Maka woke up in a strange room. Just as her vision comes back into focus, she feels a sharp pain in her neck, she cried out, her hands shooting to her neck. Bandages? She thought, looking up to see her friends looking at her concerned, "I see you've woken up.", Kid was the first to speak, "after what you've been through, I'm surprised it didn't take longer.". Blackstar made himself very clear, "If you didn't wake up in the next hour, I would have shaken you awake.". Maka responded with "I think you would quickly find this book embedded in your skull if you had.", reaching for a chapter book on the bedside table. "Where am I anyway?" Maka asked hesitantly, " Your in the school infirmary.", Soul spoke, and it was then that Maka saw the bandages on Soul's shoulder. "What happened to your shoulder?" Maka asked quickly upon seeing them, almost scared of the answer. "When I got shoved back trying to get it off you, I landed on some broken glass, cut me up pretty bad." he replied. "sorry to interrupt, but we have class in a few minutes so we'd better leave." Liz said, the group left. The next few days passed uneventfully and Maka was cleared to return home, and to return to classes, and since her first day back was a friday, a welcome back party was arranged. As the party began, Soul spotted a lone figure approaching, and judging by the fact that it appeared to have two heads it was identified as Crona and Ragnarok, a solitary knock on the door signaling their arrival. "Late to the party Crona?" Maka said as she answered the door. "yeah the blue man didn't let me leave my room until a few minutes ago." Crona replied nervously.

In the death room Stein and lord Death were discussing what to do about the possibility that the vampire that bit Maka had passed it's curse on to her. "until we know if the curse has been passed to Maka, she poses a threat to those around her. " stein said, looking directly at lord Death. "Then what do you propose we do about it?" the reaper inquired. "We have someone keep an eye on her and step in if anything trigger the curse." Stein replied, "It's our best option right now.".

The party was in full swing, when Maka noticed that Crona was mulling around in the back of the room. "Hey Crona, why aren't you having fun with the rest of us?" she asked. "I'd like to, but the cat that can transform into a person is over there, and I don't know how i'm supposed to deal with her.". Maka didn't know how to respond for a moment. "Okay, I'll see what I can do." she said, and promptly headed to the center of the room. "blair, you're going to have to leave."Maka said firmly. "what?, why?". Blair asked. "Because Crona doesn't feel comfortable around you." Maka said, carefully masking the annoyance in her voice. "Who cares about him, he can leave if he wants to." Blair said in a fashion that Maka found infuriating. "You're a cat, get used to it, and get out." Maka spoke, at this point about to Maka-chop the cat, when Blackstar spoke "I'll take care of it." and approached the cat. When he grabbed Blair, she thrashed around in his grip, and eventually her claws found their target, scratching Blackstar's forearm before being thrown out the window by the narcissistic ninja. A smell reached Maka, it was sweet and powerful. Upon smelling it, Maka's throat began to burn, and as more blood trickled out of Blackstar's arm, it got worse. Maka walked to the bathroom quickly, locking the door behind her. She then frantically turned on the faucet and drank the water. The burning didn't get any better, and when Maka looked in the mirror, her eyes were glowing blood red. "You must be feeling it," a voice spoke, Maka looked across the room and out the windows, searching for its source. "it's no use looking, you won't find me, I am merely a voice, the voice of your curse." a curse, what curse? Maka thought, frantically searching her memory for when the curse has been bestowed. "I was put here when you were bitten in greece." the curse said plainly. "I know what that scent was, it was the smell of blood. The burning is your bloodlust. If you haven't figured it out yet your curse is that of vampirism." it said. The burning in maka's throat subsided. And she exited the room as calmly as she could. "Hey your back I was wondering where you went, couldn't have you miss the great Blackstar, Yahoo." the blue haired assassin shouted, earning an irritated look from both Maka and Kid. After another hour the party settled and the guests left.

In the death room, Lord death spoke to Stein. "From what I've seen, it's almost certain that Maka has been inflicted with the curse." the reaper said. "I'll keep an eye on her in class, if you can watch her on missions." stein spoke, answering the unasked question of the reaper. "then it appears we have a plan." Lord death said.

Maka walked to class as if it were any other day, as if she wasn't a vampire. As she entered the classroom, Professor Stein gave her a knowing look. "If you want to hide your curse then focus your energy on your center, then deeply decide to hide your presence, then those with the ability to see souls cannot detect your curse.". Maka listened and then decided to follow the instructions. As soon as Maka finished Kid breathed a sigh of relief. I thought I felt something strange in Maka's wavelength, it was probably nothing, but still I can't help but to be worried. Kid was snapped out of these thoughts when Professor stein left the room. "Where's he going?", the young reaper asked. "You didn't hear Kid?, Professor stein went to speak with Lord Death." Maka said. "Maka Albarn Please report to the death room." the PA system came on. Maka got up and left the room. "Just Maka huh." Blackstar said. That's odd Kid though, why ask for just Maka. Kid was snapped back to reality when Professor stein began the lesson.

In the death room Maka was greeted by Lord death, "So, is there anything you want to tell me?" the Reaper spoke.