LunaC: its only the 2nd day of break and I am BORED OUT OF MY MIND!
LG: sooooo booored.
LunaC: well, heres the last chapter. I hope you enjoyed this story, because it was fun to write. I'll try to have the 1st chapter of the next one up sometime soon. :D disclaimer
LG: okay, you've read HOW MANY CHAPTERS NOW! you should know she doesn't own soul eater and who she does own and ect.
The witch's red hair blew around as she flew on her broomstick, slightly covered with a grey witch hat, with little wolf ears on the side. She wore a blue t-shirt with a furry black vest, and a black skirt with blue leggings and black boots. Her purple blue eyes scanned over the city, but finally focused on the giant building in the center. Shibusen Academy. She floated down near the front of the school and stepped down onto the stone. Standing there already was her guard, Kai. His brown hair had slight blonde streaks, his eyes a bright orange. He wore an orange t-shirt with black pants and combat boots, and a spiked dog collar around his neck. "Lord Death said he'd see us immediately, Lady Lycao," he said, bowing.
"Then we better head in. That news we got really irks me," she replied, walking into the building. She remembered the route through the hallways, and ignored the occasional confused glances of students. Yes, a witch in the building who came in through the front door would be considered weird. If she wasn't a huge ally.
She made her way through the death room door and walked through the guillotine hallway, Kai trailing behind. It wasn't long until she got to the end, finding Lord Death, Sid, Stein, Marie, and another man she hadn't seen before, though he looked familiar.
"Lycao! So glad you could come!" Lord Death greeted cheerfully.
"Glad to," she replied. "So, what exactly was the incident you called me in for?"
"Well, Raven, I assume you know her, got into the school last week when we were on lockdown, and used a spell to put all the weapons under her control to try to defeat me when I had no Death Scythes on me. She unfortunately got away, and we need your help tracking her down. We already have some other Death Scythes looking for her, but I assume you might have a better chance of knowing where she possibly could be hiding," the shinigami replied.
"I might know a few places she might be, and I'm sure I could help track her down," the witch replied.
"That's great! You can help Atros with the witness reports to chart out the areas she might be in!" Lord Death cheered. She looked over at the man she guessed was Atros, the one with black hair in his early twenties. She finally realized who he was.
"Morro," she said flatly.
"Witch," he replied in the same tone. They both turned their heads away from each other, Lycao crossing her arms like an upset child. Lord Death sweat-dropped. He had forgotten about the Morro family's opinion on allying a witch. But, Atros was great at many subjects, geography and mapmaking some of them, and Lycao was the only one with the knowledge on any places where witch's would prefer to hide in the area. So, they would just have to deal with it.
Raven chuckled as she flew away from the window of the school. So, Death was trying to find her. That's nice. Most would think she was insane, but Mabaa had given her another task to do. Another shot at getting Lycao to join the witch's council. And, just before the wolf witch had come in, she had heard the nine who were going to be sent to kill her if she wasn't found by death-scythe's first. It's as if Death just wanted to make her task easier. She just needed to formulate a plan. She'd have Lycao doing anything she said soon.
Phantom sat on the brick wall that sat above the city. He had gotten out of the house without telling anyone where he was going.
"How'd you know I'd be here?" he asked. She shrugged.
"Don't know, I just had a feeling," she replied. He nodded, but just returned to staring down at the city. She sat in silence with him. Dawn had already explained why he was so gloom today. She rested her head on his shoulder and grabbed his hand. He gave her a small sad smile before turning back to look down on the city.
About eight years ago on that very day, Phantom's mother had died. Almost five years after that, he had been disowned. But the house fire had caused both to happen. He could remember almost every bit of that day.
-~flaaaaashbaaaack~ (A/N: um yeah, I typed the authors notes on my computer but everything else on my iPod, so I can't italicize the flashback)
The fire that started in the mansion had no known cause. It had started up, and in a matter of minutes the whole building was up in flames. The three who had been in the building were all at the top floor at the time, the part who's structure fell first. One of the most terrifying experiences for the nine year old boy.
The young Phantom was running through the fallen, burning rubble, his black pants covered in ashes and his white shirt singed. He grasped onto his little sister's hand. She was only about three, and the smoke stung her stormy grey eyes causing a few tears to fall. Her blue dress was covered in little scorch marks and ashes. Reagan Morro was right behind them, her blonde hair tied up in a bun, with splotches of black from the ash. She had the same grey eyes as her children, and wore a blue dress with a white shawl. They had almost gotten to the staircase when a piece of ruble fell on his mother's leg, trapping it between the burning chunk and the floor. Phantom and Dawn had come to a complete stop, right before Phantom tried to pull the piece (which was almost two times his size) away. The structure of the top floor began to shake.
"Phantom! Take Dawn and go! Now!" Reagan ordered her son. A look of shock filled his eyes.
"No, I'm not going to leave you, just let me-" he started to argue.
"Phantom, go!" she cut off. The walls began to crack. Dawn made a terrified cry. Phantom looked back at his mother, tears in his eyes, before grabbing the toddler up and running down the stairs before the structure collapsed. He carried Dawn in one arm and covered her mouth and nose with his free hand, to prevent her from breathing in too much smoke. He finally got to the ground floor, and had to break through one of the windows since the door was blocked. The snow outside was a great comparison to the heat in the building. He put Dawn down and they ran as far as they could get from the mansion. But Phantom broke into a coughing fit while he ran. He had inhaled too much smoke. He was finding every step harder to breathe. It wasnt long until he began seeing little black dots blur his vision and he blacked out.
When he had woken up, he was in the hospital, bandages over his major burns and cuts, and breathing from an oxygen mask. He only saw his siblings in the room with him, Dawn asleep on Floris' lap, the eleven year old stroking the toddler's hair as she slept. She had the same black hair and grey eyes as her siblings, and wore a pastel green dress. Atros was there too, but he saw no sign of his father. Unfortunately, even though he knew there was no way she could have survived, their mother had burned to death, trapped by all the rubble. Her bones had been crushed, leaving her in unimaginable pain while the fire slowly took her life. Atros had told him, and he almost broke into tears. It was all his fault his mother was dead.
-~end flashback~-
Most people don't know why Phantom never cries. That's because after everything that happened after that fire, he couldn't. His mother died, he became a victim of child abuse because his father would get drunk every night after that, and after being disowned, he almost lost Dawn due to starvation. Ever since that fire, his life had become a wreck. Probably the best thing that had happened was finding Casper. He honestly believed that nothing else horrible could possibly happen to him.
Or could there?
The End
LunaC: well, there it is. I hope you enjoyed! Now my thank yous!
Frankie Stein, Cami, and Kiko- thank you for being awesome friends and supporting my stories (even when they epically fail) and giving me motivation and dragging me out of my emo corners (against my will I must add)!
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LunaC: so thanks guys! i hope everyone has a merry Christmas! I will have Torture Loyalty and Ignorance up soon. Please review for this story, just one last time? Cmon, press the button.
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