Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: There will be some note passing in this story. How that will be done is ~ - ~ and then ~~ - ~~. The ~~ thingies will increase as the people who add on to the paper, just so you guys know who's saying what. I get lazy and don't explain their expressions as much as I'd like.
I was in a writing mood this weekend! I'm not stressed about a test and I have nothing due. So this week was spent mostly writing this chapter, and also a fall cleaning XC. Anyways, I hope you guys like this next chapter. Now you see Sophie's attitude in this new school of hers. And for the record, the only teaching she's had is tutors and street smarts. So having to stay in a deck for hours isn't her favorite pastime. Well… ENJOY!
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"I don't see why I have to keep these stupid glasses on!" Sophie hissed, glaring at the teacher.
"The rules clearly state –"
"But can't the rules be wavered for a tiny thing," Sophie frowned, "and I've read that there are different shinigamis that don't have to wear glasses –"
"But that is a select few." The teacher grumbled, lifting his glasses back on his nose. "Even if you are part of one of those categories, we don't know. For now you must wear those glasses –"
"Even though they give me a headache!" she yelled, slamming her hands on the desk, "I can't think with these glasses on! I'm as blind as a bat and can barely see the board! I don't see why I –"
"It is part of the rules. One of the first two rules, if I might add." Sophie sneered at him. "Don't give me that face," he growled, walking back to his desk. "Now put those glasses back on before I give you a detention. I don't want to do that, since you're usually a well behaved student, but I may have to if you don't settle down," he glared at her. She glared back, putting her glasses in her pocket and sitting down, crossing her arms and glaring at him. "I won't warn you again," he glared, venom in his voice.
"Do it," she glared at him, "I'd rather have a detention then wear these irritating things on my face!"
"Have it your way!" he losing his cool, taking out a detention slip from his desk and writing her name up. Sophie grumbled to herself, looking across the room at the other students. Everyone seemed shock at her determination to not wear the glasses, except for a few in the corner on the other side of the room. They were snickering in the corner; obviously Chaz was motivating them to. Sophie rolled her eyes, taking the slip from his hands and reading it. "I expect you to be in RM 105 at 5pm, sharp," he glared, walking back to his deck.
Sophie sneered, "But I have to go to the infirmary by 5:30! I promised I'd be there at that time."
"And why do you have to go to the infirmary?" he asked, looking over at her in irritation.
"Because… ummmm…" she thought, trying to come up with a good answer. Sophie never told anyone that she went to the infirmary every day, but that was something she wanted to keep to herself. "Never mind," she said gruffly, "I'll be there," she glared back at the teacher, as he gave a smug smirk at his triumph as he began writing on the board. Then she looked over to the group as they snickered, causing Sophie to roll her eyes. 'Ugh… this is going to be a long day,' she groaned to herself, taking out her notebook and writing down the information from the board.
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Finally finding RM 105, Sophie opened the door to find a shinigami at the front of the desk working on her nails. Looking into the room, she noticed three other student shinigami sitting in the desks doing their homework. "Just write your name on the sign-in sheet, sweetie," the shinigami said, pointing to the piece of paper sitting on the desk. She let out an annoyed sigh, taking out a pen from her pocket and signing the paper before finding a seat in the back of the room. "And put your glasses back on. I don't want to report you," she coughed.
Grumbling to herself, Sophie put the dorky glasses back on her face, before sitting down in a desk next to a shinigami who was working on his homework. Sophie noticed the other two were sleeping, the shinigami in the front not noticing, or perhaps she didn't care. Taking out a book she opened it up to a fresh new chapter, the new homework she had been assigned for the day. Putting her head on her hand she looked up at the time, 5:05pm. 'Another fifty-five minutes. Great,' she grumbled, beginning to read the chapter. Then she felt a tap on her shoulder and she looked over, the shinigami next to her writing something down in his notebook. She looked at him in confusion. He rolled his eyes, quickly looking at the shinigami at the front, then pointing at the front of her desk. There was a folded up piece of paper on her desk. She looked over at him, then grabbed the paper and opened it, careful not to have the paper make crinkling noises as she opened it.
~ What are you in for? ~
Quickly writing a response back, she handed it back to the guy sitting next to her.
~~ Violatiing the first 2 rules ~~
~ Which is? ~
Sophie rolled her eyes at what he had written down.
~~ # 1 & 2 of the Shinigami Handbook ~~
~ ? ~
Grumbling under her breath she wrote out the answer, shoving it back on his desk.
~~ Shinigami must wear glasses and they must never remove their glasses, smart one ~~
Sophie smirked as he read her response, a sly smirk forming on the shinigami that read her note.
~ Oh I see… you look smart enough to not violate a simple rule ~
~~ I can't see anything with these glasses on. I took them off, they made a fuss, and now I'm here… what are you in here for? ~~
~ Questioning a teacher on a subject he didn't want to discuss ~
He smirked and Sophie gave him a smile back. Then he grabbed the paper from her desk and wrote a new response on it.
~ You're a nice girl. I don't see why they gave you detention ~
~~ I guess they want to pound their fists of authority at me ~~
She sighed, before finishing what she was going to write.
~~ Honestly I don't care. Everyone here is snobby ~~
~ Perhaps you haven't found the right crowd ~
Sophie looked over at him, who was giving her a smile. She smirked, writing a response down.
~~ Maybe… my first day was shit and the rest of the year has been horrible ~~
~ So you're new? ~
~~ Newly dead ~~
She smirked at him, as he chuckled slightly.
~ I see… I can give you a tour of the place if you'd like ~
~~ I know a lot about the place already. I'm just sick of the shinigamis here ~~
~ Trust me, it won't get easier ~
~~ Oh great ~~
She grumbled, causing him to smirk.
~ Alexander Agon, my friends call me Alex ~
~~ Sophia Ioreta, I don't have any friends here… You can call me Sophie if you'd like ~~
~ Cool! Sophie… sweet name ~
He smiled over at her. "Ahem!" they looked over to the front, noticing that the shinigami in the front was glaring at them. Sophie immediately lifted her book and began reading again, her face going slightly flushed, and Alex casually went back to note taking, waiting for the shinigami to go back to filing her nails. Then Alex slipped a paper over on her desk, Sophie quietly opening the paper.
~ Do you want to go out tonight? ~
She slipped the paper back over to him, causing him to frown.
~~ Sorry I have to go somewhere. I'm missing it because of this stupid detention! ~~
~ How about after? ~
~~ … Let's talk after detention ~~
Sophie sighed, looking up at the clock. Exactly 5:30pm on the dot. Sophie grumbled, reading over the chapter again titled Important Rules and Regulations: Glasses & Death Scythe. Sophie rolled her eyes, going over the chapter again as time ticked by.
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Sophie quickly walked out of the detention room, almost running into Chaz. "Oh look who just got detention," he mused, his fan club chuckling behind him.
Sophie rolled her eyes, turning around and tried walking around them. "Where are you going bookworm? I thought you said you would do my homework."
"Do your own goddamn homework!" she hissed at him, trying to push him away. "I'm sick and tired of you!" she growled, as he grabbed hold of her hand and pulled her closer to him. She shrugged, trying to get away from him.
"Hey, let her go," said a deep voice from behind.
Sophie turned around to see Alex, who had walked out of the room and was walking towards them. His eyes glowed red with anger, causing the group to look at him in fear. Sophie blushed, not realizing how deep and rough his voice actually was. He pushed Chaz off of Sophie, pulling her over to the side. "What the hell?" Chaz yelled, swinging a clutched fist at Alex.
He grabbed it with ease, gripping his hand tightly. "She's a lady and a bastard like you better give her some respect," he hissed at him, throwing him at his fan club. Then he grabbed hold of Sophie's hand, to her surprise he was rather gentle about it, and walked around them, "Come on Sophia. Let's go somewhere else."
She nodded, looking back at the group as Alex pulled her along. "Bloody half-breed," Chaz growled, holding onto his hurt wrist like a whiny puppy.
"So where do you have to go?" he asked. Sophie looked up at him and saw that his eyes were green, but had no double-irises like the other shinigami.
"T-the… The infirmary," she finished, having him let go of her wrist.
"The infirmary?" He asked, following her down the hallway and down the stairs. "Why?"
"I… ummm…" she frowned. Then she stopped, looking at him sternly, "Look, you can either follow me and waste another 15 minutes of your life or go out like you said you were going to do. It's up to you."
He thought for a second, and then began walking down the hall, "Well let's get going then! In the meantime you can tell me why you have to go to the infirmary."
Sophie smiled, catching up with him and walked down the halls, side by side. "Sure," she shrugged, "If you tell me why Chaz called you a half-breed."
"It's a deal," Alex chuckled, following Sophie down the hallway and to the infirmary at the end of the hall.
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"Ouch," Sophie squinted, as Jenna took blood from her right arm. Then she took the needle out and put a bandage on her arm, and then Sophie rolled down her white sleeve and rubbed her arm. "So Doc, why do you have to take blood from me again?"
Jenna was about to say something, before she looked over at Alex, who was sitting in one of the chairs in the corner. "Is it okay with you if I disclose that information with him around?"
"Sure I don't care," Sophie shrugged. "He won't say anything, right Alex?"
"Sure," he shrugged back. "I promise I won't," he smiled.
"Okay…" she frowned, looking at Alex suspiciously. "According to your blood test, you are a half human and half reaper. That is the reason why you could heal quicker when you were a human and why you didn't die when you were stabbed. From your x-ray we see that your heart is practically healed, but I would advise you to continue to not over stimulate your heart. I don't want you coming back here because you're having trouble breathing or coughing up blood," she smiled. Sophie smiled back, grabbing her necktie, which sat next to her, and looked over at her. "And if you need a doctor's note then I'll give it to you."
"Thank you," Sophie smiled, "I'll keep that in mind. Now what about my ability of not needing these darn glasses? Can I get a doctor's note on that?"
"Sadly no. You will have to keep wearing those glasses for a while Sophia," she smiled, causing Sophie to groan. "Now for the blood, we want to do a DNA test to find out who your reaper father is. Alexander actually came in a few months ago for the same test, right Alexander?"
He nodded, looking over at Sophie with a smile. "I told you I'm a half-breed, consisting of reaper blood and demon blood, but my reaper blood is from my father. I wanted to take the test so I can find out who my father is, plus give the superiors conformation that I can become a shinigami," he smirked, "but I can tell you more about that later," he shrugged.
"Well with Alexander over there, the demon blood tries to cancel out the reaper blood, but since your mix is reaper/human, perhaps we'll have better luck."
Sophie nodded in understanding, jumping off of the white cushion and putting on her black suit coat, "So how long will this take?"
"Perhaps another week. DNA tests can take a while to process, so I'll keep you informed," she smiled, "but continue to come in every day. And by the way, why were you late today?"
"I'm very sorry about that," Sophie sighed. "I refused to keep my glasses on and the teacher gave me detention. We got out at 6pm, so I rushed as fast as I could here. Sorry…" she frowned.
"It's ok!" Jenna giggled, "You're a good kid. I'll actually extend our time from 5:30 to 6:15, just in case you get a detention again."
"Oh thank you!" Sophie gasped, surprised with her response.
"Hey no problem." She smiled, "Now run along. I'll see you tomorrow."
Sophie nodded, walking out the door as Alex held it for her. She let out an exhausted sigh, walking down the empty hallways with Alex next to her. "So you're a half-breed too?"
He chuckled, "Yes I am. My father and mother had something that we call 'forbidden love' because reapers and demons are enemies." Sophie nodded, as Alex beamed happily, "Yeah, my mother told me my father had been killed in battle before I was born. My mom raised me as a demon, but I never had the urge to kill humans or take souls. I didn't need souls to sustain myself, but only ordinary foods. That was one sign. Then I wouldn't get along with the other demons because I wouldn't feed, but I didn't care. Once my mother told me about my father, I knew that I could be a reaper if I wanted to. So I tried for a decade to get the council to let me train, but they wouldn't budge. They put me in solitary for a while and took a DNA test to confirm I had reaper blood, and soon after they let me stay. I don't know though," he sighed, "my mother wasn't one to like what I've been doing… Oh well. So what's your story?"
Sophie frowned, "Well I don't know… I figured I died at some point, and when I woke up someone told me I'd lost my memories. The only things I've regained are all tragic, no real happy memories. So I don't know about my parents and how my life as a human was. Just... unknown memories."
Alex frowned, "That's not good… are you going to keep searching?"
"Of course!" she smiled, "If I'm a half-reaper, then my memories of my parents will be able to grasp. Like this," Sophie said, taking the green ring from under her shirt so he can see. "I found this around my neck when I woke up. I also found a black rose clip in my hair." She handed the ring to Alex so he could have a closer look. "I regained a memory when I held it; it wasn't a good memory, but a memory nonetheless. Apparently that was my mom's wedding ring, so the reaper who has an identical ring is either my father or my father gave it to him. I also need to find out who I am because of my eyes."
"Your eyes?" he wondered, handing back the ring to Sophie.
She smiled, putting the ring back around her neck and tucking it under her shirt, "Yes, eyes. My double-iris eyes are blue and green. That's not normal for a shinigami. Also I've noticed, when I get angry, they turn greener. The green in my eyes subsides the blue. I don't know what happens when I'm happy or fighting, but that's what I've come up with so far."
"Well my eyes sure aren't normal," he shrugged. "They are green, but I don't have a double-iris like other shinigamis. They also turn red when I get angry and use my demon powers, but I try to not use those powers often," he shrugged.
"Oh," she suddenly realized, "You're not going to go around telling other people about me, are you? I'd like my medical records and such kept secret, okay?"
"Sure," he shrugged. "I don't care. Besides, us half-breeds have to stick together," he chuckled happily, causing Sophie to smile. "Oh do you want to go out still? I know a great place in the human realm."
Sophie shrugged, "Well I was going to go to the library, but I can go ahead and do that later. Besides, I don't go out enough," she smiled.
"Okay great!" he chuckled. "We just have to go by a house in London before we go… hey, are you someone who hates demons?"
"… I guess not," she shrugged. "I don't care about the species, just their attitude towards me."
Alex beamed, "Great! Then you'll love my friend Julia. She's a bit quirky, but… well I'll show you," he chuckled.
"Okay," Sophie shrugged, following him out of the building and disappearing toward the human realm.
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Sophie followed Alex towards a gate, a large silver gate that had been locked tight. He smirked, taking out a skull-shaped key and opening it, remembering to close it securely behind him once the two of them had come inside. It was a rather large mansion, sitting on the edge of London. The lawn had been well kept, but wasn't a very big lawn; since it was just on the edge of town there wasn't enough space for a very large lawn. Sophie followed Alex to the door, noticing he was a bit hesitant. "Now Sophie, are you sure you're okay with meeting a demon? I don't know if you're ready for this… I just met you and all."
"I already told you. I don't base things on the cover of a book, but the contents of the pages," she smirked, causing him to smile back.
"Good. Then prepare yourself. I haven't introduced beings like this before, so I'm a bit nervous," he chuckled, knocking on the door.
"Just a minute!" they heard from behind, as the door slowly creaked open.
"Master Alexander, do come in," a butler said, bowing as the two half-breeds walked in. Sophie looked up in awe at the mansion. It was dark and gloomy looking, but had different colors of black and red all over the place. The staircase was painted silver, or perhaps it was real. Sophie couldn't tell. Either way the place was kept pretty nicely, causing her to smirk. "Lady Julia will be down in a moment," the butler bowed, looking over suspiciously at Sophie.
"Thank you Albert," Alex smiled, looking over at Sophie.
The butler didn't seem to move, still looking over at Sophie suspiciously. She gave him a smile, "Yes I like the place. Very ominous with its reds and blacks, but that's a compliment, not an insult," she chuckled, making sure he understood.
He cracked her a smile, his red demon eyes intensely staring into hers. Alex coughed, "Albert is there somewhere we can sit down while we wait?"
He nodded, "Of course sir. If you would follow me," he said, walking down the hallways. Sophie looked over at Alex, who was a bit worried, and they followed Albert till they got to what seemed to be a living room. "You may wait here while I pour some tea."
"Of course," Alex smiled, sitting next to Sophie, who decided to sit on the couch. Sophie let out a sigh, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "Sorry about this. Albert can be… gloomy, but trust me Julia is amiable and will probably warm up to you like hot glue!"
She smiled, "Well it is okay… just make sure she understands I'm just a friend and nothing more. I already had someone growl at me when he thought I was hitting on his man," she rolled her eyes as Alex chuckled.
"Sir, madam, your tea," the butler said, handing them the tea.
Sophie looked at it suspiciously, "Alex, can you taste my tea for me?"
"Certainly Sophie," he smiled, setting his own tea down and grabbing hers.
Albert's eyes went wide, "Oh allow me sir!" He gulped, grabbing the tea from Alex.
Alex eyes widened as Sophie frowned. "Albert, this is my friend. Why could you try to poison her?"
"I'm sorry sir," he bowed, quickly pouring Sophie a new cup of tea in a newly cleaned cup. "I just…"
Alex sighed, "I should have explained earlier, but I was just going to wait for Julia to come down first. Geeze Albert, you try to do that with a lot of people I bring over. At least you had me taste it, right Sophie," he chuckled, nudging her in the arm.
"Yeah…" she frowned, looking at the tea cup Albert just handed to her.
"I'm terribly sorry madam," he bowed lowly.
"Oh it's okay!" she chuckled. "We should have said something when we went through the door. Besides, I never really trust anyone as quickly as other imbeciles do," she shrugged, taking a sip of her tea. "And might I say, this is very good! Is this a redbush tea?" she wondered.
He nodded, "Indeed it is madam."
"Well it has a very rich flavor," she smiled, noticing as Alex let out a relief sigh and the butler smiled.
"Thank you madam. The servants of the Shezmu household always keep everything in mint condition." Sophie nodded happily, sipping the tea joyfully.
Alex smiled, seeing her brightening up. "Thank you Albert. You can go now."
"Thank you sir," he bowed, leaving the room to go about and do the other chores he may have around the house.
Sophie let out a relieved sigh, just to see a giggle of a girl down the hallway. The two of them looked up, to see a girl about the age of fifteen walk into the room and run over to Alex. "Alex!" she gasped, running to him to give him a hug.
He chuckled, standing up and grasping her in a tight hug. "Hello Julia," he smiled, letting go of the hug at the same time she did. Sophie looked at her curiously. She had long unusual forest green hair and beautiful hazel eyes, but the thing that astonished her was the belt she wore over her dark green dress. It was a small belt, with what looked to be human skulls riming around her waist. Sophie didn't partially care, but she wondered if they were real or not. Once Julia looked over Sophie and noticed her, Alex smiled as Sophie stood up to be introduced. "Julia, this is Sophia Ioreta. She's a half-breed that I met at the academy, a half-reaper/half-human. Sophie this is Julia Shezmu. She's one of several children of the demon Shezmu and my best friend."
Sophie smiled, shaking her hand, "It's nice to meet you, Miss Shezmu."
"So Alexander finally found a half-breed like himself," she smirked, letting out a chuckle. "Well it's great to meet you too! I was wondering how you were doing Alex, since you haven't come to visit in a few weeks."
"Well I was busy with the academy," he shrugged, "but I'm here now. I was wondering if you wanted to go out –"
"Of course!" she giggled. "Daddy never lets me go out unless I'm escorted. He trusts Alex to not lose me, but I think the whole thing is baloney! Well you don't have to worry about running into my father Sophie; he's out on business and won't be back for a while. And I look at your clothing and see it's atrocious. Suits are so boring! We need to get you into a dress, stat!" she gasped, clinging to Sophie's arm in glee.
"W-what?" she frowned in surprise.
"Well if we're going out I can't have a friend of Alex's going out in a suit, especially a girl! Alex we'll be a few minutes. I need to get Sophia here in some decent clothes."
Sophie bit down on her bottom lip, causing Alex to chuckle with glee. Then she let out a sigh, "Okay," she said in defeat, "As long as you call me Sophie. And also, I'm going to make sure I'm not wearing these disgusting glasses," she frowned, taking off her glasses and putting it in her suit coat. "That's not a problem, is it?"
"You haven't spent a lot of time out of the academy, have you?" Alex smirked.
Sophie shrugged, as she was being pulled out of the room by Julia. "Whatever! I don't care about that stuff you shinigamis have to do. Alex, just sit there for a couple of minutes and we'll be right out!"
"You mean thirty minutes," he smirked, causing Julia to giggle as she pulled Sophie out of the room, down the hallway, up the stairs, and to her bedroom.
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Alex let out a sigh, walking out of the living room and walking to the front of the mansion, just as Sophie came walking down with Julia. His mouth slightly dropped as Sophie giggled at Julia's comment. "Oh hey Alex," she smiled, making it to the bottom of the stairs. "So what do you think?" she asked, twirling around in the dress. It was a red and black light flowing dress with short sleeves and a v-neck, low enough to show off her chest, but not enough to cause alarm. She had a red and black scarf tied around her waist, which had a skull in the middle, but it was to her side. Luckily it was a fake skull and not a real human skull, but Sophie had to make sure, just in case. The dress showed off her legs slightly, and she wore black high heels to fit with the dress. Her hair flowed freely behind her, the auburn hair out from its normal ponytail and was combed out and wavy. She had her green ring tastefully around her neck, accenting her blue/green eyes. Sophie carried her suit in a bag, which Julia gave to her to use.
"I-I think… it's pretty good," he smiled.
Julia giggled as Sophie blushed slightly. "Well good! Took me forever to find the right dress. Sure I have plenty of red and black dresses, but none flowed," she smiled. "So what do you think of me, Alex?"
He looked over at Julia's dress, the same colors as she was wearing before, but the dress flowed as much as Sophie's. He smiled, noticing she still wore her belt around her waist and had a black headband in her forest green hair. "It's just as beautiful as Sophie, Julia," he smiled, causing her to giggle.
"Great! Now where are we going to go?" she asked, as Sophie looked at the time.
"Well there's a place for humans in the middle of London, either a pub or a club. Whatever fits your fancy Julia," Alex smiled.
"Ok…" she thought. "How about a pub?... Hey Sophie," she called to her, causing her to look up from her watch, "are you able to turn to a human form or at least disguise your reaper form? If you can, we can hit a few clubs! The clubs are for humans, but demons lurk there too. If they were to find a shinigami among them, I think they'd freak out," she shrugged.
"Oh sure," Sophie shrugged, letting in a sigh. "I haven't tried it, but let's see…" She closed her eyes, calming down her breathing. Slowly concentrating she let out a sigh, gradually opening her eyes to reveal crystal blue eyes. Julia and Alex looked at her in awe, as she looked at them timidly. "W-what? What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Julia exclaimed. "It's just… such beautiful blue eyes! Like an angel's even!" she giggled. Then she walked over to her, sniffing her. "Yeah I think that'll work. Perfect! If you just keep your eyes blue and in that form then we won't run into any problems. Well there will be those demons after human souls, but with us around you won't get hurt, right Alex?" he gave her a nod. Then she continued, "Let's walk there then! I don't live that far from the center of town, so getting there will be a breeze. And don't give me that face Sophie! You'll have a great time, trust me," she mused, linking her arm with hers and leaving the house as Alex closed the door behind them.
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They had finally made it to the center of town, Sophie's feet getting tired of walking around in heels. "Oh how about that one?" Julia exclaimed, pointing to a long line of people and a bodyguard standing in the front.
"Sure," Alex shrugged, "I just wonder if he'll let us in."
"Of course he will!" she giggled, grabbing hold of Alex and Sophie's hands and dragging them behind her. Annoying the people who were standing in line waiting, Julia poked the buff guy standing in front of the entrance. He grumbled, glaring down at the three of them. Sophie gulped, to Alex's amusement. "Hey there! I think you'll be able to see that I'm on the list," Julia giggled.
He coughed, "Name?"
"Shezmu," she smiled happily.
He glanced down at her, then at the list of names in his hand. "Shezmu… you seem short to be a Shezmu."
"Well I am, okay?" she grumbled. "I'll have you know that my father is Shezmu, and unless you want him barging in your little club you'll let us by."
He chuckled, "I'm just messing with you Julia. Come on in! I see you have Alex with you. So how's farmer's school?" he laughed, causing the streets to rumble slightly.
"Just fine," he grumbled, "Let's just get inside already."
He let the two demons go in, but stopped Sophie from going in. "Sorry little lady, but I can't let you in."
"She's with us Otis," Julia giggled. "Come on Sophie. Don't let that big bully push you around."
"Hey I am not a big bully!" he grumbled as Sophie went under his arm and walked into the door, causing chuckles from Alex and Julia. She quickly ran over to Alex, looking for protection from the big man. Then he stared at her angrily, before chuckling heartedly. "So amusing! Have fun little human; you'll need it," he winked at Sophie, causing her to blush.
"Come on!" Julia grumbled, pulling on Alex and Sophie's arms rather harshly.
Walking into the room, Sophie's eyes widened. It looked very lively and festive, with beautiful people sitting everywhere. She could see from their aura that about half of the residents were human, a third were demons, and the rest were a mixture of other species Sophie couldn't even pinpoint everyone, but they were all having fun so she decided to just go with the flow. "Hey I found a table," Alex said, ushering Julia and Sophie over.
Sophie sat down across from Alex and Julia, who were looking at her with awe. "W-what?" she asked, a frown on her face.
"Nothing," Alex smirked. "Hey bartender, give us two Red Deaths and a Merry Irishman!" he yelled, the bartender nodding and beginning to make the drinks.
Sophie looked back at Alex and Julia who was still staring at her, which made her uncomfortable. "I-is something wrong?" she asked, crumpling up her dress nervously.
"Oh she's so cute!" Julia giggled, causing Sophie to blush. "So how did you guys meet? What's your story? Come on spill it!"
"Well I can't if you're going to be jumping up and down about it," Alex sighed. "Where to begin… Sophie?"
"I-I don't know. We met in detention today and I found out he was a half-breed. Honestly, I don't know if I get along well with other people… but I guess I do. It just depends on the person," she shrugged.
"Well yeah. Now that I think about it, I told Julia something I shouldn't have," Alex chuckled.
"W-what was that?" Sophie frowned, putting her hands on the table and grabbing a napkin.
"I told her that you're a half-breed," he said softly for only the two of them to hear. "I'm so sorry Sophie!" he laughed, "She's just… a friend I've known for so long that I usually tell everything with her –"
"It's fine Alex," Sophie said, putting her hand up in defense. "All is forgiven. Just don't tell anyone else," she narrowed her eyes. He gave her a nod, causing her to smile, "So how do you know each other?"
"Well," Julia began, just as their drinks were set on the table. "Oh thank you!" she giggled, grabbing a Red Death. Alex grabbed the Merry Irishman drink, so Sophie shrugged and grabbed the other Red Death drink. She slurped it slowly, tasting every morsel of it, waiting for Julia to continue. "So anyways," she began again, setting the drink on the table next to her, "This boy and I have been alive for a few centuries now. I don't know… 5… 6… I don't remember!" she giggled. "It was here in London when we met. My father didn't like me going out, but I snuck out anyways. I ran into Alex on the streets at night, who was being bullied by a bunch of demons. So I gave them a quick little beating and there's that!" she cheered, taking a sip of her drink.
"If it wasn't for Julia, I would have been toast," he chuckled.
"Literally," she giggled back. "I brought him to father and he liked him. Eventually he would let Alex bring me around town instead of keeping me in the house, which was awesome! After a while… well he was my first…," Julia blushed, causing Sophie to look at them suspiciously. "Don't give me that look!" she frowned. "It was a once in a lifetime thing and happened a really long time ago… but he was my first. We decided to not get into a committed relationship and only stayed friends. Once I learned that he was a half-breed was the time his mother kicked him out of the house…. Right Alex?"
"Yeah," he shrugged, drinking his whisky, "but she's gotten over the fact that I want to be a shinigami. Either way, it was her fault for having me in the first place. If she hadn't had relations with a reaper, then I wouldn't be here."
"But then life would be boring!" Julia frowned. "Besides, I like you. You're like a big brother to me," she smiled.
He chuckled, "And you're my little sis." He gave her a gentle squeeze before their attention went back to Sophie, who had an 'awww' look on her face.
"Anyways," Julia began again, a blush on her face, "then Alex stayed at our house. My father helped him get contacts into getting into the academy, and the rest is history," she smiled. "So what's your story?"
"Well…" Sophie frowned, taking a sip of her drink, "I don't remember. Apparently I was a human, but had died by being stabbed in the chest; though my file said I died due to heart failure. Just today I learned I was a half-breed, a reaper/human mix, and I'm still regaining the memories I lost when I supposedly 'died'." She sighed, "I don't know much about my past, but I'd like to make some new memories soon... So what does your father do?"
Julia shrugged, "Well… he's this really old demon. He's had many children before and after me, but most have either strayed away to feed on souls or have been killed. I had a little brother, but he died long ago. The rest of my siblings are only half related to me because of my father, but he likes to keep me close to him. He's a bit different then other demons. He… well he told me that he's an old Egyptian god who was called the god of execution. He helped Osiris back in the day, but that was a long time ago. Being given the name demon, he was excluded from any 'good' species, but he's really a nice guy. He seems to have lived for thousands of years, but has given up on any real conquests. Actually, we're a group of demons that don't feed on humans. Only bad souls, but I can eat human food to sustain myself in the meantime. That's why I was able to get acquainted with Alex so easily," she smiled. "Yeah… he's very smart and wise. I think he'll like you; you seem like a good one."
Sophie smiled, "Well I think I'd like him too." She took another big gulp of her drink, looking at the menu for drinks. "Bartender!" she yelled, getting his attention, "Could you get me a Passion?"
"Sure little lady," he chuckled, beginning to make the drink for her.
Sophie giggled, causing the other two to giggle. "Now that the introductions are done, let's have fun then!" Julia cheered, causing the other two to laugh at her outburst.
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Sophie giggled, staggering back to the academy buildings with Alex laughing along with her. "So the mortician said, 'There is no charge.' Then the woman said back, 'No, really, I most compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit!' Then the mortician said, 'Honestly ma'am, it cost nothing. You see…'" she hiccupped, cracking up before she finished the joke. "'A deceased gentleman about your husband's size was brought after you left, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice.
'So I switched the heads,'" Sophie laughed, a little more than presumed sane.
Alex chuckled slightly, noticing how insanely she was cracking up. "Hey Sophie are you okay?"
"Oh me?" she asked, a big smile on her face, "no, I'm completely fine!"
He looked at her slightly confused, "Sophie… I think you drank too much of that Passion drink."
"I did not!" Sophie stared at him, her blue eyes full of determination. "I am not drunk, my good sir! Here I'll show you," she said, jumping onto a narrow curb. She put a finger on her nose and walked the curb as if it was a tightrope, "See! I can say the alphabet backwards without missing a letter. Z, Y, X, W, v, u, t, s, rqponmlkjigfedcba, hah done!" she giggled happily.
"You forgot 'h'," he smirked.
"Oh shove it!" she frowned, before her smile came back as big as ever. "Besides I only had 40~ drinks~~" she slurred the last part of her sentence as she poked him hard in the chest. "It usually takes me 60 drinks before I ever begin to get drunk."
"It was 47 drinks and the drinks you had aren't normal. There's a lot more alcohol in them than normal drinks, though I guess even that much alcohol doesn't affect on supernatural beings. You, on the other hand, apparently does," he smirked at her smugly.
"Oh whatever!" she pushed him lightly, her vision impaired. "I'm going to bed! She huffed, trying to grab hold of the door handle. Alex rolled his eyes, opening the door for her, "Thank you kind sir," she giggled, "You're better then that other guy. What's his name?... Alex?... Chaz?... I can't remember," she giggled, suddenly falling down.
Alex opened his eyes in surprise, grabbing hold of Sophie's body before she hit the floor. He let out a sigh, noticing she had passed out and was snoring away. "Oh Sophie," he chuckled, grabbing hold of her body and bringing her up the stairs to the dorm rooms.
!#$%^&*()
Sophie opened her eyes, a painful headache coming back to her head. She looked over to see that Margaret wasn't home yet, but the clock said it was 2am in the morning. Sophie let out a groan as she lifted herself up, going to her footlocker to grab her pajamas. Not caring about her daily rituals for sleep and just wanting the headache, Sophie quickly changed into her pajamas and laid back in her bed, going underneath the covers.
She sighed, the events from that night coming back to her. She looked over to see the bag that Julia gave her sitting on the chair next to the desk, causing her to crack a smile. "Oh Alex…" she said to herself, closing her eyes and hugging her pillow tightly as she slowly went back to sleep. "I'll have to go out and have fun with you and Julia more often," she smirked to herself, her mind going straight to dreamland.
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A/N: I just had to make a butler named Albert. I love the name! Hey if I could have my own butler, his name would be Albert. Since I didn't use the name yet, I spontaneously decided to use it X3
I rather like this split personality of Sophie's. I loved writing her as a bubbly drunk. Honestly, that's from my own experience. Yes I confess, I'm a bumbling fool when I'm drunk, but then I get cranky after 15 minutes of not drinking… a vicious cycle. Anyways, I hope to get the story rolling. A few characters have been introduced, but a few more need to come in. And the Undertaker, where is he? Ugh I have to get him back in this story too… it wouldn't be an UndertakerXOC story without the Undertaker! You'll just have to wait… I guess *laughs evilly*
Alexander – Greek – defending men
Agon – Albanian – the dawn
Julia – Latin – youthful, Jove's child
Albert – German – noble, bright, famous
Shezmu – Egyptian – ancient Egyptian god of execution, slaughter, blood, oil, wine, and perfume
Rooibos – African for "red bush" – herbal tea, called rooibos tea, bush tea (esp. Southern Africa), redbush tea (esp. UK), South African red tea, or red tea; an alternative to black tea
Otis – Greek – keen of hearing
Red Death, Merry Irishman – whisky
Passion - liqueur
Joke –"Honest Mortician" (found it online X3)
A man who just died is delivered to the mortuary wearing an expensive, expertly tailored black suit. The mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would like the body dressed. He points out that the man does look good in the black suit he is already wearing.
The widow, however, says that she always thought her husband looked his best in blue, and that she wants him in a blue suit. She gives the mortician a blank check and says, "I don't care what it costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing."
The woman returns the next day for the wake. To her delight, she finds her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe, the suit fits him perfectly.
She says to the mortician, "Whatever this cost, I'm very satisfied. You did an excellent job and I'm very grateful. How much did you spend?" To her astonishment, the mortician presents her with the blank check. He says, "There's no charge."
"No, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit!" she says.
"Honestly, ma'am," the mortician says, "It cost nothing. You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husband's size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice.
"So I switched the heads"