I walked confidently through the door to the Death Room, following the cobblestone path under the decorative guillotines. In the distance, on the platform, I could see Lord Death sitting with the Death Scythe. They were drinking tea at a small table. As I stepped up onto the circular platform the Death Scythe looked instantly annoyed.
"Hellooo! Hellooo!" Death greeted, setting his tea down. "Have a seat! Join us!"
I sat down at the table. "Hi!" I smiled.
"How has Violet been? Haven't seen ya in a while. Have you been busy with schoolwork? Didja find a weapon partner?"
"Uhm... Sorry about that." I laughed a little nervously, rubbing the back of my head. "I've been caught up with my friends.."
"Ooh! Who are they!?"
"Marie Mjölnir, Stein, Spirit I guess... And Sid and Nygus. Not sure about Azusa either..."
"Good! Good! I'm very proud of you!" Lord Death clapped his oversize hands together.
His weapon looked at me annoyed and impatient. "What is it that you needed? We were having a discussion."
"Oh yes!" He picked up his small cup. "What can I do for you?"
I fidgeted with my fingers a little nervously. "Um... Well..." I looked up at him. "Do you know if anyone else lives under the school?"
"Hm... Nope nobody else does. Are you sure you haven't seen a student wandering around down there? Sometimes they like to check it out."
His weapon was gaping, surprised and outraged. "You let students go under there!? Do you realize how dangerous that is!?"
"Calm down now. The halls under the DWMA are a labyrinth of dead ends and halls connecting to other halls that go on and on."
"...And why exactly do they do that...?"
"I have no idea..." Death shrugged it off.
"No... It cant be a student. He looks too young. And he doesn't even know what the DWMA is!" I clarified.
"Hm..." Death took a sip of his tea. "How far have you gone into the basement?"
His seriousness caught me a little off guard. "I... Don't know. Why? Did I do something I wasn't supposed to?"
"Oh no, no!" He went back to normal. He took a long pause which concerned me. "Tell me... Has anything strange happened down there?"
I was nervous now. "Strange like what...?"
"Hearing voices, seeing things, or perhaps did you stumble into different rooms down there?"
"I... I've heard voices before... And I only went into a few of the other rooms in my hall."
"Hm..." He paused again, then suddenly purked back up. "Well there's nothing to worry about!"
"But..."
"Nothing at all!"
"Lord Death-"
"Nothing, nothing!" He looked over at his weapon. "Oh dear would you look at the time! I apologize but I must get back to work!"
I stood, annoyed. "Very well then. See ya."
I walked off.
"Bye bye! Come back soon!" He happily called after me.
While walking through the halls of the school I couldn't get things out of my head. Lord Death had never kicked me out of his room. He had never dodged a question I had asked. He acted like he knew something, but why couldn't he tell me? I looked up to see Marie wandering around, looking helplessly lost.
"Hey Marie!" I hurried up to her.
She breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness it's you! I got lost again and I couldn't find my way to the basement entrance... Or back to the balcony..."
I smiled, walking ahead and leading us to which balcony I thought she was referring to. "We need to draw you a map of this place!"
She smiled. "I'd probably loose the map."
I opened one of the doors to a large balcony full of trees. Marie rushed ahead. I followed.
"You read my mind, Violet!" We hurried through the trees. "Stein should be here still.."
We searched all around the balcony, but only found the book. We stared at it, laying open on the ground.
"Hm.. Do you think it ate him?" I commented.
"STEIN!?" Marie yelled. "Where are you!?"
I turned around to look the other direction.
"Where do you think he is?" She asked.
I shrugged, not looking back. I felt something near and smiled as Marie let out a loud scream. I turned around to see Marie breathing heavily, freaked out. Stein was laughing, hugging his sides.
"STEIN!" Marie yelled. "Don't do that!"
He calmed down but his smirk remained on his face. "Why didn't you jump?" He asked me. "Did you sense me coming? Or did you expect it?"
I let out a small laugh. "I sensed you before it happened."
"But you didn't turn around. Or jump." He looked at me interested now.
"I sensed your soul and could sense your devious intentions with it." I smirked.
"Interesting." He put his hands in his pockets, serious again. "I didn't expect that from you."
Marie had caught her breath now and smacked him against the head. "Don't do that to me! You know I hate that!"
"I'll make sure Spirit does it next time."
She sighed. "Well now what do you want to do?"
"I practiced using self resonance last night." Stein said.
"How did it work out? Did you get anything?" Marie asked.
"What did you use it on..?" I asked myself, concerned.
"I thought I got something to happen but i'm not sure..." He ignored me.
"Show us what you've got!" Marie encouraged him.
Stein smiled confidently as he pulled his hands out of his pockets. "Stand back."
We both took a few steps back. Stein slightly took a stance and positioned his hands near his stomach. He took a deep breath and took a forceful step forward, pushing his right hand out in a fist. A tiny blue spark quickly flashed in and out of view.
Marie instantly broke down in a laughing fit. I covered my mouth and slightly turned away, trying not to do the same. Through the corner of my eye I saw Stein turn slightly red. It made me turn completely serious. Why was it so abnormal for him to show emotion? Stein saw me as I lowered my hand. He quickly erased the look from his face, looking away at the ground. Marie continued to laugh.
"Marie.." Stein said a little forcefully.
Marie straightened up, stifling her giggles. "Aahaaa i'm sorry Stein! It was good!"
I smiled. "It was promising. You could do better if you were doing it right."
"What? I did exactly what the book said." He looked me over, slightly annoyed. "What do you know about it anyway?"
I took a few steps towards him. "First of all your stance is wrong. And you weren't focusing enough on your soul's wavelength." Marie looked at me astonished. I tried to ignore her, blushing slightly. "And you didn't open your hand."
Stein went back to his stance, taking an annoyed deep breath. "So I stand like this.?"
"No." I shook my head. "Like this." I stood next to him in a firmer stance.
He fixed his to match mine. "Okay. Now what?"
"You have to picture your wavelength and use it like you would with a weapon... Except instead of a weapon you are directing it straight through your hand." I tried to explain.
"How do you know all this?" Marie asked. "You acted like you didn't know anything before.."
I stared straight ahead, forcing a slight smile on my face. "My mother taught me."
"Oh!" Marie smiled happily. "So have you had a weapon before?"
"No I haven't."
"Why did your mom teach you then?"
"She... Well... I guess just because she's a teacher." I struggled to find an answer. I never really knew why.
Marie's eyes sparkled. "Really!?"
Stein got bored of waiting for me so he began practicing on his own.
I nodded, relaxing my stance. "My... My mom is our teacher..."
Stein stopped and looked at me briefly before continuing on again.
"Whaaaa!?" Marie gaped. "I didn't realize that! I guess it was because you don't look like her."
I smiled thankfully for that.
"Ooooh!" She continued onto something else. "We should try to match wavelengths while Stein finishes up!"
"Aaaaahmmm..." I looked around nervously.
"Aw come on! Pleeeeseee?" She pleaded.
I looked over at Stein who was off practicing by himself.
"Just try for a little bit?" Marie continued. "I'm sure you can do it!"
I took a deep breath and looked at Marie. Her golden eyes sparkling with anticipation. There was no choice for me not to do this. I had to. For her. It couldn't turn out too bad.
"Okay.." I finally answered. "We can try.."
"YES!" She yelled, putting a fist up into the air.
I awkwardly laughed as she began giggling. We stopped as she held her hand out to me. I hesitantly reached out and held it. Marie smiled as her entire body turned black and distorted. In an instant, her hand turned into a handle, and the rest of her was compressed into a small silver hammer. The weight of her hand tripled as she finished transforming and I felt my heart skip a beat. A cold sweat came over me, and I could feel my face turn pale.
"You okay Violet?" Marie asked, her voice sounding as if it was metallic. "Am I too strong..?"
I couldn't answer. My mind was blank.
I felt Marie's soul come nearer to mine. It slightly burned.
I fell to my knees, trying to control my breathing. I couldn't let Marie find out. I couldn't. I closed my eyes.
I focused on trying to make my soul stronger.
I could feel the sweat drip down my face.
Marie's soul burned with confusion as it crept nearer to mine.
I gasped, putting a hand on my aching chest.
Her soul immediately bounced away.
I opened my eyes, feeling the handle disappear from my fist, to find Marie sitting in front of me. She looked so confused and worried.
"A-are you okay, Violet!? I didn't hurt you did I? What happened?" She asked frantically.
"What happened?" Stein asked, coming over. "Was Marie too strong?"
I shook my head, blushing slightly. It was because I was too weak. It was my fault.
"Here. Stand up." He grabbed ahold of my right hand and helped me up.
My legs buckled under me. Marie grabbed my other arm and put it over her shoulder. Stein did the same. They helped me to walk. I focused on steadying my breathing. I suddenly blushed, realizing that Stein was this close to me. I had never been this close to a guy... Well Spirit.. If you count him.
We finally reached the nurses office. Stein opened the door. Then I passed out.
~|AUTHORS NOTE|~
One step closer to figuring out who the boy is!
Violet's condition will be explained in the next chapter.
And sorry for taking so long!
Please keep reading and review!
~|Adelina|~
