of what it looked like that night, the night of the Albarns' demise. (Looks back at Liz) She is having a flashback.

Kid: (Stares at Black Star, completely surprised at his suddenly understanding tone and words. But more surprised that he heard their conversation on the balcony) We need to get her out of here.

Soul: (Clenches his fist, grits his teeth) I will find out what cruelty this is.

Black Star: Soul! We can stay here not wherefore thou terrier! (He calls to him. Soul is about to turn back and return to the carriage, knowing that because this building that they know not what it is, is burning down it would not be safe to stay. However, something catches his eye)

Soul: Maka… (He looks over and sees her fighting a guard who is attacking her. Beside her, also fighting, he sees a man with a wounded shoulder, another man, and a blonde girl who looks as if she had just accompanied them)

Joe: (Grunting) Patty, wherefore art thou here? I had the idea our rendezvous was at a different point. (Knocks the guard unconscious)

Patty: (Kicks a man against the wall and punches his head) I came as soon as the fire reached thine eyes. And thine eyes see tis a good thing I decided to come. (She knocks him unconscious as well, helping them fight off the guards. One guard thrusts himself towards Maka but Patty gets to him first, knocking him on the head with a shield)

Maka: (Breathing heavily and in relief) Many thanks Patt- (She turns her head in the direction the guard Patty just hit had fallen, and when the man fell flat to the ground and out of her way, she gets a full view of a carriage, and a boy standing in front of it, looking back at her)

Maka: (Completely frozen) Soul… (Begins to tear up, sad that her love is watching her amidst a bloody scene, fighting and wounding his own guards)

Liz: (Opens her eyes and stares at the girl who just protected Maka. She gasps) That girl…that blonde hair… (Her eyes widen) No! That possibility it nonexistent!

Patty: (Just finished knocking out a guard and watches him fall to the ground in front of Maka. She looks in the same direction as Maka, not only seeing Soul Evans, whom she completely ignores, but pays more attention to the blonde girl on the ground. She gasps) Impossible…she is…

Soul: My love, Maka…wherefore? (He is shocked speechless. Black Star grabs his arm and Liz's arm, dragging the two of them towards the carriage)

Justin: It looks to be the last of this round! Let us make our escape whilst they regather their forces!(Looks at Maka) My Lady! (He screams for her protection)

Joe: (Screaming in desperation) Princess! (He leaps in front of her back)

Maka: (By the shout of her respective title and since Soul is now leaving, but is still looking at her, she turns around to see behind her, that Joe is stabbed straight through the heart, still jumping in front of her to protect her from a guard's attempt to attack her from behind) JOE! (She screams)

Justin: Bastard! (He shoves the guard's head into the wall, making it bleed and killing him) Joe! Joe!

Soul: (Before Black Star shoves him into the carriage, he sees the scene of Joe's death) No… (He is completely angered and appalled at what he is witnessing, and he can't watch anymore, just like Kid, Black Star, and Liz) Why? (He pleads to the Gods to stop the violence)

Maka: (Kneels down at Joe's side) JOE! WHEREFORE! (She begins to cry) Thou should hath not done such a reckless thing! I shall never forgive thee for taking yourself away from me!

Joe: (Whispers) Princess…Maka…it was an honor to serve you. I believe thou wilt make the most respected Princess for Death City.

Maka: (Crying hysterically) No! Stop saying that! JOE!

Joe: My only regret…is that I will be able not to see you grow up beautifully…My…Lady… (His eyes fade and his body becomes limp in Maka's arms. Joe dies)

Patty: (Runs over to Maka and grabs her arms, fighting Maka's struggle against her hold) Maka! We must take our leave!

Justin: (Runs over and helps Patty hold Maka) Forthwith I beg of thee!

Maka: How can thou be so cruel! (Looks over at Patty and Justin with angered eyes) Joe hath just been slain by sword! Wilt thou act as though nothing hath happened?

Justin: (Slaps Maka) Be rational My Mistress! If you stay YOU WILL DIE and then nothing will Joe's passing hath been for!

Maka: (Stops yelling, stunned at the slap. She looks over at Justin quietly, with a blank expression) Death… (She lets Patty and Justin help her stand on her feet, completely stricken) …I hope thou wilt take me soon to be yours.

Patty: (Before they begin to runaway, letting Maka recollect herself for a little) Justin, what bothers me so is the thought that the Evans force knew of our scheme. If someone had not let slip to them none of this would have happened.

Justin: (Nods) I as well. It pains me more than this wounded shoulder to see our Princess in such despair. Someone such as her should not have been allowed to witness such monstrosity.

Patty: Alacricity then! (She begins to lead Maka, who is walking on her own, but is silent, traumatized)

(Justin helps Patty lead Maka out of the bloody scene of fallen guards, when he takes one last look at the fire of the burning building. By chance he sees Giriko across the road, standing alongside the rest of the Prince's Guards with a smug and drunken smile gracing his face)

Justin: The insufferable traitor! (He says with gritted teeth, before completely disappearing with Maka and Patty behind a nearby building, running away to safety) So it was that wretched pig.

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