I do not own Soul Eater Alright guys this is where it really starts picking up. I'm sorry this fic has been so slow.

Chapter 14

A true test of Family:

Miley's first failure?

Miley stared in horror, she didn't know any of this information. She raised her hand. The Professor nodded to show the knew Miley had a question. "Yes, Miss Stein."

"Professor, I wasn't here for a few of these sections." She said, she didn't want to cause a scene but did she really expect her to answer them. Sure if Miley had know she would have borrowed some else's notes but did this woman expect her to know everything? Maybe she was being over dramatic.

"Just do the best you can, Miss Stein." She said it almost sound sarcastic. Great this woman did expect her to know everything. Just because she was Stein's daughter? Oh she really hoped not, she was no where near as smart as he was. That was a fact.

"Are you just going to grade the part I was here for?" She asked. Maybe she should have asked to talk in the hall.

"Just do the best you can." She said and walked away. Miley sighed. Great. Now what. She looked over the first few seconds, Nothing, she didn't recognize a single thing. Wonderful. It was going to be just wonderful. Her was mind going crazy, this wasn't fair! She took a deep breath. She looked at the next question. It seemed different from the others but familiar and she knew it. So quickly filled out what she knew, just dreading what kind of grade she was going to be back.

A week later... The large red forty-five which was extremely bright against the white page. She noticed a pink note stapled to her. Which upset even more her what was that for? She never seen any thing like it.

"Miss Stein please stay a few extra minutes." The class finally ended. Miley sighed and stayed seated in her assigned seat. She wasn't like Stein, no where near. She wouldn't down and explain where she need to work. This was more likely going to be on her "study habits". Which she wasn't looking forward to. "Did you study for this at all?" Yep she was right. Lecture, she could have asked more nicely. Miley didn't like this woman at all.

"I wasn't here for those sections. I transferred her last week."

"Why didn't you ask your friends for the notes. You have friends here don't you?" She could have worded that differently. Did she talk to all of the students this way? Yes, Miley really didn't like this woman. "I want your father to sign this." Great now she was bring Stein in, like she didn't already feel bad that she failed! Now Stein had to know.

"No one else's parents would have to sign." Miley pointed out calmly. She knew it was pointless. "Well I'm using him being her to my fullest advantage." She really didn't like the way that sounded.

"But," Miley stuttered.

"I would like that back tomorrow please." She said. It was clear that the chat was over.

Miley was thankful this was the last class of the day. She wouldn't have be able to focus on anything else. She wanted to cry, she never failed a test before. She sniffed, fantastic now she was being a baby on top of anything else. She stopped in front of Stein's office door and as she knocked, she got a horrible feeling. Would Stein get mad if she failed. The man had at least three degrees to her knowledge on of them a Doctorate. It was clear education was important to him. She knew it was too late do anything now, but she couldn't handle a scolding right now. She sniffed again as he opened the door.

The look on Miley's face told him instantly something was wrong. Apart from the sniffed that had reached his ears, she was looking at the floor and not at him. "Miley?" He questioned. "What is that matter? You can't be having bullying troubles already?" He hoped not. He wanted her to see not everyone where like his or her classmates. She held out what looked like to be a test that she had been hiding behind her back. He took and glanced at the grade, well at least it wasn't bullies, this he could handle. "Are you really that upset about this?" He moved out of the door frame so she would enter the office.

"It's just I've never failed before." She muttered.

"It nothing to get upset about." He began looking thought the test and stared to see why she was so upset. "Miley this is very unlike you." It wasn't a scold just an observation. "Half of these weren't even answered." This stuck him as odd, Miley had always been top of her class at the Academy, he didn't make the exams easy either.

Miley watched him leaf thought the pages. She could feel the confusion pulsing off of him. She sighed, this really wasn't helping her. "I wasn't here for the first four sections. I didn't realized they were going to be on the test or I would have gone over them." She was so embarrassed. She still wasn't sure if he was going to be upset with her or not. "Would you mind signing it?" She sniffed. This just wasn't fair none of the other girls had to go though this. She knew Stein didn't expect her to be perfect but this was the lowest score she ever had! She would never get this low again.

He had to stop and process what Miley was saying. "Wait, she didn't say what was going to be on the test?"

"I might have missed it or something. I didn't miss any classes, I should have asked the others. I'll do better on the next one I promise." She muttered almost panicked. He wondered what was wrong.

"Miley, calm down. I understand, how could you answer questions if you didn't have the information. That's asking too much of any one."

"Wait your not mad?"

"Miley do I sound mad or disappointed?" He might as well cut her off before she when to that one. "Do I feel it. I know you can read emotions."

"No, Dad. But."

"Miley it was just one test. You don't have to worry about it. I know you take your grade seriously." He grabbed and pen and went to sign the test, but he had a better idea. "Actually, let me keep this."

"I have to bring it back to her tomorrow." She said.

"I'll deliver it myself. I want to ask her something."

Miley had a really bad feeling about this. He said that he wasn't upset. He didn't feel it either. By did he want to talk with her. She decided to let him deal with it. He told Miley not t worry about it again and set her off to do other homework.

He started leafing though the test exam. The questions where fairly simple if you knew the information. He quickly went over it again. Miley could learn all of this in a night. He reached the end and something bothering him. A second look though and he discovered what. There was section. All of the answers where marked wrong, but he they where correct. He had studied this in college. No one in their grade could know any of this. Miley seemed to know it though. He looked over the section, he had deferentially studied this in his college years, how had Miley? Then it clicked, it was in the text book Miley have devoured the first day she lived with him last summer. He wondered how she could recall the information, he could admit Miley was interesting subject sometimes. He shook it off, she wasn't just a subject though.

He decided to speak with this Professor. Though he had a feeling that he wasn't going to enjoy it. He found her in the teacher's lounge. She was correcting what looked like to be an essay while sipping a cup of coffee. He walked over to her and she looked up.

"Can I help you with something Franken?" She asked sweetly.

He raised an eye brow, that was very informal. Lord Death didn't even call him Franken, only Marie called him that. "Please only my wife calls me Franken." He sighed inside of himself. Only if Marie was really his wife, life would be a great deal easier. What he was he thinking? He really needed to focus. "I want to talk about Miley's test grade."

"It was the lowest in the class, you must be so disappointed." She said simply. Stein didn't like where this chat was going. He could already tell he wasn't going to like this woman. "She seemed to think it didn't apply to her and then she tired to cheat. She's lucky I didn't give her a zero."

"What do you mean cheat?" Stein knew Miley couldn't lie, so why bother cheating. Plus if Miley had cheated she would have been able to answer all of the questions.

"There was a section that no one should have been able to answer. It all on that note I stabled to the exam. That's why I sent her to you, cheating is very serious here."

Stein took a deep breath, his dissection urge was coming back. "I can tell you Miley had been exposed to this kind of thing before. She went though have of my college text books last summer, she got a little bored. Also I don't understand why you would put a section on a test you don't think they can answer, it will drive down the grades."

"Well, I thank you for your opinion, Franken."

"So would you mind giving Miley back those points now that you know she wasn't cheating?"

"Why would I give the points back why does it matter."

Stein left the room after that. H really hated this woman. He arrived back at his office to read the note she had attached. He was glad Miley hadn't read it first. He crumbled it up and threw it in the trash, like she had any right to tell him how deal with his kid. Especially when he knew her great deal better then this woman did. He was going to tell Miley to keep her head down in class, this woman made it clear she wanted to make everyone's life miscible.