In the morning, I woke up to Patty whacking me in the face with her stuffed giraffe, yelling "Wake UP!" And so the day began. Two very short hours found us (meaning me, Kid, Liz, Patty, Soul, BlackStar, Tsubaki, and my dad) in the van, driving off to our destination.

I sat in my usual seat in the back of the van, next to Soul and Tsubaki. Tsubaki was reading a book, Soul and BlackStar were sleeping, Liz & Patty were playing iSpy, Dad was driving, and Kid and I were talking.

"But it isn't worth it." Kid said, staring at me. "I think so. It will benefit us both, and you know it." I said back, holding his gaze. "But you could really anger him, maybe even get killed." Kid said back, lifting his chin to try and look down at me. "I could take him." I said, lifting my chin too. "Fine, go ahead." Kid sighed, giving up. I pumped my fist in the air, and then turned around.

"Now, to steal Soul's iPod…" I said quietly, and then gently felt around in his jacket pockets. I slowly pulled it out, and waved it in Kid's face. He frowned. I laughed, and handed him a bud. We listened to some music, taking turns choosing the songs. When Soul started to stir, I slipped the iPod back into his pocket.

When we stopped for lunch, I got a hot dog and a soda. "I can't wait until we get to eat real food." I said, staring at my food. "Yeah, this food is so not cool." Soul said, looking at his nachos sadly.

The entire stop, I avoided Ms. Marie, but she was always by Dr. Stein so I had to avoid him too. But I did exchange a glance with him. He mouthed 'How's BlackStar?' and made scissor motions with his fingers. I smiled, but then Ms. Marie started talking with Dr. Stein, so I turned back to Soul.

We reached the city three hours later. Dad checked us into some short-term apartments because he said that he didn't know how long it would take to track down this witch. Personally, I thought that this was overkill, because we had two death scythes, the best meister to graduate from DWMA, and 8 meisters and weapons.

I got put in a room with Tsubaki, Liz, and Patty. Soul got put in a room with Crona, Kid, and BlackStar. The adults shared a room.

We all went out to eat to celebrate 'moving' as dad called it. At the restaurant, we all ate allot of food, in celebration of not eating gas station food anymore. The highlight of the dinner was when Kid yelled in the manger's face about the 'unsymmetrical salad.'

We all fell asleep as soon as we got home. It felt amazing to finally fall asleep in a real bed, not the backseat of the van, or a cheap hotel bed.

I woke up to someone leaning over me. He whispered, "It's time."