Adventures in the Library
***Crona***
He was staring out the window of Dr. Stein's class, after finishing his test. He was thinking back to when he first met Maka. Medusa had told him to kill her. "I wonder if Soul still resents me for infecting him with black blood and making him crazy." Crona looked over at Soul, who was sitting next to Maka. He seemed a bit more stable these days, but he still looked a little battle scarred. "I did this to him. It's my fault. Maka would never go after a crazy like me. Maybe she would actually be better off with Soul. A meister and weapon couple, just like Maka's mom and dad." He suddenly noticed that Soul was giving him a questioning look, as if he had caught him staring. He blushed and quickly looked away, returning his gaze to the window.
The bell rang, and everyone jumped. He left class behind Maka and Soul. Soul had his arm around Maka. Friendly gesture or not, Crona couldn't tell. He watched them walk the opposite way. Soul looked back only to catch him staring again. Crona headed for the library, keeping his head down as he went. He liked books, loved them in fact. He had tons to say, but no way to get it out.
He made his way up the stairs and pushed his way past the heavy wooden door. *BlackStar was there, shelving books. It was probably another one of Professor Stein's punishments. *BlackStar didn't even look up, or bother to notice him. He was too engrossed in a book, with a sword decorating the cover. "*BlackStar, what are you reading?" "Nothing, just a book of stupid old legends. I've already surpassed these legends. And one day, I shall surpass God!" *Blackstar flashed his muscles. "The Legend of Excalibur: Master sword?" Crona read.
Suddenly the book rumbled, and out popped a small white figure in a top hat. *BlackStar screamed and dropped the book. "You idiot! You dropped me!" the figure yelled. It? hopped on the table and pointed at the two boys. "You. Both of you will compete to become my meister." Crona was unsure of what to do. "No! You stupid sword! I want nothing to do with you!" *BlackStar screamed as he ran away. The figure chased after him, poking him with the cane as he ran. "Stop it, you pedophile! I'm not interested in old men!" "Fool! It should be a privilege to even be considered to become my meister!" The continued to run back and forth across the room until *BlackStar ran into a bookshelf.
The huge mass of books fell on him along with the shelf. The shelf knocked down other shelves, until one by one, they had all fallen. *BlackStar moaned and gritted his teeth, trying not to show his pain. "And just when I had finished cleaning." Crona shoved some books away from *BlackStar and helped him up. It took them awhile to clean up the mess. But once they did, Crona began to look for books. He recognized the cover of one. Maka had used this book to hit Soul just yesterday. It was about birds. "This actually looks kind of interesting. But I must not let *BlackStar see me take it." And with this, Crona left the library, and *BlackStar to his thoughts, as Crona headed for the sunlit balcony to do a little reading.