I do not own soul eater

Chapter 12

The first day of school:

Just settling in?

The next morning they arrived at the school. Miley was just in awe of the large brass gate. They stood high over Stein's head and made it seemed that outsiders weren't welcome, but just after they stop the gates swung open allowing man who seemed to be wearing what looked like a suede gray suit. He was pudgy, his belly stuck out a few inches over his pant line. He had a round face with extra skin hanging under the chin. He wore a large friendly smile. Miley had a feeling this was the Headmaster. Stein had explained that he would be showing them around the school personally. She began to wonder if the man knew of the reason they where there. Judging by what happened next, the poor man didn't have a clue.

"It is such an honor Dr. Stein." He said while shaking one of Stein with two of his own. Miley could tell this didn't bother Stein in the slightest, but then again. She would get a great deal more respect if she had a bolt sticking out of her head too. Thought seeing how the man seemed to flutter around she would rather be invisible. "I never thought you would apply to our humble school." Humble? Miley thought, from what see could see there was at least 30 acres of land and about 10 of it was taken up from the school building it's self. "I've heard of your skills with the academy students." Skills? What kind of skills was he talking about. "I would have thought the academy would be a perfect fit for you."

Stein secretly agreed with this man. "Well I transferred jobs for Miley." He decided he should get all of the attention. "My wife and I are a little worried about her."

"Really, how so?" The man asked in a lower voice. Stein decided to be as vague as possible.

"There was a indecent with one of my former coworkers."

"I hope it wasn't to serious." The man whispered to make sure Miley hadn't hear the conversation.

"No, no, but we wanted her to get away from it. Start over fresh." He said while absent mindlessly started reaching for a cigarette. Then stopped. He shouldn't smoke right now. It was going to be a very long two months. He wondered how many times his wanted him to start over fresh and it never happened. He watched the man look pass him to speak to Miley.

"You won't have to worry here, Miss Stein." He looked rather shocked. "Where did she go?"

Stein felt that familiar vein go in this temple. He told her to stay in eye sight. He wanted her close by because they had no idea if there was enemy on the grounds or not. If she was discovered and taken it would be the end of her. He took a deep calming breath. She knew the dangers she couldn't be to far.

Miley was just so over whelmed. She just looked from side to side trying to take it all in. She had felt so self conscious when she walked out of the hotel room this morning. Stein had told her it looked fine, but Stein would have just told her that to get her moving. She fiddled with large ribbon in the front of her uniform. Seeing the other girls in there made her feel very ugly.

The grounds were wonderful. The large old trees spared unevenly apart give them nice shaded areas were the some of the girls seemed to be studying. The grass was a deep shade of green, there lovely brick sidewalks that seemed cleaned daily. Every where was girls dressed in the same uniform. She already missed personalized uniforms of the Academy. She couldn't tell one girl from another. She missed everyone. Mason especially not that she would say it out loud. She sighed, then looked behind her. She was going to ask a question but she doubted the empty air would be able to answer. They should have been just behind her. He was going to kill her for wandering off.

He was going to kill her, they hadn't been at the school five minutes and she had wandered off. Sure it wasn't as bad as that time Pairs. Miley wouldn't recall that. Why was he thinking about that. He shook himself mentally. It still annoyed him, he was in change of her safety, him being there would be no good if she was half way across campus. He had the idea to ground her for the rest of the trip. No he couldn't it would defeat the purpose of her coming. She needed to learn how to gather information, that was something you could learn out of a book or when you spend all of your free time in your room.

She needed to be more careful. Sure the witches wouldn't realize who she was a first glance, but for them it was small jump from Stein to her. They we're after meister and some witches can read souls. She shivered at the thought of being grabbed. If she wasn't careful she would get snatched.

"You will be the head of a floor of a student dorm." The headmaster said, pulling Stein's mind off of his daughter and what he wanted to do to her. "They are wonderful kids, don't worry about them. Miley will also be on the floor with you. I thought the transition maybe easier." They found Miley just outside a courtyard. He shot a look. She bowed her head in same. He wouldn't smack in front of the headmaster but they would be discussing it later. "Alright now that we have the third member of our party let me show you two where you will be saying."

Miley quickly look around her new dorm. She was alone, her roommate was still in class but she was thankful. She needed sometime to unpack. She had a strange feeling but she wasn't sure how to explain it. She began unpacking. She quickly hung up the other four uniform sets for the rest of the week. After that she tossed her pillow on to the bed. She pulled out the teddy bear, she wasn't really sure when she gotten it, well other than during to month she had amnesia. She hugged it tightly. Then tossed it on the bed next to the pillow.

Now she started pulling out picture frames. She looked at one of pictures. She sighed, and looked down at the picture. To her it looked almost real. It hard to explain, it looked like a family photo and to any one else. But it wasn't her parents photo. She had to leave it behind. This one was a good replacement but it bothered her, that her smile looked so forced. She placed it on the bedside table and pulled out the next one. It was of Mason which she hugged quickly and then pressed her lips to it. Then place next to the family picture. This was going to be such a long trip.

Suddenly the door opened. Miley looked up to see her roommate entered. The girl was tall and thin. She had fiery red curly hair. She had almond shaped eyes, they were as blue as the sky. Miley wondered if she was the shortest person ever to be born. The girl had to have been at least five foot eleven. She looked over at Miley and gave the a smile full of white straight teeth. "You must be the new girl. I'm Joanie, your roommate obviously. Nice to meet you." She said off hand while dropping her books on the bed.

"I'm Miley. Nice to meet you too." Miley was glad they hadn't said last names weren't said. She didn't want to blow her cover by calling herself Summers. She really didn't want to blow it on the first day.

Stein looked up and down the hall. He couldn't believe he had to watch over the floor of teenage girls. He knew Miley wouldn't be an issue but he wasn't sure about the other girls. The headmaster said they were good kids but he just wasn't good with people especially teenage girls. He was lucky that he at least he had Miley and that was something.

He would admit it was a very nice place. Then again he hoped it would be nice with 45,000 dollar a year tuition. At the front end of the hall was a common area with leader couches and a flat screen television. Across the hall was a small kitchenette, which one of the girls explained was to help in war against late night munches. Which he found very amusing. At the end of the hall, was his room and he had an office across the hall from it. He shook his head at the idea. He had an office at the academy that he never used. He went to work on his projects instead. He still wasn't if he could handle looking after these girls, but then again he really didn't have a choice he would figure it out like always.

Miley felt very nervous. Stein had told her that he wanted to speak with her. She knew she was in for a lecture for wandering off. She stood in front of his office door. She had never been to Stein's office at the academy, which she believed to be a good thing. It was going to be odd though. She knocked and the door quickly opened.

"Is this about wandering off earlier."

"Yes, you can't do that here." He scolded while straddling his office chair. "It's way to risky. I can't help you if you are across campus. Witches are very good at blending in, they most likely have someone here looking for good targets." He thought about Medusa and how she infiltrated the academy as a school nurse.

"I understand and I'm sorry. I just got a little over whelmed I didn't realized you didn't follow behind." She wasn't making an excuse she was just telling him her side. "Now, what?" She asked knowing that the subject was closed, she was surprised that was all she got.

"We get settled in. We check in with Lord Death on Sundays. But we'll talk more about that later." Miley left the office feeling odd. She wasn't really sure how to explain it. It almost felt normal. Well as normal as you could be when you are the daughter of Franken Stein.