Stranger

Maka POV:

They were searching for him the whole night, they hadn't come back with him, pulling him along by his arms so I could hold him in my arms again. I waited for him to walk through that door and run to my side, but I kept on waiting.

I hope they find him…

I lay in my bed staring at the early morning sky waking up little by little, watching as the moon slowly fell back behind the clouds and the sun was replaced in its usual spot in the clear blue sky.

I hadn't seen Soul or Black*star for a while now, I was starting to get a little worried, I was sure that Soul would've come round to ask if I was okay, and Black*star was sure to come round and try to speak to me at some point, but they hadn't for a while. I didn't know what was happening anymore…

With just a few days till Christmas the shops would have soon to be shut and closed for the holiday, I gathered that they were out getting the last of their Christmas shopping.

Patty POV:

My sister texted me last night and told me to come and meet her, she said something about going to find Kid. I met her where she told me to and me, her and Tsubaki spent the night roaming the forest looking continuously for the golden eyed boy.

"Where could he be?" I asked carefully stepping over a log that was in our path. "Do we know where were going?"

"We're scanning the whole forest." Tsubaki said sharply not bothering to face me. "I can't bare it see her like that anymore, Kid made her happy…"

Liz POV:

I wanted to tell them what Maka told me so badly, but I couldn't. If what Maka said was really true, I wasn't able to do that to her. It would break her little heart once again. Tsubaki was really determine to find Kid, no matter how long that it took. She was going to bring him back.

"That's going to take forever!" Patty exclaimed. "Can't we just call out his name and hope he reply's?"

"NO!" I yelled spinning around as fast as I could. "Uh… I mean, you don't know who's in the forest that could hear you."

She started at me wide eyed. "I guess."

I slowly closed my eyes. "Let's keep looking."

Soul POV:

I woke up on my bedroom floor with tear stained cheeks. I remembered everything I had seen the day before and how much it had reminded me of that night, the night where everything about my family had changed.

I placed my hand against my forehead. "I have to find that boy…"

Slowly I stood up placing my hand on the wall, using it to prevent me from falling over. I felt a slight rush of dizziness take over and quickly I placed my palm against my forehead as if it were to make a difference.

"I have to make sure his okay, I need to make sure he's still alive…"

Maka POV:

I lay there staring up at my ceiling, watching the shadows of the snow flakes once again. They moved so softly as they slowly floated down to the ground, one after the other laying against the freezing cold snow floor.

"It's been snowing for weeks…" I sighed slowly closing my eyes. "When will it stop?"

I pushed myself up and placed my face in my hands breathing in and out slowly. Everything was just too much to take in, I had to stop and breathe for a moment or two every now and then.

My hands slid off of my face and landed by my sides. I slowly turned my head to stare out of the window to get a good view of the pure white crystal sky, and it was then that I noticed the pink haired boy looking up at my bedroom window.

I fell back off of the bed as quickly as possible. Oh my god, what do I do…?

"Maybe he didn't see me." I prayed clasping my hands together. "God tell me he doesn't know I'm here."

I sat against the cold hard ground for a little while longer waiting for a knock at the door, and waiting for him to call out for me or Kid, but he didn't. I was left sitting there for a few minutes extra waiting for him to do something.

Slowly I worked up enough courage to stand up and peer out the window, keeping crouched down enough to make sure that he didn't notice me at all.

His gone?

I stood up fully hoping to see him round the corning but he wasn't there either. I stood there completely still for another second, just giving it a little more time before I decided to go down stairs and look through the door.

I stepped back closer to the door, continuously stepping until the floorboards underneath the carpet creaked loudly. Startled I stopped walking and took a few deep breaths before taking another step towards the stairs.

What's going on? I wish Kid was here…

Suddenly my eyes widened remembering Kid's words of that day he went missing. "Years ago Crona fell in love and I couldn't stand that fact that he had found someone before I could…"

I could barely breathe, my breath was drawn away from my body, leaving me motionless. "She was murdered… Till this day Crona blames me, but I know that it had something to do with him…"

I threw my hands over my mouth. "C-Crona… wants to kill me…"

Tsubaki POV:

Every second was longer than the last as we walked around that forest. The snow was so beautiful against the forest ground and against the leaves of the trees. The sound of the snow and the leaves crunching beneath our feet echoed all around us as if it were really louder than it was.

Suddenly the sound of the crunching leaves and snow was blasted away by the same high pitched bell as the day before, ringing all around us, I still couldn't work out where it was coming from, it was so, so loud.

"The bell again!" Patty jumped spinning around. "What is it?"

Liz POV:

No! The wolves, what if they try to get us!

I span around alerted ready for what ever could jump out at us. I quickly picked up the nearest huge stick and held it tightly in my grasp, not letting it go at the slightest.

"What is it Liz?" Tsubaki asked looking slightly concerned.

I stammered. "J-Just a little scared… That's all…"

Patty giggled. "Don't worry sis! We'll be fine."

I sighed dropping the stick and letting it sink in the snow. "God I hope so…"

Maka POV:

I began to walk down the stairs, holding the rail as tight as I could, not wanting to let it go. I stared right at the door, not taking my eyes off of it for a split second, I just couldn't move them away.

The warning bell rang in my ears, in and out again taking the sound away and replacing it back even louder every second. It was the same ringing as last time, there was no doubt about it, it was Crona causing the ringing.

But his still in human form?

He couldn't cause the bells to ring if his in his human form could he?

I stepped closer to the door and placed my forehead against the glass to stare through the window to try and see if he was outside.

Quickly a black shadow ran past the door startling me making me jump backwards away from the door.

The sound of laughter came from the other side of the door, getting louder and louder as the pink haired boy stepped up to the doorway.

"I know you're in there Maka…" He chuckled banging on the door. "I can smell that stench of his all over you…"

"Leave me alone!" I yelled hitting the door as hard as I could.

"Well…" He stopped laughing. "Looks like I get to hear that pretty voice of yours after all…"

There was a loud click and the door opened slightly letting in a small gust of wind.

Run Maka!

I spun around as fast as I could and ran towards the staircase, without taking a second to look behind me I began running up the stairs to my room. I slammed the door shut and locked it so that he couldn't get in.

Taking a deep breath I placed my forehead against the wooden door and held my eyes closed as tight as I could.

"This isn't happening, this isn't happening…" I mumbled to myself. "I'm gonna wake up and Kid's gonna be watching me, making sure I'm okay… Protecting me…."

What am I doing? I'm suppose to be saving him! But I just keep running away! Did Kid run away when he vowed to protect me?

I shook my head. "No he didn't…"

"Swear to protect you did he?" Crona laughed again. "Please, you're nothing but a stupid little girl!"

I quickly undone the lock and threw the door open hoping to hit him on the other side. I stood there for several moments staring at the empty door way where I hoped Crona would be standing, but he wasn't. I

I took a step forward out onto the landing but there was no one there at all, I turned around back to face my room, but that was completely empty also.

What…

"Surprise!" A voice yelled behind me.

Alerted I spun around as quickly as I could but just as I did I was hit in the face with a tight closed fist.

I was thrown back so far and fast I flew straight towards my bedroom window. The force of me hitting the glass, the window broke around me smashing into tiny little pieces.

"Aaaaaa!" I screamed as shattered glass sliced my skin forming scratches across my face.

The sound of the glass hitting the concrete ground echoed behind me getting louder and louder as I got closer to the ground.

Suddenly pain was all I could feel, my head, my body, everything hurt as I finally hit the ground that was now covered in sharp painful pieces of glass that dug into every part of my body.

Tears filled the corner of my eyes. "Kid…"