The nervous swordsman sat quietly in the corner, muttering to themselves "I...Didn't...Do...It..." over and over. Ugh, another witness who wasn't going to tell her the truth, Maka thought, hoping that her shift would be over soon, so she could head home and invest her time in a book instead of another case.

"What happened?" Maka pried, hoping not to startle them as they clutched their sword, which appeared to be a prop, but she wasn't quite sure.

"Well...I was on my way home, when a large snake came up and attacked me. I tried to use Ragnorak, but when I had finished killing it, the snake dissipated, leaving behind the..."

"What happened? What's your name?" Maka asked, hoping to get some answers. "My name...is Crona, and this is Ragnorak" they said, gripping the sword tightly.

Oh, the sword was named Ragnorak. Makes sense in hindsight, Maka thought, kicking herself for not deducing that earlier. She was glad that Kid wasn't there however, he wouldn't have been able to stay in the room without making some sort of comment about the unevenness of Crona's hair.

Now that she had made their acquaintance, she hoped to figure out what exactly was going on here.

"Ey, Maka! Night's getting late, wanna just take em, and we can sort this out at the station?" Soul chimed in, after spending his time outside the dimly-lit house to have a smoke while Maka worked with the witness. He was more of a protective services kind of cop, less the "tell me what happened here" type.

"Don't let the shark-toothed man take me!" Crona shrieked, hoping that they wouldn't be victim to another animal that night. Maka knew she had to move fast, so she quickly took hold of Crona's hands and spoke words of encouragement.

"We're your friends Crona, and we will help you find out what happened here tonight."

"Does that sound good?" Can we be your friends?"

The words sounded almost too good to be true to Crona's ears. They hadn't had anyone to rely on in a long time, and their mother was cruel to them, to say the least.

"You mean it? You can help?"

"Certainly."

Maka Albarn and Soul Evans were going to find out what happened to Crona that night, and nothing was going to stop them from getting justice. Just another day in the life of the DWMA police force.