Redemption
Chapter 2: Blair's gift. Eruka's invitation?
Setting the stage.
Location: Maka Albarn and Soul Eaters apartment.
Occupants: Maka Albarn, Soul Eater, Blair the cat, Eruka Frog, Crona Gorgon.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.
Eruka's first night in the D.W.M.A as a guest was probably the best night of her life. She was allowed to just choose a room in the old dormitories since the only other occupant was Crona. Eruka searched for maybe two hours before she found a quaint room with a door-less portal into a small kitchen. Farther into the room down a short hall she found a small bedroom with a full set of empty drawers and a tall dresser containing a single lonely hanger. However the real highlight of the room was the vanity mirror and grooming space. This final feminine touch was about five feet from the foot of the bed and included a chair that extended only as far as the lower back. It was a perfect fit for Eruka. Seeing as she had nothing to unpack she went back to the door to her new home and pulled out the blank nametag on its front. Bringing it inside Eruka located the necessary tools and wrote her name on the little plaque. Once finished it read. "Eruka Frog. Witch.". She was very proud of the small piece of brass and stepped outside to put it back onto her door. Her name in place the silver haired teen withdrew into her new bedroom locking all the doors behind her positively dumping herself onto her new bed. And, at last, sleep found her.
The sun rose, laughing boisterously, over Death City, and Eruka rose with it. The typically cute and feminine witch could currently only be described as scary. Her silver hair was in absolute disarray and her face had the glazed look of the walking dead. She had enough foresight before crashing the previous night to kick off her white boots take of the orange frog family witches hat she was never without and lastly to toss her spotted monochrome dress over the chair in front of her vanity mirror. This would save her from having to wear wrinkled clothes the following morning. Eruka was, as of yet, not particularly familiar with her surroundings and indeed the unfortunate girl was still quite tied. She unfortunately had to endure the very annoying experience of rolling out of her bed and flat onto her back. Stunned she lay still for several seconds before convincing herself to rise and feed her empty stomach.
"Ribbit-that hurt. *sigh* and now I'm covered in dust great."
Eruka began to beat the dust from her grey smallclothes, a simple underdress that still covered her properly, when she heard a knock at her dorms front door. Wobbling across the bedroom and through her kitchen she intercepted the door before anymore knocking was deemed necessary. The moment she opened the door she was met with a smile. For reasons that were beyond her she was being greeted at 9:00 in the morning by Maka Albarn, the same girl who defeated Kishin Ashura. Maka was not alone at her right hand stood Soul Eater her weapon partner behind them both stood, or rather quivering, Crona Gorgon.
"Hello I'm Maka Albarn! Your Eruka right?"
"Ribbit... Um yea. And I already know who you are. You destroyed Ashura." Eruka was perplexed by the scythe Meisters etiquette. What would this girl want to be polite for? Especially to a witch!
Maka giggled as Soul smiled gloatingly at her. He addressed Eruka next. "Yep that's my Meister for you. She's just that cool. She saves the world on the daily." Maka rolled her eyes. "Gee thanks for the compliment, after all it's not like you have anything to do with all that '"world saving'"."
Soul smiled wider. "We didn't defeat Ashura Maka. You did that on your own." Maka Blushed this time vs rolling her eyes. What he said was true. She was not wielding her weapon when she destroyed Ashura. Soul didn't cut the Kishin; Maka punched him into oblivion. "Well anyway. Eruka; Soul Crona and I were going to hang out today since Crona has been re-admitted into the D.W.M.A. and I thought that maybe while we celebrate Cronas return we could also welcome you! Miss. Marie told us that you were deemed trustworthy enough to become a member of Lord Deaths School. Sooo I hoped to invite you over to our place so we could be your first friends hear in Death City. Is that ok with you?"
To say Eruka was flattered would be akin to saying the sun was warm. Eruka was absolutely humbled. She replied vigorously.
"I would love to come with you! Please come inside, the kitchen has enough chairs for all of you. I'll only need a minute to get dressed."
Eruka bowed them in and closed the door behind her guest. She walked briskly towards her bedroom then stopped. Turning she asked.
"Ribbit- Maka? Um can you help me with my hair? I usually use magic to straighten it in the mornings but I'm prohibited from using magic without permission or being endangered so, uh. Help please maybe?"
Maka smiled amiably and agreed. Once inside Erukas' bedroom and the door was firmly shut Eruka reached for her dress and slid it over her body buttoning the straps in place above her collar bones. She slipped into her pale boots and retrieved her orange hat, depositing it on the table beside her mirror. Maka had already searched the drawers for a brush and found one. As the Witch seated herself the Meister began to work the girls' hair, and started chatting.
"I think you'll love Death City, there really is no place like it in the whole world!"
"I hope so…."
"Well I know so. But tell me do you maybe want to go shopping with me tomorrow? The Thompson sisters Liz and Patty our friend Tsubaki Nakatsukasa and myself where planning on looking for some new clothes. Maybe you could come with us?"
Maka looked hopeful in her reflection. And the truth was Eruka was currently wearing every article of clothing she owned, except her family hat which was still on the table to her left. And something about girl bonding sounded very fun to Eruka.
"I would love to go with you. But your friends won't mind will they?"
Makas' smile was huge.
"They won't mind at all I promise!"
And so Erukas' schedule was set for the whole weekend.
After about an hour of walking the quartet reached Maka and Souls place. Eruka found their home to be…. Disarming. She had not expected the living space of the bane to Ashura to be so. Humble? Normal? However she supposed it only made sense. Maka was essentially a normal teenage bookworm girl. So why should she live in anything but a normal home? As lunched rolled over Makas' housecat Blair walked over to Eruka and introduced herself.
"Why hello there sweetie I'm Blair. And you are?"
"My name is Eruka. I'm a Witch."
"Hmm yes I can tell. I happen to know how rare it is for a Witch to walk freely through Death City, and also seeing as you're going to be a student at the D.W.M.A. then maybe you'd like to have something to really make it official? Well at least as official as possible till you get a weapon partner."
"Oh? What is it?" Eruka wasn't so sure she understood what the arcane cat meant.
"Hear! It's a hat! I can see that you have a Witches hat already. But this one could be juuuust right for you!"
Eruka was surprised. She found the hat to be quite lovely. It was primarily black, with a grey sash around the base of the tall point. Over the right side of the hat, when the hat is one one's head, there was a stylish spilt in the hats brim and at the very base of the split clipped onto the grey sash was a pure white skull. An exact duplicate of Lord Deaths face. Eruka had noticed this trend, that Death City constantly depicted the bleak face of the Grim Reaper in almost every way conceivable. Eruka was actually quite fond of the hat that Blair was giving her.
Blair sniffed "Yea it wasn't really my style so let's just call it yours and call it a day."
Maka found that annoying. And as Maka Albarn is wont to do, she expressed her feelings.
"Blair! Don't tell someone that the gift you just gave them is a cast off! That's so rude, she's our guest!"
Eruka however had no problem with the gift, she had already exchanged it with her family hat. As Maka and Blair quarreled Soul and Crona continued sipping soda and chomping snacks. Her hostess was very sweet and her host was borderline apathetic. Death City was enormous and murder on her calves. But she was alive. No one had threatened her life today. She was given a gift.
Eruka looked at herself in the windows Simi-opaque reflection. Her Silver hair hung in front of her shoulders, her polka dotted dress looked somewhat more flattering then normal as a direct result of the matching hat. She was not just a Witch anymore. Eruka Frog was now a Death Weapon Technician to-be.
She liked her new look.
Chapter 3.
Girl's day out. Arachnophobias assault?
Setting the stage.
Location. Death City.
Characters.
Elizabeth and Patricia Thompson. Maka Albarn. Tsubaki Nakatsukasa. Eruka Frog.
AN.
Hello! As you good readers may or may not have noticed this is NOT Thursday. I may not post once a week. By that I mean I might post in LESS than seven days. Awesome? Well if not at least you get the Second installment of Redemption early. I have a very…. Eh random plan for this! HAHAHA! But I do have a general direction for the whole fanfiction. Just some info for you. Eruka and Crona will be getting their quite time together soon enough. But first I want Eruka to have a chance to settle in you know? Get used to being in Death City. Once our mystic pyrotechnic has been given a weapon partner then she and Crona will begin spending more time together. It'll be a "BLAST" Hehe. I also should apologize for two things in chapter One. First Erukas last name has only one "f" it's Frog. Not Frogg. Oopsie. My bad. Also I completely forgot that Eruka periodically says "Ribbit"! So sorry folks! Remember your reviews are the life blood of my fanfictions. I need to know what you guys think!
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