Stranger

Maka POV:

That night, I laid in my bed starring up at the high ceiling waiting for it to fall down on me – It never did. It stayed completely still through out the night, I didn't understand why I wanted it to fall down on me, I was thinking totally suicidal.

I tried to focus on my breathing, trying so hard to put myself to sleep, but that failed, my eyes were still open and bloodshot from the lack of closing them.

Close your eyes, nothings going to happen it's all going to be fine.

Trying to pull my eyelids over the top of my eyes, trying to force them. For some reason they wanted to stay open as if I had to protect myself from danger, I tried to convince myself that nothing bad was going to happen, but they still wouldn't close.

Suddenly a knocking sound was made as a small rock hit the glass of my bedroom window. I slowly moved my head to my windows direction and removed the duvet from over the top of my legs.

Who the hell is that?

I sat there on the edge of my bed waiting for them to through another stone or something so I knew it wasn't my mind playing tricks on me. It probably was just my mind playing tricks, especially because of my lack of sleep.

Another stone hit the glass making a clunking sound startling me and reminding me I had to go see who it was. I slowly stood up and walked towards my window, little marks were left from where the stones had made contact with the glass.

The streetlights flickered causing dimness as they went off but then came back on again. The street outside my house looked completely empty, deserted. It was then I noticed the figure out of the corner of my eye.

I lifted up the window "Liz?"

She dropped the stone she held in her hand and starred up at me "Finally!"

I starred at her with a confused expression across my face "What are you doing here?"

"I'll explain on the way" She gestured to the front door "Let me in will ya, its kinda cold out here"

I rolled my eyes at her before closing the window.

I let her in and she grabbed my by my wrist and pulled me back up the stairs to my bedroom.

"What are you doing?" I exclaimed trying to jerk my hand away "It's like eleven o'clock at night!"
She threw my into my room "Get changed, were going out"

"Where?" I questioned raising my eyebrow at her.

She didn't answer my question, she just smirked at me while closing my door.

After a few minutes of trying to pull me through the front door, Liz finally managed to pick me up off of the ground and through me in her car. She climbed in the drivers seat and quickly put her foot down on the peddle.

I struggled to sit up in the back seat as she was driving so fast "Liz slow down!"

"I can't were late!" She cried turning the wheel and spinning round the corner.

"For what?" I yelled again, I was really starting to loose my temper.

"The party!" She said as if I didn't know "What we've all been talking about"

Oh yeah Tsubaki's party I totally forgot.

Death the Kid POV:

I saw fireworks shooting up into the midnight sky. The trees around me whistled in the wind as the air pushed against them making them sway together in the breeze. A crowd of people gathered round the bonfire holding there hands out to the flames trying their best to stay warm.

Suddenly the sound of screeching tires filled the air and startled some of the people in the crowd. I quickly turned my gaze to the sounds direction and saw a pair of headlights beyond me just behind the trees. The sound of car doors slamming replaced the echo of the screeching tires.

"Maka, Liz!" A long black haired girl ran away from the crowd of people to her friends that were getting out the car "You made it!"
The two that got out of the cars stepped out of the way of the trees so I could see their image.

It's her…

Maka POV:

"What happened?" Tsubaki asked hitting me lightly in the shoulder "Why you so late?"

I opened my mouth to speak but Liz butted in before I had a chance "Traffic, terrible at twelve o'clock, do you not agree?"

I threw my arms around myself, gripping onto my shoulders "Yeah…"

The bonfire was so bright it blinded me forcing me to look away. Music blared in the background of the fireworks above us, like it was the first of July.

"Maka come on!" Before I knew it the little blonde was grabbing hold of my hand and dragging me away towards the bonfire "Isn't it pretty!"

I starred at the bright flames in front of me "Yeah, I guess…"

Patty looked up at me and as she did her happy expression completely changed "Maka…?"

I turned to face her "Patty"

"When are you going to be happy again?" She asked with sad blue eyes.

My lips parted as I was about to say something but the only thing that came out was a tiny breath of air escaping my mouth.

Death the Kid POV:

Once again she had her arms wrapped around herself, but she was standing right next to the fire it wasn't possible that she could be cold. She was talking, but I couldn't hear what she was saying, she had water in her eyes and so did the little blonde she was talking to, what was going on?

I have to meet her…

I moved out towards the entrance of the bushes, walking towards her pushing the branches of the trees out of the way.

Stop!

I stopped walking and realized why I couldn't go meet her. Pain struck my chest like ice being shattered by a hammer.

You can't go out in the moonlight.

Maka POV:

I told Patty about my past, about my mother and how I would never feel the same if she didn't come back. How I was always alone, but she just said the same thing, that she was there for me and she would never leave my side.

"Thank you Patty" I threw my arms around the little blonde and squeezed her tightly.

If there all here for me then why do I still feel like there's a piece of my missing?

She pulled away from the hug with a wide smile on my face.

"Hehe" She giggled looking up at me before turning around and running away to the snack table.

Rustling came from trees on my right. I span around as fast as I could alarmed if anything was going to jump out on me – nothing. I slowly turned back around the face the bonfire in front of me.

The light is so beautiful…

I reached out my hand towards the orange light, my hand getting hotter as it got closer. My fingertips almost reached the flame, feeling its burn against my skin.

Touch it, you know you want to.

"What are you doing?" Black*star exclaimed grabbing hold of my wrist "You'll burn yourself!"

Realizing what I was doing, I slowly took my hand away from the flame and brought it back up and around my chest with the other "Sorry"

His boot crunched in the snow as he took a step towards me "Be careful"

Death the Kid POV:

Anger filled up inside me as the blue haired boy took another step closer towards her. I clenched my hands into fists down by either of my sides, my nails dug into my palms, scratching at the skin trying to break it.

He better back off of her!

Here I was, getting worked up over a girl that didn't even though I existed. Rage still grew throughout me, taking control of my entire body. I took a step forward and as I did my skin lit up from the moons reflection.

Shit!

Maka POV:

"Why don't you have something to eat?" Black*star asked gesturing to the table full of snacks.

Foot seems like such a good idea.

"I'm not hungry" I mumbled staring down at the floor, watching my feet "I'm not hungry…"

"Okay" He poked my cheek then let out a small chuckle "I'll talk to you later"

I didn't say anything else after that, I heard his footsteps crunch in the snow as he slowly walked away from me over to Patty and the others.

Why am I here?

I tilted my head to look up at the moon, it smiled down on me as always. Why was it that the moon is never sad, it's always smiling, it's what I used to be, until I broke. No one else has problems, it's only me, I can never compare myself to anyone else, because… there isn't anyone.

I tugged on the fabric of my hoody, pulling at the black threads that poked up out of the material. I wrapped my finger around the cotton, again and again until my finger turnt red from the lack of blood flowing up and down my hand. I pulled at the strand again and it came out with just one last pull. I dropped it down by my side and it floated softly and landed in the snow.

"Aaaaaa!" A high pitched scream shattered my eardrums.

I spun around as fast as I could towards the direction of the scream and there I saw what the girl was screaming at.

"Run!" Black*star yelled at the top of his lungs.

A group of girls stood huddled together in fear as a pitched black wolf stood before them. Its teeth were razor sharp as it growled at them in anger. The girls had terror in their eyes and the wolf could see that so it continued to growl.

"Maka I said run!" Black*star yelled again but this time his yell was meant for me.

Everyone around me was screaming and barging past one another to get to safety. The wolf turned its head at stared in my direction, it stopped growling and its expression completely changed. I saw my reflection in its golden eyes, they shone against the moonlight, reflecting its light and showing it to me, showing me what it was made of.

It's not going to hurt me…

I took a step closer, and as I did it flinched at my sudden movement. I slowly held my hand out towards it, showing it I was moving slowly and carefully, that I wasn't going to hurt it.

"What the hell are you doing?" I heard Black*stars footsteps running up behind me "Stay away from it!"
He threw his arms around my waist, picking me up off of the ground and started to carry me away. As he did so the wolf started to get angry and once again its razor teeth appeared as it snarled.

"Put me down!" I exclaimed wiggling around in his arms trying to escape his grasp "Its not going to hurt me, let go!"
The wolf turned to face me completely still growling at the scene of Black*star pulling me away. It scrapped its paw against the snowy ground about to charge towards Black*star and I.

"Black*star!" I continued to try and escape but I couldn't his grasp was too tight.

Suddenly the sound of gunshots filled the air as two police men ran into the park "Get everyone out of the park, go!"
Scared by the sounds of the gunshots the wolf spun around and ran back into the forest where it belonged. The police ran towards the forest chasing after it, to make sure it had actually gone.

I finally removed Black*stars arms away from around my waist and as I did I feel to the ground, landing in the snow with a thud.

What the hell just happened?

I slowly looked around me, the girls that the wolf had jumped out on were still huddled together kneeling on the floor, one or two of them were crying from the fear, and the others were hugging each other out of relief of still being together.

It got angry when Black*star tried to pull me away, why?